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Relationship Combat: Easing Love’s “Cold War”

 

Valentine's Day HeartButton pushing, fights, and cold, smoldering, silent resentment. Remind you of your truly beloved? On the next CHI FOR YOURSELF we’ll look at these and other issues facing many couples. Our guest will be Dr. Susan Campbell, co-author with Dr. John Grey, of Five Minute Relationship Repair.  Dr. Campbell has long worked as a relationship coach and teamwork consultant to Fortune 500 companies and has authored six books.

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Dr. Susan Campbell

 

Some of the areas (usual suspects?) we’ll explore:

What should a couple do if they find themselves having the same fight over and over?

Why do we often feel afraid to speak honestly to the one we love the most?

Can couples really repair things in five minutes?

 

Plan to be on the call when CHI FOR YOURSELF welcomes Dr. Susan Campbell on Thursday March 12th at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific. Just visit chiforyourself.com at that time and click on the video player. See ya there..

 

JohnK 3-5-2015

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Be YOUR Valentine: Self-Love Before Hearts and Flowers!

Allow me some thoughts on Valentine’s Day..

Valentine's Day HeartValentine’s Day is a day meant for Love. But, it’s not a day limited to romantic love as many would tell you. It is also about self-love. It is about knowing who you are. It is about knowing that, who you are is someone worthy of love, kindness and compassion.

If you are experiencing low self-worth and low self-esteem, know that there are many others like you out there. You are not alone. Realize that you feel this way because you do not yet love yourself truly and deeply for who you are in this moment. Sure, you can always become better, but you must be kind and compassionate to who you are today, so that you may journey toward a more fulfilling life with your own support. Certainly, spread your love and care to others but don’t forget that you too need that kindness that you wish to share with others and for that you must share it with yourself as well. If others share it with you, accept it. If they don’t, not to worry. Share it with yourself and by doing that you’ll radiate it toward others. You’ll find strength if you believe in yourself no matter how hard your day, week or month has been because you can be. You always have the capacity to be loved because it starts with loving yourself and you can love yourself just as you are, because you are worth loving.

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I send you all the best energies for a very Happy Valentine’s Day! As I mentioned on the call with Karen Koenig I’m working on an upcoming show that would take a look at relationships that are not working so well, and why that’s so. I’ll keep you posted as to when a booking date is finalized.

Speaking of Karen Koenig, she gave us a great interview and look at her book : OUTSMARTING OVEREATING: Boost Your Life Skills, End Your Food Problems.

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Karen Koenig

If you didn’t hear the show you can catch it and other episodes you may have missed by clicking on this player.


..be well!

 

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“Well-ordered self-love is right and natural”

˜ Thomas Aquinas

 

JohnK 2-13-2015

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Stop Overeating! Do It With Life Skills and Not Willpower

Make sure you’re with us on the call today as we hear from Karen Koenig, author of OUTSMARTING OVEREATING: Boost Your Life Skills, End Your Food Problems. Karen says we can transform our eating habits- and our lives- by developing effective life skills. We get started today at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com

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Karen Koenig

 

 

JohnK 2-5-2015

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Chewing The Fat, Shedding Pounds, and Saying Goodbye to Diets

Well, here we are in the last week of January winging our way through 2015. I don’t know if you made any resolutions for the year, but if you did you may have the “lose some weight” resolution on your list. It’s one of the more popular promises we make each year. On the next CHI FOR YOURSELF we’re going to look at weight gain and weight loss from a perspective you may not have considered.

Our guest will be Karen Koenig,  author of Outsmarting Overeating: Boost Your Life Skills, End Your Food Problems  as well as five other books about eating and weight. Karen’s a psychotherapist, eating coach, and speaker who’s been working with troubled eaters for more than 30 years. Karen says “You may think food is your main problem, but it isn’t.” Rather, she says your problem is that “you never learned the skills and strategies everyone needs in order to live effectively and successfully.”

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Karen Koenig

Be on the call with us on the next CHI FOR YOURSELF with Karen Koenig- Thursday, February 5th at 1pm Pacific, 4pm Eastern time at chiforyourself.com.

