Mindfulness isn’t new it’s rooted in Buddhist tradition only recently gaining popularity.  Recent research finds that teaching children mindfulness will benefit them.  Mindfulness is about becoming aware of the present moment.  People experience their daily routines without being fully aware of what’s happening around them. They’re worried about the past, which there is nothing they can do about it, or worried about the future and what may never happen with these distractions they never appreciate the moment right now.

Like adults, children become distracted and often, they’re unaware of their surroundings or what is happening around them.  This can lead to a lack of discipline concerning the control of their emotions or controlling their behavior and becoming impulsive.  When Children are taught to practice mindfulness skills they benefit from improved behavior, attention spans and they tend to have better mental health...

If you have a workout routine that works for your needs, goals, experience level, and schedule, soon you’ll be asking yourself is this getting any results anymore. Today we will discuss and answer when, why, and how often should I change my workout routine.

Myths About Changing Your Workout

Have you ever heard that it is necessary to:

• constantly make changes to your workout routine for it to be effective.
• keep your muscles guessing.
• shock your body into improving.
• prevent your body from getting used to what you’re doing.
• Have muscle confusion to keep making progress?

Do these sayings make sense to you?  Cool but they are crap, they are myths.  Don’t get me wrong there are reasons to make changes to your workout routine however, these sayings are primarily non-sense.

Making Changes Too Often Doesn’t Work

The biggest reason is the fact that progressive overload is the key to getting results out of a workout routine.

If we’re...

Hypnosis is a genuine psychological therapeutic tool. Hypnosis has a lot of uncalled for myths revolving around it but, continues to be used in a therapeutic setting and research also continues around hypnosis.

What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is an option that may help you treat various conditions.

A hypnotist will guide you into a relaxed state that often becomes trance-like.  When you are deeply relaxed the hypnotist makes suggestions to you in order to alleviate your affliction for the desired change.  A trance happens to everyone in natural settings for instance have you ever been so engrossed into a book or movie, perhaps you have daydreamed before that is what a trance feels like.

How does hypnosis work?

During hypnosis, a trained hypnotist will induce a state of intense concentration. This is a process whereby with verbal cues and repetition you are guided into a trance state.

The trance state you enter will often be similar to sleeping in many ways, however you’re...

What is a mindset? 

Your mindset is a set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. It influences how you think, feel, and behave in any given situation.  When you change your mindset everything else about you changes along with it.

Your mindset is the telescope that you perceive the entire universe through.  It will form your attitude and belief system.

Examples of Mindsets

To me you can almost exchange mindset with the word attitude, or belief system.  These are some of the mindsets or attitudes that you will most often see and notice.

• Victim Mindset – everyone is against me, I need help
• Hero Mindset – I can do anything
• Scarcity Mindset – Nobody has any money, food… in this recession
• Abundance Mindset – there’s plenty for everyone, or we’ll make more
• Fixed Mindset – you are born that way, the cards you were delt
• Growth Mindset – you can learn how...

I have practiced divorce law for over 20 years and most younger couples seem to divorce over money issues when you get to the bare bones of the problem. 

The usual scenario goes something like this.  The couple have a new baby and money gets tight.  Often a new job or part-time job is needed to make ends meet and they just don’t have time to spend with each other and they just seem to fall further apart.  It’s no secret that fighting about money puts a huge strain on a relationship.

So, what can we do to keep a relationship on a loving, caring, and long-term trajectory.

Start as you mean to continue or get on a plan before disaster strikes.

First thing is before you get married you need to sit down and talk about the wedding itself.  I have seen too many couples overspend on their wedding.  I never could understand why someone would spend $25,000-$50,000 for a wedding that kicks off the marriage.  The money spent on a wedding could be...

I recently found out that I had several health issues to include, COPD, sleep apnea, clogged arteries (2 arteries 85% clogged) and irregular heartbeat.  I also found out unknown to me that I have had “multiple strokes” according to my neurologist. 

          I had to have a heart catheterization for the clogged arteries, and I am awaiting a test for the irregular heartbeat.  I had to quit smoking and they want me to lose weight also.    This seemed daunting to me, and I have tried everything to quit smoking from the patch, gum, cold turkey doing it with another for support and nothing worked for me.

          On top of quitting smoking, they want me to lose 50 pounds too!  What was my solution?  It seemed impossible to me but then I thought, I learned hypnosis years ago as an amateur magician using it as a sort of party trick, so I decided to...

My Mother used to tell me “Be careful of who you choose to be your friend because that is who you’ll become.”  How true is that?  You listen to the opinions of your friends more so than the public.  So, choose your friends carefully, they can be the difference between success and failure.  So lets explore some reasons that my Mother may have been correct.

Your friends influence your decisions

When it comes to your likes, dislikes, your attitude towards others and life generally your friends tend to be one of the greatest influences over you.  The more time you spend with your friends your mood will improve however if they begin to bad mouth and verbally abuse you than you will probably get new friends.  But under circumstances where you and your circle of friends get along you will continue to hang out with your current friends.

Friends inevitably, without doubt, bring out the best in you. They also can influence you in a way that...

The health benefits of laughter include reduced of stress hormones and blood pressure, also increases blood flow and oxygenation to your cells and organs and releases endorphins (the feel-good hormone). Laughing provides a natural exercise for many muscle groups, it defends against illness by boosting your immune system, Laughter increases memory, intelligence, and creativity.

Health Benefits of Laughter

Laughter is the best medicine Grandma used to tell us. Grandma was correct of course and here are some reasons why.

Reduces Hormones that Cause Stress

Laughter reduces the levels of stress hormones in your body. While some are necessary for our body in varying situations, increased levels of the hormones can cause an imbalance in homeostasis and cause a behavioral impact. These are called immunosuppressant hormones and can harm the immune system. By reducing the production of these hormones with laughter, your overall health can be improved.

Increases Hormones

On the positive side...

Scaling a business means having the ability to grow without being hampered. It requires planning, some funding, and the right systems, staff, processes, technology, and partners. 

Many people ask me how they should scale, and I have three stories to tell you of how someone scaled their seemingly impossible business to scale.

A friend of mine was laid off from work back in 2008 and desperately need to earn money to pay bills replacing a $75,000 a year assembly line job.  He always spent what he earned, so he didn’t have any savings for start-up capital, so he decided to improvise and use what he did have.  He owned a pick-up truck and all the equipment you would need to be a lawn care company.

Story #1

He went out knocking on doors selling his service.  The yards in the area were relatively small so he would cut and edge your lawn for $30.00 per week.  He was able to complete a lawn service in 45 minutes.  He solicited the neighborhood in his area...

The concept of mindfulness is by, focusing on how you feel during situations will give you more control over how you respond. 

Therefore, mindfulness is well worth looking at, it can help you through the frustrations, stress, and other issues of your day. 

At work, many people are dealing with office politics, a relentless cast of chatty coworkers, and demands made from all directions. 

Here are a few tips you can use at your work.  

1. Plan your priorities 

Mindfulness begins when you think with intention as to how your day will unfold. When you begin the day without a plan, you risk wasting time hanging out on the internet or just dealing with whatever comes your way. Take a few minutes before you leave work to write down a list of tasks for the next day in order of priority. 

This planning gives you a starting item in the morning on your to-do list, it also enables you to start...