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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to Increase Your Happiness

  • Posted on July 2, 2009 at 10:40 pm

Being mindful is to become a conscious observer of your thoughts and surroundings. Your thoughts and feelings may be optimistic or pessimistic but you don’t get caught up in the drama of it all. When you are mindful, you notice the sights and the sounds around you. Rather than perceiving anything as a distraction, you take it all in with a sense of peacefulness. You can do this type of mindfulness meditation anywhere and any time to reduce stress, it is just a matter of allowing yourself to get out of your head and into your body where your senses take over.

If you choose to practice mindfulness in a more formal way by taking a seated position, you need only bring your awareness to the current moment. Experience what is happening right now and allow any negative emotions of fear, anger or anxiety to dissolve. Mindfulness teaches you how to become conscious of what is happening around you, in your life and in your environment. You are able to take life in stride and respond to challenges in a more productive and positive way when you become an observer of your life.

The release of tension and stress are the major benefits that you’ll realize from undertaking this kind of meditation practice. Our society is so caught up in the rush of moving from one activity to another while life is passing us by. By taking each moment at a time and becoming more mindful, you can begin to enjoy even the most mundane activities in your day. Remember, the past is gone, the future isn’t here yet and the present is a gift! Try this type of meditation and see if it resonates with you.

Life is full of choices and so you can choose to live in the present any time you notice that you are feeling stressed or depressed. You will know that you are not being mindful if you notice that you are feeling anything other than joy, love or peace. Stop for a moment and take a deep breath, slow down and begin to experience life through your senses. When you do, you will be practising mindfulness.

All that it requires is for you to choose to slow down and relax your body and mind. Allow yourself to begin experiencing life through your senses so that you can let go of your worries even if it is just for a minute. If you practice this enough, you will be doing your health and peace of mind a huge favor.

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Make Your Ex Girlfriend Want You Back Fast

  • Posted on July 2, 2009 at 2:21 pm

You had probably lost relationships in the past and had move on but the last one is hard to take off your mind. There’s something more you want in the relationship and of course you can’t stop feeling how lost you are without the love of your life. But the problem is, you do not know where and how to approach your ex-girlfriend. Maybe you’re afraid that she might not want you back but you’ll never know this unless you try. What you need is a little push to make your ex-girlfriend want you back.

Divulge your thoughts and feelings to a close friend, verbalizing your problem can actually help you solve it.

Make yourself presentable. Those sleepless nights might have left you looking awful. If possible, shop for new clothes and have a haircut so that when your ex-girlfriend sees you, she’ll notice how refreshed you are. And hey, it does not bring any good wooing her back looking disheveled.

When you’re finally ready, call her up and ask for a lunch or coffee date. Bring her to your favorite spots so that she’ll feel at ease talking to you again.

Do not forget to bring flowers on your date.

Then say you’re sorry of the things that you did that hurt her. Tell her that you’ve been thinking about the relationship and that you two can still make it work.

If she’s still upset, give her space and respect that she needs time to take it all in and eventually think it over. When she’s done with all that and if you’re lucky, she’ll be the one to call you.

Most girls tend to play hard to get so just be patient and devote time and effort to make things work again.

Lastly, mean what you say. You would not want to go through the same heart aches again so learn from the past and strive to make the relationship last

Whoever said maintaining a relationship is easy? It needs more than time and effort to make it work. Things around you might change but the key to a better relationship hasn’t. Communicate well with your partner and settle every issue.

Whoever said maintaining a relationship is easy? It needs more than time and effort to make it work. Things around you might change but the key to a better relationship hasn’t. In the mean time read this article How to get my Ex Girlfriend Back for more advice.

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5 Relaxation Tips for Parents

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

Letting Go
In our stressful world, it is important to develop an ability to let things go easily. This is vital for our mental and spiritual health. Try to find moment in the day or at the end of the day, where you can let go and release everything that has happened. This is especially important to do before bedtime. You may like to fill an imaginary balloon with any stresses and anxieties and let it go, or try throwing unwanted thoughts and feelings and watch them disappear or float away. Use your imagination, be creative and make this an enjoyable experience for yourself.

Eat Slowly
When we are rushing from one activity to another, it is easy to forget to look after ourselves and just eat on the go. If you can, try to sit down to eat and eat as slowly as possible – enjoying every mouthful. Your body will thank you for this and you will feel the benefits of deep relaxation. If you can, bless your food or say a short prayer for a few moments. This may sound strange, but there have been studies that our thoughts and intentions can have a profound effect on our food.

