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Articles: personal growth
Below are the articles associated with this topic. Click on a title to read one. Be the Hero in Your Life
by Michael Levy
The author takes an unconventional approach in this column to explain personal well-being and the power of true self-esteem, by focusing on the heroes in the movies Scent of a Woman, Kitten and Life is Beautiful.
Clear Mind - Healthy Body
by Michael Levy
This column looks into positive and negative thoughts and the need to empty the mind of all thoughts for clearer thinking.
Do You Recognize Your Own Success?
by Vera Peiffer
Using the example of a hypnotherapy client who had a fear of eating in public, Vera Peiffer illustrates how often we fail to recognize the progress we are making towards our goals, whether combating a phobia or trying to lose weight.
Enlightenment? - Not Just Now Thank You!
by Mike Webster
This article describes the author’s experience of having known he could step into enlightenment, and making the decision not to.
Good Intentions?
by Mike Webster
Reading this article, one is reminded of a familiar quotation: ‘Injustice wins when good people do nothing’.
In Defence of Positive Thinking
by Vera Peiffer
As many have discovered from reading Vera's book Positive Thinking, adopting this attitude can help us to overcome problems and deal with difficult life situations in a more constructive way.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
by Michael Levy
In this column on the Point of Life, the author focuses on how all our inner knowingness gets influenced by external suggestions, as well as our ego. He also looks at how we can achieve a more authentic existence without looking back in anguish and saying of the things we’ve done ‘it all seemed like a good idea at the time’.
Marrying Theatre with Personal Transformation
by Claire Schrader
The author focuses on the therapeutic benefits of theatre. Her fascination with the theatre and quest for self-exploration led her to the discovery of dramatherapy – the healing power of theatre and its potential to transform people's lives.
Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
by Michael Hogan
The author reports on the similarity of his work as a social psychologist and that of Ellen Langer, the author of Counter Clockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility.
No More Soup
by Michael Levy
This column focuses on the deeper significance of an old folklore on the search for enlightenment and our ego-master who holds many negative emotions in its memory banks and sends us out into the world with anger, hatred, fear, jealousy, worry, anxiety, etc….
Only A Visitor
by Michael Levy
Michael Levy uses the metaphor of travelling to help the reader to enjoy a mindset of transience: we are travellers inhabiting an exotic location called ‘earth’, in a body which is impermanent.
Past, Present and Future Dangers From Self Delusions
by Michael Levy
This article expresses most strongly the importance of being true to oneself, and the dangers for both self and society of trusting the intellectual processes of the brain, and all the beliefs it can be misled into, over trusting the heart.
Personal Growth And Insight
by Ginny Fraser
In 1985 I got involved with a personal development seminar company called Insight, which has become a very important part of my life. So much so that I now travel around the world facilitating in the Insight seminar, and I thank God for the day my friend coerced me through the door for my first seminar.
Psychophonetics - Psychotherapy as In-depth Coaching for Personal Transformation
by Yehuda Karabo Tagar
This article focuses on Psychophonetics, a combination developed from coaching and psychotherapy – in-depth coaching for personal transformation and change. The author shares his journey into this field, including findings on sound research through experimental theatre and clinical work.
Release Your Creativity
by Brian Davis
Living your creative dream need not be wishful thinking. It is simply a matter of following a few simple steps that will open the doors of possibility wider than you could ever imagine.
Stuck in Dry-dock
by Michael Levy
This column illustrates how old traditions, beliefs, ideas, doctrines, etc…hinder true living, and mankind’s preference to struggle and strain with their own way of doing things.
Surrogate Joy
by Michael Levy
In this issue Michael Levy looks at the concept of joy and how many of us are trying to find it in the wrong places. He points out that though people have more spiritual and medical information and are richer they seem to be unhappier than previous generations.
The Course Will Close Itself
by Michael Levy
Using the metaphor of a committee trying to decide on a rule for when a golf course should close, the author draws our attention to the value of attuning ourselves to the messages from our bodies. The committee decided that the golf course would close itself: when weather conditions made it impossible to play, it would be closed.
The Sedona Method of Personal Transformation
by Alex Christie
This article claims that the Sedona Method, developed by Lester Levenson, provides a unique and simple approach for releasing emotions and reducing stress using a process of self-enquiry and a releasing technique, enabling profound improvements in all aspects of life.
Transform Your Life
by Donna Taylor
Integrating Astrology, Homeopathy and Changed Beliefs by Donna Taylor Laurence Le Shan sums it up nicely when he says that "a disease from the viewpoint of holistic medicine is a sign that something is wrong with your life. Your task is to find out what that something is and take appropriate action."
Understanding Relationship
by David Peet
This article is about understanding relationships and can benefit individuals looking for a partner, people in a relationship where they feel stuck, distant or dead, and those in conflict, break up or divorce.
Unlocking Your Hidden Abilities – the Easy Way
by Geoff Merrigan
Geoff Merrigan explores ways in which we can easily release our hidden healing abilities. He himself shifted from a conventional scientific background to discovering and then teaching methods of healing. His search took him to many different schools of healing and a variety practitioners.
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