January 07, 2008
Relationship-with-Self Newsletter: Issue 001
January 7, 2008
Hello All,
Creating a loving relationship with yourself is an ongoing process of failures, setbacks, success, happiness, sadness, and so much more. However, I am here to help you through your journey of life by providing the necessary tips for living a life full of love, acceptance, and understanding rather than a life full of fear, negativity, and disappointments. I hope you enjoy today's newsletter and please drop me a line with your comments, suggestions, or appreciation. I would love to hear from you!
All the best,
In this issue..
Humor: Hilarious clips from youtube.com that will make you break a smile :)
Inspiration: Great inspirational quotes to motivate you to love yourself unconditionally.
A Loving Tip: The importance of revisiting your childhood feelings in order to move forward.
Questions/Answers: Do you have a question or concern about your life or about this site? Share your questions with others.
Freebies: Free self-improvement resources.
Recommended Resources: The recommended resource for this issue is Joel Osteen's website.
New Relationship-with-Self Information: Check out all the new articles added this month.
Upcoming Information:
Relationship-with-Self e-books and new articles.
Humor
I love this clip from youtube. It's a man who can impersonate 100 different voices in 5 minutes. It may be more amazing than funny, but I got a good laugh out of it.
If the video doesn't appear copy and paste this link into your web browser or directly click on this link if you are able to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f2krVT5R9PQ
I laughed until I cried on this piece, probably because I can relate with my own cats. It's titled, "Demon Cats!" Wait until you hear the "orange cat," this cat is something else! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
If the video doesn't appear copy and paste this link into your web browser or click on this link directly if you are able to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=s-UZ6EETp8Y&feature=related
Inspiration
I absolutely love these inspiring quotes:
- "I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
(Jeremiah 29:11)
- "The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous."
(Shana Alexander)
A Loving Tip--Develop Awareness of Your Childhood Feelings
Building a better relationship with yourself starts from childhood. Why?During childhood, you develop your sense of self through the interactions you have with your parents, guardians, and peers.
If these interactions were negative, harmful, and abusive, chances are you developed a negative view about yourself.
The purpose of this session is to help you uncover feelings and emotions that you have buried from past interactions. Harmful feelings and emotions may be polluting your mind, body, and soul.
Ask yourself these questions:
1.) Was I abused physically, mentally, verbally, or sexually?
2.) If so, have I worked through the hurt or do I keep it inside?
3.) Did I feel misunderstood, not important, ignored, pushed away, criticized, judged, or not good enough just for being me? Was I too be seen and not heard?
4.) Was I able to openly communicate with my family? Was my family around enough for me to talk to them? Was I yelled at a lot?
5.) Have I been able to forgive the ones who have hurt me? Have I been able to forgive myself?
Write and answer these questions in a journal. Take the time and action to do this. You will not feel better if you do not take action to heal unresolved feelings.
Today you are developing awareness. We will begin our next session where we left off today. But look forward to understanding more about yourself and your past.
Note: If bringing up the past is too difficult for you, that's okay. Just take your time and work at your own pace. However, understand that in order to build a better relationship with yourself you may need to address issues that are difficult.
Questions/Answers
If you have any questions about your relationships, self-esteem, career choices, mental health, and whatever else, please feel free to ask for some advice. I will provide free therapeutic advice for those in need. After you have posted your question, I will add the question and response to the next newsletter. So, if you are ready to post your question, click here for your answer.Please read the privacy policy for any reassurance you may need for confidentiality.
Freebies
These free self-improvement resources are updated on a regular basis. Be sure to check back often to stay informed about "only the best" free resources. If you have some suggestions on what you feel to be the best, please let me know and I may post it on the site.However, since you are a dedicated Relationship-with-Self subscriber I have added a freebie here that I will not post on my site.
Check out this month's freebie..
Two Free Audio Clips of Louise Hay's collection titled "You Can Heal Your Life" and "I Can Do It: How to Use Affirmations to Change Your Life." Each clip is about five minutes long. The clips are about the importance of watching your thoughts and using positive affirmations to change your thinking. If you are interested in the clips, you can order these books for further learning. Along with these two audio clippings, she offers other FREE audio clippings of meditation and other affirmation techniques.
Recommended Resources
I am in the process of writing a few e-books that I plan to share with Relationship-with-Self "newsletter" viewers first before any other viewers. One e-book is about the art of communicating, another is about moving forward from being abused as a child, and another is about how to change your thoughts from dysfunctional to functional! I have many other books in mind, so I will keep you posted and give you "V.I.P" access to each book.
Recommended Resources:
Joel Osteen: Joel is such an inspiration to many people. If you have not watched one of his sermons, I would suggest that you give it a try (for free) on his website. All you have to do is create an account and you can watch any of his inspiring messages on your own time. He gives hope, positivity, appreciation, and takes on a loving approach to creating a better relationship with yourself.
New Relationship-with-Self Information
A month's collection of new information added to Relationship-with-Self:Fun Personality Survey: Here you have the opportunity to share who you are with others and learn more about others as well. Take a moment and share yourself with the world.
Healthy Weight Control Tips: These simple weight control tips will help keep you satisfied with your body.
Site Build It: Information about how I created this website and how you can create a website as well.
Communication Exercises: These communication exercises are great for those who have difficulty sharing their feelings with others.
Michael's Child Abuse Story: This is a Relationship-with-Self viewer's description of his childhood experience.
Giving Unconditional Love to Others: This is an article about the importance of giving love to others without "any strings attached."
Masturbation Questions: A Relationship-with-Self viewer asks for advice about masturbating during sex.
Workplace Stress Relief Tips: Relaxation tips for relieving stress at work.
If you would like to keep an "instant" update on the new material added, sign up for the relationship-with-self blog to stay informed.
Upcoming Features
Only relationship-with-self newsletter viewers have access to this information, so you are the first to know what's coming up!Here is a look into the future of relationship-with-self.....
- Two new e-books; one on communication and the other on child abuse.
- Information on how to "Improve your Patience."
- An article on the "Importance of Attitude."
- How to add humor into your daily living. (How to laugh at yourself.)
- How to control your gossiping and why this is important.
- How to deal with guilt.
- How to take something bad that has happened to you and turn it into something good!
- How to control suicidal thoughts and the importance of this.
- How to control your "complaining" and discover what this does to your psyche.
- Tips for living on a frugal income and how to make the best of this experience.
- How to accept your flaws for what they are.
- Tips for letting go of the "control freak" in you.
- Learn about the beauty of gratitude.
- An article about how your thoughts can impact your mental, physical, and emotional well-being.
Stay tuned for so much more....
Until next time.. Go out and be Yourself! And of course, Make loving yourself a priority!
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