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  • How To Gain Control Of Your Life  By : Saleem Rana
    When we cultivate awareness of ourselves through honest introspection, we accelerate our personal evolution, success, and happiness by noticing dysfunctional life patterns that arose from decisions made in childhood. Awareness gives us the power to redecide and create a new response that will help us gain control of our lives.
  • Can You Really Let Go Of Your Huge Internal Struggle?  By : Saleem Rana
    The author recalls a powerful insight that occurred to him when he was in graduate school for psychology. He found that the reason for the high success rate of a certain psychologist was because he truly understood how a client's feelings colored their perception of events and distorted their way of handling situations.
  • The Importance Of Healing The Past  By : Saleem Rana
    The first step to true self-help is willing to be candid, notice what hurts, and find the therapy that is necessary to remove the psychic burden. Those who do this will find that their whole life will open up.
  • Why Balancing Your Polarity Can Make Life Better  By : Saleem Rana
    When we slow down, we rejuvenate. And when we've been lethargic, we come to life by doing more. This is the dance of polarity. While we may prefer one end of the polarity, our life will not be whole and complete unless we learn the value of balance.
  • Follow Your Dream  By : Saleem Rana
    If you have a dream, follow it. No matter how wild, outrageous, and improbable it may seem. Here are some ideas on how you can break through to your goal.
  • Do You Neglect The Power Of Your Mind?  By : Saleem Rana
    James Allen, who wrote the masterpiece, As a Man Thinketh, talks about the vital power of the mind in creating success.

    An alert, well-ordered mind is a powerful asset. An undisciplined mind, lost in habits of aimless thinking will quickly bring all sorts of troubles to you. Learn how to use your mind rather than neglect it.
  • True Success  By : Saleem Rana
    In Sanskrit, this pursuit of your right work is called "dharma."

    In fact, in the ancient holy books of India, it was advised that it was better to do your own work poorly than to do the work of another well. When you come from a place of love, you create something of beauty in the world. Your love expressed is passion.
  • The Art of Manifestation  By : Saleem Rana
    Instead of desiring something, accept that you have it now. This acceptance, this "isness" of a thing will draw it into your experience faster than any other means.
  • Autism and Oxytocin  By : Jessica Deets
    One characteristic of autism is a lack of a sense of empathy towards other people. Acute stress can inhibit oxytocin release in humans, and that may explain sudden anger if someone is experiencing a lot of stress. Scientists believe that research on oxytocin may help to develop a treatment for people with autism.
  • The Parable of the Touchstone  By : Saleem Rana
    Here is a parable that illustrates an important success principle. You can be doing everything right, following all the other success principles, but if you miss this one, all your effort will be undone.
  • 7 Root Causes of Bitter Failure  By : Saleem Rana
    There are seven critical features necessary for even moderate success. Should any of these features be at a low ebb, then you will find yourself living a life of quiet desperation and bitter failure. Ironically, these key elements can be healed with some sustained effort. Alternatively, should you be able to raise all seven levels of personal power, you will find yourself living in a whole new world, where success becomes the norm rather than the exception.
  • How To Turn Dicey Situations Around  By : Saleem Rana
    It's easy to turn dicey situations around. You simply have to use your imagination. Once you hold a picture in mind for long enough, you invite a chain of circumstances to completely turn everything around for you.
  • How to Be Fearless  By : Saleem Rana
    Revealed! A little-known, safe, yet powerful techniques to totally eliminate panic and anxiety out of your life, even if the doctors have given up!



    My friend described this planet as a fear-based matrix.
    At the time, we had just finished watching the movie, The Matrix, the first episode.

    In a way, he was right. We are all conditioned to be afraid. In fact, it is rare to find anyone who does not entertain some form of insecurity, regardless of how much they may deny it.

    What is fear?

    When we were studying emotional imbalances in school, my professor, said fear is an acronym called F.E.A.R. It means a False Estimation Appearing as Real.

    We project into the environment our feeling of insecurity and see in it dangers to our well-being. Yet the reality out there has too many variables for us to predict it. Thus, all our anticipations are based on our insecurity, rather than a sudden clairvoyance.

    With the proper mindset, determination, and will power, you can conquer your fear.

