Close Your Eyes, Get Free: Use Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Stress, Quit Bad Habits, and Achieve Greater Relaxation and Focus

Many of us reading this live in a society where we’re told we’re capable of anything, that everything we do is fabulous (i.e., “participation trophies”), but simultaneously, we’re told not to be full of ourself and not to brag or gloat.

Both lack of self-confidence and lack of self-worth are derivatives of lack of self-love. If you loved yourself completely, you would naturally believe in yourself, take care of yourself, and be kind to others because there would be no perceived threat. If we have self-love, the nail-biting, phobias, insomnia, weight, and neuroses would melt away b

I was going to help myself by helping my stubborn little girl show herself (and myself) self-compassion by eating yummy, whole foods, and throwing away the junk food.

our body is magnificent and deserves to be treated as such, that real food is fuel, and our body deserves only the highest quality of fuel, then saying no to gross stuff cooked up in a lab becomes the obvious thing to do. The sense of deprivation melts away and is replaced by the knowingness of “I deserve better.”

documented in both Journey of Souls, by Dr. Michael Newton (more on how this book forever changed the course of my life in just a bit) and the popular book Many Lives, Many Masters, by Dr. Brian Weiss.

Take a deep breath, and consider what it means to be just as good as everyone else and no better. It means you are just as worthy of happiness as everyone else.

through these experiences, we have the capacity to heal and live more fully in the present moment.

The day the kids ran down the street, laughing wildly, kicking all of the stones and leaving Amanda standing there watching them fade into the distance, was a day when a lot of dust was added to a lot of emeralds. Amanda stopped trusting her friends. She developed insecurities. She stopped kicking stones. She stopped taking chances publicly for fea

It’s not that I haven’t had cravings. Instead, I make a loving, healthy choice for myself.