by Doris Helge, Ph.D.

Do you ever fantasize about leaving a ho-hum job to land your dream career? Follow your heart and protect your dreams because you deserve happiness at work. Just make sure you’ve mined all of the diamonds available in your current job before you accidentally sign up to scrounge for rhinestones in another location.

Most of us have overlooked an exciting, lucrative career opportunity more than once. We’ve been like the diamond miners who threw away a fortune when they hurriedly tossed aside dirty lumps of coal.

USE MENTAL FLOSS

Anything is possible in today’s dynamic work world. The pecking order is never static. Your boss can become a janitor. A coworker can become your boss. The policies that sour your stomach today may be banished tomorrow.

Grow where you are by peeking beneath a lackluster surface to identify hidden jewels in your job. You’ll still have total freedom to leave — with confidence that you’ve gained benefit from every gem available.

BECOME A SUPER SLEUTH

Enjoy searching for bold new possibilities to attain more joy on the job. Imagine being a curious alien entering your work arena for the first time. When you observe your environment without preconceptions or judgments, you’ll be amazed at what you discover.

Snoop around until you discover what your organization and clients really need. When you detect a product or service gap, imagine how your unique talents can plug the hole. Then design a simple, compelling proposal.

SHOWCASE YOUR STRENGTHS

Consider a variety of strategies before concluding that your strengths are not a match for your organization. You may have to propose a new idea several times or to a number of different people. In the meantime, believe in your proposal and regard each “No” as a steppingstone you tread on the path toward “Yes.”

Use the challenge as an excuse to learn new negotiation skills. Harlan Sanders heard hundreds of “No’s” before anyone financed his idea to create Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Instead of assuming someone will invite you to submit a creative idea, tell management, team members, and other coworkers how your strengths and talents can benefit the organization. Take advantage of informal grapevines. Network with people you haven’t worked with before.

CAN’T EXPRESS YOUR TALENTS WHERE YOU WORK?

If your talents are rare, such as those of many artists, approach special projects departments that need photography, layout, special effects lighting, electronics, recording, and other technical work that requires creative abilities and imagination. Large corporations often financially reward people who can entertain at special events for employees or clients. Although it may not become a full-time job, it can enliven your work and relationships to the degree that a routine job becomes exciting.

You may eventually conclude that you’re a star and can’t contribute to an organization that only has square and round holes to fill. If that’s true, decide to either express your unique gifts outside of work or design a career transition plan. A career counselor or coach can help you overcome anxiety about traveling a new path toward greater happiness at work. (An objective third party can cheer you toward your goal. Friends and family members often have an unconscious agenda to enjoy you just as you are, even if you’re unhappy. When we change, those around us alter their behavior. This often triggers unconscious resistance, and you deserve to be supported toward more joy on the job.)

ALLOW YOURSELF TO BLOOM

Take action, whether you decide to use your special talents in your current position or elsewhere. Your special gifts are not accidental. They’re essential ingredients for the joy that occurs when you meet your full potential. For every talent, there are related needs in the world, and you can help fill them. When you’re doing a job where you use your strengths, you so enjoy what you’re doing that you literally lose track of time. A blissful state of flow unfolds, and a wealth of unexpected resources and opportunities support your efforts.

© 2008 This article was excerpted with permission from “Joy on the Job” by Doris Helge, Ph.D. Permission to reprint this article is granted if the article is in tact, with proper credit given. All reprints must state, “Reprinted with permission by Doris Helge, Ph.D. Originally published in “Joy on the Job” & http://MoreJoyOnTheJob.com © 2008.

Visit http://MoreJoyOnTheJob.com and GET YOUR FREE EBOOKS: “Secrets of Happiness at Work,” “Get the Respect & Appreciation You Deserve Now,” & “Employee Engagement Made Easy.” Coach Doris Helge, Ph.D., is 100% dedicated to empowering you to create more meaning, fun, and fulfillment at work.

By Doris Helge, Ph.D.

A client I’ll call Jenny called me in tears. “I have no work-life balance. The people I work with want everything instantly. My husband wants credit when he helps out with the kids . . . as if he isn’t also 50 percent responsible for them! To me, work-life balance isn’t a luxury. It’s essential. If I can’t get some quality time for myself, I’ll be no good to anyone at work or at home.”

Do you sometimes feel like a puppet whose strings are pulled up, down, right, and left at the same time? Ouch!

It’s time to set boundaries and practice the art of compassionate assertiveness. Then you can enjoy the work-life balance you deserve.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE POWER TO DEVELOP WORK-LIFE BALANCE

No matter what you’ve been told, you are in charge of your own life. You are the only person who can say with conviction, “Wait a minute please. I’m busy right now. As soon as I finish doing ______, I will give you my full attention.”