    Everyone has some sort of fear. It is brought about by past traumas, the influence of other fearful people, and our own critical and hypersensitive view of things.

    Although, fear is only in our mind, it does appear real to us. How do we break free from it? How long must you remain a hostage to it?

    A practical step to take to release it

    There is a single practical-and unpleasant step-you can take with any fear-and that is to face it.

    Again, you have two choices, here.

    You can run a mental simulation of the fearful event in your mind until it no longer has any charge. In these simulations, see yourself handling the fear with a sense of courage.

    For example, if you have a fear of spiders, you can imagine that you have many friendly spiders as your pets, or that you rescue spiders from getting drowned in rain gutters, etc. In other words, you take on a very positive picture.

    Or, you can also actually go through the event physically, and see how your fears are, in fact, in your mind, and not out there.

    For example, if you are afraid of public speaking, you can arrange to join a speaker's club and work it out in a public setting.

    This is how you face your fears head-on and eliminate them.

    Your fears can also be more subtle and pervasive.

    More subtle anxiety

    You may, for example, want to become a published writer, but you don't know if you can handle the pressure or the rejection from editors, and so on.

    Again, doing it, either mentally or even physically will show you that most editors are actually very human; and, in fact, many will even help you to improve your writing skills.

    Tap your whole mind

    In my experience, whenever I'm really determined to do something, my superconscious mind kicks in. I experience a flow of synchronicity that opens a way where before no way existed.

    With the proper mindset, literally anything is possible. Faith in your abilities, in your subconscious intelligence, and in the manifestation of amazing coincidences will see you through anything.

    Face your fears.

    That's the cure.

    It's simple and it's uncomfortable, but it works.

    Using visualization and/or action can eliminate any fear.

    You're not alone

    In addition, you don't have to do it alone. There are many skilled therapists who can help you work through your fears.

    In fact, I have found phobias can easily be eliminated with the proper techniques.

    Saleem Rana is a psychotherapist in Denver, Colorado.

