tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69304979060472889582024-03-15T18:12:28.230-07:00Miracle Work with Fran SpayneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-4931773848676219402023-10-23T09:16:00.001-07:002023-10-23T09:16:35.352-07:00Change Your Genes' Activity with Mindfulness<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 28pt; line-height: 90%; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 28pt; line-height: 90%; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4JHgHwbRjYoHlxOM2JUlLcdjykRbKP1bzI0DjuL80dKfDtkG522B6b-36l79QCdvYjvYpVYRChxzszdoNQmlzPQuQT6ttnyRkvlNb23rBzpWXCkZgobUd1j59sdrhHo4Cabr2nH4XXlZ67HzLnNBfi3LAOp0iGbRcX3MnbHpAoxnroN0HELxWUcJC8AV/s2560/Meditation%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2560" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4JHgHwbRjYoHlxOM2JUlLcdjykRbKP1bzI0DjuL80dKfDtkG522B6b-36l79QCdvYjvYpVYRChxzszdoNQmlzPQuQT6ttnyRkvlNb23rBzpWXCkZgobUd1j59sdrhHo4Cabr2nH4XXlZ67HzLnNBfi3LAOp0iGbRcX3MnbHpAoxnroN0HELxWUcJC8AV/w538-h289/Meditation%20pic.jpg" width="538" /></a></span></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 28pt; line-height: 90%; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">Practicing mindfulness or even meditating can actually change your genes’
activity. Changing your brain’s daily
activity with mindfulness or meditation can have concrete medical benefits. What prevents you from trying it even if only a few short periods a day? Think about it, really what prevents you? You will notice instant relaxation too. </span></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-31683623145631690412023-10-16T13:09:00.000-07:002023-10-16T13:09:44.864-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWBaINegZgtKDUN-KOrjawF98vSkIkv09StdwtYZI8nXbMHu2SwWHelXN_1lkqHIpnSQQlSS2QG2l-8Ha1PgtKFYr-aqaHgHTx1XhEOVHukzcz8quGcWhrdEgBH3SBVIjl-mBC_3IuoJC_riSyncre2_3hhFXDs7pzjjCs2S71QnCfAJgXMiXU5c1z4LJ/s1200/Manifesting%20pic.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWBaINegZgtKDUN-KOrjawF98vSkIkv09StdwtYZI8nXbMHu2SwWHelXN_1lkqHIpnSQQlSS2QG2l-8Ha1PgtKFYr-aqaHgHTx1XhEOVHukzcz8quGcWhrdEgBH3SBVIjl-mBC_3IuoJC_riSyncre2_3hhFXDs7pzjjCs2S71QnCfAJgXMiXU5c1z4LJ/s320/Manifesting%20pic.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"> <b><u>Manifesting Greatness Tip</u></b></h1><div>Daily affirmations are very powerful when you focus on a vision of your dream (or goal) that you attach strong emotions of happiness, pride, joy, success to that vision. Visualize every aspect of it as if it has already happened. Feel all the feelings. Tell yourself and believe that you have already achieved such greatness and it will turn into your new reality! Really it will! Try it. </div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-85957092920531521172023-09-21T09:44:00.003-07:002023-09-21T09:44:58.254-07:00Creating Peace - We have the Power! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtnKcxUL5pYDP2s8zG454rLZDcv-o0Q5yIzPwcocSD_IILfkrjp5SolPWjcC-SZJi5Az1Hnn0tMO3321QE22bXldOJcZy7jdaNvPU169td9p1CVPAjselU_UuPcEdzZHHYpFBg2dzqH8NNM0PpGnfEU1_0Rcfx13noONqM-tR5WyLwlUy_XlMPD2-SNQI/s600/Dove-of-Peace-600x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtnKcxUL5pYDP2s8zG454rLZDcv-o0Q5yIzPwcocSD_IILfkrjp5SolPWjcC-SZJi5Az1Hnn0tMO3321QE22bXldOJcZy7jdaNvPU169td9p1CVPAjselU_UuPcEdzZHHYpFBg2dzqH8NNM0PpGnfEU1_0Rcfx13noONqM-tR5WyLwlUy_XlMPD2-SNQI/s320/Dove-of-Peace-600x400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Your consciousness creates the reality you
experience, it means you have the ability to consciously direct it using your
intention.</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Because thoughts are a form of energy, and
energy is equivalent to matter, your thoughts can </span></strong><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">literally</span></em><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"> become matter. </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">The power of connective intention, as it allows
you to access the wellspring of oneness, unity, and interconnectedness, which
in turn, harnesses the transformative energy, creating the conditions which
make manifestation and healing possible.</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">This is one of the most fascinating areas of
quantum physics research as it attempts to explain how our brain waves engage
with the elements of the natural world and manifest matter into our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">If as a society we all knew and believed this
science, there would be less conflict over wanted material things, less jealously,
