The book, Psycho-Cybernetics, was groundbreaking and was a revelation to me when I read it. In this 9 minute video, author Dr. Maxwell Maltz is interviewed and describes lessons 6-12 of how to improve your self-image. Beliefs become habits, which are just self-hypnosis. He touches on the different habits that you have, the success and failure mechanism within you, and how to create changes that support your self-image and success.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
The Power Of Saying No
There is power in the simple act of saying no, but for many of us it’s the hardest word to say. Saying “no” sometimes takes incredible courage, but it’s probably a word that you should use more often. This article covers 5 reasons why you should say it.
10 Powerful Benefits of Having an Amazing Vision to Achieve
Having a vision gives you hope and something to attain. But most tend to get bogged down in the details and lose their momentum. Just because it’s hard to achieve doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have one. There are a lot of other benefits for pursuing your vision.
How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness
For some people, happiness is a distant hope. But chasing happiness tends to miss the point of it all. Happiness just takes small shifts in the way we think and perceive the world we live in. Here are six ways we can reframe our thoughts to feel happier.
Psycho-Cybernetics is a form of self-image therapy developed by Dr Maxwell Maltz to help people rebuild their life based on positive belief in self. Dr. Maltz describes the first lesson of Psycho-Cybernetics, which is how we have 2 worlds within us, frustration and confidence. When we turn from frustration, we walk towards confidence. This is a 9 minute video of an interview with Dr. Maltz as he covers the first 5 lessons of Psycho-Cybernetics and how it can be used to improve your self-image.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
101 Self Improvement Resources That Will Take You From Stuck To Unstoppable
Here are resources that can help improve your self-confidence and self-esteem, deal with anger and let go of the past, live a meaningful life, have great relationships and much more. Each topic heading has several resources listed to help you optimize your life. It could take you months to search for and find these solutions. Before you despair, check out this page and see if your issue is one that’s covered.
Practicing Gratitude Can Increase Happiness by 25%
Psychological research finds that people’s happiness levels are remarkably stable over the long-term. But research also indicates that the simple act of gratitude can raise your comfort level of happiness. Learn how you can utilize this single practice to increase your well being.
I’m Returning to Single-Tasking
Multitasking is such an easy habit to fall into. Even with the best of intentions, it’s hard to resist. Here are some very easy rules to live by so that you’re able to reduce your stress and increase your effectiveness.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Wayne Dyer, author and motivational speaker, passed away recently. He was a pioneer in the self-help industry publishing the best seller, Your Erroneous Zones, in the mid-70’s. It launched him into the national limelight and he went on to become a leader in the spiritual field. He transformed millions of lives by giving them the direction of how to improve. To honor him, here are some of his quotes to help you live up to your potential.
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”
“Self-worth comes from one thing: Thinking that you are worthy.”
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.”
“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.”
“With everything that has happened to you, you can feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”
“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”
“If we focus on what’s ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives.”
“When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.”
“You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”
“Begin with the end in mind. Start with the end outcome and work backwards to make your dream possible.”
“A belief system is nothing more than a thought you’ve thought over and over again.”
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
How to Train Your Brain to Stay Positive
All too often, we beat ourselves up for our failures or let ourselves dwell on the negative. By focusing on the positive, we’re more motivated, productive, and likely to succeed. Here are three tips to help you train your brain to stay positive.
Research: Meditation does more than calm your mind, it changes your brain
Practicing yoga and meditation can do more than calm your mind — research shows it can change your brain. Researchers found it changes parts of the brain connected to learning, memory, focus and the stress response.
Why Hiding Your True Self Feels So Terrible
Finding ways to be true to yourself — whatever that means to you — may be something more than a meaningless self-help cliché. Most people feel tainted when they behave in ways that feel false and feel good when they act in authentic ways. To our minds, authenticity may be a moral imperative.
Busting the Big 3 Meditation Myths
Meditation has scores of research saying why it’s healthy and reduces stress. But many people have misconceptions about what it actually is and use them to avoid the practice. This article busts some of the excuses and gives some baby steps you can start with.
22 Things To Start Doing Now That Will Improve The Rest Of Your Life
On a social question-and-answer site, a student asked, “What can people start doing now that will help them a lot in five years?” These are some of the favorite answers that people contributed, along with a short commentary for most of them. They range from the material to the practical to the existential.
Are Your Beliefs Holding You Back?
Your beliefs can keep you from realizing your full potential, cause low self-esteem, and lead to anxiety and depression. They color the way you interact with every aspect of your life. Becoming aware of them allows you to choose what to do. This article gives some direction of what to do to change those negative beliefs and become happier, healthier, and more successful.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Learn to change how you react to stress
You can reverse the effects of stress and learn how to change the way your body responds to it. Managing stress doesn’t mean eliminating stressors from your life. It means developing positive strategies for dealing with stress and here are some suggestions.
Focus on you: Empowerment through silence
You may feel the busyness of your life seems to keep everything in control, but really, does it instead serve to keep you stuck and block you from moving forward? Learning how to become comfortable with your own thoughts and feelings can improve your intuitions and relationship to yourself.
Mindfulness and Self-Love: Tools to Achieve Your Goals
Perception is reality. How many times have we achieved something or received praise for our work and felt good for a bit, only to have our self-esteem drop again? Learn how to turn this perception around to be more accepting and compassionate towards yourself.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Question: Is there a secret to recovering one’s self-esteem?
Answer: It isn’t easy to reclaim yourself and your self-worth. It’s probably one of the hardest things a person can do, and yet, it’s at the foundation of everything we experience. Which may be why it can be so hard.
Imagine that your being was fragmented in childhood because of your family. You’re going to have to find those pieces, or make new ones, to put yourself back together again. However, each tiny step you take will take you in the right direction.
Sometimes, there will be two steps forward and one back. That’s normal. Not only are you simply firming up your progress by taking the step back, but the subconscious may feel uncomfortable with your progress.
Your subconscious doesn’t like change, and it’s trying to keep you safe in the environment that you no longer live in. It just needs to get the message that it’s safe now for you to have your own beliefs, a sense of self-worth, self-trust and confidence.
When you dedicate yourself to be there for yourself, the subconscious mind and the Universe will support you. It’s not that there won’t be any bumps along the way – that’s how we get stronger. But if you are committed to your well-being, and do all you can for it, then you will begin to feel better.
This won’t happen overnight. It will take some time, and it takes consistency. An affirmation that you can use is: “I accept my True Worth.”
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Question: What affirmations could I use to improve my self-image?
Answer: You’d have to determine what you feel is lacking in your self-worth. Suggestions such as: “I am worthy of all the good there is,” “I deserve the best,” “I feel confident and self-assured,” “I accept my true worth” would be a good place to start. Some of my clients say that they “don’t feel like I’m enough.” I give them suggestions that “You are enough, good enough, worthy enough.”
Since the self-esteem issue is individual, you’d know best what kind of ideas you need to emphasize. A suggestion, by Emile Coue, a pioneer in mental programming, is a good, general one. “Every day, in every way, I’m really getting better and better.”
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