Category: Personal Growth

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
In my quest to discover all of the tools available for re-creating my self, I was led - though reluctantly - to reexamine my beliefs about the value of dreams. I say reluctantly because I’d been raised to believe that dreams are meaningless, mysterious and uncontrollable experiences without any practical [...]

by John E. Wade II
The underlying trends toward a heaven on earth are often obscured by the “noise” of the day, pessimism and cynicism. But I believe that with God’s enduring, steadfast love humankind will ultimately reach a heaven on earth. The ten elements that I believe are essential in this quest are as follows:

1) [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
People tell me I have a good imagination. In creating the Re-Creating Your Self process of personal transformation, I put my imagination to excellent use including Creative Daydreaming among the tools for personal change.
As a child, I was told that daydreaming was a waste of time and possibly dangerous.  Coming [...]

Promotions, Pools, Porsches, and…Brainwaves? Why the Secret to Happiness Has Been in Your Head All Along

Many of us feel out of focus, out of whack, and out of the loop more often than we’d like to admit. Here’s why that’s the case-and what you can do to return to your natural (that’s right!) state of [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Last time, I introduced you to Creative Daydreaming, in Re-Creating Your Self, an important tool for making real your acceptance of the new beliefs in your Blueprint for Personal Change.  I defined Creative Daydreaming and I explained why it works.
This column will tell you how to do it.  You will [...]

By Karen Bentley
Before we get to that world class hound dog, Tiger Woods, and his shennanigans with not keeping Mr. Weenie in his pants, I ask you to indulge me for a brief moment to talk about dreaming and sleep. Trust me that sleeping, dreaming and Tiger Woods will all come together in a blaze [...]

Quite frankly, the prospect of dying can be frightening to many of us-for some, death might even be the most daunting thing we’ll ever face. As we take our final walks, our physical and emotional realities rapidly change, and we might wonder or worry about what awaits us on the other side. For these reasons, [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Imagination is funny
It makes a cloudy day sunny
It makes a bee think of honey
Just as I think of you

So begins a classic from the Great American Songbook. Yes, imagination can be funny, but, for the purpose of Re-Creating Your Self, imagination is also a powerful tool for change [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
At this time when New Year’s Resolutions are all of the rage, the subject area of Re-Creating Your Self is especially timely.
Let’s welcome 2010 with a relaxation exercise that you can use to expedite meditation and self-hypnosis.
Every aspect of your life is enhanced when you’re relaxed. Adopt an “easy-does-it” attitude. [...]

by Judy Pearson
How different the world would be if we communicated soul to soul with ourselves and others. Our compassion level would go through the roof, our capacity to heal ourselves and others would be phenomenal. There is no end to the possibilities that lie in store for those of us who are willing to [...]

by Graham Barrone
I can’t remember the last time I made a New Years resolution. However, I do remember a few I made in the past. Learn to play the piano, make more money, write a book, make more money, go to Italy, go to the gym, eat more healthily, make more money….
They were not extraordinary [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Last time, we focused on how hypnosis has been maligned and misunderstood, due largely to the untruths about this therapy promoted by motion pictures; television shows and stage acts that misrepresent the entire subject area.
Now it’s time to look at self-hypnosis as an important tool for change in the Re-Creating [...]