Monthly Interactive Discourses!
Next Class Tuesday August 30 in Palatine!
800 E. Northwest Highway
Pre-registration is required to help it run smoothly. 847-275-8242 or Linda@linktolinda.com. I'll confirm the room number then.
HYPNOFEST!!
Wednesday, February 15 from 7-9 pm HYPNOFEST!! Wednesday, February 15 from 7-9 pm first time ever! Experiencing hypnosis offers many benefits to the mind and body!! Our pulse rate and blood pressure are balanced, even our cholesterol balances, endorphins are released, our breathing rate slows and muscles relax. So just imagine the benefits of two full hours of relaxing, uplifting hypnosis full of wonderful suggestions, guided imagery and good feelings! And of course the better you feel, the better things go and the better things go the better you feel building a powerful momentum into your life!!! I think Milton Erickson, M.D. said it best: “Hypnosis is an experience in which people receive something from themselves.” Come and receive! Just $20 cash or check at the door!!!!
End Judgment!
Judging is such a well-ingrained response that we hardly notice when we’re doing it. Of course it is only natural to judge things. And it is actually very important for our survival to identify what is a threatening or harmful. But one of the best ways I improved my life was to let go of some of the excess and harsh judgment of myself, of others, their choices, and circumstances of my life. It brought me great peace when I began to let go of my judging tendencies and I felt lighter in my mind and body. I admit that it wasn’t the easiest thing I have ever done. It took a lot -- So for 4 weeks, every Thursday night from 7-9 pm we will focus on releasing any of your judgments. This will be completely experiential. You will feel noticeably lighter as you end that excess judgment! So come and bring the things you judge and be ready to let them go in a safe environment. You can pay as you go, $20 each meeting or pay just $75 at the first meeting and attend all four! (cash or check) Dates we meet are Thursday 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 and 3/1/12.
Energize Yourself !!
Tuesday, February 7th at 7 pm Just $20 for the class (cash or check at the door) oh yes and add $5 if you want the handout.
This powerful class brings renewed energy to your tired body, fresh vitality to your weary mind and new bounce to your sagging spirit!! Just a few of the things that this class will help you with are!
ü Activate your inner healer to help you when you feel like you are coming down with a cold or flu
ü Help you to stay awake when fatigued, even when driving!
ü Increase your metabolism!
ü Improve balance and coordination!
ü Improve your ability to express yourself and your ideas!
ü Reduce any “foggy “ feelings in your head so you can concentrate!
ü Protect you from the negativity of others!
I know it is hard to believe you can learn all this in one class, but I assure you it is true! And you will learn a 5 minute process that makes your energy available to you every day.
Persistence
Have you ever gotten really excited and set a goal or a plan and then as you start to take action, your motivation is GONE?!
You are not alone!
The good news is: if you have felt that you just don’t have the persistence you need to finish; you are wrong!!
We all have hearts that beat 86,500 times a day. Now that’s Persistence! We all wake up every day, and that’s persistence. So all we need to do is connect with that persistence inside us. Come and learn and experience the ways to plug into that resource! How to put it on autopilot and even how to start out toward a goal or plan with a new mindset that will keep you in a state of persistence from start to finish! Of course we will enjoy hypnosis with the learning! Tuesday, January 31, 2011 7-9 pm Just $20 cash or check at the door. 800 E. Northwest Highway, Palatine IL 60074 I’ll give the exact room number when you register by reply to this or call me 847-275-8242!
Beginning NLP Modules
Fortunately, the calling of this powerful information and from my students and mentors have led me to put together my first NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) training module. This beginning class will facilitate your learning the strategies that your mind naturally uses for as a means to establishing new learnings and then habits in your life.
There are already many, many habits in your life and each habit was installed through a series of patterns and strategies put together by your mind. We tend to focus on the “bad” habits and want to get rid of them. And here is the best thing I know about habits:
Any habit can be discontinued by building in its place a more desirable, beneficial habit!
