Workbook Day 9 - Enemy Camp!

"The reward of a thing well done is to have it done." Author unknown

When you started the development of your personalized blueprint the need for a good honest self-evaluation was presented to you. You want to get underneath that magnifying glass . The more willingness you have to see yourself, the easier it becomes to persist and achieve. For many of us this is difficult, especially if you have a history of being harshly judged by others, especially our parents.

Some of us have spent our lives harshly judging ourselves as well. I want to suggest to you that these "magnifying glass exercises" are not judgmental, but just informational. If you promise yourself compassion and self-love as you look through the magnifying glass you will find it easier to be brave. You need to be able to see to be able to change. Then you can develop organized plans to move forward.

MIND EXERCISE.

Today I am going to suggest that you look for some of the big enemies that keep you, as well as all of us from succeeding in reaching goals. Go right ahead to your breath and ride the waves for a minute of so. Now, stand before the mirror in your mind and see if any of these difficulties are hanging around you:

• Failure to see clearly what it is you really want
• Lack of interest or desire
• Alibi making or passing the buck
• Procrastination usually seen visiting with alibi making
• Indifference or being ready to compromise frequently rather than meet the opposition and
wage war if necessary
• Willingness to quit at the first roadblock
• Lack of organized written plans
• Habitually being indecisive
• Looking for short cuts
• Fear of being criticized.

Go ahead and make some notes for yourself for subconscious mind etching.
Some visitors I saw in my mirror and some of the things they told me were: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Let's go ahead now and plant some powerful imagery-driven affirmations. Great colors this time.

• I am aware of my frequent visitors who interfere with my persisting.
• As I recognize them and smile, they move away. I am a winner.
• This is easy for me.

NUTRITIONAL INSIGHTS.....

Earlier in this book, when you were reviewing your personal and family medical history, I explained the necessity of cutting back on high-glycemic foods, as well as the frequency of eating or drinking them. It is important to keep a running list of them in our mind computer. If you learn to label when you notice them, you can become more aware of how pervasive they are in our society. Next time when you go to the supermarket practice finding and labeling high glycemic food choices. You may be shocked at how many you find. Also label the lower glycemic foods.

A good exercise when driving is to spot the high glycemic eating places. Remind your brain that these are not good choices for you. As you do this on an ongoing basis, should you have a keen desire to stop there, or purchase those foods, your mind will be ready to help keep you on course. For a review of high glycemics, go back to the nutritional areas of this book information . It helps to review these things from time to time, especially during the process of reframing our nutritional experiences in the brain storage.

MIND EXERCISE.

The work of the past few days has triggered some new changes for you. All you need to do to collect them is to enter the alpha brain wave state, deepen somewhat, tilt your eyes up and collect your subconscious mind email.

• I care for myself at high levels.
• I am aware of my food and drink intake.
• I enjoy keeping my food logs.
• My awareness is expanding....
• I can stop high glycemic foods easily.
• I eat these in a balanced meal only, cutting back on the amounts.

MINDBODY WORK.....

Today you will begin our work on the management of thoughts and emotions. Let's review the emotions by family groups. Earlier you learned how to disassociate by always looking for the emotions OUTSIDE of yourself. You are familiar with the imagery of emotions being children with tee shirts stating their names. You all have lots of emotions, but most of them live and hang out in family groups. The more emotions you can spot, the better you can manage them. You cannot manage an emotion if you are not aware of it. First comes awareness, then choice and then control.

All emotions speak, just like children. You can hear them in your thoughts. When you catch them early enough, you can deflate them and then educate them towards your goals.. If you do not notice their arrival, not only will they continue to hang out with you, but they will become more powerful. This would be great if they are helpful, but many are not. They tend to call in their counterparts to join the party and sometimes the party is not a good one for our goal outcomes, nor for our health.

The family you are going to recognize today is the ANGER FAMILY. Some members include fury, outrage, resentment, wrath, exasperation, annoyance, irritability, hostility, hatred and even violence. There are other members but these are the most popular. I would like you to go back over the emotional crayon list again and highlight your most frequent visitors in the anger family. Find lower anger emotions and start to be aware when they come hanging around. All you really want is to be aware of their arrival.

MIND EXERCISE.

