Monthly Archives: February 2010

Thought of the Day … Adam Leonard

Beliefs

Whenever we experience anything our emotional reactions are analysed and gradually built into a belief system. We walk away thinking over the experience and assess what the reasons were for the positive and negative parts of it. This often serves us well because we can often prevent negatives from happening again. More often that not when we experience too much negativity of a sudden bought of it our analysis of the event is quick and irrational and can create a false belief that does not serve in the long run.

 

For example:

 

“A lady goes out with some friends and starts to have some drinks and have a good time. A group of guys eventually come over to them and they all start having a good time. She has to go to the toilet and when she comes back she notices the guy that was talking to her is now talking to one of her friends and he seems to be laughing and flirting much more than when he was talking to her. She feels insecure and quickly scans for possible reasons for him to be having more fun with her friend. She notices that her friend is wearing more provocative clothing than her and assumes that the man is obviously more interested in her because of how she looks. When she gets back to the group the man does turn round and talk to her again and she responds but after a short while he is eventually drawn back to talking to her friend. The night ends and she is left feeling rejected believing that unless she wears provocative clothing the same thing will happen next time.”

 

In the above example she doesn’t take into account the conversation that the group were having, the personal rapport that was going between the man and her friend or any number of other possible reasons for the change in his behaviour. She also thinks the man didn’t talk to her when she came back because of her friend but this was most probably due to her mood changing. If this belief is not dealt with soon it will become deeply rooted in her psychology and start to warp her social behaviour and appearance away from that which is natural. Being our natural self is us being our most beautiful any diversion away from this lowers our attractiveness. Beliefs are the core driver behind everything we do and if there are some that are stopping you from being your true self then they need to be destroyed.

 

Destroying corrupted beliefs will require the person to engage in the exact same situation again without playing out the counter measures the belief demands. The woman above would need to not wear provocative clothing for example. Deep rooted beliefs can become very comfortable and it will feel awkward to release them and many judge the awkward feeling as a sign that their initial belief was right. Resisting this reaction is very important because eventually through repetition the old belief will die and you will be closer to your true self and therefore more beautiful.

 

Let me look into your core beliefs today and see if I can see any that don’t serve you and put a plan into action to get your beauty back.

 

Adam Leonard

Thought of the day… Laura

I treat myself with admiration and respect.

Learning to treat yourself; body, mind and soul, with respect is a challenging task, especially in a world filled with excesses, demanding life styles and pressure from the media.
For your body’s sake, ask yourself these questions: How do I treat my body? Am I going along with the crowd, over/under eating, drinking too much, eating foods I know aren’t good for me? Am I giving my body enough exercise, enabling me to feel refreshed and alive? When was the last time I treated myself to a relaxing bath/massage/treatment? When was the last time I looked in the mirror and was nice to my reflection?
For your mind’s sake, ask yourself these questions: When was the last time I ‘checked’ my thoughts? Am I still carrying worn out thought patterns? Are my thoughts positive and helpful, or negative and destructive? Do I encourage myself to move forwards, or do I restrict myself by saying ‘I’ll never do it’. When was the last time I learnt something new/expanded my horizons?
For your soul’s sake, ask yourself these questions: When was the last time I stopped rushing around and spent some quality time meditating? What can I do to make my life more spiritual? What can I do today to resolve conflict with others and within myself? And the biggie: What can I do today, and long term to help and heal the planet?
Write your thoughts down for each question and you will have clarified knowledge of ‘where you are at’ at this moment in your life, you will also, hopefully feel calmer and more focused. Let me know which questions appeal most, and what your answers are.
And finally, listen to your body, your heart and your soul, each one of us is a power house of wisdom and our bodies intrinsically know what we need, so stop fighting it!
‘I treat myself with admiration and respect.’
Repeat this to yourself as often as possible, and for as long as you feel it is needed.
Have a lovely Thursday!
Laura xx

Thought of the day… Sally.

CHAIN REACTION 

Good morning!  I posted the following Thought of the Day last week and discussed irritation on that show.  Today I want to look at another interesting aspect to this story … The Contagious Sub-Conscious!  Read the following and then I’ll explain: 

The clock hands in my home are whizzing around the clock face at warp speed right now.  This is because I am preparing to sit some exams in June (which seems scarily close).   

I am having to fit in a tremendous amount of hard work alongside running a business, looking after my high maintenance dog (due to her being blonde and there being an endless amount of mud around), and housework (I live alone and haven’t trained my dog to stack the dishwasher and manage a hoover – yet!) … and stay on top of all the other demands of life. 

So, whilst walking my dog in the park yesterday I was listening to a lecture on my ipod (oh, the wonderful world of female multi-tasking!).  The lecture started off very well and then someone in the audience gave a slight cough.  Within two minutes half the audience were coughing away, all of them seemingly trying to give a longer and louder cough than the last.  This continued all the way through to the end of the lecture.  I found this very irritating because it not only obviously interfered with my ability to hear the lecturer properly, but because it irritated me I found I wasn’t able to absorb the information very well and had to keep rewinding it back all the time. 

So, if you joined me on last week’s show, we now know WHY things irritate us … there’s a deeper reason!  So let’s now look at The Contagious Sub-Conscious.  The person that gave that first cough in the audience may have done it out of having a cough, however I don’t think that’s the case.  We all have various things we do when we’re nervous or being challenged or when we’re feeling embarrassed.  In this case, I feel the first person to cough was feeling some uncomfortable thoughts or emotions – maybe something like ‘’am I going to be able to follow this lecture?’’ or ‘’I shouldn’t have sat at the front because now I feel conspicuous’’ or ‘’I’m finding this course difficult’’.   

Whatever uncomfortable thought or emotion it was, it would have initiated a nervous cough.  The person probably didn’t even realise they coughed in the first place!  This then started off a chain reaction, tapping into everyone else’s uncomfortable feelings.  Before you know it, half the audience are coughing away, without realising it – all because the chain reaction is tapping into everyone’s sub-conscious.  And guess what? … when the lecture came to a end – no coughs!! 

So today, I want to focus on the sub-conscious – one part of you that contains old feelings & emotions that get tapped into when someone or something pushes your buttons.   

Why do you always get jealous?  Why do you find it difficult to trust?  Why aren’t you confident enough?  Why do you feel you aren’t good enough?  Why do you keep attracting unavailable men or women into your love life?  Why do you always give up? 

What chain reaction is playing out for you?

All hail to Diana Ross – those of you around in the 80’s will be singing this song all day …  and so you have me to thank for this chain reaction!