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ARTArticleOvercome Phobias with EFTEFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a mind-body natural energy therapy that has proven to be one of the most reliable methods available today to cure a phobia. Created by Gary Craig, this energy method has been used to help sufferers of virtually every type of phobia. Let’s examine why EFT is so effective and how it can help resolve your phobia once and for all.
What is EFT?
EFT is a natural energy protocol that uses two important proven concepts:
1. Our bodies have a natural energy healing system
2. Our mind can control and direct that healing energyARTArticlePanic Attacks Cure - What Are Panic Attacks?Surveys suggest that around 20% of the US population will suffer at least one or more panic attacks at some time during a lifetime. It is also reported that around 1.7% has a serious panic attack disorder. Let’s talk about what panic attacks are and how they affect people.
What is a panic attack?
A panic attack is an involuntary reaction to exte
al or internal factors that, if unchecked, can trigger a series of very unpleasant physiological and psychological changes. The first of these changes can quickly create a chain reaction of stronger reactions and sensations.rARTArticlePathways to Discover Your Life’s Purpose“We have been put on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.”rn~James Van PraaghARTArticlePersonalized Sympathy Gifts Show Special ThoughtfulnessUnique personalized sympathy gifts express timely thoughtfulness to a bereaved person. They become treasured mementos of the life of a loved one who has passed on. There are a number of ways to personalize a gift. You can incorporate a photo, have an item engraved, or use a particularly meaningful item to the griever.
Engraved ItemsARTArticleRaising Cooperative Kids - Three Things Parents Should Never Do“If you don’t clean up your room right now, you’re grounded!” Ellen yelled at her daughter, Brittany. Brittany rolled her eyes—again—and stalked off toward her room.
This running feud was getting to Ellen. She was at her wits end. She began to dread coming home from work because she knew the bickering and yelling would start as soon as she walked through the door.
Ellen knew she had lost her way as a parent, and she even began to feel that Brittany didn’t have the same level of respect and love for her that she used to have.ARTArticleSeven Steps to Emotional MasteryOver several years we have worked with many people that have struggled with eating disorders, body image problems, and weight challenges. Most of the time we find that these challenges are linked to unhealthy coping patterns, unhealthy beliefs about our bodies, and becoming stuck in dieting mentality. Maladaptive (unhealthy) coping strategies like stress eating, binge eating, or restrictive eating are rooted in avoidance of uncomfortable emotions. Instead of facing our emotional pain, such as sadness or fear, we turn to food, dieting, or starvation to cope.ARTArticleSome Tips for Strengthening Your Private PracticeBuilding a Private Practice is all about creating a strong foundation. This foundation builds as you strengthen your business plan, the way you do business, you as therapist and your marketing plan. I have found many therapists don't know how to describe themselves or tell others what they do and why they do it. Here I present just a piece of what I think makes up a private practice.
What is Your Specialty?rARTArticleStupid, Fat and Ugly. Or?Who has not been called stupid, fat or ugly at some time in their life? And, who has not felt hurt by such comments? Even as an adult, to be called any one of those can be hurtful. And, also, to be called the opposite of any one of those would make us feel great. How would you feel if you were told you were smart, fit and beautiful? Of course, it is not really being told either of those extremes that make us feel up or down; it is that we believe the words. If we know we are smart and are called stupid by somebody, it has no real effect, because we know, within ourselves, that we are smart.ARTArticleSympathy Inspirational Gifts Bring Hope and EncouragementThoughtful sympathy inspirational gifts combine spiritual support with encouragement in times of grief. They place an emphasis on celebrating the life of the deceased and challenge us to move on to honor our loved ones with courage and hope.
In times of grief, it is important to balance support and comfort with hope and encouragement. What constitutes inspiration will vary with the individual and takes into consideration the person’s world view and value system.ARTArticleThankful Kids R Happy KidsHow wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative—or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. ~ Sir John TempletonARTArticleThe 3 Ways Fears and Phobias Can StartMost fears or phobias can be traced back to a root cause. These root causes generally fall into three main categories based on what created the original fear. In this article you will learn the three ways in which a fear or phobia can start which should help you to understand more about how your own fear or phobia came about.
A lifelong fear or phobia can usually be traced back to having been caused in one of the following three ways:
1. A Traumatic Experience.
2. Learned Behaviour
3. Psychological InducementARTArticleThe 7 Criteria of Emotional MaturityWhat does it mean to be mature? According to Merriam-Webster, mature is defined as having completed natural growth and development. That is, being fully grown, complete, ready.
I do not believe that we arrive at a state of complete emotional maturity with no further need for growth and development. Rather, emotional maturity is a life-long process. We continually grow in our experience of love, acceptance, stability, adaption, and so forth.ARTArticleThe Artist Within Each of UsNow that fall has arrived, I have been winding down a little and making time to watch some movies. A friend once recommended Walk the Line, based on the true life story of Johnny Cash, so that is what I decided to watch and I am so glad I did. I thought it was an excellent movie--very sad and touching, yet inspiring and moving. The pain and rejection that Johnny experienced early in his life almost destroyed him. In his music, the artist within was able to express himself, release some of his pain, anger, hope and faith.ARTArticleThe Best Way of Curing a PhobiaThere have been many methods proposed and tried for curing a severe fear or phobia but the evidence available indicates that the vast majority of them fail miserably. The latest techniques of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) have provided good results as also have the methods employed in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) but far out distancing both of these is the best way of curing a phobia that I want to share with you in this article.
