The Renewal Times
August, 2010.
ISSN 1705-3773 The Renewal Times
The Renewal Times is a publication of Renewal Technologies Inc. and is edited by Roger Ellerton.
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Note: The material in this newsletter is presented for information only. It is not a substitute for medical, psychological or professional advice. Please consult a qualified professional.
Included in this newsletter:
- Thought for the day
- Health Notes
- Upcoming Seminars
- Feature Article
- Humour
- More Information
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Thought for the Day
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Change how you see yourself and create an opportunity for others to see you differently.
Roger Ellerton
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Health Notes
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Use This Breathing Exercise to Fight Wrinkles
Take a deep breath. Now let it out. Breathe in again. Breathe out. In. Out. Slowly. Evenly. Feel better? More relaxed?
Good. You might look better when you are done, too, because studies show that stress does more than rumple your mood. It may actually help rumple your face, too.
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Walk for a Bigger Brain
There's no home-gym equipment designed to build up your brain muscle. But a simple walk will do.
A new study shows that regular cardiovascular exercise can enlarge the hippocampus -- a brain structure vital to memory function.
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Parents' Handbook
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By the time you finish reading the Parents' Handbook: NLP & Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being you will have discovered how to:
- Have meaningful, supportive conversations with your partner and children.
- Address beliefs or habits that get in the way of being an effective parent.
- Help your children address beliefs or habits that limit them.
- Support yourself and family members in achieving your respective dreams.
- Fulfill the six primary parenting roles essential for the well-being of your children.
- Support your children in learning effectively at school and at home.
For more information, see www.parents-handbook.com.
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Upcoming Seminars / Workshops
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We are pleased to offer the following public workshops/seminars in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:
Introductory NLP Evening
August 11, 2010 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
Please come as our guest. Invite a friend to come with you. Registration is required so that we can reserve a seat for you. E-mail your name and the number of people attending to info@renewal.ca. For more information, please see www.renewal.ca/freeseminar.htm.
During this event, we will have book signings for Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You and Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being.
NLP Practitioner Training
Seven consecutive days: October 18 - 24, 2010.
NLP Master Practitioner Training
Four weekends: April 1 - 3, 15 - 17, 6 - 18, 29, 30, May 1, 13 - 15, 2011.
Parenting Workshops
Based on my book, Parents Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being, we are pleased to offer two workshops for parents this fall:
- Workshop 1: Be the Parent You Need to Be, November 6, 2010
- Workshop 2: Assist Your Children to Learn Efficiently and Effectively, December 4, 2010
For our most recent schedule and a description of these workshops/seminars, please visit www.renewal.ca/neurolinguistic.htm
Click on the following link for the location of our NLP Training Centre in Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario, Canada.
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Feature Article
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This article may be reproduced, provided it is reproduced in full, including author bio and a link to renewal.ca. If you republish this or any of our other articles without including the author's name, bio and a link to renewal.ca, you will be in violation of copyright law and sent an invoice.
If you believe you can or can’t, you’re right
By Roger Ellerton Phd, ISP, CMC, Renewal Technologies Inc. www.renewal.ca
Beliefs are views, guiding principles, judgments and decisions about yourself, your family, your community and how the world functions. Your beliefs filter what you see, hear and feel in the world around you and as a result determine the meaning you associate with an event. Beliefs act as self-fulfilling prophecies. Your beliefs, whether they are limiting or empowering, determine your actions, which in turn verify your beliefs to be true. Over time, as you generate more evidence, your beliefs become increasingly entrenched and more real.
Beliefs operate at the deep structure level and influence the surface structure of your thoughts and behaviors. While you are aware of many of your beliefs, in general, your most influential beliefs operate outside of your conscious awareness. There are some beliefs that you view as absolute truths and never question - "that’s just the way the world is!"
A change in your beliefs can have a major impact on how you live your life and the behaviors you manifest. In their book NLP and Health (Thorsons, 1996), Ian McDermott and Joseph O’Connor illustrate the power of beliefs with numerous references to medical cases. For example, in a typical clinical situation, about 35 percent of all cases receive as much pain relief from a placebo as from morphine - simply because the recipients believe it will work.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.Charles F. Kettering
Where do beliefs come from?
Most beliefs originate from childhood. These beliefs are not based on fact; instead, they are based on a perception of events at the time they were formed. Generalizations are made on single traumatic experiences or through trial and error, forming our beliefs. We tend to accept those beliefs that bring pleasure, provide safety or avoid pain. Children respect those who play significant roles in their lives - parents, teachers, religious leaders, older siblings - taking on their beliefs and behaviors and accepting what they are told about themselves or others - "you are incompetent" or "you can achieve whatever you choose."
Many limiting beliefs are established during childhood, and often are based on a misinterpretation of the event, because children do not have all of the resources of an adult nor an awareness of all the facts.
To illustrate how easy it is to establish a core belief, consider how elephants are trained. You often see elephants restrained by only a light rope and stake. Why is it that these massive animals don’t just walk away, since they could easily break the rope or pull out the stake? Simply, they have been conditioned to accept that they cannot. If they had the ability to reason, we could say they believe they cannot!
When elephants are young, they are tied up with a very heavy rope and stake that they are unable to budge or break. After many futile attempts, they accept that no matter what they do, they cannot break free. Although not real, this limitation restricts their future mobility, even in the face of danger.
Just as the elephants were trained, what boundaries are you helping your children accept that will limit how they live their lives?
Author: Roger Ellerton PhD, CMC is a certified NLP trainer, coach, certified management consultant and
the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies. This article is an excerpt from his most recent book Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being. Available from
Amazon.com
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Humour
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Teachers
A young girl came home from school and said to her mother, "Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do."
Her mother exclaimed, "That's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The young girl replied, "My homework."
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A child came home from his first day at school.
His mother asks, "What did you learn today?"
He replies, "Obviously not enough. I have to go back tomorrow."
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More Information
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For more information, please visit our NLP-based website or contact us at info@renewal.ca
Copyright © 2010, Renewal Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
Books, ebooks and CDs by Roger Ellerton
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Click on the following links to obtain more information on these products:
- Book/e-book: Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You.
- e-book: Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: 5 Step Action Plan.
- Book/e-book: Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being.
- e-book: NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use. Discover the power of NLP.
- CD: Ho'oponopono, a meditation to bringing balance into your life.
- CD: Balancing Modalities, a meditation to improve access to the visual, auditory, kinesthetic and auditory digital modalities.
- CD: Outcome MASTERY, a process and meditation to help you achieve what you desire - more comprehensive than SMART goals.
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