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  • Master Your Emotions With The Four Horsemen  By : Rene Graeber
    Different people have different personalities. These personalities are often shown in the way people behave or react.
  • Inner Peace And The Power Of The Mind  By : Rene Graeber
    The mind composes of emotions and thoughts, which stem from the subconscious mind and the conscious mind. The mind has audio and visual capabilities, which invokes the triggers that stressors slam on our emotions.
  • Emotions Controlling The Inner Peace  By : Rene Graeber
    When a person acts on emotions, the person is allowing the emotions to take over the thoughts. The emotions prepare the body for action. When the emotions become triggered, the trigger hitting the inner source is either negative or positive.
  • Why People Fail To Achieve Goals  By : Saleem Rana
    While most self-help experts advocate goal-setting as the number one way to achieve success, most people have trouble actually achieving their goals. Here are some of the reasons.
  • The Gift Of Inner Peace  By : Rene Graeber
    Inner peace is a gift from birth that we must all learn how to reach at some point in our lifetime. Throughout our lifetime, we climb over hills and mountains that touch the minds mechanisms, which sometimes hold us back from our inner peace.
  • What Causes an Anxiety Attack  By : Jessica Deets
    For those who suffer from panic-related disorders, the road to recognition, diagnosis and recovery can be long and frightening. Despite what some people may think, an anxiety attack is very real for the person suffering from it and can create a number of other symptoms that are troubling.
  • Attention Deficit Disorder: Know the Facts  By : Jessica Deets
    Attention deficit disorder may be a condition that requires help, but it does not mean the child or adult affected cannot lead a normal, successful life. The key to dealing with it is proper identification, treatment and patience.
  • Negative Thinking Robbing Souls of Inner Peace  By : Rene Graeber
    Negative thinking robs the soul of inner peace. As a positive person, one thing I detest is negative thinking. My son is the biggest pessimistic in the world in my opinion, and this boy can drive a mother out of her mind if she allows him to do so.
  • Recipe for Enchantment - The Three R's: Remembering the Best, Restoring Yourself, Rapture  By : Barbara Holstein
    In today's world there are so many wonderful and inspirational books. They help make us feel in harmony with the universe. But an essential that is missing from these books is the mental and emotional perspiration that we need to go through as we struggle to live a life of meaning and joy.
  • Use the Pleasure Response For Success  By : Saleem Rana
    The Pleasure Response is a new therapeutic tool that I have been successfully using to help other people become more productive and successful
  • The Language of Weight Control  By : Patricia Zelkovsky
    So if you look in the mirror and say, "Wow I look fat" your sub-conscious mind says, "I'm fat - must make sure it happens". Your sub-conscious mind is incredibly powerful yet so few people ever really bother to access its abilities.
  • I can't, I can't, I CAN'T  By : Patricia Zelkovsky
    You spend the day eating salad and being positively angelic, then you get home at night, open the cupboard and think about your dinner. On the shelf is a packet of your favorite biscuits.
  • Anxiety Attacks are Real  By : Jessica Deets
    The symptoms of an anxiety attack range from those that mimic heart attacks and strokes to somewhat less serious conditions. But, make no mistake, the symptoms manifest as real physical problems.
  • GUIDES Part 4 Dream Guides  By : Katheryn Hoban
    5 party series on spiritual guides
  • Lucid Dreaming - The Lucid Dreaming Techniques  By : Stephen Turner
    A great article explaining the most important, easy to appply lucid dreaming techniques.
  • It Takes As Much Energy To Fail As To Succeed  By : Saleem Rana
    When we view failure and success as an energy-consuming matrix it becomes quite obvious where and how to apply our attention and effort.
  • How To Solve Persistent And Frustrating Problems  By : Saleem Rana
    Solving persistent and frustrating problems is not about doing more or trying harder, nor is it even about soliciting an expert opinion-it's about changing your mind, your circumstances, and your life by finding a new answer that specifically works for you.
  • Life, The Greatest Ride of All  By : Barbara Holstein
    Life is the greatest roller coaster ride we will ever take. The ups and downs, the unexpected changes, the twists and turns, are all a part of living. Our states of mind and body are key factors in how we handle these changes. The problems of life do not go away magically. We have to consciously work on making our lives more positive and joyful.
  • The Communal Sharing of Enchantment  By : Barbara Holstein
    Mentoring and learning from each other is much more that taking a course or explicitly giving someone advice or help. Almost every moment of every day when we are with people has the potential for becoming a mentoring or a learning situation.
  • Designing A Life - We Each Get The Chance  By : Barbara Holstein
    As we pass through the Seven Gateways to Enchantment again and again and become a true Enchanted Self, we see that life is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from our stories.
  • The Wise Older Woman  By : Barbara Holstein
    A Wonderful, wise woman of ripe age made beautiful by her innate goodness, positive action and good deeds.
  • Island of Dreams  By : Saleem Rana
    Sometimes life is not as complex as you think. Sometimes all you need to do to create massive change is to alter the way you see things.
  • Living With Panic Attack Symptom  By : Dean Caporella
    Ask anyone who lives with the fear of panic attack symptoms. It's certainly an uncomfortable thought not know when the next panic attack symptom will emerge.
  • How to Find the Best Counselor for You!  By : Mike Shery
    Finding a counselor can be confusing and frustrating. Want to enhance the odds you'll have a great therapeutic experience?

