Holidays are hectic. Even when sales are down due to recession, holidays are hectic. So this week’s Mental Yoga exercise is about quieting your mind. You may already be a meditation or yoga practitioner. In that case, this exercise will be easy for you. You don’t have to spend an hour-and-a-half in lotus position to … More Mental Yoga Week #25: Clear Your Mind/Mini Meditation
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE HGTV! Since I live in an OLD neighborhood, in an OLD house, I really love it when the Design Stars repurpose things. Take something and use it for a different purpose. Repurposing requires imagination and creativity, both important mental assets when you are trying to survive (or … More Mental Yoga Week #16 Repurpose Something
I work with clients all the time who have, for example, an entire illness built around a faulty belief. The most common one I hear is “It runs in my family.” I’ve even said it myself. “Well, diabetes runs in my family.” Never mind that Adult onset Type II Diabetes is a function of poor … More Mental Yoga Week #13– Challenge Your Beliefs
Here’s one for all you entrepreneurs out there. Read the Sunday Paper (online is fine; I love the New York Times online.) and find 10 business ideas to develop. Here are examples from one of my Sunday reads: I read a story about Cancer Research which said the CTRC in San Antonio was not getting … More Mental Yoga Week #5: Read the Sunday Paper for 10 new Biz Ideas
It’s time for some new mental stretches. Each week I’ll post a detailed description of a mind power exercise to stretch your mind muscle. The abbreviated version is on my twitter page. Here’s #1. Look at something you see regularly from a new perspective. Ruts are one of the worst things that can happen to … More Week #1: Mental Yoga
The following is an abbreviated version of one of my hypnosis scripts. Make a recording of it for yourself and practice using it to go into flow. Feel free to change some of the wording if it doesn’t feel right to you. Once you’ve done this session for a few weeks, try an actual walk … More “Exercise #2 for Increasing Flow: Virtual Walk in the Forest”
Almost 20 years ago, a Hungarian psychology professor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, published his ground-breaking work, ‘Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.’ I’ve been a fan of Csikszentmihalyi, (“chick-send-me-high-ee”) ever since that time. According to “flow” theory: people are most happy when they are in a state of flow— a state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity … More The Science of Happiness: Getting in the Flow of Your Life
I’m a Southsider (San Antonio.) Born and raised. For those of you not familiar with San Antonio, the Southside is generally known as “the wrong side of the tracks.” But from my perspective, the Southside is the authentic part of San Antonio. It’s the oldest part, more like a village than part of the fastest … More Be Here Now
My friend, Cynthia, my next-doore-neighbor, Uncle Ernie, and my youngest nephew, Kevin, and I went on a simple adventure near my home in south San Antonio last Saturday. We visited two of the missions, where we frequently walk– San Juan and Espada. At Espada, Cynthia and I were admiring the beautiful and unusual potted plants … More Adventures along the SA River