When it comes to stopping or changing emotional reactions people often approach the problem like they are fixing a car. They ask, “How can I change this reaction?” or “How can I stop my jealousy, anger, frustration etc.” The assumption seems to be that if we change one thing the whole problem will go away. […]
Archive for August, 2006
Emotional reactions
Published by August 22nd, 2006 in Emotions, Happiness, Self Awareness, Emotional Reactions, Podcasts, Core Beliefs and Impeccabililty. 1 CommentThe Law of Attraction Beliefs and Thoughts
Published by August 19th, 2006 in Emotions, Happiness, Manifesting, Core Beliefs and Impeccabililty. 2 CommentsI had a few thoughts on a post Steve Pavlina wrote about the Law of Attraction. I look at it a little differently. Maybe it is really the same but I am interpreting the words differently. This is always a difficulty with language, particularly with written words.
Steve writes: “The Law of Attraction simply says that you […]
The Four Agreements and Hidden Assumptions
Published by August 15th, 2006 in Emotions, Happiness, Self Awareness, Emotional Reactions, Podcasts and Four Agreements. 0 CommentsOf don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements most people will say that the hardest one to keep is Don’t Take Anything Personally. I don’t agree. The most challenging agreement is actually Be Impeccable with Your Word. In taking something personal you take what someone said and express an interpretation that makes it personal. We invest our faith in the […]
Feeling Not Good Enough - Beliefs
Published by August 11th, 2006 in Emotions, Happiness, Self Awareness, Emotional Reactions, The mind, Podcasts and Core Beliefs. 2 CommentsI wrote an article about feeling not good enough. It relates to issues of insecurity. A big component of feeling insecure is the image of perfection that we create in our mind. When the voice in our head compares us to that image of perfection it concludes that we are not good […]
Empowerment Programs and Claims to Empower People
Published by August 8th, 2006 in Happiness, Self Awareness, The mind and Personal Power. 1 CommentThere are many programs and organizations that describe what they do as empowering people. Empowerment of people might even be in their mission statement. This is common language among personal development and personal growth organizations. The idea is appealing, and the organizations probably do good work. However be aware that there is a hidden sabotaging message […]
