By consciously working with your breath and becoming aware of how you breathe, you can influence the parasympathetic nervous system and change your HRV. This alters brain wave activities, and changes the chemical structure and even the neural structure of your brain. When you have pain and stress, your breathing …

Action Step Before you realize it, you have put on your costume and are engaged in protecting your persona and your place in the play. Once you realize you are engaged, spend some time noticing what was happening just before you engaged. All of these questions are worthy of some …

When she turned fifty, she found herself wondering who she really was. Penny began to find herself when she started to focus on her main complaint: No one ever listens to me! Now she listens to herself first, without waiting for permission from anyone. Just yesterday she said no, thank …

Before making a decision, will it provide details based on what it suspects the decision-maker may want to review? Does it have a related research report or polling results, for example? Is the data going to be considered credible? Is it possible to consult the company or a staff member …

Wednesday A. There's nothing to say about yesterday's interview -- it was flat, lifeless, almost as if I were doing it because I said I would, but we both understood it was a formality -- the business of dying like a gentleman. Hollow and neutral, and you looked neutral too -- like someone …

Remember, emotions that are not experienced become a wave of energy caught in midcycle waiting for completion. Do you freeze your own emotional flow and then remain stuck in your frozen Emotional Current? When you notice repetitive canyon experiences in your life, it's time to pay attention. Cycles of energy …

Warm and glowing and happy and relaxed. It's a real vascular relaxation. My skin has that characteristic smooth, soft feeling, all over my body, too. Of all things to happen! To drop all the elaborate analysis, think through the simplest problems in human relationships like a small child spelling out …

The person often makes several subtle and unconscious adjustments to maintain equilibrium, respond to changes in light and sound intensity, acclimatize to changes in temperature, etc Thus, the peripheral nervous system relays information to and from the brain relating to the environment. It is responsible for producing sensations and reactions …

You've already done it a thousand times, even if you weren't aware of it at times when you did it like all of us. If the anchor was not working, simply retrace the three above steps, identify what was missing, and re-do it. This time do even better The notion …

Language is symbolic. The words on the article are not the thing itself but an agreed-upon representation of the experience. The Rational Current prefers words and mathematical and scientific symbols. Using words and symbols is at least one step, in some instances several steps, away from the experience. Yet using …

Are we together? Is this the direction you are heading? As might be expected, the answer to these questions is sometimes No, sometimes Yes. The counselor is sometimes with the client, at times he may be on ahead, at times he lags behind in his understanding. Such minor deviations from …

Essentially, critical anchoring includes eliciting a smooth, harmonious perception of the ideal condition, although this is more fully realised at the moment using any notable stimuli (touch, expression, sight). In several ways, repeating the stimuli will associate and reestablish state information. There are refinements and complexity involved in placing anchors …

If you can look at all the horrid possibilities of life with such a clear gaze, maybe I can too? It's not as if my experience were so remote from you that it doesn't affect you at all. It can't be too remote, because you seem to understand it so …

Usually, these people love and know perfectly how to communicate, how to make new friends and how to be the center of attention. You will not hear gossip and rumors from them, but rather you can expect genuine interest and real help. Positive people know what pain and unhappiness is …

Or what are the terrible consequences of my mistake? However, instead try and ask yourself questions such as what is the one good thing emerging from this seemingly challenging situation? What is the hidden opportunity in this setback? This will offer you way more options and a solid plan of …

The most significant risk factor for Alzheimer's and dementia is age. It is commonly found in those over the age of 65, and even more common in 80 years old and over. Younger people can develop early-onset Alzheimer's, and women typically develop the disease at a younger age than men …

What are some positive points about yourself that you can think about? Imagine someone pointing out your faults. How would you show them that despite your faults, you are an individual with good traits as well? When you start evaluating in such a manner, you might find out that there …

Did you get a positive or negative result? At that point in a third segment, work out the enthusiastic response to I) the procedures/steps and ii) the result. In the last segment, make the last inference in asking yourself: Where did the (passionate) response originate from - the procedure or …

They say what they mean, and they mean what they say. They know how to use concise language so that the meaning of their words is not mistaken and their intentions are not taken the wrong way. Mentally strong people know how to say no. They know that it's ok …

Gaslighting The tactic used by manipulators aimed at making their victim doubt their own thoughts and feelings is called Gaslighting. This term is often used by mental health professionals to describe the manipulative behavior to convince the victim into thinking their thoughts and feelings are off base and not in …

