10 ways to deal with fearWritten by Julie Plenty
10 ways to reduce fear. > > Fear often interferes with our ability to live more fulfilling lives. Fear is critical voice in our head saying: "You'll never succeed, so why try?". Fear makes us listen to those voices and give up before we've even started. > > When we let fear rule our lives, we miss out on opportunities and leads us to dismiss people and situations that could help us reach our goals. Fear comes in different guises and different forms - procrastination for example. Here are 10 ways to reduce and break through fear. > > 1.Write down your fears and how they affect your life. > > 2.Are there things that you're holding back on, because you're frightened that you are not good enough or of making changes generally? You have a limited time on this earth. Deadlines are called deadlines for a reason! > > 3.Listen to your self-talk. Many of us don't so much talk to ourselves as make statements ie "I'll never be able to get that job". This cuts your brain dead and gives it nothing to work on. It's gone for a prolonged holiday! > > 4.Start asking yourself questions. For example, ask "how can I make giving this speech an enjoyable experience?". Now your brain has something to do! Don't expect answer straight away (but be aware of opportunities and situations that provide clues) - but you're going in right direction. > > Get into habit of asking yourself questions rather than making blanket (negative) statements. > > 5. Redefine "mistakes" and learn from them. Don't beat yourself up over mistakes you've made in past and being fearful of starting new relationships, jobs etc. That gets you nowhere. Call a mistake an "opportunity for learning" and seek learning in every "mistake". > > 6. Seek company of supportive people and reduce contact with those who foster feelings of negativity and have a "fearful" approach to life.
| | Why are most people in the Western World Unhealthy? Written by Warren Matthews
I'm going to attempt to shed some shed some light as to why majority of population is overweight and in less than optimum health. I won't bore you with a whole lot of facts as you have probably heard most of them before, particularly those relating to obesity. Observe Evidence: I am sure that you have observed evidence of extent of general poor health yourself...first hand. If you haven't already done so, next time you are in a shopping mall sit down for 10 minutes and consciously observe outward health of people passing by you. Look at whether they are overweight, observe their skin for clarity and firmness, take note of way they move...are their movements effortless and appear to have energy to spare, or are they sluggish as if they are carrying a burden? Also look at their eyes... are they bright, clear and alert? I think that you know what results of a personal survey such as this will reveal! It will show that MAJORITY of people that pass by you will either be overweight or have other outward signs of less than optimal health. I am not being judgmental of these people because many of them are in this condition primarily as a result of being fed misinformation through media by either misguided authorities or commercial interests. Before I expand on this I should mention that a certain number of these people are nevertheless 100% to blame for their condition. They know they are doing harmful things to their body and health. But, what about rest of unhealthy group who are in this condition primarily due to being fed a constant stream of misinformation! These can be placed into just a few general categories: 1. Psychological. There is a constant barrage of 'pill' advertising which we are subjected to every day. Consider influence that this has on general population. If you were to believe advertismentss and ignore side effect warnings it would be quite easy to get impression that there is a 'Magic pill' solution for most ailments. Added to this are constant news releases that talk about new medical discoveries such as being able to grow replacement organs when your own wear out, and don't forget about 'promising' research for other new 'miracle' drugs just over horizon. All these influences combined with a 'busy' society looking for a quick and easy 'fix', it is no wonder that so many people are quite 'slack' when it comes to taking care of their bodies...particularly on inside. 2. Dietary Advice. The food pyramid that is recommended people adhere to, haslargely been discredited scientifically but continues to be pushed. Also, an obsession has developed in which people are constantly advised to reduce their fat intake. The 'official' line is that saturated animal fats are bad for you and you should avoid butter etc, etc... People believe that if you eat saturated fat you will become fat, or if you eat foods containing cholesterol such as eggs you will raise your cholesterol levels, and so on. The reality is quite different but I do not have space to examine this further right now. But just as a quick illustration take cholesterol. 80% of your blood cholesterol is manufactured by your liver. In other words only 20% is from dietary sources. So, if you reduced your intake of cholesterol by 25% it would only impact on your overall cholesterol by 5%. By people accepting 'official' no fat line they turn to alternatives such as margarine and other vegetable oil substitutes. What they are not aware of is that most of these substitutes, which are derived from vegetable oils, are in fact hydrogenated because otherwise they would be liquid at room temperature.
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