Self-improvement products include everything from high priced seminars to moderately priced books.  You’ll find a variety of authors, motivational speakers and programs.  The methods and tools used are just as varied. Each of them has something unique to offer you in your path to self-growth.

5 Steps for Self-Growth

1.  Identify the Cause
Look to the past to see how you got where you are today.  For example if your goal is to lose weight then determine what lifestyle factors contributed to your current weight.  It’s important to write down everything you can think of.  This allows you to step back and analyze your list.  With list in hand you can easily see what changes need to be made in order to achieve your desired outcome.

2.  Goal Setting
You need to have a clear goal.  Use the S.M.A.R.T. method when making your goals.  The clearer your goal - the more chances you have of achieving it.

3.  Make a Plan
Formulate a plan in detail, listing each step you need to take action on to reach your goal.  A good place to start is by using the list of lifestyle factors you wrote in the first step.  Expand on these to incorporate as much detain as possible to achieve your self-improvement goal.

4.  Focus and Commitment
Be committed to achieving your goal.  Stay persistent and you will achieve the results you desire.  Set aside a block of time each day to work on your plan.  Don’t allow distractions of everyday life to get in your way.  Working on your goals each day will soon become a habit and be much easier to stick too.

5.  Look for Inspiration
For inspiration look to others that have achieved what you desire. Remember there’s really nothing new.  Don’t try to reinvent the wheel.  There are other people that have overcome the same personal development challenges as your own.  You can also find inspiration and motivation in the form of books, seminars and courses.

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Self Growth is all about identifying the areas of your life that you want to change for the better.  It’s about having an attitude of continual self-improvement - knowing there’s always room for improvement.

By following the steps outline above, committing to the plan and taking action you can be assured of achieving your goals.  Your self confidence will increase with each small accomplishment. 

Begin Your Self-Growth Plan Today - By determining what area of your life you would like to change.

“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.” Brian Tracy

If you haven’t already the post “Why Are You the Way You Are?” I encourage you to read it right now. It is the inspiration for this post …

Over the last few decades I have noticed that society gives us all an excuse to behave badly or make unwise choices …

• “He was drunk when he did.”
• “It’s not Johnny’s fault he hurt the other child - he was just a loner and the bullying got to be too much for him.”
• “It’s not Mary’s fault she can’t stay in a relationship - It’s just that her dad didn’t give her any attention while she was growing. She’s still looking for a father figure.”
• “He beats his children because his dad beat him.”
• “Anger issues stem from not getting enough love and attention growing up.”
• “She’s a pregnant teen because her mother works.”

I could give you hundreds more excuses and I’m sure you could add some yourself.

I often wonder what happened in our society that we stopped making people responsible for their own actions.

Stop Making Excuses

We have all had terrible things happen to us. It’s our choice how we handle them. The problem is most of us make these choices unconsciously which can mess up our life permanently.
Read my previous post “How Alcohol Killed My Brother“.

Then as our life crumbles around us we blame our parents, our siblings, the kids at school, our teachers, our bosses…. Anyone and everyone who ever did anything that hurt us in any way.

This leads to people “Justifying their actions” other than Taking responsibility for them.

As humans our actions relate to our feelings. Our feelings are learned behaviors that have become habitual. Thus we can change the way we feel which will then change our actions.

According to Brian Tracy there are …

Four Root Causes of Negative Emotions

1.  Justification - I hit them because they hit me first. They treated me unfairly.

2.  Rationalization - Casting yourself as a victim with no choice but to act the way you did

3.  Over concern of how others treat you. Basing your value on what others think. This can lead to shame, low self-esteem, embarrassment, feelings of inferiority etc.

4.  Blame - Nothing is ever your fault. It’s always the fault of the circumstance or of someone else.

When Brian Tracy draws the “Negative Emotions Tree” he illustrates the trunk of the tree as Blame. Once you stop blaming yourself, others or circumstances and begin to take responsibility for your own life and your own actions guess what happens?

The negative emotions lose their energy. If you cut down the tree, the branches lose the sap and wither away.

Are You Ready to Take Responsibiity and Learn to Live?

1. Take Responsibility for your thoughts and actions. When negative emotions try to creep in say “I am responsible.”

2. Listen to Your Conscience. Stand away from yourself and look in. You know what is right and what is wrong. Listen to your inner voice.

