Monthly Archives: November 2008

Author : Mercedes Oestermann van Essen

The subject of relaxation is a big topic and a very important part of the Happy Venn Diagram What’s more, true relaxation not only makes you feel good, increases self esteem, but it also puts your manifestation powers on after burners

This may sound like a paradox, almost a contradiction in terms Have you not been told that you need to be pro-active in order to achieve? Action is the thing that gets you what you desire Sure, I cannot and will not argue this essential part of making dreams reality

However, if you know the Bhagavad Gita, you will know that action and non-action are valued equally by Krishna in his conversation with Arjuna

Knowing when to take action and when to stay away is one of life’s secrets It requires a balance of mind, body and environment to facilitate optimum timing free from interference

Most of us have a somewhat flawed idea about relaxation Relaxation is not about sleeping excessively, going on holiday, or seeking out so called relaxing entertainment, like sitting in front of the box and be brainwashed, or some other form of mental or physical intoxication These activities only distract you from a problem you may have and delude you into thinking that you are relaxing Alcohol and television slow down your mind, which means you enter a less frenzied state for a while, however, true relaxation is very different

With practice you can enter a state of true relaxation at will Actually, in seconds However, if you are experiencing feelings of guilt, anger and fear, as many of us do, you will find it hard to truly relax You will need to do a little mental house cleaning first Because, true relaxation requires a mind free from guilt and fear Both guilt and fear are the biggest enemies of progress and success They stop you from being in touch with yourself and your life This artifical feeling of separation is painful and induces more stress, quite the opposite from what you need to achieve your goals

If you are out of touch with yourself, how can you possibly connect to others? Let alone, create the habits and thoughts of a successful person

Relaxation is about entering a mild alpha state and maintaining it Breathing exercises are a great way to practice cognitive relaxation, particularly, if you have not practiced any cognitive relaxation techniques before

Relaxation is also about becoming aware of your body and your mind and consciously doing those things that bring about balance When you learn to become truly relaxed, you will conserve energy

You will tire less easily and increase your productivity in due course With energy techniques, like EFT and Micro EFT you can release tension very quickly Use Micro EFT as a quick relaxation technique several times throughout the day to induce moments of relaxation Practice meditation The guided problem solving meditations are a great way to experience relaxation and solve problems at the same time

In closing, let me just say this Learn to relax, it will increase your conscious awareness You need to expand conscious awareness of yourself and your world in order to grow and manifest your goals easier and faster Relaxation is expansive, in the true meaning of the word Tension contracts This is true for your body, as well as your brain

Mercedes Oestermann van Essen is a human development coach, energy therapist and author. She has created the
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Author : Aydan Corkern

The stress of everyday life might have you on fire as you try to fix all of the problems that you might have to deal with on a daily basis If all of these problems get to be overly stressful, you will need to just take a step back and sit down and relax Most of the time, these problems will take care of themselves, with sometimes it not coming out like you would have liked to hope Bad things always happens to people that they might not be expecting, such as a family member getting sick and not being able to work for a while or having your car breakdown and not being able to fix it at the time when you might need it most, or the most recent reason being the loss of your or another family member losing their job

Stress cannot only cause you to feel sick, but it can do a lot of other things to your body as well It can cause you to have terrible headaches that might put you to bed, or it might make you break out in hives or cold sweats But if the stress level gets too strong for your body to handle, it might force your body to shut down all together and if this happens, you will need to seek medical help right away

With our nation in such trouble, there are going to be a lot of people hurting not because of their stress levels but for everything else We worry about our children in school and if they are getting the best education that they can get so that they will be able to find good jobs We worry about so many things that we might not even have any control over like maybe the price of our gas or the cost of our food or even sometimes the way we might have to live This might be because of losing our home to severe weather such as floods or fire or foreclosure

Sometimes things are just taken out of our control, which in some ways might be a good thing, or not But like I said before, don’t let the stress in your life take over it completely Everything will come together in the end, and in most cases, you will come out the winner If they don’t, however, then try not to look down too hard on yourself

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Author : Clint Jhonson

Planning for our future allows us to put our goals on paper and sometimes failing to make certain plans is equal to planning to fail Plans that are not written are usually considered dreams and most of the time they remained unfulfilled By means of personal development worksheets, you can create an outline for your personal development, thus being able to remain on track for the future plans These worksheets are meant to insure plans are kept and they also serve as reminders in order to reach the intended goals

Businesses that succeed have a plan to cover their goals from the very beginning until their end Thus, each step is created according to certain quantitative steps Personal Development Worksheets will help you visualize all the steps you need to take on your road to success These worksheets should begin from the very start of a person’s development Although planning for unforeseen circumstances might seem impossible sometimes, using Personal Development Worksheets can make it realistic Of course, plans will have to be slightly adjusted along the way in order to meet the established goals and to remain within the established time frame

Personal Goal Setting Worksheets are also essential for a successful personal development plan Taking time to establish clear goals is critical and this will require research and an honest self-assessment from your behalf These worksheets can be of real help but they require a healthy dose of reality In order to survive in this continuously changing world people have to set certain limits and to respect them However, we all have to develop selective traits which will enable us to place more emphasis on personal development and to focus more on achieving our goals

In order to reach a comprehensive understanding of personal development we must explore our personality and our goals on a more profound level Personal Goal Setting Worksheets will enable us not only to set the goals we want to reach but also to keep a track of them and to see how many of them we manage to accomplish These Personal Development Worksheets for personal use will capture critical goals, enabling you to make sure that goals are prioritized so that your energy goes to what is most important

Once you develop personal action plans you will see where you spend your time and if you identified what is most important to you Most of us are so busy with many endless demands on our time and stepping back and looking at how you have spent the last weeks will give you an answer of how you spent your energy Personal Development Worksheets are meant to be used as personal tools, having a simple concept and format but a powerful content

Use the Personal Goal Setting Worksheets to write down your current goals, challenges, areas of concern or opportunities and establish which ones represent a priority Priority is a combination of importance and urgency and it will help you track down which goals are most important to you In order to be able to fill in Personal Goal Setting Worksheets you need to take the following steps: write a general description of the goal, explain why the goal is meaningful to you, describe what you see when you imagine yourself achieving the goal and write the due date of this goal

Do you want to improve something in your life and you don?t know where to begin from? Do you feel that something is missing and you need a change? Our Personal Development Worksheets are all you need in order to make a positive change in your every day life. Fill in our Personal Goal Setting Worksheets and start fulfilling your goals.
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