You are the sole individual who can identify your needs and establish healthy boundaries. You are also the only person on this planet who can maintain your personal boundaries without feeling guilty.

That’s personal power! We’re all very powerful people with a vast array of capabilities. Some of us have forgotten how to be assertive about our own needs. You may think that only harms the person who doesn’t stand up for themselves. Unfortunately, that’s not true. When you don’t say “No” to what you know isn’t right for you, you set a powerful negative ripple effect in motion.

EVERYONE LOSES WHEN YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR INNATE POWER

If you don’t set and maintain personal boundaries, everyone around you suffers. In fact, a virtually endless chain effect rumbles through consciousness. Because you resent the fact that your needs aren’t met, you radiate an energy of, “I’m a victim.” The people around you react in a variety of ways. Here are some examples.

__ Some people will become defensive about their behavior. They may even feel manipulated. __ Neither reaction will help you resolve the core issue.
__ When you play the role of victim, other people rush forward to play the role of bully. They act like wild animals stalking a wounded prey.
__ Some people become angry or frustrated when you don’t feel strong enough to say “No thank you” regarding what you don’t want, in a kind assertive manner. They develop a negative opinion about your ability to perform well in the future.
__ Some people gather around you and commiserate about your sad situation. You may temporarily feel validated when surrounded by supporters. However, these are dangerous cheerleaders because your circumstances don’t improve when you reinforce the belief, “I’m a victim.”
__ If you play the role of martyr, other people will follow your example. Whether you like it or not, you are always a role model for someone.

This brings us back to your personal power. Look at your impact on the lives of other people in the above examples. Since you can affect the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the above people in such a significant way, how can you possibly feel like a victim of life?

TRANSFORM PAIN INTO POWER

Another choice is to set the intention of walking beyond your fear of change so you can become the confident, capable person you are destined to become. What’s the worst that can happen if you take a small step toward your true self?

Make a decision to enjoy the work-life balance you need and deserve today. Each time you say “No thank you” to what you don’t want, you send a clear signal to the universe saying, “YES!” to what you do want.

© 2008 This article was excerpted with permission from “Joy on the Job” by Doris Helge, Ph.D. Permission to reprint this article is granted if the article is in tact, with proper credit given. All reprints must state, “Reprinted with permission by Doris Helge, Ph.D. Originally published in “Joy on the Job” & http://MoreJoyOnTheJob.com © 2008.

Visit http://MoreJoyOnTheJob.com and GET YOUR FREE EBOOKS: “Secrets of Happiness at Work,” “Get the Respect & Appreciation You Deserve Now,” & “Employee Engagement Made Easy.” Coach Doris Helge, Ph.D., is 100% dedicated to empowering you to create more meaning, fun, and fulfillment at work.

I have been dealing with depression off and on since I was a teenager. In fact the whole reason I started Heal Yourself Talk Radio was to share my stories of depression because I was receiving so many emails from the articles I did write about depression.

My most recent serious bout of depression was when my husband fell very ill and almost died. While he was in the army he had been sick for over 2 years, the doctors kept telling him it was all in his head etc. Well one morning I woke up to find my husband on the floor in our bathroom in a coma…needless to say that is all another story. But he recovered with us finding out that his pancreas had shut down and now he has Type 1 Diabetes.

This whole episode set off in me a major depression that I had a hard time learning to deal with. I ended up having to seek help and be on meds off and on for a few years.

I also suffered from post partum depression with my first son but didn’t suffer from it with my other two sons.

I wanted to share with you the different types of depression that can affect people so that if you notice a change in a family member or friend you are more aware that it may not necessarily be “just the blues”.

You’re down and feeling blue. Someone ate all your chocolate ice cream or moved your cheese or something has simply made you feel bad. Perhaps things are not going well at work with your boss and you’re worried a pink slip is in your near future.

Are you depressed? Maybe. Is it serious? Probably not.
There are different types of depression, according to the AMA. Some can be quite serious and require medication, other’s are fleeting, lasting a few days to a week and are situational in origin.

Here are the some types of depressive disorders recognized by the AMA.

Major Depression.

This depression is recognized by a persistent sadness and some experience the inability to experience any pleasure in their lives. A Major Depression isn’t fleeting—it’s constant and interferes with a person’s life. They might miss work, family gatherings and if severe may not leave home at all. A depressive episode of this magnitude can be treated medically. If it’s not taken care of it may last up to six months or more. If they’re lucky a person could experience a severe depressive episode such as this once in their lifetime. Unfortunately it’s more common for major depression to be a reoccurring disorder.