less wars, and ultimately more peace. This is my reason for teaching this, PEACE!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-85478583164542489932023-08-15T14:37:00.000-07:002023-08-15T14:37:16.380-07:00Try an Attitude of Gratitude with a Gratitude Practice<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0v8vWppC5zYsNNbOQsBvBGcoBN7AoQr1w04YuDSXvjReqJKfVEus_2VeikXgHE2AjYPrGkL_El29CCQPBLtGClVAucFwyYMiR9NNYWnNKjDw2uqivIIVATwydrjZDpZ1oLr5WDfyznm_6rb26c0T2wj21QGEDc1toa4zEEgU8BXkCYF_mnXMR-KRBKnBN/s1884/ec8f191944e7cb10e267517da7d75540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1884" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0v8vWppC5zYsNNbOQsBvBGcoBN7AoQr1w04YuDSXvjReqJKfVEus_2VeikXgHE2AjYPrGkL_El29CCQPBLtGClVAucFwyYMiR9NNYWnNKjDw2uqivIIVATwydrjZDpZ1oLr5WDfyznm_6rb26c0T2wj21QGEDc1toa4zEEgU8BXkCYF_mnXMR-KRBKnBN/s320/ec8f191944e7cb10e267517da7d75540.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Try an <b>Attitude of Gratitude </b>with a<b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gratitude Practice</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The benefits of gratitude extend
far beyond what we may imagine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paying </span><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">attention</span><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> to what we feel grateful for puts us in a positive frame of
mind. It connects us to the world around us and to ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing what we appreciate in life means
knowing who we are, what matters to us and what makes each day worthwhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try practicing daily gratitude </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">meditation<span style="color: #2c2d30;"> which will help relieve stress and resets your attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="article-quote2"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">“<i>Be thankful for what you
have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you
will never, ever have enough.”</i></span></span><strong><span style="color: #6a7a82; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>~ Oprah Winfrey</span></strong><span style="color: #6a7a82; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-86515311355866777682023-07-19T15:19:00.006-07:002023-07-19T15:23:46.867-07:00 The Gift of Forgiveness <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmrkps63QwFc2NpIBmF78uqNoA7gX0smLY2T1rMzJFYBipYn2eDBjSI_x1MWA-YeyZ7SKY8b_GMGVP_1XeQFuWa_t1X7-Nz3AKONFsqIlhM15k1NZaDdyxfoV9YY7n0Z3CiQXBSA8WauKMToZv2EUs41wxHM0BrXU846xLEPXJj7I-Mpuf4JNE0FSeUEL/s891/FB%20-%20Forgive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="891" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmrkps63QwFc2NpIBmF78uqNoA7gX0smLY2T1rMzJFYBipYn2eDBjSI_x1MWA-YeyZ7SKY8b_GMGVP_1XeQFuWa_t1X7-Nz3AKONFsqIlhM15k1NZaDdyxfoV9YY7n0Z3CiQXBSA8WauKMToZv2EUs41wxHM0BrXU846xLEPXJj7I-Mpuf4JNE0FSeUEL/w569-h479/FB%20-%20Forgive.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-60200382643269435582023-04-25T09:02:00.003-07:002023-04-25T09:02:56.391-07:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.05pt; margin-bottom: 9.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In these difficult times
when life seems out of our control, let’s focus on the only thing we ever really
did have control over ~~ our thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Stay present and stay positive. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-81282477787017461482023-01-03T11:36:00.002-08:002023-01-03T11:42:58.006-08:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">People who practice </span><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><b>Positive
Thinking</b></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> have a better mental and
emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life while expecting positive
results. They know better days are ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are people who believe they can overcome any obstacle or difficulty
and are usually mentally and physically </span><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">health</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">ier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
surround yourself with these types of people, you’ll feel less stressed and
more positive yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to
the May Clinic positive thinking can also </span><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">reduce
stress</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
we all need this right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter
what your circumstances you are probably being affected by this virus concerns
in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of us more than
others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With a Positive Attitude we
experience pleasant and happy feelings. Our whole being broadcasts good will,
happiness and success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Research</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
even shows our health is affected in beneficial ways. We walk taller, our voice
is more powerful, and our body language shows the way we feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
positive or negative words we say to ourselves, or others affect everything as
proven in this </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/6930497906047288958/2887601802060738390"><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">experiment</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> done with children from low-income families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Choosing to be positive and
