Can You Muster The Willpower?
“If I only had more willpower!” How many times have I heard that as an excuse to not do what someone states they really want to accomplish? Oh, we all have to struggle with this. “Should I eat the rest of chips?” “I shouldn’t have bought that.” “It was too good a deal to pass up.” “It was just hot to exercise.” Will power takes practice and reinforcement. I believe it is something that we can all cultivate. It takes will power and discipline to accomplish a job whether it is a home improvement or finishing college classes that are challenging and demand lots of homework. What are some of the qualities of willpower? Do you feel that you can recruit your willpower whenever you need to? The following link opens up to a provocative article I think you will like. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/05/willpower-our-greatest-strength.html. Posted by Howard Brockman, LCSW September 18, 2014 ...
Read MoreChange and Your Subconscious Mind
Are you familiar with the placebo effect? This is when patients are given sugar pills by their doctors and told that it is an antidepressant pill (for example). More often than not, the individual’s depression dissipates completely. Why does this happen? Because the person believed that it would work. This is a remarkable example of the deeper healing part of us, the subconscious mind. Many healers and therapists recognize that there are actually two minds in us, the subconscious and the conscious, and the subconscious mind runs the operating system of our life most of the time. When undesirable symptoms occur, whether it is ill health conditions or behaviors that become problematic, it is critical to change the subconscious response pattern. How is this accomplished? A major stumbling block is that we can’t change the subconscious by reasoning things out. The subconscious mind is like an automated operating system that runs most of our hardware and thinking, so we need to learn how to reprogram it. Most of the time it’s runs very efficiently, but occasionally there are glitches that we recognize as habitual responses that run counter to our conscious intentions. When this happens it is time to problem solve and get to the root of the problem so it can be modified–essentially reprogrammed. There are effective methods to reprogram the subconscious mind, including EFT (an energy-based approach) and hypnosis. Change doesn’t have to be a struggle. You just have to know what you want and ask for some assistance. Posted on July 10, 2013 Howard Brockman,...
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Howard Brockman, LCSW is a psychotherapist who has been in private practice for 32-years. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work and The Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology. He has a master’s degree in Social Ethics/Religious Studies from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in Social Work from Portland State University. Read More... 
