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ARTArticleHave you tried everything for your stuttering, and nothing worked?I re-programmed my sub-conscious mind and I now speak completely fluently. Speech Block For a stutterer, certain situations can be extremely stressful: you come to an office, enter into the reception and a beautiful woman walks up to you, greets you and asks you to feel welcome. And you are not able to utter a single word … and a man in the background jokes, in his mind in a friendly way, how her beauty is stunning …ARTArticleHaving Faith—Expecting Your Baby Is On Its Way by Johanna Courtleigh, MA, LPC, CHTWhat if the key to becoming ‘expecting’, was learning to practice Positive Expectancy? What might happen if, even in the face of all of life’s uncertainty, we chose to become more resilient and hopeful in our thinking? In my HypnoFertility and Conception Coaching work with women hoping to become pregnant, I am often met with a sense of urgency and despair. I hear a lot of “What if’s?” “What if I never get pregnant?” “What if it’s too late?” “What if my eggs are no longer viable?” Or worse, “What if I do get pregnant and lose the baby (again)?”ARTArticleHope is everythingThe Random House College Dictionary defines hope as "the feeling that what is desired is also possible or that events may turn out for the best."ARTArticleHope Redefined: A Hospice ReferralHope is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as, “To wish for (something) with expectation.” This definition works for most of our life; we hope for, love, success family, travel and wonderful experiences. Hope when we are terminally ill is still hope, but the definition does change.ARTArticleHow Can I be HappyI recently turned 55 and at my birthday celebration, a friend told me that I had changed more than anyone he knew. When I told this to another friend (with whom I have recently reconnected after 30 years) he said yes, that was true for him too, “you aren't the same person in so many ways, and yet you haven't changed at all in ways that are so fundamental to your nature.” What a great thing to hear after all these years—that my work on myself has paid off!ARTArticleHow Parental Alienation Syndrome Brainwashes the ChildIn Parental Alienation Syndrome, one parent brainwashes or programs the child to turn against and vilify the other parent. It is difficult for many people to understand how an alienating parent could implant information that may be directly at variance with what the child had previously believed and experienced with the now-targeted parent.ARTArticleHow to Help Those Who GrieveWhat can I do for someone who is grieving? Is there really anyway a "bystander" can help? Sometimes watching a person suffer the pain of loss is almost unbearable. Often in life it is easier to accept our own suffering that it is to accept the anguish of someone we deeply care about.ARTArticleHow To Stop Worrying and Get ConfidentRECHARGING YOUR BATTERIES Entrepreneurs often choose to work at their own business because of the freedom to determine when and how hard they are going to work. Most solo entrepreneurs who make the decision to go into business, get to the point where they realize that the only “security” in work is in their own ability to make money with their skills and confidence!ARTArticleHurt People Hurt PeoplePeople who are hurt, specifically in an emotional or psychological sense, tend to hurt other people. Hurt people can hurt people with harsh words, biting comments, derogatory statements, ridicule, condescension, sarcasm, yelling and screaming, cussing and innuendo about family members or friends. It doesn’t really matter how a person came to be hurt, for there are hundreds of ways it can happen: childhood trauma such as physical abuse or rape, parental neglect, peer bullying, sibling conflict, to name a few.ARTArticleHypnosis – eerie, strange, unpredictable?Learn self-hypnosis, an easy, predictable and powerful tool for self-growth. In coaching or therapy at PsykosyntesForum (http://psykosyntesforum.se) we often use methods for working directly on a subconscious level. It can be inner visualizations, subconscious reprogramming, methods from CST (Cognitive Script Therapy, http://www.psykosyntesforum.se/services_cognitive_script_therapy.htm), inner explorations along the Life Track or inner meditative processes. These methods have in common that they bring the client down into a state of deep relaxation.ARTArticleI Saw Red: How to Stop Rage in its TracksMany people have had the experience of anger that goes out of control. What mechanisms are at work when anger turns to blinding rage? Researchers have termed this kind of response as reactive aggression and discovered that when one is engulfed in a rage reaction, the thinking part of the brain is not functioning well (Tyson, 1998). When a person experiences a