having an attitude of gratitude will determine how happy your day will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a name="_Hlk123648834"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, how can we maintain a positive
attitude during these troubling times.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk123648834;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span lang="EN">But how when there is so much bad news?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">See my post on Attitude of Gratitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-82057038930386090922020-04-03T07:19:00.002-07:002020-04-03T07:25:30.382-07:00<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<u><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;">Take Control of Your Daily Emotional Direction<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;">Get your intentions aligned with how
you want to feel for the day. Those feelings will have an impact on
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smallest way (like an encouraging text to someone) can lift your spirit
and bring joy. Your body will produce oxytocin, the feel good
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #767676; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">The Power of Your Mind</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">In these difficult times
when life seems out of our control, let’s focus on the only thing we ever really
did have control over ~~ our thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I find practicing <b><a href="https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Mindfulness</span></a></b> is more
important than ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is simple and gives
great results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a state of active,
open attention to the present. This state encompasses observing thoughts and
feelings without judging them as good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is being 100% in the present without engaging in thought of the past
or future, or worrying about the ‘what-if’s’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have <b><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-perfect-blend/200908/can-you-disengage-others-negative-emotions"><span style="color: #0563c1;">disengaged</span></a>
</b>from all negativity in my life to keep that clear calm state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be distancing or limiting your
contact or interaction with negative <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sapient-nature/201303/dealing-negative-people"><span style="color: #0563c1;">people</span></a>,
limiting <a href="https://time.com/5125894/is-reading-news-bad-for-you/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">watching
the news</span></a> or engaging with <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2018/11/16/new-research-shows-just-how-bad-social-media-can-be-for-mental-health/#6c7f7aa07af4"><span style="color: #0563c1;">social
media</span></a> that makes you stressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
decided to <a href="http://miracleworkwithfranspayne.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>limit my time on Facebook</span></a> for a while
because it has so many virus related and negative political posts that I found
myself getting stressed reading. I can still feel stay connected to my select
friends and family through text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">People who practice <b><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201803/think-positive-11-ways-boost-positive-thinking"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Positive
Thinking</span></a></b> have a better mental and emotional attitude that focuses on
the bright side of life while expecting <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">positive</span> results. They know better days are ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are people who believe they can overcome
any obstacle or difficulty and are usually mentally and physically <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-power-of-positive-thinking"><span style="color: #0563c1;">health</span></a><u><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ier</span></u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you surround yourself with these types of
people, you’ll feel less stressed and more positive yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the May Clinic positive
thinking can also <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950"><span style="color: #0563c1;">reduce
stress</span></a> levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t we all need this right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter what your circumstances you are
probably being affected by this virus concerns in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of us more than others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With a<b> Positive Attitude</b>
