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Scrapbooking

“Find something that will help you focus on what you want,” said Liz Pagayonan, positive thought leader, hypnotist, international speaker, writer and scrapbooking expert. “The Mind, Body and Soul Show,” with host Coach Steve Toth, featured Liz, who offers support to people interested in creating more satisfaction and happiness in their lives. Scrapbooking, and other artistic endeavors, are among the tools Liz uses to teach her students.
According to Liz, scrapbooking is a form of hypnosis because art creates joy and joy is a natural state of hypnosis. “Whatever I put my focus on is what I will create,” she said, “scrapbooking is all about how I feel. It represents the thoughts I want to program into my brain.” The focus necessary for scrapbooking (and other forms of art) helps attract what is desired and distracts people from thinking about what is not desired, which activates the Law of Attraction.

Everything operates according to laws. Liz described the Law of Attraction. It begins with a thought. Thoughts are seeds. If we plant Crabapples we won’t get Golden Delicious apples. “You can think, ’I’m a millionaire.’ Then you have to feel it… you feel so abundant on the inside,” she said, “you have a thought, grow it and have inspired action. Take action every day, even if it’s only three steps.”

Liz approaches scrapbooking as a fun meditation that transforms outdated thought patterns. Using the colors of the chakras, the power centers on the body, as a basis for scrapbook art creates harmony. “Prolonged focus allows you to go to the depth of your being -- to the cellular level.” As the subconscious rules 85% of a person’s day, intentional scrapbooking meditation improves that subconscious programming one thought at a time.

“What I love about scrapbooking is that I can come back to it. I can leave it and still create my vision,” Liz said. Other forms of art, such as oil painting isn’t as interruption-friendly, nor does it provide the family fun. “In scrapbooking everything is intentional -- the colors, the pictures, capturing the essence and the emotion.”

Scrapbooking is family fun, too. Everyone can do it. It helps knowing who we are. “By helping ourselves, we can show others a new way,” she said. “When I help people, they are thankful. That thankfulness expands my heart. “We can change the world by working on ourselves. What attracts me is to see someone living in their passion,” she said. And for the men, who might not be interested in scrapbooking, Liz teaches journaling. She said that writing requires the most focus of anything. It’s that intentional focus that creates the changes desired… that intent to expand joy for a more positive life.


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Ask a Question

Ask a question and the answers will increase life‘s reward if you ask the right question, according to Kenneth Foster, author of the bestseller book, “Ask and You Will Succeed.” “Certain questions take us into the deeper realms of consciousness and bring greater focus so that we can live a life of greater success,” he said, on the “Mind, Body and Soul Show” with Coach Steve Toth.

Most people aren’t asking the right questions. When you ask the right question, you can see it in the results. Many people teach that success comes from reprogramming the subconscious mind by using affirmations and visualization. “That is great for temporary results, but it won’t get lasting results,” he said. “Go deeper into your consciousness.” The answer may not come right away, but it will come. The questions will focus the mind in the right direction.

The goal is to create deep thinking, not surface-level thinking. “Tap into your intuition. Listen to your intuition. It is the voice of the soul, and it is 100% accurate,” Kenneth said. The deeper thinking creates right choices and choices that help people keep their commitments. “People who make quick decisions and whom are slow to change their minds are more successful than people who make slow decisions and change their minds more quickly,” he said.

First ask questions such as: What are my skills and talents? What do I like to do? The answers to those questions should come easily and direct one to their passion. Then ask the more lingering questions such as: What will have to happen to find the career of my dream? Who do I have to become to realize my dreams? What is my legacy? The answers to these types of questions will come more slowly. “The answer will lie in the question if you ask. Look at the results on a daily basis,” Kenneth said.

A study by Kenneth of the 120 ‘enlightened millionaires’ revealed valuable information. The millionaires did certain things in common. They always asked powerful questions. They believed that everything counts, everything they did made a difference. They gave back by sharing themselves and their gifts. They took care of their bodies and increased their health every day. “The principles they lived by were pretty simple. Success leaves clues,” Kenneth said.

There are things that Kenneth does every day to increase his own successes. Meditation is on the list. Also, he sets an intention to feel good. He reads something inspiring and focuses his mind by asking questions such as, ’what four actions will I take today?’ And he does something healthy for his physical well-being. A sense of commitment and taking action is key. “You don’t have to stay stuck. Take your business and your life to a new level. Pay attention to that small, still voice inside you,” he said. “Ask and You Will Succeed.”

