The Quiet Winner

First, let me thank those of you who took the time to comment on my last post about being stuck in an anxiety-provoking thought-loop. I felt everyone’s comment had great value. Clearing negative energy through healing work and the use of mantra was very helpful. Considering how I might be subconsciously using the painful thought-loop to block success I wasn’t willing to claim was  illuminating, though more “heady” and therefore not as directly impactful. Perhaps …
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The Teacher’s Secret Dilemma

I’m just thinking out loud here, so this will be one post that demands feedback. You know how they always say, “We teach what we most need to learn.”? Well, I teach people how to move forward despite the inner voices and feelings that block their way, yet I’ve got one persistent and seemingly impenetrable block of my own, and I find myself cycling around to the same place despite my efforts. So, I thought …
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Failure

The other night, I performed a hypnosis show at a high school on the other side of the state. The next day, I got a message from a young man who had been at the show, wanting to have some of my time to discuss his life situation and how hypnosis might help. I offered him a free session, and we scheduled a thirty minute phone conversation. During that conversation, I learned that he had …
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The Train Whistle

I ran into an old friend at the dog park when I was walking Woody the other day. During one of our conversations, he said (the friend, not Woody) he felt he was beyond boredom. I was fascinated. What did he mean? He was referring to the fact that his life was very full and that he simply didn’t have time to be bored. I was curious, though, to find out what happened when he …
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Sucker!

Actually, I never treat my magic clients this way, but there is a tendency for some people to feel like they got “suckered” when they’re fooled by a magic trick. Well, if you feel like a sucker when I fool you, how should you feel when YOU fool you? That’s the common state of affairs in which we live. We’re constantly fooling ourselves; far worse than could any mere magician. We limit our success by …
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