    This article lists 6 no-nonsense features every person should look for when shopping for a counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist to have a positive counseling experience.
  • You Can Completely Alter Your Life With “Profound Knowledge  By : Saleem Rana
    In the field of psychology, many people are aware of how trauma can ruin a person’s life, but what most people are not aware of is that the opposite can happen. Something really good can happen to a person that elevates their lives to the level of greatness.
  • Why You Can't Always Trust Your Feelings  By : Saleem Rana
    While for the most part we can trust our feelings, there are times when it's a recipe for disaster.
  • WARNING Signs of Suicide:  By : Mike Shery
    The subject of suicide inspires immediate horror and it is so charged with universal dread and burning emotion that people almost always avoid talking about it.
    This life-saving article breaks this taboo and lists the warning signs of suicide everyone should know in order to save a life.
  • Blended Family Problems? 21 Ways Counseling Can Help  By : Mike Shery
    As a psychologist and counselor in the Woodstock-Cary-Algonquin-Crystal Lake and Lake in the Hills area of Illinois, I find that there are 21 essentials you can expect when receiving counseling for your blended family's problems. Here they are:
  • How To Be A Success  By : Saleem Rana
    When you go about it the right way, you can be a master at any game, whether it is to be a great athlete or a millionaire.
  • Faith, Courage, And Love And Joy Will Come  By : Saleem Rana
    When you believe with your whole mind, body, and soul in what you do, then you are as good as invincible.
  • Discover Fire Again  By : Saleem Rana
    Today is a precious day. How will you use it?
  • Been in a Car Crash or Work Accident? Think You Might have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?  By : Mike Shery
    There can be up to 22 warning signs that indicate you or a family member would benefit from counseling or therapy when experiencing PTSD.
    After counseling you will be able to recall the traumatic event without being overwhelmed by painful emotions and start to function normally. Discover how!
  • Explode Your World With Possibilities  By : Saleem Rana
    You have more brain connections than molecules in the known universe? What are you doing with it?
  • What Does It Take To Feel Truly Alive  By : Saleem Rana
    What is preventing you from enjoying the fullness of life? This article examines how you are giving away your power and what you can do to get it back. As Spinoza once said, "Happiness is increasing power."
  • Birth Marks - A Blast From the Past  By : Robert Shields
    Birth marks have always been a mystery. Where do they come from and why are they there. There has never been a simple and logical answer until now.
  • Here Is The Secret Of My Success  By : Saleem Rana
    Your mind can bring you what you want once you know how to use it.
  • The Bipolar Disorder  By : Pj Germain
    Thirty percent of patients who have bipolar I illness first experience symptoms as teenagers. In the usual course, episodes of illness are followed by periods of wellness (euthymia), at first punctuated by years but later settling into a pattern that is often seasonal.
  • From Cary, Illinois: Depression in Later Life  By : Mike Shery
    Depression is not a normal part of the aging process in Cary, Illinois or anywhere else in the U.S. However, this no-nonsense article explains why there is a strong likelihood of it occurring when other physical health conditions exist in the elderly.
  • The Winner's Secret  By : Saleem Rana
    What is the difference between winners and losers? It's psychology, the psychology of the right attitude and sustained attention.
  • How To Overcome Anything With NLP  By : Saleem Rana
    What is the difference between winners and losers? It might just be the difference in the ability to recover from trauma.
  • From Cary IL: On Getting a Marriage Counselor to Fix your Marriage  By : Mike Shery
    This article describes all you'll ever need to know about how to find an expert marriage counselor in northern Illinois who will make your marriage brand new again!
  • The Alchemy Of Focus  By : Saleem Rana
    At any point in time, you can turn your life around by choosing the magic of focus. With focus, you can turn lead into gold.
  • Questions Shape Worlds Out Of Infinite Possibilities  By : Saleem Rana
    Questions create a processional effect that can change our destiny.
  • How To Get Answers To Anything  By : Saleem Rana
    Using a simple five step process, it is possible to get answers to anything.
  • Applied Mysticism  By : Saleem Rana
    Your mind can only run over what you know. But all this data is mined from the past, because that is where all known variables exist. What you need is an answer from the future. This answer comes in an unexpected way. It can come as an insight, someone just showing up with the answer, or finding the answer in a book that you happen to pick up.
  • Awareness As A Portal To Flow  By : Saleem Rana
