You can heal your life

Awareness is the first step in healing or change.

- Louise Hay

What we think, and what we believe, is what will come true for us.
Our thoughts create our lives.
It’s that simple.

And when we get that,
we can make enormous changes.

- Louise Hay
“You can heal your life” DVD

Life Rules

Life only has 3 rules

Paradox

Life is a mystery, don’t waste time trying to figure it out

Humor

It is a strength beyond all measure.

Change

Know that nothing stays the same.

- Dan Millman, “Way of the Peaceful Warrior”

Extreme Emotional Makeover – Summer Intensive

Announcement:

We are sponsoring a powerful program this summer, to show the world how much learning and growth can happen in very short period of time!

If you are chosen, you will be given intensive therapy, life coaching, reading materials, 2 weekend workshops, emotional support, and more, to help you BLAST thru your emotional issues and turn your life around. Participants must be willing to “share” their progress and lessons learned so others can benefit, as well.

Program Description
Application

Read on and apply today. Interviews start June 16.

-Matt
MEW Foundation, Inc.
dba 2GetHelp Wellness Center
Fresno, CA

Happiness — it’s up to you!

“If you expect the best, you will be the best. Learn to use one of the most powerful laws in this world;
change your mental habits to belief instead of disbelief. Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.”

- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”

- Helen Keller

“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”

- John Donne

“Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.”

- Mike Wickett

Emotional Choices

Most of us have more choices, emotionally, than we ever thought possible!

“When we know that the cause of something is in ourselves, and that we (ourselves) are one of the few things in the universe that we have the right and ability to change, we begin to get a sense of the choices we really do have, an inkling of the power we have, a feeling of being in charge… of our lives, of our future, of our dreams.”

- John-Roger and Peter McWilliams

You are the person who has to (gets to) decide.
Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside;

You are the person who makes up your mind.
Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind.

Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar.
Or just be contented to stay where you are.

- Edgar A. Guest

Confrontation: Everyone Hates it!

Want to get over your fear of confrontation? Learn how at Emotional Intelligence – Confronting What’s True

See also the Blog link on EQ At Work for lots of cool tools and articles re: EQ.

… and remember, and Dr. Phil says, “Attitude is Everything!”:

Victor Frankel, who faced death daily in a Nazi concentration camp, wrote in his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, “Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms —to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

be happy.
- Matt

Laughter is good for your body!

No Joke: This Is Exercise
Laugh away ticker trouble.
from here.

University of Maryland Medical Center researchers showed 20 healthy adults two movie scenes–one from the comedy Kingpin, the other a battle scene from Saving Private Ryan–while monitoring artery function. After viewing the funny clip, the volunteers’ blood vessels dilated by 22%; they constricted by 35% after the war sequence. Dilation allows blood to move through the vessels with ease, taking strain off the heart and arteries.

“That magnitude of change is similar to what you’d get from aerobic exercise,” says study author Michael Miller, MD. Laughter may trigger the release of nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes blood cells, he says. It may also release endorphins, hormones shown to repair blood vessels. Miller recommends finding a way to laugh heartily for at least 15 minutes every day.

PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

extremely common in soldiers returning from war…

from http://www.thesoldiersproject.org

Signs of possible trouble (Service Member)
Irritability, jumpiness
Anger easily and “blow up” at loved ones or friends
Feeling hyper-alert, needing to be careful, on the watch for danger
Feeling emotionally flat, uninvolved with people, distant
Feeling you can’t relate to life around you or to the concerns of your family or friends in the way you used to
Difficulty concentrating, paying attention, poor memory
Difficulty sleeping, nightmares
Episodes of tearfulness for no apparent reason
Feelings that people at home “don’t get it” and you can’t really explain it to them
Feelings of not fitting in
More TV, internet use, video games than before
Increased use of alcohol, drugs
Feelings of sadness or guilt

Signs of possible trouble (Family)
Feeling overwhelmed or angry at being left with increased responsibilities
Tearful and worried about deployed loved one to the point where it’s difficult to follow normal routines
Feeling alone or lost with no one to talk to and nowhere to turn
You and returning family member seem nervous, distant or awkward with each other
Feeling hurt and resentful that returning family member isn’t as involved with you and the family as before deployment
Problems in the kids: anger, behavior problems at school, learning problems, physical symptoms (stomach aches, headaches), sleep troubles

Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Veterans in crisis can dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255) and press 1 to be connected immediately to VA suicide prevention and mental health service professionals.

The National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders.

Laughter Heals!

Your Brain on Laughter

How clowning around improves memory, mood, and motivation

By Thomas Crook, PhD, Prevention

“A good knee-slapper produces a chemical reaction that instantly elevates your mood, reduces pain and stress, and boosts immunity (suppressed by both stress and pain). A recent fMRI study by Allan L. Reiss, MD, and colleagues at Stanford University traced this activity to a region called the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), which rewards behaviors such as feeding and sex (and laughing) by releasing dopamine, a natural opiate.”