3. Visualize. Use your imagination to see all the possibilities that lay before you. Choose where you want to go in your life and visualize how great you will feel once you get there.

4. Decide to Change. You and ONLY YOU have the power to make changes in your life.

1) Decide what you want.
2) Determine what you need to do to achieve it.
3) Get busy paying the price.

Brian Tracy’s The Psychology of Achievement states that all negative emotions stem from not taking responsibility. This set changed my life. Once you begin to take responsibility for your life and your emotions, It’s amazing how quickly the negative emotions and feelings fade away.

Being free from negativity makes room for you to lead a HAPPY LIFE.

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” Brian Tracy

Growing up, Mom always told me stories. Some of my favorite memories of her are her telling me stories and singing to me. A lot of the stories Mom told were motivational.

I have shared my favorite story from my Mom in the post

“Why are you the way you are?”

In Memory of my Brother, Michael Bass; 1955-2008
Remembering the Fun and the Good times - As well as the abuse we suffered.

An Abusive Father

Dad was not a very nice person. He never hit my mom and didn’t drink. He did however have a violent temper towards us kids. I could write a book about all the abuse my siblings and I suffered at his hands.

My brother Mike started drinking at age 14 to try to escape the emotional anguish. I turned to friends and my creative mindset. I wrote stories and daydreamed a lot. Mike and I could actually be the two siblings in “Why are you the way you are?”

Sadly, when you turn to alcohol, it makes it impossible to deal with the emotional anguish and get on with your life.

My brother was a Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sober he was the nicest person. He had loads of talent. He was a great singer, and could play musical instruments. He handcrafted beautiful wooden clocks, tables, picture frames and pen holders to name a few. He could also draw.

Drunk he was a selfish, loud obnoxious … From about age 21 to 45 he spent most of his life in prison - for stupid crimes he committed while drunk.

Every time he went to jail or prison, he always became a trustee within a month - because he was sober. He often called me crying saying “I don’t deserve to be in here. I don’t remember doing it. I was drunk.”

I would reply “You do deserve to be in there. You choose to take the first drink.”

A Reason to Stop Drinking?

My brother met the love of his life in 1999 - Linda. This was right after his last prison stint. He became a model parolee that was honored in the local paper. He had finally stopped drinking - not so much for himself but for Linda. I think for the first time in his life he not only felt needed - but felt accepted for who he truly was.

Linda died of cancer in August 2007. Mike went right back to drinking. He drank heavier than he ever had. Sadly, he drank himself to his death in March of 2008. After a two day drinking binge, he tried running across the freeway and got hit by a semi-truck.

Looking back, I see that Mike never took responsibility for his own life. He always justified his actions because “It was the booze”. He justified drinking by blaming the abuse he suffered as a child from Dad.

He stopped drinking for Linda - Not for himself.  Linda was his self-worth.

Why do people drink or take drugs?

Usually to stop the pain. Not physical pain, but the pain from all the hurtful things that have ever been done to them. Every single negative emotion they have ever felt keeps repeating in their minds over and over again.

Alcoholism is like a vicious circle. My brother really wanted to do good. He wanted to be loved, respected and understood. He drank to escape the pain he felt from believing he was a failure. He believed he failed my mom as a son. He believed he failed me as he didn’t “take care of his little sister.” He failed his son, that he didn’t get to see grow up.

Because he drowned his sorrows with alcohol, he never dealt with his childhood. He never dealt with his feelings. He never confronted our Dad. He never forgave our dad. Thus he was not able to free himself as the pain.

I myself confronted my Dad. I told my dad what I thought of the horrible things he did - Like breaking my ribs when I was 14. Or leaving my brother Mike and I in the middle of Arizona desert because we were arguing in the car. He left us there for about 2 hours. That’s a very long time for an eight and twelve year old.

I also forgave my Dad. I don’t think I was able to totally forgive him until he died August 2003. Funny thing though, I always knew my Dad loved me, regardless of the horrible things he did and said.

Am I making excuses for him?

I sure hope not. I understood him. I understood why he did what he did. I think he even understood why he did what he did. But just because you understand something doesn’t make it right.

