Linda-Ann Stewart

Recommended Reading

Overcome Stress, Improve Performance, and Live to Your Fullest Potential

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The Cedarfire Newsletter
Tools For Your Mind, Soul, and Spirit

Volume 12, Issue 13
January 5, 2012

Linda-Ann Stewart, Editor

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• Blog Postings
• Recommended Reading
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Articles

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Blog Postings

I came across the poem, "Who Am I?" It describes a part of you that can help you or hold you back. It's a great reminder to be careful of the habits you create.

I posted a great article by wikiHow, "How to Cope With Liking a Person Who Disrespects You." It gives some wonderful tips on recovering your own self-respect in this difficult situation. Realize that you can't change or please them. The important thing is for you to protect your self-esteem.

"Expand Beyond Your Comfort Zone, Part 1-3." I published a shorter version of this article in 2000. It addresses how and why we get into ruts, and stay with the familiar, even when we desire a better life.

My monthly coaching tip video, "Be Courageous And Let Your Light Shine," accompanies December's article, "Be Who You Were Meant To Be." It addresses some of the consequences of not not being authentic. We fear being authentic and letting our light shine. But staying safe that way has consequences for ourselves and others that blocks what we truly want to do. Discover how those fears affect our personal and professional lives.

In "Ask The Expert," I answer the question, "I realize that we have to go through various experiences to grow and learn a particular lesson and then move on, but what happens if we do not know what the lesson was supposed to be?"

To read these, visit EmpoweringYourMind.com.

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Recommended Reading

"Strategic Self-Hypnosis:
To Overcome Stress, Improve Performance,
and Live to Your Fullest Potential"
by Roger A. Straus, Ph.D.

Many years ago, when I was just getting involved in hypnosis, I found this book in the library. Soon after, I bought my own copy. This book is a bit different from other self-hypnosis books. Although it includes information about hypnosis and the minds other books do, this one approaches the explanation a bit differently and it has different techniques than most of the other literature.

The holistic approach of this book is designed to help the reader become more aware of themselves, to work with latent potentials, and program a more positive conduct. The strategies are more indirect than the straight line direct suggestions of other authors. Though direct suggestion works well, there are times when a more indirect approach is more helpful, such as when a person is blocking or sabotaging an improvement.

In each chapter, there are exercises and each one includes a script to use or questions to answer. They include everything from exploring your potential and bringing it into the real world to assessing any problems or blockages. The author gives step-by-step instructions on how to do self-hypnosis and how to deepen the readers practice.

There is also an interesting section on remembering your future, to help program what it is that you want. There are techniques to deal with various problems, such as being able to clear your mind in a stressful situation, stopping negative thinking, letting go of unwanted feelings, and more.

If you already have some knowledge of self-hypnosis (or even if you don't), this book will further your practice and help you go deeper in self-understanding. It draws upon the wisdom of your subconscious to help find solutions to problems that may have resisted resolution.