Nothing is done TO you. Negative emotions are not caused by external sources, situations, or people, they are generated from within by one culprit: Self-Talk. Yes, emotions are reactive but they are not evil or bad, they are a chance for us to take a time-out and investigate why we are reacting negatively, and to identify the root of our reaction – the irrational thought – in order to transmute it. Negative emotions are your cue for an exit and a one-on-one with yourself. This is when you say, “hey, I gotta go,” and proceed to figure things out instead of blaming others for feeling threatened and fearful, or attacking and hurting them. It’s our deal to sort…self with self. Read More…
Every single moment of your life, whether conscious of it or not, you are engaging in internal self-talk. Your thoughts, hundreds of them, are going off – some at the same time – fighting for your attention. It can get seriously out of control.
Where is the off bottom? How do we turn it off? Read More…
The top 3 New Year’s resolutions are 1. Lose weight (health), gain money (finance), and find a mate (love). Many of us do this same list year after year. Enough – this year, you need to experience real results. If something is not giving you the result you want, try something new. My motto: If you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
There is ONE resolution, ONE thing we can all do, and if we succeed, all these three – health, money, love – will follow: Master your emotions. Why: Read More…
Out of all the smurfs, angry smurf was definitely at highest risk of cardiac arrest. Out of all the emotions, anger – whether expressed or repressed – is the worst for the heart. Repression of anger creates a huge burden on the cardiovascular system, and sometimes outright expression of it hurts others and makes things worse for you as well. Read More…
Talk about a power team: Vitamin B Complex refers to all the B vitamins (B1-B12), which work together to offer a great deal of nervous system and cardiac support and are therefore critical in stress management. Discovered in the first part of the 20th century and studied extensively ever since, these vitamins are usually referred to and distributed as a group supplement, but they have individual names and functions: Read More…
I always remember when my voice teachers would tell me, “wow, you are a natural at breathing right.” What? I didn’t know there was a wrong way to breathe! As my curious mind inquired about this breathing mystery, I soon learned something even more intriguing: Most people don’t know how to breathe properly and spend much of their lives barely breathing. I am so impressed by this that you are likely to catch me investigating who is breathing this way or that, why they breathe that way, and making sure they are aware of their folly – no shame in the game. Read More…
