EMOTIONAL FREEDOM: LIBERATE YOURSELF FROM NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE

UPLIFTING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY JUDITH ORLOFF MD (now in paperback!) 

Judith Orloff MD, a UCLA psychiatrist, presents her unique approach for viewing emotions as a path to spiritual and intuitive awakening. You’ll learn how to stop absorbing other people’s negativity and how to remain calm, instead of reacting when your buttons get pushed. Synthesizing neuroscience and intuitive/energy medicine, this book liberates you from fear—and the emotional vampires who suck you dry.

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM takes you on a remarkable journey, one that leads to happiness, serenity, and a mastery over negativity that pervades daily life.  Dr. Orloff presents new solutions for staying brave and positive in challenging times. EMOTIONAL FREEDOM describes how to stay calm and centered but not take on the stress of the world. 

With humor and compassion, Dr. Orloff shows you how to identify the most powerful negative emotions and how to transform them into hope, kindness, and courage. Compelling patient case-studies, and stories and from her own life illustrate the simple action steps to cope with emotional vampires, disappointments, and rejection.

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM is a road map for those who are stressed out, discouraged or overwhelmed as well as for those who are in a good emotional place but want to feel even better. As Dr. Orloff shows, each day presents opportunities for us to be heroes in our own lives: to turn away from negativity, react constructively, and seize command of any situation.

Get special bonus gifts with purchase of book at http://www.drjudithorloff.com/emotional-freedom-paperback/

Emotional Freedom is also available on http://www.amazon.com and www.drjudithorloff.com

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“Self Improvement Gifts 5 Offers 100s of FREE Personal Growth Related Products, Services & Memberships”

I wanted to let you know today about a Self Improvement site that will allow you to download 100’s of self help gifts. And the best part is that it is absolutely FREE!

If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself to make 2011 your BEST ever year, then you need to go here: http://selfimprovementgifts5.com/go/1823

Self Improvement 5 will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from January 6th to January 27th 2011. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Self Improvement and Marketing experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:

* How to Become an Advanced Early Riser – Steven Aitchison
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* Total Wellness Guide – Craig Raphael
* COACHES: Create a 6-Figure Practice, Here’s How! – Barb Wade
* Living the Rich Life – Julia Busch
* Achieve Your Dreams – Brenton Lindo
* I Have Value Meditation – Estra Roell
* Creative Visualization Mastey – Bruno Auger
* Wealthy You 2011 Vision Sheet – Nachhi Randhawa
* Find the Best Self Improvement Niches and More – Tuks Engineer
* Self Hypnosis Sessions At Home – Paul Mihai Pavel
* Wake Up to the Dream -  Eva Gregory
* And TONS (OVER 700+) MORE!
Get all of these and 100’s more here: http://selfimprovementgifts5.com/go/1823

The organizers of the event are Stephanie Mulac, Carolyn Hansen and Dr. Joe Rubino.

Just briefly, this is Stephanie’s 4th Self Improvement Giveaway. Stephanie started this style of event in 2006. It’s in the form of a “Giveaway” which is sort of like a giant electronic trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.

Because it has become so popular, this year Stephanie has enlisted the services of Carolyn Hansen, renowned fitness professional, and Self Exteem Expert, Dr. Joe Rubino.

You only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subjects of self improvement, self awareness and personal development are. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year.

These can be very expensive but at http://selfimprovementgifts5.com/go/1823 you can pick this information up completely FREE.

With 2011 upon us, what better time is there than right NOW to set yourself and your business up for future success? This event is a life-changing experience for those who take it.

Come and join Stephanie, Carolyn, Joe and me and see for yourself.

If you want to grab the largest collection of self improvement and internet marketing products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then go to http://selfimprovementgifts5.com/go/1823 NOW and claim your bounty!

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Fake it till you make it!

An excellent way of evolving into the person you want to be is to act as if or ‘fake it till you make it’.

This was brought home to me just the other day when a friend asked me to help with some maintenance at one of her rental properties. “Pretend you’re the handyman”, she suggested, rather than just a bloke with a screwdriver.

