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August 20th, 2009 at 03:26pm
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Are you looking for some ideas on making quilted unique shower curtains? Well you have come to the right place. I believe this post will satisfy your desire.
I will quickly go through a few ideas that you can incorporate and some much needed information that you need to know before you start on this project.This is why I invite you to read right to the very end and you will be realise how useful this post is.
You may have tried hard to find what you are looking for in stores to no avail – hence the decision to do it yourself. For example you may be considering purple striped shower curtain or hookless shower curtain {blended|accentuated|beautifully combined} with an assortment of beautiful colors but the problem is that your local bathroom store doesn’t carry them. This is where DIY comes to play.
Here are some thought starters.
You can make it without putting any batting in it to make it lighter.
One of the most important prerequisites of a shower curtain is water proofing – so be careful with your stitching.
I suggest you make a quilt top and then use plastic for the lining. You can just saw the quilts at the top and then find some nice rivets to use.
If you choose to sew the quilt on to the liner then it will most probably leak, this why I recommend sewing at the top. Unless of course you don’t mind the possible leakage.
When making it like a quilt top that is pieced together you can then put a backing on it to hide the seams.
You can also make buttonholes across the top of the hooks instead of sewing the quilt to the plastic liner. This way you can wash the liner separately or throw it away when it wears out.
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August 18th, 2009 at 05:52pm
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What makes celebrities successful? Many of them have started to admit that much of their success comes from cosmic ordering.
If you have seen the film ‘the secret’ or have heard about the law of attraction, you will know something about this, but advanced cosmic ordering allows you to decide specifically on things that you want in your life.
Suppose for a moment that you had access to a cosmic ordering service and if you wanted something, all you had to do was think of it and it would appear before you. That would be amazing, wouldn’t it? The incredible thing is that every one of us can already do this – but most of us, even with limitless options continue to choose the same thing over and over again.
Look at life as a menu containing every possible food – but you just look at one line of that menu and keep ordering the bread every time! Maybe you just haven’t bothered to investigate the possibilities; or you feel like you only deserve what you already have.
Imagine that you are fabulously wealthy. Picture yourself doing all of the things you’ve always wanted to do with no worries about anything. Imagine a permanent vacation, travelling by means of your private jet.
You wear the most expensive clothing and look absolutely marvellous. If you can picture this in your mind and hold it for a few minutes, you’re partially on your way. It is difficult to get a good picture of yourself in those circumstances if you’re like most people. For the majority of people, cosmic ordering seems beyond their reach. So what exactly is advanced cosmic ordering?
Advanced cosmic ordering is something that can work for the majority of us – those of us who have tried cosmic ordering before and not met with the results we wanted. This involves a total reprogramming of your subconscious to eliminate the negative programming most of us receive from childhood on.
The years of negative programming and belief that there’s not enough for everyone dilutes and negates all the wonderful images that you put in your mind. Envy for another’s success reinforces the fact that you don’t have enough.
When you think that you don’t deserve to do well, you shouldn’t be surprised when you don’t do well.
Quantum physics shows us different ways to think about the Universe. Unlike the physics you had in school, the rules are new. It answers questions why some people get more than others do.
Your brain emits energy which is capable of affecting the smallest particle known to man – the quark. When a quark leaps from one level to another, it is called a quantum leap. When this change happens, the quark changes the properties of the atom containing it. Just think – if your mind can influence this change, than you can accomplish anything!
Most people don’t believe that changing your mind changes your circumstances. That’s because they tried it once and watched and waited, half-heartedly believing. In the laws of quantum physics, the observer changes what they observe just by watching it. If you watch a process and don’t believe it works but continue on out of duty, the process never turns out the way you want. You are the observer and changed what you observed, but not in a positive way.
With the right instruction and practice, you can get anything you want from the cosmic ordering system. The ancients knew it existed, every religion emphasizes belief to make prayers come true, and yet in this enlightened world, most people listen to neither science nor religion for the answer but continue blindly down the path of poverty.
Teaching your mind to ask for the things which are best for you takes practice; and you must first clear away the negative thought patterns which have been ingrained in you. Now there are many ways to speedup this process and let you clear away your old unsuccessful thought and behavior patterns.
Advanced cosmic ordering uses new audio technologies, including binaural tones. These sounds help attune your brainwaves to the correct frequency to communicate with the universe. This is the very state which Buddhist monks spend years in meditation to reach.