And this is the kind of thing you can learn from NLP. Once you learn how the mind works, you can set strategies for your mind (or anyone you want to help) that it can follow in a natural way. These strategies can benefit you in every area of your life: your goals, your relationships, your communication, your career: really whatever you want.
However this training will differ from traditional NLP training (And I know because I have taken it all). You will discover the learning and the power of the work by working toward your own goal that would benefit you. It is a universal process, meaning you can use it toward any goal you set for yourself. This makes it so interesting and the learning, the understanding comes easily!!
The traditional NLP training is often more about theory, technical terms and jargon, memorization of rules and steps that I believe interfers with the learning and therefore the power of the work. And it can feel like “Blah, Blah, Blah” when it is actually very exciting
This will be the first of many self-contained modules of NLP—meaning you won’t have to take them in any order – and we will focus on all the subsets of information in this fascinating field in ways that are exciting and empowering! I call this first module Goal Focusing for Busy People.
In August, I offered Conceive, Believe, Achieve, the presentation I offered in Massachusetts.
(this became my best attended class to date!)
It was so much fun to have the honor of presenting to my peers and on my birthday! So, I mentioned that to my audience and afterwards they all sang happy birthday to me!! I felt so good! And everyone was coming up to let me know how they enjoyed it and this one guy waited a while to talk to me and finally said..."I have been with the Think and Grow Rich foundation for almost 30 years now and you nailed this!" So ofcourse I had to offer it up to you! Below is the description of the presentation that was offered to the attendees at the conference ( I hope it interests you!):
Think and Grow Rich, one of the most influential books ever written by Napoleon Hill, was actually inspired by Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie saw potential in young Napoleon Hill, although Napoleon had no wealth of his own. Carnegie shared his own moneymaking secret and formula with Hill and asked Hill to use it and spend the next 20 years or more taking this secret to the world. Napoleon Hill did just that, helping many men and women amass fortunes. And although every chapter of the book is filled with examples and tips and mention of this moneymaking secret, the secret itself is only hinted at. Be prepared in this seminar to get a full understanding of the creative power behind CONCEIVE, BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE, which is the practical application of Carnegie’s Secret Formula! Get the same information Hill got to amass his fortune!!
Below is the discourse from July, that will be offered again in September 2011
This powerful class was offered in Chicago, but we will have it again in Palatine
at Fremd High School on Wed. Sept 21
Often in the past, I have shared my story of my recovery from Parkinson’s and since I have talked about it repeatedly, it starts to feel like “same old, same old…”. Well, my colleague Lynne, convinced me that people –even those that have heard my story—would be interested in how, first I and then she, moved ourselves into and out of disease. I figured out how to help myself and then I wanted to help others: Lynne is one of those “others”!
Two very different medical issues relieved using similar techniques that would benefit anyone whose health is important to them to know.
AND-you get the rare opportunity to experience a DUO hypnotic induction! This is when 2 hypnotists offer hypnosis to you at the same time, so you will be hypnotized by two hypnotists, Lynne and me! Many report experiencing the deepest levels of trance with two hypnotists at once! Come and experience it for yourself!
Past Discourses
Forgiveness! WOW That has been a tough one for me!
I had heard all the reasons we are supposed to forgive. Forgive and forget they say. They also say forgiveness doesn’t mean that we condone the injustice that occurred. I don’t know about you, but that all just sounded wrong to me.
Forgive those in my life who had abandoned me?? those who judged me harshly?, those who abused me mentally and physically?!?! Or am I supposed to forgive myself? No, thank you…not for me.
And then…a couple years ago, I ran across a different process and I was actually able to get some relief. This process allowed me to make my points with my transgressors, get closure and even get revenge in the privacy of my own mind. After I was able to experience the relief, I began to share it with clients, and they liked it too!
So I invite you to see if it helps you. I realize this is short notice, but I had the intuition to offer it now and I am putting it all together in a way that a group can experience it!
Self Hypnosis Technique for the Summer!!