After my brother died, I struggled. I kept wondering if I could have done anything different - to help him not turn to the booze after Linda died. This I belief was a part of my grief. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I could do nothing. This helped me to release the guilt I felt. I did not pour the alcohol down him. I never encouraged his drinking - nor did I hide it.

If you have a loved one that is an alcoholic, I suggest you give Al-Anon a try - Even if just for a few meetings. I know that Al-Anon helped my Mom cope.

If you have a drinking problem, check out AA -Alcoholics Anonymous. They understand and can help you gain control of your life.

I began writing this post about making excuses for our actions.  My brother was an expert at making excuses, and as I thought of him (maybe it’s because the last time I saw him was Thanksgiving of 2005) … Well, it became what you’ve just read.  If my brothers story helps just one person - then I am forever grateful I wrote it.

Be sure to read my next post “Stop Making Excuses and Learn to Live”

Have you ever noticed that you tend to get sick more often when you’re stressed out?

 Scientists have known about this connection for a long time.  When you are stressed it decreases the functioning of your immune system.  This makes you more susceptible to the flu and other infections. 

Short Term Stress Increases Immune System

A “Fight or Flight” response increases the immune function because your body is trying to beat the stressor.

Long Term Stress Decreases Immune System

In todays fast paced world a majority of our stress is continuous over a long period of time.  We no longer have the “Fight or Flight” response and just let the stress bear down on us. 

What is Long Term Stress?

One of the largest contributing factors to long term stress is our belief that we can not control the situation or that there is no end to it.

These stressors include a debilitating accident, loss of a loved one, loss of a job, divorce, severe financial difficulties and family problems.

Often time when life hits us hard we think it’s is beyond our control and will never stop. As stress takes its toll our body feels unable to cope which causes drop in almost all immune functioning.

The longer the stressor lingers the greater the decrease of our immune function.  This means even after you feel you have gained control you may have decreased disease fighting abilities.

The decrease in immune system functioning is greater for people who are elderly or already sick. Especially the elderly who have been severely injured or have recently lost a loved one. 

Regardless of how hard you try, you can not prevent many of the traumatic events that happen in our life time.  Stress can also make you more susceptible to other diseases such as cardiovascular disease.

So What Are You To Do?

Maintain a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition and exercise and practice relaxation techniques such as Yoga or Meditation.  This helps you to handle all stress with the least impact on your health.  You’ll feel better, have a clearer mind and will be able to bounce back from long term stressors a lot faster than most.

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Do you constantly experience a feeling of regret?

If so, you may be struggling with guilt.

What is Guilt?

Guilt is a sense of remorse for past thoughts, feelings or actions.

Three Types of Guilt

Healthy Guilt

Healthy guilt is when you know you’ve done something wrong. It’s our conscience telling us that we have done something against our morals and beliefs. It’s a natural process of evaluating our self I the light of honesty.

For these things we need to identify and correct the action as much as possible. Accept responsibility for your actions. Ask for forgiveness. Live with the consequences.

Unhealthy Guilt

Unhealthy guilt occurs when you feel everything is your fault – even things totally beyond your control. You did nothing wrong.

You want everything perfect. You feel responsible for everyone and everything. If it rains - it’s your fault. If someone else makes a mistake – it’s your fault.

You have a low self-esteem. Somehow by feeling everything is your fault - You are giving yourself approval to sink into further despair. You may feel like you are helping the person actually at fault by covering for them.

You need to build confidence and self-worth. Learn to identify what you can and can’t control. Letting unhealthy guilt linger may drive you to behavioral extremes such as excessive housecleaning or keeping yourself isolated.

False Guilt

Victims of all forms of abuse (sexual, physical and mental) and of violent crimes often have false guilt. They feel they were somehow at fault for what has happened and accept the blame.

This creates an unhealthy emotion of guilt that may end in grief, self destructive habits or isolation. You may be overcome with fear of doing something wrong or making a wrong decision. You may be over sensitive to other people’s beliefs and comments.

It’s imperative that you identify your true feelings and cope with what has happened to keep false guilt from misleading you.

