Pivot your negative thoughts

By sandralongmore | Published December 28, 2011
Pivot your negative thoughts

Pivot your negative thoughts

Sandy Jean is disturbed by the fearful thoughts that are filling up her mind and she wants to change them.  As she thinks about how to do this she remembers a process from the Law of Attraction Book by Abraham-Hicks called the focus wheel. She signs deeply with appreciation as she knows she can get relief from these thoughts that fill her mind by the process of the focus wheel.  She has used it on clients in the past and many times on her self sometimes as much as five times a day with wonderful success. Sandra Jean knows from experience that the focus wheel is a process to get you into a good feeling place so that everything shifts in her favor.  She has been on the sweet spot on the focus wheel so many times that now not being there in that sweet spot feels awful. Today she is riding in a car on her way to Spokane, Washington, with her husband, Lawrence, to visit their daughter and son in law and their grandchild and she is feeling uneasy about the weather.  In the past this same drive has taken several hours longer of dangerous driving when there was snow and icy conditions.

One year they passed 12 cars that had slid off the road because of ice on the road. Sandy Jean received a text from her daughter, as they got closer to Spokane telling her that the roads were slick and it was starting to snow.  As Sandy Jean glanced at her husband she saw a beautiful peaceful smile on his lips as he sings “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas with Johnnie Mathis on the radio and she makes a decision.  I am not going to tell him of the text I just got from our daughter about the possible fearful weather conditions that await them.  Instead She reaches into the back seat and opens up her briefcase and pulls her red moleskin journal where she had been keeping her focus wheels. Pen in hand she draws a small circle and enters in the middle of the circle with her pen my now moments are always guided by my highest source, the power that creates worlds. The idea of the process is to hold a vibration of what you desire for 17 sec or more and your reality will be one that you desire and in this case not fear based.  In the middle of the circle she writes, I love knowing the power that creates worlds is unfolding and orchestrating a wonderful drive to Spokane and around the circle she writes:

- I can feel my heart beating in anticipation of this power working for my highest good on small things and big things.

- I am so happy that I have learned how to pivot energy

- I love feeling happy now and about my future with Lawrence.  We are making plans for travel, and fixing up our house.

- I feel so happy with the happy times of this Christmas and it feels like past Christmases are all melding into happy feelings May all people be happy May all Christmases be happy.

- I am excited to learn how to work with the power that creates worlds

- I love thinking that this focused thinking of more than 17 sec. has made my vibration come up into positive expectation so good comes to me and those I love which is all of you from the power that creates world

I have great positive feelings now in the car as the radio gaily sings “Let it snow”, Let it snow.  As we enter Spokane it is snowing but it is the kind of snow scene you see in the movies and my heart feels warm and as I see the glow a porch light and my family standing in the door way waiting for us with the love of Christmas in their hearts and I think May all Christmases be happy for all the loved ones in the world.

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Laughter is Good Medicine

By Traci Vincent | Published December 26, 2011

two female teenage friendsHave you ever noticed that your day can completely change for the better when someone smiles at you? How about the mood boost that comes from a moment of laughter with others? It is difficult to feel negative when you are surrounded by laughter. Laughter has been said to be contagious. Is this a coincidence or are we designed that way?

Scientists have been studying laughter all the way back since the time of Aristotle.  Current research indicates that laughter is an evolutionary tool that bonds social groups together.  Through connection, social groups excel and progress. But what produces that “feel good” feeling that we get with laughter?

The act of laughing, the movement of the muscles that produce laughter, stimulates endorphins in the brain.  These are the chemicals that increase our pain tolerance and help create that “feel good” feeling.  This is physiology 101.  When we have more endorphins, our perception of pain is altered and our perception of life is altered for the better.  Scientists have more to learn about the brain, but they proven that endorphins are powerful in changing our mood and our performance.

So next time you are having a tough day, find a way to laugh. Your brain and your body will thank you.

Traci Vincent

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Three Sneaky Ways to Cheat Yourself into Feeling Happy

By Luis Rosario | Published December 16, 2011

Sometimes, you just don’t want to be happy.  I mean, you say you want to.  You think you want to.  But you don’t really want to, because you mope or youThe Secret to Happinesswhine or you just grunt. Yes, there are times when we can all be our own worst enemy.

But you can trick yourself into being happy against your own will.  Here are three sneaky tricks you can use against yourself…and the best part is that you will never be the wiser.

SMILE

Yes, pretty sneaky, isn’t it?  Who cares how miserable you are.  Smile anyway.  This is the sneakiest of all the tricks, because it works on multiple levels.

First, the minute you smile, the muscles in your face move so as to increase the blood flow to the pleasure centres of your brain.  Yes, happiness makes you smile, but smiling also makes you feel happy.

But wait!  There’s more.  When you smile, it prompts people to smile back at you.  This is the law of reciprocity at work.  Smiling is contagious.  Yes, by smiling you not only make yourself happy – you make people around you happy, too.

But wait!  There’s still more.  We’ve just noted that smiling makes you feel happy.  And smiling is contagious.  So you want to surround yourself by smiling people, who will infect you with smiling, which will make you happy.  Now where on earth will you find a group of smiling people?  Hmmm….aha!  You create this group by smiling yourself, making them smile, which in turn makes you smile.  Like I said, smiling works on so many levels.

SLEEP

If smiling is too tough, try sleeping.  This is also a sneaky tactic, because it works on so many levels to help you feel happiness.

First, when you sleep, you can put aside worries, frustrations, anger, stress and fatigue – all things that might be making you feel unhappy.  When you wake up, you can start over with a clean slate.