What if you decided to take the summer, this summer, 2011, from Memorial Day to Labor Day and use 2-3 minutes of your day to improve yourself. Now you may not think that just a couple minutes a day could make much difference for you, but it can!
We all have 2 or 3 minutes we could choose to use as we fall asleep. This time of our day has been researched extensively and is found to be so extremely important and so effective; in hypnosis we call it the Hypnogogic time. As you fall asleep you set the tone for your dreams, the way you dream affects the way you awaken, and the way you awaken sets the tone for your day. If your days are less than you want them to be, you can break this cycle in just a few moments each night!
On Tuesday, May 31 at my office building in Palatine,(800 E. Northwest Highway) from 7-9 pm you will be educated as to exactly what is happening biologically and chemically in your brain during hypnosis. You will fully understand the leverage that you gain by soothing yourself into sleep with self hypnosis. The class includes a handout of a tried and true self hypnosis technique from the 1960’s; so you can continue this all summer for yourself! .
So Change Your Life! Begin Now! Make this your summer of self improvement!
Could you use a little boost of Self Confidence? Who couldn’t? Right?
Why are we so often plagued with feelings of inadequacy? That we are not smart enough, good enough, strong enough? It can lead to all kinds of unnecessary anguish, frustration, doubt and worry. Our level of self esteem, confidence and worth affects virtually everything we think, say and do. And that in turn affects how others see and treat us. Well the good news is that research shows we learned this and therefore can unlearn it. We learned it from those other "important people" that told us who we are and what we should do and when we should do it! So that by the time we are 18 years old we have heard over 148,000 negative things about ourselves. So it is time now to think better things about ourselves to atleast balance this negativity out. Begin right now to look for your value. Praise yourself at every opportunity. Think more about what you can do and less about what you can't do.Identify and encourage your strengths. No longer harshly criticizing and ridiculing yourself. This is something you do for yourself and infact only you can do this for yourself. If you are sitting around waiting for others to appreciate you, you may have a very long wait. And guess what you don't have to wait, you can do it for yourself and now you will learn in this class the value of doing it; it is my sincere desire that you will "just do it!!!"
It's easier than you think!
Energize YourSelf!!
I am often recognized for my high level of energy, but it was not always that way. The information shared in this class came to me at a time in my life when I was really struggling to have enough energy to get through my day. And even though I have offered this class before, it helped me so profoundly that I am willing to repeat it! It comes in perfect timing for dealing with cabin fever. It includes a handout for a five-minute energy routine that easily fits into even the busiest of schedules. It will bring renewed energy to your tired body, fresh vitality to your weary mind and new bounce to your sagging spirit!! Just $25 at the door Wednesday, February 9: 7-9 pm in my office building in Palatine. Pre-registration is required because of the size of the room.
At our last class one of the pieces I shared was the most mind blowing information I have ever learned about the body mind connection!! I learned it in the mid-90’s. Our cells are being replaced at an astonishing rate of 50 million cells per second and the atoms that make up our cells change out even faster. Basically today we are 98% different in the make up of our body than we were 1 year ago!
Even our skeleton, which seems so stable, is completely new every 3 months. Our skin is new every 30 days and our stomach lining every four days. The surface cells of the stomach, (the ones that come in contact with our food) are replaced every 5 minutes. Wow!! That was amazing to me! At the time, I knew of someone in my family who had had an ulcer for over 26 years, and I thought how can she still have that ulcer if she is getting a new stomach lining every 5 minutes?!?
This is explained by our consciousness creating the same chemistry over and over as the new cells and atoms are coming in. A tremendous shift occurred for me when I read this and understood it! I realized that I could think differently and my body would change. I have really helped myself with this information and I loved sharing that during last class!
When class was over and I was reviewing my notes, guess what??! I found there were more pieces of information that had been transformational for me that I didn’t get a chance to share!
Nov 2010
At this time of year, it is customary to be thankful for that which we have in our lives that is important to us. There are so many things in my life that I can be thankful for. But I have decided to take a slightly different focus this year. I have decided to appreciate some of the knowledge that has allowed me to have the life I have. Some of the pieces of information that have allowed me to change my perspective and therefore change my life. It’s like that adage ‘Change the way you think about things and the things you think about change.”
