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“Stop Being Lonely” (a how-to) and 2 CHI FOR YOURSELF replays

March 7, 2016 John Uncategorized No comments

Hard to believe loneliness could be a reality for many of us given that we are sooooooo connected, followed, friended, and liked. But on our next CHI FOR YOURSELF we’ll hear from someone who specializes in helping lonely folks. In fact, Kira Asatryan has been there herself and she’s put her findings into a book called STOP BEING LONELY: Three Simple Steps to Developing Close Friendships and Deep Relationships.

Kira Asatryan

Join us on the call for CHI FOR YOURSELF and guest Kira Asatryan on Thursday March 24th at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific at chiforyourself.com.

If you missed the last two editions of CHI FOR YOURSELF you can get caught up here…

Listen as “Peaceful Warrior” Dan Millman talks about his book THE FOUR PURPOSES OF LIFE: FINDING MEANING AND DIRECTION IN A CHANGING WORLD.

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Dr. LeslieBeth Wish is an award-winning, nationally honored psychotherapist and author of her research-based book, “Smart Relationships: How Successful Women Can Find True Love.”

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JohnK 3-7-2016

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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
~ Mother Teresa

Dan Millman on CHI FOR YOURSELF and- A Valentine’s Day “2-fer”

February 12, 2016 John Uncategorized No comments

He’s a former world-champion athlete and college professor, the author of numerous books, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior, The Life You Were Born to Live, The Laws of Spirit, and The Journeys of Socrates. Dan Millman is our scheduled guest on CHI FOR YOURSELF this coming Thursday February 18th. Dan will talk about his book The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World.

Dan Millman

Be with us Thursday Feb. 18th at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific for Dan Millman.

We couldn’t let Valentine’s Day slip by without a look at relationships from our “Conscious Talk” point of view. So…..a couple of love offerings to honor the day!

In Love Cycles, veteran couples therapist Linda Carroll presents a groundbreaking model of the five natural stages of romantic relationships — the Merge, Doubt and Denial, Disillusionment, Decision, and Wholehearted Love — and a guide for navigating through them toward lasting love. Love Cycles helps readers understand where they are in the cycle of their relationship and provides a clear strategy for how to stay happy and committed, even in difficult times.

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Long-term happiness in love depends on a couple’s ability to repair the inevitable rifts and differences, large and small, that occur in any relationship. Neuroscience suggests that relationship upsets are best mended quickly, or they accumulate in long-term memory, increase reactive communication, and become harder to repair successfully. And good repair takes five minutes or less! The book Five Minute Relationship Repair from Dr. Susan Campbell and Dr. John Grey offers practical tools and suggested scripts for resolving problems and having your needs met.

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Be Well!

JohnK. 2-12-2016

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Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

˜ Mother Teresa

What You Nееd tо Knоw Abоut Crеаting Chаngе in Your Life

January 18, 2016 John Uncategorized No comments

Chаngе can be diffiсult. Okay, we got that out of the way. It can be even more diffiсult whеn thе сhаngе is big. Again, no surprise. Let’s say уоu wаnt to brеаk uр with someone you love. You may be thinking оf lеаving уоur old job tо mаkе a transition tо a different job. Maybe you’d love to start your own business.

If уоu саn оvеrсоmе thе fear of fаilurе whеn you set out to make change, thеn a huge portion of the job is done. Bеlоw wе’ll look аt some hеlрful tiрѕ to guidе you through trаnѕitiоn.

You Nееd tо Truѕt Yоurѕеlf

Trusting yourself iѕ vеrу imроrtаnt in making аnу mеаningful change. It’s оnе оf the bеѕt things you саn do for уоurѕеlf in any area of life. Sеlf belief рuѕhes you to dо what nееds tо bе dоnе.

Bеliеvе thаt you саn dо it. You’ve done thingѕ оn уоur оwn that уоu (and maybe others) never thought уоu соuld.

Onе Chаngе аt a Timе

Thiѕ iѕ whаt I call change mаnаgеmеnt. Lifе сhаngе can be vеrу stressful if уоu attempt multiple changes at one time. You may еnd uр nоt асhiеving аnу. Focusing on a ѕinglе tаѕk makes success more likely when you take up your next lifе changing project.

Think of the сhаngеѕ thаt уоu nееd to make. Write them down if you have to. Then choose to work on them in sequence. This will leave you with mоrе drivе. And it will еliminаtе any роtеntiаl blосks to сhаngе уоu may encounter.

Mаkе Time tо Wоrk оn Chаngе

Take thе timе that you need tо work оn the сhаngе(ѕ) you рlаn tо mаkе. Remember the old saying “failing to plan is planning to fail”. Allowing enough time lets you take care of all the details involved with less stress.

You made a list of the changes you want to make. Very good. Now уоu саn also writе dоwn thе ѕtерѕ to tаkе to achieve your best rеѕult. Cоnѕult experts or mentors. Aѕk questions. Plаn the wауѕ you’ll асhiеvе уоu aim.

This is by no means the only list of tips. But it can help you start out with more confidence as you begin to mаkе important сhаngеs in your lifе.

JohnK 1-18-2016

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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”

˜ Andy Warhol

Looking Forward to Some New Old-Fashioned Healing!

