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How One Word Can Dramatically Reduce Your Stress--Alive Magazine, November 2008
Do you often feel overextended and exhausted from wearing way too many hats in your life? Maybe the hats you wear (or roles you embody) include parent, tutor, chauffeur, coach, cook, employee, volunteer, spouse, lover, and friend. If you are spreading yourself thin with a to-do list that feels overwhelming and is prompting you to need underarm perspiration shields, then you may want to continue reading... more...
Fear Of Public Speaking--Alive Magazine, September 2009
Did you know that according to research, public speaking is a greater fear for most people than death? Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a clever standup routine that uses this information by joking about how most people at a funeral would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy. Very funny for some perhaps, but for those of us who have experienced glossophobia—a fear of public speaking—this phobia is no laughing matter. Glossophobia is one of the most... more...
Women and Compulsive Overeating--Alive Magazine, September 2007
When you look in the mirror are you pleased with what you see? Your response may depend on how much or how little clothing you are wearing. Being a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist offering tools for stress management and weight loss for the last three and a half years, I've been given many opportunities to hear how people really feel about their bodies. It's interesting that overweight men who come to see me... more...
Endings and Losses--Alive Magazine, July 2007
Just being alive means having to face many beginnings and endings. Depending on how we handle them, both can offer us important life lessons. Since most of us have a natural instinct to avoid dealing with death, it’s no wonder that we often resort to fight-or-flight responses when we’re faced with endings and losses.
Clearly, some of us face endings more easily than others... more...
Compassion: Looking Through Soft Eyes--Alive Magazine, June 2007
Becoming deeply acquainted with oneself is no small task. For this reason, connecting to one's inner workings is an ongoing, ever changing, and lifelong process. What makes this endeavor a slow but rich experience is that the essence of oneself may be buried under many layers of the personality. Therefore, getting past the encrusted layers to connect with the precious, authentic core can be quite an excavation process... more...
Metamorphosis: Embracing Transitions and Change --Alive Magazine, September 2006
Metamorphosis is a word that describes changes in form. In the insect world, this term is used to define the developmental stages of a butterfly. As most of us learned in grade school, an egg first develops into a caterpillar, and then the caterpillar spins a silk cocoon, or chrysalis around itself. When the chrysalis matures, a beautiful butterfly bursts forth from the cocoon.
In humans, changes in form are not always as consistent, predictable, or “as pretty” as they are in the insect world. They do, however, often make great stories... more...