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Story Telling

If a rose spoke to you, what would it say? Lynn Serafinn, transformational coach and author of the book, “Garden of the Soul: Lessons From Four Flowers That Unearth the Self,” posed that question on the “Mind, Body and Soul Show.” Lynn’s book and her coaching practice use four flowers as metaphors to teach the four basic principals for living a fulfilling life. The principals are giving, receiving, becoming and being. Lynn said that each person is the hero of their own life and those principals are key to satisfaction.

Everyone’s life journey is their story. “When we step away from it we can see the tensions, the struggles, the triumphs -- see this wonderful, wonderful story unfolding,” Lynn said. All the things of life are the “gifts that lie within the bigger journey.” The heroes of the stories are the ones who hear the call and answer … “someone who answers their own call, not someone else’s call,” she said.

The first principal -- giving -- is defined by the rose. Lynn said that giving doesn’t mean generosity only, but refers to anything going out from you, like an arrow. “It is your expression, your passion, courage, boldness. It is your voice, whatever goes outward from you,” she said. That principal can be repressed, too. She used her own experience as a classical violinist as an example of repressed giving that didn’t fulfill her life’s story, her journey. Being part of the group with other musicians there was a lot of criticism and judgment and that was stressful. She, too, became judgmental and critical, so she wasn’t able to live the principal in a way that satisfied her whole person, body, mind and soul, her story. “”If we give and feel drained, we aren’t giving from the spirit,” she said.

She describes the rose as unrelenting and passionate with vibrant color, heavy petals and thorns. When Coach Steve, the host of the show, answered her question as to what the rose spoke to him he said that it calmed him down and told him everything was okay and not to worry about the details. Lynn’s goal is to help people love the stories and journey of their own lives. “All of our stories are important both individually and collectively,” she said, “and to connect all the parts of our lives -- mind, body and soul. Be your own hero.”

The other three flowers that cover the additional principals in Lynn’s book include the iris, which represents “receiving,” the daffodil which symbolizes “becoming” and the lily which stands for “being.” There is a pattern to the hero’s tale. “If you keep resisting the call, you keep coming back until your answer it. The Universe wants us to hear it… You already are the hero of your own life. Give, receive, become and be.” Lynn said. She is a wonderful story teller.


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Couples Making Love

“The American bedroom has become a national disaster area,” according to Victor Gold, sexual healing instructor who teaches erotic spirituality. On the “Mind, Body and Soul Show,” Victor shared his knowledge on couples making love so they can learn to savor and extend orgasms to experience an altered state of consciousness that leads to higher spirituality. “Very few have formal instruction on making love, but get their education from extremely dubious sources,” he said. Those sources include parents, religious leaders, pornography, the street, movies and unknowing friends and family.

Also, many sexual programs are based on misguided beliefs and erroneous assumptions that have lead to the current state of affairs. In the most comprehensive sex survey since 1948 (the Kinsey Report), statistics suggest that 40% of today’s women and 30% of men have sexual issues such as no interest, inability to reach orgasm, premature ejaculation as well as other difficulties. Even though most businesses know that sex sells, they are not talking about the real thing. Victor describes Tantric sex and teaches skills to “savor and extend the journey of arousal and change conceptual reality.”

Describing a sexual experience that became a spiritual one, Victor said, “in 1974, during sex, my physical body dissolved and became a vibrating, dancing vessel. I couldn’t tell where my body ended and my partner’s body began. This experience was of divinity and sent Victor on his search to discover what had happened.

There are erroneous beliefs that need to be altered to achieve better sexual practices. Victor’s Potency Principals of sexual energetic guidelines bridge the gap between sex and spirit. There are 10 points to board the “vehicle to divine sexual expression.” He shared four. The first is that male ejaculation is not the highest option when making love. When ejaculation occurs it results in a loss of vital energy, leaving the ejaculator depleted. Second, Victor said there is a bigger and better orgasm waiting on the other side for those who can attain seminal retention. Male ejaculation is not the most ecstatic moment. Ejaculation and orgasm need not be the same. They are two distinct physical processes. “Once we learn how to substitute orgasms for ejaculation we can retain our energy,” he said. Finally, the most disputed point, is that women are sexually stronger than men. For one thing, they don’t need to maintain an erection. Also, women don’t lose their energy when making love.

In Victor’s lessons he teaches breathing techniques and other exercises that enhance making love. Changing intention is key. Combining all he teaches, males learn how to channel energy to their highest chakra centers which go up and not out. “It opens people’s hearts… gets their “heart on” and creates joyful orgasms that open to spirituality. For further instruction, Victor has written a book, "The Potency Principles: Transforming Sexual Energy into Spiritual Power."

