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ARTArticleThe Benefits of Positive ThinkingFirst of all lets understand what is positive thinking. Positive thinking only means approaching life with a positive outlook. That being said it does not mean you have to ignore potentially harmful situation that can impact your life adversely. The individuals with positive thinking do not allow negative events in their life to hold them back or prevent them from enjoying life. They take life as it comes. They don’t grumble or resort to saying poor me, poor me. They deal with life challenges with courage and maturity. They understand the futility in being negative or pessimistic.ARTArticleThe Hunt(Written September 20, 1988) We were in a house trailer just outside the Lindreth trading post, in northwest New Mexico. There were six of us on the hunt that year: My Dad and I; Morris - Dad's best friend, and his son Brad; Don - who owned the trailer and was to be our guide, and his son Chris. I had watched my Dad leave to go hunting each fall since I could remember, had seen the freezer filled with venison after he returned. Hunting was the time when the men gathered together. Brad and I were 12, and this was our first time to go along, even though we weren't to carry guns.ARTArticleWhat if She Grows up Like Auntie Agnes?Many of us have a “black sheep” in the family. Sometimes that person has a mental illness and sometimes not. It might be someone who caused you or your parents great unhappiness in your childhood. At any rate, you know someone fairly close to you who caused havoc in your life. That relative provides a model of what you do not want in your child and a model of what you fear. Yikes! When you have just gone through an angry, out-of-control episode with your child, you might think of Auntie Agnes and fear the worst. You panic. You might over-react.ARTArticle***12 Signs that you may be involved in a codependent relationshipAre you worried that you may be involved in a codependent relationship? You are not alone. Most people associate codependency with a partner who has an alcohol and substance abuse addiction, but there are other situations that can foster a codependent relationship. Following are 12 signs that you may be involved in a codependent relationship. The good news is that if you're a codependent partner, you have the ability to recover, transform your life, and reclaim your soul's destiny. What is a Codependent Relationship?ARTArticle***Do you sabotage your money line?Did it ever happen to you? Does this sound familiar? You make some money, then you lose it soon enough. How about intentionally throwing your money away, on something you know is not going to work? You'll find many excuses. You may think it is because you are not focused enough, that you don't do enough research, that there is too much information etc. etc. OK, you may not be aware of it, but if there is something bad in your subconscious about making money, you are not going to be successful at making it.ARTArticle***Holistic and Energy Psychology Treatments for PTSDPsychological trauma can change the course of a person’s life and in some cases leave devastating life-long scars. Trauma can come from any situation that poses a threat to personal safety or sense of wellbeing. The events can be real or perceived; trauma is any event that the psyche can’t cope with or process as it happens. A traumatic event may be etched in our conscious memory, or it may be stored directly in the unconscious mind. In either case, the limbic brain creates coping mechanisms which keeps us in states of hyper vigilance and chronic fight or flight mode.ARTArticle***How to Be Successful and Make the Law of Attraction Work for You?A lot of my patients ask me how to be a success. They do everything by the book, say the perfect affirmations, think positively, and do dream boards as suggested in the book "The Secret". Yet they are not successful in making the Law of Attraction work for them. What is going on? We are indeed electromagnets and we attract to us people and experiences that vibrate at the same wave-length. Except at least 95% of what we radiate is what is going on beyond the level of our conscious awareness.ARTArticle***Shamanic Soul Retrieval | Effective Holistic PTSD Treatment"It is estimated that 70% of adults in the United States will experience one or more traumatic events in their lives, and 20% will go on to develop PTSD"1 For individuals who suffer from PTSD and other psychological disorders, conventional treatment methods may not be enough to bring about balanced psychological and physical health. Based upon their effectiveness, several complementary and alte ative holistic PTSD treatments, including shamanic soul retrieval, have increasingly gained popularity in helping those who suffer from PTSD, anxiety, depressio ARTArticle***The Law of Attraction and Subconscious SabotageBefore the movie, The Secret, Esther and Jerry Hicks wrote a series of best-sellers about the Law of Attraction: The Power of Deliberate Intent, and The Art of Allowing. Esther supposedly channels a non-inca ate being by the name of Abraham, who gives her knowledge about using the Law of Attraction to manifest things. The teaching is a great teaching and is basically correct and useful. The teaching states that whatever you focus on, you attract. So, you can reach for better feeling thoughts.ARTArticle***Treatment of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) with