Yup, that's what I said, "Positive thinking makes me sick!" If your life isn't as rosy as you'd hoped and you're inclined to curse out the next person who advises you to "think positive", you are in good company! (more about that in a second) First wrap your head around a concept which I find a lifesaver - Relieve & Receive. Simply put, if you're unable to receive (that which you want), you may need to relieve (that which stops you). Stick with me on this...
Life has always been and will always be about give-take, inhale-exhale, day-night, ebb-flow, yin-yang. On the human journey, it is just as impossible to stay positive 100% of the time as it is to inhale 100% of the time. But these days we are bombarded with a deluge of well intended self-help books & teachers cramming positive thinking down our throats and causing us to bury all the sh*t we absorb in a week's time and we are pressured to slap a silly smile on our face even if we feel like dying inside.
To me this is as foolish as putting a bandage over a splinter and expecting it to go away. You can't be positive - I mean genuinely positive - if you harbor pain, hurt, fear, anger, or other strong negative feelings. Then you add self-criticism and guilt to the mix (for having harbored negativity), and you feel even worse!
The fact is experiencing a wide spectrum of feelings means you are ALIVE and BREATHING, so rejoice for heaven's sake! BUT - don't linger in negativity or you'll never get what you want. Instead, learn how to vent constructively. Constructive venting means you get it ALL out of your system without harming any living creatures in the process :)
I believe in the power of venting so much that I wrote an entire eBook on the subject and I offer it to you for free - click HERE. Formerly called "The Value of Venting", I've renamed it "Positive Thinking Makes Me Sick", because...well it does! (and the eBook explains what I mean by that).
This free eBook is something that I usually only give to students who take my various courses, but lately everyone seems a l-i-t-t-l-e more stressed than usual. (Many of my massage clients exhibit those tight back-of-the-neck muscles which are a sure sign of clenched teeth - yikes!)
Anyway, in addition to the book (which is yours free - no strings attached), I invite you to the center for a new program I put together based on the various venting practices mentioned in the book. The program called Be R.E.A.L. (which stands for Release & Allow) isn't a workshop or lecture, but rather an informal gathering of folks who support each others' need to vent. No, not a bitch session either - more like an organized, uplifting and perhaps enlightening hour intended to guide you to RELIEVE some pressure so you can RECEIVE some pleasure in life. Release negativity, so you can allow positivity to get you into a higher and happier place. Believe me, you will be amazed with how great you feel after an hour of intentional & healthy venting! I relieve (vent) regularly and that's what allows me to receive the things I need and want.
Be R.E.A.L. gatherings will occur twice a week beginning in mid February and the introductory price is dirt cheap - $7 whenever you want to join in...for a while anyway. Keep an eye on the schedule as Be R.E.A.L. will be added very soon. (In the mean time, check out the other programs already posted on our SCHEDULE).
Please don't fake positivity - it doesn't last and when it wears off, you may be tempted to beat the smile off the first RAH-RAH motivational speaker you see! Save a speaker and be real!
***Enjoy your free eBook! "Positive Thinking Makes Me Sick!"
(You'll need Adobe reader to download the book - get it free HERE).
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