Laughter is thought to increase the number and activity of cells essential to the immune response including lymphocyte, cytotoxic helper cells and B cells. Studies have shown an increase in the number of antibodies after subjects watched
Research studies show that exercise can be as effective for depression as antidepressants. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, followed 156 men and women divided into three groups. One group participated in an aerobic exercise program, one group took Zoloft, and a third group did both. After 16 weeks, depression symptoms had eased in all three groups and 60-70% participants, could not be classified as having major depression.
Surprising research on the power of smiling predicts how long you live, your happiness in your relationships, and your satisfaction in life. Kids smile as much as 400 times during the day, what can we learn from kids? People who smile more often are perceived by others as more polite, more sociable and even more [...]
When the little things seem to go wrong, its easy to get flustered, and that makes us less effective in everything else. If we are seeing our business through the lens of frustration and stress, we are missing out on the clarity of the right opportunities and the best avenues of our efforts.
When you use this tool, it can help you transform any negative emotion very quickly. However, if the feeling keeps recurring, you made need to rewire your brain to access more positive emotions and set up some new mental habits. This process is very quick and effective with NLP tools. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a field of applied psychology about how the brain stores and processes information.
I used to get the heebie jeebies speaking in front of groups. In fact, one time as a teenager, I was supposed to speak in front of my church, I had memorized a poem, and I felt pretty comfortable with it. I stood up in front of the group and about ¾ of the way in, I was so nervous that I totally forgot it. This stage fright carried over. In fact, I was really shy as a kid.... But, then I found the tools of NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and I discovered how to set my mind up for confidence instantly before I walk into a speaking event or before I walk into a new situation, and its brilliant!
As you know, weight management is an ongoing issue. We can find a good balance for awhile, but our lives are always changing and we encounter new things and thought patterns that can take us off course. Over the last couple of months, I found myself snacking on things when I wasn’t hungry. I’d be working at my computer for awhile, but then I’d feel a compulsion to get up and wander to the kitchen to find something to crunch on. It was the crunch I was looking for, the satisfaction of chewing on something
Cravings are not rational and logical, they come from the unconscious mind, and that is why they are so hard to fight against. Motivation is a feeling and this also is generated from our unconscious. Then at the deepest level, we can have unconscious programs working against us, these are responsible for self sabotage.
We can get so caught up in the hum drum of the everyday that we forget to feel joy and really appreciate life. In my nightly review, I found joy had made some drive bys through my day.
Most of what we think of when we hear hypnosis is what we see on stage, someone eating an onion as if its an apple, or quacking like a duck...but this hypnosis is short lived....
