Monthly Archives: September 2010

Expand your mind’s ability

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Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 8 ( CHILL, BABY– Learn to Relax, No Matter How Crazy Everybody Else Is) of my stress management book “Forget Your Troubles: Enjoy Your Life Today“:

? The power of subliminal messages
Support your new stress-free outlook with positive messages that are delivered to your
subconscious while you listen to music or nature sounds. I have been using Eldon Taylor’s
subliminal tapes for many years, and I know they make a positive difference in my outlook.
Imagine having a friend or coach whisper encouraging messages in your ear as you go
about your work or sleep. Reputable companies will let you know what messages are on
the soundtrack, so you can be sure they are all positive and good.
If you haven’t tried anything like this before, don’t let initial reluctance hold you back
from finding solutions that can help turn your thinking around and give you an extra boost
of confidence.

The reason I’m pointing out this particular section of my book is that my friend Eldon Taylor has a special offer for you  — a free video presentation
available for a limited period of time. Sign up here: http://tiny.cc/EvelynBrooks

Dr. Taylor is a brilliant Hay House author who teaches how your mind works and how to use that knowledge to achieve any goal. He’s got books and dozens (if not hundreds) of amazing CD’s to help you achieve any goal you can think of. I have personally used his products for over 15 years and I highly recommend that you take time to check out his seminar video while it’s available.

your happiness guru,
Evelyn

PS And if you haven’t read my book “Forget Your Troubles” you can have instant access when you buy now


Learn to be unsinkable

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Life has inevitable ups and downs. And those changes challenge us to be who we really are.  The great thing, I believe, is that we actually get to choose the kind of person we want to be!  We have so much power in our own lives, and most of the time we don’t even see it, because we’ve been taught or conditioned since early childhood to view externals when deciding if something or someone is a success or a failure.

Decide right now that life’s storms will NOT pull you under and drown your spirit. Decide today that

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Get your blog known

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A big part of “stress management” is keeping an eye out for affordable ways to increase productivity and make your life simpler.  If you’re an online marketer, you might want to click on the box here for Traffic Siphon and learn more about this new method for generating traffic to your blog or web site. Lots of bloggers have great content, but nobody even knows you exist – you have to get people coming to your site so they’ll be able to read all your great posts!

to your happiness and success,

Evelyn

Weekend Be-Happier Tip, ditch the comfort zone

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It’s easy to get in a rut in life. Work, do chores, take care of things on your list, socialize now and then, and collapse into your favorite easy chair or couch to “relax.”

But what if it gets to be a bad habit, spending hours of each day on doing nothing much?

One of my readers wrote with a question about how to motivate his 20 year old son to get a job or look at colleges. As long as that “kid” has a comfy life, he probably isn’t highly motivated to change anything.  Lighting a fire under someone with threats or pleading usually doesn’t work, at least not in the long term. You end up with resentments on both sides.

There are ways to “help” someone not have such a cushy comfort zone, however, and parents often find themselves in that position.

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My thanks to you

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My official “launch” of my new book “Get Happy Today: Your Path to Lifelong Happiness” could not have happened without the encouragement and support of many people. Thank you to all!  And of course the book is still available (that was just a one-day promotion) at my site http://gethappytoday.com

Now it is time to move on to new projects. Writing a book is an incredible experience, but it also takes an incredible amount of physical time each day, along with the mental and emotional energy required to keep moving forward when you feel a bit low or lacking in energy. The reward is a project completed, and I’m happy and grateful to have my book “Get Happy Today” out there to help people learn the practical science to being happy all the time, no matter what “stuff” is going on in your life!

I was going to take the day off to relax, but find myself at my computer, where I spend long hours every day. I promised a writing buddy that I’d read his newest comedy script and give him my feedback. When you’re a writer, you work in isolation with the characters and ideas in your head. It’s an essential part of the process to take the risk of showing your work to someone else and ask “Hey, what do you think?”   Feedback and comments from someone who wants you to succeed can make all the difference, because someone who is detached emotionally from your work can often see areas that need clarification or further work.

Remember when you give feedback to anyone, including your kids, spouse, etc., always start with praise!  Compliment the person for the work they’ve done. Don’t immediately fly into a critique of what needs fixing or doing over. That attitude is one many of us grew up with, if not at home then at school from teachers who were not trained in healthy ways to motivate students to excel.  So be sure to praise first, and then politely say that you noticed a few things that could be improved, and ask if they would like your input.

Try the process of praise first, then positive critique. You will probably find that people are less defensive and argumentative when you approach things that way.

your happiness guru,

Evelyn Brooks

PS  The ebook is available for instant download access - very handy if you live outside No. America and want to avoid shipping charges from amazon.com for the paperback (although amazon also has my book in a Kindle edition)