Main textrARTArticleThe Best Way to Make Yourself & Others HappyWe make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill
We live in a give-and-take society. When we give, we usually expect to get something in return. But sometimes we give for the sheer joy of giving. We don’t expect anything in return. It just makes us feel good to know that our giving has made a positive impact; it has helped in some way or it has made someone happy.ARTArticleThe One Thing Love Cannot Live WithoutWe’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it. ~John LennonARTArticleThe Power of Choosing Your DirectionDuring a recent small business event the question was asked, “How many of the businesses present have busing plans?” Only 25% of the businesses there had plans. It was shocking that in this economy businesses were not strategizing on how to grow their business. To grow a business it is important to have a business plan that outlines what the company’s goals are and how they are going to reach those goals. A company can not survive, let alone grow, by sitting around expecting customers to show up.ARTArticleThe Truth About Eating DisordersThe most common eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. Eating disorders are the result of poor body image and low self-esteem. They affect mostly young adults and teenagers but younger pre-teens are now beginning to develop a distorted body image. An eating disorder may start at a young age and follow all through adult life. New reports are also finding that eating disorders are developing in seniors.ARTArticleThe Weight of ThanksgivingThanksgiving is a time when most of us overeat. It's just what we do on this holiday, right? We eat until we're stuffed, and then when we have a little room opening up again in the old digestive tract, we fill it back up immediately. Hours later, we do it all over again. It's okay--we're giving thanks for the abundance of food on our tables and family and friends in our home.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK IN 2011THINKIATRY & CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK IN 2011
Posted on Thursday, December 30th, 2010 at 1:44 pmr
THINKIATRY & CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK IN 2011 CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & CHANGING YOUR EMOTIONAL LIFETHINKIATRY & CHANGING YOUR EMOTIONAL LIFE
Posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 9:49 am
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I want to begin this message expressing my humble thanks and gratitude for the hundreds of kind comments and support for my work received over the past few weeks from Thinkiatry’s Blog, You Tube, Twitter, Facebook, and Search Engines.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & CONSEQUENCES FOR THINKING THE WAY WE DOTHINKIATRY & CONSEQUENCES FOR THINKING THE WAY WE DO!
Posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 5:39 pmr
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Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process will challenge and change the habitual, dysfunctional thinking we have experienced throughout history and our own lives each day.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & EMOTIONAL SELF-THERAPYTHINKIATRY & EMOTIONAL SELF-THERAPY
Posted on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 at 3:51 pmr
Thinkiatry’s 5 Principles are Thinking, Feelings, Moods, Separate Realities, and Life in the Moment. Learning each Principle provides the knowledge and skills to integrate the next into a virtually foolproof process of self-therapy to eliminate negative thinking, feelings, moods, and their impact on our mental health and relationships with others each day.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & FREE, LIVE, ON-LINE CLASSESTO WATCH & LISTEN TO THIS POST - PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK ON YOU TUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8iq80amcI0
Today, countless millions of people throughout the world are bearing unprecedented levels of emotional distress and deteriorating happiness in their lives each day. They are innocent victims of their own, individually unique habitual thought systems. The way we traditionally think allows negative thoughts, resulting feelings and moods to virtually control our emotional lives and relationships.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & LIFE WITHOUT NEGATIVE THOUGHTSTHINKIATRY & “LIFE WITHOUT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS”
Posted on Thursday, January 6th, 2011 at 9:43 amr
THINKIATRY & LIFE WITHOUT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS - CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & MY HAPPIER LIFETHINKIATRY & MY HAPPIER LIFE!
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at 4:16 pmr
Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process are the result more than 30 years of my personal struggle to find more happiness and contentment in my life each day.
After several years of study and practice my emotional life has changed dramatically and I use Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process many times each day to ensure my own healthy psychological functioning and happiness.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & OUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR FEELINGSOUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR FEELINGS Please click this Link to view Video.
In video #1 we learned about Thinkiatry’s 1st Principle – Thinking. We each have an individually unique “Thought System” comprised of our interpretation of our own thoughts and those of others accumulated throughout our lives. It is impossible for any two of us to have identical thought systems. Others will never think exactly the same way we do. The major impact our thought systems have on our relationships will be discussed in a future video.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & PARENTINGTHINKIATRY & PARENTING Click this Link to view Video.
Thinkiatry teaches the Principles, Process, and Path to healthier psychological functioning and happiness in our lives.
I have spent over 30 years studying how our minds and emotions work. During these years I found myself constantly reflecting upon how the knowledge and skills I was learning could have benefited me as a child.
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s – a much simpler time. Yet, in hindsight I suffered from dysfunctional thinking, anger, moods, low self-esteem, and I stuttered – to the joy of my young peers.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & RELATIONSHIPSTHINKIATRY & RELATIONSHIPS PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO.
Applying Thinkiatry’s Principles to RELATIONSHIPS:
As a society we all need help: Individually, our negative thinking emotions about ourselves and life in general are at historic highs. Our national divorce rate has been a disgrace for years, Family relationships are deteriorating beyond belief, and our work relationships need a lot of work.
Yet, relationships are so important to our level of healthy psychological functioning and happiness each day.ARTArticleTHINKIATRY & SELF-HELP FOR SELF-HELPSELF-HELP for Self-Help = THINKIATRY Please Click this Link to view Video.
THINKIATRY is SELF-HELP for Self-Help!
Einstein once said “The solution to a problem will never come about from the same level of thinking that created the problem in the first place.” Paraphrased, that’s: “The solution will never come about from the same level of thinking!”
Dr. Einstein recognized levels of thinking, confirming Thinkiatry’s founding premise: Our emotional lives and happiness cannot be changed without first understanding how our minds work and changing the way we think!