To help celebrate the beginning of Summer, and to provide opportunities for you to learn and take your business and life forward during the challenging time we are going through, I am offering a one time discount on all of my most popular books and home-study courses.
For the next 7 days, all of my Courses and Books will be available for you to overcome your anxiety and fears at a 30% discount from the regular price.
Whether your challenge is stage fright (performance anxiety on stage or in a virtual presentation setting), a fear of asserting yourself in business or social situations or a general experience of anxiety in your life, I know that the following offerings will be of immense value to you!
In this
3-part series, I have been sharing ideas on how you might begin to
‘refurnish’ the rooms in your mind with newer, more healthy pictures in
order to remove the fear-inducing messages that have created roadblocks
to the life you desire.
In Part 1, I presented the crucial importance of Awareness, becoming aware of the actual thoughts in your mind that you have simply accepted all your life as something that you must live with. The need to clearly notice what the negative pictures are that you ’see’ in your mind’s eye every day is the foundational step to refurnishing your thinking.
In Part 2, I discussed the idea of Acceptance, the 2nd step in refurnishing your mind. After you become aware of how the old furnishings block you from achieving your current goals and dreams, it is then time to begin accepting and working towards letting go of the old pictures and distortions that have held you back.
The final step in your refurnishing plan is to begin to take Action
– to replace the negative pictures with ones that are affirming and
that lead to positive results rather than simply living life in fear and
safety.
Here are 5 Key Steps that are required for you to move forward with a new, positive and more effective way of thinking:
1. Decide What Really Matters to You – What do you want? Do the pictures in your mind reflect this or do you need to replace them with clear and specific pictures of what you really want in life?
2. Adjust Your Expectations.
It has been. Said that your expectations shape your reality! You either
live Up to or Down to your expectations, so the new pictures that you
hang in your mind must reflect thinking that expects great things, that is focused on a life, business or career that you intend to be successful.
“What you ‘see’ in your mind’s eye (in the pictures in the rooms of your mind),throughout the day and over weeks and months, tends to become who you are”. ~ Dr. Don Greene
3. Listen to Your Self-Talk.
Is it positive or negative? Begin to see yourself as full of potential,
as someone who, in spite of the old pictures and memories, is capable
of amazing things.
4. Focus on Action.
Take charge. Be willing to assert yourself. Take risks. Stop blaming
the old pictures of events or persons if things don’t go the way you
desire. Decide to make things happen by utilizing the power of CHOICE with 2 very powerful words: “I choose” vs. “That just the way I am.”
“The greatest single characteristic of those who achieve their goalsis the simple ‘belief that you can do it’.” ~ Dr. Charles Garfield
5. Be Patient with the Process. Renewing your mind and refurnishing rooms that have been filled with outdated and distorted thinking takes time. Intentionally make daily commitments to decide what it is that you want and then take specific and clear steps to achieve your goals.
The process
of letting go of and replacing the pictures in the rooms of your mind is
possible and will lead to dramatic changes as you follow through with
your remodeling plan.
As I shared
earlier, hire a new room decorator if needed (a Mentor, Coach or
Therapist) or commit to readings and courses that are geared towards a
complete re-conditioning of your thinking.
Begin to take charge of your life today by hanging up new pictures that express an attitude and belief that says, “I no longer tolerate anything (or any mental picture) that holds me back.”
It’s time to
begin refurnishing the rooms in your mind. Yes, you heard me correctly.
It is possible, even after years and years of those rooms being
cluttered with lies, distortions and anxiety-based fears, that you can
decide to clear the rooms out and replace them with new furnishings and
décor.
As I shared in my last Post, Part 1,
the various rooms in your mind contain pictures that hang on the walls,
pictures that you have hung that make significant statements, both
positive and negative, and provide the memories that you have attached
to each of them.
Unfortunately,
many believe that they are ‘stuck’ with whatever the rooms are filled
with, including old pictures of painful memories, or even newer ones
that are hung to remind you not to venture out in life, or take new
risks or develop new skills.
Some synonyms for refurnish are: remodel; recondition; refresh; renew; restore.
Each of these words is based upon the activity of letting go of the old
and replacing with new pictures that are more reflective of who you
really are today.
The
truth is that many, if not most, of the pictures that hang in the rooms
in your mind were created and based upon lies about yourself that were
either told to you by others or told to yourself during times of fear or
anxiety.
Unless these
old pictures are replaced through a ‘remodeling’ of your thinking, then
the power of the old pictures, or thoughts, will continue to direct
your life.
So, where do you begin with the process of refurnishing your mind?
Here are the first 2 steps in renewing and restoring your thinking:
Were you
aware that your mind is comprised of many rooms, some of which are as
varied as the actual rooms in your home? The rooms of your mind are many
and serve different purposes.
For
example, just as the kitchen in your home serves the purpose of cooking
and creating meals (and glorious desserts!), the rooms in your mind,
built by you as a child, contain many memories and experiences, some of
which bring a smile to your face while others cause you to retreat in
fear and anxiety.
The
rooms in your mind are also furnished! For example, the room that
houses the memory of a special birthday party at age 7 is full of
balloons, presents and your favorite cake. The image of that room can be
so clear and distinct that you can actually hear your friends sing
“Happy Birthday” to you.
Each
room also contains various pictures that hang on the walls. It is these
pictures that you have hung that make significant statements, both
positive and negative, and provide the memories that you have attached
to each of them.
After putting the final touches on my new course, From Panic to Peace, it is now available! The course is an inexpensive 8-week training designed to help you understand and learn the principles and skills necessary to overcome anxiety.
All Lessons, PDF’s and audio recordings are available online so that you can take this course wherever you live and without any special computer skills.
The course is designed to give you the information and tools necessary to start taking control of your fears while moving forward in your life towards your dreams and goals.
To learn more, or to sign up for this powerful new course at this initial special price, go to PanictoPeaceProgram.com
During this time of stress, anxiety and change, tension blocks our ability to stay present and be effective in our everyday tasks, relationships and performance. Much of this tension accumulates in our shoulders, neck and upper body.
Tension blocks your power to perform. Much of this tension accumulates in your shoulders, neck and upper body. The following simple exercises are designed to be able to help you release tension quickly and efficiently.