Tips on Public Speaking

“Your Voice is Your Calling Card” is Suzann Rye’s new book giving people tips on public speaking, launching on Tuesday, June 9th and is the message she shared on “The Mind, Body and Soul Show.” International singing star, best-selling author and coach of voice and performance, Suzann promotes freedom by teaching people to nurture their own personal freedom in all they want to do and be. “I help people learn to be free in themselves by teaching them to express themselves more freely and authentically,” she said.

She referred to the voice as the mirror to the soul. “Your voice is your calling card, Suzann said when it comes to public speaking. People present themselves through their voice. There is an energy behind words, not just a voice and body language. Beyond traditional speaker’s training, which doesn’t go inside of a person, Suzann asks these questions: Who is saying these words? What is the energy behind them? Why is this person nervous, or happy or worried? Why don’t people get this message? The answers to these and other questions reflect more than just what is being said.

There are ways to enhance vocal experience, Suzann said. One thing is by learning how to use breath to support the voice properly. Shallow breathing reveals an energy block. Proper breathing techniques fuel the body and provide oxygen for the brain. Practicing yoga and special breathing techniques stimulate voice to become confident and convincing, which “puts us in a much better position to help, inspire and teach people as well as allowing us to speak for long periods of time without stress or strain. Improper breathing creates problems,” she said.

Pitch, resonance and sound are key elements to voice. Women are often encouraged to lower their natural pitch because a lower pitch is said to be more appealing, but Suzann said, “don’t force it (your pitch) down. Allow your voice to be relaxed and natural and in the area it belongs.” Resonance adds warmth to the voice. It comes from the chest and causes vibrations. It is deep and rich and beyond the surface. Sound is what colors your voice, depending on where it comes from. It is that distinctive quality that is heard in each voice as in music.

Learning Suzann’s freedom techniques and tips on public speaking can inspire self-confidence that comes from within. By working on the reasons why, it simply happens. By guiding people in a direction to help them be who they are and do what they want, not what others want or by following conventional ideas of success, the “freedom that is created is the freedom to be oneself.” That is true confidence.

Suzann Rye has been involved with all kinds of music including rock, soul, R & B, Blues, and she became a pop sensation singing before audiences that number in the hundreds of thousands. She said her life purpose is to share her creativity. When she had gained fame in the pop world, she said that after a time she began to feel intellectually starved. “I am very creative,” she said. “I love writing and creating music. I like coaching and making a difference with people.”

Suzann’s new book hit’s the shelves Tuesday, June 9th, 2009,

Listening Skills

Happy laughter hit the airwaves when Spiritual Teacher Angelica Rose interviewed with Coach Steve Toth on the “Mind, Body and Soul Show.“I like to have fun,” Angelica said. Besides joy, Angelica’s message teaches communication in businesses and relationships. Specializing in creative marketing, Angelica helps businesses and people move into their greatness.

Angelica sees her own beauty. Using her five senses as well as her ability to see, hear and feel things that go beyond, Angelica helps others find their beauty too, which she describes as discovering “who you are and who you are not.” She said, “beauty is the reflection of inner work.” She helps people get to know themselves and their businesses and make them the best they can be through creative marketing.

“I like to see people move to higher consciousness and move out the roles of drama kings and drama queens,” Angelica said. By coaching people she teaches them to be interdependent, not dependent. She empowers them by making them feel more than they are, not less than they are. She teaches the importance of relationships, which is the heart-felt communication that moves into who people truly are, whether is it a group or an individual.

The ability to listen and to develop listening skills is key to discovery. Angelica’s formula for listening is called LOVE.

L -- Listening
O -- Observing
V -- Verifying
E -- Empathizing

Listening, or hearing the words, is to be done in an attentive manner, not selectively, which accounts for 7% of the art of listening. Observing the body language is 55%, and voice tone and volume is 38% of the picture. Finally empathizing means that the listener relates through understanding -- what it would feel like to be the other person. “Be compassionate, ”she said“, that means that when you listen people feel cared for and nurtured.

Many agendas can be hiding when someone is talking. The listener might be busy with what’s going on in their head. They might be agreeing or disagreeing, judging what the speaker is wearing, how they speak or even focusing on themselves. “It is the responsibility of the listener to take the attention off themselves and put it on the person who is talking,” she said. “The responsibility of the speaker is to make sure that what they are saying is being understood.”

Angelica has two books to her credit -- “Living Life As You Always Dreamed,” and “Secrets to Running a Successful Business.” Her message of love, communication and compassion can teach people diversity and take them into areas that they’ve never even imagined. “What’s important to know, is what is unique about each individual,” she said.