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ARTArticleSurviving Child Sexual Abuse and ThrivingMillions of adults in the United States were victims of some degree of sexual abuse when they were children. In most cases this abuse leaves its affects to a greater or lesser degree. The affect it has on people when they become adults is dependent on many factors. The first factor is the severity and the duration of the abuse. The second most important factor is how the abused child processed the abuse in his or her mind. If the abuse was dealt with at the time, it would have a lesser affect later in life.ARTArticleSwim Today to Keep Old Age AwayEveryone knows the benefits of physical exercise to achieve that improved quality of life. However when incorporated with a daily mental exercise, there can be no better way of keeping out Father time. Something about water and the brain, after all Dolphins are almost considered almost as smart as humans and if they determined the IQ test, they would probably favor themselves. Also the Dolphin's brain to body mass ratio is greater than most mammals. Swimming requires more simultaneous brain functions than running and other strenuous exercise.ARTArticleTap Into the Inner Virtue of Your Wonder WomanIt’s fair to say that in the last half a century or so, women have captured more masculine associated traits such as powerful exte
al strength along with independence and self-reliance. However men have made less progress in these feminine associated traits such as true compassion for others, deep honesty, affection and trustworthiness. Obviously women play a very key instinctive nurturing role in society, however men must be brave and secure enough in their manhood to dare to learn from the opposite sex.ARTArticleThe 7 Deadly Sins of any RelationshipNothing is perfect and that goes for relationships too. In the best of intimate relationships, there are those subtle and not so subtle signs that harmony is being disrupted. Some disagreements and discussions make sense and are in fact healthy; his words against hers, her values in the face of his values, old traditions vs. new ideas and so on. However, after a few years of living with a partner, attempting and working on intimacy, you can often see a few patterns emerging. Those patterns might be complicated to detect when you are a part of the everyday ‘drama’.ARTArticleThe Forest Path Hypnosis ScriptI would like you to imagine that you are on a forest path and you are walking to a pool which is in the middle of the forest.
Look at the trees on both sides of the road. Do you see the leaves of trees green or do you see them black and white? What about the trunks of the trees? Do you see them brown?
Do you feel the coolness of the air on your face? Or is the weather humid?
With each step you take, the leaves and trunks of the trees, and all the flowers and plants are becoming clearer…and clearer...
As you see more and more clearly, your body is becoming more and more relaxed…rARTArticleThe Future of America - What is Pornography Doing to our ChildrenWhat do you think it is going to take in order for rational thinking people to finally speak out in huge numbers? How much more do we need to see? How many more stories to we need to hear before we can comfortably speak the simple truth that pornography is the master exploiter of our world and has created a moral epidemic?ARTArticleThe Importance of Goal DevelopmentAs the economy continues to regain strength, sales managers are still struggling to get the most out of their current sales staff especially after the many cutbacks of resources during the recession. After research of over 1000 sales reps over a 2 year period, only slightly more than half of the group admitted to having their own specific goal development plans. This is astounding as sales people more than anybody should know the importance and value of setting goals; after all, they usually have to meet them on a monthly basis.ARTArticleThe Magic Pool Hypnosis ScriptI would like you imagine you have arrived to very beautiful pool in the middle of the forest.
Maybe when you are next to the pool, it’s morning, or afte
oon and or evening. If at any time, you look at very nice flowers next to the pool. I would like you focus your attention on a shrub red roses. When you look carefully at these roses, you see the red color of each rose is different from another.
As you are walking alongside the pool you see different flowers. With seeing each flower, the pool and flowers are becoming clearer…and clearer…rARTArticleThe Parrot and FreedomThere was a certain merchant who has a parrot in a cage. He was going to travel to India for business, he said to his servants, bondwomen, and parrot,” what things do you want I bring to you from India?” Everyone ordered something, but the parrot said,” when you see the parrots in India, say them, that parrot is eager to be you, is in my prison now, what message do you have for him?”
