Comments for Think Happy! http://www.thinkhappy.org A Practical Guide to the Pursuit of Happiness Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on So, you think you can’t Sleep? by graham http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/02/26/so-you-think-you-cant-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-811 graham Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:56:40 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1262#comment-811 This might be a good start, Paige, with mental relaxation: http://www.thinkhappy.org/2008/07/25/how-to-reduce-stress-with-visualisation/ This might be a good start, Paige, with mental relaxation:

http://www.thinkhappy.org/2008/07/25/how-to-reduce-stress-with-visualisation/

]]> Comment on So, you think you can’t Sleep? by graham http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/02/26/so-you-think-you-cant-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-810 graham Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:54:34 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1262#comment-810 Hi Paige, Sorry to take so long in replying here. I trust you got my emails okay. Obviously, I can't give therapeutic advice on a blog, but I did wonder if you've ever seen a hypnotherapist. Presuming that you have a good one near you, the stress-sleep connection sounds like the sort of thing they should definitely be able to help you with. As well as helping you with relaxation and learning techniques to handle stress, hypnotherapy could help you learn new "patterns". What I mean is, you might have learnt to wake in the night in response to stress - and even when the stress is gone that response might still be in place - and hypnotherapy can help you learn alternative mental programs. Although I've been fairly disparaging of GPs in this post, with every thing you talk about I presume you've been to the doctor. Obviously, there are some physical as well as psychological things going on here. However, I'm not really much of a menopause expert, I'm afraid! Hi Paige,

Sorry to take so long in replying here. I trust you got my emails okay.

Obviously, I can’t give therapeutic advice on a blog, but I did wonder if you’ve ever seen a hypnotherapist. Presuming that you have a good one near you, the stress-sleep connection sounds like the sort of thing they should definitely be able to help you with.

As well as helping you with relaxation and learning techniques to handle stress, hypnotherapy could help you learn new “patterns”. What I mean is, you might have learnt to wake in the night in response to stress – and even when the stress is gone that response might still be in place – and hypnotherapy can help you learn alternative mental programs.

Although I’ve been fairly disparaging of GPs in this post, with every thing you talk about I presume you’ve been to the doctor. Obviously, there are some physical as well as psychological things going on here. However, I’m not really much of a menopause expert, I’m afraid!

]]> Comment on So, you think you can’t Sleep? by Paige http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/02/26/so-you-think-you-cant-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Paige Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:06:58 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1262#comment-806 Graham, What about those of us (talking about me here) caught in a vicious cycle of stress? I'll explain...The past 5 weeks, I've been caught up in a nightmarish family situation. This has wreaked havoc with my sleep (waking up in the middle of the night, or wee hours of the morning, stressing). I now find myself stuck in what is the most depressing period of my life, and only made worse by peri-menopause (sorry if that is just TMI). I want to emerge out of this whole thing, yet have not found resolution, yet. How do I keep myself from waking up with this junk on my mind (which then makes it very hard to fall back asleep)? Got any solutions? Paige Graham,

What about those of us (talking about me here) caught in a vicious cycle of stress? I’ll explain…The past 5 weeks, I’ve been caught up in a nightmarish family situation. This has wreaked havoc with my sleep (waking up in the middle of the night, or wee hours of the morning, stressing). I now find myself stuck in what is the most depressing period of my life, and only made worse by peri-menopause (sorry if that is just TMI). I want to emerge out of this whole thing, yet have not found resolution, yet. How do I keep myself from waking up with this junk on my mind (which then makes it very hard to fall back asleep)?

Got any solutions?

Paige

]]> Comment on Where have you been? by graham http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/01/19/where-have-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-796 graham Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:52:37 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1235#comment-796 Thanks, Kevin. Your comment got caught in my spam queue for some reason. Seems like Wordpress have employed heresy hunters! ;-) Thanks, Kevin.

