Pirate Therapy – Simple and Powerful

Eye patching – sometimes referred to as “Pirate Therapy” has been in the RET therapist’s bag of therapeutic tools for some time. And as a whole therapy model, it is fantastic – and easy. To do eye patching, simply purchase a good eye patch – one that allows one to keep the eye open while it is patched, and use the patch as often as you can.

In this article, I want to delve a little deeper into the mysteries of eye patching – and show you a simple, yet powerful technique you can use on yourself and others to jump start change – assisting you and them in achieving therapeutic goals quicker and with a whole lot less effort. RET is already nearly effortless for the client – the following technique will put the RET into overdrive right off the bat. You can do this process on yourself, too – although I recommend doing it with someone else.

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Something wonderful is about to happen and this might be it!

Something wonderful is just about to happen TO YOU!

Something wonderful is just about to happen TO YOU!

Choose today to CONSIDER that something wonderful is about to happen TO YOU! Just considering it sets up the energy for it to occur. Let go of controlling just WHAT that wonderful thing might be – control tends to deflate wonder because control is based on fear rather than joyful amazement.

Each day, awake with your customary energy circle in which you place the excitement of “something truly wonderful is about to happen to me, and maybe today is the day…”. When the mail arrives, get excited about it – each piece of mail might be “it”. When you answer the phone, be aware that “this might be it!”

The principle of thought and abundance suggest that we tend to get what we think about and focus attention upon. Want some excitement and joy in your life? Focus attention on it by anticipating it – get giddy about it.

Then set it up to happen again by expressing gratitude to the universe for supplying what you wanted. And get really clear about letting go of how it has to look or how it has to happen to get you to accept it – be open to surprise.

Something wonderful is just about to happen TO YOU! Maybe this article is IT…

My thanks to Wendi Friesen for this idea. She can be found at www.wendi.com.

What a Country!

Sometimes you have to look from the outside to see the truth. Thank you, Stephen Fry, for pointing out the obvious (except to us in the USA, that is).

If you’re going to imprison 1% of your population, wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to offer real help to those who are imprisoned, rather than letting them languish or using them as slave labor? It seems to me that most prisoners are there because of drug usage. Drug dealers are in there, too, but I wonder if most of those are busy running their criminal enterprises from the relative safety of prison.

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The “AHA” Brain Fix

Knowledge addiction may have strong evolutionary value.

Knowledge addiction may have strong evolutionary value.

Neuroscientists have proposed a simple explanation for the pleasure of grasping a new concept: The brain is getting its fix. “The ‘AHA’ of comprehension triggers a biochemical cascade that rewards the brain with a shot of natural opium-like substances,” said Irving Biederman of the University of Southern California. He presents his theory in an invited article in American Scientist.

“While you’re trying to understand a difficult theorem, it’s not fun,” said Biederman, professor of neuroscience in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “But once you get it, you just feel fabulous.”

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Echinacea for Colds? Maybe!

Every year, I catch at least one cold. Usually it's not serious – but it can deprive me of a day or two of activity and leave me feeling weak and vulnerable. I prefer to feel strong and capable so when a study comes out that shows me how I can increase my chances of staying healthy through cold season, I'm all over it. Here's what they're saying:

"Taking the herbal product echinacea could reduce the chances of catching a cold by 58%, conclude authors of a Review published Online and in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The Review also states echinacea could reduce the duration of colds by an average of 1·4 days. It was authored by Dr Craig Coleman, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA, and colleagues. They conducted a meta-analysis (a study which combines the results of previous trials) of 14 studies into the use of echinacea to relieve/protect against catching a cold.

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