One learning that made a difference was that we, all humans are born without a conscious mind. The conscious mind is the part of our mind that screens things out, that judges, analyzes and decides what we believe. Therefore since we have no screening mechanism when we are first born, we absorb our early life experiences without being able to reject them. Once I had that knowledge, it made perfect sense to me why I had so many problems in my life. I had just absorbed how my family dealt with things. Not necessarily the way I would have chosen to deal with them.
For example: I always got extremely nervous when cooking. I couldn’t understand why and then I realized, my mother, (due to my father’s ridicule of her cooking), would get very upset and nervous as she cooked. I witnessed that as a child and played it out later as an adult, even though my husband was very tolerant (nothing like my father). Once I realized it was just that I had absorbed her behavior; I was able to settle down.
More recently, when my little grandson was too young to walk, I had set him in a high chair with toys to play with. I was vacuuming for a party and used the hose to vacuum my beamed ceiling. A few years later my grandson was old enough to help me with the vacuuming. He takes the hose and rather than vacuuming the floor, he tries to lift the vacuum up high almost knocking over a lamp. I grab it from him and yell at him “What are you doing?. Vacuum the floor!” He looks at me like “grandma why are you yelling at me” I give him the vacuum hose back and he tries harder to lift it up again and this time I realize he is trying to vacuum the beams of the ceiling. When he was so little, I didn’t realize he was absorbing all that I was doing. Not just playing in his high chair! This learning makes me very conscious of what I do around him and helps to be very patient with him. I realize he is just acting out what he has absorbed.
Do You Have Unfulfilled Desires?!?
It seems in these times we all do!. So much to do. So many things undone.
Have you realized this year, 2010, is more than half over?
No better time to focus on your unfulfilled desires. Some of which you may have had for a while. And it seems like those ones that take a long time to make happen are the hardest. But that is only because our habit of thought around that topic is actually blocking it.
Last month at my Skills for Life class in Palatine we took miracles that the participants had witnessed in their life and some from my life—over a dozen in all- and examined them step by step to see how they had occurred. We call this a post-manifestational review. Taking a manifestation or miracle or accomplishment extraordinaire and asking important questions like: How did I create it? What happened here? What was I thinking? What was I doing?
In this way we can get clues as to how we are manifesting. After that class, my husband came to me and told me he had a manifestation of his own [those who know about my husband know that this is a miracle in itself]. So, of course, I was curious. What was his manifestation? He had recently purchased the new EVO phone and loves it. One day last week, he said he had really wanted to find an app for Kindle ( an app that would allow him to order and read books on his phone). None existed. Then the next day, it appeared!
Wow! This is just what I love!! A recent manifestation to review. So I asked him, “what were you thinking?”. He said at first when there wasn’t one, he was a little bummed out, but then he thought, “there are soooo many apps out there. It’s just too obvious not to have the Kindle app too. New apps are coming all the time.” And the next day Walaaah!!! Kindle app for his phone. Felt like magic!
And that’s what we all want, more feelings like that. So I went back through my notes from my miracles class last month and realized I have much more to share on this topic.
You may have realized that I am dedicated to doing my best, every day in every way, to figure out how we can fulfill our desires and more importantly; I want to share what I find with those like you!! I’ll offer it as simply as possible for incorporation into your life.
Value of Coincidence.
Have you ever been thinking of someone only to have them call? Do you tend to dismiss these kinds of events as “Just a coincidence”? Do you realize the true statistical significance that that could happen is impossible? Yes, IMPOSSIBLE!!!
As science attempts to explain these “coincidences” it has had to seek a new paradigm for reality. A reality that matches the way I like to think because of its empowering quality: In a quantum world where infinite possibilities exist, we create our own experience of reality!!
