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Marlene Shiple, Ph.D. The Life Coach Dr.: Heal Your Past + Heal Your Thoughts + Heal Your Self => Heal Your Life!

Nov

9

Identify Your Dream!

Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing

Before you can achieve your dream, it is essential to identify what it is. What IS your dream?

Your dream is your passion. It is the event that can put a spark into your day. It energizes your experience. It is your heart’s desire. What is this for you?

Joseph Campbell (1904 – 1987) was an American mythology professor, writer and lecturer in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast; it covers many aspects of the human experience. He coined the phrase: “Follow your Bliss”.

Your dream — your passion — your heart’s desire — is what Joseph Campbell was referring to when he described “your bliss”. His complete quote is, “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” What is it for you that opens up the Universe … that opens for you the doors of ultimate opportunity? I urge you to take the time — today — to identify this for yourself.

To learn more about effective ways to identify your bliss — your dream — your passion, visit our website at: http://www.counselorsassociated.com

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Nov

2

Live Today: Life … the Journey!

Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing

There is a saying, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” This refers to the experience of LIVING each and every moment of each and every day.

The purpose of one’s life is not to get to some specific place in a given period of time. Life is not about “arriving” or “getting there” or putting off enjoyment until your “ship comes in”.

Your ship comes in everyday. The simple fact that you are able to awaken each morning — with a brand new 24 hours to experience — indicates that you are alive! In this new day, you have a myriad of experiences offered to you. You — as are all of us — are being offered a priceless gift. This priceless gift is the gift to Read more

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Oct

25

Confidence & Optimism: How to Respond to the Current Economic Climate

Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing

If you have been glued to your TV or newspaper during the past few weeks, it is now time for you to STOP IT! You heard me correctly — STOP IT!

The only direction that the information with which you have been bombarded from these media sources is that of intense pessimism and anxiety. Do you need these emotions? Do you have a choice?

The answer to this question is a DEFINITE “Yes!” You have choice about what you listen to. You have choice regarding what what you think. You have choice about the direction of your thoughts.

With so much negativity running rampant, now is a perfect time for you to make wise choices about that with which you surrround yourself. During our Weekly Tips series, we have talked at length about the way your subconscious mind createswhat you are thinking. NOW is the time to put this to use — beneficially — in your life!

You can influence your own peace of mind. You can create a positive environment for your own mental state. To do this, begin to purposely think only POSITIVE thoughts … about yourself, about your own well being, about your ability to immerse yourself in kindness and joy.

When you set your mind on thoughts and acts of kindness, by that very act, you begin to surround and immerse yourself in the energies of joy and kindness. When you do so, you exert a direct effect on your own experience … and you do this in a way way that is truly beneficial and effective!

I urge you to use these ideas over and over to create a personal environment for yourself of good will and loving care. I further urge you to start RIGHT NOW! You cannot exert influence on the state of the financial world. However, by using the creative power of your subconscious mind, you single-handedly affect your own personal experience.

To learn more about effective ways to use your mind to eliminate fear and to create positive outcomes in your life, visit our website at: http://www.counselorsassociated.com/hypnosisaudio_fear.htm

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Oct

12

Live in Abundance!

Filed Under Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing, Stress Remedies

Does it seem as though abundance is far, far away? Have you felt overwhelmed by the dire predictions rampant on the news wires? Are you fighting panic … and afraid you don’t know where to turn?

Here’s what you can do: You can start NOW and take control of your own experience! You can stop listening to predictions of perdition and begin to create your own prosperity. And you can begin to do so Right Now! And you need not go further than your own Mind.

It is the very nature of your subconscious mind to CREATE. What does it create? Your subconscious mind creates your thoughts! Your subconscious mind takes the contents of your mind … and brings it into reality. Your subconscious mind — by its very nature — manifests your thoughts in your life!

So, if you believe that the economy is doomed … it is! Not because — objectively — it has to be. Rather, because you believe it to be so, it has to be. This is termed “self-fulfilling prophecy”.