we experience pleasant and happy feelings. Our whole being broadcasts good
will, happiness and success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/GratitudePDFs/6Emmons-BlessingsBurdens.pdf"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Research</span></a>
even shows our health is affected in beneficial ways. We walk taller, our voice
is more powerful, and our body language shows the way we feel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The positive
or negative words we say to ourselves or others affect everything as proven in
this <a href="http://miracleworkwithfranspayne.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">experiment</span></a>
done with children from low-income families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Choosing
to be positive and having an attitude of gratitude will determine how happy
your day will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So, how can we maintain
a positive attitude during these troubling times.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span lang="EN">But how when there is so much bad news?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Try an <b>Attitude of Gratitude
</b>with a<b> <a href="http://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/how-to-be-grateful/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Gratitude
Practice<span style="font-weight: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></a></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
benefits of gratitude extend far beyond what we may imagine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paying <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/attention" title="Psychology Today looks at attention"><span style="color: #2c2d30; text-decoration: none;">attention</span></a> to what we feel
grateful for puts us in a positive frame of mind. It connects us to the world
around us and to ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing what
we appreciate in life means knowing who we are, what matters to us and what
makes each day worthwhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try practicing
daily gratitude <a href="https://positivepsychology.com/guided-gratitude-meditation/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">meditation</span></a>
which will help relieve stress and resets your attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="article-quote2"><span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="color: #6a7a82;">“Be thankful for what you
have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you
will never, ever have enough.”</span></em></span></span><strong><span style="color: #6a7a82; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>~ Oprah Winfrey</span></strong><span style="color: #6a7a82; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here are a number of ways to stay <a href="http://www.centralsquarehealthandwellness.com/index.php?id=nutritional-support-during-the-covid-19-pandemic"><span style="color: #0563c1;">physically
healthy</span></a> the natural way by my friend and Naturopath Health Care Practitioner, Kristine Jelstrup--Central
Square Health & Wellness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take care of yourself mentally and physically and we’ll get through
this together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Blessings, Fran </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-28876018020607383902020-03-15T13:29:00.000-07:002020-03-15T13:59:35.472-07:00Power of Words<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I
taught<i> </i>my <i>Power-of-the-Mind</i> class to a group of 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> to
10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade girls who live in a Housing Projects in
Lawrence. They come from low-income families and many are
challenged in their hope for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some feel totally powerless to their environment of drugs, violence, and
poverty<i>. </i>The first day I met them I had them do this rice
experiment. I had them fill three jars with equal parts of cooked
rice. I labeled them as shown in the picture
below. They were all placed on the <i>Si, Se Puede</i>, an after-school
program Director, Lorie Mendoza’s desk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked the girls to come every day and say
with passion what was written on the two jars and ignore the third
one. After just one week, yes just 7 days, the results were
staggering. The one jar that was said, “thank you, I love you to”,
had no significant change. The rice still looked fresh and stable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one that they said, “You fool, I hope you
rot!” to, turned to complete mush. You couldn’t even tell is was
rice. And the third jar that they ignored all week had large chunks
of green mold on the top and bottom of the jar. This experience was
so powerful for these girls. It showed them that their words not
only matter but, they have enough power to affect their environment.
