James Trapp invites you to Wake Up and Thrive! At the University of Miami Sept. 13-14, 2015

Former President of Unity Worldwide Ministries James Trapp will speak at UM for two days in Sept.
To read more about this event and get tickets click HERE

Do you answer yes when you really want to say no? Then read The Power Of No

Is it possible that saying No can be spiritual?  It's a great question and The Power of No is a book that everyone should read.  Especially those enlightened beings who say yes with  that cool as cucumber cherub smile, then end up regretting their decision.  Even more so if those yes's create chaos in your life.  The co-author of the Power Of No, James Altucher says we should all read this book "because one little word can bring health, abundance, and happiness.  Written with his wife Claudia Azula Altucher, The Power of No is a compilation of some of their individual and collective life stories. In the book they share how setting boundaries and simply saying the word No helped them.  The Power Of No is spiritually entertaining  as they reveal how they overcame boundaries by saying no, for "each no eliminates a cage".   No angel should be caged.   Have you considered spiritual boundaries lately?
The book begins with "Your No Bill of Rights".(pg 14) Each "right" describes just how empowering and relatively "painful" it might be to just say no.  Fact is it can painful to say no, especially if you tend to be of the "yes" persuasion, "a naturally giving person".   One of the No Bill of Rights is the "right" to choose what stories you believe in.
The authors give simple techniques on how to say No effectively and begin to honor your true authentic self.  Speaking of authenticity there is a chapter on storytelling. Was there any time you bought into another persons interpretation of how your life should be lived, usually according to their story?  Perhaps in the past you've said yes to doing something only to regret it later or at the precise moment the agreement left your lips. smh, Now what do you do? According to the authors it is ok to change your mind.  Changing you mind can be the best thing you have ever done.  For example engaging in activities with folks that drain you.  Maybe a family member, co-worker or friend.  It may be difficult to say No as most people equate saying No with some type of rejection.  This book can help you change that perception.  Saying No is a good thing.
Another one of the "No Bill of Rights" is the right to take your time.  sighs. Thanks for the reminder.  Why hurry? Have you ever been rushed into making a decision about something that isn't urgent but you are pushed to commit ASAP or PRONTO?  The Power Of No reminds you to slow down and rather than react on auto pilot to people, situations and circumstances in our life take some time to evaluate the best answer. The Power Of No may surprise you, it surprised me.  This book describes seven(7) levels of No and how using them can be powerful. 
Warning this book is REAL!  A real good read with real stories and real practical tips that can be life changing.
From the authors: What we show in this book is that No comes from a deep core inside.  A spiritual core. One that allows you to tap into power you might not have known you had.
I'm all about tapping into my spiritual core and connecting that power source.  So I put the techniques to task.  There is someone I've known for years that is always asking for something, a favor, an errand, work etc with the promise of future pay. I once rode around several counties spending  days meeting and talking with realtors in the anticipation of the promise of being compensated for my time and efforts at a future date.   It was always tomorrow. While tomorrow came my money never did.  I always seemed to agree to doing things for this person that take my time and cost me money.  We hadn't spoken in awhile since the  last time I fully expressed my displeasure with this behavior.  Well, It is written when the student is ready the teacher will appear.  Like clockwork that evening while reading the chapter on boundaries I got a text asking for a favor.  I text back....ok.  ugh..   Then came the promise. breathe! All the emotions and pain of feeling used and disrespected came flooding back.  I felt it in my core.  I mindfully sat with the decision.  I read the book some more.  I woke up around 3am and decided it was time take my power back. The Power of No.  Later that day I text the person, I changed my mind.  They did not reply and as hours passed I realized this was the pattern.  Eventually I was able to say No.  It was uncomfortable but in the long run it will be worth it.  What a lesson! According to the book, When our No's are not in place, we are vulnerable to abuse(pg.43).   Since reading this book I have become much more aware of the Power Of No and the abuses of yes.  This is a great book filled with wonderful lessons and real life examples of just  how enlightening saying no can be.  Yes! saying no can be a spiritual experience. The Power of No is available on Amazon, at Barnes & Noble Hay House and Indigo

Please note I was given a copy of this book to review by Hay House with my unbiased opinion.

Get out outta your head and into your mind...that's where the answer is!