Along with self-hypnosis and subliminal affirmation recordings, binaural sound can help you to eliminate your negative programming and start achieving your goals quickly.
Advanced cosmic ordering can work for you. Once you master the techniques, everything you want will begin coming your way – but you’ll have to work at it too.
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August 16th, 2009 at 10:48am
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Overcoming shyness and social anxiety can be difficult. Especially so if you have always been shy and socially awkward, it can be a real nasty curse. It will hold you back in life, stop you from getting into new situations and taking exciting opportunities. It can make you seen as anti-social, rude, or perhaps just boring.
overcoming your shyness and social anxiety a little will take you a long way in life. It is really possible, you dont have to be always anxious and inside your head, you don’t have to live like this forever.
Shyness is all in the mind – 2 people in the exact same situation may react very differently. Imagine for example a party where two people are meeting a new group of people. The first person is excited to meet them, and interested to find out about their lives. This person thrives on the interaction and they are comfortable and chatty. The other person panics, is full of anxiety; worries what to say, and generally wonders what people will think of them. They imagine the worst situation – the embarrassment, the bad reactions people may have to them and the awkwardness that would bring for them. Is this scenario familiar?
Because all of this is in your mind there is action you can take to change it. This first person’s beliefs are vastly different to yours – in fact probably the exact opposite. You need to make your mind react and work in the same way as theirs. If you hold the same beliefs and thought patterns as them then essentially you would also lose your social anxiety and become more confident socially.
The easiest way to do this is with NLP. NLP is used to explore how you think about certain things. In this case social situations. Then it compares your thoughts to those of people who are confident in social situations and do not suffer anxiety. Finally it fills in the gaps and aims to transform your beliefs and patterns of thinking to match theirs. You swap your limiting thoughts for theirs and gradually you become more social, outgoing and confident too.
Subliminal messaging uses these exact principles of NLP. It will send information deep into your mind to change your beliefs. To eliminate your negative beliefs and replace them with positive ones. If you would like to know more about overcoming your shyness and social anxiety and want to make serious changes in your life then view our social anxiety cd subliminal album, or our overcoming your shyness album today.
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December 10th, 2008 at 08:51pm
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Subliminal messaging is used to describe the use of either images, words, or sounds which have been embedded into some form of media.
With visual subliminal messaging the text or image appears so quick that the eye can't see it (usually 0.25 miliseconds) see and can be flashed either pictures, or text.
Usually found in either mp3 or CD format, audio based subliminal messages are recorded at a sound frequency beyond the limit of human hearing.You will never really hear any of these sound based subliminal messages, however they are always processed deep within your subconscious mind.
Subliminal messages are experienced by us in every aspect of our everyday lives. We will never fully perceive everything around us on a conscious level, simply as not all of the information is useful, and as advanced as our minds are, we are sadly not capable of processing everything happening around us. Our mind is a powerful tool - to avoid being over-burdoned it can filter out the unrequired information and allow us to only become aware of the information which is relevant.
e.g. when someone says your name across a busy room you will suddenly be aware of their conversation. This shows that you did perceive their conversation, but on the very edge of your consciousness. You were not fully aware of it until you heard your name.
Subliminal Messaging works by these very same rules - allthough you are not aware of the messages your mind receives you will still processing them, and you can target specific subliminal messages towards yourself.
So instead of processing random information from your daily environment you can target your mind with beneficial information which will help you develop in key areas of your life. So whether you want to learn to speak spanish, develop more confidence, or improve your sports potential subliminal messaging mp3s can help you achieve your goals.
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November 10th, 2008 at 06:01pm
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Activities in Building Self-Esteem in Children
As parents, one of the main things we need to do is boost up and build our children’s self-esteem level. We need to teach our children to have a strong sense of self worth, both in themselves and in their talents. This can be difficult to do because as parents we need to give them ’space’ to find out certain things on their own and yet be there to guide them along the way too.
Being too lax and giving them too much freedom can lead to rebellion while being too strict can destroy a child’s independent spirit and foster too much dependence.
Although self-esteem can be developed at anytime in a person’s life, it is good to start early and train your child to trust in what they can do and to embrace their individual talents. There are several things that parents can do to help develop a healthy self-esteem in their children.
