How And Why To Use Affirmations
Try replacing the word obstacle with the word challenge. Does it feel different?Imagine your obstacles to be just neutral statements with no weight either good or bad.Positive affirmations are positive thoughts or statements that are repeated over and over. As you repeat them and infuse them with real emotion and passion, they go directly to your subconscious mind, where they begin to manifest as your reality. When you use positive affirmations, you decisively convert negative, restrictive statements into positive, constructive statements.Begin with simply replacing minus words with plus words. For example, “I’m not smart enough” becomes “I am very smart—i

Affirmative Synchronicity
Hi guys,Today as I am writing this I am in total awe. It never ceases to absolutely thrill and amaze me how things always seem to work out in perfect synchronistic order.As you know, I am in Denmark conducting a healing retreat with a close friend of mine. We are relaxing, talking, meditating, and much more. It is bliss.We are using the wonderful teachings of Louise Hay as the basis for many of our guided meditations and affirmation exercises. The material is second to none – what an amazing woman she is! We have also been watching “The Shift”, a new movie from Hay House, based on the work of Dr. Wayne Dyer and featuring Wayne as the main character. It’

Hold On To Your Neighbor
Recently I had an important speaking engagement. I had chosen to speak on the value of making mistakes, how mistakes are important lessons that help us grow and make us who we are, and how we should learn to simply view mistakes as neutral experiences that we can deposit into our knowledge-bank account and watch as our wealth of wisdom gradually grows every time we make a mistake. (You may be familiar with one of my earlier articles on this topic)I’m used to speaking and I enjoy it. I rarely get nervous and overall I feel very comfortable on the platform which is a good thing when you are a speaker!But sometimes you become so used to doing what you do that you begin to t

Who’s Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
If you know anything about my work, if you regularly read my articles or blog posts, or if you've read my Bestselling book, Your Voice Is Your Calling Card, you'd know without a doubt that I consider fear to be a speaker/performer's worst enemy - if not Mankind's. Fear creates blockages that stops energy from flowing freely within our being and prevents us from being our greatest, most courageous, and most brilliant self.With that cut in stone once again beckons the question...If fear is your first enemy, who’s your second?Some would argue that your second enemy is the heckler, the crowd vampire, the one who feeds on you and your insecurities to soothe

Overcoming Obstacles
(Excerpt from The Path to Freedom, by Suzann Rye)Your beliefs will either support you or block your way. Unlimited thinking opens doors, draws opportunities to you, expands your possibilities, and dramatically increases your quality of life. It gives you power, confidence, and courage and allows you to be who you really are, get what you deserve, and live the life you want. Restricted thinking does the opposite.“But I can’t just think or believe my way around obstacles!”There’s a difference between real, actual, immediate obstacles—and perceived, “imaginary” obstacles.Real obstacles, or “solid” obstacles as I call them, are things that a