Exploring The Core of Who you Are.
It is week six on my journey to health, vitality and well-being. Today’s lesson is about discovering yourself by discovering your values and beliefs. It is from this core that all actions, behaviours and choices are made according to Julie Spain. Spain is a public speaker, educator, trainer, online author and psychotherapist. More information can be found at http://www.secretstoemotionalhealth.com./
The aim in this class is to help you identify your beliefs and values and to change negative beliefs that hold you back. Values and beliefs are found in our subconscious therefore we are not usually aware of them. However they play a major role in all our decisions. In this session you learn to become more aware of your values and beliefs and how they determine your actions and reactions.
Digging into this subconscious core we discover what values are and where they come from. Examining values can be helpful in making a positive change. Activity one addresses identifying an area in life you are not happy with and how to improve it.
Beliefs are also explored and differentiated from values. Activity two focuses on changing a false belief to a true belief.
This lesson is foundational for working on cognitive (thought) change. I found it very interesting and look forward to the next e-class.
If you have any thoughts you would like to share or questions about dealing with negative beliefs you can visit my website at http://www.pastorsinnministries.com/ and contact me through the “Help-Line” or leave a comment on my blog.
Until next time.
God Bless.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
The 10 Vital Steps To Cultivating Positive Emotions.
Well, this week I experienced my first glitch in my course on The Secrets to Emotional Health, Well-being and Vitality. My e- class material failed to show up at its regular time putting me off my schedule. Not to worry though, with a quick e-mail the problem was taken care of. One up for efficiency.
Health = Good Food + Adequate Exercise + Positive Emotions.
Already covered in previous classes were good food and adequate exercise, but the final third of the equation is Positive emotions, which is the subject of E- class #5.
By the end of E- class five, you will understand the impact that negative emotions have on the body and exactly what you can do to cultivate the life giving positive emotions.
The main format of this class is an audio lecture by Julie Spain. First she gives her professional and personal background. Then she focuses on how to cultivate positive emotions. She elaborates on these ten steps:
1. Live in the moment.
2. Ask yourself, “What are my beliefs about life?
3. Fake a smile.
4. Work at it.
5. Fake it til you make it.
6. A grateful heart.
7. Stop navel gazing and give to others.
8. Practice forgiveness.
9. Look after your physical health.
10. Having purpose is one of the greatest predictors of longevity.
The main challenge for this week is to select one of the ten steps and practice it.
To find out more contact me @ www.pastorsinnministries.com/ - use the helpline or e mail me hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca. and of course leave a comment on the blog page.
Until next time.
Blessings!
Well, this week I experienced my first glitch in my course on The Secrets to Emotional Health, Well-being and Vitality. My e- class material failed to show up at its regular time putting me off my schedule. Not to worry though, with a quick e-mail the problem was taken care of. One up for efficiency.
Health = Good Food + Adequate Exercise + Positive Emotions.
Already covered in previous classes were good food and adequate exercise, but the final third of the equation is Positive emotions, which is the subject of E- class #5.
By the end of E- class five, you will understand the impact that negative emotions have on the body and exactly what you can do to cultivate the life giving positive emotions.
The main format of this class is an audio lecture by Julie Spain. First she gives her professional and personal background. Then she focuses on how to cultivate positive emotions. She elaborates on these ten steps:
1. Live in the moment.
2. Ask yourself, “What are my beliefs about life?
3. Fake a smile.
4. Work at it.
5. Fake it til you make it.
6. A grateful heart.
7. Stop navel gazing and give to others.
8. Practice forgiveness.
9. Look after your physical health.
10. Having purpose is one of the greatest predictors of longevity.
The main challenge for this week is to select one of the ten steps and practice it.
To find out more contact me @ www.pastorsinnministries.com/ - use the helpline or e mail me hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca. and of course leave a comment on the blog page.
Until next time.
Blessings!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
A Journey to Achieving Overall Health, Vitality and Well-Being.
This is week four on my journey to overall health, vitality and well-being. I just finished reading, “ Change Your Habits, Change Your Life-Tips For Stress Relief,” by Julie Spain. It is a required reading in E-class 4. I find the theory part of these classes is great, but I must admit my struggle is with the practical. Putting it into practice is the challenge and it takes a lot of discipline. I’m trying but quite often I come short.
There are five tips outlined in this report.
