Now that I know I have an enchanted self how can I stay healthy.
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Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein is the originator of The Enchanted Self. She has been a positive psychologist in private practice and licensed in the states of New Jersey and Massachusetts since 1981.
Seven Gateways to Happiness for Us Women!
1. Discover and honor your talents, strengths, coping skills and potential
2. Love the story of your live and find ways to fall in love with who you are
3. Learn how to get your needs met
4. Take time to replenish, to enjoy life, and to find meaning and purpose everyday
5. Belong and don't isolate
6. Be a mentor and find mentors
7. Live generously. Do positive actions and good deeds
For those of you not that familiar with The Enchanted Self, and those of you that are, sit back and enjoy me sharing what The Enchanted Self is with Thor the Barbarian. This is a great show!
Dr. Barbara's Happiness for Women Only Radio Series
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The Happiness for Women Only! series focuses on different age groups as seen below. We take a look at happiness as viewed through the lenses of The Seven Gateways to Happiness.
Dr. Barbara hosts this series, accompanied by her two outstanding guests: Dr. Sandra Prince-Embury, nationally know resiliency expert and author of The Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents and Martha Trowbridge, author of books on Inspiration For Women in Crisis.
"Getting to The Truth and More!" (20-35)
"Women and Wisdom Gathering" (Ages 36-49)
"Welcome the Enchanted AARP Woman!" (Ages 50 plus)
A wonderful discussion for all age groups!
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THE TRUTH: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know Everything!
In the mothers' and daughters' version, this girl encapsulates the spark and energy that your daughter has inside of her, and that you had inside of yourself as a girl. It is this special capacity for fun and wisdom that we need to protect in our girls and get back to ourselves!
Let's rejoice in the girl inside of ourselves. Let's give courage and affirmation to our daughters and granddaughters so they know from the inside out, it is ok, in fact, essential to keep her alive, as they grow up.
The Truth, I'm 10, I'm Smart & I Know Everything.
The adult women's version is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 10-11 years of age. She is wise and yet so innocent. She makes us cry and laugh and remember ourselves. Behind this very easy read is the psychological message to the women reading THE TRUTH that they can and must recapture the fire and passion of their girlhoods not only for themselves to flourish and be happy, but for the next generation to also have the gifts of good emotional and spiritual health.
This book is filled with emotional and delightful reminiscences that will charm you even as you are inspired to begin thinking of your own ways to bring delight into your hearts.
A collection of stories that is guaranteed to make you Feel Good. Click on the title to find out about the free gifts you will receive or here to learn more about the stories.
Recipes for Enchantment, The Secret Ingredient is YOU! is a culmination of over ten years of work and research in the field of personal enchantment by Dr. Barbara. She teaches us how to recall positive memories, regardless of our history, recognize our potential, and bring into our lives more of what gives us pleasure and joy. This is all combined with daily positive actions.
The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy
Through my work as a therapist, I have become concerned that we do not keep clearly enough how to reclaim what is positive about ourselves. This led me to write my book, The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy, published in 1997 by Harwood Academic Press. This book was probably the first and only book for mental health care providers and the interested public, to lay out the tools necessary to create a positive mind set and live an affirmative and affirming way of life!
The Seven Gateways to Enchantment
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein discusses The Seven Gateways to Enchantment.
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THE TRUTH, I'm Ten, I'm Smart and I Know Everything!
You may be wondering how I came to write my new book, THE TRUTH, I"m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! Here goes. I was inspired to write this book when I realized for many of us, the ten year old girl inside of ourselves is not satisfied with how we keep our promises to ourselves now that we are grown-ups. I began to realize that if we could tap back into that girl again and really listen to her we could have more fun and courage to try new things. Also, as a Positive Psychologist I realize that we need to be in basic harmony with ourselves to live happy, purposeful lives. I knew I was on to something very important in terms of mental health.
The question was how to develop the concept in a way that women would enjoy the read and still use the inspiration from my book to integrate more fully all the positive parts of themselves and not shy away from their own powers to create a fabulous life for themselves? I also wanted a read that would help women and their daughters communicate more openly and honestly so that girl would be able to trust that as they grew up they would come into their own and not have to ’sell out.’
The answer to my question was to let the ‘girl’ come alive. Let her move away from me and become her own character who knew exactly the book she wanted to write. And she wrote it!
The result is a short easy read that is fully of wonderment, humor, wisdom, and lots of adventures that will fill your heart and open your mind to the best in yourself and in your daughters. And by the way, kids, tweens and teens love reading THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! also. I think that is in part because they know the girl speaks the truth even more clearly than we know as we age! We all need the Girl!
