“Every day, You Reinvent Yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.” ~ James Altucher
We often make our way to the idea of reinvention after experiencing frustration and discontentment with our lives.
Sometimes there’s a sense of longing to do something different, to find a new way to live and to be. This kind of reinvention evolves from the human need to grow and to change. Change comes about because there has to be more to human existence than simply existing and most people sense that over time.
Sometimes though in the early stages of reinvention, we think about what benefits we might receive from building a new self. At first, perhaps we just want to be free of a stale, confining and suffocating way of life, but that might not seem enough to us right then.
Other than liberating yourself from a life with no change and no growth, what other benefits does reinvention offer?
1. You learn to face fear—and survive! Fear is the first roadblock to personal change. It’s not that easy to change one’s self and life without giving up something you’ve already got. For example, leaving a job that you’re well-established in for a new career is terrifying. The evil little phrase “What if? What if?” becomes a constant companion in the early days. As you continue on in the process, you learn to still those fears. You learn how to go forward even if your plan is in constant development.
2. Happiness goes up, frustration goes down. Reinvention brings us closer to who we want to be or what we want to do, usually both. Living closer to our authentic selves gets rid of all the frustration caused by dissonance. Life becomes a happier place.
3. Increased stress tolerance. Deliberately reinventing ourselves brings some stress, there’s no way around it. However, as we use new tools to help us on our way, we learn to diffuse and dissipate.
4. Clarity. You gain a clear understanding of what you want in life, from yourself and others. You also get a lot of practice with honesty. After all, you have to be honest with yourself about things you want to keep going forward—and what you want to jettison. Sometimes this involves relationships. It’s easy to get stuck in friendships with negative energy-draining people who will deride your changes. If people put down your need to become a better, truer you, evaluate your relationship with a clear eye and consider if they’re worth bringing to the new you.
5. You get a bigger toolbox of coping and thriving skills. Reinvention is all about changing for the better. Getting there takes a lot of new skills. You’ll boost your coping techniques and your tolerance for uncertainty.
6. You learn how to reinvent yourself. This benefit might seem obvious, but once going through the process of self-transformation for the first time, all future transformations become less scary. With fear removed, it’s easier to explore new options in life.
Of course, a huge benefit is a more authentic life that’s fulfilling to live. After all, that’s the first purpose of going through the transformative process. Perhaps more importantly, you learn how to be adaptable in the face of new challenges and that is a life skill that is useful in many ways.
You learn how to cope with new problems and new situations. Once you’ve been through one reinvention cycle, you’ll be ready to do it again when you feel the need.
You may never decide to reinvent yourself again, but that’s a matter of choice. You’ll know how to do it . That’s a life-changing benefit all on its own!
Negativity affects your life on every level. It has the power to ruin relationships, decrease work performance, and increase stress levels. The good news is that you can fight it by changing your mindset.
Not sure where to start? Check out these smart, effective ways to protect yourself from negativity:
Don’t Take It Personally
Most people act in a certain way based on their previous experiences and current circumstances. Perhaps someone took credit for your colleague’s work in the past, so now he doesn’t trust his team anymore. That doesn’t mean he has something against you. He simply doesn’t trust people in general.
Stop taking things personally. If someone is misjudging you, prove to them that they are wrong. Be kind and authentic rather than stressing over it.
Set Boundaries
No matter how hard you try, you’ll never be able to please everyone. On the contrary – people will always come up with new demands and take advantage of your kindness. That can undermine your self-esteem and keep you from focusing on your priorities.
Learn to say No and set clear boundaries. If someone reacts negatively or tries to hurt you, move on. That person isn’t worth your time or attention.
A true friend will understand that you have other things to do and that you’re not available around the clock.
Be grateful for what you have and then seek ways to achieve more. Start a gratitude journal and write a few things every day. That will reinforce positive thinking patterns and reduce negativity.
Your positive attitude will also inspire others and strengthen your relationships. The more you focus on the good in your life, the more opportunities will arise.
Find Solutions, Not Problems
Most people tend to focus on the problems they are facing instead of actively seeking solutions. That results in feelings of guilt and dissatisfaction.
Whenever you have a problem, take the steps needed to solve it. The longer you wait, the more obstacles you’ll face along the way.
Stay away from people who make a drama out of everything. They’re only wasting your time and energy. Their negativity will affect you sooner or later.
Surround yourself with positivity. Build relationships with people who encourage and support you.