7 Steps to Handle Your Guilt

1. Recognize and identify your feelings of guilt

2. Is this a healthy, unhealthy or false guilt?

3. Acknowledge your role in the wrong-doing to yourself or others

4. Are you getting any positive experiences from feeling guilty?

5. Seek forgiveness (this includes forgiving yourself

6. Learn from the situation so you don’t repeat the same mistakes

7. Let go of the past and move on

For all forms of guilt make a firm and consistent effort to concentrate on the things you can change – YOU!

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Children BELIEVE everything their parents tell them –
Whether it’s true or not!

Toddlers cannot determine the difference between
A “Joke” and the “Truth”.

The other day I was sitting in the doctors office and there was a little girl maybe about 18 months old toddling around. She kept falling.

Every time she would fall down her mother would laugh and say
“You are such a Klutz!”

Without exaggerating – I honestly believe the mom said this to her daughter about 5 times during the half hour period we were in the lobby.

I cringed every time she told her daughter “You are such a klutz!”  ….

I wanted to jump up and shout
“Why are you telling this precious child that she is a klutz?”
But instead, I decided to stay quiet.

For the life of me, I can never understand why parents tell their small children things like …

• “You’re a klutz”
• “You’re stupid”
• “You’re no good”
• “You’re to slow”

I also cannot understand why parents think that it’s so funny to have their small children say and do things that are/should be totally unacceptable – Such as …

• “Go hit your mom”
• “Tell your dad to shut up”
• “Beat up your sister”
• “Your mom is stupid”
• “You don’t have to listen to your dad”

What are you thinking when you say and do these things???

Think for just a moment …

• How would you feel if someone told you these things?
• Will this behavior be just as cute when your child is 13?

If you continue to tell your child these things, Chances are your child will grow up to be exactly what you’ve been telling them. The little girl at the doctors office will grow up to be a klutz. After all she’s been told that she’s a klutz her whole life.

The child that has been told they are stupid their whole life will do terrible in school. They will not feel capable of getting good grades because they believe they are stupid – regardless of how intelligent they really are.

You’re probably saying …

• “Yeah, right, What about all the successful people like Einstein who was told he was so dumb that he could never have a decent career.”

Or

• “I was told I was stupid and I turned out ok.”

First off Einstein was an exception to the rule. He had an innate ability to believe in himself and to overcome what others were saying. And no one really knows what kind of mental anguish he may have gone through.

Second, Are you really ok? What did you do to  overcome the negative remarks made to you?

Do you want your children to go through all the self doubt and challenges you did?

Of course you don’t!

If you want to know the secret to raising super kids - Be sure to pick up your copy of
“How to raise happy confident children” by Brian Tracy today.

You’ll learn

• Four behaviors of effective parenting
• How to raise responsible children
• How to communicate with your children on a deeper level
• How to help your child achieve higher grades in school
• How to raise high achievers
• How to help your children stay drug-free
• To manage your time so family comes first
• How to raise super kids

Don’t leave it to chance that your children will overcome the negativity they are forced to deal with day in and day out.
And please don’t say negative remarks to your children!

Your child may not be as fortunate as the Top Motivational Speaker “Les Brown” He was labeled as “Mentally Retarded” by his schoolteachers …

His life was Transformed while in high school when one of his teachers quoted the following Simple Sentence …

“Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality”

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They are a part of life. We can however choose how we react to them.

Below I have listed what I believe to be the
Top 17 Obstacles in Life:

1. Emotions
Our own negative emotions can drain us and wear us out. When we’re drained it’s difficult for us to focus.

2. Self-Esteem
Lack of our faith in our self to succeed sets us up for failure before we even start. Not believing in self often leads to self sabotage.

3. Money
If we lack money and are constantly struggling to just meet basic needs of life - it can be difficult to focus on the bigger picture.

4. Illness
All of us will face illness in our life. Some illnesses are worse than others. Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive when we feel like crap.

5. Knowledge
Sometimes we don’t have the knowledge needed. (Sometimes this can be the easiest obstacle to overcome.)

6. Grief
We will all lose people we love. Allow yourself time to grief - just don’t get swallowed up in it.

7. Perfectionism
Nothing or no one is perfect - So stop creating stress for you by trying to make it perfect.

8. Stress
Be prepared with activities that will reduce stress - such as a short walk, deep breathing, laughter etc.

9. Decisions
When it comes time to make a decision - make it and go on with your life. Don’t fret on whether or not it was the right decision or not. Only time will tell.