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, www.enchantedself.com
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Happiness is Doing a Sand Dance or Maybe It is Lugging Rocks
Yesterday I was with my grandkids and we were in the backyard. My granddaughter who is four, picked up sand in her hands and started to turn in circles, with graceful movements, her arms extended, as if she were dancing. Slowly she let the sand drift out of her hands as she turned, calling out, "I’m Sand Dancing." She did this same routine at least five times, enjoying each ‘Dance.’ Meanwhile, her six year old brother was lugging rocks from one side of the yard to the other in some imaginary construction project. He interrupted his routine to add dirt to the lugging and some mixing up of the earth with a stick. He seemed just as happy and certainly as intensely involved in his assignment as his sister was in hers.
It was so fascinating to see each go into their own personal space of delight-one so masculine, the other so feminine. Both were using Recipes for Happiness that were perfectly portioned. For more information on how to portion your recipes for happiness in daily living, go to my site, www.enchantedself.com and download my free paper, The Seven Gateways To Happiness.
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, www.enchantedself.com
Recipe for a Happy and Interesting Life
Tammy Faye prayed, " Please God, don’t let me have a boring life." And she didn’t! (l942-2007)
May all of us be blessed with a life that is not boring! And may it be worthwhile, fun and feel exactly right! To know more about how to make your life the right fit for you, come to my website, www.enchantedself.com and download a free copy of my paper, The Seven Gateways to Happiness!
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, Positive Psychologist
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to be myself by Kathe
What follows is a wondeful poem and a real Recipe for Happiness that we all need to get back to,that Mary Ellen had in her latest newsletter,
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TRUST
by Kathe, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada
The hardest thing in the world to do
is to be myself.
is to be myself.
To listen to my answers first
to trust myself
to know what is right
for me, and
only me
Others tell me what to do
what suits their own desires.
what suits their own desires.
Perhaps…I need to shut them out,
and stop,
take time,
a deep breath,
and be myself.
and stop,
take time,
a deep breath,
and be myself.
Reclaiming Your Inner Know It All
I want to share a wonderful happening with all of you. I have a new ‘penpal’ except in today’s world of technology she is a computer pal. She lives in Australia and writes a wonderful column for www.religionandspirituality.com And the nicest thing of all, is that she wrote about my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything.
Here is what Anita Ryan-Revel had to say: Read her article here
To actually read more about THE TRUTH or to order it go toTHE TRUTH on my website.
Children, Friends and Pets Make Us Smile
"Children, friends and pets are more likely to make us smile than a big wad of cash, according to a new survey.
The AC Nielsen survey, polled 1471 Australians to find out what made them smile.
The saying that ‘money can’t buy happiness’ was confirmed in the survey which revealed 91 per cent of the Australians rated factors other than money as things that make them smile.
The survey found that children and babies made 33 per cent of people smile, followed by family and friends (28 per cent), then pets and animals (22 per cent), nature (8 per cent), while money only made 6 per cent of the smile factor.
Dr Timothy Sharp from the Happiness Institute said the results indicated people gained more happiness from relationships. The findings support the theory that happy people have more and better quality relationships than those who don’t smile, because it is an important non-verbal sign we give to others as a way of sharing and eliciting positive emotions, say the researchers.Work on relationships and happiness will eventually follow in time."
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The above quote comes from an article today in the India Times. It sums up some very important research. We need our relationships and they do make us smile. Money is important and essential but it won’t make us smile the way playing with a baby will or even walking your dog and saying hello to neighbors. Plan to smile a lot the next few days. It will feel good and probably not cost much.
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, www.enchantedself.com
Optimism Can Be Practiced and Increase Good Mental Health
This quote is from Alexandra Stoddard’s book, Gracious Living in a New World.
"One day of optimism is a start. A day can be a microcosm, a thiny representation of all our days, of our whole life. There is no reason why the lessons of our one positive day could not stand for what we need each and every day of our lives, as a family and for ourselves."
This is a great quote and true. It is never too late or too early to practice optimism. I teach that in THE ENCHANTED SELF and the little girl in my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything knows it also. Maybe she knows it intuitively, as perhaps most of us did, before we became ‘grown-ups.’ The little girl knows how to practice being in a great mood by riding her bike down hills and letting the wind blow her hair back. And she knows how to think good thoughts before she gets out of bed in the morning-imagining nice things that can happen.
And you can too. Why not come to my website, www.enchantedself.com and download my paper, The Seven Gateways to Happiness now? it is free, you’ll find it on the front page of my site, and use it as a guide to start practicing more positive thinking which will lead to more optimism.
Start today, or certainly tomorrow. Good luck. Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, Positive Psychologist
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