freddalaurel.com » Recommendations http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal Fredda Laurel -- Intuitive Counselor Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Thought of the Day http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal/2006/12/new-thought-of-the-day-2/ http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal/2006/12/new-thought-of-the-day-2/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:51:00 +0000 Fredda http://freddalaurel.com/journal/?p=19 Sometimes I’ll make a list of three things, which occurred during the day, that I’m grateful for. This idea, which comes from Oprah Winfrey’s gratitude list, has helped me to be more appreciative and optimistic.

]]> http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal/2006/12/new-thought-of-the-day-2/feed/ 0 A Good Book http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal/2006/12/a-good-book/ http://www.freddalaurel.com/journal/2006/12/a-good-book/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:50:23 +0000 Fredda http://freddalaurel.com/journal/?p=6 I recently found an amazing book; ‘One Small Step’ (The Kaizen Way), by Robert Maurere, Ph.D). The idea behind this book is that smaller more steady changes manageable changes can last longer and are less intimidating than larger, more drastic ones. An example the author uses deals with one of his patients, a woman who needed to lose weight. She’d been under alot of stress recently, so he suggested that she begin her weight loss program by simply marching in front of the television daily for a minute. The result is that she stuck with the program and continued to supplement it and lost weight.

The Buddhists have a saying ‘Faith by Fire vs Faith By Water’. Faith like fire is fast and furious. It blows up quickly and burns out just as quickly,. Faith like water, on the other hand water is a consistent steady process. The idea behind this book is similar. Slow steady change is more likely to last than larger more difficult ones.

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