Atypical Depression.

This is a fairly common subtype of Major Depression. Those who experience this form of depression can feel a short-lived elevation of their mood when confronted with positive things happening in their lives. The elevation in mood, whether it’s being out with friends or getting a piece of good news, is always fleeting. With Atypical Depression you can have weight gain, increase in appetite, and an increased desire to sleep, lethargy and hyper-sensitivity to any form of rejection.

Dysthymia is a kind of low-grade depression that can last for two years. It’s not as debilitating as a Major Depression, but it can and does interfere with the daily life of those who suffer from it. Most days a person suffering from dysthymic disorder will feel anywhere from mildly to moderately depressed with short periods of feeling normal. Some with dysthmic depression also fall into Major Depressive Episodes and this is called double depression.

SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder is the name used to refer to a seasonal pattern of major depression that happen during the fall and winter months when sunlight is in short supply, especially in northern climates. The symptoms disappear once the sun reappears or the person suffering from SAD uses a special light.

Postpartum Depression affects many women who have recently given birth and is considered to be brought on by the hormonal upheavals that new mother’s experience. It generally lasts longer and is more severe than a simple bout of the ‘baby blues’ and can occur right after birth or up to six months afterwards.

The good news is that depression is a treatable disease and seeing your doctor is your first step on the road to feeling like yourself again. If someone you know is suffering from some of these symptoms, talk to them about what you think might be going on. It might turn them around.

-Rebbekah White

by Sopan Greene, M.A.
http://www.inspiredenough.com

Who deserves more love and gratitude than anyone else in your life? Your mother, that’s who.

Without her the world wouldn’t be able to experience the unique soul that you are. Without her your life wouldn’t exist. Without her you wouldn’t be able to be, do or have anything.

Let’s be honest. Dad definitely did his part (and I’m sure did it very well), but mom carried you in her womb for 9 months or so. Carrying anything around for 9 months isn’t easy - especially a baby that’s getting bigger and heavier every day while playing around with your hormones and emotions.

Since she carried you around in her womb have you received a gift that is even remotely in the same league as that? Nope. Not a chance my friend.

You may love your mom. You may think she’s the most precious being on Earth. If so, then I may be preachin’ to the choir here. So lets address the beings who are carrying resentment, hatred and other heavy negative emotions around when they think of their mothers.

You may think your mom is evil. You may blame her for things she did or didn’t do for you. But you know what? She did the best she knew how with the knowledge and experience she had at the time. And you wouldn’t have the opportunity to judge her now if she hadn’t have given you the gift of life.

Whether you like to admit it or not, you chose your parents. We all choose them before we’re born. Our souls contract to come down here in a karmic relationship with them.

No matter how they treat us, it’s part of a bigger karmic picture than what we usually see. There are no accidents in the Universe. All is in divine order - even when our personalities can’t see it.

Even if your mom was a drug addict that beat you, who knows what past life karma helped you to make the choice to have her as a mother. Somehow by having her as your mother (good or bad looking on the outside) she is helping you to clear up some past karma.

Having her as your mom at this time in history is giving you unique experiences no one else will have. This is helping your spirit to evolve and grow.

You have a right to choose whether or not a being with your mom’s personality and behavior is a being you choose to be close to once you become an adult. This choice of discernment is valuable in every relationship - especially with family members who attach to you through guilt and manipulation.

You don’t have to be her friend, but you don’t have a right to judge or blame her (or anyone else for that matter.) You haven’t walked in her shoes and you don’t know the path of her spirit.

Even if staying away from your mom is a healthy choice for you to make to take care of yourself, I invite you to love her, forgive her and be grateful to her. She is the vessel from which you sprang forth into the world.

You can dislike her behavior, but I invite you to love her being. Love the higher self within her even if it’s buried under a heavy load of negative personality traits.

You know, the way she loved you even when you were a fiery teenager on overloaded hormones who talked back to her in every breath. The way she loved you when you were a toddler who only knew how to say “Me” and “No” and leave a mess around the house.

There is no gift you can ever give her to repay her for giving you life. So at the very least appreciate this fact. Forgive her if you need to (it hurts you more than her to carry that burden upon yourself.)

Give her more love and appreciation than your heart has ever known. You’ll be amazed at the overwhelming joy you’ll experience form doing this. It’ll be a fantastic gift to you both.

