MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'affirmations'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051328&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FsYHByKGxr88%2F The brain determines consciousness, and a long list of attributes which affect one’s quality of life. Without exception, everything starts with the brain; it is central for everything that we do. Productivity; starts with the mind, the brain must be nurtured with, stimulation, positive affirmations and active challenges. The Human Brain – A Remarkable Organic Computer Volumes of data exist around the subject physical fitness and well-being. Fitness is conducive with mental ability and brain efficiency; both are relative to productivity. The brain is a complex organic muscle which needs constant stimulation to preserve the minds peak performance. Knowledge about the mysteries of the human brain continues to grow, it is immensely complex and still largely not understood, it is the most c... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051328 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:04:28 +0100 5051328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029316&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2F1WHqFJf0rLM%2F One of the most common techniques used for building self esteem is the use of affirmations. Affirmations are things you tell yourself on a regular basis to “affirm” your personal strength, beauty and value. Affirmations are great, but unless there is a real belief in what the words represent, they will do nothing for your true self esteem. To get at your true self esteem, you must dig a bit deeper; and for this purpose I recommend writing about your life. The Brain Dump and Building Self Esteem Ever since I started “brain dumping”, I became a big believer in its power. A brain dump is simply a process used to get all of your thoughts out of your head. The goal is to bring out all of your conscious and subconscious worries, fears, and doubts so that they do not eat a... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029316 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:11:34 +0100 5029316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734433&cid=t_185837_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FfyrcNn_z3M0%2F Nick Vujicic was born with no arms and no legs, and struggled through his formative years with self esteem. Realizing that his condition could inspire others, he started a non-profit organization called Life Without Limbs when he was 17, and even wrote a book with the same name. He was nominated in 2005 for the Young Australian of the Year Award, and is now a motivational speaker touring schools around the globe. He explains how hard someone may think they have it, but when they take a look at him, it seems to put everything in perspective. Vujicic’s main goal is for people to realize how important and precious they are, and to never think they’re less than worthy. On top of that, he has a wicked funny-bone. Watch Vujicic’s story and inspirational message below, and I def... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734433 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:58:55 +0100 4734433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724270&cid=t_185837_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Faffirmations-for-recovery%2F On Becoming Your Own Loving ParentAffirmations to be Repeated Each DayThese affirmations apply to recovering addicts, alcoholics, co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics / addicts and anyone working for recovery from a dysfunctional upbringing.Affirmations with other recovery program work are a powerful tool for addressing our critical nature toward ourselves and others. These affirmations represent the basic truths that most of us did not receive as children, but we can claim as adults. Read these affirmations out loud for several weeks.  You may also write down some of them and post them where you can read them. With affirmations, we begin to change our inner Critical Parent.  We learn to give ourselves a break.It is okay to know who I am.It is okay to trust ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724270 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:32:00 +0100 4724270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4575098&cid=t_185837_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F11%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-march-11-2011%2F I have a confession to make. Last year, I did something crazy and unlike me. I participated in a comedy show called Penn & Teller’s Bullshit on Showtime. For someone as introverted as I am, it was one of the most scariest and embarrassing things I ever did. It’s not something I am especially excited to share. But I’m doing so for a reason. The subject of the show was affirmations. It questioned whether there was anything really beneficial to it or just another laughable practice best turned into a parody on Saturday Night Live. You know like Stuart Smalley’s, “Daily Affirmations?” Surprisingly, it’s not all, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it people like me.” There are actually real benefits to affirmatio... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575098 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:37:29 +0100 4575098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4490012&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FVgTp8hGLJws%2F The recent debate that arose after the guest post on Binaural Beats got me thinking about all the self development stuff I either once believed in or was open-minded to, that I now either dismiss out of hand or have serious reservations about. The idea for a post was already taking shape in my mind when I had an exchange of e-mails with a blog reader (and she is free to name herself in the comments if she wants to) ending up with me being asked whether I believed in God and past life regression. This is a a blog on Life Coaching and self development so I doubt you have any interest in my opinion on God. But maybe you’re interested in hearing about things that are connected to the self development industry that I’ve done a volte face on since becoming a Life Coach and dealing one-on-one... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4490012 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:45:44 +0100 4490012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086546&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FBbmm5guiNpw%2F I learn so much from my clients. Anyone who is a coach will attest to this. It really is a blessing to work with people who are striving for a better life and way of living…. these people are such an inspiration to me and they are some of my best teachers. Recently, I was working with a client who has having trouble feeling good. He was feeling so miserable about his job, about his current situation and about his responsibilities. He was feeling overwhelmed and he didn’t know what to do. One morning he woke up feeling really bad. So I taught him how to use affirmations to change the way he feels. So he started saying the affirmation, “I feel great,” “I feel great,” “I feel great,” “I feel great,” … over and over again for 5... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086546 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:44:14 +0100 4086546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577593&cid=t_185837_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2F6TxntNqhFdE%2Fcancer-affirmations In response to my post Power of Realistic vs Power of Positive Thinking, H Lee D (aka Heather) left the comment that she’s always spoken about her cancer in the past tense. She said “I had cancer” even before she was cancer free.  This kind of language isn’t for me and isn’t found in my book Everything Changes.  I’ve never been in remission and pretending to be is medically inaccurate and too far from the emotional reality of my life.  Plus, I’ve never seen scientific evidence that our minds or our language can change the biomachanics of our tumors. But Heather is one smart cookie, who has left dozens of insightful comments on my blog and sparked incredible conversations. So I wanted to better understand why she speaks in the past tense and asked he... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577593 Tue, 18 May 2010 19:02:06 +0100 3577593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564260&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FVAR75W9AAY8%2F “Happiness” courtesy of Zhong Bioa The truth about affirmations: With all of these books around touting the benefits of affirmations, Psychologists became curious to know whether they actually worked. They brought together many different subjects, having various degrees of self confidence and told them to repeat positive statements about their self confidence such as “I am confident” and “I am worthy” What was found is that confident people felt more confident after the experiment while those who lacked confidence felt even worse. The explanation is simple, when you repeat a statement that matches your inner belief system your subconscious mind will be reminded of the statement and will let you feel good if it was a positive one, on the other hand if you tried to force ... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564260 Fri, 14 May 2010 06:18:48 +0100 3564260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476117&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F_o4gdJnUvp4%2F The idea for the post entitled 7 Self Development Myths was inspired after reading a review in American Scientific Mind of the book ’50 Great Myths of Popular Psychological’  A book by the way I immediately bought and have almost finished reading. Well worth checking out. Some of the myths in the book are obvious (I really don’t believe anybody genuinely thinks mental institutions take more patients during a full moon and if they do it’s probably because they themselves were admitted during a full moon) and some fairly obscure or just plain uninteresting. I have a theory they titled the book before they wrote it and got stuck on about 35 and had to scurry around trying to make the numbers up. Well it just so happened when studying my web stats recently that it was my most ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476117 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:46:41 +0100 3476117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463886&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FMENMBk8bCTI%2F This article is going to show you 3 simple and quick tools / methods you can use to boost your confidence. All of these things are quick boosts that you can do to help boost your confidence when you need it, and the more you use them the stronger your confidence will get in the long term, too. They will only take a few minutes to do, but none of them are magic / permanent solutions if all you ever do is use them once for 3 minutes. For best results you should practice them on an ongoing basis or use them at least once a day, and as you keep doing this the changes will really start to build and spill over into your every day life. Enough waffle anyway – here are my top 3 confidence building tools: Positive Affirmations: You are probably sick of hearing about affirmations, but have you act... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463886 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:27:23 +0100 3463886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435083&cid=t_185837_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F03%2F7-strategies-to-help-you-recover-from-a-relapse%2F It’s a dreadful place. Relapse. Maybe you had hoped you’d never go there. Or maybe you stay awake fearing you will. It doesn’t matter. You don’t have to stay there for long. You’ll be on your way shortly. I prefer to use the term “set back” when I get sucked back into the Black Hole — bam! — stuck inside a brain that covets relief, any form of relief, and will do just about anything to get it. Because it’s certainly not the end of recovery. From depression or any addiction. A relapse merely gives you a new starting place. Since I’ve been struggling with this recently in my own life, I’ve laid out seven strategies to get unstuck … to recover from a relapse. 