Want to feel relaxed, happy, and confident? Lets learn about serotonin in the brain - the “happy neurotransmitter” Serotonin is crucial to well-being. An imbalance can lower your mood state and disrupt your mental, emotional, and physical health Lets learn about serotonin, a chemical produced in the brain for several important functions. It is the mood chemical, and elevated serotonin elevates a person's sense of well-being; hence the importance of laughter.Depleted serotonin results in a lowered mood state, also impaired thinking and impaired sleeping. Serotonin is one of the chemicals that prepare the body for sleep according to the person's sleep … [Read more...]
Louise Hay on Loving Yourself
You'll never have good self-esteem if you have negative thoughts about yourself. Learn to love yourself. Self-esteem is merely feeling good about yourself, and when you do so, you develop confidence. Confidence then builds self-esteem -- each step feeds upon the other. Louise L. Hay, best-selling author of You Can Heal Your Life, is known as one of the founders of the self-help movement, and has made it her life's work to help people heal physically and mentally.Her key message is: If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." Louise believes that loving yourself is the most powerful thing you can do. Watch this video to hear … [Read more...]
Answer me so I know you’re listening
The problem is that most people don't really know what good communication is. "Answer me so I know you're listening" is basic. But talking and listening are essential tools for learning about your partner's feelings, making your feelings known and solving problems that arise within a relationship. In the following brief case study, I explore the "Answer me so I know You're listening" technique."Come on, Tom, answer me so I know you're listening. You don't have to be so rude or disinterested. Do you think you can help clean the bathroom this weekend?" Alice asks. "Tom, are you listening?" "Hey, come on Alice, of course I'm listening," says Tom."Well, why … [Read more...]
Stop groping me
Do you object to your man squeezing your boobs from behind? Have you felt kind of manhandled? Have you told him to "STOP groping me!" Is it appropriate to put up with your husband's inappropriate behavior because it's the only way you can get a hug or kiss from him? Pat would often come up behind Bev whilst she was working in the kitchen and give her a big hug from behind and reach around and squeeze her boobs. Bev thought she was meant to enjoy this affection from Pat, but actually she was irritated by it. Especially when she was in the middle of preparing dinner and her mind was a long way from sexual activity. But she never told him, "Stop groping me!" She never said anything to Pat, … [Read more...]
Communicating Effectively Will Win Over Your Partner
Communicating effectively will stop the fightsAlan and Di, who had 2 children under 6, were sick of fighting and decided to separate. They agreed to see a counsellor to facilitate the process, believing that having a mediator would reduce the amount of conflict in their discussions.When the counsellor asked why they had come, they said straight up, “We want to separate while we can still talk to each other civilly. We both think that’s important, so that we can continue to communicate appropriately and respectfully to each other about the children, as they grow up. We both care how this separation will impact on the kids.”They told the counsellor it was because of the fights they had, the … [Read more...]
Congratulations on being you!
Honey realized from a very young age, that she was creative and that this gift, was being HER! Congratulations on being you! So to all those who struggle, know this is who you are, and your creativity gives you a personality. I read a wonderful article the other day in the Weekend Australian Magazine (April 20-21) about a woman who has recently become a recognised author, and this BECAUSE of a disability rather than IN SPITE of it. Honey Brown (her real name, proposed by her dad after seeing a great ad for honey on a galvanised iron shed over 40 years ago!) was left a paraplegic after being crushed by a cow on their farm in Victoria, 5 years ago, when her children were still little. … [Read more...]
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