" AWAKEN TO THE BEST YOU "

Have you been the recipient of a random act of kindness?  If so, you know how special they are.  A person's life can change for the better through one gesture.  In this podcast I reflect  back upon life changing moments and consider how the 3 G's (gratitude, generosity & grace) can change the lives of everyone in a positive way.  This is my gift to you for the Holiday Season.   Thank you for listening!  Pamela x

Everything changes.  Change is the only thing we can rely on in life to remain the same.  Help is always available if we're willing to receive it. In my last two podcasts I discussed phobias and anxiety - where I suggested several ways one could receive help including techniques to help oneself.  In keeping with this genre, Podcast 29 is a guided meditation to help you reduce anxiety and panic. The meditation is a tool to help focus your conscious mind to direct your subconscious to reduce worry. 

And speaking of change, this podcast concludes my first season.  I'm taking a break to finish my book.  Thank you for listening to my work.  The podcasts are designed to provide increased clarity and confidence. I encourage you to revisit them time and again to develop new patterns of thinking. 

I can't think of one person I know who hasn't experienced anxiety in some form over the course of their life.

According to Healthline.com, it effects are far reaching and manifest as:  a sense of doom, panic attacks, depression, headaches, irritability, breathing problems, a pounding heart, loss of libido, an upset stomach (I say an unhappy gut!), extreme fatigue and muscle aches & pains.

Whoa!  I've experienced all of these at various stages of my life. And given the life I've led, that is no surprise.

In this podcast, I discuss my anxiety and the various ways that have helped me.  I do this in hope that my journey can help you.  

Life will continue to deliver circumstances that cause anxiety, so it's important to have a toolkit at your disposal that can help you ride the waves in tumultuous times.

#anxiety #panic #health #mentalhealth #beentheredonetaht #gothetshirt

If you are or have experienced a phobia, this podcast will be of interest to you.  Know, you are not alone.  Approximately 10% of people in the USA experience phobias.  They are more common in  women than men.  They are the most common  anxiety disorder.  In the UK, an estimated 10 million people have phobias.

Many people with a phobia don’t need treatment and avoiding the object of their fear is enough to control the problem.  However, it may not always be possible to avoid certain phobias such as birds or insects (as they are plentiful) or flying… my mother-in -aw did.  She was so frightened of flying she avoided it all her life.  She wouldn’t go anywhere in the world that she couldn’t get to by car, boat or plane.

Phobias can hold us back from enjoying life.  I recently read that almost 1/3 of people in the UK say their fear of spiders causes them to think twice before visiting destinations such as Australia, home to some of the most venomous eight-legged creatures on the planet.

In this podcast, I discuss my experience with phobias, personally and as an NLP practitioner.  I hope you find my words helpful and it provides you with the impetus to seek help because it’s out there.  I know this for sure.

#phobias #nlp #hypnotherapy #anxiety #fear #holdyouback

Jos may have been a shy little boy, but he sure can communicate now!

Jos is the founder of the MindSpring Institute in the Netherlands.  He is also a trainer at British Hypnosis Research in London.  Most impressively, this year he published his first book, Stephen Brooks and the Art of Compassionate Ericksonian Hypnotherapy that is currently listed as # 2 by Bookauthority.org.  He is hopeful that many practitioners will learn from it.  I did.

For the last 15 years, Jos has been practicing and teaching Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP, integrating the two approaches with EMDR, Solution Focused Therapy and Neurosemantics.  Given the uniqueness of his methodology he chooses to  work with clients in person.

His purpose in life is facilitating others in healing their wounds, overcoming their fears and achieving their goals and dreams.  He is a vessel to facilitate those shifts. Oh, yes, he can!

#hypnotherapy #nlp #communicate #overcome #hypnosis #heal #achieve #goals #dreams #podcast #podcastinterview #mission

This podcast is about the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind.  Why should you care?  The connection between the two minds is powerful.  We program into our unconscious what we consciously focus on.  The unconscious mind dutifully obeys and will find creative ways to attain what you program into it.  It perceives and feels and is a multi-tasker while the conscious mind is linear and thinks in terms of cause and effect.  The unconscious runs the show.  It holds memories, experiences, wisdom and insight we’ve gained over the years.  It runs all our bodily systems.  Yet is takes orders from the conscious mind.  The conscious mind is the captain of the ship.  Where we sail depends on it.