    Awareness can be seen as a methodology, a plan for personal and professional achievement. It is a way to manage change.
  • Techniques For Accelerating Personal Growth  By : Saleem Rana
    Personal growth can be defined as the evolution of awareness, a journey from a narrow, dysfunction perspective to a broader, functional one. It is an expansion of perception.
  • Why Am I Not Rich And Wealthy?  By : Chris Chew
    Is your belief system preventing you from becoming rich? Millionaire mindset.
  • A Look at the Psychological Stages of Divorce and Your Children  By : Angela Abbette
    Psychologists recognize three major stages that families go through when they divorce, with each stage having its pitfalls and opportunities. "Opportunities" may seem like an odd choice of word considering the emotional pain that divorce inevitably brings, yet from a purely developmental point of view, any challenge in life can spur emotional growth.
  • Covert Hypnosis Controversy - Is it Real or Just a Hoax?  By : David Wells
    Many deny the existence and power of covert hypnosis, but make no mistake, a skilled and practiced covert hypnotist can insert suggestions into your subconscious mind without you even knowing.
  • About the Fear of Flying - The Psychology of Fear  By : Chris James
    Do you have a Fear of Flying? Finding it hard to conquer your fear? Find out more about the Psychology of Fear.
  • Are You Arguing With Your Child?  By : Laurie Weiss
    Many parents believe that the best way to teach children to be successful is to teach them to obey. Teach them to argue, instead!
  • Understanding your fear - About Stress  By : Chris James
    Learning how stress contributes to fear and how you can counteract it
  • Interventions or, What's a Family to Do?  By : Edward Wilson
    As alcohol intrudes into a family, how can we respond? What's effective and what isn't?
  • Alcohol and Cigarettes - An Addictive Alliance  By : Edward Wilson
    Alcohol's anti-anxiety properties, with nicotine's counteracting antidepressent properties, make for a seductive but deadly mix. But it can be, and often has been, beaten.
  • Naltrexone: Not a Magic Bullet, But Still Pretty Darn Good  By : Edward Wilson
    Anti-craving medication is available as treatment support. It won't cure the problem but it can help when used with CBT in a well designed plan.
  • Humor No Humor Found In Lies  By : Jim Brown
    Many people find great humor in gossip, but there is no humor found in lies that are told on people.
  • The Benefits of Time Line Therapy  By :
    A brief overview of Time Line Therapy and how it can help a person release negative emotions attached to past experiences so that they can live a happier more fulfilled life.
  • How To Secretly Hypnotize People  By : Blaz Banic
    Learn a simple "trick" to instantly make a person much more suggestible and slide in suggestions you want them to follow...
  • Suffering From Emotional Dependency  By : Victor Epand
    This article is about keeping your self-esteem when you are given to someone else to care for you. For some people their caregiver is their enemy.
  • Six Tips To Deal With Your Anger  By : Jim Somchai
    Bad temper may or may not be your weak point. There may be some day that we are in the situation that bad temper can lead to disaster. This article shows you how to deal with such hot temper.
  • What You Want To Know About Road Rage  By : Keith Londrie
    Road rage and aggressive driving are becoming a real problem nowadays. Indeed some people do not even accept the term rod rage but in reality they bump into the same problem over and over again.
  • The Educational Goal Of Psychology  By : Saleem Rana
    Eight ways Educational Psychology can help both teachers and students create an optimal learning environment and perform better academically.
  • Benefits Of Music Therapy  By : Kevin Sinclair
    Music therapy uses music to promote positive changes in the wellbeing of an individual. These positive changes may be manifested in changes in physical development, social and interpersonal development, emotional or spiritual wellbeing or cognitive abilities.
  • Quit Smoking Hypnosis - Using Hypnosis To Help You Quit Smoking  By : Dane Stanton
    Hypnosis is one of the most amazing forms of human psyche changing devices available. Allowing you mind to go into a state of hypnosis allows our subconscious to make changes to our habitual responses that are otherwise are to change in the conscious mind.
  • Hypnotism Secrets - Finding The Secrets Behind Hypnotism  By : Dane Stanton
    When it comes to hypnotism, people tend to think the only ones who have the ability to hypnotize someone is a professional hypnotist. Think again! Anyone has the capacity to create hypnosis under any circumstance. The key is complete and utter confidence.
  • Alan Simpson's "The Marks of An Educated Man" - A Review  By : Don Alexander
    The best results of liberal education cannot be achieved until the mind is trained to think clearly. Without proper brain-training a true liberal education cannot take place.
  • James W. Sire's "The Universe Next Door" -A Commentary  By : Don Alexander