What was interesting is that without consciously thinking about it my behaviour, posture and even speech changed. I found myself adopting the head scratching, air sucking persona that my subconscious identifies with a handyman.

Now imagine if we adopted the same approach to our desired goals, be they financial, confidence related or even a desired weight. By thinking, feeling and believing that we are already the person we want to be, then our thoughts, actions and results will follow.

Notice how you feel when wearing a particular jacket or pair of shades. With ladies it can be shoes or underwear (so I’m told)!

By making a conscious effort to feel like the person you want to be, with repetition you can become that person in as little as 21 days. This is the time that it takes to literally rewire your brain.

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Deepak Chopra sheds light on Muhammad and Islam

Growing up, were you told never to discuss money, sex, religion or politics?

No wonder areas of the world are in such a mess!

Last weekend the news was full of stories about book burning, demonstrations, accusations against the Catholic church, even a threat to arrest the Pope!

What if you could accept that every human being is part of the collective humanity and we are all connected to each other via a field of consciousness?

What if all religions are a pathway to find God, not the old man with a white beard but the spirit that resides with us?

What if these religions grew from the teachings of enlightened beings whose message was appropriate for the audience at the time and place of delivery and that elements of all faiths do not have to exclude others?

What if the basis of all religions is love, for God, yourself and others?

You may not agree with the statements above but that’s a wonderful thing about living in a free country. I would love to hear your thoughts both for and against.

I must admit to knowing very little about Islam or the life of Muhammad so I am looking forward to Deepak Chopra’s latest book. Having throughly enjoyed his previous work on the life of Buddha, I am sure it will be both entertaining and enlightening.

Here is the pre launch information

Following the incredible International success of “Jesus” and “Buddha”…

Deepak Chopra now goes boldly beyond the headlines, the controversy, the fears and confusion, to bring us the third in his series of “teaching novels” about the world’s greatest spiritual leaders.

In “MUHAMMAD: A Story of the Last Prophet” he shows us a man who, against all odds, rose above his humble origins as an illiterate orphan … a man who claimed no divinity for himself yet, through receiving divine revelation, led an entire nation to the one God of Islam.

Chopra tackles head-on the difficult tasks of…

• Have heard too much negativity in the news regarding the world of Islam to view it without extreme prejudice
• Want to experience how a man like you or me could champion the most culturally diverse religion in the world
• Are searching to attain a higher level of consciousness in order to commune with the Divine yourself

Get all the details on this refreshingly eye-opening book right here:

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And you’re also getting some terrific FREE Bonus Gifts when you reserve your copy today.  Deepak has put together a valuable gift bundle from an impressive group of his friends…

You could even win signed copies of the entire series!

And if you’re not yet certain this book is right for you, I want you to use the link below right now to read “The Author’s Note” and “Prelude” absolutely FREE before you even buy the book!

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This is the day to get YOUR copy and experience this story of love, and all Muhammad truly stood for … told with all the sensitivity and honesty Deepak is known for.

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P.S. – If you want to get all the Bonus Gifts Deepak and his friends have set aside, you absolutely MUST reserve your copy immediately

P.P.S. – And remember to visit the web page to read the “Author’s Notes” and “Prelude” absolutely FREE.

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Images of Achievement – Visualize your Success

Are you aware of how the FBI trains its agents to spot counterfeit bills? The FBI schools agents by training them to see all of the characteristics of bills printed by the U.S. Treasury—they deal only with genuine money. An FBI agent learns to recognize authentic ones, fives, tens, twenties, fifties and hundred dollar notes until his or her appraisal of them becomes second nature. An agent studies a bill, both sides of it, until he or she learns every feature that makes it genuine legal tender.

That way, when FBI agents see counterfeit bills, they immediately recognize them as such. Their minds aren’t cluttered with what “might be wrong” or “what usually is left off” or “mistakes that are commonly made.” They know what they’re looking for. They are specialists in the real thing. False bills seem glaringly obvious to them.