10. Distractions
Today’s hectic life is full of distractions. Be prepared for them and avoid them when at all possible.

11. Time
Learn good time management skills. We can make the time to do anything that we truly desire to do.

12. Conflict
Know that you will have differences of opinion. Accept the other persons point of view and learn to compromise.

13. Procrastination
Tic … … … Toc … … …. Tic … … … Toc … … …. Oh my gosh! An hour has passed while I’ve been doing nothing but surfing the web ….

14. Relationships
Disagreements are a part of life. There will be times that we disagree with our spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends and business partners. They may strongly agree with your goals and dreams - which may cause you to question your motives.

15. Addictions
Drug and alcohol addictions often cause the most harm to an individual - but any type of addiction is an obstacle; Including but not limited to, gambling, shopping, sex, smoking, eating …

16. Nature
Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, floods, storms - you name it. It’s a part of life. Natural disasters cause stress and grief over our loss of people and personal items.

17. Belief
Do you truly believe in your goals and dreams? If you are doing something that goes against your core beliefs - You will never find happiness.

Many of the obstacles in life are due to the beliefs we have.

Did you know you can change your beliefs?
The Belief Buster Kit contains over 20 techniques to clear limiting beliefs and install new empowering beliefs. Get your FREE “Money and Beliefs” eBook now.

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill

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Today is Blog Action Day 2008. Thousands of bloggers have joined forces to help bring awareness of poverty in the world, what it means to you, and what actions we as individuals can take to help those in need.

I’ve worked in Social Services in California for over 16 years. For Blog action day I’ve chose to write about what I have observed regarding United States progams to help the poor.

Poverty in United States?

One of my clients - I’ll call him Jim was in my office a few weeks ago. He makes about $1200. /month - which may sound like a lot of money to some people, is struggling to make it.

As a single disabled man he does not qualify for most government programs - including Food-Stamps. His income puts him above the current poverty level of a single person household - which is approximately $900. /month.

Jim pays $600. /month rent, which leaves him $600. For all of his personal needs, groceries, utilities, Medicare co-payments, upkeep on his vehicle and gasoline.

Jim was struggling to get money so he could see a specialist 200 miles from his home. Now this is a 400 mile round trip and with the current gas prices in our area would cost about $100.

Unfortunately, I was not able to help him as there are no programs that help with gas or transportation to and from hospitals or doctor appointments. As I was empathizing with his situation…

“That’s all right, I consider myself a very wealthy man.”

This remark took me totally off guard. I looked at him and asked “What do you mean?”

Jim replied “I have a lot to be thankful for. I live in a country that gives me freedom. I have a nice little home and a television that I can watch. I have a comfortable bed to sleep in each night. I have the ability to drive to the grocery store, buy food, come home and eat while watching my TV…

“Do you know how many people in other countries that would love to have my lifestyle? In their minds I live like a king!”

WOW! I had never heard a response like this. It really got me thinking - especially about poverty in United States. Jim’s response really got me thinking…

So many Americans fail to believe the way Jim does.  He has the unique ability to be truly grateful for what he has, as he knows that he is blessed to live our nation. 

Shocking Facts:

• Half of the worlds population lives on less than $2.50 a day
• 80% of the world lives on less than $10.00 a day - That’s only $300. /month.
• 30% of children are underweight
• 30,000 children die of poverty each year

Compare that to United States and we are truly a wealthy country.

We do have homeless and hungry people here - however I think the number of trully impoversihed is a lot less than statistics would have us believe.

The large majority of the impoverished in United Sates receive government assistance which enables them to live in a house, have food and some luxuries in life such as televisions, cell phones and even computers.

A majority of recipients are very grateful for the help they receive in their time of need and eventually become self-sufficient if they are not disabled.

The minority learn the system. They find every single government program that can give them something and apply for it. Unfortunately there is no cross and checks of these various programs. People that learn about these programs can really take advantage of it. Though on the “books” they are considered poor - living below the poverty level - they have far greater Spendable Money than a lot of working families - thus they really aren’t living in poverty….

The dictionary states poverty is “The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor”

The United States really does a good job of helping our poor families - maybe too good of a job. For instance:

You have a mother & 3 children receiving welfare, her rent is paid for by a government program, she gets ridiculously low or free utilities, She gets about $800./month in Food-Stamps, Free medical assistance and $500. In welfare money - You do the math….