Through this experiment they learned that they do have some control and they
can collectively begin to change the world around them. Their
wish now is that every child in Lawrence have the opportunity to learn what
they experienced in this class. Their confidence was strengthened enough to
asked to meet with the Mayor, Dan Rivera to get his support for this program in
the schools. They even wrote letters to Ellen DeGeneres to tell her about what
they learned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Your
words are powerful too. We live in very divisive times right now
but, as these girls have proven, we have the power to make a difference
too. Words and your intention behind the words are
powerful. What words will you choose today? <u1:p></u1:p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fran Spayne – </span><a href="http://www.miraclework.org/"><span style="color: #001ba0; font-family: "calibri";">www.MiracleWork.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u1:p></u1:p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-49092541151256048112017-08-10T11:48:00.000-07:002017-08-11T08:49:33.448-07:00Pain Management without Medication<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Don't underestimate the power of your mind to control pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Sometime we have no choice but to take
medication to relieve severe or chronic pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But what if you had some alternatives that would either eliminate or at
least relief your pain without the pill?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Would you try it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Did you know, ‘when we experience pain
we often hold our breath, which can contribute to inflammation through the
release of the stress hormone cortisol,” says Jane Permotto Ehrman, a behavior
health specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Lifestyle Medicine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What if I told you if you closed your
eyes and imagined your body growing more relaxed every second?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As your breath through our belly, visualize
oxygen filling any area of tensions with comfort and calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then see the pain dissipating with each
exhalation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The longer your exhale,
the more you stimulate the vagus nerve in the brain, telling it you’re in a
safe environment,” says Chicago psychologist Michael Merrill, PhD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Mind is the most powerful tool we have. We have all heard this but, how many of us have been taught how or how to use it. Don't under estimate your power. Learn more today. </h2>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-21167001703578535642017-03-08T08:57:00.001-08:002017-03-08T09:14:21.395-08:00Coming to Your Senses – Disengaging from Your Stressful Thinking<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Recently I
have had a few people tell me they don’t know how to stop the negative thought
patterns that are relentlessly stressing them out and possibly making them
sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mind being the most powerful
instrument for creating wellness in our bodies is something most of us just let
run aimlessly with random stressful, negative thoughts that will more than
likely create illness overtime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But,
how do you stop that thinking?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if I
told you, you can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s true, it is impossible to stop any
thought but, you can change your thinking to different ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are somethings you can do to redirect your thinking and one is coming to your
senses, literally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Through your
senses—with the ability to touch, see, smell, taste, and hear—you gain an
appreciation of what it means to be human and of what an incredible miracle it
is to be alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will actually feel
that aliveness and you come into the present moment and are disengaged from the
previous negative thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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mind-body connection is fascinating with so much potential to create wellness
in your everyday life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-76048158447159390782015-08-11T14:28:00.002-07:002015-08-11T14:28:50.718-07:00Plato once said: “The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind; yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!”<br />
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Now, 2,500 years later, science has finally proven Plato right! And, the medical profession is starting to take notice. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-47524625217407358742015-06-28T13:41:00.000-07:002015-06-28T13:44:27.131-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A simple
thought can affects every aspect of our lives from our health to our
relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“When two or more are
joined” those thoughts (or prayers) are even more powerful whether they are
thoughts of hate or peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research has
proven that when people come together and meditate or pray with the same intention,
it can actually change the behavior of others?<br />
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In 1993 an experiment was done with 4,000 people from a hundred counties who did
TM meditation for long periods time within the same day on the so-called murder
capital of the world, Washington D.C. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crime rate dropped so significantly that
day that the police chief <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the time
become a collaborator and author of subsequent studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<br />
In a few weeks, on July 11<sup>th</sup> at noon EST, there will be an
opportunity for you to join an estimated half million or more other people from
all over the world who will be participating in something similar with <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Deepak Chopra who</span> is conducting
a <a href="http://click.e.evolvingwisdom.com/?qs=827b79cbd5bde59ae1ea47144963d321d6cc15d6e4200890290d58a2a01a6bb29cd0209ffaae69ff" title="Global Meditation for Compassion"><span style="color: blue;">Global Meditation for Compassion</span></a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His online
global group will have one common intention, to bring more compassion to the
world while renewing what truly matters, empathy and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s free but, the benefits will surely affect
us all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mark your calendars; even get a
group of your friends together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s do
our part to make the world a more loving place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-22270697646043508242014-02-15T08:18:00.001-08:002014-02-15T08:22:34.774-08:00The Power of Your Mind<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Power of Your Mind<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For
thousands of years, human beings have practiced refined techniques of mental
focusing, designed to change the habitual conditioning of the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In recent decades, modern science has
dramatically confirmed what professional and Olympic athletes have long claimed—that
the mind offers deep and lasting benefits for mental functioning, emotional