If you allow yourself to think about the penalties of failure or all the things that could go wrong, you’re far more likely to infuse your performance with those penalties and mistakes. Continually tell yourself what to do. Don’t concentrate on what not to do.

The mind has a fascinating capability. What you think about most is generally what you do most readily. A mistake most people make is to set goals in negative terms. A tennis player may set a goal of not double-faulting a certain number of times during a match. An employee may set a goal of not being late so often. Goals to lose weight, not talk so loud and fast, and not get upset so often are goals framed in negative terms. We need to stay away from negative goal setting.

Understand this about the mind: A fear is a goal in reverse. The mind can’t focus on the reverse of an idea. The term double fault reminds the tennis player of the condition he or she wants to avoid. Being late reminds the employee of the problem, not the solution. When we think we need to lose weight, our minds store the self-image of being overweight. We need the image of the desired weight we want to attain, not the pounds of fat we want to discard. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to concentrate on not being upset.

It’s the same thing as saying, “Don’t make mistakes.” Or worse yet, to a tight rope walker, with no net, “Windy day, don’t fall!” The mind always moves you toward your current dominant thought.

We should say, “First serve in,” for the tennis player. “I’m a punctual, on-time person.” …. “I’m reaching my desired weight.” …. “I speak slowly, clearly and confidently.” …. “I remain calm and relaxed under pressure.” These are all positive goal statements, images of achievement, that pull us in the direction of the desired behavior rather than away from the undesired habit.

This week, stop looking at your life through the rearview mirror; instead, focus on where you want to go!

Reproduced with permission from the Denis Waitley Newsletter.
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Inspiration from Jim Rohn – Life is Art

In my years teaching people to be successful, I have seen that, basically, people break their lives down into two major parts: wealth-building and the rest of their lives. Having done a lot of reflection on these two topics—wealth and life—I am coming to some new conclusions about how to perceive the two.

Until recently, I thought that there was a significant difference in how we should tackle the two areas. In fact, I thought that the two topics should be addressed in almost opposite fashion.

You see, wealth-building is just math. While life…. Life is art.

Think back with me to high school. Most of us were required to take math and most of us probably took art as well.

Now, think about your final exams in the two areas. Your math paper was graded on hard facts:

- Ten times 10 is always 100
- Thirty divided by three is always 10
- Seven plus seven is always 14
- Fifty minus 25 is always 25

There is always just one answer in math. The answers are hard fact, set in stone. Math is a science. It is formulaic. You can know the outcome before it happens, every time.

But what about your final art project? Art is much more subjective. “Beauty,” they say, “is in the eye of the beholder.” There is no one right answer.

Think of the different styles of the famous artists: Renoir, Monet, Picasso, Rockwell, Warhol. Different people find different styles beautiful, and that is what makes art, art.

So how does this fit with wealth-building and life? Wealth-building is like math:

- If you add $1,000 to your retirement account each month and gain 7 percent interest over 20 years, you can know now how much you will have then. It is math.
 - If you buy a rental property for $200,000 now and it increases in value by 3 percent a year, you know exactly how much you will be able to sell it for in 10 years.

The beauty of math is in the knowing. You can work the system, set it on autopilot and the math does the work for you, and you know the outcome.

But life? Life is art. And that is the beauty of life. You do not know how it is going to turn out. Life, like art, is always changing. Different people provide different colors. When you make a mistake, you can go back, erase it or even paint right over it. You can change the scenery. Life, like art, is ever evolving, and what looks good to one person is of no interest to another. And that is what makes life beautiful.

Another lesson I think we can draw is that in life we should do our math, of course, but life isn’t made up of just wealth-building. Wealth-building should serve our ability to live our lives. Jesus, the master teacher, said that our lives are not made up of the abundance of our possessions. He didn’t mean that possessions aren’t good, just that wealth isn’t what life is all about.

So let me ask you: Are you spending more time on your math or your art? Do your math. Everybody should do their very best at their wealth-building plan so they can take care of themselves and their families.

