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Benefits of relaxation for children

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Here are some of the many benefits.

Benefits for your child’s body

1 helps release endorphins, a natural chemical that makes you feel happy

2 helps relax muscles and calm the nervous system

3 helps boost the immune system

4 helps promote general good health

5 helps children sleep

Benefits for your child’s mind

6 helsp calm and clear your child’s mind

7 sharpens concentration

8 helps promote positive thinking

9 helps memory retention

10 decreases mental tension

11 reducesstress and anxiety in children

Benefits for your child’s emotional wellbeing

12 helps develop children’s self- confidence

13 helps develop children’s self- esteem

14 improves emotional health and literacy

15 helps develop children’s imagination creativity and self-expression

With so many benefits for your child, dont delay! Play or read one of the Relax Kids books or CDs to your child and let them reap all the benefits.

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Does a positive attitude really make a difference?

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:12 pm

International speaker and author of ‘Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude – Choose Your ‘Tude!’, Robyn Simpson claims choosing a positive attitude will improve your life. How much does your attitude reall affect your results?

We all have attitudes – good or bad. But how much does your attitude really have to do with whether you are successful or not? Robyn Simpson, author, international speaker, high performance attitude coach and inspirer is launching a highly motivational and inspirational book ‘Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude – Choose Your ‘Tude!’ to help people create better results in their work and life.

With the current economic climate, rising unemployment and global warming, all of these things impact us and are out of our control. So how does our attitude impact on us?

“We live in a world where outside influences can be beyond our control, however our responses to those things can make a huge difference to our general well being and happiness,” say Ms Simpson. “There are many things we do have control over, and it is our choice to take personal responsibility for those, although sometimes it feels easier to go with the flow. Successful people choose to take responsibility and make their own decisions rather than be at the effect of others.”

When asked; “If a person is made redundant, if they choose a positive attitude everything will be alright?” Ms Simpson responded “Some people are made redundant and choose to see it as a personal attack and allow their self esteem to be damaged, which can cause a downward spiral of depression. Others are made redundant and decide they will find another job and those who do so with a positive attitude are more likely to get re-employed. A small percentage of people who get made redundant see it as an opportunity to try something else like traveling, a new career or studying to up-skill. How you see this situation depends on your attitude towards it.”

“I would love to see attitudes and self responsibility was taught in schools. It would make such a difference to our communities,” states Ms Simpson. “My message is not new, however I see so many people missing it I decided to write this book to help people understand some things are really simple to change, and can make the difference between living an unhappy life or a happy one.”

More than simply a book, the 17 chapters of inspiring and practical lessons help every day people excel in everything they do. There is a 15-step ‘Structure of Goals’ process that provides readers with a logical and simple process to follow. Combined with a practical Work Book, readers learn valuable life enhancing habits that will serve them well in work and in life. No matter what the goal is, if every step of the 15-step Structure of Goals process is completed, you will progress and reach your goal. Having the right attitude is closely linked to the ability to achieve goals. Achieving goals builds self-esteem, which assists people to choose great attitudes.

Plus this book is full of resources for readers including inspirational downloads, information, websites and much more, to help continue the learning.

‘Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude – Choose Your ‘Tude!’ is attracting a lot of positive media attention. It seems the attitudes of people are changing. Those who choose great attitudes believe they can be successful and achieve great things. Ms Simpsons goal is to reach over 10 million people worldwide with this message and she is well on her way to achieving that. As she says herself, if a girl from a small town called Paekakariki can do it with very few resources – anyone can.

The book is available from www.choosethetude.com

Robyn Simpson, Entrepreneur, Inspirer, Author & International Mentor.

Inspirational / Motivational / Coaching Books
www.choosethetude.com

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The Best Ways To Reduce Stress And Anxiety

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Dad, is it OK if we have a quick chat? I always have time for you son, you know that. Thanks Dad, well as you know and can no doubt hear I have this stuttering problem and it is causing me all kinds of problems. I am often stressed out and anxious as I constantly fear the fact that I am going to stutter when speaking to people. I just want to be able to relax, smile and be happy – in the same way that other people do. Son, I realise it is tough for you and I will do everything that I can to help. Thanks Dad, it is much appreciated.

The above is a conversation that I had with my father when I was aged fifteen. My whole family had been a massive support for me since the age of four which is the age when I developed the stutter.

My dad did manage to help me to reduce the amount that I stressed. He did this by taking me to specialists and by bringing home books about the subjects of stress, anxiety, depression, confidence and self-esteem from the library.

This helped to understand that I should appreciate the things that I have in life rather than always focusing on the things that I haven’t.

I should approach life with a positive, I can do, attitude and that the words “I can’t” do not exist.

Where I am not happy with a particular aspect of my life I need to work hard to try to improve the situation.

I should not accept second best in life as to do so would be to accept failure.

I have been doing these things for a long time now and I have to say that the difference it has made to my life has been incredible. It also helped me to overcome the stutter when I was aged twenty-two.

Steve Hill is a webmaster from Birmingham, he has interests in a number of websites including:
stuttering information
lower call charges
DVD replication

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Goal Setting Activities That You Should Know

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Throughout you life you have set and achieved goals. As a baby your goal was to walk. As a child your goal was to ride a bicycle and as a teenager your goal was to graduate high school. Most of these goals were achieved with the help of parents, friends, or teachers. Now that you are out on your own it is up to you to achieve your goals. Buy following these few goal setting activities you will achieve success.

