“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #54

Now that those creative juices are flowing, let’s work on the Healthcare system in this country.  Since I work in the holistic health field, this is a problem that is near and dear to my heart.  This time let’s work with metaphors.  Make up a story or find an existing metaphor for the current situation [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #53

We’re on our last week of mind power techniques.  Time to start putting all the techniques you’ve learned to good use.  For me, the most important reason to improve our minds is to improve creative problem solving skills.  Goodness knows we’ve got plenty of problems ahat could stand to be creatively solved in this country right now.  We’ve [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #52

Okay, here’s an opportunity to put your new creative thinking skills to work.  Go to www.change.gov and send your ideas for improving the economy to President-elect Obama and Vice-president elect Biden.  See what I wrote below.  Send me a comment and let me know how you would change or improve mine, or tell me like it like [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #51

Okay, sorry I delayed getting back to you with these anti-procrastination tips!! (  tee hee!)  Remember the world famous Nike commercial??? “Just Do It!” (It’s almost as popular as “Don’t Mess with Texas!”)  As simple as it seems, that really is the best way to deal with procrastination.  Just Do it.
Gee, you’re thinking.  [...]

Hypnosis for Economic Anxiety: A Response to Mary Pilon

This letter is in response to Mary Pilon, a sometimes writer for The Wall  Street Journal regarding her article on Hypnosis for Financial Angst at this link: http://marypilon.blogspot.com/2008/11/hypnotists-in-todays-wsj.html
 
Dear Ms. Pilon:  I read with great concern your article, “A Hypnotic Answer to Financial Angst.”  As a former college journalism scholarship/internship recipient, I was disturbed by some [...]

“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques” #50

One of the best things you can do to get the Negative Mind under control is to (1) Become aware of the typical negative statements you make about yourself or your life (2) Rewrite the most common negatives to positive affirmations (3) When you catch yourself speaking negatively, immediately replace the negative with the positive [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” # 49

I love metaphors!!! When I talk to people about mind power, I use this metaphor:  It’s like training a dog to walk on a leash.  When you first start out, you might have beginner’s luck, like I did with my two, Girlfriend ( the Zen queen, a labrador retriever) and Jake ( a gentle but [...]

“Need a Cheap Haircut in SA?”

Dolores is my beautician.  She charges $7.95 for short hair.  Another nice thing about the South side is things are cheaper.  If you happen to be in the neighborhood and want a hair cut, she’s about a block down from the intersection of Roosevelt and Mitchell St. , on the left side of the street as [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #48

I’ve been telling people for years that “Belief is the steering wheel, but emotion is the gas pedal that gets you want you what out of life.”  I said this long before the movie, The Secret, popularized it. 
I had an excellent example of this method in action today.  Today I was talking to Veronica, our massage [...]

“Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques” #47

I’ve said it before:  One of the best ways to strengthen your mind is to get out of it.  Another great way to do that is to have some body work, especially some type of touch therapy, like massage.  You know, Bob Hope used to brag that his fountain of youth was getting two massages [...]