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Hola from Southern Spain where I am currently staying. It is the first day of March 2010 and I am having my first taste of sunshine for many weeks!
It has been a long hard winter for most of us here in Europe, but thankfully we haven’t had to endure the truly severe hardships that the earthquakes brought Haiti and now Chile. I appreciate that I still have a roof over my head however leaky it may be.
What have I just done?
I have used a couple of common psychological quick fixes to give me an instant uplift of comfort and snap me out of a state of gloomy self-pity. The first trick I used was to notice and share a positive change (the sunny weather) and then, I compared my hardship (the effects of very cold long winter) to that of people who are currently suffering much more.
But as those of you who are also practised in the art of self-cheer know, the benefits of such tricks will disappear very quickly. If we want to create longer lasting mood changes we need to get into action. In this case, I could, for example follow-up these quick-fixes by sending a donation to Haiti or Chile, or review a lapsed New Year resolution and start working on a more inspirational challenge for myself. It is this kind of action that will bring me a more enduring sense of well-being.
One of my current goals is to find more ways to help us all improve our social and friendship circles to ensure that they are as supportive and fulfilling as they can possibly be. I know that this is another vital key to lasting happiness but it is proving across the globe to be very much harder to achieve than it used to be. The internet has given many more ways to connect but many relationships remain superficial and do not develop into the kind that we find truly satisfying.
Do let me know if you have any thoughts on this subject.
Due to the recession, plus a reduction in flights to my part of Spain and other commitments on my time I have had to put on hold my ‘Reflect and Recharge’ courses. I have left the information on my website as I hope to re-start them at some time in the future. So keep me informed if you are interested. You could become one of my Twitter followers if you want to keep updated with news.
I am pleased to say that my new book – ‘Gael Lindenfield’s 101 Morale Boosters’ (Piatkus) is now published and selling well. Here is the link if you want to know more:
http://www.gael-lindenfield.com/books.html
Enjoy the Spring
Best wishes
Gael
Podcasts
The Psychological Workout series of podcasts
The following 3 Podcasts were originally made as tapes. Gael has had many, many requests over the last few years for these to be recorded onto CDs. Now she has taken an even more progressive leap forward and had them re-recorded so that you can listen on your computer or ipod.
Each podcast is a psychological workout so you will find that there are interactive exericises. This will ensure that you will be actively involved as you listen. This interaction will make your learning much more effective. They can be used over and over again to give yourself a boost when you are going through a difficult patch or have some daunting challenge to face.
As they were originally made as tapes, you will sometimes hear Gael refer to side one (the first half of the podcast) and side two (the second half).
Do you need help with improving self confidence?
The Super Confidence Workout
Podcast length: 62mins | Download size: 45mb
This podcast will help you to learn about the 8 specific components of Super Confidence. You will be helped to develop these by doing some Affirmation exercises.
In the second half of the podcast you will be talked through a powerful creative visualisation. This particular exercise has already given many hundreds of people confidence boosts and helped them perform better in a whole variety of situations. You can play it the night before any challenging event such as giving a presentation, doing an exam, attending an interview or having a nerve-racking but essential conversation either at work or in your personal life.
You can purchase The Super Confidence Workout podcast for just £5 by clicking on the button below:
Do you need help with anger management?
The Anger Control Workout
Podcast length: 65mins | Download size: 45mb
This is a psychological workout to help you control anger and use your frustration positively. The first half is a programme of interactive exercises to help you feel and express justified anger in a way which does not harm yourself or others. It will be very beneficial to anyone who gets depressed due their repressed anger.There are guidelines on how to recognise and anger management techiniques which will help you to replace aggressive and passive styles of expressing your frustration and anger.
The second half of the podcast (side 2 of the original tape) will prepare you for any situation where you think you may become angry. It will help you to keep your feelings under control, diffuse tension and use the energy of your anger constructively.
In its life as a tape many hundreds of people were helped by this workout. Some had problems expressing their anger and would just swallow their feelings. So it proved very helpful to people who tended to become depressed or physically tense and ill as a result.
Others who have had anger issues such as expressing their anger too readily or too aggressively, have also found this tape very beneficial. This anger audio was used extensively by the prison service and Gael has had many letters of thanks from prisoners who had previously found it hard controlling anger.
You can purchase this anger management programme for just £5 by clicking on the button below:
Do you want an extra boost of optimism and positive thinking to get you motivated?
The Positive Power Workout
Podcast length: 77mins | Download size: 52mb
This is a psychological workout to beat the blues. It has been particularly helpful to people who are prone to depression. It has also proved to be very helpful to others who are normally quite upbeat but have become stuck in a negative thinking rut as a result of a difficult setback. So it is an ideal programme for someone who, for example, has become dispirited because they have had an overly long search for a new job or a new partner in love.
Research has shown that you are much more likely to find what you are looking for if you think positively. But sometimes this is hard to do when you have had repeated failures or are very anxious. You can use the last half of this podast as a mind and mood re-programmer. You will be taken into a state of deep relaxation and then you will listen to a stream of uplifting and inspirational quotes.
You can purchase The Positive Power Workout podcast for just £5 by clicking on the button below:
Free Confident Networking Podcasts
Gael, together with her husband Stuart made a series of 10 minute podcasts for the pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca who have kindly given us permission to make these publicly available. They can be downloaded free of charge. The first two feature Gael and the third features Stuart who is the co-author of 'Confident Networking'.
Click on the links below to play a podcast, or right-click on a link to download (select 'save target as'):
 What is Networking?
Networking in Action
The Expert Networker
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