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Trying Dispenza Again

Trying Dispenza Again

About seven years ago I discovered Joe Dispenza. His books teach how to use the power of the mind through meditation to change yourself. I loved his writing, his meditations and his way of approaching life. I used his meditation for years and blogged about my...

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Why I Like Meditating Every Day

Why I Like Meditating Every Day

My cousin-once-removed asked me about meditation, so here's my story. I started with guided meditation when I was in my mid-twenties. I liked listening to someone else's voice as it led me through a visualization exercise that helped me relax and feel completely...

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Cue Miracle Music: Menstrual Pain Has Decreased

Cue Miracle Music: Menstrual Pain Has Decreased

I'm amazed to blog this, but after a year of struggling with horrific cramping, today is day two of my period and I'm not in agony! Four ibuprofen every 3-4 hours has kept me comfortable, as in PAIN-FREE. Oh, my god. I'm so, so grateful. I can hardly believe it. I'd...

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Kicking a Sugar Addiction

Previous post on food & fatness: The pain has receded I am in the process of trying to kick my addiction to sugar. For almost seven months, since November 2014, I've done a pretty good job of reducing my ingestion of sugar of all forms, which means I've...

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Give Blood. Meditate.

Give Blood. Meditate.

I've felt frustrated because I've been using Joe Dispenza's powerful guided meditation recording for a year and a half and there's one part that just hasn't fallen into place. While I've gotten great results in general, there's one thing that has bothered me. At the...

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When I Stood Up, I Was Different

When I Stood Up, I Was Different

Celebrate Your Life conferences bring together gurus and teachers of various disciplines all focused on the same thing: helping you achieve the best life for yourself and others. I've never been to one, but I attended their pre-conference workshop with Dr. Joe...

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Sugar Is NOT Easy to Shake

Previous post on weight & health: I did the plow pose! I listen to a lot of health discussions and read a lot of books and articles about the best ways to get the nutrition your body needs. One thing that grates on me every time is when someone describes their...

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Still waiting on results…

I'm still waiting to hear the results of my blood work and to find out if I've managed to lower my fasting blood sugar level. In the meantime, I'm doing whatever it takes to stay on my clean diet (which is no sugar, grains, dairy, caffeine or processed foods). It's...

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Update

Today I fit into my size 14 blouse again, with no dieting! Using Dr. Joe Dispenza's meditation technique, I'm just not as hungry. Being able to do a full yoga plow pose is now closer. It's stunning to me that I haven't restricted food or increased exercise, but...

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In the Grip

In the Grip

This is it right here: the hard part of change. It feels hard enough to get up every morning to follow Joe Dispenza's guided meditation and do the work of digging in to my unwanted emotions, but this is the real ordeal. After months of struggling to get some momentum...

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You Are the Placebo

Dr. Joe Dispenza's You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter was released today. I pre-ordered it, but since it was just downloaded to my Kindle this morning, I haven't started it yet. I'm excited because in this book Dr. Dispenza continues presenting...

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Update

Joe Dispenza's book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One has been instrumental to me. I've been using his accompanying recorded guided meditation to clear decades-long self-hatred, old resentment and anger towards my mother...

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I Hate Myself No More

A month ago, I began reading Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. It explains how our thoughts and feelings affect our physical and material state. He basically says that with focus and meditation you can...

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