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Stinging Nettles are a wonderful spring tonic rich in vitamins A, B complex, C, K, calcium, potassium, iron and many other trace minerals. Because stinging nettle is true to it’s name, I suggest wearing gloves to harvest and not eating it raw or juiced. Hollow hairs on the leaves and stems inject folic acid into the skin, causing an intense stinging sensation. Stinging Nettle is also a valuable medicinal herb. A tincture or tea of dried leaves and root are used for menopause symptoms, blood building, hay fever, allergies, urinary tract infections, strengthening kidneys and nourishing the nervous system. Compresses or creams of stinging nettle can treat joint pain, sprains and strains, tendonitis, and insect bites.

In Oriental Medicine, spring is associated with the wood element and the liver and gallbladder organ energy systems. The imbalanced emotion is anger and the balanced state is the ability to think through, make decisions, plan and put them into action. Have you noticed that when your plans get thwarted, the most common reaction is anger?

On the flower essence level stinging nettle offers support for coming out of the fog of living in a way that can’t support your true Being. In this kind of situation is it common to feel angry, powerless and incapable of changing the situation. As your body responds to these feelings, it may manifest physical imbalances such as allergies, tiredness, foggy unclear thinking, being more susceptibe to colds or other illnesses, arthrisis and other joint issues, to name a few. Stinging Nettle Flower Essence also aids in making clear choices especially about changing toxic situations. This can be on any level – a relationship that no longer serves you, negative thinking about yourself and your life, addictive habits – anything that does not support your true being. Spring is the time for cleaning the house of your body/mind/spirit. It is the time of renewal and new growth. Stinging Nettle Flower Essence will help you clear out toxic influences that cloud your way.

This Month’s Featured Essence

Expanded Definition as spoken by the plant:

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) — Support for coming out of the fog of living in a way that can’t support our true Being. Aids in making clear choices especially about changing your relationship to toxic situations.

I AM clear decision making about life choices.

Medicinal, Food & Wildlife Qualities

Stinging nettle is a common perennial herb to 8 feet found on moist forest edges, meadows and disturbed sites with rich soil. Hollow hairs on the leaves and stems inject folic acid into the skin, causing a stinging sensation. A valuable plant to humans for food, medicine and materials: Harvest young leaves and tender stems (wear gloves) in Spring. They are high in vitamin A, B, C, K, calcium, potassium, iron and many trace minerals and can be eaten when steamed, sauted, added to soups or stews. Do not eat raw. Tea of dried leaves and root or a tincture are used for menopause symptoms, blood building, hay fever, allergies, urinary tract infections, strengthening kidneys and nourishing the nervous system. Compresses or creams of stinging nettle can treat joint pain, sprains and strains, tendonitis, and insect bites. Historically, the late season fibrous stems were used in making strong cord for use in basketry, ropes and fishing nets.

Symptom

Use Stinging Nettle Flower Essence when you lack the ability to recognize an unhealthy, toxic or abusive situation. You may feel angry, powerless and incapable of changing the situation. As your body responds to these feelings, it may manifest physical imbalances such as allergies, tiredness, foggy unclear thinking, a weakened immune system, arthritis and other joint issues, to name a few.

Action

Stinging Nettle Flower Essence helps to clear your thinking so you can see and respond to unhealthy, toxic or abusive situations more appropriately. This can be on any level – a relationship that no longer serves you, negative thinking about yourself and your life, addictive habits – anything that does not support your true being. Stinging Nettle Flower Essence may help with menopause systems if they are being fed by the above situation.

Small drusy quartz crystals, which energize and stabilize the essence and your subtle bodies, were placed around the outside base of the bowl when this essence was made.

These Essences are another valuable tool in my “Universal Tool Box” of Becoming “Who I Truly AM”! I do hope you will give them a try!

What are Flower Essences

To learn more about how you can request a consultation from Diana to see what Flower Essences would work best for you and your unique situation Click Here

I would be grateful if you would mention Gifts Of Enchantment when you call so I might receive acknowledgement for referring you. Thank You

I was going to write something poignant and meaningful and timely today.

The idea came to me while on the massage table yesterday while the masseuse tried to beat my body into submission. I spoke to Rebekah about it last night briefly stating that I had an idea and would post again tomorrow.

Several things happened before I got to this point, right now in time. My daughter had a couple of breakdowns and it overwhelmed me. I packed up some orders that needed to get out. I wallowed in the misery of my monthly hormones and feeling of utter helplessness with my child and finally gave up after sending a giant and urgent request to the universe for some karmic retribution to the drunk driver who sent my body into the downward spiral it has been in for the last 4 years.

Then I slept.

 Got the kids off to school after watching Clifford the big red Dog with them first.

 Then I slept some more.