Come join me as I share my view of coincidence as evidence of the creation of your reality. I offer steps to help benefit from coincidence, experience more coincidences and help to open avenues in your life for conscious creating!!!
Creating Miracles!!
Do you believe in Miracles? Well I do! Infact, I have created so many miracles, I am determined to help others do the same. By definition a miracle is an extremely outstanding or unusual event. As a Hypnotist, I often find that we choose to use hypnosis or self-hypnosis only as a last resort. After we have tried everything else. By then, we need "a miracle" So creating one, if not for my self is essential for my clients. Even if we don't call it that!
I have been noticing and identifying the circumstances necessary and find that it is important do develop a mindset that helps eliminate doubt and fear, even if only temporarily to let the miracel come in. So come and allow your mind to be immersed in the information and insights to create this miracle mindset. Ofcourse we will also experience a wonderful restful, rejuvenating group hypnosis to focus on your miracle! So bring your heart's desire and lets get the magic going!
May 2010
So we focused on our energy in this class, because energy follows thought helping us to manifest in our life! As our energy is encouraged to flow through our body it helps us to feel vital, alive, robust and excited about our lives again. One of the important concepts we covered was this idea that in addition to digesting our food, our body has to digest our thoughts. And some of these thoughts are difficult to digest, we even speak of them as "hard to swallow". So be aware of your thoughts. Do your best to keep yourself from thinking those thoughts that you "can't stomach" The reason they feel that way is because they do not reflect the true you. If they did, you could swallow them "hook line and sinker"!
April 2010
One of the great tools that we learned in this class was sooo simple and quick. Actually, I am sure you “know” this already, you just may not know that you know!! It is how you turn your brain off!
Yes that’s right: turn it off. Why would you want to turn it off? So it doesn’t overheat. You know when it is over-heating because you feel overwhelmed, confused or like there is too much negativity around you!
The answer is the proverbial “eye roll” Yes, you have probably have seen children, especially teenagers do this. It is a natural reaction to their overwhelment or hearing something they do not want to hear, which of course is most of what we have to say to them!
So next time you recognize you are overwhelmed or in a negative situation, just roll your eyes up. Hold your head still and with your eyes only, look up as high as you can, as if you were looking up through the top of your head. Hold your eyes up until you feel eye strain in those muscles and then, close your eyelids down and let your eyes relax.
It actually causes your reticular activation system of the brain to shut down and that is soothing to you!
After a couple deep breaths your brain is “reset” and ready to go!!
March 2010
Power of Intention
This idea of intending in every moment is such a powerful one! So often we just go through out our day from one event to the next with out really intending anything in particular and as we do our life can unfold willy nilly and not seem to make much sense. We loose the understanding of our power to create because we are not focused on it. When we choose in every segment of our life this power becomes more evident, more real and we are less likely to get caught up in other peoples desires and plans. An example I shared was that as I am getting into my vehicle to drive somewhere, I think about what I want on this drive "to arrive on time, to be safe, to drive with the courteous drivers, to enjoy the time spent" and the more I choose this intention as I get into my car (rather than thinking about the myriad of things I have to do once I get to my destination) I find my self much less likely to get caught in bad traffic and my journey goes well. We have so many opportunities through out our day to think specifically about what we want! Go through your day intending things to go well for you!!! You have more influence than you think!
February 2010
Wow!! I had so much fun with this topic. It was a sharing of my latest work of how to take our negetivity and turn it positive. Because everything is Energy and when we have put something negative out there, it usually has a big charge to it. So as we claim it back and make it ours we can reuse that same energy and turn it into something positive for ourselves. I gave lots of examples of my life that were all very recent, since I have really been focusing on this lately. One of the participants got back to me with: "wow I have been turning my negativity into positive like flipping pancakes" This can be so much fun when we let it be!
Jan 2010
So at our last Interactive Discourse we discussed this idea of a wellness inside you like a well spring if you will and I got so many wonderful comments about the visualization I offered the group I want to share it here for all to benefit from.
