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Limiting Beliefs

By On · 19 Comments · In Blog/Articles, Children and Adolescents, Personalized Empowerment

Change Limiting Beliefs / Overcome Limiting Beliefs
Entry #2 “Jessica’s story”

My first position out of my master’s degree was at a special needs school. Being that this was an early intervention program, students were no more than 3 years old. The majority of the children were on the autistic spectrum although anyone who was approved to receive services could attend.

Overcome Limiting Beliefs

Overcome Limiting Beliefs

I worked in a classroom with 10 students in the morning and conducted individual therapy in the afternoon. After almost a year I met a little girl named “Jessica”.  She was about 2 years old and severely… Read Full Article →

Limiting Beliefs

By On · 15 Comments · In Blog/Articles, Personalized Empowerment, Tinnitus

Overcome Limiting Beliefs / Changing Limiting Beliefs

Limiting Beliefs Series / Entry #1

Finding Hope

Finding Hope

I recently started working with someone suffering from tinnitus who said the door to hope has been cracked open since being bombarded by so many telling him there is nothing he can do to get well.  He found countless entries online talking about the endless horror that he is in for.   Doctors have said, “There’s nothing we can do. Come back in two months.”  The picture painted of the future was a dark one and perhaps one he didn’t want to live with.

Then he told me how he experienced brief silence a few times over the course of the week as he works to redirect his mind away from focusing on the tinnitus.  I was so excited to hear that because Read Full Article →

Relationships

By On · 17 Comments · In Blog/Articles, Children and Adolescents, Health & Wellness, Personalized Empowerment, Relationships
All You Need is LAR

All You Need is LAR

All You Need is Love…and Appreciation…and Respect

The Beatles were on the right track when they sang about love…but it’s not the ONLY thing you need.  You also need appreciation and respect.

My mentor, the awesome Dr. Kevin Hogan, has always said that everyone needs love, appreciation, and respect in a relationship or they will simply go away.  Now not being a fan of blanket statements, I have tried to think of an exception on many occasions to no avail mainly because the statement is true.

If it’s work, you need that appreciation, respect, and love comes in the form of acknowledgement or you will not want to stay…

“He never notices how I Read Full Article →

Why am I so negative?

By On · 21 Comments · In Blog/Articles, Hypnosis, Images, Personalized Empowerment

Pretty Woman Julia Roberts was right…

…and so is Naomi Bettencourt of Global Warming and Cooling! Stay Cool Naomi.

On my last post about my definition of personalized empowerment, I used a clip from City Slickers.  I promise not to make a habit of this but I had to do it one more time because Naomi had such a great comment.  In addition to being the top heating and cooling expert in the Las Vegas area, she also showed great insight to point out this clip of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman and said…”It’s just true, isn’t it?”

The bad stuff is easier to believe…

Yup, it’s true.

Think about… Read Full Article →

What is personalized empowerment? Ask Curly…

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 The following is a great scene in City Slickers…  Billy Crystal’s wife has sent him off to a dude ranch to find his smile again…Yeah I know it’s a movie so work with me a little bit.

Please be advised that the “S word” is used in the above clip…and I don’t mean Shoot.

Curly’s Secret to Life…

When I first attempted to articulate the meaning of personalized empowerment, I thought of this scene in City Slickers. (Thank goodness for YouTube!)  For Curly (Jack Palance) it was so simple but I just love how Billy Crystal is so confused.  He probably didn’t want to here that he has to figure it out for himself…

Recently I came up with the concept of personalized empowerment when I was not-so-gently pushed by a colleague to explain what I do. 

I started out with… Read Full Article →

What is Glenn Beck’s Preferred Learning Mode?

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Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck


Actually how Glenn Beck learns is really of no concern to us.

However it would be beneficial to know how you or those you work with prefer to learn as it would give you so much information to work with so that you can increase your opportunity to achieve you goals.  Or, if you are working with someone else, you can better understand how he or she absorbs information.

Have fun with the quiz below and find out how you experience the world, whether it’s visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or audio-digital.

What is your preferred learning mode?

  1. When learning something new, I do better when I Read Full Article →

What do trees have to do with personalized empowerment?

By On · 13 Comments · In Blog/Articles, HOME, Images, Personalized Empowerment

Empowerment

From the moment I saw this photo ot just seemed so transparent a symbol to how life works…and how unfair it can be. 

Two trees of basically the same height, size, and presumably age.  Both are exposed to the sun, same amount of water, soil.   There doesn’t seem to be any major threats to either tree’s health so both should thrive.  Yet, the tree on the left is sturdy, full of leaves and life while the other is bare, leaves at it’s base, exposed and dying. 

So there must be more to it, right?  Well.. Read Full Article →