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Natural Brilliance, Life’s Greatest Gift

Written by Lynne & Vivian on December 11, 2009 – 2:39 pm -

Start getting your personal gift list ready, the gifts that you will give yourself this year. Are you longing for a simpler lifestyle, less hectic with more time for yourself? Are you looking for that spark, the certain something that you believe life should possess and has gone missing for you? Are you still looking for that nurturing, cherishing love that fairy tales tell us about?

Well, it all begins with us, within us. What we are wishing and searching for outside of ourselves actually exists within. If we initiate a personal “Google” search inside, we will find the answers to a simpler, happier, and authentically enlivened way of being in the world.

So, how can you do this? We suggest that you begin a study of your natural Brilliance. It is the one true book, whose chapters never end, whose adventures never fade, and whose love is ever true. Can this be? Yes, indeed! The following quote comes from our e-book, Stop Stress Guide:The Brilliance Formula in Action.

“Brilliance illuminates our true talents, strengths, and abilities. As we clear the old patterns of thinking and belief systems that create our stress, we see who we truly are. We no longer allow our life energy to be absorbed by multiple external conditions. Instead we direct our life force into all that lights us up and gives us joy. We are able to be true to ourselves, do what we love, and live truly happy lives.”

In the game of fact vs. fiction, we promise you that Brilliance will always win. It’s a fact that our natural Brilliance is the truth of a lifetime, waiting to be discovered and activated.

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Stress Relief for Anger in Relationships

Written by Lynne & Vivian on November 17, 2009 – 8:00 am -

Anger is a feeling all of us have experienced. We usually blame others for “making us angry” when, in fact, the real culprit for anger is the thoughts we have inside our own heads. Yes, the behaviors that others have, the accidents that occur, the “stupid” decisions, and on and on, do have the ability get a reaction from us. But, the reaction will come forth from us? Also, we determine its frequency and intensity.

Ask yourself this question: Can I let go of anger in my relationships? Because anger is such a common stressor in relationship problems, we need to give it some attention. To truly master our relationships, we need to master our feelings of anger. Anger is easily triggered because of our family conditioning and because it appears to be the “best” expression that shows how we are feeling at the time.

Our feeling vocabulary may be limited. We may be afraid, and cover it with anger. We may be frustrated to the max and let anger take over our words. We might simply feel defeated by a voicemail system when we have tried to get an important message through to a service representative. No matter when or where our anger takes the stage, we damage relationships with unrestrained anger.

Our frustration, irritation, and distress frequently build into anger because we don’t let these feelings out until we feel safe. Too often we let anger run riot with the people closest to us, or with those with whom we can “get away with it”. Because our anger response often is harsh, explosive, and quickly gets out of control, it is imperative that we recognize its source.

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Natural Brilliance Brings Fun

Written by Lynne on October 15, 2009 – 8:00 am -

As we have grown in our understanding of Brilliance over the past 20 years we have noticed that our lives have gotten to be a lot more fun. We had a small group of about a dozen people making this journey together. We shared our experiences, our trials and errors, as we moved from the old patterns of living into the path to natural Brilliance.

At first it was a lot easier to see what wasn’t working. Lynne says that in those early years she was aware of catching her angry parent patterns, her fears about not having enough income, and her problems with the administration at work. She says she had so many areas to work on that she could only focus on one area at a time. She was really tired of seeing her old habits playing out. A big turning point came when she realized that she was making progress. Before, she hadn’t even been aware that the way she was being was not working and not getting the results she wanted. Then she decided she could celebrate every time she caught herself saying or doing something she no longer wanted to focus on.

After awhile, we, through practice, became better at shifting our attention. We could catch the thoughts that were taking us to negative outcomes much more quickly and let them go. Then we got better and better at catching our Brilliance as it presented new ideas and ways of acting and reacting to us.

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Are You Caught in Trauma or Drama?

Written by Lynne & Vivian on August 28, 2009 – 9:08 am -

Yesterday Lynne was talking with a very good friend of ours who commented that she still finds herself paying too much attention to what other people say or think about her. This is something that we frequently continue to deal with in our lives.

First of all when anyone gets caught up in what they think someone else thinks about them, there is a gut clenching or very uncomfortable feeling that may range from sadness or despair to anger. Some people go to the anger first. When this happens to us it is our first indication that something is out of kilter.

We have come to understand that our feelings are messengers. Negative feelings tell us that our thoughts about whatever is going on are negative. In other words, we are making up something negative about another person, believing it, and perhaps acting on it. Whenever we experience trauma and drama in our families or jobs, it is because we have made our thoughts into facts.

We have learned to fact check from our natural Brilliance. Then we don’t have to personalize what other people are saying or thinking about us. This is a huge stress eliminator. This makes stress relief easy for us.