Comments on: linklings, October 16, 2007 http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-october-16-2007/ thoughtful personal finance, career and health advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ruth http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-october-16-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Ruth Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:08:25 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2007/linklings-october-16-2007/#comment-1313 BripBlap: Your rubberband therapy may work but it is negative conditioning. A professional occupational therapist colleague of mine suggests the following positive condtioning. First, think about all your most contented and peaceful moments--not events--but snapshot moments. Pick one that is a mental "Kodak moment." (Mine, in case you are interested) is sitting at night in my family room. The fire is flickering, it's cold outside but toasty by the fire. I'm chatting lazily with my husband and sipping on Grand Marnier. This is my idea of the perfect moment!) Then start doing this as often as you can: very lightly tap the area of your forehead between your eyebrows with one finger (I use my ring finger to make sure it is a light tap) while visualizing your moment. Keep your eyes closed, of course. Do this often to make your mind correlate the tapping with the visualized peaceful moment. Eventually, when feeling stressed, you will be able to close your eyes, tap between your eyebrows just two or three times and the peaceful moment will pop up and your stress will melt away. It sounds goofy, but it really works! BripBlap: Your rubberband therapy may work but it is negative conditioning. A professional occupational therapist colleague of mine suggests the following positive condtioning. First, think about all your most contented and peaceful moments–not events–but snapshot moments. Pick one that is a mental “Kodak moment.” (Mine, in case you are interested) is sitting at night in my family room. The fire is flickering, it’s cold outside but toasty by the fire. I’m chatting lazily with my husband and sipping on Grand Marnier. This is my idea of the perfect moment!) Then start doing this as often as you can: very lightly tap the area of your forehead between your eyebrows with one finger (I use my ring finger to make sure it is a light tap) while visualizing your moment. Keep your eyes closed, of course. Do this often to make your mind correlate the tapping with the visualized peaceful moment. Eventually, when feeling stressed, you will be able to close your eyes, tap between your eyebrows just two or three times and the peaceful moment will pop up and your stress will melt away. It sounds goofy, but it really works!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-october-16-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Patrick Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:22:34 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2007/linklings-october-16-2007/#comment-1312 Thanks for the mention. :) Interesting story on the name "Brip Blap." I would share my childhood nicknames, but there's a rumor out there that everything on the internet is permanent. So I'd better not! ;) Thanks for the mention. :)

Interesting story on the name “Brip Blap.” I would share my childhood nicknames, but there’s a rumor out there that everything on the internet is permanent. So I’d better not! ;)

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