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“Guest author Carmen Lynne writes :
“After spending the greater part of my life as an actress and performer, I became a therapist in early 2007.
“While I still do a little bit of acting when I have a chance, I now mainly spend my time helping other people to fulfill their creative ambitions or to just [...]
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Jennifer Louden’s 2010 Virtual Retreat
Refresh, Reawaken, & Rediscover Who You are in Ways that Truly Work.
(And without taking a whole weekend — this retreat is designed for you to dip in and out — you get support for both options. This is a retreat that fits your life!)
* Shut [...]
A public art project created by designer Candy Chang, Sidewalk Psychiatry “encourages self-evaluation in transit by posing critical questions on the pavements of New York City with stencils and temporary spray-chalk.
“Now your daily ponderings and emotional problems can be prodded and treated on the go…”
The temporary messages she has painted include:
“Then Why Do You [...]
Vin Mariani became one of the most popular wines in the world in the late 1800’s, praised and promoted by artists and world leaders including Jules Verne; Alexander Dumas; Robert Louis Stephenson; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sarah Bernhardt.
It was claimed to be a “tonic” and “restorative” for multiple conditions including “nervous troubles, general debility, [...]
There is a famous example in the field of sports psychology about the power of visualization.
Psychologist Charlotte Reznick describes the research study (done years ago, by a Dr. Blaslotto at the University of Chicago) with basketball players.
“There were three groups… one group shot from the foul line, actually practiced every day for 20 minutes. Another [...]
Kendall SummerHawk is an expert in business coaching, branding, marketing and self-employment success. She talks about the importance of making mental room for growth in business – but this can just as well apply in other areas of life, including creativity and personal development. Our thinking and beliefs can be barriers.
“If you’re feeling like you [...]
In this scene from “Twilight,” Edward (Robert Pattinson) is telling his love interest Bella (Kristen Stewart): “It would be better if we weren’t friends, not that I don’t want to be. If you were smart, you’d stay away from me.”
Psychologists Jeremy Clyman and Ryan M. Niemiec consider it to be a “very important positive psychology [...]
“I believe I can fly; I believe I can touch the sky; I think about it every night and day; Spread my wings and fly away; I believe I can soar…”
Dick (Jim Carrey) from a scene in Fun with Dick and Jane. Feeling exuberantly self-assured after getting a promotion, he sings the R. Kelly song [...]
In his article Changing Beliefs, Douglas Cartwright writes about “a biggie – changing toxic and unhealthy beliefs we may have about ourselves.”
He notes that in the book Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, “Avy Joseph talks about unhealthy beliefs often being constructed with terms such as ‘must, should’ and ‘have to’.
“[Joseph] gives an example of a woman called [...]
Being seduced by the comfort of routine and the known is one of the ways we limit ourselves. Doing more about our inertia, we can grow more effectively toward who we want to be.
Inertia is the concept in classical physics that a physical object resists any change in its state of motion.
But doesn’t that also [...]
Also see articles by Morty Lefkoe.
A profile by the Institute of Noetic Sciences notes that Lefkoe “made a series of discoveries that allowed him to help people make permanent changes in their emotions and behavior.” He is founder of The Lefkoe Method, available in the programs Undo Public Speaking Fear and ReCreate Your Life.
Eliminate one [...]
Quotes from SelfGrowth page for the video :
“We all know that there are brief events that can change our lives forever. Winning the lottery. Meeting the love of your life.
“We believe that you can also change your life in 5 minutes or less by learning about a new idea that will change the course and [...]
Video: “What stops you from doing what you love? It’s a survival mechanism called Resistance, and it goes into alert mode any time you do something that raises anxiety.”
Barbara Sher points out, “Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled [...]
First, a provocative quote from psychiatrist Thomas Szasz:
“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”
In the following clip from one of his many podcasts, Leo Laporte quotes internet entrepreneur Jason Calacanis: “When times are tough, you invest [...]
In this sample clip from his audiobook Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits Wayne Dyer says “Just because people know what to think, doesn’t mean they know how to think, or how to change what they’ve been thinking for a lifetime.”
Does hypnosis work? There is a wealth of research and clinical experience to confirm it as an effective part of psychotherapy, and as a self-help approach that can relieve many physical and emotional challenges, and enhance personal growth.
“Look Into My Eyes: You Are Feeling Sleepy.”
There are many myths about hypnosis, promoted in stage hypnotism shows, [...]
Many seemingly helpful and encouraging aphorisms and wise sayings passed along in centuries of literature may not be so wise after all, as Yee-Ming Tan of Positive Psychology News Daily notes.
She writes that she “just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success.
“Much of what Gladwell has to say about successful [...]
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Revolutionary Road and pursuing your dreams
“For years I thought we shared a secret… that we would be wonderful in the world. I didn’t exactly know how, but just the possibility… kept me hoping.”
That is from one of many powerful scenes in [...]
Michael Angier on change, Brian Tracy on achievement, personal development, self improvement resources
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi’s famous advice is another reason to engage in personal development: to make this a better world, as well as improve ourselves.
“Be the change..” may be a simple aphorism, but it is [...]
Habits free our mind for other things
Habitual ways of doing things can be efficient and effective. We do a complex task such as driving a car without having to figure it out each time, because we have learned so much of it as a habit.
But we may also indulge in obviously negative or self-limiting habits [...]
“If you are one in a million in China, there are 1,300 people just like you… 25 % of the population with the highest IQ is greater than the population of North America.. ”
Karl Fisch, of Arapahoe High School in the US, conceived and created the first version of this presentation for a staff development [...]
Let your light shine
Robert White writes:
One of the most powerful pieces of writing that I’ve ever seen is from Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love.
It was quoted by Nobel Prize–winner Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address, and perhaps you’ve heard it before.
I used a sentence from it when talking earlier about risking.
I keep the [...]
Steve Pavlina on personal development, personal growth book, self actualization, gifted and talented book
That comes from the subtitle of Steve Pavlina’s book Personal Development for Smart People.
One of the most influential psychologists who defined the human potential movement, Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) noted, “Self-actualization means using one’s intelligence.
“It does not mean doing some far-out thing necessarily, [...]
Being seduced by the comfort of routine and the known is one of the ways we limit ourselves and inhibit social change.
Conservative thinking on both a personal and political level may feel safe, but can nurture stagnation. Doing more about our inertia, we can grow more effectively toward who we want to be, and evolve [...]