reaction to what they perceive to be a frustration or a threat, the body prepares for action, not thought.ARTArticleInnocent Bystanders Who Aid and Abet Parental Alienation SyndromeIn Parental Alienation Syndrome, courts, atto eys, police, social workers, therapists, and friends often assume that what the presumably frightened alienating parent is saying is true. People may believe fabrications by the alienator because the kinds of abuse the alienator claims DO and are known to happen. There are, indeed, ex-spouses who are abusers and sexual molesters. The alienating parent can be very convincing with detailed, vivid stories. The clincher is that the alienated child corroborates the alienating parent’s version of how terrible the targeted parent is.ARTArticleIntuition vs. Willful Forcing – A Life Coaching Tool (Part 2)Intuition vs. Willful Forcing – A Life Coaching Tool (Part 2) Article by M. Joy Young, LCSW 503-309-1163 branchingover@iinet.com ARTArticleJealousy Paralyzes Creativity, Productivity and RelationshipsCNBC: Jealousy Paralyzes Creativity, Productivity and Relationships, Says Stress Relief Expert Lauren E. Miller Published: Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011 | 8:10 AM ET ARTArticleLearning Anger Management Lessons from Charlie Sheen – How Not to Do ItFor a good example of an emotional and career meltdown fueled by a combination of stress and anger, there’s no better current example than the professional ‘suicide’ committed by actor Charlie Sheen. Sheen’s February 24 rant on radio against Chuck Lorre, creator of the popular TV show “Two and a Half Men”, and nominally his boss, was the bridge too far, causing his atto ey to receive an 11-page termination letter for the mercurial star. A High Performing Family is Perhaps a Source of Stress ARTArticleLoss of Self-Concept in Eating Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Individuals with eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder frequently suffer as much from loss of self-concept as much as they do from the more obvious symptoms of their disorders. This is only one way in which these disorders are similar, but one that can easily be overlooked by friends and family because it's often difficult to admit that one feels empty inside or doesn't know who one really is: This is a lack of self-concept.ARTArticleLoyalty Vs. Blind Loyalty In FamiliesLoyalty is essential for genuine family solidarity. But blind loyalty leads to family dysfunction. A loyal family member is faithful to the family's traditions and honors its obligations. A loyal family member is emotionally present with support and encouragement during success or duress. These unwavering devotions are admirable and observable: just look at how a loyal family member helps another member during an illness, a financial crisis, the breakup of a marriage, death. I admire family loyalty; I believe in it. However, I do not believe in blind family loyalty. Here's why.ARTArticleMalicious Divorce Syndrome: How to manageDespite years researching and treating this topic, I find it to be poorly understood but extremely destructive both to parents and to children of divorce. Parents who have lost their child through alienation have sometimes described it as worse than the death of their child because, for the parent, it is an unresolved loss.ARTArticleManaging Emotion--Helping Yourself in Times of Stress by Johanna Courtleigh, MA, LPCIf your upbringing was anything like mine, you probably grew up in a family where strong feelings weren’t too well-tolerated. I was told to ‘rise above’ when I was unhappy, and to ‘simmer down’ when I was having too much fun. I came to learn that in the vast continuum of emotional experience there was a narrow middle ground that was socially acceptable. Most of us know that ground as the arena of being “fine”.r ARTArticleMarital Secrets - 7 Reasons We Keep ThemMatt has an online relationship with a woman from another state. It isn’t anything serious, so why worry his wife? Katie has been hiding her spending sprees from her husband that has put them into serious financial debt. She is afraid if he finds out he will never forgive her. Jason never told his wife that he got fired from his job, but rather, that he got laid off. He did not want her to lose faith and respect for him.ARTArticleMaryland Anger Management: TriggersUnderstanding your triggers is an important part of the Maryland anger management class.The question is why do I have a different set of triggers than you? It all goes back to your neurology, i.e. how your brain functions. The part of your brain that controls emotions is basically a memory processing machine operating in the background telling us how to respond to situations.It makes a quick check of things you have stored in memory and asks “have things like this in the past been safe?”