1. Shrinking Your Worries.
2. Quick and Easy Stress Reducers.
3. Effective Time Management.
4. Improving Communication.
5. Managing Stress by Changing How You Think.
This lesson challenges you to identify a bad habit in each of the five areas and replace it with a good habit. Since it takes 28 days to change a habit, I will need to practice my new habits for 28 days. Therein lies the challenge I was talking about.
If I have sparked your interest in this subject, you can go to http://www.diaryofanonlinebusiness.com/ and receive a free copy of “Change Your Habits, Change Your Life”. Let me know what you think of it by commenting on my Blog or email me at hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca.
“If you keep doing the same thing, then you will keep getting the same”.
This is week four on my journey to overall health, vitality and well-being. I just finished reading, “ Change Your Habits, Change Your Life-Tips For Stress Relief,” by Julie Spain. It is a required reading in E-class 4. I find the theory part of these classes is great, but I must admit my struggle is with the practical. Putting it into practice is the challenge and it takes a lot of discipline. I’m trying but quite often I come short.
There are five tips outlined in this report.
1. Shrinking Your Worries.
2. Quick and Easy Stress Reducers.
3. Effective Time Management.
4. Improving Communication.
5. Managing Stress by Changing How You Think.
This lesson challenges you to identify a bad habit in each of the five areas and replace it with a good habit. Since it takes 28 days to change a habit, I will need to practice my new habits for 28 days. Therein lies the challenge I was talking about.
If I have sparked your interest in this subject, you can go to http://www.diaryofanonlinebusiness.com/ and receive a free copy of “Change Your Habits, Change Your Life”. Let me know what you think of it by commenting on my Blog or email me at hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca.
“If you keep doing the same thing, then you will keep getting the same”.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
Stress Management
Welcome to my journey to overall health, vitality and well-being. I just completed e-class three on, “Expand your comfort zone: Expand your confidence.” This class deals with the core factors of who we are – self image, self esteem, self worth and self confidence as a means to a more positive behaviour.
Are you always feeling inadequate and afraid. never quite reaching your full potential or able to enjoy life to the max. If the answer is yes, then this class would benefit you.
Spain defines the following terms: Self image, Self esteem, Self worth, Self belief, Self respect and Comfort Zone.
She points out , “A very common mistake that people make is to use those around them as mirrors. When that person responds to them they hear if they are ok or not ok. This is a very dangerous position to put yourself and how you feel about yourself and consequently what we do with our life, is dependent on how someone else sees us.”
The remainder of the class is on the importance of self image and the importance of expanding the comfort zone. She uses illustrations and techniques to enforce her points. I might add, they are very interesting.
This class ends with three simple but practical activities.
What I like as I progress through the e-classes is their conciseness, they are to the point, focused and not time consuming. The activities relate to the subject and are not complicated.
If you would like to discuss with me in more detail the subject of the importance of self image and the importance of expanding the comfort zone; just go to my website: www.pastorsinnministries.com and use the “Help-line” to ask your question or email me; hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca. or you can just leave a comment at the end of this blog post.
Welcome to my journey to overall health, vitality and well-being. I just completed e-class three on, “Expand your comfort zone: Expand your confidence.” This class deals with the core factors of who we are – self image, self esteem, self worth and self confidence as a means to a more positive behaviour.
Are you always feeling inadequate and afraid. never quite reaching your full potential or able to enjoy life to the max. If the answer is yes, then this class would benefit you.
Spain defines the following terms: Self image, Self esteem, Self worth, Self belief, Self respect and Comfort Zone.
She points out , “A very common mistake that people make is to use those around them as mirrors. When that person responds to them they hear if they are ok or not ok. This is a very dangerous position to put yourself and how you feel about yourself and consequently what we do with our life, is dependent on how someone else sees us.”
The remainder of the class is on the importance of self image and the importance of expanding the comfort zone. She uses illustrations and techniques to enforce her points. I might add, they are very interesting.
This class ends with three simple but practical activities.
What I like as I progress through the e-classes is their conciseness, they are to the point, focused and not time consuming. The activities relate to the subject and are not complicated.
If you would like to discuss with me in more detail the subject of the importance of self image and the importance of expanding the comfort zone; just go to my website: www.pastorsinnministries.com and use the “Help-line” to ask your question or email me; hdluff@nb.sympatico.ca. or you can just leave a comment at the end of this blog post.
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