Energy Psychology and SCT (Sabotage Correction Technique).I worked with a soldier, Jonathan, with a few years history of PTSD, with the classical symptoms of nightmares, flashbacks, emotional numbness, and dissociation from life. He had been in therapy twice a week with a psychologist in the last four years and was on a whole cocktail of medications. With all this his condition had not improved, and he had not functioned at work or socially.ARTArticle***What is Karma?Everything is energy and energy vibrates. The body is condensed materialized energy, at the level of our vibrations. I see the body as a small computer, connected to the main computer of the Highest Consciousness that is uniting us all. All knowledge is, of course, available as the Source has all knowledge. The body has access to the Source, as it is an instrument of the Source. For sure it has access to all of the personal history and suppressed emotions as evidenced by hypnosis.ARTArticle5 Things Gay Men and Lesbians Can Do to Feel Better About Sex.The opportunity to enjoy sex is one of the great things about being gay. Some people say that being gay means they feel less restricted and more free sexually in terms of what they can do with their bodies, with who and when. But many people struggle with feelings of guilt, shame and fear associated with being told gay sex is not 'normal' or 'natural' or 'right' in some way. Enjoying Sex. These ideas that certain types of sex are 'not normal', 'unnatural' or 'wrong' are a result of fear and prejudice.ARTArticleA Conversation With DadWritten August 5, 1990 All I really wanted to say was "I'm sorry." I had said some hurtful things to my Father. But he had been dead for three years. How do make amends after they're gone? It wasn't perfect, not like him being there, but I was talking to him anyway. Just making up a conversation in my mind, inside my spirit. And answering for him - what I thought he would say. No, that's not quite true. Some of the things my Dad had said to me, but I could not hear them at the time, or at least, could not receive his words.ARTArticleAre Britain and Sweden helping the USA Target Assange? Part 3 of the Truth on AssangeAustralian jou alist Julian Assange believes he's the subject of a witch-hunt by the USA. Assange fears that submitting to the controversial Arrest Warrant issued by the fourth and latest Swedish prosecutor will lead to him being illegally extradited to America. He has been granted asylum by Ecuador in their embassy in Britain. Are the allegations of rape and sexual assault against Assange real? Is he being hunted by the American oligarchy, with the active cooperation of Britain and Sweden? What's the truth of the matter?ARTArticleConsensual Sex or Rape? Part 1 of the Truth on AssangeHas America declared War on Assange and WikiLeaks? The disclosures by Australian jou alist Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have clearly upset America. Yet the right to expose shameful US government secrets is protected by the First Amendment's rights to free speech and press freedom. As Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black ruled in the 1971 Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg whistle-blower trial:ARTArticleDiscover the Sheer Joy of Living A Life Of Meaning And Purpose…For most of us, figuring out what our life purpose is, is not high on our to do list. We have a job, family obligations, social commitments, appointments…the list seems never ending. The problem is, without a well-defined life purpose, most of the things on our to do list don’t seem to get us very far. Our life is just filled with a series of events, with no real meaning or direction. We’re pretty much just going through the motions. Finding your life purpose changes all that.ARTArticleFear: Understanding The Most Basic & Elemental Emotion Within UsWe've all experienced it - the rapid beating of our heart, the sudden perspiration on our brow, the shaking of our body and the weakness in our knees. Fear is the instinctual response our brain has to potential or perceived danger. In its truest form, it’s a healthy emotion. We need it to survive. It’s what keeps us from walking out into traffic, or trying to feed a wild bear. But there is another side to fear. The side that our brain creates based on nothing more than the nightmares in our head. This is the kind of fear that can paralyze us and rob us of our dreams.ARTArticleHorses are Natural Peacemakers...that's what they are perfect for the emotional impact of divorceHorses are natural peacemakers As I was growing up, I often found myself in the role of family peacemaker and wondered what it would take for people to focus more on the ways that connected them rather than divided them particularly within families. I guess this is one of the reasons why I decided to study law, and to forge a long career in divorce/family and litigation law.ARTArticleHow do I find my purpose, my passion in life?I was asked recently by a client this very question:- "How do I find my purpose and passion in life?" Together we had been doing a great deal of personal development work, including self esteem, confidence, leadership and team building; throughout the entire process my client felt that she was not actually doing what she truly wanted to do with her life and wanted to fix that. I thought back to how I worked out what my life purpose and passion in life was...that brought to where I am now - I recall it was quite an