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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 AM
An exchange between Don Joseph Goewey and someone struggling to get their head above water.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:54 AM
An article in the Wall Street Journal tells of a doctor who counsels a patient in extreme physical pain, "I think your real problem is stress."
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:52 AM
When neuroscience tested the brains of monks, it found inner peace had turned the usual villages of higher brain circuits into a metropolis glowing with neural light. Brain function in these monks had reached levels never before reported in the scientific literature
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
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Other people’s anxiety can raise our own level of fear and pessimism. When the brain’s fear center is excited, it can run wild
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:02 AM
...the joy of excelling that we sometimes experience when we slip past stress and anxiety and enter the zone, where the full power of our skill, knowledge and ability come into play.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
The reward of operating from a dynamically peaceful attitude is enormous.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Thoughts attacks are fearful thoughts that, when believed, escalate into negative emotions that produce perceptions of threats. It is the reactive mind that repeatedly mistakes a stick for a snake.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Recently I was asked: Can people work ten hours a day, five and sometimes six days a week for extended periods of time and enjoy high levels of creative performance without burning out? The answer is yes . . . if -- and only if
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I’ve been reading accounts about what happened at Enron and on Wall Street. It’s clear from what I have read that a complete moral collapse occurred within these organizations, by which I mean these organizations produced leaders and corporate cultures that were driven by a limited self-interest with no regard for the larger good.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
As I stated in my last blog, fight or flight was the frenetic energy fueling Wall Street as it drove America’s economy over a cliff.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 25th, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Each principle is critical. Ignore even one and you could die. These are the same powerful principles that help us succeed in ordinary life.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 24th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
If we want to end stress we need to get to its source, which is fear in whatever form it takes. Stress is a brain wired for survival that chronically perceives threats, even in the smallest matter. It’s called fight or flight.
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posted by Don Joseph Goewey on March 24th, 2009 at 1:11 PM
On the Discovery/Health website there is a test to determine whether or not you are a “perfectionist.”
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