Take anything simple, grown from the earth, such as an ear of corn. Modify your own recipe based on my example: – Hold it in your hand. – See how it feels against your skin. – Peel down one piece of stalk. – Rub your hand against the kernels. – See how they feel against […]

Recently, in a women’s therapy group that I run, the desire for fun and a change of pace over took me. I suggested that we deviate from some of our typical work and instead go around the room imagining a vacation treat designed to suit each woman’s desires. More … Bookmark on Delicious Digg this […]

“Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” © Leo Buscaglia Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via […]

Lots of readers ask me how to really start to find their Enchanted Self. What is the best way? One ideal path is to read Recipes for Enchantment, The Secret Ingredient is YOU! and also listen to the cassette of CD version of THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy.  These two together really get you […]

I am hoping so much to hear from many of you.  We have so many positive moments and if we just learn to practice honoring them by ackowledging them and sharing them we will feel so much better!  Let’s share some!  One for me is just looking at the shadows from the tree against my […]

Dear Folks,  I have met a wonderful woman-her name is Jill Lawrence and she is so full of positive energy.  Her business is named Ruby Slippers and it just confirms that she truly believes the power rests within ourselves.  Sometimes we forget and lots of people want us to forget.  But the wizard is a […]

  You know, I have found that all of us suffer from some degree of pessimism.  Certainly, I have at times.  I work THE ENCHANTED SELF program, just as I teach others.  For example, today I had some medical tests and rather than allowing my anxiety to sky-rocket I kept thinking of fun things I […]

Hi again from Dr. Holstein. I was just talking to a senior citizen who was compiling some of his life story. How wonderful. We all need to review our lives on occasion, not from the point of view of what went wrong, but from the point of view that we have been heroes or heroines, […]