We all need a sense of wonder and mystery in our lives. Sometimes a fast paced adventure movie or a good mystery read will satisfy that urge inside of ourselves. But sometimes we need to reach into the past and see that all through the centuries people have reported strange phenomenon, and of course, even miracles. Even […]
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Recipe for Enchantment!*
If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn’t oversleep. Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important. The best vitamin for making friends…. B1. The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts. The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge. One thing I can […]
Tang Wei speaks the language of THE ENCHANTED SELF
In the August Vogue, 2007 Caroline Palmer interviewed Tang Wei. Here is a quote from that article, "A self-professed tomboy, Tang says adopting a higher profile has been a seamless adjustment. "there is an old saying in China: Each year, we grow more branches and show more leaves, but our trunk remains unchanged. Who we […]
A Play-date with Enchantment Using the Past to Your Pleasurable Advantage
A Play-date With Enchantment Using the Past to Your Pleasurable Advantage Here is an exercise that can help you to retrieve positive images and sensations focusing on one or more of your senses. Begin by closing your eyes and listening to the sounds around you. Listen for a few minutes. When you feel drawn to […]
Taking Charge of Our Own Enchantment
Taking Charge of Our Own Enchantment Have you heard the story about the man who brought peanut butter sandwiches to work everyday? He was always complaining. He hated peanut butter sandwiches he would tell his co-workers. "I’m so tired of peanut butter sandwiches. And the white bread is always too soft." "Oh, no! Here it […]
You Hear The Sound of Water….
"You hear the sound of water and you know where you want to be." Rumi Yes, the above is a simple Recipe for Enchantment. We are all able to be triggered into pleasant memories that then can send us on to a joyful mini-vactation of the mind, if we let the memories do their job. […]
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein and Mary Ellen the Angel Scribe on TV 24/7
Mary Ellen on TV – View on Your Computer – https://www.enchantedself.com/pressroom/angelscribe.html It was an honor, to have Mary Ellen, as my guest on Manhattan Neighborhood television, THE ENCHANTED SELF. Mary Ellen, is an inspiring woman, with a profound message about love, hope and miracles. I’m so excited that the show is now up 24/7 on […]
Recipe for Summer Happiness
When I had the paper version of THE ENCHANTED SELF newsletter we would run a column called, "My spirit Soars When…." We had some lovely entries. Here are several I found on a scrap of paper the other day: "My spirit soars when the sea wind ruffles my long skirt ias I skip in the […]