This is one of my favorite quotes by Einstein.  It is also another reason why I love hypnosis.  Hypnosis allows you to tap into various states of consciousness to obtain the answers to issues unlike any other metaphysical modality.  If you are willing to show up and do the inner work the powerful creative subconscious mind can reveal answers that help almost anyone move forward. Notice I said almost anyone.  For many years there have been skeptics due to various myths and misconceptions about hypnosis.  Myths like you can be made to do something without your consent.  It's simply not true.  If it were there would be a lot more millions in the World.  Let me reiterate: hypnosis is very safe and effective.
I became a hypnotist because it helped me quit smoking improve my outlook on life.  Once I remembered what it felt like to relax in a different state of consciousness I was hooked.  Hypnosis helped me go deeper into my meditation practice.  Hypnosis helped me see things  differently.  The key to unlocking your greatest potential is not a team sport.  It requires going within, silencing the chatter of the everyday thinking mind.  Hypnosis can unlock that inner awareness to peace love and abundance.  When is the last time you heard that inner voice?  Are you listening? for more information on how hypnosis can help you cal (305) 305-2288 or visit www.amustardseedhealing.com
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Have you come full circle in life? ask yourself

Coming full circle can be a wonderful thing.  The opportunity to revisit a relationship, situation or circumstance can be quite revealing.  There are many definitions and interpretations  for reciprocity of life and what that should look like.  Life is a personal experience. Filled with a multitude of experiences the past molds the present and may hold the key to the future.  Zig Ziglar said repetition is the mother of learning.  I think repetition is the mother is invention.  Regression can help you recognize past patterns.  These patterns can be the keys to your success.  Perhaps you only date a certain"type" or you seem to always end up in the same situation.  Hypnosis can help you recognize where you got stuck.  Hypnosis can also help you to remember what you are really great at so you can develop your life purpose.

Life doesn't have to be hard or painful.  It's actually supposed to be fun.  The Bible says lest we become children can we enter heaven. Heaven is a state of mind! Keep it simple and have fun. Life is a playground of possibilities!  To explore how hypnosis can help you visit www.amustardseedhealing.com or call (305) 305-2288 for more information.
CLICK HERE for books and videos on how to empower yourself with self hypnosis~kysses
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Does hypnosis work an article from Penn State

As people become more open and receptive to alternative healing more research is being done and the answers are positive.  Hypnosis can help!  Here is a link to a recent article about hypnosis and if it works written in the Penn State News
http://news.psu.edu/story/141251/2005/10/03/research/probing-question-does-hypnosis-work

What makes you happy?

I got a text the other asking what was my life's purpose.  It seems with the sudden passing of Robin Williams some people are pondering the question of life.  The text prompted me to think a minute.  I answered to be happy! It was then I realized just how much my priorities have changed.  In the past my life purpose centered mostly around helping others and making other folks happy.  I now know if I am not happy there isn't a thing I do to help anyone else.  Thus my quest for inner peace and happiness.  I used to think it was selfish to put myself and my needs first, au contraire putting my happiness first is the best thing I could have ever done.  There is a saying if Momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy!
There is no better feeling than seeing a client relax and move forward.  Happiness is contagious and when you have it it's one of those things you simply do not take for granted.  Happy does not come from the outside happiness grows and flows from within you.  I use to think happiness came from another pair of shoes.  My dad used to call me Imelda for Imelda Marcos who reportedly owned thousands of pairs of shoes. 

Shoes used to make me happy actually they still do but it is a temporary adrenaline type of happiness.  One day while organizing the closet I counted all the empty feelings(shoes) I was trying to compensate for and all the money I spent looking for happy. 
I decided to be happy not buy happy!  Besides broke ain't cute and happy breeds prosperity! I am prosperous!
Happy is really a state of mind! It make take a little time and effort to remember what it feels like. You get your hair done you buy new shoes have you ever renewed your mind?  Hypnosis can help!  Visit www.amustardseedhealing.com for more information on how hypnosis can help you get your happy back. kysses
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Why did Robin Williams choose suicide? Could alternative treatments have helped him?

 I was a bit sad to hear of the transition of comedian Robin Williams. He made me laugh and I "got" him.  The whole nanu nanu thing was so different.  Robiin Willams took the fear out aliens for me and Mork and Mindy became one of my favorite shows. I also get that perhaps I related to Robin Williams because he was different.  Robin Williams began doing impressions and comedy as a lonely over weight young boy who felt different. I too am different and I have always felt different or been reminded of the fact by the scores of "normal" folks around me.  Perhaps you feel different too.  The feeling of never quite fitting in used to haunt me and the loudest voice was the one in my own head.  It was a constant reminder that I didn't agree with or believe a lot of what everyone else said or did.  I wasn't overweight as a child I just preferred to be alone.   Nor was I interested in what I was "supposed" to be learning or made to do.  I was bored.  I was considered a minority mentally and physically yet they labeled me "gifted" in public school.  It was daunting and I was taunted.  So I created coping mechanisms.  All external. That's life. You get in where you fit in and folks on drugs and alcohol tended to not care either way so it was comfortable drowning the sorrows for awhile.  People who don't understand depression will sometimes make accusations of drug and alcohol abuse for depression, out of ignorance, oftentimes as they pop another codeine something for their "nerves" and chase it with red wine.
The stories I could share.. smh  I was destined to be a medical doctor or so I thought however in college the first time around I wasn't all that interested.  Spirituality and mysticism felt more natural to me.
The depression got worse until I could not leave the bed much less the house.  Notice I said "the depression" as it was another label I never took ownership of.   Depressed was what they told me I was feeling when I described it to folks.  To help doctors kept giving me more prescriptions and I kept feeling worse.  I could not work and work did not want to hear that.  It seems some folks faked depression to stay home and get paid.  The folks that really were depressed pay the highest price. isolation.  That time can never be recovered. That feeling can never be quite understood.  It's just there.  "What do you have to be depressed about" they asked.
How the heck would I know?  If I knew why and how I would have given anything to just make it go away...that awful feeling