After all that, and dinner and family therapy, I don’t remember what I wanted to write about today.

Good thing I have such an interesting life or there really wouldn’t be anything to post about!  :lol: 

This week I interviewed Rebekah White about her two sons with Aspergers syndrome. Our 2 youngest at the ages of 6 have been diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum so we had a lot in common.  If you aren’t familiar with Autism, I suggest you look into it, or better yet listen to our show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Special-Needs-Kids and to Rebekah’s show  thttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/healyourselftalkradio which airs today and will focus on autism as well.  

There are so many challenges when you have a child with autism but there are so many great things as well. For instance, though my child is very stubborn and gets “stuck” on an idea that has to be told or acted out before she can move on, she has one of the brightest minds I’ve ever seen. She is so intelligent and funny when she can get around the bumps in her road!  Rebekah and I both have high functioning autistic children which can cause even more issues. They seem normal and so their symptoms and behaviors can be easily brushed off as being a bad apple, or lazy, or any one of the negative things associated with difficult children.  

It is simply not true of these kids though. They process the same information that you and I do, but they do it in a different way and so they may have to do things in a different pattern than we do in order for them to get to the same end result. These patterns may look out of the ordinary to others and may not fit in with a structured situation like school or work.  

Social situations can cause problems, because while the autistic child looks to be interacting with their peers, they might not be really connecting. They often times have a story in their head already and they cannot play along well if their peers don’t follow that story line.  Do you have an autistic child?

 Please share your thoughts with me. We all need support.

  Jenn Brockmanwww.paintedlaydies.comwww.mamabags.com 

What is the perceived value of working from a home office?

Have you ever been told that because you work from home or at home that you should be able to charge less than any other professional in your industry?

I haven’t yet, but there will come a day!

While reading through some other posts and after having listened to some of the shows here at blog talk radio, I’ve seen and heard of the perceptions attached to work at home moms or even work at home professionals.

Let me bring up some questions for you.

Have you invested time in researching your products, and your market?

Have you invested money in your equipment and tools?

Have you spent time building up contacts and learning what they want?

Have you worked hard to give your customer the best products that they can get?

If the answer is no, then you need to all of those things or get out of the business of being in business!

If  the answer is yes, then what difference does it make that you work out of your home?

You still have to pay the bills to keep the lights and electricity on, right? You have to have a way to run your printer that makes your printed products, and the mixer that makes your bath and body products, and the computer that helps you keep in contact with your customers and suppliers. Right?

Those are all the same things that any other professional in your industry has to do!

Now, for the most important question…..

How do YOU perceive your business?

I have a business. Actually, I run two businesses. For one, I manufacture my products as well as sell and maintain a website and market, and manage the affiliates. The second one I don’t manufacture for, but I do keep the products on hand and run the site, manage affiliates and marketing. On top of those, I have a family and I used to work outside the home too! For health reasons, I left my job a few months ago. It helped but was not a cure so I’m trying to build up both businesses so that I can continue to stay home and support my family both financially and emotionally. 

I’m sure there are other moms like me out there who feel there is no one to depend on but themselves, or so it would seem.

 Try this! It worked for me.Get a piece of paper and pen. Write down that you want to have a support system that works and helps you all the time, whenever you need it.  Write it down and say it to yourself over and over until you believe it. Ok. You don’t really have to say it one hundred times, but the point is to become clear about what you want.  Now that you believe it, say it as if you have one. “I have a support system that works for me, that is there for me all the time and whenever I need it!” Fold up the paper and tuck it away somewhere. Forget about it.  

You just focused your needs, your intentions and it will work for you. Let it go and it will come back to you as the support and help that you need. How do I know this works?

I did the same thing a last week and now look at where I’m at! It was through the great support system that I have found recently, that I found Heal Yourself Talk Radio and Rebecca White. I put out my intentions to the universe, of finding new connections and customers as well as the support system I needed to deal with my life.

It was the very same day that I was connected to Rebecca and got the chance to advertise through her site at a very special price. I had wanted this clearly in my mind but knew I did not have the funds available yet. Within the next 2 days I had made more contacts that led to more exposure for free! And after that, led to this post with Rebecca on her site.

I’m honored to be a guest writer for all the people who need healing and hope that I can help you in my own way as I take the same journey to healing as you are all on.

Jenn Brockman 

www.paintedlaydies.com

www.mamabags.com

Mine is 6 and still is not using the bathroom on her own all the time. It really is much better than it was but it took going to school almost all year long before she even got this far!  You see, my child is autistic, or so we think.

