Author Archive
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
WIRED FOR MIRACLES?
By: Jim Robbins
JAKE’S BIRTH WAS A LONG SHOT. Three months premature, he weighed just a pound, and his early birth took a heavy neurological toll. When he was four, he entered his parents’ room one evening, drooling and unable to speak. As they watched, horrified, one side of his body went into seizure and he lost consciousness. Jake’s seizures often happened at night, and his parents kept an overnight bag packed for trips to the hospital emergency room, where he received injections of Valium. He often had petit mal seizures during the day. He was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which diminished his fine and gross motor skills. His learning disabilities included attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity. He had speech problems and ground his teeth constantly. His sleep was troubled and he often woke up ten or eleven times in a night.
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
HOW CAN I LOWER THE VOLUME OF MY NEGATIVE SELF-TALK?
by David Delaney
Constant negative thoughts…
It’s our first meeting, and Peter (not his real name) is sobbing and obviously quite embarrassed. He feels that his life is out of control. He has anxiety, feels depressed, and has lost his once good concentration and motivation. What have replaced it are constant negative thoughts, and he can’t over-ride them as in the past. He says that this is causing him to loose his confidence. He recently lost his composure at work and he is panicking that he might be fired.
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON, HOW CAN I LEARN TO TRANSFORM MY STRESS INTO OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE?
by David Delaney
Scotty, beam me up fast; I’m tanking…
Jim (not his real name), an ad agency executive, is making a campaign presentation to clients and begins to panic. He is aware of how important landing this client is for his agency, which makes him feel even more tense. He can not stop the negative spiral of stress and he now is loosing his natural, relaxed ability to present this ad campaign of which he has great natural passion for and knowledge of. No matter how hard he is trying, it makes things worse.