health, as well as for physical health and wellness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the many practical benefits include:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Marked
and lasting reduction of stress<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased
physical strength and performance</span></span><br />
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ability to focus and concentrate<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Clarity
of thinking<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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from detrimental patterns of thoughts and emotions<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased
learning capacity and memory<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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enhanced well-being and peacefulness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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is mindfulness, meditation, creative visualization or using one of the many
other mind-focusing techniques, you will be better able to embrace life’s
every-changing impermanence, to live in equanimity with the inevitable ups and
downs of being human, and to feel deeply connected to the whole of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-73374253128315657672014-01-20T12:15:00.000-08:002014-01-20T12:19:07.543-08:00Meditation to Improve Your Health and Wellness<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Meditation can take many different forms, from secular relaxation
to Zen Buddhism but, whichever type you try, meditation can improve your health and wellness
by slowing your heart rate, improving blood flow, relieving muscle tension, and
minimizing the release of stress hormones.<o:p></o:p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-3152888967154435022012-12-08T17:03:00.000-08:002012-12-08T17:06:59.786-08:00You are not what you think you are, but .....WHAT YOU THINK, YOU ARE.<br />
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that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you
keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as
you have been thinking.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>---William
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Perhaps the most important mental and spiritual principal ever discovered is that you become what you is going on outside of you is a
reflection of what is going on inside of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can tell the inner condition of a person by looking at the outer conditions
of his or her life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it cannot be
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Your mind is extraordinarily powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your thoughts control and determine almost
everything that happens to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
can raise or lower your heart rate, improve or interfere with your digestion, change
the chemical composition of your blood, and help you to sleep or keep you awake
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Your thought can make you happy or sad, sometimes in an
instant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can make you alert and
aware, or distracted and depressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
can make you popular or unpopular, confident or insecure, positive or
negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your thoughts can make your
feel powerful or powerless, a victim or a victor, a hero or a coward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In your material life, your thoughts can make you a success
or a failure, prosperous or poverty-stricken, respected or ignored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your thoughts, the actions that they trigger,
determine your whole life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the best
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As children we are born with no self-concepts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every idea, opinion, feeling, attitude, or
value you have as an adult you learned from childhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything you are today is the result of an
idea or impression you took in and accepted as true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you believe something to be true, it
becomes true for you, whatever the fact may be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You
are not what you think you are, but what you THINK, YOU ARE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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Most parents tell their children they can be or do anything
they set your minds to but, their way of living and speaking does not model or
demonstrate the truth of these words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What is your life mirroring back to you and your family?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you need to change your thinking?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“How is this even freakin possible?”
the voice inside my head moaned as I faced a challenge of one more issue. “I’ve
already done this……I have already dealt with this issue years ago.” Sound familiar?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had already “been there, done
that.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more lessons, thank you very much. You too?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I know none of us want to hear this, but your issues are about YOU. <b>Your
daily job is about your awareness</b>. And once you understand that nothing that happens in your life is separate from you – then you master success in many areas.....and can no longer blame anyone else for your difficulties. This true for us collectively as people and as a nation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is not about striving for
perpetual meditative bliss. This is about living from a place of power and the
willingness to listen to the on-going guidance it brings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when that 'old' familiar emotional button gets triggered
acknowledge it too without letting it take hold of you or giving it any power or assigning it any meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
It just is......</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oprah says that your life is always
speaking to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are you listening?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’d go a step further. I’d tell you
that even before the externals of your life speaks to you, your inner self speaks to
you.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Listening <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">to these
signals</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is critical to your everyday
happiness. Some call it intuition. Some call it “gut instinct.” Either way, you
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you don't, not only are you ignoring your intuition
which is your guidance system, but when you ignore it long enough over a long period of
time it can manifest into physical symptoms that might send you to the
doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not listen first?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Awareness of the present moment.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We thrive in the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">present moment</span>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the only real thing there is. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where all your answers reside and our
listening abilities increase. And one great side benefit for me is better memory. Who doesn't need that these days? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spend regular time unplugged.