I did mention fatigue. Well-rested people are a lot less likely to get frustrated and feel stress and act grumpy and let things get to them.  So sleep not only reduces your burdens, but is great preventative medicine, too.

APPRECIATE

Every notice how excited you are when buying a new car.  And you are still excited about it a few weeks later.  But a year later,  who cares?  You spend a huge amount of money for a big rush of joy, and then…well, the car is still convenient, but it is no longer bringing you pleasure.  What a waste of money.

But what if you took a few moments to look around at all the things you take for granted.  It is so very hard to feel unhappy when you think how fortunate you are to have all the stuff around you.  A paper clip appreciated will make you happier than a cottage or a car or whatever you take for granted.

So these are three sneaky ways to cheat yourself into feeling happy.  It might not be ethical to play such tricks on someone like yourself, but I suspect that your victim might just forgive you.

Guest Blogger: David Leonhardt is author of Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 Habits of Maximum Happiness.  He blogs at the Self-Help Happiness Blog.

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We are suppose to feel good

By sandralongmore | Published December 9, 2011
We are Suppose to Feel Good

We are Suppose to Feel Good

“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now? ”              John Lennon

Betty was a beautiful little girl who loved to draw and create from her mind.  She had the gift of creative thought.  Her technical skills were not as perfect as the boy who sat on her left or the girl who sat on her right.  When the art teacher would ask her why she choose to paint the horse blue, she would look up at her with a shining smile and say “I painted my horse blue because he loves to run and when he runs he feels like he is flying”.  Betty’s mother would come early to see how Betty was doing in art class and she noticed how the children who sat beside her were drawing more realistic photographic looking pictures and she would make comments like don’t you think you should color your horse brown or white because most horses are that color.  Betty would hang her head and not make any comment.  The next day she came to class very sad.  The shine had gone out of her eyes and she took out her eraser and erased her blue horse and started to draw a brown horse. She made deep sighing noises and laboriously drew a beautiful brown horse.  When she was finished she looked at the painting and said this horse is half dead because he can’t feel anything but now that I know that tomorrow I am going to paint a red horse.  When Betty’s mother saw the red horse she looked shrugged her shoulders and shook her head back and forth.  Betty seeing her mother’s discomfort looked at her with the shine of courage that only comes from experience and said it is better to create a good feeling horse no matter what color you choose to paint.  Don’t worry mother I know you really just want me to feel good and I always feel good when I paint with my feelings.  A shine filled the mother’s eyes as she took her daughters hand and said I love you so my beautiful creative little girl.

Three  tips for Creating from the heart

  • When you create from the feelings of the heart it will always prove to be true even if others don’t think so.
  • When you rise above the opinions of others and create from the sweet spot within the shine will come back in your eyes.
  • When you experience remember on the other side of the situation is a lesson that will serve you in the future.

No matter who, or what tries to talk you out of your core feelings remember that is where the brilliance that lights up our world comes from and that our world deserves your best feelings. Imagine a life completely original and you as the creative soul you were born to be.  What a wonderful life that would be!

Sandra Longmore is a Creative Visionary Life Coach, and creative thinker whom  is dedicated to the very best of life with enthusiasm, energy and expectancy.

Sandra is committed to sharing her vitality through coaching others to a life of becoming remarkable through personal evolution as a member of MorningCoach Coaching Certification Program and on the Advisory Board of Morning Coach.  She has a certification in Law of Attraction and Vision Board.  Connect with Sandra online!  Share your thoughts or follow her journey She would love hearing from you!

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Positive Thinking for the Masses

By Luis Rosario | Published December 5, 2011

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words may never hurt me”, was a common saying that I used to hear growing up. It was used wheneverPositive Thinking Groupsomething hurtful was said towards another person. In reality I believe that words can be more hurtful than physical harm. The reason being is because it directly affects the mind, which is the source to reality. That is why we must become more conscious of what we are saying not only to others but most importantly to ourselves. I heard a quote one time, which asked a vital question,” If the voice in your mind was an actual friend, how long would that friendship last?” This is an extremely powerful quote that really puts in perspective the influence that your self talk can have on your overall state. That is why it’s imperative to foster a positive relationship within your consciousness.

With this being said I believe that as personal development practitioners we must be aware that there are two perspectives when it comes to conscious self talk, one is on the personal level while the other is on the collective level.

While these two views appear to be different, they are actually interdependent and complement one another. We are all cells who together make up a large collective body called humanity. Similar to our own state of mind, humanity possesses its own version of self talk, which is characterized with an Armageddon like theme. It seems that this theme has been promoted every so often throughout history, with the constant reminder that things are heading in a worse direction than before. A perfect example of this is the Y2K event, where computers were to all of a sudden stop working, causing chaos all throughout the world. Yet here I am 11 years later writing this blog post on my laptop, and working with an online personal development company helping millions throughout the world. Another example would be the Mayan 2012 calendar theory; I wonder what they will come up with next? If I would come across a person that possessed the same state of mind, I would say that they are living in lack.

The belief that things are headed towards a doom is something that is contrary to the definition of humanity. As a species we’ve risen to our current state not by our physical will power but by our resilience and ingenuity. Yet somewhere along the line we’ve allowed the doomsday rhetoric to hinder our collective consciousness, making us feel inferior and incapable, when in reality we are powerful beyond measure. We have the capacity to accomplish anything we put our minds to; I know that sounds clichĂ© but its true! At the end of the day it all starts with each and every one of us.

Luis Rosario is the Director of Communications / Event Relations for MorningCoach.com, with an educational background in Sociology and Inter-cultural Communications. His mission is to change the world for the better one event at a time!

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