Your comment got caught in my spam queue for some reason. Seems like Wordpress have employed heresy hunters! ;-)

]]> Comment on Where have you been? by graham http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/01/19/where-have-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-795 graham Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:44:53 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1235#comment-795 Thanks, Burt. You know me, always up for a bit of emerging! ;-) <p> Good to see you too. Thanks, Burt. You know me, always up for a bit of emerging! ;-)

Good to see you too.

]]> Comment on Where have you been? by kevin beck http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/01/19/where-have-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-793 kevin beck Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:25:02 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1235#comment-793 Welcome back! Welcome back!

]]> Comment on Where have you been? by Burt http://www.thinkhappy.org/2010/01/19/where-have-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Burt Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:05:12 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1235#comment-792 Good to see a bit of Graham reemergence online! Blessings... Good to see a bit of Graham reemergence online! Blessings…

]]> Comment on Byron Katie on Incest by rox http://www.thinkhappy.org/2008/08/28/byron-katie-on-incest/comment-page-1/#comment-791 rox Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:12:20 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1044#comment-791 I have had the same concern about byron katie. Apparently there is a cult watch group that has been documenting her for a long time. Many people have had psychotic breaks while attending "the school" that she runs. Many licensed therapists have expressed serious concerns over her treatment of this subject and the californian board of psychology has looked into her, however she has no licensure that they can remove. Check out Cosmic Connie on Byron Katie here: http://cosmicconnie.blogspot.com/2009/08/katie-bar-door.html This review of one of her books is hilarious: http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2DB6ORZPCFA9L/ref=cm_pdp_rev_more?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview#R39CJC2K42GKDX I have had the same concern about byron katie. Apparently there is a cult watch group that has been documenting her for a long time. Many people have had psychotic breaks while attending “the school” that she runs.

Many licensed therapists have expressed serious concerns over her treatment of this subject and the californian board of psychology has looked into her, however she has no licensure that they can remove.

Check out Cosmic Connie on Byron Katie here:
http://cosmicconnie.blogspot.com/2009/08/katie-bar-door.html

This review of one of her books is hilarious:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2DB6ORZPCFA9L/ref=cm_pdp_rev_more?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview#R39CJC2K42GKDX

]]> Comment on 50 Steps to Improving your Memory by graham http://www.thinkhappy.org/2009/07/31/50-steps-to-improving-your-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-783 graham Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:57:24 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1221#comment-783 Katherine, you might also want to check out: http://www.howcast.com/videos/4670-How-To-Improve-Your-Memory And let us know how you get on! :) If there are any specific areas you want to work on, let me know and I'll see if I can offer any tips. Katherine, you might also want to check out: http://www.howcast.com/videos/4670-How-To-Improve-Your-Memory

And let us know how you get on! :)

If there are any specific areas you want to work on, let me know and I’ll see if I can offer any tips.

]]> Comment on Is it Selfish to Seek your own Happiness? by ~Katherine http://www.thinkhappy.org/2009/04/16/is-it-selfish-to-seek-your-own-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-780 ~Katherine Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:42:35 +0000 http://www.thinkhappy.org/?p=1195#comment-780 I love the idea that happiness can be a goal. I grew up around a very different one that feelings aren't important and in fact must be deëmphasized. The eternal must take such precedence that happiness is supposedly beside the point. Which leads to loads of dysfunction. Humanly speaking (how else can I speak?), happiness is part of the eternal otherwise it's hardly worth having eternally, is it? Humanity and divinity can make friends and that is what the reconciliation is about (super short version of that tale). I love the idea that happiness can be a goal. I grew up around a very different one that feelings aren’t important and in fact must be deëmphasized. The eternal must take such precedence that happiness is supposedly beside the point. Which leads to loads of dysfunction. Humanly speaking (how else can I speak?), happiness is part of the eternal otherwise it’s hardly worth having eternally, is it? Humanity and divinity can make friends and that is what the reconciliation is about (super short version of that tale).

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