AXIOM 1: The kind of thoughts that fill your mind will create the same kind of events to fill your life.

AXIOM 2: Joy feels good, and it's safe.

Those two items are all the theory we're going to need for this lesson. The remaining 1,667 words will be how-to.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "Man is what he thinks about all day long."

And best-selling author Dr. Joseph Murphy, in his landmark book "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind," wrote:

"Whatever thoughts, beliefs, opinions, theories, or dogmas you write, engrave, or impress on your subconscious mind, you will experience them as the objective manifestation of circumstances, conditions, and events. What you write on the inside, you will experience on the outside."

Teachers continually remind us that we should think about what we want. They tell us that if we spend our time fixated on what we don't want, or what we're afraid of, we'll get more of the bad stuff and less of the good.....Read more »

Written by Noelynn Jones

Lets clarify what I mean by fears. One dictionary definition states 'be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive".'

It's a combination of a feeling and thought that you have about an unknown situation based on your belief or preconceptions of what might happen in the future. It can be based on a previous bad experience or from listening to others.

In some situations the feeling of fear that you get is an instinctive response to a threatening situation, your intuition telling you that something is not right and that you need to be wary or even remove yourself from the situation. Sometimes described as the fight or flight response. This is a positive use for fear as it protects you from harm.....Read more »

Written by Mike Robbins

How often do you not say or do something because you’re worried about how it’ll be perceived? For most of us, myself included, this happens all the time - more often than we’d like to admit.

We live in a culture that’s starving for authenticity. We want our leaders, our co-workers, our family members, our friends, and everyone else we interact with to tell us the truth and to be themselves. Most important, we want to have the personal freedom and confidence to say, do, and be who we really are, without worrying so much about how we appear to others and what they might think or say about us.....Read more »

More than ever before scientific investigations are attesting the fundamental role stress can play in triggering or aggravating various psychological and physical disorders. A cover story in a 1983 issue of Time Magazine labeled stress "The Epidemic of the Eighties." The article also mentioned that stress is our leading health issue. Indeed it is doubtless that today's world has become a lot more complicated and stressful over the last twenty-five years since that article was written.

Many surveys show that almost everybody perceives themselves as being under a great deal of stress. Authorities in the field estimate that around 75 to 90 percent of all visits to PCPs (Primary Care Physicians) are related to stress.

Most adults claim their stress is primarily due to their job. Stress levels have also grown in children and the senior population because of several reasons including: Peer pressures that often lead to everything from cigarette smoking to alcoholism and drug abuse; the wearing away of religion and family values; increased crime rates; threats to personal security; but also social isolation and loneliness.....Read more »