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 [SelfGrowth.com]  Self Improvement Newsletter Improve Your Life Today!  6/20/16 issue:  Tools for Healing Depression & 7 Simple Self-Help Pointers Email for: {EMAIL} * Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter * Issue #927, Week of June 20-21, 2016 Publisher: David Riklan - [] In this issue: -- Quotes of the Week -- Article: Tools for Transforming Depression- By Karen Mehringer -- Article: 7 Easy Self-Improvement Tips - By Paul Jenkin -- Book Review: The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion - By Phil Stutz and Barry Michels -- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter -- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------ *** Quotes of the Week *** ------------------------------------------------------------ “All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.” - T.E. Lawrence, 1888-1935 “Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.” - George Dana Boardman, 1801-1831 “A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.” - Samuel Butler, 1835-1902 ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: Tools for Transforming Depression- By Karen Mehringer *** ------------------------------------------------------------ If you find yourself feeling unmotivated, lacking energy for life, grumpy or irritable, you may be depressed. Depression is typically caused by suppressed anger, at the root of which is the feeling of powerlessness. When we give our power away, our creative life force energy becomes stifled and “depressed” and we are no longer in the flow of manifesting abundance. We are unable to be receptive to creative solutions and new possibilities. Imagine a dam, and how it blocks the flow of water. This is what happens to our energy when we suppress our anger. When not allowed to flow, not only do we experience depression, but physical symptoms as well like illness or pain. The following is a step-by-step process to assist you in transforming depression and reclaiming your power so you can engage more fully in life: 1. Acknowledge your anger. Give it a voice by writing about it. What does it have to say? Start by writing, “What I am most angry about is…” Write non-stop for ten minutes without lifting your pen. If you have trouble identifying your anger, ask for a dream to reveal its source. Perhaps you were hurt in a romantic relationship or are angry with God for the death of a loved one. What circumstance in your life do you feel powerless over? Other healthy ways to express your anger include screaming into or hitting a pillow, pounding nails into a board, physical exertion like running or working out hard, drawing or painting your feelings. You can even visualize screaming, crying, and having a temper tantrum. In whatever way works best for you, allow your anger to be expressed. 2. Visualize where anger resides in your body. Imagine it as an object with a size, shape, color, and texture. For example, perhaps it is like a dark heavy bowling ball in your belly. Next, visualize taking it out of your belly and throwing it at something like a fence. See the fence being smashed and destroyed. Sometimes we need to destroy what isn’t serving us before we can create new possibilities for our lives. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: 7 Easy Self-Improvement Tips - By Paul Jenkin *** ------------------------------------------------------------ If you’re like me you're probably always in search of the most effective techniques for personal development. There are many fantastic ways to gain momentum - things that you can do along with any specific techniques that you have chosen to aid your own inner healing and personal growth. After spending over a decade studying and actively taking part in personal development, I've come across a few fundamentals that we all ought to implement into our lives; and thought I’d share 7 easy self-improvement tips to help you on your journey to achieve greater success in life. Positive Expectations People who achieve great things in life, are generally no more intelligent or capable than anyone else, although they do one thing different which many people have trouble doing. Most of us continue dreading the worst; successful individuals expect to win - even before they’ve figured out how to pull it off! Go about your day feeling as if everything is finally ‘clicking into place,’ and shrug off the rest - as they say, the rest is just a matter of perseverance. By having positive expectations, after some time, you’ll experience wonderful things in your life in ever increasing amounts because what you put out you get back! Writing Goals and Plans of Actions It is an absolute MUST if you ever hope to accomplish anything, to get into the habit of writing down clear and specific goals. This is because writing down your goals clarifies them and begins constructing powerful images deep within the subconscious mind, which manifest over time. Once you have your priority goals highlighted, and even placed along a proper time-line, work on your plans of action for achieving those goals, as this will gives you tremendous purpose and passion. Also it will provide a solid framework from which specific actions can be derived that can be taken each day towards the realization of your long-term goals. Feeling and Affirming Gratitude Gratitude has the power to change your life in ways unimaginable to you unless of course you are already a long time practitioner of gratefulness. It will shift your whole perspective of life for the better and literally change your inner dialogue, self-expression, confidence and of course the decisions and actions you take. For best results, write one positive affirmation centered around the foundation of Gratitude, for each key area of your life such as health, relationships, finances, and so on and make a commitment to affirming them out aloud at least once a day, and allow yourself to feel truly grateful for your life. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** BOOK REVIEW: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion - By Phil Stutz and Barry Michels *** ------------------------------------------------------------ The Tools is a dynamic, results-oriented practice that defies the traditional approach to therapy. Instead of focusing on the past, this groundbreaking method aims to deliver relief from persistent problems and restore control—and hope—to users right away. Every day presents challenges—big and small—that the tools transform into opportunities to bring about bold and dramatic change in your life. These transformative techniques will teach you how to GET UNSTUCK: Master the things you are avoiding and live in forward motion. CONTROL ANGER: Free yourself from out-of-control rage and never-ending grudges. EXPRESS YOURSELF: Learn the secret of true confidence and find your authentic voice. COMBAT ANXIETY: Stop obsessive worrying and negative thinking. FIND DISCIPLINE: Activate willpower and make the most of every minute. For years, Phil Stutz and Barry Michels taught these tools to an exclusive patient base of high-powered executives and creative types. Now their revolutionary practice is available to anyone interested in realizing the full range of their potential. Stutz and Michels want to make your life exceptional—in its resiliency, its productivity, and its experience of real happiness. ***** The list Price of this book is $17.00. 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