1. Teach self-affirming statements
Have them stand in front of a mirror and say what a great person they are, or you can begin for them as they look at themselves in the mirror, until they get comfortable doing it by themselves. Even if it seems childish, the practice is quite effective in boosting our self-esteem. You don’t have to continue with it, if is seems to be something they are not feel comfortable with. Or you, can create your own as long as you stick to the basic, which is the saying words that are used in building self-esteem.
Come up with a song that your child can easily remember, perhaps one to a favorite tune or mantra like, ’Happy Birthday’, but just change the words. When they get up in the morning, you can sing the mantra to your child and have them sing one to you. This should be a special time and a fun way of telling each other how special they are and how much you love them.
You can be creative, by showing your love and acceptance you can never go wrong. Feel free to come up with even more songs, or poems; as long as they encourage your child in what makes them so special.
2. The Positive Trait Game
The Positive Trait Game, is a great game to play with your child that will boost their self-image, and will also help to increase his or her vocabulary skills. This is a fun way for you and your child to tell each other the things you like about each other, or the positive traits you see in them. What makes this game fun, is that the positive trait must begin with a certain letter of the alphabet.
This is a fantastic way to get your child to focus on their positive attributes and talents, and then speak out on what they think make him or her unique and special. The more often you play this game together, the better chances they will always remember it and the good qualities they have, that they can be grateful for.
3. Do activities that they love
It is good to introduce new activities to them so they can find out which ones they enjoy and feel they are good at. One great way to do this, is through summer programs, where they have all kinds of things for kids to do. For Example, maybe they find out they are great in art, drawing, painting but they don’t really enjoy music all that much. It’s ok if they don’t like something at first, you may just need to encourage them to try it for a few more weeks to make sure.
Either way, if they really don’t want to continue, at least they were able to try something new and learn a little about it. By allowing them to explore different things, they will find out what they love to do and what they are really good at; this is a wonderful way to boost their self-confidence early in life. Childhood is a wonderful time in life and by allowing your child to enjoy activates, they will become even more adventurous and open to learning new things.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 11:00pm
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Television. Love it or hate it, we almost all watch it. Hours and hours of it
Quite a lot of people would prefer to watch less television if they could work out how to. Consciously or just as background noise and flicker.
There’s a reasonable chance that if I came up to you and asked you to tell me about the program you have just seen, you’d remember at least some of it. But yesterday’s television? Or last week? Errr. Your recall probably isn’t as good.
So how can you stop yourself turning into that couch potato?
Here are 5 simple tips and tricks to help you cut down the amount of television you watch.
1. Use the standby button
Eek! Actually turn off the television? In some households, the thing stays on 24 hours a day. But if you’re on your own and the television is really just a distraction in the background, turn the darn thing off.
2. Diarize with yourself to watch the important shows
There are probably a few television shows that you never want to miss. Maybe it’s Kiefer Sutherland saving the world (again) in 24. Or possibly there’s no way you want to miss the next instalment on how those desperate housewives are coping. Whatever your choices, it’s good. Keep watching those. We’re talking about cutting out all the other shows that you just watch because the broadcasters broadcast them.
3. Turn off the news
Another big issue for a lot of people. But nothing much really newsworthy actually happens and if it does, you’ll hear about it soon enough. Most of the time, watching the news rotate on television is just an excuse for wallowing in other people’s suffering. Cut those negative vibes from your life and reward yourself with lots of hours to do something nice instead.
4. Use that television recorder
Set the timer record for those “must watch” programs. And series link them. Then relax and watch them, but with your finger poised to fast forward through all the trailers and commercial breaks. This will cut your viewing time down dramatically, probably around a quarter to a third. Trust me, this is an easy and useful habit to get into.
5. Use hypnosis to help
Yes. This works a treat. Simply listen to a special hypnosis track to help you watch less television and you’ll quickly find your mind coming up with other things to do than sit and watch tv.
Get more help on watching less television here.
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October 21st, 2008 at 09:10am
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Blushing whenever someone or a group of people tease and taunt you is very normal.
The only time that you should start worrying is when you blush excessively, especially when there is no apparent reason for your blushes.
Blushing is usually triggered when you feel embarrassed or anxious and sometimes when you eat hot and spicy foods.
When you blush, the blood vessels in your face open up, making you look red from the ears to the neck with the heart palpitating at times.
This is a very normal phenomenon but if it occurs excessively, you may begin to feel very self-conscious and may not act normally around other people.
If you don’t know any cures for blushing and leave it as it is, there may come a time when you will develop a fear or phobia of it and thus worsen the scenario.