Unfortunately the United States has really dropped the ball where our single adults are concerned. Single adults (such as Jim) are rarely eligible for medical assistance - they must rely on county programs. It’s also difficult for them to get Food-Stamps, free housing etc.

We are always told to count our blessings - but how many of are able to count them to the extent that Jim has. For the most part the poorest of Americans are far wealthier than many people in other countries.

Regardless of your current financial situation, it’s important to remember it could be worse and there’s always room for improvement.

Regardless of your monetary situation - You can also do something to help. Go to Change.org for ideas on how you can help others.

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A good relationship each person will give - without expecting anything in return. The expectations of the other person aren’t set too high. You love yourself and you love your partner.

You need to build your relationship on a solid foundation. I believe that foundation is Friendship. Your partner should be your best friend. A person you enjoy being around - talking, laughing, sharing and dreaming together.

However some relationships can become unhealthy; For instance - By allowing your love to become an addiction. If you become too dependent on the other person or if it is based on one person controlling the other - either physically or mentally.

A relationship is like a street built for two people to walk side by side: if one of you walks ahead or lags behind, what you have is a master and slave relationship, not something built on love.

A Good Loving Healthy relationship is possible. It does take some work, but the reward is well worth it. I recommend reading 1000 Questions For Couples by Relationship Expert Michael Webb.

Asking these questions will help you really get to know the thoughts, feelings and desires of your mate. You’ll know what makes them happy as well as what irritates them.

5 Habits for a Committed Relationship

1. Be Sensitive
Be aware of the other person feelings. Tune into their emotions. Know that you can’t fix everything for them. Don’t’ say things that will hurt them. Listen to them and empathize. When your partner is happy be happy with them. When they are sad, comfort them.

2. Be Understanding
Understand that your partner has a right to their own opinion. Don’t force your beliefs on them. Keep an open mind - and you might just learn a thing or two. Learn to “Agree to disagree”.

3. Listen
Listen intently. Know their body language as well. Often times body language can tell you if a person is upset, nervous or uncomfortable. Repeat what your partner says to be sure that you understand what they are saying - so you’ll both be on the same page.

4. Lighten Up
Inject fun and humor into your relationship. Be spontaneous. Play games. Try new things together. Laugh together. Have Fun!!!

5. Respect
Respect your partner as an equal. Their opinions and belies should be just as important to you as your own are. You should walk side by side. Make decisions together. Never ever put each other down. You should put your partner first - above all others.

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Yes, stress is considered an illness just like anxiety and depression. For a person that is suffering from stress finding ways to deal with it can be more stressful.

A lot of people think that drugs can cure you. They don’t actually cure you – they mask the underlying issues. Drugs can also cause unsafe and unwanted side effects.

Why add to your burden by introducing other problems that may arise with prescriptions?

Conquering Stress helped me to find and use natural ways to help myself.

I was at my wits end as I attempted to juggle my responsibilities at home and at work. I was always tired. I couldn’t sleep as I tossed and turned thinking about what I needed to do, what I hadn’t accomplished yet and the inevitable consequences. Stress was beginning to get the better of me.

I felt that nothing I did was right. I felt incapable of making wise decisions. Everything was my fault and I couldn’t do anything to fix it.

I contemplated using prescription drugs – but I really don’t like taking medication. Some of the side effects of prescriptions terrified me. So I began to search for natural ways to beat stress and start living again.

A friend suggested I check out Conquering Stress. I was so glad that I did! This program gave me the answers I was looking for. It helped me to understand why I felt the way I did.

I discovered what things triggered my increased stress level and anxiety. It gave me insight to as why I couldn’t seem to get it together.

Most importantly this program showed me natural ways to relive my stress. I sleep better than I have for years. I am more energetic. I face my goals head on and believe I can accomplish anything. When I face a setback or a challenge, it no longer stresses me out to the point where I want to crawl under the covers and hide out. I have a new lease on life and can’t wait to tell the world about it.

If you prefer natural remedies over prescriptions - then this program is for you. It gives you insight into and shows you ways to Conquering Stress, anxiety and depression without the use of drugs in an all natural way.

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