There could be some other issues stacked on top of it, or with it. If you aren’t familiar with Autism, then you need to read up. It is becoming so very predominant here in America.  No matter what you may or may not think about the diagnosis, the behavior is a real issue for many people all over the world. 

As a parent of a child with special behaviors, are you embarrassed to tell people that your 6 year old doesn’t even “get it” about going to the bathroom on her own? I am sometimes. For that reason alone, it’s easier to have a label. I hate labels though! Labels can confine a person and limit them to what another understands of that label alone.  So many minds are closed when it comes to another person’s behavior and that is so sad. There are always reasons, whether right or wrong, for that behavior but many people don’t care about the why and are quick to judge.  I hope you are not this way. I hope that you can open your heart and mind to what these children go through, and in turn, what we parents go through.

 Often I feel helpless in helping my child. She obviously sometimes cannot express her emotions or thoughts to me in a way that I can understand. She becomes frustrated and angry and so do I, but not at her. I only want to help but it is not easy to know how.  

Do you have a child like mine? Continue to love them as that is all that matters in the end and sometimes all we can do. 

Jenn Brockman  

www.paintedlaydies.com

www.mamabags.com

Hello, my name is Delores Chappel I own and operate Gifts Of Enchantment. I started on an Intensive Healing Journey several years ago… I started learning about Flower Essences about 3 years ago and I just  LOVE  them!!! It is a tool that takes some Intuitive Insight which comes as you start to use them and become more familiar with LISTENING to what your body wants or needs. I would encourage anyone to try them!

What Are Flower Essences?

There are many Companies that make and distribute Flower Essences - A popular one is Bach… The ones I am familiar with and have available in my Giftshop are made by a Woman here in my Home State of Washington. Diana & John have an organic Herb Farm on one of the Islands in our beautiful State. She does phone consultations to help you get started on your journey with Healing with Flower Essences. I have been so Blessed since I started communicated with her a couple years ago!

TO learn more about John & Diana and
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I would be grateful if you would mention Gifts Of Enchantment when you call so I might receive acknowledgement for referring you.

This Month’s Featured Essence

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) –Instills a visceral body sense of stepping into your life with confidence by working through the energy circuits related to the root and sacral chakras.

I AM visceral body confidence for living a fully engaged and competent life.

Symptom
Use Western Columbine Flower Essence when you are unable to embody confidence with the things you need and want to do in your life. It is helpful when you have or are in the process of gaining the skills needed, but are unable to put the skills into action with confidence. This could be as simple as riding a bike or as complex as writing a computer program. It also relates to not having the confidence to make necessary changes in your life or expressing your feelings.

Action
Western Columbine flower essence works through the 1st and 2nd chakras to instill a visceral body confidence. This is the kind of confidence that doesn’t require thought, only action. Thinking about the process actually gets in the way of your body memory responding - like driving a car, playing a sport or a musical instrument. It supports the process of expressing your feelings making changes in your life with confidence.

I have been studying the law of attraction and resetting my mindset for success for several months now with an awesome teacher, Kim Mutch Emerson.  Old friends that I meet continually tell me what a change they see in me.  My life has completely transformed and continues to get better.

Last week, Kim (aka Koda, the Jedi Master of Prosperity) opened her group coaching session with the announcement “Welcome to the Poppins Principle ™ of Success and I was sure I had stepped into the wrong classroom.  Somehow I must have found my way into the kid’s class.

When she encouraged us to watch the movie Mary Poppins I really started to wonder if she had taken a leave of her senses, but I did it anyway because I have found if I follow her teachings my success rate continues to increase. 

This evening I watched Mary Poppins for the first time ever and you know what?  Kim was right; the nanny who hangs out with the street people knows what Law of Attraction is really all about.

Right from the very beginning of the movie when she puts out to the universe that she wants a new job then sits up there on her cloud primping while the new job offer materializes right beneath her nose.  The details fall (or should I say float) right to her and off she goes to take action (a very important piece to the puzzle, I might add).

I had a light bulb moment during the opening scenes.  You see, Mary Poppins didn’t just dream her life away, she was a woman of vision and action just as Kim teaches. 

There is more to the story and as things develop in my group coaching class with Kim and Mary Poppins I will keep you up to date. If you would like to check out this “SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC” method of activating the Law of Attraction for yourself you can go here

By Michelle L. Casto, Ph.D.The Soul Coach, Speaker, Author and PhilosopherCopyright Feb 2008 by Michelle L. Casto 

Love rules.

Yes, I am a romantic at heart.

