December 2006 - Stress Alive

Try this for a mantra that may lead you into an empowerment of new beginnings...

I am thankful and graciously accepting of today's opportunity to participate in the flow of abundance, where wonderful things happen when I bring the full extent of my body, mind, heart, and soul to the moment and to the process.

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Triggers, Trauma, & Tiger

December 28th 2006 13:01

When Tiger Woods returned to public competition earlier this year, it was the first time since the passing of his father. One story reported that most people would imagine that Tiger could go out to the golf course to forget about the pain of his loss for a little while. Yet, this is not the case. Ever since he was a little boy, Tiger and his father were out at the golf course, practicing and playing and being together as father and son.

How unfortunate for the peak professional performer that Tiger Woods has become. He is an icon, and everybody who follows golf expects him to be out there and to win.

People who have been traumatized by death, rape, loss, catastrophe, illness, abuse, or a number of other possible events work hard to find a place to put their pain and suffering. The trauma never goes away. It is more a matter of figuring out how to be with the trauma as a part of who you are now. It is always there, and your identity is forever changed.

The lucky ones do find a place--often a sacred place--to put their deep and, in an odd way, special pain. It is there, for safe keeping.

A trigger is a stimulus that evokes the full force of the trauma, all over again. I worked with a Viet Nam veteran once, and as we were talking, a car horn went off outside. This fellow scrambled, found a table to hide under, and did not come out until I gently took his hand and let him know that we were here together and it would be ok. The horn was, in his temporary reality, a bomb exploding. That is a trigger.

A trigger can be a person, an event, a date, a song, a smell, a thought, or any other thing that evokes the unpleasantness of a past traumatization. Introspection and self observation are what will clue each of us into what our personal triggers are.

Tiger Woods will be exposing himself to a significant trigger each time he goes out onto the golf course. He will have a constant reminder of what he has lost; of what he had shared deeply with his father. How unfortunate that this may forever alter the way he feels while engaging his passion for golf.

We have all had varying levels of stress and trauma, and we all carry it in unique and varying ways. And, as previously stated, we all have unique triggers. It is quite likely that many of us react to certain scenarios in knee-jerk fashion as a result of a trigger keying into our past traumas and mis-managed stresses.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TRIGGERS ARE?

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Seasons Greetings & Moving Into 2007

December 22nd 2006 20:13

Seasons Greetings you all.

Just a quick post to wish you a great holiday and to hope that your move into the year 2007 will be one of ease, peace of mind, and a sense of personal empowerment that serves you well.

I look forward to becoming familiar with many more of you in the future.

Peace and good tidings...

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When Placing Too Much Value On Life Becomes A Source Of Existential Angst

December 20th 2006 18:25

How serious are you about your life? Is it important? Are you important? Is life sacred? Are you concerned about the psycho-social-political-economic-evangelical-educational-developmental issues of the day?

WHY DO YOU CARE

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Relaxation, Regeneration, & Rejuvenation

December 19th 2006 12:43

Did you know that you, and likely most of those around you, over-ride an extremely important function of the mind-body system nearly all the time? The Basic-Rest-Activity-Cycle (BRAC) occurs approximately every 90 - 120 minutes, throughout the day and night. As research has determined, for about every 90 minutes of focused, active, performance type activity, the mind-body requires about 20 - 30 minutes of down time to regenerate and process.

To over-ride this, as most do, is to burden and fetter the system such that optimal and peak performance becomes less and less likely

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Autobiography Of A Leaf

December 16th 2006 14:35

Winter

I am one with my source. It is a very nice place that spreads out in many directions. Mostly, though, toward the white fluffs up above. I am barely a node and identify fully with my host

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I Don't Need No Stinking Doctor!

December 14th 2006 14:04

So many people have such great fear of going to the doctor and hearing what the "bad news" is that they don't go at all. Though this position makes no rational sense, it is quite common. Rather than see the information that the doctor gives out as an important piece that will lead to the possible cure, these angst-ridden pre-patients see the bleak and gloomy diagnosis as something to be avoided.

Otherwise known as putting one's head in the sand
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They Said They Were Stressed, Revisited

December 12th 2006 14:14

I am not one to re-post an already existing article. Yet, with the new year coming up, I find many, many people not walking their talk as they move into the new year. Claiming and intending to make constructive changes, yet...

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An Old Fashioned Ventilation Of Anger

December 9th 2006 13:54

I am F'ing tired of F'ing having to put up with all the F'ing whining and F'ing bullying that goes on in this F'ing place in the F'ing name of F'ing having one F'ing opinion reign F'ing superior over another F'ing opinion. F.

What the F are you all F'ing thinking?!? Are we all F'ed if your F'ing opinion does not F'ing sway us to your F'ed up F'ing camp?
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Are You Alone Or Are You Lonely?

December 8th 2006 13:39

It is said often. "We are social animals" and that is why a sense of community is so valued and important. I am cetainly not in a position to dispute these contentions. I do fear that many individuals become "lonely" because they have not learned how to be alone. And how tragic, since it is when one is alone that one can experience the true value and benefit of solitude.

The simple question here, then, is

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What I Do Today...

December 5th 2006 18:48

"My mind is source of connection between my attention and my intention, and I know that what I do today will move me into my tomorrow."

We can choose to focus our minds on whatever we want, with some exceptions. Many people choose to go mindless, and not focus on anything of substance. This is not a bad thing, not a good thing, just a thing
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Remarkable, That...

December 3rd 2006 14:05

When George visits these days his conversations are more muttered and unintelligible. He knows this, so speaks less often than has been his historical style. Instead, he wanders about the property, seeking activity. He will, for instance, pick up the leaves of autumn individually, and then manually shred them before placing them in the green waste can.

Remarkable, that

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Please Don't Make Me Do It!!--Public Speaking

December 1st 2006 13:25

“My name is deorre and I made an outline of talking points I’d like to discuss. But, since we do not have 6.5 hours, I will just say this...”

How often have you prepared a terrific public presentation only to lose any possible connection with your audience because you ‘bombed’ the introduction? Through lack of necessary attention to the intro, lack of preparation in general, or the sheer terror of your nerves shifting into the ‘fight or flight’ mode as a result of being the focal point of all in your audience, if your target is not engaged from the start there will be problems with the remainder of your delivery. This absolutely need not be the case

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