Smile
Even if you don’t feel like it – smile. Watch as this little facial expression can make a difference to your mood. For a deep relaxation, try this Buddist exercise of tummy smiling. Imagine you are smiling from the depths of your stomach. As you practise this, you will find that you instantly feel more relaxed and content.

Take a Break
If you are able to stop during the day, schedule a short 5-10 minutes break for yourself. This will help you feel more calm and in control. Use these few minutes to experience deep inner calm and silence. Just allow your thoughts to slow down, let go of the tension in your neck and shoulders and imagine you are being showered by drops of peace and a bubble. If you have time, kick off your shoes and socks and walk on the grass outside. As you build up a practise of this, you will notice how you can be refreshed and rejuvenated in just a short time.

Stop and Breathe
Stop for a few moments and let your mind become still. Take in a deep breath and breathe in a feeling of peace. As you breathe out, breathe out peace into the room. Close your eyes and give yourself a 30 second face massage. End with a brisk rub of the ears for a fantastic rejuvenator.

Practice Meditation
Sit or lie down and let your mind drift away with this meditation.

Close your eyes, be very still and imagine you are lying down on the beach. Feel the warm sand underneath your body. You can hear the waves of the sea.
Now, very gently you are going to relax each part of your body. Start with your feet, let your toes completely relax and become soft. Now release all the tension in your ankles and let your legs become soft and heavy. Relax the muscles in your tummy and back, feel your back sinking into the soft golden sand. Let your shoulders and neck become soft and heavy as all the tension melts away. Your arms feel heavy as they sink deeply into the warm sand. And now let your head completely relax. Relax your eyes, your ears, your cheeks, your jaw, your forehead. Become completely still and relaxed. Feel the warm sun on your face and body as you sink further into the lovely soft sand.
Enjoy this wonderful feeling of being calm and peaceful. Stay there for a few more moments, enjoying the feeling of being completely relaxed. Extract from The Wishing Star and Nature CD

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Best Treatments For Panic Attack

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

Panic attacks can strike out of the blue, and without any clear reason for the attack. One moment you are watching TV, cooking or even driving and in the next instant, you are hit by a barrage of uncomfortable physical symptoms and you are convinced that something terrible is about to happen to you. Left untreated, panic attacks will eventually lead to panic disorder.

If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks but you don’t know about it, you can end up seeing numerous doctors, only to be told that you are perfectly fine and you are not given any help or information. This can lead to confusion and increases your fear of the “mysterious condition” that you are suffering from.

A full blown panic attack can lead to the following physical symptoms:

- Rapid heart pounding

- Muscles tension and pain

- Difficulty in breathing

- Headaches

- Cold sweats

- Dizziness

In addition, you will also feel the following “emotional symptoms”:

- Fear of dying

- Fear of going mad or crazy

- Feeling unreal, like you are out of your body

- Depersonalization, feeling unreal

Panic attack is a perfectly treatable condition and it possible to stop them without any medication. The best and most effective treatment for panic attacks is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is a method that seeks to modify or eliminate troublesome thought patterns that triggers your panic attack. In simpler terms, CBT helps you to look at your fears realistically; it changes your negative thoughts and feelings into positive ones.

CBT is split into 2 aspects, behavioral and exposure. The behavioral portion involves learning how to relax during periods of high anxiety – this can includes relaxation techniques and breathing exercises. For the exposure portion, if you have been avoiding a particular place or situation, you will be exposed to the feared situation and given the opportunity to learn how to cope with them.

For example, if a patient approaches a feared situation, he will be persuaded to stay – despite his rising anxiety. Thus, the patient will realize that frightening his feelings may be, he is not in any danger. Eventually, he will gradually overcome his fears as he knows that he is never in any real danger and there is nothing to be afraid of.

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So what is your outcome?

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:05 pm

So what is your outcome? What do you want?

We hear this quite often, don’t we? But what usually happens when we hear this?

Well the most common response for people who don’t get their results would be:

“Well I don’t want ‘x’ to happen”,
“I don’t want to stay in debt”
“I don’t want to be ill anymore”

I hear this all too often when coaching people and it’s a big problem in why the person hasn’t got the result the way they want it. Even if people say “I want to be well again as I hate being ill all the time” just thinking this will be a hindrance to your success. Why?

Well in order to achieve your outcomes or goals in life, you have to be focused on the end outcome or goal. However sentences like “I don’t want to stay in debt” focus on debt! And whatever your mind focuses on with consistency you attract in your life, it continues to expect and even looks out for it!

Imagine that sentence for one moment “I don’t want to stay in debt”, when you think about that now, what happens in your mind?

You may make a picture of being in debt
You may associate the bad feelings of being in debt for life i.e. fear, anxiety and unhappiness.
You may hear the words we were taught such as “Money doesn’t grow on trees you know!”, “We can’t all have money!”