Your Inner Coach is willing to help you notice members of your anger family. Relax deeply now and tilt your eyes up. You can feel the arrival of your Coach. Ask inwardly to be advised when one of these emotional children are present or about to arrive. When you notice a visitor call him or her by name and ask what is needed. Be accepting and gentle. This may sound a bit strange, but when you learn to work with emotions in this non-judgmental way, you will be more successful in having them move on. You can also gain information from them. Listen carefully after you ask the question, "What do you need?"

Notice that the emotions can be helpful in planting affirmations.
• I recognize my emotional visitors.
• It is getting easier for me to notice them.
• I am learning from these visits.
• I am growing in new ways.

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR...

This experiential blog/workshop is based on my new book, "How Many Cookies Will It Take to Make Me Happy?" This book is not published as yet, but you have the opportunity to read it in it's unpublished state. If you are new to my writing, you might want to read the earlier mini-chapters. They are available on FaceBook, The PublishersMarketPlace & at the following link. Remember to scan down to find the earliest chapters & work your way up. http://beyonddisorderlyeating.blogspot.com/
A bit of background.... we are working with creative Interactive Self-Hypnosis imagery, planting suggestions directly into the creative subconscious mind as you read along. What appears like a story is a series of self-hypnotic sessions, designed to bring about desired lifestyle changes. The inner mind is creative & rather child-like, loving to play with images, especially when they are emotionalized. Just like the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words", well-planted mind images, can be worth hours of therapy. We can actually change or motivate in 1/200th of a second. So come along & look forward to some lifestyle-changing events.


Copyright 2009 Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht
May not be copied or reproduced without permission of the author.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht is author of Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It. She is also the writer/producer of over 350 mp3/CD programs in the areas of medicine, health, prevention, addictions, self-development & sports for adults & children.

http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.bohorquez
http://www.twitter.com/elizRN

http://www.hypnosis-audio.com
http://www.sugar-addiction.com
http://www.international-medical-health-writers

Workbook Day 8 - Skinned Knees

"All things are difficult before they are easy.".........John Morley

The idea, thought, group of thoughts or the "old story" that things are too hard, too complicated, too painful, etc., etc. can keep you locked up, just as if you were in a prison without a key in sight. And so, let me give you the Key in the form of an idea. Perhaps you've known this before and of course, you have known this, but this time you will act on it in new ways, for that is the purpose of your reading my work.

It is important to develop a strong belief in your ability to carry out the plan towards your goal. Sometimes you are not even aware that you don't have this belief, so let's go ahead and do some inner checking.

Focus on your breath for a minute and gently allow the following question to arise. "Can I achieve this goal?" The answer will come before the question is even completely out of your mouth...the mind works very fast! If you get a resounding "YES" just smile knowingly. If, however, you get a weak little "yes maybe" or a resounding "NO", you have some additional work to do. These answers were returned to you from your subconscious mind based on past experiences and beliefs. This does not mean that they are correct, nor does it mean that these beliefs cannot be changed. These needs will form some of your focus work for today.

It is important to start growing some plans for persisting and final goal expectation.. Your inner plans should be organized from start to finish. Don't worry if they appear weak or impractical in the beginning, because as you become involved in the unfolding of the goal, the plans will become stronger and more perfected. Plan to spend some time each day perfecting your organized plans. As you do this exercise, your willpower will increase, as will your ability to persist. If you notice difficulties in evolving a plan of action, have another look at the goal, making certain you really desire it and that there is some definite purpose for the work you are proposing.

The act of organized planning leads to the development of habit and persistence is the direct result of habit. Your mind will become absorbed by the daily experiences on which it feeds, and since these are directly related to your goal achievement, you will continue to move closer and closer. On occasion you will hit a stumbling block....just notice it and step right over it. Some blocks are small and some are much bigger....it really doesn't matter to the person in pursuit of the goal. Stumbling blocks are a signal to move past or over. If you notice the arrival of the emotion called "fear", just label it and refocus on your breath and your goal. You will certainly be doing more work with emotional visitors in days to come.

MIND EXERCISE.

Take time to enter your alpha brain wave state and go deeper down than before. You learned many deepening exercises earlier in the book and it's always a good idea to review them and to keep them active in practice. After you read this exercise, close your eyes and begin the work. Enter your inner or subconscious library and notice that your Inner Coach is standing next to the subconscious librarian fingering some of your organized goal plans. Go ahead over and pick up the plans. Notice that your goal areas are written on the top of each plan. Begin to review them one by one. After reviewing each one, open your eyes and make some notes of important findings.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Notice that affirmations have already organized themselves on the inner screen of your mind. This time they brought their own action images, some even with sound.

