A Simple Gratitude Practice
A Simple Gratitude Practice by Jackie Foskett, CH How do you incorporate gratitude into YOUR life? Bonnie McFarland recommends a daily gratitude practice and I do, too. I encourage many of my clients to use a daily focus on gratitude to shift their thoughts from what is not working to what is. The result? Immediate access to positive feelings and acceleration in desired changes. Here are some ways to start a daily gratitude practice: Start with a gratitude list Bonnie suggests taking 5-30 minutes to write down anything and everything that you are grateful for.…
The Benefits of Gratitude
The Benefits of Gratitude by Jackie Foskett, CH Perhaps the best—and most effective—way to begin the new year is with a healthy dose of gratitude. Why? According to Bonnie McFarland, a Seattle-based Clarity Coach and owner of La Bella Via, what we focus on expands. Focusing on the things we’re unhappy with, for example, reaps dissatisfaction. On the other hand, turning our attention toward that which fulfills us, brings us joy, and inspires creativity will invite happiness to take root and blossom in our lives. In her recent newsletter, Bonnie writes that psychologists, spiritual teachers,…
The Power of Listening
The Power of Listening The subconscious hears…. I recently shared a story on my Facebook business page about a client who called for smoking cessation. It’s such a great story, I want to share it with you, too. We talked for about 20-25 minutes, during which time I found out about him by listening to him and listening about his desire to be a non smoker. I gave him a lot of information about how hypnotherapy can support him in being a non smoker, how our thoughts work with our conscious and unconscious mind, how…
Spring’s Invitation to YOU!
Spring’s Invitation to YOU! by Jackie Foskett, CH Welcome to Spring! Ah…such a great time of the year. I love how Spring shows us the beauty of Mother Nature and her renewal capacity as leaves unfold and color bursts forth. There is an energy in the air that speaks highly of hope and possibility. It’s refreshing after a long winter of Mother Nature’s hibernation, when she was resting and restoring. I still get amazed each and every year at the grandeur of results she produces after seemingly lying dormant and doing “nothing” for all that…
How do You Want to Feel this Holiday Season?
Happy Holidays! I love the Holidays, yet I’m always amazed at how quickly they seem to come around each year. I attribute this “time distortion” to my full life and the many choices I have in what I do and experience on a daily basis. I love having a life rich and abundant with so many possibilities. And…those many possibilities can be overwhelming if I lose my focus on what it is I really want. What I want is to feel alive, passionate, engaged, connected with others and be at ease in my experiences. If…
Gratitude as a Way of Life
The benefits of feeling appreciation and gratitude are numerous. Yet, we often get distracted by what we don’t have in our lives, which keeps us feeling less joy, more discouraged and sometimes even resigned to a life of “nothing ever changes”. I have found that a regular practice of appreciation/gratitude is necessary for my own health and well being and an important component of my clients’ ability to transform their lives. It is in the presence of what we have that we allow more to come in. It works beautifully with the Law of Attraction.…