Your mind will delete the ‘don’t’ and just make up a picture of ‘Stay in debt’, your hypnotising yourself with that suggestion with “I stay in debt!”

Now if you have one or all or more of these thoughts over a period of time, it naturally causes consistent bad feelings, and guess what the more negative thoughts and feelings you have it will produce limiting beliefs such as ‘Your right money doesn’t grow on trees, I will be in debt for ever, I give up!”

Henry Ford once said “Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right”

This is so true. So what are you focusing on? Are you focusing on the lack of or the abundance of?

Now imagine if you will the thought “I am Healthy and Wealthy”

What happens? It’s a whole lot of new set of thoughts and feelings right?

You see a picture of you being healthy, and wealthy
That brings feelings of energy, security and happiness.
It may creates the words “I can, I will, I have”

Now even if in reality its not presently true, if you change your thoughts to be consistent like the above, it to will create new feelings, and over time will create strong empowering beliefs that will cause you mind and body to search for the answers and attract those people, relationships, health, wealth and happiness into your life.

What’s your outcome? And more importantly what’s your point of focus?

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Transactional Analysis and Ego States

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Eric Berne, the founder of Transactional Analysis developed the PAC model, the three ego states, Parent, Adult and Child. These are a mixture of behaviours, thoughts and feelings.

The Parent ego state, or exteropsyche – is a state in which people think and behave like their own parental figures did in their childhood. When in the Parent ego state people will often tell you “You are not allowed to do that”, or “This is not good!”. The Parent ego state can be Nurturing (supportive) or Critical.

The Adult ego state, or neopsyche – this is our internal computer. It is always rational, willing to find out more, analyzing everything, etc.

The Child ego state, or archaeopsyche – this is a state in which people behave, feel and think similarly to how they did in childhood. Like the Parent ego state, the Child also has two sub divisions: Adapted Child and Free Child. The Adapted Child will adapt to almost everything in order to get accepted. The Free Child is the one who is having fun, enjoying life, playing, telling jokes, etc.

Each of us are using all of these ego states. We are switching between them all the time but most of us love to use one of them especially. For instance if your boss is telling you “You will stay here until you finish this project” if you prefer the Adapted Child you will say “OK boss!”. If you like the Adult more you will reply “Why is it so important to finish it right now?”. If you like the Parent more you will reply “You are not supposed to be so rude!”. The Free Child would say “Yes boss”, and after 5 minutes he is out with his friends doing something funny.

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How To Deal With Consumer Motivation Research

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Consumer motivation research is all about understanding the most important aspect of a business – the customer. Studying consumer motivation helps businesses and organizations develop marketing strategies that work. Simply put, consumer motivation refers to the needs or desires of a consumer that drives their purchasing behavior. In studying consumer motivation, one needs to look at the following aspects:

- The consumer’s psychology that deals with their thoughts and feelings that affect how they choose among different products and brands.
- The customer’s surrounding environment that may influence purchasing decision such as family or the media.
- The consumer’s behavior during actual shopping or deciding on a purchase

Aside from the above, a complete study of consumer motivation should take into consideration the fact that consumers value some products as more important than others or they find some products interesting, and others not. This is important because consumer motivation would of course vary depending on whether the consumer regards the product as important or interesting. How they select products would also differ if they were to choose a product that is important to them than something that they care less about.

It is not only the business world that can benefit from studies on consumer motivation. It can also be useful in creating social awareness campaigns and delivering messages to the public effectively.

There are several methods used to research consumer motivation. The two basic categories are primary research, which is an original study conducted specifically for a business or company either by an in-house team or a third-party research group, and secondary research, which is existing research conducted by another group such as the US Census.

Some of the methods used in consumer motivation research include surveys for gathering specific data; focus groups where discussion leads to the discovery of customer concerns; personal interviews that allow in-depth understanding of consumer motivation and experiment tests, which is used to prove that there is only a single explanation for a specific observation.

Take note, however, that the choice of words used in a survey can influence the respondent’s answer or the list of answers is limited so the response is not that accurate. Interviews are also highly vulnerable to creating a bias in the respondent not to mention conducting such sessions is quite expensive. High cost is also true for focus groups. In this method also, the so-called “social desirability bias” can affect the response of participants who instead of giving their honest opinion may only be saying what they think will impress the group or make them likeable. With experiments, the environment is highly controlled and the result of the study may not accurately reflect the behavior of consumers when they are in their natural surroundings.

As you can see, all the research methods have their own advantages as well as disadvantages so choose the suitable method based on the needs of the customer motivation research.

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