#focus #clarity #trainyourbrain #powerofthought #consciousmind #unconsciousmind #goals #beliefs #takeyourpowerback  #awakentothebestyou

Our self-image is based on our beliefs, most of which are unconscious.  Once we hold an image of ourselves to be true, our actions, feelings, behaviours and abilities are always consistent with this self-image.

In this podcast, I explain how your past may have affected your self-image.  For those who want help creating a better self-image, I offer hypnotherapy in the form of a guided meditation to program your unconscious mind to create a healthier image that will serve you in the future. 

I'm really excited to introduce you to Geertje. She is an amazing woman.  Years ago, she helped me out of confusion & pain during a transformative time of my life.

"I don't believe in coincidences". - Geertje

She left home at sixteen because she could take better care of herself than her parents could.  Her journey took her from The Netherlands to California.  Many people helped her along the way. Today, she is of service to others as a Minister, Healer and Intuitive Counsellor. 

Communication has always been her thing. She speaks Dutch, English, French and Italian. She read books voraciously as a child.  Born with a strong intuition she just knew things.  Her mother became frustrated because she always found where the Christmas presents were hidden. 

Through the use of colour she determines one's energetic signature.  

Listen to today's podcast as Geertje shares thoughts on the soul, religion, trauma and the present pandemic.

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Transitions in life can be traumatic and can rock us to the core.  Often, they stay with us as a strong memory resulting in negative emotion that can take away enjoying the present moment.  Just re-living the memory, we can get sucked into a vortex of unwanted emotion. To stop this we need to shift our thinking.  A paradigm shift is an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new or different way.  This podcast discusses love and compassion for self. 

Creativity is the root of all invention, including inventing the life you want.  Everything starts with a thought.  It's the beginning of the creation process.  If you can vividly create a picture in your mind's eye of any goal you wish to attain, you can attain that objective.  Why?  What you are doing is programming your unconscious mind to get to work for you.  In this podcast, I provide you with a short visualization that can transform your life. 

Was there ever a time in your life that caused you to be unhappy, to feel anxiety, anger, jealousy?  Do you think of that memory often?  Is the emotion still as intense as it ever was?  Are you re-living the pain over and over again?  How does that make you feel?  Perhaps it's time to let those negative feelings go and make room for more joy?

Emotional intelligence begins with thinking about your feelings and how they may or may not be serving you.

In this podcast, I introduce a quick, creative visualization that can help with your emotional intelligence, to begin to discriminate between emotions and label them for what they are.   By closing the door on negative emotions, you leave room to open the door for a new way to thinking to awaken to the best you. 

"What we need is an evolution of the heart.  If we were perfect creatures, life would be boring". - Dalai Lama

Daniels is the co-founder of AwareFul with offices in Jersey, UK and the Gold Coast in Australia.  AwareFul was founded to help give Dan the platform for his work of developing awareness around mental health and how to manage it more effectively.  He offers simple teachings and tips for everyday people.

His purpose is to teach, coach, mentor and share his journey out of his perceived failure, chronic depression, acute anxiety disorder and the fear created by the stigma that is still the baggage of many poor mental health sufferers.

His message:  "We are part of something so much bigger than I AM"!

#mindfulness #meditation #buddhism #emotionalintelligence #humangivens #awakentothebestyou

If you have an important decision to make, I encourage you to listen to this podcast to help you make the best possible decision.  Decisions are choices that affect not only our lives, but those around us.  Sometimes people don't make decisions because they are caught up in an endless loop of worry.  Other people prefer decisions made for them.  Yet, not deciding yourself is a decision in itself that could have a profound effect on your life.  This podcast can help you gain perspective and learn to choose well.  

I chose to become a hypnotherapist because hypnotherapy changed my life.  This podcast is designed to provide you with clarity of thinking, improve self-esteem and heighten insight.  Enabling you to further release the thought-knots of negative self-talk and limiting beliefs that may be holding you back from living to your true potential. 

