Archive for the ‘meditate’ Category

Imagine Love

“If I were to imagine only one thing today, it would be love.”
Imagine Love Exercise
1. Find a quiet place where you can sit comfortably and not be disturbed. Close your eyes and relax.
2. Imagine you are standing in front of someone you love with all your heart.
3. Now imagine you have the ability to [...]

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Go for the Gold – “Love Yourself”

One of the most remarkable characteristics of gold is its ability to be forged into almost anything without breaking. Applying this same principle to The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would want done unto you,” I created a few new rules from the same vein.
The first two, and my favorite, are The Golden [...]

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Awaken Your Inspiration!

Within all of us lies something quite magical, loving and uniquely our own, we need merely to awaken it!
About five years ago, I picked up a magazine featuring a series of articles on some of the world’s most creative minds. Just as I was finishing the last article, it occurred to me. All [...]

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You Were Whole All Along!

“You were whole all along
How could you be not?
You are nothing but love.
You just simply forgot.”*
At the moment you arrived into this world, you were whole. So much so, you had to expel fluid from your lungs just to take your first breath.
You were whole. Take a moment and let that [...]

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My Wish is My Command

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.” – Anatole France
What did these great thinkers discover about the power of imagination? I have a theory, a simple but profound one. I believe they were able to tap into the hidden and powerful [...]

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Once Upon a Present Moment

Once upon a present moment, an old queen looked into her mirror and asked, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all?”
The mirror answered back, “I am the fairest, reflecting only what I see.”
Enraged by the mirror’s answer she exclaimed, “That’s not what I meant. Who is [...]

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Awaken Your Very Essence from the Outside In

On a recent trip to the theater, I had the pleasure to see a production called The Rat Pack. The show transported me back in time to a night at the Sands Hotel in Vegas with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. at their very best.
Watching the confidence of Frank, the charm [...]

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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

I was having a wonderful conversation with a colleague over coffee about coffee, something we both dearly love and attempt to give up from time to time, when she shared with me something quite profound. With sincerity and joy, she looked me in the eye and said, “I’ve spent the last thirty years of my [...]

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For a Lasting Change, Try The 90/90 Principle

If you want lasting change in your life, consider this.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho Cybernetics , discovered that it takes approximately 21 days of conscious and consistent effort to create a new habit.
While the creation of a new and healthy habit is a good place to start, it may not be enough [...]

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What You Focus on Expands – PART 1

Expansion Theory via Travel Log
5:30 a.m. My cell phone alarm goes off. Despite the early hour, I awake feeling well rested.  (I’ve just spent the last two days living on the south rim of the Grand Canyon with my better-half Kristy and now we’re off to Sedona.)
5:45 a.m. I begin packing up the car [...]

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Let Go to Grow

On one of the few days it rained in LA, I decided to take the Number 2 bus to meet a friend. By the time the bus came, I was completely soaked. The newspaper over my head and the palm tree above were no match for mother nature.
As I stepped into the [...]

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See Outside the Box

Stop living in a two-dimensional world. See past the obvious. Broaden your horizons. See outside your box.
This present moment exercise, which can be performed almost anywhere, will help you increase your sensory awareness and focus and reduce your stress and anxiety.
Present Moment Spatial Awareness Exercise.
1) Closes your eyes if you [...]

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You Have the Power to Effect Change.

What do Einstein, Gandhi and Jesus have in common? They all understood the power of present moment cause and effect.
“Ask, and you shall receive, seek and you shall find,
knock and the door shall be opened unto you.” – Jesus
What a powerful way to live life! Ask, seek and knock and know you shall [...]

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Peace Of Mind Is Closer Than You Think.

Sometimes you have to stop! Not to smell the roses but to simply stop.
Recently, I finished a project that took a great deal of time to complete. But after finishing the project, I didn’t feel the normal peace that I usually felt from completing a task. Instead I felt anxious. It was [...]

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What you want is right in front of you!

What you want is right in front of you!
I say this based on the following premise.
What you see in your mind, you will see in your world.
Here’s a fun and excellent example.
I recently rented a car for the weekend. The rental company gave me an odd but cool-looking PT Cruiser.

When I [...]

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Shrink your problems NOW!

Here’s a simple exercise I like to use with some of my clients to help them put their problems in perspective.
Shrink your Problems using Microsoft Word.
(Note: I am using a Mac version, but I’m sure the PC version is similar.)
1. Open up a new blank document in Microsoft Word.
2. [...]

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