Trans4mind Podcast

To begin this week, Wallace Huey introduces the new video, Find greater inner peace, that is now a centerpiece of the Trans4mind site. Then Karen Wright considers a more spiritual definition of forgiveness: one in which releasing the caustic energy of negative emotions helps to heal the forgiver. And Alan Zimmerman presents five lessons in failure that help you to get through the difficult time and on to the next level of success For the full text of the articles and details of the authors, plus many more equally good articles, see the Counterpoint Article Library online at Trans4mind.com#30.

To begin this week, Owen Waters says that despite the appearance that we are physical in nature and that reality is filtered through the perceptions of our physical brains, there is much more to each human being than their physical aspect. Then Piercarla Garusi asks where does happiness come from and what are some common causes for people not to be happy? And Gabriella Kortsch wonders about feeling compassion: should this be only for the ill and hungry, or also for people who are very different from you, and even those who hurt you?

To begin this week, Guy Finley presents seven simple exercises to introduce a timeless resource available to anyone who would seek the extraordinary that sits behind life as we know it. Then Alan Zimmerman describes two big lies that may well be getting in the way of your success. Inevitably at some point each of us have the opportunity to speak in public. Chuck Gallozzi offers advice to help you meet such an occasion with confidence, empowering you to inform, educate, motivate and inspire others.

To begin this week, Chuck Gollozzi helps us to find silence and peace in our lives. For some of us are caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life, and even if we can retreat to a quiet spot, there is still the endless chatter in our minds to deal with. Then Judith Albright suggests some key questions to ask ourselves, to start pointing our lives in the right direction. And Gabriella Kortsch offers some tips to help us become more oriented in the present moment.

To start this week, Beca Lewis realizes that the boat crew she watched getting their oars all in a tangle - and going nowhere - symbolizes exactly what was going on in her life. Owen Waters then talks about the vital importance of inner alignment, becoming more and more your true self. Finally this week, Linda Sapadin describes what a self-confident person is really like; these are skills we can all learn. People are not born with self-confidence; they develop it over time.

To start this week, Owen Waters forsees the new reality that we're shifting into: a society based on cooperation and encouragement. Then Chuck Gallozzi advises a woman who asks, 'How do you find a direction in life?' If you cannot find your path or direction, he says, it's simply because one's path is created, not found. Dr. Alan Zimmerman describes the benefits of a positive attitude, and finally this week, Christian Goodman takes this further and suggests a gratitude diary, that has surprising benefits for health and happiness.

Firstly this week, Marlene Buffa struggles with her lawnmower and learns a lesson in manifestation. And then Phil Evans looks at life like an elephant... Life can be more than a trunk, leg and tail: it can be an holistic experience which might well look like an elephant! Steven Burns then explains the value of observation and listening skills. Being able to observe and gather information is probably the most important basic skill you can learn if you want to improve your social skills.

To begin this week, Chuck Gallozzi writes in depth about confidence, and how we need to learn to live with ourselves and become our own best friend. And then Karen Wright follows the theme, 'as within, so without.' Many of us say we want peace in the world, yet we have war over the dining room table. We don't often think that our own little family skirmishes have any affect beyond our own walls. But, they do.

To begin this week, an interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who talks about subtle consciousness and how it differs from the body's senses and the biochemical functions of the brain. And then an excerpt from 'Grace Lost and Found' by Mary Cook, which explains how through the process of living, learning, and transforming we may discover and attain our unique purpose in this life. Finally, Beca Lewis says let's move to happiness now by stepping out of the human 'why' and 'why not.' Let's go to where happiness is a quality that always exists and can never, ever be replaced by sorrow.

To begin this week, Owen Waters suggests that people with open minds can think for themselves and therefore become their own authorities. Being open to new ideas, they can awaken to creative, new solutions to challenges in their work and in their lives. And then Guy Finley, with another excerpt from his book, Courage to Be Free, about the pressure-filled states that cause human beings to run themselves ragged. Finally, Gabriella Kortsch asks, are you tired of your life? You want more than this? Well, here's how.