Author : Marla

There is an old Japanese story about a businessman and a Japanese monk: An extremely successful CEO from an internationally acclaimed company went to visit a monk at a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple while on a trip to Japan. He wasn’t[…]

The key to your success lies in your particular manner of thinking. You create everything in your life right now through the power of your mind. Thoughts are based on an idea, an image that is recorded at the subconscious[…]

Published in the print version as “Hypnosis: It’s Not Hooey!” By Marc I. Oster, PsyD Hypnosis is a powerful intervention tool that can be used to achieve wellness. Hypnosis-enhanced therapy is a legitimate treatment for various medical problems—and unlike many treatments[…]

The Cursing Cure… Richard Stephens, PhD, a lecturer in the School of Psychology at Keele University in England, did a research study on why the readiest words out of our mouths when we’re suddenly in pain usually contain four letters.[…]

The fast pace of the world we live in makes us age faster; therefore, it is important to retain our youthful vigor. It is with passion and energy that we can work towards keeping ourselves happy and healthy as we[…]

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4- to 8-year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper[…]

Affirmations are declarations that reflect our view of who we are and what we want. They can be positive and sometimes even negative, as they influence our feelings and thoughts and what actually happens in our lives. Louise J. Hay,[…]

Are you holding on to part of your past that you need to let go of? Many of my clients seek hypnosis as a solution to finding peace of mind and happiness. They are stuck in life, blaming everything on[…]

(Excerpts:  By Anne H. Spencer, Ph.D)  Lilly Tomlin once said, “When I speak to God, they call it prayer. When God speaks to me, they call it schizophrenia!” Three decades ago I told my clients that they could talk to[…]

We don’t have to wait until we are happy to make ourselves happy…just smile. With the Olympics having just ended, many of us may remember when Gracie Gold, an ice skating metal contender, fell hard after trying to land a[…]