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29 Sep 2010 Why Do We Sabotage Ourselves?
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History Derailed
Why would anyone in their right mind sabotage themselves?

This is a good question! Why WOULD you. Why WOULD I?

But all too often it happens just as you finally begin to see some results for your labors. You are just beginning to see your dream come true. Then WHAM, something happens to derail your progress and everything seems to fall to pieces.

What happened? Was it fate at work?
No, it was probably you at work? WHAT??

Yes, you and I do not really realize the power that our thoughts have over our lives.

What happened is that subconsciously you:

  • Don’t feel worthy of the success you were about to achieve.
  • Feel guilty for something, and consequently don’t feel you deserve this success.
  • Are afraid of success, of change or both. Success will separate you from much of your “old life” AND many of your friends. This can be a fearful thing.

These mindsets that are buried in your subconscious mind will jump out and stop you from achieving:

  • What you don’t think you are worthy of.
  • What you don’t think you deserve because you did something you feel guilty about.
  • A lifestyle you want but are afraid of. (for the reasons mentioned above).

How crazy is that?

How to stop sabotaging yourself

  • The first thing to do is to recognize that this is happening.
  • Now honestly ask yourself: Do I FEEL worthy of achieving my dreams?
  • Do I feel guilty about something. Could it be that I am punishing myself?
    If you find this to be true, it is time to forgive yourself. It is so often easier to forgive others than it is forgive yourself. However this is a VERY important step.
  • Eliminate fear by making a decision to train your mind with FAITH.

JillCheck out my articles Are You Building A Mindset Of Faith or a Mindset Of Fear? and Destroying Negative Imaginations Called Fear for more about how to train your mind with FAITH.


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30 Aug 2010 The Very Top Cause Of Stress
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Stressed LadylIn the last post we looked at two top causes of stress in our lives today.

Remember they are:
Disobedience (to your own heart) and -
Control (you can’t control anything in life but your own mind).

Now let’s tackle the BIGGEST cause of stress in our lives today! What is it?

Fear! Yes fear is a HUGE cause of stress.

Fear is actually the root cause of ALL other causes of stress. Fear is behind them all.

Yes, that is right, FEAR is behind them all.

Did you know that faith and fear have a common denominator. What is it?

Both fear and faith are developed by words – thought, spoken and believed!

How can you tell when fear is present in your life?
One good way is to note your first SPONTANEOUS reaction to a challenge and the thoughts that go with it.

  • Did you gasp and think or say: How am I going to cope with this?
  • Did you lose your breath for a second and then find a host of “what if thoughts” flooding your mind?

Those are certainly reactions of fear.

So how can you change those reactions?
Well first you need to face the fact that the fear habit did not grow to this magnitude overnight, and it is likely it will not disappear overnight.

Fear is a developed and learned habit.

Faith is also a developed and learned habit.

Faith will displace fear!

Here’s how you can cultivate faith:

  • Take note of the words you listen to (and only listen to positive faith building words).
  • Take note of the words you are speaking and stop speaking negative words. Make an dedicated effort to speak only positive words no matter what the situation.

    This will take discipline, determination and development to achieve completely. Remember habits are developed!

  • Stop associating with negative people.
  • Stop watching negative and violent programs on TV.
  • Read, listen to and watch strong faith building books, articles and messages.

These things will certainly put you on the road to developing faith habits and fear will have to flee.

JillOnce fear is gone, you will find that your life will have a LOT less stress.

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