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Psychologist Nancy Mramor has an ambitious goal for herself and others: spiritual fitness.
On the staff at UPMC Shadyside Hospital since 1999, she is recognized as an authority regarding the mind-body connection. She believes she cured herself of leukemia five years ago by using those techniques.
Recently I was contacted by The Solitary Writer to write about the Top Ten C’s of Conscious Viewing and Living. In my book, Get Reel: Produce Your Own Life, I introduce the idea that we need to view all media consciously so that we get the benefit without the side effects. Each chapter of the book contains a “C” or guideline for maximizing your media time in a way that empowers your real conscious life. The “C’s” are words that open a way of thinking about all of your media intake that can make your viewing time highly productive rather than just a down time activity. The “C’s” start with getting curious about what you are listening to, viewing, seeing online, watching on a billboard or reading in a magazine. There are clever marketing techniques that keep you viewing, and if they’re successful and entertaining, it results in keeping you on their viewer list. Yet, sometimes that takes you into a way of living or thinking that doesn’t match your true self. Learn how to enjoy your media time and build a mindful life at the same time, with the Top Ten “C’s” of Conscious Living and Viewing. Click here to read the article
Are you a perfectionist in relationships?
Perfectionism occurs in many people to varying degrees. The degree of your perfectionism has a lot to do with how much it interferes.
Dr. Nancy Mramor is an Award-Winning Author, Media Expert and Guest, International Speaker and Psychologist/Coach. She has appeared on hundreds of Radio, TV and print media placements, as a host, guest, producer, script consultant and expert. Television networks that have called upon Dr. Nancy for her expertise include Fox, PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS, and MSN. Her research on how television consciously and unconsciously educates viewers proved to be significant beyond a doubt, clearly revealing how and why the programs we view shape our lives.
Have you ever had trouble letting go of a relationship, a car, a habit, clutter, “stuff” in your house, or that book you have been planning to read for the past few years? Release is an issue that almost everyone has to deal with at some time in life, whether you are releasing old belongings, a dysfunctional relationship, a career or even a loved one. Release can be challenging whether you choose to let go of something or it is imposed upon you, but there are skills and attitudes you can adapt that will make it much easier.
What Is the Inner Committee and Why Is It Important For Self-Love?
Do you often feel as though you are arguing with yourself? That part of you wants to start a project, write a book or change your health habits and the other would rather watch Seinfeld reruns and eat Twinkies? That is because you are comprised of not just one personality aspect or type, but really of an Inner Committee of different aspects. You can’t fire parts you don’t like, and they all go out with you each day into the world as you live your life. It is as if they all get on a bus, with you as the driver, but your happiness that day depends on which part of the committee is driving. You can let stronger or more balanced parts of you drive when you need motivation, gentler parts when you need to be kind to yourself and others. Parts that don’t function well can heal and pitch in to make the committee stronger. But knowing more about the Inner Committee will expand your personal growth in a big way, putting you in a position to achieve any goal you set for yourself.
Who Is On Your Inner Committee?
Stuck Parts of the Inner Committee
Have you ever felt that you can’t move forward in your life even though you want to? Have you ever felt that you can’t impose your will in your own life? There are many different parts of the self that are not subconscious, but are simply stuck. You may be aware of feelings of shame, fear, or ineffectiveness, that keep you from moving forward, and yet are not exactly sure why. Let’s look at some of the messages that these parts of the self may be sending to you.
Relationships: How Does Your Committee Relate to Other Committee Members?
We have discussed each of the different committee meetings and how they may show up. We have looked at the fact that there are far more parts of the self and individual kinds of selves than we could ever imaging, but we have gotten a good handle on why they work and how they work in our lives. Now it is time to look at how they work together. If you have ever been on a committee, you know what they’re like! The expression that a camel is a horse made by a committee often sums up the way in which they work. Some committees flow and others don’t. Let’s look at some of the reasons and ways in which committees can function together in relationships.
Originally from at Dr. Nancy’s Podcast at LESS STRESSED LIFE with Christa Biegler
The Power of EMDR to Heal Past Pains and Trauma
with Dr. Nancy Mramor
Less Stressed Life : Upleveling Life, Health & Happiness
What if the pain of past traumas could be reprocessed so that they no longer have a traumatic effect on you every time you recall them? Sound like magic? Actually, it’s based in brain research on how we store our memories, both the painful traumatizing ones and the happy unforgettable ones! When you think of an old unhappy memory, it’s like taking a file out of a file drawer in the brain, then reading it and getting upset again before putting it right back where it was. But if you choose to think about it using the techniques of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, it can be but a minor memory that may not make you happy to reconsider, but certainly won’t retraumatize you. It may even change your thoughts about the memory to much healthier ones!
Inspired by Associated Press interview
Would you like to soar ahead in life unencumbered by emotional baggage? Then ask yourself: Is there anyone that you need to forgive or who needs to forgive you? Holding onto hurts, resentments of grudges takes up a lot of energy, even when you aren’t thinking about it. It’s like carrying a backpack that you have forgotten is there and yet it weighs you down. This is true for any emotional baggage, but especially for people that you carry in the pack that you have not forgiven.
And why is it so hard to forgive or even forget? Because there is an erroneous belief that forgiving someone makes what they did alright. There could not be anything further from the truth. When you forgive, you are not saying that what happened was acceptable, or that it wasn’t hurtful, or even that you think the person who did should be let off the hook. It merely says that you are done carrying the emotional hurt that gives away your personal power and holds you both in a knot of distress.