When the merchant was saying the parrot’s message to a flock of parrots in India, suddenly one of the parrots fell out and dead.ARTArticleThe Problem With BenzodiazepinesBecause of several highly publicized deaths from combining Suboxone with benzodiazepines or “benzos”—a class of sedative medications that includes Xanax and Valium—I am frequently asked about the safety of combining Suboxone with those medications. The risk of life-threatening respiratory depression can be mitigated fairly easily, but that does not mean that benzos are safe or appropriate medications for people with or without addictions.ARTArticleThe Pursuit of Happiness - Part 1Obtaining and measuring happiness is something that the UK government has been actively researching for a while now. It's rather curious that at this stage of our advancement, the notion of understanding and incorporating something so fundamental as happiness sounds as challenging as sending probes to Jupiter to try and fathom its nature. It just shows us how clueless we are emotionally and spiritually regardless of our technological advancement. For many people the 'big' questions are not 'what constitutes a happy life?ARTArticleThe Pursuit of Happiness - Part 2In the previous blog I mentioned that the first step to happiness involves becoming free of your ‘tribe’ – whether that tribe is your family culture or society at large. By free I mean the ability to have your own freedom of thought and values within your tribe. Now some tribes are progressive and encourage growth and free thinking but all too often the tribe evolves far slower than its individual members, weighed down as it is by the speed of all its members.ARTArticleThe Ultimate Legacy of Papa Joe Pate
oCertainly the storied career of former Penn State football coach Joe Pate
o has left many praising his legacy of career wins, devotion and loyalty to his university for so many decades, and his conce
with providing a wonderful role model for the young men under his tutelage.
Sadly, the end of his career seriously tarnished the image of his decades of honor and success. Pundits will be debating for years whether to give Joe credit for what he accomplished or to revile him for what he did not do, with respect to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse situation.ARTArticleTurn Loose the Daredevil Inside of YouThere’s much more to courage than display of force in a physical contest, courage should serve as the underlying x-factor in which we can exercise all the other virtues of life like wisdom, justice and hope. Courage should start from every individual daring to live their lives to the fullest potential possible. However some people appear to be flying blind in life, guided by a course someone else set for them. One must work on heightening their senses to a super hero level to help them aspire to a fulfilled and quality life.ARTArticleWhat Is Hypno Massage?Hypno massage is a new type of massage that combines massage with hypnosis.rARTArticleWhat Makes Addicts Stop Caring? How Empathy Gets Hijacked by AddictionWhen you walk into a 12-Step meeting, one of the first things you may see is a sign that says, “We Care.” Though short and seemingly insignificant, this message highlights one of the components of 12-Step recovery that makes the program so effective: empathy.
What Is Empathy?
In its broadest sense, empathy is central to what it means to be fully human. It allows us to tune into how someone else is feeling and gives us insights into the thoughts, emotions and behaviors of other people.ARTArticleWhat to Do When Your Child Refuses to Attend CollegeAs a parent, you certainly want the best for your children. While a college education is important, it is only one of many roads to success. But you are convinced that college is the best road for your child and you are meeting with resistance, trying using the following tactics to convince your children of the value of a college education. Keep in mind however, that all you can do is guide and suggest. The final decision is ultimately up to your son or daughter.rARTArticleWhat Vitamins are Good for Anxiety?First of all, be aware that the most important vitamins your body needs when it is anxious, are those of the B-group.
They all have a strong impact on your psyche, on your mental state and on your nervous system.
Don't forget that anxiety may be a normal reaction in stressful situations. It only becomes a problem if you feel it all day long. Then it is no longer a normal reaction but has become a habit. Your anxiety may become the fear of an anxiety attack. and so on and so forth.rARTArticleWhat Would YOU Write in a Letter to Yourself?The other day, I started to write a letter to myself to read when I reach the age of 90.
Let me explain a little about writing a letter to myself….
My parents are both ninety years old.
I have been observing them for quite awhile.
I have also observed other older people including my grandmother who lived until age 95.
I am always interested in watching people and observing their actions, and often times I try to figure out why they do what they do.
As you would expect, most of the time I come to the conclusion that I have no idea why people do what they do.ARTArticleWhen Your Therapist Is Only a Click AwayMary Smith headed outside to her friend’s pool. Settling into a lounge chair, she tapped the Skype application on her phone. Hundreds of miles away, her face popped up on her therapist’s computer monitor; he smiled back on her phone’s screen.
