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Guest: James Van Praagh on Loss

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“Loss is part of our life experience and, inevitably, we all must face some kind of loss while we are walking on this earth. It is part of what makes us human.” ~ James Van Praagh, in his new book “Growing Up in Heaven.”

Based on nearly thirty years of spirit communication & filled with countless awe-inspiring, uplifting true stories & profound messages of love, this intimate look at HEAVEN provides a remarkably detailed portrayal of a child’s soul as it moves from this world to the next. Get JamesVanPraagh’s newest book–just click the Amazon button:

 

 

After you purchase the book (I got my copy in Kindle format and I’m already reading it!), go to GrowingUpinHeaven.com and fill out the purchase confirmation info to access bonus gifts and a chance to get a free reading from James.

I am honored that I was selected to be one of only 30 sponsors giving an exclusive gift during his book launch — be sure to look for my gifts and let me know if you enjoyed them.  For this special event, I created a brand new guided imagery meditation to help you heal from grief and loss.  Whether you’re coping with the loss of a relationship or the death of a loved one, or the loss of your lifestyle in the economic downturn, you CAN feel better, and I’d really like to help.

to your happiness and peace of mind,

Evelyn Brooks

Coping with chronic pain (guest blogger)

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A challenge many people have is that they suffer from chronic pain — arthritis, sciatica, fibromyalgia, etc. And they want to know how they can be happy in spite of all that pain. My guest blogger, Irene Roth, is here with some terrific tips about just that, particularly if you suffer from arthritis or have a friend or family member who does. Print out this blog or send them the link to share it. They’ll thank you for it!

to your happiness,

Evelyn

Here’s Irene…

How Can I Be Happy When I’m Always in Pain?

Hello.  I am Irene Roth from www.arthritisselfmanagement.wordpress.com. I am here on my friend Evelyn’s blog to reflect on how individuals who are
constantly experiencing arthritis pain still be happy.

I have been leading arthritis self-management workshops for over eight years here in Ontario, Canada. One of the sections of the six-week workshop focuses on how to ensure that arthritis sufferers live a balanced and content life, despite the fact that they are constantly in pain with arthritis.

Time and time again, I have participants who complain of having so much pain that it sucks the life and happiness right out of them.

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My guest blogger chats about “Thin is in”

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Hey everyone, I know a lot of my readers stress out about their weight so I know you’ll enjoy today’s guest blog post by Irene Roth.  Here’s Irene now… and I’ll see you back here tomorrow!  Evelyn

The Thin-Is-In Mentality

Irene S. Roth

Hi. My name is Irene Roth from www.adolescentgirlsblog.wordpress.com and I am happy to be here as a guest on Evelyn Brooks’ blog. I have been reflecting on The Thin-Is-In mentality for some time now. I think that women are very unhappy and dissatisfied with their bodies because of it. There are many reasons why this kind of mentality can really hurt women.

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Guest blogger Irene Roth

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Hi everyone — I’m excited to present a friend of mine, Irene Roth, who is my guest blogger today. If you have adolescent girls in your family (or if you are one!)  be sure to read this!

Now here’s Irene…


Is Thin Really the New Happy?
Irene S. Roth
July 1st, 2010

Hi, my name is Irene Roth and I have an adolescent girls blog at
www.adolescentgirlsblog.wordpress.com.  It is so nice to be here
as a guest at my friend Evelyn’s blog. I hope to blog once or twice
a month. I am SO looking forward to letting you know where my
thoughts are leading me about adolescent girls and how I could
help them to lead happy, stress-free and self-fulfilled lives.

One of my main goals in my blogs and through my E-books is
to teach girls how to love themselves unconditionally and not to
buy into the media image of beauty because this is usually a recipe
for unhappiness and discontent in their lives. The road to
happiness for girls is to develop and practice self-love and self-
acceptance. This is very hard to achieve in today’s media culture
where appearances are all that really matter for girls.

Adolescent girls want to belong more than anything else and at
any cost. This is part of the nature of adolescence, but the media
doesn’t help any matters either. Many girls become bulimic at
some point in their teen years in the pursuit of slimness. Some
girls get very depressed, and this is especially the case if they
cannot become as slim as they should be according to the media.

One of the main difficulties that I see with this yardstick of
impossibility for girls is that they become very unhappy because
of their constant struggle with their attempt at thinness. Add to
this that our culture’s definition of slimness is very healthy, and
we have a recipe for real problems for teen girls.

I believe that thin should not be the new happy. Thin is just a
toxic metaphor for girls to unreflectively accept in order to
conform to our culture’s idea of what is ideal beauty. But notice it
is ‘ideal’ beauty that the media portrays but not true and genuine
beauty a beauty that is unique to each individual girl.

‘Ideal’ beauty can only occur for a few already naturally skinny
girls. Most girls are of normal weight, and ‘normal’ is different for
each girl. But why should girls try to become clones of our
culture’s idea of beauty and happiness, especially if it is making us
very unhappy?

