Stress Management, Mind Power, Anxiety Stress, Spiritual, Meditation

Karen's earliest family memories were of fear when her dad (Jim) was in one of his moods. Drinking didn't help and often it was the trigger; his rage was mostly taken out on Mum (Mary) who ended up bruised and battered, "... but for us kids, we had to hide and not get in the way." Mum swore she would leave him, but never did. Why? "Because Dad loved Mum and us kids. He would buy us presents, take us out, bring Mum flowers, cuddle Mum ... and then it would happen all over again...

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Before children go to school they learn more facts, more information about the world, than it takes to get a university degree! Among other things, they learn to walk and to speak, two enormous achievements by any criteria.

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We can influence our children's learning from a very young age - even before they are born, with music and song. All years are important, however between the ages of 0 to 5 are critical. It's during these years that the reticular activating filter (a bunch of cells in the Limbic System) is permanently open and all information goes through to memory. So it is during these years - the formative years of the subconscious mind - that habits, personality, self image and memory - 88% of the mind - ...

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Here's an E-Report that can be directed towards students and their growth. In it I am introducing my NEW How To LEARN FASTER Kit. which is based on the DVDs of my Students Success Seminar. The Kit is specifically for any age student including adults who are re-educating themselves. Consider this - it's not What to Learn that is important in life - it's How to Learn. The success and the well-being of all children is of vital importance. It's not overstating the point to say that their future s...

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Creativity is such a diverse word and can have a whole spectrum of meaning. There is the sheer joy of the feeling of achievement of having created something – no matter in what field.

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People who are immersed in a creative process ' whether it be writing poetry, painting a picture, preparing a cordon-bleu meal, composing music, creating a garden, working out mathematical formulae, planning a holiday itinerary, writing up a scientific experiment, creating a computer program or choreographing a dance ' exist in their own special dimension during their period of creativity. We often hear of people isolating themselves for example in a mountain retreat or a beach shack to writ...

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This is my third Mind Matters News (MMN) about this vexing issue of Depression and the Mental Health Issue. I personally have learnt so much and following the interest that has been displayed by the recipients of the MMN I thought it best to summarize what I have learned.

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An acquaintance of mine has just completed a psychology degree in Melbourne, in conversation I was amazed to learn that she knew so little about the subconscious mind, obtained her email address and forwarded her the link, plus www.calm.com.au . I’ve experienced this same lack of knowledge, in conversation with nurses, doctors, surgeons, first year interns and particularly psychiatrists.

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I recently received an email from a friend of mine, Robert Walter, who has really been through the mill with his depression treatments. Robert is a winner! In his email to me he gave me a list of some books and a short description of each which he says "helped me to get a better perspective of the mental health industry and the current medical model".

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Life is full of lessons. Most of the lessons we learn in life come from experiencing a negative emotion. Think about that! Do we have any deep and meaningful lessons from experiencing fun, joy and laughter - other than "we want it to happen again and again". Of course understanding and recreating the conditions that surrounded the joy and laughter is important, yet it is often not the most impacting event in our memories - is it? Why is it then, that experiencing negative emotions such...

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For the last few days my 20 year old son Ian has been back in Australia to attend the funeral of a friend who committed suicide by laying on a railway track. Ian and his companions have spent 4 days together talking, laughing, crying and going through the range of emotions that are involved when you lose a mate. None of them could understand. This friend was the "happiest" in their group - he always kept everyone else laughing. To their amazement, none of them knew that their friend wa...

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I get a shiver of excitement each time I see something that scientifically validates ideas that I have believed and been putting forward for quite a while now. Everyone knows by now that I am a "prove-it-to-me" type of person - thus my excitement at more proof! Remember, 25 years ago when my son Andrew used techniques to save his leg from amputation, using these same techniques today has been scientifically validated and is now called psycho-neuro-immunology. I have believed for...

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I've wanted to write this for quite some time because many people have said to me that they could never forgive. My response has always been that that's OK. I might add that when people have heard that I have forgiven, I have, amongst many positive reactions, also received a few negatives ... ones like "I am betraying my daughters", and "Why would I make the perpetrator feel OK?", and "It's sending a message of condoning of the murders" and "Only God can forg...

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Forgiveness is a two-way process - forgiving another person and forgiving self. It is often misunderstood and under valued. With this E-Report I will endeavour to add a greater perspective.

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Many people, including those who saw me on the "Sixty Minutes" program and ABC TV's "Australian Story", have asked many questions relating to what I understand by forgiveness. Does forgiveness mean that I am condoning the action? Some of the answers I gave are interwoven in this E-report.

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Some time ago I asked those who receive this E-Report for suggested topics for the E-Report. One suggestion was ' 'Advice for people as to what to tell others of a death'. The suggestion came from a gentleman whom I told about his own father's death some years ago. His father was a close friend of mine and a work colleague ' he died in Sydney of an aneurism. His son was only about 11 at the time I think and he followed my footsteps into the army and became an officer in the Corps of Engineers '...

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I have written a small book titled Addressing Grief and Loss, in response to very many requests for help with this vexing issue. This electronic book is available free, as a service to you and your friends. The book is my attempt to be of assistance in a very emotional area. In it I have firstly related my personal experience of grief and loss, and then have gone on to offer some different strategies which have come out of this experience. I have taken the liberty of reproducing questions t...

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There is no doubt that life tests us all and many of us face more challenges than others - there often seems to be neither rhyme nor reason that we can fathom to explain this. Grief is certainly something that all of us are going to have to face in one form or another in our lifetime and many as well face trauma in their lives. It can come about through many situations. Some examples could be the loss of a loved one, even the loss of a pet, loss of a job, moving to another town or city, business...

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Most people have heard of some medical people extolling the virtues of meditation to assist with healing and health. I have previously mentioned Dr Bernie Segal in the USA who facilitates meditation groups as an adjunct to help people heal themselves of cancer and has written several books. Of course there are no guarantees in life …

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This Mind Matters News is about an attempt to help provide a solution to gaining a good procedure to change any addiction. It will be more than that! This Mind Matters News is a blueprint to achieve change. We need to use effective self talk in the meditation state, along with visualisation and emotion. This, when done constantly - every day for a month, will wire together a new neural pathway so that the new habit is firmly into your subconscious mind, having dropped the previous habit ...

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