She took a sip of her cocktail. The session began.ARTArticleWhich Food Stuff may Help With Anxiety? What Vitamins are Good for Anxiety?There are many kinds of food that you should prefer if you suffer from anxiety attacks or are riddled by panic.
First of all, be aware that the most important vitamins your body needs when it is anxious, are those of the Bgroup.
They all have a strong impact on your psyche, on your mental state and on your nervous system.
Don't forget that anxiety may be a normal reaction to stressful situations. It only becomes a problem if you feel it all day long or daily.rARTArticleWhy People Start Using Drugs (and Why They Sometimes Don't Stop)Many believe that people just use drugs to get high. It turns out that there are several reasons why people start to use drugs.
The first reason obviously is to experience intense pleasure: people want to feel that rush so they start to experiment with drugs to experience it. But there are other reasons as well. Many people start to use drugs because they want to feel better; they want to get rid of negative feelings – what we call negative affect – things like depression, anxiety, agitation, and anger. They use drugs to ameliorate those feelings.ARTArticleWill an Addiction Vaccine Work?For more than 25 years, scientists have been hard at work formulating vaccines for nicotine, cocaine and other addictions. Growing recognition of addiction as a brain disease has spurred renewed interest in medical solutions such as vaccines.ARTArticleYoga Essence and Horrible Mistakes of Most Modern Yoga GurusYou probably have heard about ideas to breathe more and expel more CO2. Such ideas are promoted by many people, including current day yoga teachers who suggest ideas that are completely different from the original yoga used for centuries and even from yoga that had been used some fifty-seventy years back. For instance, anyone can prove that previously yoga coaches could efficiently teach methods to deal with medical problems.ARTArticleYou Can Live With a Bully“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.” Harvey S. Firestone
Bully: a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people .ARTArticleYou Can Live With a Bully, Part III have told you about the bully in my life. I was amazed (although I don't know why I should have been) after I spent extra time in prayer that morning asking God to help me with this man, to find, when I arrived at work, him verbally pummeling a co-worker for something I had done. As I climbed the stairs to our offices, I could hear him ranting (OK, ranting might be a little excessive, but he was not happy) at her about what I had done with my committee and what he could do about it.ARTArticleYou Can Live With a Bully, Part IIIPsalm 37:5-6
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
It's been a rough few days! My bully was back. I knew that a permanent change was probably too much to ask for. I mean, when he admits to having these behaviors for thirty years, he's probably not going to change them in three weeks. I knew that but....hope springs ete
al.ARTArticle“FEAR IS THE ABSENCE OF LOVE”LOVE vs FEAR?
Fear is an emotion caused by either outer danger or inner false beliefs
• Like so many popular ‘spiritual’ saying there’s some truth in it but NOT the whole story, so people can get easily confused & also misuse it.
• Generally, this statement means that if we have enough love in our life, we won’t be afraid. Loved by a Higher Power, loved by family, love by pets, love by friends... Yes, these are to be desired & cultivated.ARTArticle“THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD”YES, I WAS HURT BY MY FAMILY,
but they were hurting too, poor things!
This is a phrase I’ve heard over the years, & it always makes me mad.
You may at first think this post is harsh or unfair, BUT please remember that everything our parents were - WE internalized into our Negative Introject. As long as we deny how harmful their actions were toward us - we will continue doing the same to ourselves, mistreat others AND be mistreated as well! (see posts on ‘The Introject’ & ‘Self-hate’).
What does this phrase mean?rARTArticle"UNWANTED"Head, tiny feet and hands, resting in the palm.
A cry signaling the present and future pain.
From birth, there will be no calm.
Abandoned by mother, treated with disdain,
Tossed to and fro, from place to place.
Locked into the system, full of fears,
Who will care and look upon my face?
Will any come to wipe away my tears?
Drugged and repressed, I dare not speak a word,
For punishment comes when one does talk.
And all I have to say will never be heard.
Will any be near me, on my journey, my walk?
I am unwanted, a stranger in the world, unknown.r