Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  “The populist authoritarianism that is the downside of political correctness means that anyone, sometimes it seems like everyone, can proclaim their grief and have it acknowledged.   The victim culture, every sufferer grasping for their own Holocaust, ensures that anyone who feels offended can call for moderation, for dilution, and in the end, as is all too often the case, for censorship.   And censorship, that by-product of fear - stemming as it does not from some positive agenda, but from the desire to escape our own terrors and superstitions by imposing them on others - must surely be resisted.”   ~ Jonathon Green, "Did You Say 'Offensive?' Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet'...

-- Employee Productivity -- * Today's article was sent to us by Linda Barnett-Johnson on behalf of her client - Gary Epler. Gary is the best-selling author of Fuel For Life and in this article he offers five steps that will increase personal energy at the workplace resulting in personal enjoyment, improved efficiency, and higher productivity.  Find Gary at: http://EplerHealth.com  or http://FuelForLife.homestead.com   Did you know that only 30% of employees are fully engaged in their work? Did you know that 10% of employees actually try to harm the company? These are grim numbers for both employers and employees. Energize people and turn the disengaged into a productive force. How? First, begin with a Level-10 Energy day. What’s a Level-10 Energy day? It's like being on top of the world with no worries. It's doing anything you want without stress. It's the feeling of unlimited creativity and enjoying every minute of the day. It's the best feelin...

-- Quote of the Day --  "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart  and can sing it back to you  when you have forgotten the words.” ~ Unknown -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Best of Conscious Discussions series offers highlights from some of the best discussions we've had in the past. Today is o ur 46th episode in this series – Featuring 2 experts offering advice on: Psychology of fear, writing and helping to heal the world. Our First Guest: David Beck is a certified Fearless Living Life Coach, choreographer, dance instructor, director, producer & an author. He is founder and CEO of Evolution – The Next Level, which began as a vessel for him to produce and create through dance, music, poetry, & art – evolving into his coaching practice where he gets serve & support his clients in moving through fear, creating, living in passion & being the vision of their a...

 -- Quote of the Day -- “We think we live in the world.  We think we live in a set of circumstances, but we don’t.  We live in our conversations about the world  and our conversations about the circumstances.  When we’re in a conversation about fear…  then that is the world we inhabit.  If we’re in a conversation about possibility…  then that is the world we inhabit.” Lynne Twist – The Soul of Money -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Author Susan Dean endured a troubled childhood, became a young mother and married into an abusive situation that lasted many years. Finally breaking away, she found comfort in unhealthy habits and had to learn how to love herself again. Today she is happily standing on her own ground and is working hard to use her past experiences to help ...

 -- Ease Stress -- Today's article was submitted b y: author Stanley Popovich , who specializes in writing about ways to effectivly manage persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/     When Someone You Know Struggles With Fear, Anxiety and Stress What do you do when someone you know has to deal with persistent fears, anxieties, or even depression? Well the first thing you need to do is to get the person to seek the services of a professional who can lead them in the right direction and give them the help they need. In addition, here are some other techniques you can use to help the person cope. Learn as much as you can in managing anxiety and depression. There are many books and information that will educate you on how to deal with fear and anxiety. Share this information with the person who is struggling. Education is the key in finding the answers your looking for in managing your fears. Be...

Today's featured article was written by:  Stan Popovich, author of: A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear. To find Stan visit his site: http://www.managingfear.com   MANAGING THE FEAR AND ANXIETY OF THE UNKNOWN By Stanley Popovich All most everybody worries about what will happen in the future. The prospect of not knowing if something good or bad will happen to you in the near future can produce a lot of fear and anxiety. As a result, here is a list of techniques and suggestions on how to manage this fear of dealing with the unknown. Remember that no one can predict the future with one hundred percent certainty. Even if the thing that you are afraid of does happen there are circumstances and factors that you can’t predict which can be used to your advantage. For instance, let’s say at your place of work that you miss the deadline for a project you have been working on for the last few months. Everything you feared is coming true. Suddenly, y...

-- Quote of the Day --  “… It always starts with that person reflected in the mirror. …Consistent practice builds new brain pathways. Eventually it becomes automatic, but you only get there with consistent regular practice. …New behavior takes time – and there is a certain amount of impatience with yourself and the process; I think it is really important to embrace the process. So be patient with your self. …Fear is an indicator of where our growing edge – I have some beliefs that are generating fear that are keeping me stuck. I like these acronyms for Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real – Finding Excuses and Reasons – Forgetting Everything is All Right. …Take time at the end of the day to write down what you are proud of, what you did well that day – it doesn’t matter what the accomplishment is to the brain, because what the brain hears is ‘I’m a success’ and this changes the thought patterns of your brain .” ~ Susan Reeve & Joan Breiner To...

-- Managing Fears -- Today's article is part of a series of writings submitted by Stanley Popovich - Stan Popovich is the author of A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods - that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/   Managing Your Persistent Fears, Anxieties and Stresses Everybody deals with anxiety and depression, however some people have a difficult time in managing it. As a result, here is a brief list of techniques that a person can use to help manage their most persistent fears and every day anxieties. When facing a current or upcoming task that overwhelms you with a lot of anxiety, the first thing you can do is to divide the task into a series of smaller steps. Completing these smaller tasks one at a time will make the stress more manageable and increases yo...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…If you are missing something, what happens is the energies that we radiate doesn’t connect …it is like you don’t show up on the radar. …Your energy has to change to bring that person (or situation) to you. …At the same time you need to treat people right, be honest in your dealings. And you can require that of other people, you can say ‘I want you to be respectful’, but I have to be respectful of myself. …If you respected yourself, you wouldn’t allow [bad situations] to exist in the first place. …The first thing we do when we reach a challenge is to wonder ‘what if’. And we create all that fear, but if we just face that fear it melts away and it ends up being not anywhere near what you thought it would be. … We always want validation along the way.  But many things in life, you just don’t know [what the results are] until the last second. Yet we love validation and when we don’t get validation we start to push… or quit. So stop looking for va...