Thus, thin is not the new happy. Instead, I think our obsession
with thinness is the new unhappiness. Through the media’s
obsession of thinness, girls have become very unhappy and
uncertain of themselves. Their self-esteem has plummeted to new
time lows and they simply hate themselves.

For some girls, even passing past a mirror in a store can be so
excruciating.  How sad! This is especially the case because each girl
is beautiful in her unique own way.  Size and weight is merely a
number. What girls have to learn to do is to love themselves
unconditionally. Only then will they be happy and content in their
lives.

For more tips on how to cope with self-esteem and self-
confidence, please visit my blog at
www.adolescentgirlsblog.wordpress.com. I look forward to seeing
you there. Look for my E-books entitled Adolescent Self-Esteem and
Adolescent Self-Confidence to be posted to my blog within a month.

Law of Attraction in Relationships, part 2

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Why Did My “Perfect Partner” Leave Me?

Part two of a two-part series– see yesterday’s blog post for part one. 

My guest blogger  is Rebecca Hanson (Global Law of Attraction Training Center) with part two in this terrific series about attracting your right relationship. Here’s Rebecca:

In part one of this series, we examined: “Why am I NOT in a relationship with the love of my life?” If you missed that article, click here to read it.

In Part 2, we’ll look at why a seemingly “perfect partnership” falls apart and how to turn such a disappointment or pain into great personal growth.

So, you made your list of what you want in a guy (or gal) and you attracted THE ONE. You just know this is THE ONE because they seem to fulfill every desire on your list. WOW!  You didn’t know you were so powerful, did you?  In fact, the realization of just how powerful you are can make your head spin–your vibration soars!  And “Oh, I just know this is the perfect person,” becomes your mantra. You begin to see each other often. You spend lots of time discussing everything from your favorite color to foods and sharing life experiences. Where has this person been? Why did it take us so long to find each other? In your mind and imagination, you can see the two of you together forever.

And then, it may be weeks, or months later, you are NOT together and you wonder, “Did I do something wrong?  Is the Universe playing tricks on me? I thought this was THE ONE. What happened?” They found someone else. Or you discover something about them that caused you to withdraw from them. Maybe you just drifted apart. One thing is true, the disappointment of this relationship has released a tirade of self-depreciation and reinforced the old tapes–”It might happen for others, but it won’t happen for me” and “I’ve missed my one chance at true love!”

Let’s look at three reasons why a seemingly “perfect relationship” might not last forever:

Reason # 1: We’ve changed.

The Law of Attraction teaches us that we attract people, opportunities, situations and things that are in harmony with our dominant vibration. What happens, sometimes, is that people are harmonious for a while, and then one person makes a decision or changes and sets themselves on a path that no longer harmonizes with our vibration.

Here’s a little graph to illustrate what happens when people change vibrationally:

While your vibrations were in sync at first, somewhere down the road, you begin to take different paths and the synchronicity is not there.

Reason # 2:  My list of desires was incomplete.

You did not realize that some things in a relationship are very important until the relationship ended. Do you remember the lady who wrote to me in part one of this series? She had not realized how important it is to attract a lover who has healed from past hurts. While she is still in love with this man, he could not remain in the relationship, due to his fear that she would one day leave him as his former lover had. To protect himself, he ended the relationship with the writer. He simply was not ready for a deep lasting relationship. Now, this lady has “healed and ready to commit” at the top of her list!

Reason # 3:  I am learning Self-acceptance.

Your Higher Self is ready for you to evolve into a more complete self-acceptance. That’s right — your Higher Self knows just how much you depend on others for your self-esteem and so it sets the stage for a dramatic (and often painful) situation.

This Higher Self is the True You. The One you’ve shied away from. The YOU you’ve avoided for so long. Your Higher Self has a message for you and wants your attention. It will have your attention sooner or later. And the sooner, the easier the lesson.

I have a client who is being confronted with this lesson and it is so painful to watch her struggle with it. The GOOD NEWS is that our Higher Self only wants our highest good and that includes:

KNOWING yourself

ACCEPTING yourself

HONORING yourself

TRUSTING yourself

LOVING yourself.

Once we believe that we ARE magnificent, delicious, marvelously designed spirits having a human experience–that there is NOTHING WRONG with us–that we ARE COMPLETE–that we don’t need another human to make us whole–then we are ready for the most delightful, deep, satisfying personal relationships. All our desires will manifest in many meaningful and/or intimate relationships.

Ask yourself:

“Am I willing to learn more about myself so I can accept all parts of myself?”

“Am I willing to assign my own sense of worth or value?”

“Do I love and care for myself enough to ‘grieve and get over’ the lost lover?”

“Can I use this opportunity to understand myself better?”

If you ARE willing to grow and learn more about yourself through a difficult loss of a relationship, chances are you will attract someone into your life whose vibration is in beautiful harmony with yours. [© 2003-2010 R. Hanson Enterprises Inc.]

I hope you’ve enjoyed this 2-part series on relationships. Look for more info in future blog posts. Meanwhile, if you’d like to learn more about Rebecca Hanson’s work, click here.

your happiness guru,

Evelyn