    Nihilists see themselves as machines capable of any act, any choice, because not only is there no God, no faith, but there are unlimited choices, all of them good, because after all I'm a machine, and machines can turn off and on and do anything they want at any given time.
  • Who Is That In The Mirror?  By : Denise Nuttall
    Every time I look in the mirror now, I wonder "Who is that in the mirror"? It appears to be a total stranger. There is this white haired, overweight, women who has appeared to have lost that glow of youth.
  • How to Cure Any Phobia Without Prescription Drugs or Therapy  By : Al Gammate
    A phobia is an intense fear that causes you to avoid the feared thing or endure it with unbearable mental pain.
  • There, There, Texans: Breakin' Up May Not Be So Hard to Do, After All  By : Pat Carpenter
    I distinctly remember my first real breakup, experienced during that adventurous, turbulent, and notorious freshman year of college. I had just moved away from my tiny, Midwestern hometown to seek my degree at a large university out of state.
  • Can Nations, States, Regions and Communities Develop Their Own Personality?  By : Jack Deal
    We are from whence we come.
  • Streets and People Sense: What It Takes to Cross the Street and Get Along with Others  By : Jack Deal
    Something as simple as crossing the street safely requires a vast array of neural processes. Sometimes we only realize that when we see those struggle that don't have that ability.
  • How Hypnotism Works  By : John Howard
    As many of us think hypnotism is not some thing like a black magic which can be performed only by a blessed few. The fact is that hypnotism has nothing magical in it.
  • The Psychology Of Anti Social Personality Disorder  By : Jim Brown
    There are numerous personality disorders under the realm of Psychology and some of these personality disorders will be quite apparent in some individuals and be very hard to tell in others.
  • Discussing Subconscious Mind and Hypnosis  By : Stephen Campbell
    Hypnosis is a subject that evokes several questions in the mind of the people. Some believe it and some criticize it.
  • What Is A Hypnosis Script?  By : John Howard
    Hypnosis scripts are a great source of ideas for hypnosis trainees and experts alike. You will be able to find many of them by searching around the Internet.
  • Easy Ways to Hypnotize a Woman  By : Wesley Atkins
    Hypnosis is becoming a popular field of study in recent years. What was once considered little more than a parlor trick is now gaining no small degree of credibility in scientific circles.
  • Psychologist the Realm of Analyzing Emotions: Not Just for the Crazy  By : Ken Fry
    Psychologists analyze emotions in several manners involving many dynamics. Trained professionals can find us find our own solutions to our difficulties.
  • How To Know If You Are Ready To Retire  By : John Trauth
    Being ready to retire is not only about the money. While money is important, other factors are even more important to ensure a happy retirement.
  • Knowing Authors Through Their Handwriting  By : Jimmy Cox
    Graphoanalysis has given me one reward that cannot be measured in dollars and cents, or for that matter, in any other way I can describe. It has given me the ability to know people. All kinds of people.
  • Homosexuals And Their Handwriting  By : Jimmy Cox
    Decoding handwriting can be used for all sorts of purposes. It's used for finding criminals, explaining a person's emotional state or personality. Some even say it can be used to determine if a person is homosexual.
  • Understanding the Facts of Color  By : Jimmy Cox
    Color is so constantly in evidence in our daily lives that we are inclined to give it almost no conscious attention. We merely accept color, failing not so much in our appreciation of its beauty - for we all like cooler - as in a full realization of what an important part it plays in our daily lives.
  • How to Keep Your Mind Sharp, Improve Your Memory and IQ, Impress Others, and Make More Money  By : David Maillie
    We constantly see ads for weight loss and improving our bodies, but what about the most important part of our body - the brain. 99.9% of us neglect it and take it for granted. We assume it will always function well and don't care about aging and diseases, like alzheimers, which can rob us of it for good. Many of us don't know we can actually improve our IQ and thinking power. Read on and learn how to tap your bodys most important resource.
  • Alcohol and Panic Attack Recovery  By : Bradley Smith
    The affects of alcohol and substance abuse can cause serious complications for people who are trying to recover from panic attacks.
  • Father Does Not Always Know Best  By : Jim Brown
    Three famous tennis fathers show that having a parent as a coach or a manager is not always the wisest choice.
  • From Cary, IL: How to Find the Best Counselor to Head-Off a Divorce!  By : Mike Shery
    Finding a marriage counselor can be confusing and frustrating.
    This article lists 6 no-nonsense features every person should look for in a counselor.

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