September 28, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

After time off to take care of some family business, it’s time to get back to the business of CHI FOR YOURSELF! The next first run interview is scheduled for October 16th. On that program we’ll hear from Tracey Ash, who’ll tell us about Celestial Healing and what she calls new scientific and historical evidence on ancient knowledge technologies that accelerate miracles in your life and world.

Tracey Ash

I’ll have a reminder post for you in the days ahead..

Our last CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Kim Schneiderman helped us put pen to paper to achieve personal transformation. Kim Schneiderman is the author of STEP OUT OF YOUR STORY: Writing Exercises to Reframe and Transform Your Life. You can hear that show by clicking on this player…

…and, Tim Link joined us to talk about his “pet project” – animal communication! Tim Link is the author of Talking with Dogs and Cats: Joining the Conversation to Improve Behavior and Bond with Your Animals. Listen to the show by clicking on this player…

Enjoy your week!

John K. 9-28-2015

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.”Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

∼ Lucille Ball

(Still) Unstoppable Frankie Picasso!

May 11, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

I love a good “overcoming obstacles” story, and that’s exactly what we got on last week’s CHI FOR YOURSELF with Frankie Picasso Frankie sketched out a period in her life when just about everything was going wrong. But she looked inside to find a way to work through that period and go on to have a life that really is Unstoppable! If you missed the interview you can get caught up by clicking on this player:

Here are some of the talking points from the show:

Frankie’s near-fatal motorcycle crash
Things happen for a reason
Putting setbacks into perspective
Dealing with death’s eventuality
Handling negative thoughts
Today’s “mid-life” issues
Following the early-in-life calling
Fear of going inside
Knowing our life’s purpose
Fear of failure AND success
A look at relationships today
Whether to attract or pursue a companion
Animal communication and how we benefit
A takeaway message

Be well,

JohnK 5-11-2015

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Overheard:

If you are depressed you are living in the past.

If you are anxious you are living in the future.

If you are at peace you are living in the present

Lao Tzu

This Week’s CHI FOR YOURSELF: Frankie Picasso

May 7, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

A quick invitation for you to join us on the call when CHI FOR YOURSELF welcomes Unstoppable Frankie Picasso. Frankie’s specialty is bringing the impossible to life! We get underway today at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time at chiforyourself.com

Frankie Picasso

JohnK 5-7-2015

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First Place For a First Rate First Responder

April 20, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

CHI FOR YOURSELF is delighted to tell you that a past guest on the show has taken top honors in New York City. Captain Dan Willis was with us in the fall of 2014 to talk about his book First Responders. Now, Dan’s book has landed a Books for a Better Life award.

Read the announcement from publisher New World Library and see a short video by clicking here:

And, you can hear the complete CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Dan Willis by clicking on this player:

Congratulations Dan!

Well despite a problem with the YouTube screen the interview with Susan Anderson made it to the CHI FOR YOURSELF Start page. Our topic was what Susan calls the “outer child”. Her book is Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Healing from Abandonment. Check out some of the talking points from the show:

Personal challenges that moved Susan toward writing the book
Outer Child and Inner Child
Abandonment fear
The Outer Child’s entry and when we might first see it
Teaching parents to work with their kids and the Outer Child
The Outer Child’s effects and PTSD
It’s not about will
Society’s reluctance to “go inside”
Giving ourselves more self love
Consciousness and Outer Child Work

You can hear the CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Susan Anderson by clicking on this player:

Be well!

JohnK 4-20-2015

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“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

∼Eleanor Roosevelt

The Susan Anderson/ CHI FOR YOURSELF Re-do

April 16, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

My apologies to you if you were on the chiforyourself.com Start page today, expecting to hear the interview with Susan Anderson, and instead getting an unresponsive YouTube screen.

Susan joined us to talk about her book Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Healing from Abandonment. The interview was recorded and you can hear it now by clicking on this player:

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Next CHI FOR YOURSELF: The Ins and Outs of the Outer Child

April 7, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

A quick heads-up to alert you to our next episode of CHI FOR YOURSELF. We’ll hear from psychotherapist and author Susan Anderson, who says that self-sabotaging behaviors come from an aspect of our personalities that most people aren’t consciously aware of — their Outer Child. Susan’s the author of Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Healing from Abandonment.

Join us on the call next Thursday April 16th at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time. Look for the screen on the Start page of chiforyourself.com.

On last week’s CHI FOR YOURSELF we took on the issue of weight loss with out guests, Joy and Roy Martina, co-authors of Sleep Your Fat Away. I like that they stay away from the traditional methods of losing the pounds- things like diets and possibly dangerous pills.

Here’s a look at some of the talking points from that show:

Weight issues in their earlier lives
How their system works with natural sleep cycles
Comparing sleep programming with hypnosis
The virtual gastric band
Why is weight hard to take off and then keep off?
Intelligence as a whole-body system
Diet “truisms”- true or false?
Some practical tips on keeping pounds off

If you didn’t hear the show you can listen to it by clicking on this player

Overheard:

“Food cannot cause you to put on weight, unless you think it can.”

∼ Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

JohnK 4-7-2015

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Joy and Roy Martina Today on CHI FOR YOURSELF

April 2, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

Join us as we welcome Joy and Roy Martina to CHI FOR YOURSELF. They’re the authors of Sleep Your Fat Away. The book outlines a system intended to help you re-train your unconscious mind to overcome addictions and change your lifestyle habits, so you can attain your optimum weight and become the healthiest YOU possible.