But I couldn't will it away.  So I faked a lot. I smiled and when I got home I cried thousands of tears begging God to just take the pain away...  There were times I considered the alternatives. But I was never brave enough.  I worried to much about appearances.  Interesting thing is none of those appearances(people) really gave a damn about me. inconsiderate vultures.  I remember the day I realized that if I didn't do something I really was gonna die. As the Dr. took my blood pressure and wrote me five more prescriptions for the issues and the side effects of the issues, he appealed to my vanity.  He described what could happen if I didn't die...whew. another side effect. very risky.  I think I understand why Robin Williams had to cut his wrists and put a belt around his neck.  He had to die.  The pain was too painful, the consequences too great.  I visited a hypnotist at some point to quit smoking and it was then that I remembered what it felt like to relax.  It was different and it was a good feeling.  I was comfortable in my skin and the world seemed more peaceful.  There was hope. I liked that feeling more than the drugs so I learned everything I could about it.  no side effects. Hypnosis introduced me into a deeper meditation.  peace be still.  Combined with my spiritual beliefs hypnosis saved my life.  I surrendered to that higher power I had heard about.  Not the one that scared me from the pulpit in the Baptist church I grew up in,  but the one that was inside of me.  The one power that was stronger than me.  Something shifted and I knew I had to live... for ME!  I actually wanted to live.  I felt empowered.
Depression is hard.  Depression is lonely.  Nobody wants to hear about it or so it seemed.  Most folks think it is over rated.  I did too until it happened to me. Money fortune nor fame can't erase the pain.
I was sad to hear Robin Williams decided to leave early.  He taught us so much and I can only imagine how much he took with him.  I choose to stay on this earthly plain and share for whatever it is worth, however I can, whenever I can. Drug and alcohol free.  It feels good to be free and freedom IS a state of mind.  I love me more than any external stimuli. Only God knows what a "normal" life looks like and since we(God and I) have developed this relationship built on trust I place my trust in God.  I check in with God often.  As I cultivate a relationship with the Angels and myself it is a profoundly intimate experience. It is a personal journey.  I dug out of that hole body mind and spirit.
This is the first time I have discussed it publicly. I was never brave enough to write about it or even talk about publicly however the death of Robin Williams has touched me and brought an awareness to life.  I have held it in long enough and it no longer serves me to hold on to that past life.
I AM free. It is safe to be free and full of life.  happy.  It's cool to be different and even cooler to honor my diversity.  Depression no longer defines me.  I am not afraid to live.  They say the internet is immortal and so am I.
To everyone who thought I was faking depression may you never experience what it feels like to be depressed. To those who supported me I love you more than words can ever express.  Thank you for taking my calls and just listening to me.  Thank you also for understanding when I simply did not have the words.  Thanks to my therapists who understood what I was growing through esp. the therapist that asked me angels on day.... I love you!
Thank you God for...all of it. May I be an instrument of your peace.
If you are depressed tell your story.  And tell it often.  Also take the time to listen.  You are never alone. 
Depression can be a struggle.
Honor your emotions seek help and follow your doctors instructions
Try alternative and complimentary methods of treatment.
There are infinite possibilities.
Explore spirituality.
Don't give up life is really beautiful. 
Depression happened when I was afraid to live or die..
I love living
                                                       RIP Robin Williams nanu nanu

Over come fears with hypnosis

Hypnosis can help you overcome fears and move forward.  Fear is the product of a past situation or circumstance.  Babies are born fearless.  Fear is therefore a learned experience.  In hypnosis the conscious thinking mind can be bypassed so the core issue of the fear can be revealed.  I used to try and guess where the fear originated with my clients only to realize that effort was futile.  It never is what we "think" it is.  People spend a lot of time and money looking for solutions to fears outside of themselves when the real answer is within. The journey within can be daunting for various reasons like limiting beliefs etc.  There are so many outer distractions, however the journey within is valuable and rewarding.   Again it is never quite what we "think" it is.  As a metaphysical hypnotist I help facilitate that journey within, so you can find your own solutions and allowing you to release what no longer serves you.  Hypnosis is safe and effective.  For more information on how hypnosis can help you visit www,amustardseedhealing.com
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