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We just added two sleep induction programs to extend the Omega Mind Program. These 40 minute sessions are specifically designed to help you ease off to sleep, while including a mild subliminal support for the Omega Mind Program. These are entirely optional, but complement the core Omega Mind Program nicely. They can also be used independently if desired, though they do include subliminal affirmations from the Omega program.   Just Listen to Reprogram Your Brain There are a wide variety of products and programs that offer to help you grow and achieve in various ways. Many of these programs offer substantial benefits over a period of weeks or months. Very few personal growth approaches offer significant long term change and help you operate at a higher level. The market is also saturated with copycat products and simplistic placebos. This has ultimately convinced many people that the personal development and self-help field is less than wonderful. I have tried and reviewed many of these and look for the theory and core efficacy in every offering and technique. In every article, book, or study, I look for repeatable gains and benefits. Though many products and individual techniques offer some benefits, none offer the long term potential I believe is possible. I’ve always believed personal development programs could be taken to vastly improved levels. The journey and commitment is still long, but the accumulated results could be much greater. Over time, I’ve used passionate curiosity and mental rigor as a guide. I discuss and validate the concepts at length, including working with psychiatrists and psychologists to get their perspective on these non-medical products. My current theory and perspective in personal development builds on many great teachers, researchers, leaders, and thinkers. I have gradually synthesized a hybrid neurological, psychological, and developmental framework for human growth and achievement. For over three decades, I have been creating programs of various types to help people in their quest for personal growth and achievement.  Neural Networks and Myelination I’ve always pondered why personality can seem so fixed and relatively immutable, even when the individual seems committed to change themselves. As with many things I’ve studied about people over time, a strong neurological aspect appears underpin the highly stable personality/psychological constructs. After reading Daniel Coyle’s book, “The Talent Code,” I see another possible good explanation. The key aspects of his work relevant to us:
I’ll now give you my synthesis on what this means to us in our core personality and being. Continue reading The Learned Self – What’s Myelin Got To Do With It? We’ve all likely experienced and observed that verbalizing, through discussion, writing in a journal, or similar means, seems to lessen emotional intensity. The effect is confirmed at a neurological level by a psychologists in a UCLA study. The study found that introducing language along with contexts that trigger emotions, such as anger, in the amygdala, triggers increases in the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex region along with a decrease in amygdala activity. Since the amygdala participates extensively in emotional experience, and the particular prefrontal region is associated with language and … Continue Reading Putting Feelings Into Words Produces Therapeutic Effects In The Brain In a study at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Genomics Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), it was found that triggering the relaxation response (yes, that Benson) activates a pattern of genes that appear related to stress management. This study may suggest diverse areas from pain management, arthritis, and many others could be influenced positively by systematically and consistently evoking the relaxation resposne. This obviously points in a positive and expected direction, confirming Benson’s original observations in new areas. … Continue Reading Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-Related Genes There is state of being that I call emergence. It bears much resemblance to terms such as transcendence, flow, heightened awareness, or spiritual awakening. I refer to a balanced gestalt of all these facets and many more. Emergence is the upper band of achievable human conscious attainment. Although the names, methods, creed, and details differ, these terms all attempt to catch an ineffable state of experience in concise language. It is ineffable is because the experience is very rich, varied, and rare. There would be no easy words for Blue or Loud if the vast majority of people had never experienced sight or sound. Now that I’ve extended, contorted, and re-coined a word, I’ll get to the topic at hand. I have broken the evolution and growth of personal consciousness into five stages. These include sleeping, awakening, transforming, and emergence. The last stage, which I can’t help with it, is achieving divine consciousness, enlightenment, and similar states. See five stages of growth for more on that topic. Super-Learning – Sheila Ostrander, et al Super-Learning, by Nancy Ostrander, et al, was originally published in 1979. This book introduced the concepts of a theta-rich learning environment, structured breathing and delivery. A well researched contribution that leads the way in many areas. Revised and updated versions have also been published. The specific delivery techniques, upon which I’ve built several programs, work reasonably well, but are very specific in the types of information that fit the pattern. However, the general background on receptiveness is excellent and applies much … Continue Reading Super-Learning “The Relaxation Response,” by Herbert Benson, is a seminal work in the relationship of relaxation and physiological stress. The book reveals Benson’s research to show that relaxation practices have long lasting effects, well beyond the relaxation practice itself. An excellent and influential book and highly suggested reading if your curious as to how relaxation, performance, and physiologic stress are related. Your brain holds the secret to how we grow, when we grow, and when we don’t. Using modern brain understanding and tools, we can dramatically change ourselves over time. The cast-in-stone nature of personality of behavior can be reshaped. We’ve all heard references to the popular book, “The Secret.” We’ve all heard numerous references to hidden and untapped power of the brain, your unconscious, your spiritual oneness, paths to enlightenment. These are often riddled with promise of easy paths to abundance, peace, and happiness. I have always been intrigued and driven to understand why some aspects of our human personality are fluid and flexible, while others are almost immutable, even when we desire ourselves to be different. I’ve synthesized information from neurology to cognitive science, neural networks to coherence theories, psychology and self help practices, and even the religious spectrum, including Catholicism, Christianity, Buddhism, atheism, and others. If you read these pages, try the approaches, and see for yourself, I believe you will an exceptional, holistic paradigm and novel approach. Nothing I’ve found comes close in the long term. I’ve decided to package my years of research, learning, and coaching, and personal development support on the web. The study referenced below, involving simple guided relaxation sessions for the elderly, shows meaningful reductions in blood pressure for the control group. Many of the programs I offer leverage this type of technique. This is for informational purposes and does not imply any claims regarding your health results. You should work with your doctor to address or manage all health issues, including blood pressure. American Heart Association (2008, September 22). Audio Relaxation Program May Help Lower Blood Pressure In Elderly. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080917175031.htm |
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