Remember that people don’t care that much about what you say or do. Focus on whatever makes you happy and stop feeding the negativity around you. Once you take these steps, you’ll be happier and see new opportunities that you’d otherwise have missed.
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Have you concluded that loving yourself is the key to your healing, freedom, and joy?
Even so, do you still find yourself feeling anxious or depressed, or repeatedly caught in the trap of trying to “get love” outside of yourself?
If so, we’re excited to introduce you to renowned psychologist Margaret Paul, whose advanced insights and Inner Bonding teachings can help you finally and fully learn to truly love yourself.
We’d like to invite you to join her on Wednesday, January 16, for The Keys to Finally, Truly Loving Yourself: A Workshop to Discover Inner Bonding Practices for Self Love, Authentic Relationships & Deep Healing.
During this special session with Margaret Paul, co-creator of the Inner Bonding method, you’ll find out about techniques for working with your feelings of pain, anxiety, and fear — so that you can form healthy attachments with the wounded parts of you… and truly love yourself.
During this free virtual event, you’ll:
Gain a new understanding of the causes of depression and anxiety (and how to overcome them)
Discover how to use self-love and “re-parenting” — instead of media, food, shopping, and other addictions — to fill your inner emptiness
Experience a powerful Inner Bonding practice — and give yourself the love you never received
Approach new relationships with your wholeness rather than neediness
Make advances in healing core shame
Discover how to share love instead of always trying to get love
The process of Inner Bonding teaches you how to “parent” yourself at the deepest levels so that you can finally experience true love for yourself… consistently.
If you’re wondering how you can truly love yourself when you didn’t have healthy models for that growing up, Inner Bonding can help you cultivate this love and sustain it.
And in doing so, you’ll discover that there’s so much more joy, freedom, and love available to you!
Everyone who registers for The Keys to Finally, Truly Loving Yourself: A Workshop to Discover Inner Bonding Practices for Self Love, AuthenticRelationships & Deep Healing, will also receive the audio recording afterward. Please don’t miss this rare event with renowned psychologist Margaret Paul.
Getting Balance in Challenging times & Harness your ‘bodywisdom’ to navigate stress & heal trauma and pain.
Would you like to always feel clear and centered… even in the craziest of situations? To be able to transform feelings of overwhelm and trauma that may be hijacking your joy, creativity, and vitality?
The key to experiencing this powerful shift lies in discovering how to reconnect with the deep wisdom of your body.
Doing that can be challenging when there’s a greater potential for discord at this time of year –– whether you’re in an election season, the holiday season, or a season of change. The effects can stress your body, mind, emotions, and relationships.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 – 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern, you can start to harness your body’s wisdom so you can respond in new ways to old and new stress when you join leading conscious awareness instructor Suzanne Scurlock for Finding Center in an Off-Center World: How to Transcend Stress & Overwhelm Using Your Body Wisdom.
When you join this FREE video event, you’ll discover:
Techniques to elegantly navigate challenging times — and difficult people — using your body’s guidance system (just in time for the holidays!)
How to stay centered and yet still connected when life pulls you in every direction
Practices that activate your body’s 6 wisdom centers to (dissolve) manage stress, pain, and overwhelm — and give you access to the wisdom that’s waiting for you deep down in your bones
Simple ways to release trauma and old belief patterns that have been locked in your body… until now
How to hold healthy boundaries in uncomfortable situations, no matter who’s involved
Suzanne will guide you to open to the full range of body wisdom you need to lead a creative, happy, healthful life — and that supports you in attracting the resources you need to bring your unique gifts into the world.
If you’ve been looking for a new approach to navigating stress and responding in healthy ways –– especially to challenging people and situations –– you’ll want to join Suzanne for this fascinating event!
During Finding Center in an Off-Center World, you’ll discover how to attune to your body’s wisdom areas to dissolve stress, pain, and overwhelm — and better navigate (and heal) in what appears to be a VERY off-center world.
Women‘s Life after 50 – Ushering in Next Creative, Engaging, Fulfilling Adventure…
Stoke the fire burning within you to create a fulfilling & adventurous life!
Are you noticing that what worked for you at an earlier age isn’t bringing you the sense of fulfillment you’re now seeking?
Many of us are struggling to reconcile the fire we feel inside with our culture’s perception that we’ve passed our peak.
According to women’s spiritual empowerment teacher Sabrina Chaw, it’s not about “acquiescing to time”; it’s about ushering in your next creative, engaging, fulfilling adventure.
On Saturday, September 15, Sabrina will show you how to access five gateways to help you renew your life and reinvent yourself in this next phase during a FREE video event for women: Taking Flight in Your Third Act: The 5 Initiatory Gateways to Your Power, Wisdom & Freedom.
Sabrina’s approach to “life after 50” rejects notions of loss, languishing, and contracting instead of expanding. She’s supported thousands of women in embodying the truth and power of their feminine being.
During this liberating video event, you’ll discover ways to:
Reframe and redefine aging so you can EMBRACE the next phase of your life boldly and eagerly
Release limiting beliefs and toxic ties that prevent you from taking flight
Harvest your true essence as a woman and a wisdom keeper… to move past regret, feel your deepest desires, and reshape your heart
Cultivate your inner allies (the Divine, your body, your energy) and your outer allies (your family, your soul tribe, your ancestors, your environment) to create a powerful foundation to launch from
Access the ultimate mastery you have in the beingness of now — to strengthen your courage and confidence, unleash your wisdom, and meet life head on
Shift from feeling limited to LIMITLESS so you can step into your sovereignty and soar
More than anything, this is an opportunity for you to discover new portals to your power and freedom so you can come home to deeper joy in this luscious phase of your life.
Are you ready to launch into an inspiring, fulfilling next act, filled with passion, purpose, connection, and wholeness?
Are you dragged down by stress? Feeling challenged by a less-than-strong immune system?
A powerful new synthesis of Ayurvedic Herbology and Vedic Astrology can help you heal and transform on every level of your being — emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual.
And the creator of this pioneering approach,Brazilian healer, Ayurvedic practitioner, and spiritual teacher Arjun Das, will be giving a FREE virtual mini-workshop on Wednesday, September 12 (replay September 15).
I hope you’ll join me for Discover the Power of Celestial Plant Medicine: How to use Herbalism, Essential Oils, and Vedic Astrology for Healing, Happiness & Spiritual Growth.
During this fascinating online workshop, you’ll discover:
A unique synthesis of Ayurvedic herbology and Vedic astrology that can help you heal on multiple levels (from physical all the way to your relationships!)
How to create a home pharmacy using local medicinal plants — mapped to the stars and their associated divinities
How your mental clarity, emotional wellbeing, and physiology are linked to different medicinal herbs, aromatics, and astrological wisdom
How different illnesses, imbalances, and health issues are connected to your life challenges and karma — as revealed in your birth chart
How applying specific essential oils (such as palo santo) can heighten your awareness and connection with the Divine, accentuated by complementary archetypes found in the stars
In the ancient Ayurveda wisdom tradition, medicinal plants were classified according to the Sun, Moon, and planets… and how they are aspected can have a big effect on your constitution and physical challenges.
You won’t want to miss your chance to let Arjun guide you to your next level of health, vitality, and emotional and spiritual wellbeing through this pioneering synthesis for holistic healing.
This event will expand your mind and your awareness about all the different and surprising dimensions at play in your health… and all for FREE!
If you’re curious about how to create a more tailored way to identify herbs and essential oils to restore emotional balance and boost your immunity and vitality, RSVP for Arjun Das’ free virtual event here
Harness Your Life Force to Boost Your Vitality, Rejuvenate Your Spirit, & Strengthen Your Immune System
Are you looking for a simple practice that can help you find more balance… physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually?
Or maybe your energy is low, you’re feeling stressed, or you have a chronic condition, and your go-to remedies and practices aren’t enough to turn things around.
Now, you can take your health into your own hands…
A daily qigong practice, available to everyone, can immediately lower stress, increase energy, prevent illness, and support you in rejuvenating your body, mind, and spirit.
With qigong, you can learn to bring healing energy — known as “qi” — to particular parts of your body to transform anxiety, stress, and disease into self confidence, inner peace, and optimal health.
As your body responds by doing what it’s designed to do — heal and re-balance itself — blockages in your flow of qi disappear and your full life force energy moves smoothly, radiating out into all aspects of your daily life.
This is why I’m passionate about inviting you to join The Qigong Global Summit, where some of the foremost teachers — including Master Mantak Chia, Daisy Lee, Lee Holden, Effie Chow, Roger Jahnke, Master Mingtong Gu, Pedram Shojai, Sifu Ama Lia Wai Ching Lee, Robert Peng, and others — will show you simple yet powerful practices to cultivate abundant qi flow for your health, healing, and daily life.
This first-of-its-kind gathering will feature 20+ leading qigong teachers, masters, and doctors sharing insights into the practices of qigong, tai chi, martial arts, and Traditional Chinese Medicine — as well as how qi is the foundation of all of these ancient arts and more.
Through beautiful, high-quality video, they’ll illuminate both the philosophical and practical components of working with qi, and offer simple practices you can use right away.
They’ll offer teachings on how to discover your inner healing potential and perspectives on how to flow with the challenges of daily life.
During this inspiring 3-day summit, you’ll discover:
How to tune in to your body’s subtle distress signals before your health is compromised & becomes a crisis
Simple health exercises from China and Tibet that protect, support and boost your health & immunity
Helpful breathing exercises to relieve PTSD & boost your health
The concepts of energy (qi) flow and how it plays a role in the physical, mental, & emotional systems in the human body
Ways to discover, experience, circulate & build your life force energy
That qigong can be used as a self-defense modality
Methods for accessing your fountain of “dynamic happiness” in the modern world
With the methods offered in The Qigong Global Summit, you’llhave the tools to focus your energy and successfully shift stagnant and blocked patterns in your body, “recharge” areas depleted of qi, and activate your body’s self-healing powers — in effect erasing dense energy that can persist for decades due to trauma and everyday stressors.
And if you’re already experiencing the benefits of qigong, tai chi, martial arts, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine, you’ll discover new opportunities to refine your current practice.
Here are some more highlights from this groundbreaking summit:
The precise dynamics that allow the body to heal rapidly… as well as the forces that prevent it from doing so
Implications of integral medicine as an art and science that leaves no dimensions of the Self behind
Ways to work with energetic blocks, excess, & deficiencies
Scientific validation of the healing benefits of qigong
Helpful breathing exercises to strengthen your immune system & balance your hormones
Fundamental Taoist principles such as yin/yang, flexibility, & flow
We hope you’ll join us in this special online gathering presented by The Shift Network.
Stay Out of the Doctor’s Office (simple practices YOU can do)
Do you wish you had more get-up-and-go for life? Is stress or illness dragging you down?
Energy Medicine can help…
This exciting new field combines the most effective Eastern healing disciplines with Western science to bring you simple practices that can increase your daily energy, head off colds and other illnesses, and enable you to thrive…
You can discover some of these powerful,do-it-yourself techniques when Energy Medicine expert Donna Eden and her husband, David Feinstein, PhD, present, Tap into Your Full Vitality with Energy Medicine: Simple Practices to Keep You Healthy and Thriving.
Donna has helped hundreds of thousands of people access the body’s capacity to heal through its own energy system. During this one-hour presentation, she and David will reveal:
The fundamentals of EnergyMedicine — what it is, how it works, and what it can do for you
Useful tools you can use immediately to start balancing your personal energy systems
How to engage your own energies for optimal health, happiness, and wellbeing
How you can help others maintain or improve their health and vitality
Join us in discovering how you can easily tap into your body’s energy system to enhance your health and wellbeing. And Donna’s story is quite remarkable, so do plan on attending to hear about the Energy Medicine practices she developed as part of her own healing journey…
During Tap into Your Full Vitality with Energy Medicine,Donna Eden and David Feinstein, PhD, will show you how to get in touch with your innate gift of self-healing.
What is the one common factor that stands out among the healthiest and longest lived people on the planet?
Purpose.
These people have a reason to live.
Whether it is family, friends, community, work, charity or making a difference in the world in some way, they are clearly motivated to live their best lives.
Surprising fact: Scientific evidence suggests that community and purpose actually impact our physical health and longevity.
Did you know that when the world’s healthiest people are asked about their secrets to living long, healthy, happy lives, the most common answers have very little to do with food or exercise?
Some of the most common reasons they state as to why they live such long, healthy lives were things like purpose, gratitude, and forgiveness.
Episode 7 on 5PM ET, Tuesday May 15th of The Human Longevity Project revolves around mindset, community, spirituality, and emotional trauma. This might be the single most powerful episode of this incredible series!
You’ll hear from leading researchers, doctors, and experts, as well as elders from the world’s healthiest populations, on how these often overlooked and undervalued factors may actually be the biggest keys to a long, healthy and happy life.
How meditation practice impact longevity?
In new 9 part documentary, The Human Longevity Project, Dr. Datis Kharrazian comments, “In states of meditation… you change your heart rate, you start to release opioids, you go into an anti-inflammatory state… it’s one of the most profound ways to really impact your physiology.” It’ll come as no surprise to you that meditation and mindfulness are good for you.
A new project by my friend and colleague, Jason Prall, actually looked into things like meditation, gratitude, and human connection in the planet’s healthiest people. He also spoke to some of the world’s thought leaders and luminaries, and for the first time, uncovered some of the underlying mechanisms that afford these people such vibrant health and longevity.
In his new series, The Human Longevity Project, Jason gives us a blueprint for living a life filled with purpose, abundant health, and profound happiness. Learn how to watch for free here.
In the upcoming 9 part documentary, The Human Longevity Project, JP Sears comments, “Maybe life loves us enough to gift us with pain, to get our attention, when we’re not calibrated with our life purpose.”
As my friend and health researcher, Jason Prall traveled the world to seek answers from the planet’s healthiest people, a few things became clear: What these extraordinary people all had in common were things like gratitude, community, connection, and a sense of purpose.
These things seemed even more important than diet and exercise. It was these intangible elements that indeed played the biggest role in why they were so happy and healthy, even into their 90s, 100s and beyond. If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about, you should be.
See, Jason began his global quest 2 years ago, with something he calls, The Human Longevity Project.
Want to feel happier? Listen to that audio. More brain power? Pop in that audio.
That’s what a new “brainwave entrainment” site claims you’ll be able to do. And, apparently, they have the science to back it up.
Today, I’m going to pull back the curtains and see if their claims are the real deal – or nothing but hot air.
My Brainwave Shots Review: A Scientific Answer to Self-Help?
The Premise: Every one of your mind states or moods is marked by a distinct brainwave pattern.
If you‘re feeling happy, there is a particular pattern. Feeling relaxed, that’s another pattern. Experiencing clarity and mental focus, still yet another.
The Promise: Listen to an MP3 recording for just 15 minutes and you can instantly activate any desired mind state you want.
How It Works: Brainwave Shots has apparently created a proprietary way to duplicate brainwave patterns using soundwaves.
So, supposedly, all you need to do is listen to one of their MP3s and your brain will automatically begin mimicking or mirroring the brainwave pattern of your desired mind state.
But, The Question Is: Do They Really Work?!
To find out the answer to this question, I had to try it out for myself.
So, I headed over to BrainwaveShots.com and got started. Nice site. Easy to navigate. Very professional.
The Pitch. Before I chose my Brainwave Shots from the 35 currently offered, I watched a brief video presentation that explained the science behind the technology.
After watching the brief video, I selected my Brainwave Shot from the 35 options. These include:
Brain power. Learning. Focus.
Relaxation. Stress Relief.
Confidence. Happiness. Motivation.
Peak Performance. Energy. Pain relief. Success.
There’s even have a party mood Brainwave Shot!
I have a really full schedule at this time of year, so I went with their signature Energy Brainwave Shot.
Getting Started: Within minutes, I had my shot and was ready to listen.
It was super relaxing and – if I’m being honest – the music was beautiful. After the 15 minutes were up, I actually didn’t want the session to end.
The Result: Relaxing or not, I wondered if listening to a 15-minute MP3 could realistically change how I felt.
I opened my eyes after the short session was up and I felt more alive, clearer, and more energized than I had in quite some time.
Really? I don’t even know how to explain it. It was like I’d enjoyed a nice, long deep sleep, then followed it up with a HUGE cup of coffee (without any of the jittery side effects of caffeine).
It might just be placebo, but I actually felt younger too.
All it took was a few short minutes and I felt like a new person. It was actually pretty incredible.
My Conclusion: I’m no scientist. But I know my own body. I also know the difference between feeling low and feeling fully energized.
The results of listening to a 15-minute MP3 were pretty impressive.
In reviewing Brainwave Shots, I was ready to expose its faults and flaws, and poke a little fun at something that seemed a little “out there”.
But, honestly? It just didn’t work out that way. Brainwave Shots actually made a difference in the way I felt, exactly as they promised.
These guys managed to turn a skeptic into a fan. Highly recommended.
Disclaimer: I did only try one shot, so I can’t speak for the other 34 of them.
UPDATE: In the last week, I’ve used the Energy Shot twice more. Each time I used the shot, the results were the same: more energy than I had just 15 minutes earlier. So, it does what it’s supposed to do. I can’t argue with that, and am about to start experimenting with more from their range.
Rating: 9.5/10. Brainwave Shots are inexpensive, transformational, quick, and easy.
Pros: Low price. Based on proven science. 365-day guarantee. Most importantly, these seem to actually work!
Cons: No telephone support. Limited to 35 ‘shots’ in total.
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