Everyday Bliss For Women In Leadership

Just For Today, I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, to relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will give thanks for all that is mine, and I will try to get a better perspective on my life. I will hold this time sacrosanct - for it is important to consistently nurture myself before I can give of myself to others.

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Just For Today, I will work a self-improvement program of my own choice. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have a program in place and be working it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision. While following my program, I will stay "in the Now".

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Just For Today, I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice in a pleasant register, be courteous and criticize no one. I won’t find fault with anything, not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself. I will be well-spoken, pleasant and polite. I will bring the energy of courtesy and compassion to every interaction and place I visit today.

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Just For Today, I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out - if anyone comes to know of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do - just for the exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt - even if they are hurt, today I will not show it. I will silently dedicate the merit of my good deeds not to myself, but to anyone who has need.

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Just For Today, I will strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental slacker. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. I will sharpen my mind with good will in a spirit of excitement in exploration.

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Just For Today, I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything outside of me to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it. I will become in the words of Eckhart Tolle, "transparent to" outside annoyance.

Just For Today, I will be happy.  This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said: "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be". I will truly live the Law of Attraction that states that what we send out returns to us tenfold, and spread happiness and contentment wherever I go. For what I send out, will return to me.

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Happy Thanksgiving! In thinking about how I could contribute more than just the mouthed "thank you for….. in my life" I am doing a self-improvement program of my own device. While there are many out there, here’s an old, tried-and-true Nine Day Program you can use to level up your life:

Just For Today…

This will be familiar to those in one of the "Anonymous" organizations (like Alcoholics Anonymous) and comes from the Al-Anon Family Group, a support group for families and friends of addicts. In addition to just Giving Thanks on this one day, take the next nine and do some simple but powerfully impactful work.

Day One:

Just For Today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours I would find appalling if I felt I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today, I will live in the Now. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s "Just For Today"

Robert Dilts in this week’s NLP World Health training program reminded us that the basics equation of NLP is very simple:

Present State + Added Resources -> Desired State

Tim Hallbom and Suzi Smith introduced a lovely NLP technique in the program that wasn’t in the manual and perfectly illustrates this process. They called it "A Piece of Cake" because it was changing a negative bodily symptom very simply, and features the use of submodality elicitation and mapping-over.

Briefly: Use floor anchors. Starting with a physical symptom step on anchor, fully describe it, stepping out of that place on the floor step into another and fully describe an incident of self-healing (a bruise that healed, a scrape or sprain etc.) and do this three times. Note your physiology in all states. Anchor each positive resource physiology in the resource state and stack these anchors for each of three self-healing incidents. Take these stacked anchors back to the Symptom anchor and release. Note what changes.

The below diagram is for my NLP family and training buddies but if you’re interested, I will be featuring this process in a forthcoming class…stay tuned for details! Click on the diagram for a larger, readable copy:

I often get email asking me questions about this or that aspect of energy therapy and coaching practice. While I don’t have the time to answer all queries, one posted in my Quantum Flow Bioenergetics forum was wide-spread enough a problem that I answered it there and am reposting it here. If you’re interested in this forum, you can collaborate here: Click to join QuantumFlowBioenergetics

Reader "A" from Egypt writes in: "About 4 days ago after much success using energy methods, my muscle tests started coming back weak. I tried it on my name and some facts about me and also all the tests were weak. I tried every possible way to correct that problem and nothing happened. I tried EFT, BSFF, drinking alot of water, Collarbone breathing, psychological reversals, TAT and TLR Appreciation but also, nothing happened. What am I doing wrong?"

Hi A–, You said this happened four days ago and you had done Collarbone breathing and it hadn’t worked. Collarbone Breathing takes about four to six weeks of steady practice (at least 3x a day) to work well, so you might want to apply this technique over again.

I personally do not use muscle testing that much in self-work, as so very many things can throw it off: energy toxins that include certain foods, improper amount of sleep, geopathic or earth-related stress such as being too near a powerful volcanic area, earthquake fault or other earth related anomaly - even going under high power lines, or having a firm negative mindset on an issue can scramble your energy and mess up a circuit (muscle) test.

I have learned to tune into my whole bodymind, ask it questions and wait patiently (never very long) for the often-subtle indicators that tell me which way to go. Indicators can be a muscle twitching, a sudden desire to shift position, needing to take a deep breath - they will differ for everyone, yours will be unique to you. I find this method superior to standard muscle testing, though it is nearly impossible to "teach" as such. Simply pay attention to your body and anything that happens in it when you calm yourself, sit quietly and ask it one question at a time. Come to know its responses and you’ll be able to tell what the shifts mean to you.

I would also suggest watching what you eat. Avoid caffiene (coffee, tea & sodas), processed foods, plus wheat, sugar and milk - three of the biggest allergens and energy toxins. Also, three times daily practice of Cross Crawls, Cook’s Hookup and the Bellybutton Correction exercises from now on for you until this condition resolves. You can find these here at our website:

http://quantumflow.com/stressrelief.html

If you still feel you need muscle test confirmation, you might also ask a friend to test you - sometimes our self-tests can be thrown off by things like I mention above while a friend may be much clearer. Both of you should drink water and do the above exercises before trying to muscle test each other.

I also take messages from the Universe when things like this happen.

When I get too dependant upon a particular method, then sometimes the method will cease to work - or so it might appear - to teach me how to grow past it.

You may want to consider just pressing ahead with for instance, EFT: "Even though EFT is not working for me right now, I am tapping…Even though it seems like I am wasting my time, I’m tapping on that…" and so on.

Or, you might prefer to just take a break and give all of the personal growth "work" a rest for some time.

Relax and meditate on the best course of action. Listen to your body.

And good luck to you!

Warmly, Maryam Webster

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