. We all have different triggers because we have all had different negative experiences.ARTArticleMoving Your Body is easier than you thinkFor many of us, our parents and grandparents got much more physical activity than we get today. They shoveled snow, raked leaves, chopped wood, scrubbed floors, hand-washed garments, hand-mowed lawns, washed and waxed cars and walked miles per day. And for our earliest of ancestors, physical activity was a natural way of life. Roaming and working the land, gathering food and water, cutting firewood and securing shelter brought with it plenty of physical exertion. Our bodies are meant for movement.r ARTArticleNarrating The Present–Being In The Now by Johanna Courtleigh, MA, LPCSometimes we get lost. In the swirl and whirl of our thoughts. In the energy of our emotions. So lost, we can find ourselves angry, hurt, terrified, bewildered, or worried and out of time, in a memory we React to as if it were real in this very moment, or a prediction of a future that terrifies. This is our imagination, and in that moment, we are our worst enemy. Because in that getting lost we forget who and where we really are, and what is really true.r ARTArticleNever Give UpLife can be hard, unfair, painful, and confusing. Sometimes it is overwhelming and we feel defeated. We may face situations that we do not think we can overcome and we just want to give up. We may lose faith and give up on ourselves, on others, and sometimes on life itself. Following are simple words of encouragement to remind you that you can and will make it through the problems you face if you do not quit. Today, you can choose to believe for the best in your life, receive God's strength, get back up, and be encouraged to never give up!!ARTArticleOverworked, lack of time, your head full with everything you have to remember?Learn how to do more using less energy: The e-course ETT - Eliminate the Time Thieves Inefficiency leads to stress We often try to handle stress in our work by learning "stress coping", and there are many courses available in this field. Many of these are useful and necessary. But, they often miss one important factor: lowering the stress level by working more efficiently, to increase one´s personal efficiency. Work smarter ARTArticleParental Alienation Syndrome and the law of gravityParental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) has, to date, not been included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is not widely accepted in United States courts. Even after it might be included in the diagnostic manual, courtroom arguments will likely continue for decades – because it appears invisible. Unlike physical abuse where scars and wounds are exte al, PAS destroys internally and, thus, a denial that PAS has occurred is relatively easy.ARTArticleParental Alienation Syndrome: The ControversySome women’s groups have denounced and denied the existence of Parental Alienation Syndrome, claiming it is a ploy by men to use against women. The claim that PAS has not been accepted in U.S. courts of law is not true. Although there are judges who have not recognized Parental Alienation Syndrome, there is no question that some American and foreign courts are recognizing the condition.ARTArticlePoor sleep and weight gain?Ever notice how hungry you feel when you don’t get enough sleep? Did you know that when we are sleep-deprived we eat more because we are actually hungrier? Yes, it’s true. Chronic sleep loss disrupts the body’s endocrine system by triggering increased insulin resistance and a disruption of appetite regulating hormones. Lack of sleep leads to a rise in ghrelin, the hormone that turns on hunger and a restriction in leptin, the hormone that makes you feel full. And since we are awake longer hours and are often sedentary in that extra waking time we consume more calories than we burn.ARTArticleProcrastination and overeating--what's the connection?We all procrastinate to some extent. There are only so many hours in the day and some tasks are just plain more onerous than others. Sometimes we procrastinate because we feel overwhelmed by everything we need to get done and we’re having trouble getting started. Other times, we feel unmotivated or tired and can’t get going. But no matter what the reason, if we want to successfully manage our lives, we must get a handle on our procrastination.ARTArticleReprogram your allergyAllergy always has a physiological/medical cause. Allergy has always a physiological / body chemical source. Foreign microscopic particles enter our body and activate our immune system, causing different symptoms like swollen mucous membranes, skin rash, inflammation. When this occurs with a substance that does not expose the body for any threat, we call the reaction allergy. The activation of the immune system is also done by a psychological conditioning.

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