exercise.ARTArticleHow to Find Self Confidence and Develop Motivation Online.Have you ever decided to make a major change in your life, a change that you feel totally committed to making, only to find after a few weeks, days or perhaps only hours, all your good intentions have been scuttled and you are back to where you were? Perhaps you have made a New Years Resolution and decided to stop smoking, limit drinking or take up a new fitness routine?ARTArticleIndependence Day - Little Danny Set Free!For the last two years I've been working to overcome the effects of damage done by my Grandmother, who we all called Mamaw. When I was 8 years old, she asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said a famous writer, and she was appalled, and said "If you are a famous writer, they'll call you crazy and lock you up!" She reinforced that message by telling me the doctor she worked for as a nurse had confirmed that if I was a writer when I grew up, and went crazy from it, he could have me put into an insane asylum.ARTArticleOvercoming The Fear - Facing The PastI received this question from someone who had just read my book, Freedom’s Just Another Word, where I confront some pretty bad demons from my past: How did you overcome your fear of dealing with all the pain coming to the surface? I have not been able to conquer this fear I have of experiencing all that pain. I can talk to myself, try to reason it all out. I know this stuff is poison. If I let it all stay buried in there it is going to continue to rot my soul. I can know this in my head, but the fear is greater than my reasoning. Here’s how I responded:r ARTArticlePTSD - And Didn't Know it!I spent a lot of time walking around Houston in the middle '80s with many of the symptoms of PTSD, and didn't know it. I was having flashbacks - of occurrences I didn't remember. I felt like the man in the Bou e Identity with amnesia, who was getting glimpses of his past - a past he could not recall. Sometimes it was like feeling memories - like I was somewhere else living through something. But I had no idea what was going on, and it was terribly frustrating and confusing.ARTArticleThe New Science Of Positive Stress. Why Stress Is Not Bad For You.Is stress bad for you? If you're like the majority of people, you've been taught that stress is bad for you. It's Public Enemy #1, affecting your psychological health, making you sick and increasing your risk for coronary heart disease. If stress is a part of your life, we'd like to share a video with you that will revolutionize the way you see stress, and hopefully how you deal with it! You can click on the video below for the full talk on stress or read the rest of the blog for the highlights on how to make stress positive. Why Stress Is Good For You ARTArticleThoughts on My Inner ChildA good friend emailed me a while back and asked about my experience of the "inner child" on my road to healing. My inner child, who I called Little Danny, was an integral part of the book I had written, "Freedom's Just Another Word." My friend wondered if my experience of that inner child had changed over the years, or if that child was still a part of me in some ways. Here's how I characterized it:ARTArticleThree Swedish Prosecutors Dismiss All Charges. Part 2 of the Truth on AssangeWikiLeaks, headed by Julian Assange, has released a whole bunch of American government emails showing how America deceives the world. Is he really being hunted by the American oligarchy, with the active cooperation of British and Swedish authorities? Or are the allegations of sexual assault against him real?ARTArticle***Non 12 Step Addiction Treatment - Empowering our Young AdultsWhen we imagine our children becoming addicted to drugs we often envision dimly lit alleys filled with questionable characters persuading our impressionable children to smoke, snort, or even shoot illicit street drugs. However, the most realistic threat to our children’s sobriety is not in the street, but much closer. In fact, it is in your medicine cabinet.ARTArticleBDSM: a new sexual orientation?The term ‘sexual orientation’ is mostly used about being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual (LGBT). This powerful concept - ‘sexual orientation’ - pioneered courageously by members of the LGBT community, has empowered people, within the last 50 years or so, to think of themselves as not bad, or sick, but just different. Readers may remember that it is not all that long since homosexuality was considered a form of sickness.ARTArticleCalculated Risks: The Power To Change Your LifeLet’s face it – life is risky. Every action holds the potential for success or failure. While many people are scared of taking any kind of risk that moves them out of their comfort zone, the truth is that doing nothing, and settling for less than you deserve, is the riskiest choice of all. By taking calculated risks, you can change the course of your life, and create the type of success most only dream about. A calculated risk, by definition, is one that has been given careful thought.ARTArticleFR*EE Confidence BoosterRELEASE SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS My New Year's Gift to You 100% of the people who book sessions with me are extremely competent people, most have responsible jobs or other responsible roles in life, yet the vast majority hold themselves back through negative thinking and limiting beliefs about their self-worth.

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