But life is about the art. What does your canvas look like? What kind of picture are you painting? What kind of pot are you creating? What kind of statue are you sculpting? Take your time, make bold strokes, use brilliant colors, and make of your life the most beautiful masterpiece that you can.

In other words, do your math so you can focus on your art.

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Help – The Law of Attraction doesn’t work!

You’ve seen the film, read the books, say your affirmations, visualize, write your goals and listen to the tele classes, yet you are still not experiencing the results you desire. What’s going wrong here, why isn’t the law of attraction working?

The self help guru’s and stars of The Secret make it seem so easy, so why isn’t the Law of Attraction working for you?

There are several issues here and one or more may apply to your situation.

Firstly the Law of Attraction works every time, all the time, but perhaps not in the ways that you are seeing results at present. The story of Jack may help to clarify this point.

Jack hates his job. He works in an office doing unfulfilling work with co-workers he doesn’t really get along with. He dreams of starting his own business and becoming a millionaire. He starts the day with his affirmations, carries his goals card in his wallet and even has a vision board as a computer screensaver, yet he is frustrated by the seeming lack of progress.

Let’s imaging that Jack is wired up to a vibration meter which measures his level of positive attraction. In the morning it starts high and then grows with his affirmations and goals review. Throughout the bulk of the day however it sinks as he allows the current circumstances to drain his faith and confidence that his dreams are coming true. Negative people, news stories and headlines all conspire to bring his vibration down. Consistent emotions are the key factor in manifesting through the law of attraction.

If Jack’s predominant state is one of frustration and unhappiness he will usually be at a lower frequency than the things he is trying to attract. The occasional spike from an affirmation or visualisation will not be of sufficient power or duration to bring about a change.

He then may begin to feel negative associations with his goals and dreams. Rather than looking at a picture of his dream home and feeling how great it is to live there, he experiences the frustration and disappointment of not living there and doubts that he will.

You may have heard about the Law of Gender, which tells us that things take time to manifest. Despite what you may have seen or read, sitting in a chair and imagining driving a new car is not going to immediately bring one to your driveway. In the time gap between the thought and the manifestation it is important to keep your emotions high and act with faith and belief.

The farmer plants a crop in the spring in the certain expectation that it will be ready for harvest later in the year. He does not spend the interim in worry and doubt or imagine life without the crop.

By sending out your intention and emotional vibrations you will receive ideas and guidance to make it a reality. In order to receive the guidance you need to be open and clear of negative mind chatter. This is why so many teachers recommend meditation as a daily practice.

For Jack to attract his dream home he may see a contest in a magazine or receive the inspired idea to earn the necessary money. If he is not open to the intuitive nudge or lacks the faith and belief to take action, then the dream home will remain just a dream.

In conclusion if the Law of Attraction is not working for you be aware of your predominant thoughts and feelings. Imagine your vibration meter, is it consistently high or do you allow external people and influences to bring it down?

You may also like to consider a daily discipline to quiet your mind and allow you to better receive the messages of intuition, be that mediation, quite reflection or a walk in nature.

The third message to take away is one of faith. There are so many stories and shared experiences about how the Law of Attraction has brought what seemed to be a miracle. If that can happen to someone else then it can also happen for you. Act with faith and believe that great things are unfolding for your good.

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Keep going in the pursuit of your dreams

Is Your Life Working the Way You Want it to Be?
by Jack Canfield

When things happen in the world that seem so far beyond our individual control, it can feel unsettling.

But don’t give up on your goals and dreams just because “the time isn’t good”… you can still make 2010 the year you uncover a whole new you for the better!

Even in tough times, you get to decide how to respond to certain conditions, opportunities, and outcomes—both good and bad.

Life will always be a series of choices and YOU get to decide on what will move you closer to your goals, or farther away from them. External forces will always be part of the equation, even during the good times when the world is thriving.

When people ask me about the single most important ingredient to success, I always share the same response: realizing what’s making you achieve success, and then realizing what is stifling your success.

Sometimes recognizing the things that are NOT working in your life can be painful, yet VERY powerful to shaping the life you want.