So imagine to the best of your ability that there, inside you is a well. There you are at this well inside you and you are bringing the water up from deeeeeeep inside you. Do your best to lean down into the well, feel it against your body, take the bucket and send it down, or hear it as you crank it down, hear it splash against the water deep down there, smell the smells of the well, taste the refreshing water as you rejuvenate and supply all your cells with that fresh water, refreshing and soothing every system, every cell of your body. Just close your eyes for a moment now. It only takes a moment to send this replenishing message to your body and mind, through your mind.
There was one powerful question from the last Discourse that I wanted to share the answer to. I love this question because once you get the answer to this you are on your way toward becoming a powerful creator of your life.
The question was: Everyone has an opinion on how to do things and how can I listen to them and not react negatively?
This happens to all of us. Doesn’t it? Some of these opinions are something we can agree with or that we think we can benefit from. It is easy to listen and react positively then.
Many times, however the opinion is one that we cannot agree with and makes us feel bad or even angry. A part of us wants to say something like: “No! that is ridiculous” or “I could never do that” or something else argumentative. Which just leads us into a negative spiral!
However if we can begin to recognize that this person is just offering a solution from their perspective, something they think will help, something that would work for them. When we can just realize that what works for them, may not work for us, we can respond to their intention to help, rather than judging the actual idea. Now we are in control.
So now that I have this realization, I say in response to any opinion offered (even one I do NOT want to hear about!)
“Thank you! You always have my best interests at heart!” (and I let my self think silently “that is ridiculous” or better yet, “that is not on my path” with out judging them or their idea!) And that FEELS so much better!
And this is the important part: that step to becoming the powerful creator I am talking about. I began to realize that when I can stay positive and respond in a way that feels good to me, even when it is a crappy opinion, I am in control. Being in control is a powerful step in creating the life you want.
So use that powerful positive response instead next time: “Thank you for that, you always have an idea for me!” (even when the opinion feels bad) It will empower you to know you can choose to feel good even in a negative situation. See how good it makes you feel! That is empowerment!! That’s what I want for you!
Notes from previous discourse
So our July interactive discourse was very well attended and we had so many powerful questions. There was one from a pre-med student which allowed me to share some of the work I love the most. So I wanted to share it with you too!
The question was: So just what is so important about thinking positive?
From the neurological research I sited from Candace Pert and her research staff, we understand that the cells of our nervous system evolve as they move up our spinal cord. So that those cells that are up in the top of our nervous system in our frontal cortex, our executive part of our brain, are predominantly covered in receptors that respond to endorphins and positive chemicals and neurotransmitters.
This means that in the part of our mind that helps us plan our life, get ideas, insights, new ideas and ways the cells there have almost NO receptors that respond to neuropeptides that are formed when we think negative thoughts such as worry or doubt or fear. So in order for that part of our mind to function, we need to be thinking more positively and creating the positive nueropeptides that the executive center of our brain can use to assist us. With out them, the cells simply do not fire! And Candace says “It is like we are hard-wired to think positive”
Isn’t that just what we notice in our lives, when we try to accomplish something but we are angry that we have to do it? And we spin around and around with out getting anything accomplished. We even notice how we can’t accomplish anything. Sometimes even the simplest of chores cannot be completed. So I as I really began to understand this I refused to stay in that negative place. Because I realize I am always planning something or wanting to figure something out or seeking to improve something in my life. And I offer the same to you, let your mind have the chemistry it needs to solve all of life’s dilemmas! I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.
Please consider coming to our next class with Your questions! All the details are attached. It is on Thursday August 20 in Palatine from 7-9 pm. I always include a relaxing hypnotic experience at the end which most say is worth the entire cost!
And you can always bring a friend for free. Pre-registration is required as I only have 20 seats available.
If you ever read the Aspectarian Magazine, you will find an interview with me in the current August issue you may enjoy!
And finally I am off to Massachusetts to present my work to those who are seeking this information from around the country, so I am very excited!
