Personal Growth & Change

Increasing resilience will amplify the intensity and duration of positive emotional experiences. The desire for ease, enthusiasm, and pleasurable life experiences are universal, and will serve you well in dealing with all types of challenges, from financial or career concerns to interpersonal relationships, health issues and inconveniences.

What if everything we've been told about success has been a lie? How can we kill the inner resistance holding us back from living the life we desire?

After decades of laboratory research, the neurosciences are now bringing us real and practical information to improve our lives.

This online course provides "Practical, easy, reasonable things to do, that make it about as simple as possible to become more confident in everyday life."

Shailene Woodley: “To diverge from the mainstream and from mediocrity takes a lot of guts, and it takes a lot of bravery."

“Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and courage to get to know who you are and what you want.” Sue Bender

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the things which you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Collectively, we're only manifesting a tiny fraction of our potential in the areas of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and well-being. When someone begins to manifest thriving health on each of these levels, they naturally contribute to the creation of a healthier world on all levels as well. Therefore, this is another one of those ‘acupuncture points’ where you can have a major positive impact, while getting paid.”

From book: “The 10 Best Ways To Get Paid for Changing The World” by Ryan Eliason — get it when you sign up for the free webinar series Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Series - starting Tues Feb 11 http://theinnerentrepreneur.com/SEES

Many personal development writers and coaches emphasize the power of visualizing how you want to improve your life.

A Mind Movie is "a short video with powerful affirmations, and emotionally inspiring images and sounds - a visualization tool to make your dreams a reality."

"So many of us have been pursuing accomplishment, based on external measures of success, and this has left us depleted, frustrated and confused."

Claire Zammit, PhD "will share results of over ten years of research with hundreds of thousands of women from around the globe, and her life-affirming insights, and the practices and tools that will enable you to develop your own Feminine Power." - ‪#‎womenempowerment‬ ‪#‎womenentrepreneurs‬ - 

The Three Keys to Feminine Power - Course starts Wed, June 10, 2015

"Too often we lose sight of the fact that vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, belonging, creativity, authenticity, and love.”

Dr. Brené Brown has interviewed hundreds of people as part of an ongoing study of vulnerability.

“The research shows that we try to ward disappointment with a shield of cynicism, disarm shame by numbing ourselves against joy, and circumvent grief by shutting off our willingness to love,” explains Dr. Brown.

“When we become aware of these patterns, she teaches, we begin to become conscious of how much we sacrifice in the name of self-defense—and how much richer our lives become when we open ourselves to vulnerability."

See post for more info about her online course.

Actor Gerard Butler admits, "Do I spend a lot of time in my own head judging myself? Absolutely.” …

“Have I ever thought I was a fraud? Maybe 18 hours a day. Do I spend more time damning myself than promoting myself? Absolutely.”

"We believe the key to the next stage of human evolution lies in the mind’s hidden potential. Our mission is to awaken this potential for everyone."

How much of our lives are impacted by our beliefs? "All beliefs are limiting...You are what you believe you are (for you) and anything else is absolutely not true (not possible). Your beliefs about people and life also create boxes; what’s outside the boxes literally does not exist for you...It is more important to live as the creator of your life (as the sculptor) rather than as any specific creation." - Morty Lefkoe

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) or Tapping is "a healing modality that combines ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology."

Cheryl Richardson on the free Tapping World Summit that begins on Monday, February 24, 2014. "While flying with my husband, Michael, we hit rough weather and I began to panic. Because he was trained in the tapping technique early on, Michael knew how to quickly turn my panic into peace. Within fifteen minutes I was riding the rough air without fear.  None. And I've continued to fly with ease ever since. That's when I decided to learn tapping myself. I've used it with family, friends, and workshop participants and it's the easiest, quickest method I've seen for dealing with all kinds of issues...like physical pain, weight loss, anxiety, healing your body, overcoming emotional obstacles, and much more."