The Science of Being Positive

Historical Roots In 1954 psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote a book called Motivation and Personality. It contained a chapter that changed the direction of contemporary psychology. The chapter contained a study of hundreds of studied by Maslow not because they were average and representative, not because they exhibited neurotic or developmental problems of interest, but because [...]

Do Positive Affirmations Have Negative Consequences?

From Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking to today’s best-selling The Secret, positive affirmations have been a staple commodity in the self-help field.  Positive affirmations whisper almost inaudibly from subliminal tapes,  repeat like mantras from MP3 files and CDs, and are accompanied by nature scenes to pulsing light shows in therapeutic videos.  Schools [...]

The Impact of Core Beliefs on Quality of Life

What Are Core Beliefs? Core beliefs are entrenched, often subconsciously held beliefs generally formed during childhood or at significant crossroads in life which form our perspective of reality. In essence, our experiences are filtered through our belief system.  Core beliefs can be negative or positive in nature; indeed, one can hold contradictory core beliefs. Identifying [...]

Core Belief Reprogramming Through EFT

“I don’t deserve to be happy.” Millions of people suffer from this kind of involuntary, negative self-talk. While doubts and fears may be a natural result of negative experiences, they can also lead to disastrous emotional and physical consequences. Emotional Freedom Techniques® (EFT) offers a holistic solution: a way to reprogram the mind and cleanse [...]

Positive Ways to Stop Negative Self-Talk

Modern psychological research has confirmed what folk wisdom has long known:  what you say to yourself affects your mood, your actions, and even your health.   Known technically as subvocal speech, researchers have established that the process of thinking results in slight but observable movements of the speech muscles.  Thinking and silent speech are linked.  And [...]

Imagining Positive Futures

Milton Erickson and Future Pacing In the 1950s, the legendary hypnotherapist and medical doctor, Milton Erickson, developed a hypnotherapeutic technique termed future pacing. The technique itself was comparatively simple. Erickson would place a person in trance, then deepen the trance and suggest that they imagine themselves at some point in the future, preferably the not [...]