Practice just being. Especilly during those times when you get emotionally triggered. Just stay with it without taking any outside action and watch it transform. It will I promise. This is not just for yogis. It’s for ALL of us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-24302306315713554632012-08-21T11:21:00.003-07:002012-08-21T11:21:46.772-07:00Managing and Understanding Pain Workshop
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to delve into your pain experience by tracking it on a daily basis which is
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with chronic pain. It includes methods for communicating your needs clearly and</span><span style="color: #758c1b; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #758c1b; font-size: 16pt;">expressing yourself effectively to those around you.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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successful Pain Resource program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peggy
provided in-house consults for patients and assisted physicians and nurses in
developing treatment plans for patients in pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peggy is on the Steering Council and is the
Co-Chair of the Education Council of the Massachusetts Pain Initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has presented programs on managing pain to
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their minds to find peace and joy in daily living and the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has taught courses all over New England to
adults, parents, students, hospital staff and educators on the power of the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy are now using functional magnetic resonance imaging to see if the answer lies within the brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked people to imagine forgiving someone and then observed changes in the cerebral blood flow, which signaled the parts of the brain that became more active.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They found that several regions lit-up, especially areas that regulate emotional responses, moral judgments, perceptions, of physical pain, and decision making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By creating this kind of neural map, researchers hope to learn more about how forgiveness works on both a physical and a psychological level.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-34553562469372412772012-07-08T19:09:00.004-07:002012-07-08T19:09:22.682-07:00FORGIVENESS<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><br /> Being unwilling to forgive is a terrible thing to do to yourself. Bitterness is like swallowing a teaspoon of poison every day. It accumulates and harms you. It’s impossible to be healthy and free when you keep yourself bound to the past. Yes, it’s true that other may have not behave well. Sometimes we feel that if we forgive them, then we’re saying that what they did to us was okay when it is not.....and never will be.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-78231979652827092702012-07-08T14:20:00.002-07:002012-07-08T14:20:20.706-07:00<strong>Where Are The Answers?</strong><br />
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The hallmark of Albert Einstein's genius was that he could figure out complex problems and equations simply by thinking about them. Do you think you can do that? Do you think everyone of us can do that? <br />
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We are taught learning comes from school and reading more books. But this idea is based on the presumption that knowledge exists outside of us. None of us were taught to go within to learn something or to solve a problem, yet that's where the greatest wisdom lies. <br />
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If we all just encourage one child to foster this knowing, what a totally different world it would be. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-68832251278625459652012-06-03T18:39:00.003-07:002012-06-03T18:39:35.393-07:00Benefits of Forgiveness<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">FORGIVENESS is good for the body and the soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can lower blood pressure, heart rate;
reduce depression, anxiety, and anger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People who forgive generally have more and better relationships, feel
happier and more hopeful, and score higher on just about every measure of
psychological well-being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trouble most
of us have not been trained how to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not always easy to do and can be a process but the one who
benefits the most is the one who chooses to forgive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-26302271548926313372012-04-11T12:38:00.000-07:002012-04-11T12:38:03.762-07:00Forgivness<h6 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span style="font-size: small;">Forgiving someone does not mean you condone their behavior. The act of forgiveness takes place in your own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person. The reality of true forgiveness lies in setting ourselves free from holding on to the pain. It is simply an act of releasing yourself from the negative energy. Louise Hay</span></span></h6>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930497906047288958.post-83776263919513673932012-03-30T05:56:00.001-07:002012-03-30T06:30:39.406-07:00Peace Is Just A Thought Away<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a true believer that paying attention to our self-talk is vitally important for our mental and physical health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making the decision that internal verbal abuse is not acceptable behavior can be the first step toward finding deep inner peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing in life that we do have control over is our thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some days it may not seem that way but with vigilance and discipline it is possible and peace will prevail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1