1. Listen to the right people. If you’re like me, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435083 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:46:50 +0100 3435083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420763&cid=t_185837_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fdaily-affirmations-for-adult-children-of-alcoholics%2F The messages that we give to ourselves are the most important messages we hear. The internal briefings and conversations we hold determine our attitudes, our behavior and the course of our lives. If, as children, we were criticized and shamed, our internal dialogue will be self-deprecating. If we are used to large doses of self-imposed sarcasm and negative reviews of our daily performance, we gradually mutilate our self-esteem, our creativity and our spirit. As adult children of alcoholics, we can continue to remain in the past and believe the negatives that we were taught; or we can change our beliefs with affirmative thoughts that can set us free into better and more expansive experiences. What we choose to believe will ultimately rule our world. Affirmations are a way to wake us up&#8... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420763 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:41:00 +0100 3420763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302654&cid=t_185837_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Finspiration-today%2F Just for today I'm going to sit Meditations and affirmations just for today … Today I will not strike back: If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind…. I will not respond in a like manner. Today I will ask my Higher Power to bless my “enemy”: If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will quietly ask My Higher Power to bless that individual. I understand the “enemy” could be a family member, neighbour, co-worker or stranger. Today I will be careful about what I say: I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do not spread gossip. Today I will go the extra mile: I will find ways to help share the burden of another person. Today I will forgive: I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302654 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:51:27 +0100 3302654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185668&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FPn9K5yfS-f8%2F According to those who follow the cycle of the moon, the solar eclipse that took place on January 15 is actually the day we should all be making New Year resolutions.  Whether it be January 1st or the 15th, we all tend to feel pressure to ‘resolve’ ourselves to do something when January rolls around: lose weight, workout, spend less, make amends.  Ultimately, when we revisit New Year’s Eve on that same year, we look back and realize we have fallen short, or even worse, haven’t accomplished any of these resolutions.   And if we haven’t had enough champagne to dull the nagging sense of failure, we are left feeling a little defeated, maybe lazy or worse, without real direction in our lives. Why do we torture ourselves like this? And what exactly is a ‘resolution’ anyway?  A... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185668 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:19:11 +0100 3185668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463416&cid=t_185837_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fkeep-your-goals-in-front-of-you%2F Some very successful people advocate writing and re-writing your goals every day. Others say it’s good enough to read them once a day. The basic idea is to keep refreshing your goals in your mind, so you think about them often. If you don’t employ such a practice, it’s easy to lose sight of your goals. You get caught up in day-to-day activities, and the most important long-term items fall by the wayside. Instead of leading your life, you merely react to whatever comes up. When this happens to me, I start getting an empty, sinking feeling. A week goes by, and I feel like I didn’t really get much done, even though I may have been very busy. Unimportant tasks consume my time and multiply, and my goals don’t seem to be getting any closer. Have you ever felt that w... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463416 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:32:26 +0100 2463416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2137543&cid=t_185837_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F27%2Fvideo-my-self-esteem-file%2F I’ve mentioned my self-esteem file in previous posts. Of all my weapons employed in the war against negative thinking, this simple exercise is among the most effective and easiest. So start one. Now. Follow these directions: 1) Get a folder (this might require driving to Rite Aid), and write the words “self-esteem file” on the front. 2) E-mail or call four of your closest friends. Say this: “As you may or may not be aware of, I need some affirmations. Lots of them. Because there is a voice inside of me that is constantly telling me that I am a worthless piece of animal waste. I’d like to believe otherwise. That’s where your job comes in. Could you PLEASE list ten positive qualities about me? Why are you my friend? (If you are extremely wealthy or famous, skip that one)... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2137543 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:45:43 +0100 2137543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488766&cid=t_185837_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Flaughter-is-a-tranquilizer%2F Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.” -Arnold Glascow One of the most amazing experiences in early recovery from alcoholism was the night I told a story against myself. I laughed at my foolishness in a new light and every one at the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting laughed with me. The incident that I reminisced about no longer was painful. I had learnt to laugh at myself. This extract was indeed a ‘gentle reminder’. “As we heal we learn to laugh at ourselves with love. We begin to see all the wonderful oddities and contradictions in people - little faults that endear others to us. We see that striving to be perfect is going far beyond the call of duty, and we discover that life does not need to be a duty, that it can be enjoyed. Life can be fun. We are g... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488766 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:00:08 +0100 1488766