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- ***Positive Thinking Requires a Community of Support - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.It takes community to maintain a human. - Earon Davis Most of us who are seeking greater happiness and joy in our lives have heard about, and probably experienced, the power of positive thinking. While it is easy to notice the negativity generated by others; when it comes to our lives we ...
Views: 2162(4 votes) - ***Unleash the Power of Your Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. - Unknown Our thinking informs our experience. A positive outlook, can transform a traffic jam into an opportunity to practice patience. But a new thought is not enough. You must embody the new ...
Views: 2036(3 votes) - ***Transform Your Attitude: Harnessing the Power of The Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.The Law of Attraction is simply this: the more intense your feelings around something, the sooner it will come to you. That is why it is more important to talk and think about what it is that we want in our lives as opposed to what it is that we don’t. - Katherine Woodward Thomas What is ...
Views: 6349(11 votes) - ***Be the Master of Your Attitude - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.There seems to be so much in life that we don’t have control over even in the midst of the best made plans. Given this uncertainty the opportunities for frustration, disappointment and distress abound. But what is important to remember is that even in the midst of uncertainty and plans gone ...
Views: 2614(6 votes) - ***Unleash the Power of a Positive Attitude: Be Positive - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. - Unknown Our thinking informs our experience. A positive outlook, your attitude, can transform a traffic jam into an opportunity to practice patience. But a new thought is not enough. You must ...
Views: 2059(3 votes) - ***Improve Your Attitude: How to Create New Brain Pathways - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Understanding your thought patterns and how the brain works provides a frame of reference for creating a healthy attitude, improving your self-esteem and boosting your confidence. Brain Pathways The brain is made up of cells called neurons. These cells have nerve endings called synapses ...
Views: 7209(15 votes) - ***Live Your Dreams: Goal Setting Tips - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Your dreams can become a reality by using these tips for setting goals, as you improve your self-esteem and nourish a positive attitude. Do you have a dream or a vision for your life? Have you identified the thoughts and feelings that will allow your dream to come to form? Not having a ...
Views: 2964(9 votes) - ***Struggling with a Negative Attitude? Low Self-Esteem is Probably the Cause - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.(Excerpt from our Free Ebook How to Build Self-Esteem) A negative Attitude and low self-esteem go hand in hand. Your self-esteem is a direct reflection of what you think and how you feel about yourself . When you are plagued with negative thoughts about yourself, and desire a positive ...
Views: 6324(10 votes) - ***Vision Boards - Visualized Goals Get Results! - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Vision boards are powerful tools that like goal setting worksheets, help in setting personal-goals and making your dreams a reality. It is a creative picture collage of what you desire. They are fun to create and very powerful to use. They effectively take what you imagine in your mind and ...
Views: 2865(9 votes) - ***Plagued by Negative Thoughts – Break Free! - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.If you are plagued by negative thoughts and a “bad” Attitude it’s time to take a look at your early programming and decide whether you want to exercise the power of choice and break free. Most people don’t feel good about themselves based on their early programming – the thoughts they ...
Views: 2854(9 votes) - ***Change Your Attitude – Create a Pleasure List - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.A Pleasure List is a powerful resource that allows you to change your Attitude from misery, anger and displeasure to happiness in the amount of time it takes to have a new thought. A Pleasure List is a simple list of the people, places, things and activities that when you think about them ...
Views: 2606(7 votes) - *** Need an Attitude Boost? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Your Attitude about yourself impacts every area of your life. Have you ever noticed that when you have low self-esteem and lack self-confidence that you feel victimized by challenges, are fearful to take risks to make changes in your life and are obsessed with thoughts that reinforce your lack ...
Views: 1524(7 votes) - ***A Winner’s Attitude - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Your Attitude is the chief factor in determining how well you will succeed when facing a challenge, block or obstacle. By changing your attitude, creating a Winner’s Attitude, obstacles on your path will be transformed. But don’t wait until you are in the midst of a challenge to create a new ...
Views: 3213(5 votes) - Feeling Good - Make the Choice - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Humans are decision making animals. From the moment you wake up until the moment you fall asleep you make choices. What to wear, what to eat, to floss or not you are making decisions, consciously and unconsciously, all the time. However, people suffering with negative thoughts, feelings of ...
Views: 1584(5 votes) - ***Change Your Attitude = Change Your Life! - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes. - Charles W. Swindoll • Do you struggle with feeling good about yourself? • Do you spend time and energy regretting the past and worrying about the ...
Views: 7600(12 votes) - Acknowledge Accomplishments - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.When you get to the top of the mountain, your first inclination is not to jump for joy, but to look around. James Carville Acknowledging accomplishments is an important element of the creative process. In 1982 when I studied with Robert Fritz, author of The Path of Least Resistance and a ...
Views: 5643(2 votes) - The Workplace: Sacred Ground - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.All too often when you focus on your spiritual growth and development you fail to see the rich opportunities that are ever present in your workplace. Yet, for many of you the office, is where you spend the greatest portion of your time. With your colleagues, bosses, employees, clients and ...
Views: 1839 - Reflections on Forgiveness - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.I’ve been reflecting on the ways my experience of forgiveness has deepened and expanded since Sheri Rosenthal and I launched WITH Forgiveness on September 11, 2006. Here are my reflections: What are you for giving? I recently noticed, when I was asked about forgiveness, that my thoughts ...
Views: 5489 - What Are You For Giving? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.There are many sayings that remind us that what you give is what you get. For instance, what goes around, comes around captures the idea that what we give is what we will receive. For some this is the idea of Karma, and for others it is the essence of the Golden Rule, do unto others as you would ...
Views: 1483 - The Transformative Power of Forgiveness - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.One of the gifts of being a co-creator of WITH Forgiveness is that I have the opportunity, on a daily basis, to expand and deepen my capacity to forgive by practicing what I preach! One afternoon, I was home watching some documentaries. The first and last one, I watched that day was, “Jesus ...
Views: 11004(4 votes) - A Season for Non-Violence - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.January 30, 2009 marked the beginning of the 12th annual Season for Non-Violence. A Season for Nonviolence is an international 64-day educational, media and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform and empower our lives and our ...
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