Don’t try to rationalize them, make excuses for them, or hide them. This is when it’s even more critical to take personal inventory and evict those excuses, rationalizations, and hidden habits that don’t serve you. These things will keep you from the life you want to be living. Let me give you some examples. Ask yourself if you relate to any of these questions:

Do you want to be active, fit, and strong? Then you have to stop making excuses about your weight, diet choices, and lack of exercise.

Do you want to be in a loving relationship based on friendship and respect? Then you have to stop rationalizing why you and your partner are not communicating well.

Do you want to embrace Monday mornings and feel excited about going to work every day? Then you have to stop hiding your true passions and go after whatever it is you really want to be doing day in and day out.

Do you want to lose the debt forever? Then you have to stop ignoring your spending habits and get real about a creating budget that will pull you out of debt and allow you to reach financial freedom.

Do you want to feel more connected to the people in your life, such as your children, friends, and colleagues? Then you have to stop complaining about your poor relationships and figure out why you don’t feel as connected as you’d like to be.

These things can be painful to look at because the truth is that you have to do something about them in order to make it work in your life.

You’ll have to say no to the second helping of dinner and the dessert to follow and go through the action steps to get into shape… You’ll have to confront your partner about the areas that need work… You’ll have to get past fears about changing your job or professional path… You’ll have to cut back on your spending and be a bit more frugal… You’ll have to take a good hard look at your personal relationships and perhaps consider your own shortfalls and weaknesses in communicating your needs and concerns.

Plain and simple, you will have to do something uncomfortable.

Successful people don’t waste time in denial (or complain or make excuses for that matter). They face situations like a warrior. They look for the warning signs, they find out why things aren’t working, and they go about fixing them- even when fixing requires problem solving, hard work, risk, and a level of uncertainty.

It’s okay to identify a problem even though you haven’t a clue about how to go about solving it right away.

The first step is just recognizing the issue, and then having faith that you’ll figure it out with careful attention to it. That’s how successful people live—in constant focus on goals, on results, on problem solving, and on the actions that get them to where they want to be.

Following are three things to do constantly in pursuit of your goals and dreams, however big or small:

Make a list of the things in your life that are working against your success and ask how the situation can be improved. Commit to tackling just one of those issues and be brave!

If you need help organizing those “things” in your life, try using the following list of categories. I recommend reflecting on each of the 7 areas and ask yourself, what’s not working here in each one and then brainstorm 3 potential solutions.

1.) Financial Goals, 2) Career/Business Goals, 3.) Free Time/Family Time,  4.) Health/Appearance Goals,  5.) Relationship Goals,  6.) Personal Growth  7.) Making a Difference

Remember, by facing what is not working, you can only improve your life!  

Jack Canfield, America’s #1 Success Coach, is founder of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul© and a leading authority on Peak Performance and Life Success. If you’re ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at: www.FreeSuccessStrategies.com

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How and Why Visualization Works

The art of visualzation – Denis Waitley

The art of visualization helps you make your goals part of your subconscious reflex habits, like brushing your teeth or driving your car. Imagine that you’re driving home. Think about the steps you take. You start the car, turn left at the light on Main Street, take a right to the expressway, and head west to the foothills. These interim steps break down your final objective into easily segmented steps.

Psychologists call this interior model or template a “cognitive map.” The cognitive map gives you an image by which to check progress at every moment. If you expect to reach a landmark in less time than you are taking on this particular trip, you might speed up a little to get back on pace. Scientists refer to the process of adjusting your actions to fit your image of what is right as using a “negative feedback loop.” This doesn’t mean that you berate yourself when you get off track. It means you mentally correct to the target.

This week begin to utilize or increase your utilization of the art of visualizing your dreams, so that accomplishment of your goals simply becomes a habit!

A fantastic visualization tool is MindMovies 2.0 check it out here

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Inspiration – your own inner greatness

by Marianne Williamson in “A Return To Love”

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I
to be brilliant and gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won’t feel insecure around you.
We are meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some of us: it’s in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

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