The following was an email I received from one of my coaching students. When we started in the online coaching course 4 sessions ago, this client hadn’t been out of the house because anxiety was so great. She found her life limited in so many ways and her self concept was at a low. Although
Continued from 4/30 post When you say “don’t do something” your unconscious mind forms a picture of exactly what you are saying not to do. The more Russell thought about not swearing, the more his mind pictured him swearing. This is what led to his feeling as if his mind was compelled to do exactly
Russell Crowe told Oprah, he feels like he can’t help but doing exactly what he was told not to do. (continued from 4/29 post) When Russell Crowe was backstage, before being on Oprah’s show, they told him not to swear on live TV. As he was talking to Oprah he told her how he felt
When someone tells Russell Crowe not to do something, guess what he does? He told Oprah, he feels like he can’t help but doing exactly what he was told not to do. When Russell Crowe was backstage, before being on Oprah’s show, they told him not to swear on live TV. As he was talking
The problem with just saying how wonderful you are, or that everything will be all right is that unless the belief is changed they don’t ring true. For instance if a person has a belief that they can’t do things “right,” no matter how many statements to the contrary, the belief doesn’t change. Therefore the
Audrey Sussman and Melissa Kavanaugh will be co-hosting an interactive workshop on How to Stop Sugar Cravings. Learn about using both the Conscious and Unconscious Parts of the mind to change old habits. Melissa Kavanaugh is an outstanding nutritional coach and has many useful techniques and information to share with us tonight. She will offer
This is part two about how trying to use positive self talk doesn’t work. Unless we change the underlying belief that feeds negative feelings it can lead to frustration and self blame. When Sandi would get down on herself her mom would remind her of all the wonderful things she did. She’d remind Sandi
Sometimes repeating positive statements can backfire. When a person doesn’t believe the statements, it can create even more frustration and self-blame. The following is a true story of how Sandi (fictitious name) was hurt by well meaning advice to use positive statements to improve her self-concept. Before seeing Sandi for her first appointment her mother
Creating Powerful Attitudes Remember those times when you were confident, calm, energetic or motivated? You can learn to tap into the positive resources you have within you and gain a wonderful ability to control how you feel at any time. Although there are certain circumstances you can’t control, you can do something to change the
Have fun doing this exercise, as you beginning to train your mind to create positive future images. These images can then be used in later exercises for setting off a “touch anchor” or for another technique call the “map across.” So here is your mind-expanding exercise, read all the directions first: Answer the following Questions:
