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The ‘Heart-Mind’: Choosing to Feel Good

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Researchers are reporting that it seems that the heart has a mind of its own and is a major factor in how we perceive and respond to the world. The heart has been found to be a very complex processing center that doesn’t just receive information from the brain…it is often the originator of information with the brain being the second responder! In any case it is clear that these two are in a very intricate two way conversation and we can benefit from knowing how to participate!

 Everyone knows that when they are in love their basic immunity is enhanced and they seem to be able to handle life with more grace and self-confidence. Research is documenting the why and how of this which is fascinating but there is even better news…we do not have to wait for these experiences to hit us out of the blue. We can create the feelings from within with the choice to let go of negativity and replace it with the feelings that we do want. We have within us the power to create profound change from deep within ourselves with some very simple techniques.

 Emotional Self Mastery

Our emotions are very real energies that move through us. If we do not manage them, they will manage us. They do not disappear if we ignore them…they merely go underground to erode our systems and wreak havoc with our health at a later time. Time only heals if we engage in a process that helps heal within that time. We are human and so hardwired to feel. The point is to have methods that allow us to be in charge and able to transform our emotions so we do not become helpless victims of them.

A very helpful process is to notice when you are focused on a negative feeling. Stop the action in whatever way you can…imagine a huge red stop sign in your head, imagine hitting the pause button on your remote control, say ‘stop’ to yourself. Then use a memory or your imagination to get in touch with feelings of appreciation, gratitude or unconditional love. Feel as though you can breathe those feelings in and out through your heart. Keep doing this until you have shifted your emotional focus. Then see if you can adopt a feeling of ease in maintaining it. Remember this is a skill, so practice is the key.

 Conscious ‘control’ of your breath can help no matter what tools you are using to transform emotional states. Conscious breathing can help you to create new patterns and healthier ways of thinking and feeling.  Breathing deeply and fully begins to put you in touch with deeper levels, your core, your “self,” your inner being.  It strengthens your center of personal power.  It helps to slow you down and makes you aware of what is occurring both within and around you.  It tunes you in to your environment and your internal processes and places you in a position to make conscious choices … choices that support your efforts in life.

 All of these suggestions will help to boost your vitality, help you create more inner ease, feel less stress, and positively affect your energy field by bringing it into a more coherent state. A coherent energy field is associated with greater ability to create, improved health, reduced stress, enhanced ability to concentrate, and greater access to intuitive and spiritual experiences.

Stress Across the Globe: Antidotes

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Guru Tim Reports On Stress From Across the Globe

Guru Tim has been traveling the globe with Tony Pace and observing the cultural climate in various places in the world regarding stress.

 Listen to hear:

 What are people saying?

How is stress experienced in different cultures?

What are the ways people in other countries cope with ”world stress”?

 MOST IMPORTANTLY, we will be discussing healthy ways that you can move beyond coping, away from suffering and into flourishing despite the external triggers.

Join us live or on the web at 10 A.M., Monday, June 28, 2010 or listen to the download at your leisure.

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Living Energy Radio SHow: Motivational Firewood with Steve Gamlin

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

 May 10, 2010 @ 10 A.M. 

Join Peg Donahue and Karen Kallie on BlogTalk Radio tomorrow morning as they interview Steve Gamlin, an award-winning speaker, entertainer and author. As a speaker, Steve has been likened to a “Provider of Motivational Firewood.” Steve will be talking about his book: 20 to Life (In a Good Way) and discussing how people can change their lives, starting today!


Your Energy is Your Personal Power

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Energy is your personal power. When you allow others to control you, when you attempt to control them, when you cannot forgive, or when you focus more on the needs of others and sacrifice your own, you are giving your power away.

 “Where attention goes, energy flows.”

 Unresolved issues from the past bind energy that could be flowing through your life! Fear of the future dissipates energy that could be filling you with joy! Bringing your energy into the present allows you to create the life you love to live.

What is your typical habit of mind?

Where is your energy focused?

Do you focus on your  strengths or your weakness?

Are you focused on what is right or on what is wrong?

Are you focused in the present?

Through focusing on (feeling) what is strong, right, present and flowing we can bring power to what we would most like to change. Doing the opposite weakens and drains energy so there is nothing to bring to creating more of what you DO want!

Free Happiness Teleclass

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

The Practice of Happiness

What’s Your Happiness IQ?

Why are some happier than others?

How can you change your happiness set point? 

Join us on Monday, April 26 @ 8-9:30 PM as we discuss these topics and more! 

Where: On your phone, in the comfort of your home

Cost: FREE! 

You will:
Discover your happiness IQ
Learn effective ways to change your happiness set point
Experience fun, easy to use methods to bring more happiness to your mind and heart 

We will be using the Maestro Conference calling system for this call. This state of the art technology makes classes much more interactive, dynamic and fun as it allows for an easy way to queue up for questions, greater interaction with the whole group, as well as more ability to share with others in small breakout groups.    

If you are interested in being on this call with us please respond to: karen@livingenergyworks.com

 

 

Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas!

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas!: The Simple Truth on How to Revitalize Your Body and Ignite Your Energy for Lifelong Success

April 19th features the incredible talent, knowledge and passion of John Rowley. John is a #1 National Best Selling Author, International Speaker, Entrepreneur, World’s leading Lifestyle Strategist, TV Personality, Fitness Celebrity, and continues … Inspiring Millions to action! John is the pioneer in combining peak performance principles with physical and spiritual disciplines for complete and lasting success. His credentials include being a college athlete whose career was cut short by a near fatal car accident, a career as a janitor and the nerve to tackle the high powered world of Manhattan real estate and the dynamic international field of bodybuilding and fitness. He was one of the youngest SR. VP’s of any major real estate company in Manhattan, owned a gym which received international attention when it was featured in the movie, Pumping Iron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. Today John is an in demand speaker, author and resource to much of the media including Fox News, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart radio, etc. As a Peak Performance Coach and Lifestyle Strategist, John delivers his powerful message worldwide. In his 1st book, “Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running out of Gas!” John shares the powerful lessons he learned while having one foot in the business world and the other in the fitness arena and how when combined enhance every area of your life.

 

Energy and Zydeco Shoes?

Monday, April 5th, 2010

What’s the link betweeen energy and the experience of Zydeco Shoes? Listen in to our radio show today as we discuss this and more with author, Alex Hayes!

Five Steps to Befriending Your SELF

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

 “Being a friend to your SELF is no mere metaphor or purely sentimental idea. It is the basis of all relationships, because it is a fundamental recognition of soul.”

Thomas Moore

  1. Listen to how you speak to your self

Let go of self bashing, become aware of the voices in your head—the overt and the subtle ones. Commit to shifting to kinder gentler thoughts. Stop self abuse!

 2. Make time for real self care (VS self indulgence).

Begin by discerning what is self indulgent and what is truly caring for yourself. What do you need in terms of basic care? How can you begin to make time for these basic needs to build a strong foundation so you can expand in freedom and expression of your best self?

3. Listen more deeply to your true voice and your real needs

How can you give yourself time and space to listen deeply and acquaint yourself with the real you?

 4. Be compassionate with yourself, you are a work in progress

You are continually learning, growing and developing as a human being whether you are conscious of it or not. Become more conscious and aware can smooth your journey. You can only be where you are at any given moment in time—mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.  Start from where you are and be tolerant and patient with your learning curve. Actively work at embracing the feeling of ease with yourself rather than having  it remain  an “idle” thought.

5. Make time for enlivening your soul

What brings you alive? What nourishes you at a deep level? Can you commit to providing time and space to find out and then allowing that to come into your life?

Subtle Energy and Care Giving

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Join us on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 @ 10 A.M. when we will begin a month focused on care givers and new skills for stress management and compassionate self care in the midst of a busy and demanding life.

Click on the link or join our show from the radio button on our homepage (http://www.livingenergyworks.com/) or listen to the download later at your convenience.

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66142&cmd=tc

World of  Subtle Energy Provides New Tools for Self Care

We all sense subtle energy, although we may not always realize it. People called clairvoyants are especially gifted with the ability to see subtle energy. And while it appears to be innate in them, the truth is we all possess this ability. It can be developed by anyone who takes the time to learn the skills necessary and to practice them.

 Most of us may not see subtle energy, but we do sense its existence and respond to it on a daily basis. Much of our language even speaks to our unconscious experience of energetic states and events. Think about: “I feel blue,” “My heart is heavy,” “I feel so empty,” “It’s like I’ve been knifed in the back,” “I feel so full of joy,” “My heart is glad.” These are statements that are actually descriptive of your energy at that moment.

 Biofeedback instruments show that the person who reports feeling blue is, in fact, emitting the frequency of energy our eye sees as blue. The person who reports feeling heavy or sad in the heart is actually experiencing a lower frequency of energy – one which is slower than that of joy or happiness. That person may also be experiencing a constriction of the flow of energy through the heart chakra area.

 Feelings Inform About Energy States

Emptiness is depletion or lack of energy; joy is a fullness of lighter, faster moving energy, and the knife in the back can be an experience of negative thought or emotional energy directed toward that person by another. When you understand the dynamics of energy, you have a deeper perspective and more options available to work with your whole being – thoughts, feelings, sensations and beliefs – in order to shift out of negative states more quickly. In addition, being able to sense and manage your subtle energy allows you to maximize your efforts to create change and attract new possibilities into your life.

  Most people wait for time or external circumstances to change for relief or resolution of their issues. Unfortunately this leaves you in a disempowered position AND it does nothing to erase the effect the negative emotion has on your system. Although a person may feel that the problem or emotional state has disappeared, what more typically happens is that it has been driven deeper into the system so that it is out of awareness but not necessarily out of range of affecting your future experience. To work on an energetic level with the totality of you – your mind, body and spirit – is a major step on the road to empowerment and one that goes beyond learning new ways to simply THINK about things. It helps remove obstacles to true emotional freedom and affords greater access to higher level functions such as creativity, intuition and spirituality.

Excerpted from Chapter 3, 12 Keys for Life and Self Mastery

Inner Tools to Sustain Motivation

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Do you wonder how you can to keep motivation fresh and alive on the path to your goals—especially when you meet challenges? Join us on on the radio show on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 @ 10 A.M. where we will be discussing methods to do just that!

Click on the link below or join our show from the radio button on our homepage (www.livingenergyworks.com) or listen to the download later at your convenience.

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66142&cmd=tc