 I have always believed in the power of love to be a healing force in this world.But now I know there is something even greater.   My first book was on romantic love and I remember how for inspiration I would record mixed tapes of songs that represented the kind of love my soul longed for.   One of those artists was Stevie Winwood’s Bring Me a Higher Love.  When I hear it today, 10 years later, I still love it.  Ever since then I have been on a quest to grow my understanding of what True Love really is.  Allow me to share my findings.    During my 20+ years of reading and researching this topic, I have discovered that there are four kinds of human love.   

Fantasy:

Fantasy love is the erotic style and  based on infatuation of the physical kind. Fantasy relationships are high in intensity but fleeting, and often end in disaster.

False: 

False love is the pragmatic style and based on a business arrangement of the mental kind.False relationships are high in security and last as long as both parties are in agreement. 

Romantic:

Romantic love is a blend of erotic & pragmatic with a dash of emotional and based on the human arrangement of the survival kind.

Romantic relationships are high on the priority list of modern human beings and last, again, as long as both parties are in agreement.

 Divine: 

Divine Love is the spiritual style and based on divine order of the souls involved.

 Divine relationships are an expression of purity and require surrendering to a higher purpose. Divine Love is ever-lasting.   

New Thoughts on True Love

 The first three kinds of love are limiting because they are formed from the personality of two human beings instead of their divinity.  As such, duality reigns supreme:  highs and lows, love and hate, togetherness and separateness.   These relationships are much like a roller coaster ride, which both thrills and chills.  

Love is not about he or she is so smart and gorgeous, we love the same things, we think the same way, we have so much in common, or we like the same foods.

 True Love is deeper and way more challenging than that.   Divine Love is a gift to the sincere seeker of Truth who allows love to alchemize herself to become more aware, purposeful, and alive. 

As Michael Brown of the Presence Process says, love is not about sleeping together, love is about waking up together.

 St. Germain says that True Love is always understanding and not always understood.  Truly, there is a Oneness that presides over a sacred union.   The love equation of fantasy, false and romantic love is this:  1 +1=  2.

It works like this.

 Two personalities who need someone else to complete them, decide (consciously or unconsciously) to join so they can each pursue their own gratifications. The relationship is formed around their external life events, roles and commitments. Divine Love is created in a radically different way and may even seem beyond belief at first thought.  The love equation of Divine Love is 1 +1= 1 As I understand it, two souls who know they themselves as the Source of Love are joined by God/Goddess/All That Is.  They often meet in a synchronistic way— some might even call it destiny.  Life is formed around the relationship, and often brings radical transformations in each person, their livelihoods and even living situations.   All relationships serve to grow our soul and offer healing to unresolved aspects of our psyche.  In the first three kinds of love, you experience “falling in love.”  With Divine Love, you experience rising in love.   We all need a higher love.   It is high time human beings evolve in their capacity for intimacy, as more Love is what our world most needs right now and forevermore.   

Divine Love Defined

 By my definition, a God-given love breaks open our souls like never before, demolishes the protective shield around our hearts, lifts the mental fog, and softens our bodies to receive.   Divine Love allows both people to become great for the Divine—to become so full of who they are in order to share fully and deeply divine attributes like love, joy, peace, faith with each other and for the greater good of humanity.   

Divine Love is a catalyst for growth (that is the waking up part). 

The light of Divine Love reveals all the unhealed aspects of your psyche. 

As such, it is challenging to the ego, to say the least. 

 As long as your ego is calling the shots, Divine Love will wither right before your very eyes.    For Divine Love to blossom into its fullest glory, allow your soul to take the lead, let your heart be undefended, and offer forgiveness early and often. Divine Love will bring up all that is unlike love to give you the opportunity to cleanse, clear, and purify yourself to make room for the miracle.   This is usually a growth process, which involves missing the mark repeatedly while you learn new ways of loving and relating; and literally placing the relationship on God’s alter.   If you are strong enough and smart enough to see the long-term value of sticking with this divine love curriculum, two will become one.  In sacred union, you become unifed and sanctified, resulting in a higher attraction/magnetization vibration which leads to a quantum leap forward.  

Because Divine Love is eternal, it is powerful. 

 When two souls dedicated to raising the consciousness of the planet, harmonize and synchronize in masculine and feminine energies, it is a force to be reckoned with.   

This is the level of love I am after (and refuse to settle for less).

 Tall order. Yes.  Possible. Yes.   Will you be brave enough to ask and divine enough to receive? As Jessica Cochran said, God made many puzzle pieces but only those 2 ‘cut out’ for each other can fit together to create a perfect and beautiful picture.   

There is someone perfectly made for you. 

 Realize though, the image you have in your head about who would be ideal is going to be different than The One truly meant for you. There really is a higher love. And God has the big picture view of what is needed for your maximum soul’s growth and evolution.   