In past podcasts we've shined the light on your beliefs, values and passions.  Today is the day to add your strengths to the mix.  In turn, you will be clear about what you require to transform as an individual to live a successful life, however you define it. Enjoy! 

If you're trying hard but feel that you are not achieving the results  you want, it could be that you are putting far too much pressure on yourself.  Self imposed pressed can lead to anxiety and sleepless nights.  Wouldn't it be better to let go of trying and do what you really want?  You can when you are living your passion.  In this week's podcast, I explain why trying is counterproductive and how to find you jazz.  Enjoy! 

In this creative visualisation, I will lead you on a journey to increase your clarity of mind and shift your demeanour to one of confidence.

As you listen to my voice, you don't have to make any effort at all. Can you kindly sit bak, relax and let my words wash over you as I speak with the you inside of you.

As a consequence, you will have sharpened your focus and clarity that will see you in creating the future you desire.  Enjoy!

Daniel is the founder of Inner Mountain Expeditions, https://www.innermountainexpeditions.com .  He learned directly from the Ice Man himself and is now a Master Teacher of the Wim Hof Method.  He is a High Performance Coach who brings a unique set of tools to help average and high performers  maintain sustainable high performance and avoid burn out.  He's coached Olympic athletes, SWAT members, firefighters and business icons to create measurable results in business and life, https://www.danielkluken.com.

In this podcast he shares a lot of himself and provides insights to help you awaken to the best you direct from his houseboat in the Netherlands. Enjoy! 

What's the Point?  In this podcast, I share my Point and how I define success as an example of how I found self-actualisation.  Self-actualization is the realization of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.  I share a lot of points in this podcast.  I hope you find one that resonates with  you.  

Are you confident with the decisions you make?  Perhaps you let others decide for you, thinking it's an easier way to go, yet something doesn't feel right?  In this podcast, you will learn how to get back in touch with your inner guidance system to ensure that your decisions are in alignment with your VALUES.  When we do something that's not in alignment with our VALUES, we typically don't feel good about ourselves and I want you to feel good about you! 

Are you a perfectionist?  Chances are you're making life harder than it has to be by constantly pushing yourself to some self-imposed standard.  Perfection, like other patterns of behaviour in our lives, is with you for a reason.  In this podcast we examine how this pattern may have developed in your life while exploring the question, how does it serve me?  You may decide to join the Recovering Perfectionist's Club.  I am the founding member. 

This podcast is a guided meditation that provides you with focussed attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness.  As your guide, I connect with your unconscious mind to overcome negative thinking that may be holding your back from becoming the person you have always wanted to be.  We can't live a positive life with a negative mind. Enjoy! 

Do  you believe in fate?  ... or do you realize that you have the potential to affect your destiny through the power of thought?  We can't live a positive life with a negative mind.  This podcast will help you to become the observer of your thoughts, recognise when they are no longer serving you and through reframing, detangle your thought-knots en route to becoming the best you.  Enjoy! 

The mind is a powerful thing.  One thought can change your life.  A thought can lead you down the road to success.  When we've hit a roadblock, often we've stumbled upon a limiting belief without necessarily be aware of it. This podcast raises your awareness of how you may be holding yourself back and what to do about it. 

What you believe is what you become.  Much of our thought patterns were programmed into our mind before we reached the age of 7.  This podcast is designed to provide you with guidance and tools to diminish negative thought patterns that no longer serve you. 

The mind doesn't know what is real or what is imagined.  It is important to imagine well - to guide your mind towards happiness and positivity.  In today's podcast, I provide you with a guided meditation to help you further develop flexibility of perspective through the power of focus.

With eyes closed, something extraordinary can happen as our imagination is no longer restricted by the boundaries of perception held by our conscious mind a lot of the time.

With flexibility of perspective comes the realisation to focus on good things that we have in life right now, not the hurtful ones from  the past or an imagined future, neither of which exist at the moment.

This podcast is designed to help you shift your focus and master a different way of experiencing yourself to awaken to the best you!