Rigidity is also very literal; It's difficult to move within that, and it certainly doesn't feel good. Rigidity opens the door to a lot of dysregulation in the nervous system, because rigid people become dysregulated when things don't go their way. A few of the Rebels had reached the wall …

I can't be found to be the boring, tragically unfunny human disaster I think I am. It's all down to fear. The fear of being judged unworthy of another human's company, the fear of embarrassment, the fear of being a disappointment. If I am worried about a task on my …

Candy and I continue to take seemingly small steps forward that represent massive breakthroughs for her. During some sessions I touch her brainstem, where her reptilian brain lives; It is incredible to witness her body language begin to shift as Candy becomes more relaxed in and at one with her …

You know how some people have one defining personality characteristic? Like Jane in Accounts who is obsessed with her cat, Mittens, or Brian from the gym who only ever speaks about the new diet he is on where he has to eat a raw egg every 29 seconds. It's like …

Today, Jeffrey's pain is not gone, but it is better. The neuropathy is not nearly as bad as it was. When I first met Jeffrey, his pain levels were somewhere between an eight or ten on a daily basis. I will seek wisdom. Knowing that wisdom waits to be gathered …

Being in either the future or the past allows those in the throes of anxiety to stay out of the present moment, which would necessitate them to come into their body. That is why I encouraged Anna to observe. I wanted her to practice being here and now, even if …

For example, when you watch a certain advertisement, you will realize that you will have the desire to purchase the product that is being advertised. It means that you can be easily manipulated using some of these principles. When purchasing these products, you should be sure that you have been …

Their main aim is to ensure that they have marketed different products successfully and they may be manipulative so that people may purchase each of the products that they are selling. In such an instance, the manipulative individual will expect you to answer each of their questions immediately. They will …

For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose--great men and women. God used dreams to prepare Joseph for his future as a leader of nations. He gave battle plans to Gideon in a dream. The person who manipulates the team is known to …

When it comes to brainwashing, cult leaders are prominently known for repeating various lies as well as distortions until when a member finds it challenging to tell the difference between the actual cult life as well as the reality. When it comes to paranoia, most of the time, there is …

For starters, carry out an evaluation and learn more about how you may invoke some guilt in the victim. Ensure that the person feels bad for a variety of reasons. If you are targeting your parents, make sure that you have showcased that their parenting skills were wanting and that …

This is also another way of controlling others in their lives. Because of their introversion, these individuals will brag silently about their life's accomplishments. They will act aloof as well as disinterested in making dismissive as well as discounting gestures such as sighing, yawning, and acting bored. While all of …

Do this without getting frustrated with yourself or judgemental about the thoughts. Any number of things may happen as you do this exercise. It's just possible that you will fall asleep. The main reason is the person is not just good but admirable. There is really nothing wrong with them …

Avoid working with your phone on silent mode and within reach, something I see many clients do in the belief that this is the nearest they can possibly get to turning their devices off. Turn your phone off and put it out of sight, ideally in a drawer in another …

They may also be unable to cope with such separation. These are life crises that can happen to anyone in the world. However, the fact is that they don't. Healing is possible, but it takes time. However, I know plenty of people who have spent years and years in talk …

The root issue was still there, unaddressed. I still felt uncomfortable in my body based on my nervous system's reaction. The other tricky thing about talk therapy is that, by nature, it requires you to keep telling your story over and over and over. This is an example of time …

On Sunday, bring tulips to your weekly visit to Mom's house. On Monday, dress your child in a purple shirt for Purple Day at her preschool. On Tuesday, bring your raincoat to the dry cleaners so it's ready for your business trip at the end of the week. Angela Lee …

What's happened here is that, for all our human agency and free choice, technology has changed our behaviour. What device and software manufacturers have done - and what BJ Fogg helps new application developers to do - is to utilise the impact of triggers and incentives on the brain to optimum effect …

We're better off staying where we are, on the sofa - ready for anything. We've already seen in article 3 that Sofa-Man wants to avoid risk and finds ways to put off anything that he can avoid that might have negative consequences. In our ancestral environment, this helped us survive and …

You put the extra fuses in the toolbox next to the electrical tape. The conference room in your new office building is on the third floor, adjacent to the office supply closet. Your hotel room number is 315 at the conference you're attending. As with everything else, the ability to …