My daughter puts her arms around me, her brown eyes soft and beckoning. Her rounded belly and motherly curves rest against me, and for a moment I choke up. She is pregnant with a girl baby whose middle name will be Joy like mine. She will be my first grand-daughter, and my second grandchild.

I was named Joy by my great-grandmother, Blanche, the mother of my grandmother Lulu, who spent much of her childhood living with Blanche's mother. When Lulu was a young woman, she abandoned...

As a Hypnotherapist I am often asked by my clients about the mind and the mechanics of Hypnosis. Perhaps the most common question is "how come I can't do it by myself?

The truth is that you can do a good amount of work and bring about much positive change with self-hypnosis.

Many of my clients who listen to my self-hypnosis programs report about the positive changes that they experience in their lives. Be it weight loss, body image or overcoming fears, you can...

Have you been having a good day many months after the death of your loved one and when watching television, see a particular scene or hear a statement, and suddenly you feel the return of sadness and anxiety? Or has a newspaper story of the death of a stranger set off sorrowful memories associated with the death of your loved one?

These and many other seemingly unrelated experiences are commonly the cause of much grieving that can go on for several days. Kim Wencl, whose...

If you're looking for ways top stop blushing, you could spend a lifetime trying the next temporary solution, the latest green tinted make-up or some kind of foul home remedy that ends up gathering dust in the cupboard.

In reality, there is but a few genuine ways to stop blushing for good. In fact. the only way to stop blushing or at best to calm in down to a comfortable level of control is to reprogram our minds and subconscious thoughts.

Before we reach that...

Characterized by redness in the face, blushing can be caused by feelings of shame, anxiety or nervousness. The term "blushing" should not be confused with "flushing", where the redness is extended in the person's body. Physiologically, it is caused by the widening of the capillaries located under the facial skin. When theses capillaries widen, more blood rushes through resulting to the face getting redder.

When blushing, the body releases adrenalin that...

Are you remorseful because you believe you have done something wrong or were inadequate to meet the circumstances surrounding the death of your loved one? Although not everyone who is mourning experiences guilt, it is a fairly common experience.

Guilt comes in many forms when mourning. There are numerous failures in relationships that result in guilt. Not recognizing the seriousness of an illness early on, not taking a loved one to the right emergency room, not feeling badly...

Do you want to get success in life? Many people desire to live a successful life; unfortunately, most of them are not doing anything to achieve it. For most people, they just talk about success, dream about it and never really take action to achieve it. Some people even don’t know what they want in their life and they never talk about success in life at all.

In fact, there is a proven formula to achieve the great success that you always wanted. If you follow through...

Self-respect: we all need it

Self-respect (SR) can be seen as an essential part of our mentality, as humans. It’s ok being loved by others, but it’s your own love that you need most! Hopefully, once you’ve read this article you’ll know plenty of ways to make yourself proud, and to feel good about yourself;

Employment:
Many people think that depressed people who are ’on the doll’ are depressed because they have no money, this...

Is A Life Without Regret Possible?

Many people have different stances when it comes to regret. Some believe you shouldn't regret anything. The popular belief dictates that who you are today is a result of the choices you have made in the past.

The fallacy I see in this comes from the possibility of there being potentially a "better" you had you made better decisions in the past. No one is able to claim that he/she has chosen all the best decisions in...

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