• I work on my organized planning daily.
• I review my plans and they are clear to me.
• Details of my plans magically appear on my mind screen.
• My plans are alive and speak volumes to me.

NUTRITIONAL INSIGHTS.....

Go back to the beginning of your food logs and notice that your Inner Coach has indicated areas that need some change. Some changes are very small. It's easy for you to see these now. . Have you made these changes yet? If you haven't I would like you to choose just one change to make today. Perhaps you will choose the easiest one for you, or maybe you will choose the most difficult one. Whichever is fine. Often times you balk at change because it seems overwhelming. I want you to spend a few moments with your breathing at the alpha level and then see a picture of yourself with the change already made. See how happy and pleased you look. It really was quite easy.

MIND EXERCISE.

The opportunities to change something nutritionally are all around you. Every day you should attempt to get a bit better at managing our nutrition. Perhaps you could make a list of all the things you didn't eat or drink that interfered in the past with your optimum functioning. Even something as small as only having one cup of coffee instead of two or three, is a step in the right direction. Long term success is made up of many small achievements day after day.

Notice your Inner Coach has become more active and whispers in your ear. Sometimes it is about things to do or change, but other times it is about celebrating things you have changed. Take some time now to note some messages you have received: ___________
____________________________________________________________________

The Inner Coach is placing affirmations for you today and notice they are in color with powerful images that delight you.

• I care for myself at high levels.
• I am aware of my food and drink intake.
• I enjoy keeping my food logs.
• My awareness is expanding......

MINDWORK.....

It would be a good idea to relax deeply before reading this work. A light alpha state would be great and allow the images to truly etch in your subconscious mind. Read this as if I were writing you a letter about things I've noticed about you.

Yesterday you worked with the goal pictures encircled with white. Today I want you to place a picture of yourself with your new belief in that circle of white. See yourself achieving your goal and especially notice how easy it was to do this. You might even see and hear yourself repeating, "This is so easy. I had no idea this would be so easy."

You might see yourself organizing your plans to achieve your goal. Notice how relaxed you are and how you are so focused in your intent to organize the plans. The plans come easy to you. The pictures are clear and you may even see the list of plans in the white circle. Maybe you can't read them from where you are sitting, so just reach forward and take the organized plan list in your hand and place it on your lap.

When you are finished with this exercise, pick up the list and read it. Do this exercise even if you have a strong belief about your ability to carry out the organized plans to reach your goals. You can all use all the determination you can muster. This is a great opportunity to build strength in this self-development department.

As you see your belief in the white circle, what stands out? ________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

I've added these affirmation plants in my letter to you. They play out like little television programs. Remember to allow your subconscious mind to fill in the details.

• My beliefs are clear.
• I can see my plans developing.
• I enjoy doing this work for myself.

This experiential blog/workshop is based on my new book, "How Many Cookies Will It Take to Make Me Happy?" This book is not published as yet, but you have the opportunity to read it in it's unpublished state. If you are new to my writing, you might want to read the earlier mini-chapters. They are available on FaceBook, The PublishersMarketPlace & at the following link. Remember to scan down to find the earliest chapters & work your way up. http://beyonddisorderlyeating.blogspot.com/
A bit of background.... we are working with creative Interactive Self-Hypnosis imagery, planting suggestions directly into the creative subconscious mind as you read along. What appears like a story is a series of self-hypnotic sessions, designed to bring about desired lifestyle changes. The inner mind is creative & rather child-like, loving to play with images, especially when they are emotionalized. Just like the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words", well-planted mind images, can be worth hours of therapy. We can actually change or motivate in 1/200th of a second. So come along & look forward to some lifestyle-changing events.


Copyright 2009 Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht
May not be copied or reproduced without permission of the author.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht is author of Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It. She is also the writer/producer of over 350 mp3/CD programs in the areas of medicine, health, prevention, addictions, self-development & sports for adults & children.

http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.bohorquez
http://www.twitter.com/elizRN

http://www.hypnosis-audio.com
http://www.sugar-addiction.com
http://www.international-medical-health-writers