The Picture of Success

Find a picture of your final goal. If your goal is to become a top executive find a picture of a businessperson you would like to emulate. If your goal is to own a big house then find a picture of your dream house. If your goal is to increase your self-esteem find a picture of an activity that exudes confidence and pride. Place this picture on your bathroom mirror so you see it every morning as you get ready for the day. This will be your daily reminder of the goal you seek to achieve.

The Lists

The next of your goal setting activities is to make two lists. Write these lists on a chalk board or white board that can be erased easily. On the left list your long time goals. Be it losing weight, getting an “A” in Chemistry or getting a promotion by the end of the year. On the right make a list of 3-5 interim goals you need to achieve the following day that will move you to your final goal. Each day try and achieve these goals. Do not get discouraged if you fail to achieve all your daily goals. Simply keep the unfinished goals on the board for the next day.

The Reward

The third list you want to make is a list of interim goals. These interim goals are fairly large milestones on the way to your final goal. As each of these interim goals is achieved plan a celebration. Throw a party, take a vacation, spend the day at the spa or go to the baseball game. Plan on including a friend or loved one as part of reward as this will make your reward all the more worthwhile and fun. It does not matter what reward you choose; it just must be extra special and very enjoyable.

The Team

To achieve your goals it is best to assemble a support team. Select a few friends and family and a mentor who has achieved your goal. Let your loved ones know what your goal is. Tell them their job is to help you stay positive and motivated. Your mentor is there to offer advice and guide you towards your goal. The mentor’s job is to help you stay on track and make the right choice that will lead to success. By following these few goal setting activities you will quickly achieve success.

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What Is The Difference Between Self Worth and Self Esteem?

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm

The journey towards greater self awareness is long and trying at times but undeniably fulfilling as you proceed. The more self aware you become, the greater your ability to navigate and appreciate the complex human interactions you encounter in your life and handle them to your benefit. One of the key areas of knowledge that is essential to understand on your journey is the difference between self worth and self esteem. While many confuse the two, in fact they are quite different.

The best way to think of self worth is to think of how much you feel you ‘deserve’ something. Many highly capable and talented people sabotage themselves or don’t reach their full potential because deep down inside they don’t feel they truly ‘deserve’ what it is they are trying for. Much of ‘self worth’ has to do with our subconscious feelings of if we have truly ‘earned’ something.

Our upbringing and the environment in which we are raised can also play a big part of making us feel either ‘worthy’ of success and accomplishment or not. While self worth can be changed, it is through hard work and a gradual process where we put the time and effort in and develop the self-competence and ‘sweat equity’ in whatever it is we are pursuing. The goal of course is to develop a life in which you are truly in sync with your self worth and that it is aligned with your goals thereby permitting yourself to achieve your full potential.

Self esteem on the other hand is more immediate and temperamental. One’s self esteem can change from moment to moment or hour to hour based on more superficial things such as how we look on a particular day or how we’re dressed. If we perform well in a certain situation or are commended or accomplish a challenging task, our self esteem can get a temporary boost. At the same time our self esteem can take a hit fairly easily as well if we fail at something or get rejected in some way. As can be seen, self esteem is more an hour by hour and situational kind of thing.

Of the two, it should be apparent that the underlying self worth is the harder and also more important to concentrate on and cultivate. Self esteem is certainly important but is more fickle in its nature. It’s immediacy however makes it comparatively easier to fix and examining one’s situations on a day to day basis to make sure you optimize your self esteem and avoid situations where it will get knocked is a good strategy to undertake.
Constant good self esteem can aid in the process of pursuing the improvement of self worth while frequently poor self esteem can get in the way. It is therefore important to understand the differences in them but to work on both simultaneously.

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Self Improvement Solutions – 5 Tips For Maintaining Your Self Esteem

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Self esteem can be very hard to build and once you have it, it can be a burden to maintain. Everyday life will test your self-esteem; see how much you can take before it finally gets through to you. Never let it get the best of you and never let it destroy you because once you lose all self esteem, you’re back to square one and the journey will be long to regain you esteem. In this article discover 5 things you should avoid to keep your esteem high.

1 – Negative Environment
This is the place where non – appreciative people thrive. Everyone will have one of these in their life may it be work, school or even at home. Any work you do is not appreciated even if you worked yourself to the bone. This environment will have you feeling bad so avoid it at all costs as it will ruin your self-esteem.

2 – Other People’s Behaviour
If someone is in a bad mood leave them alone. People who are in bad moods are most likely to attack if provoked. Anyone that sends out a bad vibe you should immediately back off from as it may affect you too or they could attack (verbally) denting your esteem.

3 – Changing Environment
This isn’t avoidable but it is something you should look out for. Sometime in your life you will experience a change may that be house, school, job or even relationships. Changes will be hard to adjust to and some big changes can seriously hurt your self-esteem (a change to a lower paid job because you weren’t as good at your last one) but remember that with change you can easily adapt to it.

4 – Past Experience
This is a major self-esteem crusher. Some things happen in the past and every now and then we will rethink these events and some will even cry. A good example and probably most common past experience that would crush you would be a divorce from your parent (you feel you caused it) or your parents leaving you for adoption. Sure the past can come back to haunt us, but the past is the past and you have to put that behind you and think about the future.

5 – Negative World View
The world is full of negativity; war, famine, poverty…All this can hurt you as you know you can’t do anything to help but you can. You may donate clothes, food or even money to help people who need it more and you are guaranteed to get a major boost of esteem.

Don’t get knocked on your feet by people who are trying to pull you down. We are given our options and it is us who choose which one =s to take. Follow this guide to make sure that you don’t get pulled down by the world and so that you can keep on top.

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