Ten-Ways To Stop Smoking Now: A Clinician’s List Of Popular Smoking Cessation Methods
I have been helping people stop smoking for years; and, I have used a variety of methods. I can tell you from experience that no one way is better than any other way – they all work to a certain extent. But they might not all work for you; that’s why there’s more than one way to stop smoking. Of course, I have my favorite methods based on my own clinical experience – and on which methods get the best results in the shortest amount of time. The key to quitting smoking, however, is finding a method that works for you. Here’s a list of ten-ways that are commonly used by people to quit smoking:
How To Stop Smoking: Two Quick And Easy Methods That Are Practically Guaranteed To Work
Cigarette smoking is an expensive, potentially dangerous, and more and more socially unacceptable form of stress management that millions of people try to quit each year for these, and other, reasons. Besides the fact that smoking is expensive and potentially deadly, cigarette smokers also have to deal with smelly clothes, bad breath, stained teeth, and a car/home/work environment that smells like smoke and ash trays. Smokers often start wildfires by tossing their still-burning cigarette butts out of their car windows; and occasionally die in house they accidentally set with carelessness – and a lit cigarette. There are obviously many reasons to quit smoking; but, traditionally, quitting smoking is not an easy task. Having helped many people quit smoking, using a variety of methods, I can safely say there are many ways that will work; but there are two that have proven themselves to be highly effective, safe, quick, easy, and affordable – Hypnosis and EFT.
The Z-Point Process: The One-Word Prayer You can use Anywhere!
Recently, in response to an article I had written on Forgiveness, I was contacted by a person who said, "Physiologically, the brain can’t forget; I’d like to forgive, but how can I forget what was done to a young child? How can I forget that trauma when I am alone at night in the dark…?" This person’s prayer was to forgive and forget the past; but they didn’t know how to release the thoughts that kept them stuck in the past.
The brain and body do indeed operate much like a computer — remembering and storing everything that happens to you. The brain seems to act like the central processor; while the rest of the body serves to store memories, input and output information, transmit electrical signals and commands, and execute, or perform, the programs sent by the brain. When everything is working smoothly, information is gathered, experienced, processed, assimilated, and released; but when we experience trauma, we can sometimes get stuck in a memory-loop that affects us much like a computer virus affects a computer — slowing it down, making some operations impossible, and shortening the life of the computer.
Secrets for Turning Resolutions into Realities, part 2
Your incentive for making a New Year’s resolution should essentially be the same incentive that will see you through to a successful resolution, or the realization of your goal. This should be your desire — the thing that you most want to change in the coming year. Your New Year’s resolution is, in a very real sense, a prayer for your New Year.
All prayers begin with desire — the desire to have, do, or be something, to change something for others, or to simply give thanks and experience a deeper inner connection with your true self and the Creative Source from which you emerged. Accomplishing whatever it was you decided to pray for is your primary incentive for praying; this is also the case with a resolution. A resolution is not a "preference;" it’s a RESOLUTION. You don’t have to beat yourself up about what you have called, "mistakes," or, "shortcomings;" simply declare the thing you wish to be so and, whenever you feel you have fallen short, declare it again. You have the power to create your reality; but to do so, you must hold an image of what you want in your mind until it "solidifies."
Removing clutter and distractions from your life will help you regain your energy and focus in order to direct more of both toward your desires, or goals. The more things you have to think about, the less time and attention you can give to any of them. Declare your intentions to yourself; write them down and remind yourself often, "No matter where I seem to be at the moment, ‘THIS’ is where I am in mind, spirit, and body." And be specific as you declare what ‘THIS’ is. The secret of life is in the details; the difference between a "stick figure" and the "Mona Lisa" is the difference between a casual interest and an answered prayer. Of course, it is much quicker to draw a stick-man than paint a masterpiece; but are you more worried about TIME, or the nature and quality of you EXPERIENCE (LIFE). Define what ‘THIS’ is for you; clarify your desire, declare it, and affirm it. What do you REALLY want?
The Belief Formula Guidebook/Workbook will be available soon; and it is designed to help you wrap your mind completely around "whatsoever you desire…" If you get in your car and start driving without really knowing where you are going, or what the place looks like, how will you get there — and how will you know if you do? Add details to your masterpiece whenever you wish; and when enough color has been added in just the right places, your desire becomes a reality.
*All of these posts are, in one way or another, about thinking. Specifically, these posts are about thinking in specific ways to promote health and healing, wellness, wholeness, happiness, peace, and contentment. Over the holiday season, many of the posts focused on weight-loss, food, etc, simply because this is a growing health issue, and one of the more common New Year’s resolutions. Though there will be more on natural/spiritual/mental/physical pathways to health, wellness, and fitness; the next posts on creating change will be on relationship resolutions and building strong, enlightened relationships that empower both participants. By the way, if you are interested in weight-loss and you are in ANY relationship, then these articles will also help you release some of the stress and reasons for making and holding extra body fat. By coming to understand yourself and how you "work," you will better understand others and how the world around you works — making a simple thing of changing your reality.
More information soon on The Belief Formula Guidebook…
Worried about your health?
If you live in the United States, you’re probably worried about your health; most Americans are – and with good reason, too. Did you know that over two-thirds of Americans are overweight; and half of those are actually obese? That’s 200-million Americans who are overweight – which is simply an indicator of poor health – and stress.
And that’s just weight. There are hundreds of chronic health problems in this country, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, and many other serious and not-so-serious health problems which don’t just affect people who are overweight. What I am saying is that there are only 300-million Americans and almost every one of them has a health problem of some sort – all of which diminish the quality of life.
So why wouldn’t you worry about your health if you live in America? Don’t you read? Don’t you watch television like everyone else? Fast food kills; the air will suffocate you; the water is polluted; and everything else seems to cause cancer, or some other affliction; and the most popular ways of moderating the stress and pain of this kind of life – smoking, drinking, eating junk food, and taking medicine prescribed by a doctor – are statistically among the most dangerous activities on the planet!
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