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A New Year of CHI FOR YOURSELF Begins With Gratitude

January 19, 2015 John Uncategorized No comments

 

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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Wallowing Over Google Gremlins :-( And a Link to The Tina Gilbertson Interview

September 12, 2014 John Uncategorized No comments

 

Picture of Tina GilbertsonApologies for problems on the Google Hangouts page that muted the audio for the Tina Gilbertson interview! Tina is the author of Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them. Tina turned conventional wisdom around with her explanation of how “constructive wallowing” can help in dealing with feelings. A list of talking points follows, and you can hear the interview by clicking on the BlogTalkRadio logo.

 

CHI FOR YOURSELF guest: Tina Gilbertson talking points:

  • Isn’t wallowing an oxymoron?
  • Having a good cry might not be enough
  • Self-criticism is not healing
  • Anger, temper, and wallowing
  • The T.R.U.T.H. Technique
  • Hatred, and working through it
  • Self-compassion toward yourself
  • Trying to replace a feeling with a thought
  • The benefits of constructive wallowing
  • Forgiveness- the policy and the emotion
  • The wallowing end-point

 

You can hear the CHI FOR YOURSELF interview with Tina Gilbertson by clicking on the BlogTalkRadio logo:

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JohnK 9-12-2014

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Today: Wallowing is Good For You!

September 11, 2014 John Uncategorized No comments

 

Child hiding faceToday’s guest on Chi For Yourself is Tina Gilbertson. She says pushing bad feelings away never works, and she’ll offer us a practical approach to the more liberating alternative of allowing yourself to feel them. Chi For Yourself – at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific time. Hear the interview at chiforyourself.com

 

 

 

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Tina Gilbertson is the author of Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them.

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Tina Gilbertson

 

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“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love an affection”

~ Gautama Buddha

 

 

 

JohnK 9-11-2014

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Have a Holly, Jolly, Jollytologist: A Fireside Chat to Warm Your Consciousness!

December 24, 2013 John Uncategorized No comments

Picture of Christmas hollyWell, it’s holiday time in the US..and no matter how you observe (or if) this post is intended to send season’s greetings and gratitude from Chi For Yourself. This is the season to be jolly, so we present The “Jollytologist”, Allen Klein and the CFY interview of December 19th. Allen always brings a lighthearted look at life. And to provide a little light (and heat) we’ve included a roaring fire as accompaniment. (Okay…it’s schmaltzy, but play along!)
 
Click on the player to hear the show:

…and, for effect, stoke the “fire”..
 

JohnK 12-24-2013

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