Check out this interview I did with Dr. Don Wagner on judgments and my Forgiveness Diet: http://lnkd.in/h9kjPa

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The best solution for people with difficulty managing mood swings, anxieties, and impulsivities is not a pill. It’s the power of their thoughts harnessed effectively with the goal of maximizing positive outcomes in all aspects of their lives.

With the proper set of psychological tools, one can learn to stabilize emotional states amidst stress and chaos, navigate difficulties and obstacles in one’s life path, effectively communicate with others and strengthen relationships, and eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors.

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If it’s true that most people take psychiatric medications because of difficulties regulating their emotions, anxieties and impulses, then when they are taught skills to effectively self-regulate, they will no longer need to depend upon and can safely taper themselves off their psychiatric medications.

The Wellness Forum’s new program, “Emotional Wellness 101,” was specifically designed for this purpose. It can also be used to great benefit by people who are not on psychiatric medications but are dissatisfied with their lives and their relationships.

With emotional wellness skills, people can effectively manage their emotional life, end self-sabotaging behaviors, and achieve sustainable happiness.

Dr. Pam Popper’s interview with Walter E. Jacobson MD, discusses “Emotional Wellness 101” in more detail: http://www.wellnessforum.com/Audio/DrPopperInterviewDrWJacobson20130117.mp3

For more information: pampopper@msn.com

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Now, more than ever, in this very angry, judgmental, divisive, aggressive and violent world we live in, is there the need for compassion, acceptance, tolerance and forgiveness. There is little that individuals can do on a global level to effect change, to move the world towards a place of greater communication, cooperation and peace. But there is a great deal that we can do at the level of family, friends, acquaintances, peers and co-workers.

We can be a role model of compassion and right action. We can be a role model of service to others and the miraculous power of forgiveness to heal old wounds and soothe the primal, savage beast buried deep inside the psyche of each of us.

Forgive To Win! is an inexpensive book that teaches people how to be that role model. It is short, but to the point, providing practical tools for people who want to forgive but have trouble letting go of anger and resentments.

When we forgive, we win. And the whole world wins with us. Consider giving the gift of forgiveness to someone you love this holiday season: http://amzn.to/v4Xx1q

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Depressed?  Anxious?  Angry?  Been told you have ADD or ADHD? Don’t want to take medications but are having difficulty coping?

Perhaps you’re coping sufficiently but want to develop the necessary skills to more effectively regulate your emotions and improve your lives and relationships?

Perhaps you’re taking medications and want to stop, but are afraid you’ll decompensate and relapse if you try to stop them without having tools to regulate your emotions, anxieties and impulses?

Perhaps, appreciating the power of the mind to have a positive influence on the immune system, disease states, and chronic pain, you want to develop cognitive techniques that will maximize your health, vitality and longevity?

introducing…

The Wellness Forum’s

Emotional Wellness 101

You will learn tools to take control of your life. You will learn how to regulate your emotions, manage your anxieties, control your impulses, effectively communicate with others, effectively manage your stress, and effectively navigate your life by eliminating self-sabotaging behaviors that have gotten in the way of your happiness, physical well-being and material success.

Program Description:

The Emotional Wellness 101 program is available only to Wellness Forum members and Wellness 101 is a pre-requisite. A strong and healthy body and mind go hand in hand. Consequently, the first step in the Emotional Wellness 101 program is to join the Wellness Forum if you haven’t already done so.

The Emotional Wellness 101 program consists of 40 hours of instruction, group therapy, and support offered over a 32 week period of time, and is divided into five phases:

• Self-Assessment – You will get a very solid understanding of your psychological makeup, self-concepts, symptoms, vulnerabilities, risk factors, triggers and stressors. (two 1-hour calls per week for 2 weeks)
• Toolkit Training– You will learn Cognitive Therapy techniques, Positive Psychology principles, spiritual principles and techniques, communication skills and stress management tools, all designed to help you neutralize your emotional triggers so that you can stay at your emotional baseline and maximize all aspects of your lives. (two 1-hour calls per week for 6 weeks)
• Toolkit Application – You will apply your tools to the people and circumstances in your life and become effective at emotional self-regulation. (one 1-hour call per week for 4 weeks)
• Tapering of Medication/Support System - You will establish and develop a strong support system. You will very slowly and gradually taper your medication and then discontinue it (one 1-hour call per week for 12 weeks)
• Emotional Wellness Maintenance – You will continue to closely monitor your moods, anxieties and impulses. You will become confident in your capacity to use your toolkit and support group to help you maintain your emotional center and your joy. (one 1-hour call per week for eight weeks)

The program is administered by Dr. Walter E. Jacobson, M.D., a California licensed psychiatrist certified with the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Jacobson is a motivational speaker and author of the Amazon Best-Seller, Forgive to Win! – End Self-Sabotage, Create the Life You Want. Dr. Jacobson is experienced in helping people to achieve happiness, well-being and success without the use of medications, and believes that with the right tools and training, just about anyone can manifest a happy, satisfying life.

Two great options:

Emotional Wellness Plan A (not currently taking drugs for mental and emotional issues)

Only $475 (plus membership to The Wellness Forum)

Emotional Wellness Plan B (currently taking drugs for mental and emotional issues and want to discontinue them)

Only $995 (plus membership to The Wellness Forum

Payment plans are available.

Cost of this program is an average of only $25 per hour!!

Program begins Dec. 4, 2012.  Enrollment is limited to the first 20 individuals for the first class series.

For more information or to enroll,

please contact The Wellness Forum 614 841-7700,

or email pampopper@msn.com

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“Accentuate the positive” is more than a catchy cliche or song lyric. It is wisdom. It is therapeutic. It is self-actualizing. It contributes substantially to the foundation of one’s happiness and success.

A corollary of this: As best you can, turn every negative into a positive. As best you can, eliminate negative words from your vocabulary. Rather than saying “Don’t…”, find a way to express the same core message you desire by saying “Do…”. When we re-frame our messages in this way, they are more likely to be heard.

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The world is having a nervous breakdown. Despite incredible technological advances and mind-boggling innovations that make it easier for us to communicate and cooperate with each other, there is more miscommunication and divisiveness than ever before.

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Spiritual principles CAN lead to material success. The premise is this: If we get in our own way and block our own success due to unconscious, self-sabotaging behaviors, then when we get out of our own way by stopping our self sabotaging behaviors, the roadblocks to our success will disappear and we will manifest the goals that we desire. The way we end self-sabotaging behaviors is to end the guilt, shame and self-loathing deeply embedded in our unconscious mind which is causing the self sabotage. The way we do this is to forgive and love ourselves. The way we forgive and love ourselves is to forgive and love others, and be of service to others unconditionally without need for acknowledgement or reward. http://forgivetowin.com

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Last year I met Ruben James, a fellow spiritual traveler and teacher, when he agreed to partner with me in the launching of my book, Forgive To Win!.

Sometime after that, he offered me a free session during which he would guide me through a “Quantum Experience” — essentially a guided imagery technique that takes one within, to discover one’s Inner Voice, one’s truth, one’s mission and authenticity, and to help one eliminate the internal blocks and barriers getting in the way of one’s success.

I took him up on his offer and he guided me through a powerful internal experience during which I got incredibly clear on my mission, my life’s purpose and what I needed to do.

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Self Assessment scales are used in the Forgiveness Diet to demonstrate areas of needed improvement and to document the reduction in self sabotaging behaviors and the increase in self-actualizing behaviors. For more info, read the Amazon Best Seller, Forgive To Win!, by psychiatrist, speaker, author and forgiveness expert, Walter E Jacobson, MD. http://forgivetowin.com

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