 

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If you missed last week’s CHI FOR YOURSELF  interview with Mary Beth Sammons here’s a look back on some of the points we covered:

*overcoming challenges to an attitude of gratitude
*the Law of Attraction’s place in the practice of gratitude
*how hardship is such a good starting point for appreciation
*getting kids to feel grateful
*what Mary Beth is grateful for
*her favorite gratitude practice
*Yoga and Meditation as aids to gratitude
*Mary Beth’s collaboration with co-author Nina Lesowitz
*finding gratitude in a world of negative news
*separating real dreams from ego urges
*Mary Beth’s takeaway point from the book

You can listen to the CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Mary Beth Sammons by clicking on this player:

 

 

 

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..all you really need is in your life already

∼ Thomas Merton

 

 

 

 

 

 

JohnK 1-29-2015
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A New Year of CHI FOR YOURSELF Begins With Gratitude

 

Join us for 2015’s first of the “first run” interviews this week when CHI FOR YOURSELF welcomes Mary Beth Sammons. Mary Beth is co-author, along with Nina Lesowitz, of The Grateful Life: The Secret to Happiness and the Science of Contentment. We’ll explore gratitude’s connection to contentment and a healthier and more abundant life, and how the power of gratitude can help us change our lives and improve our emotional and physical well-being.

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Mary Beth Sammons

Be with us on the call Thursday, January 22nd at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com

 

JohnK 1-19-2015

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CHI FOR YOURSELF Looks Ahead to 2015

 

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We’re excited about the topics we’ll be exploring on CHI FOR YOURSELF in the upcoming year! These include:

 

 

 

Re-training the unconscious mind to gain better health..

Gratitude and its roll in happiness..

How facing world problems can make our lives more meaningful and satisfying..

I hope you’ll be with us in 2015.

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If you missed the interview with Gina Vucci, co-author of The Relationship Handbook,

you can listen to the interview here..

 

 

Here are some of the talking points that were covered:

Gina on her association with Shakti Gawain
Talks about her workshops on relationships
The relationship with the self
Relationships and consciousness
Gina’s take on a “higher power”
Healing through 12 Step programs
Addictions in relationships
What the “shadow self” has to say to us
The perils of shadow self denial
Moving on after a relationship ends
One thing to keep in mind about relationships

 

JohnK 12-29-2015

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Talkin’ Relationships: Today on CHI FOR YOURSELF

 

Make CHI FOR YOURSELF part of your listening day. On today’s call we’ll be welcoming Gina Vucci, co-author (with Shakti Gawain) of The Relationship Handbook: A Path to Consciousness, Healing, and Growth.

The book makes the point that each of us is in relationships not only with romantic partners, family, coworkers, and children, but also with internal core beliefs and a variety of selves, including primary, disowned, and shadow selves.

Hear the conversation with Gina Vucci- today at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com.

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Gina Vucci

 

JohnK 12-17-2014

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On the Next CHI FOR YOURSELF: Gina Vucci On Relationships

 

picture of Gina VucciOur next CHI FOR YOURSELF guest is Gina Vucci. Gina and Shakti Gawain have co-authored The Relationship Handbook: A Path to Consciousness, Healing, and Growth.Their approach reflects the fact that each of us is in relationships not only with romantic partners, family, coworkers, and children, but also with internal core beliefs and a variety of selves, including primary, disowned, and shadow selves.

Be with us “on the call” on Wednesday December 17th at 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com

 

JohnK 12-9-2014

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Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You

thank you block lettersI wanted to take today to say “thank you” for subscribing to CHI FOR YOURSELF blog posts on GenuLines. Part of my attitude of gratitude today is for how you make my work a joy! Our community continues to grow as does my appreciation for your continued intention to live a genuine life.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving today– if you’re in the States — and your
Thursday if you’re anywhere else.

 

My best,
John Kobik (“Gio”)

 

JohnK 11/27/2014

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Manifesting Lite: Looking Back on Hop, Skip, Jump

 

picture of Marney MakridakisMarney Makridakis made her second CHI FOR YOURSELF visit last week, and she gave us some very different looks at manifesting! Marney is the author of Hop, Skip, Jump: 75 Ways to Playfully Manifest a Meaningful Life. Here’s a list of talking points from the show:

 

  • how Marney’s able to come up with all those word plays in her books
  • putting playful manifesting into a serious world
  • entrepreneurial types can benefit from playful manifesting
  • “jump-starting” the not very playful types
  • giving ourselves permission to lighten up
  • manifesting comes down to momentum
  • finding our place among the Hop, Skip, Jump steps
  • daydreaming toward manifesting
  • spending time in the Hop, Skip, Jump phases
  • what the reader can take away from the book

 

If you missed the program you can listen to the podcast by clicking on this player:

 

 

 

 

JohnK 11-24-2014

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