Notes from June Discourse
At our Interactive Discourse in June the topic of worry came up. This is a mind issue that I have an intention of wiping out. I believe it is a big issue in creating unwanted things in our life. So I want you to have the information I shared at class, even though you were not able to attend. I hope it benefits you in your life as it has me in mine!!!
Worry is thinking about something that may never happen. It is playing movies in our mind of what could go wrong, or how bad it can get. Do you realize that 90% of what we worry about never happens? (This has been researched by Dale Carnegie, Martin Seligman PhD and Deepak Chopra MD.)
And yet as we worry about it happening, we create the negative chemistry that affects our body and mind. If we were not worried about it and it never happened (as it would be in 90% of the cases) we would spare our bodies and minds this unnecessary negativity.
One of the worst features about worry, is the way it destroys our ability to concentrate and find a solution or way out of the dilemma. When we worry our mind jumps here and there and everywhere; like we are on some sort of amphetamine and we lose all power of decision. We cannot figure out what to do. We are confused. The chemistry that we create is actually inhibiting our ability to think clearly and we cannot get any ideas. We begin to ask ourselves the wrong questions…
What if I can’t make my car payment? What if I can’t find the money?
What if I can’t pay my rent? What if I end up as a street person?
This load of worry about tomorrow; added to the load of worry from yesterday: and then carried today: is the weight of the world on our shoulders. So we need to lighten up! As the worry lifts, we begin to be able to think clearly.
One of the most effective techniques I have used with worry is the one we discussed in class and so I want to be sure you have it. It was developed by Willis Carter, the brilliant engineer who launched the air conditioning industry and founder of Carrier Corporation, the air conditioning company. He offered 3 steps when we are worried about something.
- Identify what is the worst thing that could happen.
- Accept that it could happen
- Begin to plan for what you will do when it happens.
Now this may seem a bit negative on the surface. (Identify the worst that could happen) But, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept that it could happen mentally, we eliminate all those vague imaginings and those movies we put ourselves through. We put ourselves in a position of less confusion. In the acceptance of the worst that could happen, we begin to make peace with it. And in the chemistry of those emotions toward peace, rather than worry, we can focus and think of ideas, insights, ways to deal that were not available in the worry. So give it a go and let me know what you think.
And if you still like thinking about this kind of information, join me Wednesday, July 22 7-9 pm in Palatine when we will cover other important topics for living well! Please share this information with your email friends, it could help them in their lives too and I would love to have them come to a class!
Notes from May Interactive Discourse
Well our May interactive discourse was quite a treat! We stayed a little late; there was so much to talk about
A couple of attendees mentioned their success with prayer. Praying the Rosary and regular prayer were mentioned. We discussed, from a hypnotist’s perspective and the workings of the mind, how we might explain that. This is not to diminish prayer, just to help those who have not used prayer to understand how it works for those that do.
Prayers can be likened to positive affirmations. In prayer we say the same words over and over like a mantra. Mantra is composed of two verbs in Sanskrit; mananam which means repeating or turning over in one’s mind and tranam which means to protect. So it becomes something you repeat to protect the mind. You might say, “protect the mind from what?” Protecting it from worry, from fear of thinking the worst might happen.
When we have a big problem and we are not sure of our way out, it can be very powerful to use our mind in this way. You can focus on these positive words, to lift your mood, to help you to line up with an answer rather than the problem.
Mine are usually brief, grounded in thoughts of appreciation and along the lines of:
Dear ____________( fill in the blank with any of the following that feel right for you: God, Jesus, Buddha, St Theresa, Universe, Mother Nature, Source Energy, Subconscious Mind, Wise Mind, Inner Intelligence, Inner Wisdom).
Thank you for all that you have assisted me with in my life already.
(I go into details of some things that have worked out well for me)
I appreciate it sincerely and have another matter that I know you can help me with.
(I mention the problem here and why I want it rectified, why it is important to me)
I bring it seeking your input, your guidance, for the best outcome for all in this matter.
Thank you in advance and I move forward, knowing your answer is on the way.
Feel free to use it for yourself and see what you think!