Feeling Your Fullness

In looking back over comments that my weigh loss clients have mentioned, many often speak of wanting to "fill the void." They eat so as to not feel empty. But they are not the only one's who feel this void and may do things to fill it that are not particularly healthy. Some get into relationships that are best not experienced. Some use various substances that ultimately lead to addiction. Perhaps as you read this, you are thinking that you understand. Maybe you have felt your own void? If you do not feel the void, I will not define it for you - you don't need suggestions so that you will feel it.

For this week's contemplation, we will address the void (a bit).

When you are ready, take a deep breath in and exhale. Then contemplate and say to yourself the next sentence:

I am a vessel of goodness, intelligence, beauty (and any other positive trait you want to add). I am filled with peace and compassion. I am full. I overflow.

Is Debt Freedom and Happiness the Same Thing?

I hear two things fairly often in my comings and goings around the office. The first thing I hear is something to the tune of "I want to be happier." The second refrain is stress about debt. Now you probably are already guess the chorus. If I only had no debt, I'd be happier. The assumption seems to be that these two things are related.

Well, there isn't much I can do about the debt problem as I am not a credit counselor. I can suggest various ideas to help straighten out the debt such as paying attention to credit cards and credit cards rating. You can use a site like Credit Card Club to learn the nitty gritty behind the plastic in your wallet. It might even inspire you to lessen your credit card load and get rid of the ones that nag you with high interests rates, fees, etc. But beyond that, I can't help lessen the current debt.

shopping, What I can also do is help you get to the bottom of some financial bad habits (compulsivecompeting with the neighbors, those sorts of things) and help you transform your life with better habits. So here is the thing - you will get different results in a hypnosis session depending on your goals. If you ask for help in attaining happiness, the end product may have little to do with finances. If you want to work on your spending habits, that we can accomplish. Will it bring happiness with it? Maybe, maybe not. The happiness would be a side-affect.

To make the most out of your session, have a goal in mind and share it with the hypnotist. Do not assume he or she will be able to help you manifest anything other than what you tell them. Know what it is you seek. Things may be related and you may learn a lot more about yourself, but do not assume this will be the case.

I have had clients who come to me with the goal of working on their patience in a relationship. What I have come to find out in one case, after the fact, they were actually looking to be happier in their relationship. This had little to do with patience in the end.

So again, have a direct outcome you would like to gain in a hypnosis session. Be sure to disclose it to the hypnotist and make sure they understand its importance. You will be more apt to get teh results of which you are expecting.

Shall We Dance?

Shall we dance? No, not you and I, but that feeling inside that you currently feel? I am asking the wonderful feeling to tango. I am asking that horrid feeling or the fear to waltz. Only rather than leading the feeling through numerous dance steps, a few mental steps are all that are needed.

• Step 1. Allow whatever it is that you are feeling to become conscious thought. If it helps, close your eyes just begin paying attention to the way you feel. Even feeling "nothing" is too feel something.



• Step 2. Take a few deep breathes and release them. Maybe you will notice after taking and exhaling this breath you feel a little different. Breathing can have a profound effect.



• Step 3. Now concentrate on these words this week:
  
  My feelings come and go. I release the negative and savor the positive.

Want a Vacation?

So, its summer and it is pseudonymous with the idea of vacationing. What with the price of gas, let alone affording the increasing prices of travel, the idea of taking a week off to go somewhere exciting may now seem a bit depressing. So what's a person to do?

Well, for one, you can plan well and use online travel guides such as the ones at Trusted Tours and Attractions. You could visit a place close by. For instance, if you live in the North East, there are many options. Things to do in New York City are an unending list.

But, aside from the obvious, there is something else you can do - take a mental vacation. Humor me here. If things have piled up and you just can't get away, you can probably find a few minutes and use a technique called revivification - allowing yourself to remember and relive a past vacation. The effects give you a slight lift and a brief vacation that may make the rest of your day go well.

You just begin by closing your eyes (also you may want want to take a few deep breaths and exhales). Think about the idea of a past favorite vacation. Start at the beginning of the trip (whenever and where ever that may be), and begin to recall all the details that you can about what made it so wonderful. Let time do its own thing - if there are moments you want to skip over, well, skip over them. If there are moments you want to play over and over again, do so. See if you can remember what it felt like or even what conversations you had.

For me, I often go back to a vacation I took years ago to Orlando. And though there are many things to do in Orlando, I always go back to being able to ride Space Mountain eleven times in a row at The Magic Kingdom. I can feel the air blowing around me as the ride starts, the exhilaration of letting go and reveling in the physics of motion. Then I think about convincing the ride controller to let me stay on again.

But, after you do this and you still find yourself in the mood to plan a vacation, you might want to sign up for Trusted Tours and Attractions newsletter. They often give incentives for signing up, such as giving away GPS devices and such.