Go with it. Trust it.  Grow from it. 

 You will then see and feel how great Divine Love is, was and will be eternally. About the Author: Self-empowerment expert Dr. Michelle L. Casto is known as the Soul Coach because she delves deep into her client’s psyche to shed light on what is longing to be seen and expressed.  She is the founder and principal of Get Smart! and Brightlight Coaching, a professional training, coaching, and publishing company.   Her work as an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach has resulted in her international recognition as an expert in the field of self-help and spiritual development.  One of her purposes in life is to empower millions of people from all over the world to attract more success and happiness by learning to graduate from their default life to their divine life.   Visit virtually and gain free inspiration:  http://www.smartlifechanges.com http://www.getsmartseries.com

http://www.brightlightcoach.com  Listen to Michelle’s Show on Finding your Life Mate on HYTR. 

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Hypnosis can get at the root of what is causing the panic attacks that can be so crippling to your social life and well being. A panic attack can feel like a heart attack with numbness in the arm and lips or it can affect your breathing to the point you fear you will suffocate. Some people break out in an uncontrollable sweat and feel that they will literally die. By looking beyond the situation to the real cause of panic attacks, hypnosis frees you from these unexplained and often irrational reactions.

The National Institute of Mental Health defines a panic attack as an unexpected and reoccurring feeling of intense fear. It is extremely frightening to the person going through the attack and is also believed to lead to depression or substance abuse when the person under the attack feels no way out. Hypnosis is the way out and an effective way of helping the sufferer relax.

Cognitive restructuring and relaxation are two of the top recommended treatments for panic attacks. Hypnosis is able to accomplish both simultaneously. The beginning therapy relaxes the body and mind to a state similar to that which happens just before you drift off to sleep. When relaxation is achieved, then the cognitive changes can be implemented. To take that which is irrational and replace it with logical thinking in a panicked situation is the role of hypnosis.

You may be an ideal candidate for hypnosis to treat panic attacks if you have experienced any of the following:

Physical Symptoms:

• A racing heart or chest pain
• Disorientation or sudden confusion
• Unexplained trembling, numbness, or tingling in the lips, fingers or toes

Emotional or Mental Symptoms:

• Extreme terror for no apparent reason
• A fear of impending doom
• A sense of loss of control
• A fear that you are dying or going crazy
• A strong feeling that you need to escape a place or situation

Clinical Hypnotherpist, Steve G. Jones, provides the guided self hypnosis techniques in Freedom from Panic Attacks. Hypnosis can provide relief and help you regain a sense of peace and control.

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Instilled within every one of us is a passion; a desire that lives within us to participate in activity that can make time seem non-existent when we are involved in it. This passion comes from our soul. And that’s where it lives. As I said before, this passion lives within each one of us.

Any successful person knows how to consciously tap into this passion. Once they do, they begin figuring out how they can earn a living through it.

Take professional singers for example. Most professional singers that made it on their own and came from nothing started out as a person with a passion. The passion that lived within them, once discovered becomes a catalyst for two things that are essential for success: opportunities and persistence.

Here’s how this works. Your passions were instilled in you when you were born from the universe. Whatever you are passionate about is what you were meant to do in this life. When you are embraced in an activity that correlates to your passion, the universe begins to provide you with opportunities to capitalize on.

Secondly, when involved in a passionate activity, you are in state of bliss and when in that state, all the other things like anger, frustration, laziness, sorrow - and any thing else that would otherwise cause you to give up - are non-existent. For that reason, you remain more persistent than just the average person who may be doing what you are doing but isn’t truly passionate about it.

The same is true for singers. Any professional singer will tell you that the music business is an externally hard business to get into and the drive and persistence needed to keep on going after all the rejection that occurs, are only found in those with a true passion for singing. And that is what separates those who make it from those who don’t.

These principles apply to anyone involved in any industry or lifestyle. If you really want to become successful and live in harmony with your soul, you must discover your passions.

As hard as it may be to believe, sometimes discovering one’s true passion can be a little difficult. Additionally, once you do, not many people are confident that they can actually make a living doing what they love. And that’s where I can help.

I have put together a best selling truly effective hypnosis program on how to discover your passions. This program will help you tap into both your subconscious and your soul to discover what you were put on this planet to do. Once you have that information, you will be able to start doing what you love and taking advantage of the opportunities that the universe will send your way.

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I want you to be successful. Take your life to the next level!

Until next time,

Live in Abundant Possibility!

Steve G. Jones,
Clinical Hypnotherapist