But self-fulfilling prophecy works on POSITIVE thoughts, too! So, I challenge you to turn your thoughts in the MOST positive directions your imagination can conceive. Claim this as a part of your life … then carefully notice as it comes to be!

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Sep

27

Tip #8: Steps to Change Negative Self-Talk (Part I)

Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing, Physical Healing, Spiritual Healing

How did you do with Tip #7? As a reminder, it is: Notice Your Self-Talk.

What did you discover from keeping the record of your Self-Talk this week? I would like you to take out the notes that you recorded this week.

Now we’ll proceed with Tip #8: Steps to Change Negative Self-Talk (Part I). Look over your notes. When did you find that your Self-Talk was most negative? When did you find that your Self-Talk was most positive? What made the difference? How did you feel Read more

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Sep

25

Tip #7: Notice Your Self-Talk

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How did you do with Tip #6? As a reminder, it is: Be Mindful of Your Thoughts!

What did you notice when you paid attention to your thoughts? Were they positive? Were they negative? Did you notice any thoughts that were part of a pattern of thinking? Was it negative? positive? What feelings did you notice?

This brings us to Tip #7: Notice Your Self-Talk.

Self-Talk are the messages we give ourselves ABOUT ourselves. Examples of positive Self-Talk include, “I am proud of myself for completing this difficult task!” and “I am an intelligent person!”

Examples of negative Self-Talk include, “Everything I touch goes awry or blows up!” and “I’m never going to amount to anything!” Self-Talk pumps the message Read more

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Sep

24

How to Live … JOYFULLY!

Filed Under Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing

What does it mean to you to experience JOY in your life? Is it

  • freedom from worry?
  • relaxation?
  • peaceful existence?
  • having fun?

    • Whatever aspects are part of JOY for you, right now — this moment — is the time to bring joy into your life. How might you do this, do you ask?

    You can start by paying attention to the ideas that are in your mind. By noticing what is occupying your mind, you can pinpoint what you are creating in your life. If you wish this creation to that of JOY, begin to focus on joyful thoughts. Use your mental power to add a depth of joy — and do so via joyful ideas.

    To learn more about how to use the power of your mind to choose joy for yourself, visit http://www.counselorsassociated.com/hypnosis4choice.htm

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    Sep

    23

    Tip #6: Be Mindful of Your Thoughts!

    Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing

    How did you do with Tip #5? As a reminder, it is: The Importance of Staying Relaxed!

    What did you notice when you focused on that state of inner relaxation? What feelings were you aware of? What thoughts came to mind? What did you notice in regard to the creative workings of your subconscious mind?

    This brings us to Tip #6: Be Mindful of Your Thoughts!

    Noticing the contents of your mind is a productive endeavor. Rarely is the mind totally blank. Usually, there is an enormous amount of activity bouncing around in your mind!

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    Sep

    22

    Tip #5: The Importance of Staying Relaxed!

    Filed Under Emotional Healing, Mental Healing, Physical Healing, Spiritual Healing

    How did you do with Tip #4? As a reminder, it is: What Do You Want Today to Be?

    What happened when you took the time to think ahead and decide what kinds of outcomes you most wanted to experience in your life? Were you able to see the creative workings of your subconscious mind? What happened regarding the desirable outcomes that you had fore-cast?

    This brings us to Tip #5: The Importance of Staying Relaxed!

    The state of relaxation is important when you use your subconscious mind to create successful outcomes in your life. The relaxation to which I refer is an inner state, deep within you. I am referring to the inner attitude of relaxation.

    When you Read more

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    Sep

    20

    Tip #4: What Do You Want Today to Be?

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    How did you do with Tip #3? As a reminder, it is: Make This Moment Count.

    What happened when you started paying attention to the present moment? Could you monitor your breathing more easily? Did you increase the amount of slow, deep breathing that you were doing? What did you notice in your body? in your thoughts? in your feelings?

    This information brings us to Tip #4: What do you want today to be?

    Yes, that is right — I am suggesting that you think about what you want in your life. Specifically, I am suggesting that you think about what you want this moment to be.

    We’ve already referred to the fact that your subconscious mind creates Read more

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