There are a number of different cures for blushing that are recommended by both doctors and psychiatrists. These vary in their effectiveness but at best will stop your annoying blushing habit.
Anybody can have the tendency to blush excessively and believe it or not people do notice it.
It’s worth trying several different blushing cures, to see which one works best for you. You may even find that different cures work best in different situations.
Some of these cures come from research while others are just simple ways in relaxing your nervous system.
- As soon as you realize you’ve started to blush, take some deep breaths. Take a long, deep breath in and then exhale equally slowly, in order to calm your nervous system and begin to reduce the severity of your blushing.
- Cut out spicy foods from your diet, at least when you’re eating with others and your blushing will be noticed.
- Download and listen to a hypnosis track to reduce your blushing problem.
Discover more ways to reduce or cure your blushing problem here.
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:16am
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Forunately it’s not a frequent occurrence that we have to strip off all our clothes and be naked. But there are some times when it’s necessary, for example, in the communal shower after a game of soccer with your team. And there are other times when you’d like to share an intimate moment or two with your partner.
So what can you do if the very thought of being in the nude with other people fills you with dread?
1. Get in the nude when you’re on your own
It might be the mere thought of being naked and vulnerable is the main cause of your shyness. When you’re on your own and there’s no chance of anyone disturbing you, lock all the doors, draw the blinds and take off your clothes. You don’t have to do a striptease – just take them off the exact same way that you’d do if you were getting ready to take a shower or a bath. Then wander around the room and begin to get accustomed to not wearing any clothes. Congratluations! You’ve taken your first step to becoming more comfortable with yourself when you’re not protected by clothes and losing your shyness of being naked.
2. Realize that we’re almost all the same
Unless you come from a different planet, you’re going to be similar to around half the humans on the planet. Maybe you’re a bit taller or shorter. Your weight is likely a few pounds different. But fundamentally, you’re either a man or a woman and you’re quite similar to near enough every other male or female. This should help your conscious mind to rationalize your fears, at least a bit.
3. Seek out help
One of the fastest ways to get over your being naked phobia is to seek assistance. And one of the best ways to do this is to use a specially constructed hypnosis track to overcome your worry of being naked. It’s inexpensive, you can listen to it over again, it’s completely discreet and it really does work. Download a hypnosis track to get rid of your phobia of being naked here.
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October 17th, 2008 at 09:06pm
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Unless you live in absolutely the middle of nowhere, you’re almost never far away from a crowd.
Which makes it a problem if you’re afraid of crowds.
The problem is, crowds can appear as if from thin air. You could be standing in a shopping mall or empty street, then you turn around and you’re surrounded by people and more people. Like a scene out of the movies.
Most of the time, there’s actually nothing dangerous about crowds. However, if you are afraid of crowds then it’s not much use trying to tell your mind that. There’s a good likelihood that your mind will be working overtime, deciding on exactly how this current crowd can be harmful to you. Regardless of the fact that they’re just a group of strangers intent on minding their own business, not a lynch mob.
So what are your options to make yourself calmer if you’re unfortunate enough to find yourself standing in the center of a large, seemingly angry, crowd?
Listening to your rational mind saying “it’s OK” will likely be as useful as a chocolate teapot.
Taking a few deep breaths may work. Or at least stop you panicking totally.
Then let your survival instinct take over and head for the closest exit. Steadily. Without running.
After that, you need to do something more.
If it’s possible, think back to when you first became frightened of crowds. It probably goes back to your childhood and you lost track of your parents for a few super-scary minutes. Quite often, phobias such as this one go a long way back in our life to our time as a child and we weren’t as rational and straight thinking as we are as an adult.
If it’s possible to trace your fear of crowds back to one particular time, one of the best ways to cure yourself is to modify the response you learned in those few minutes. This is quite easy to do but is something you should seek professional help with.
That said, one thing you can use is a hypnosis track for fear of crowds – this works most of the time for most people and well worth checking out as your first step to curing yourself.
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October 17th, 2008 at 09:06pm
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If you suffer from arachnophobia (fear of spiders), what options do you have?
You can scream or run away to find assistance from a family member who doesn’t suffer from the same fear of these off looking creatures.
Or maybe you can be cruel and vacuum the poor, defenseless creature away from your home.
In the short term, one of these options probably the only solution open to you.
But let’s face it, you’re hundreds of times bigger than even the beastliest spider. So when did you decide to allow these marvels of nature to rule your life?
Start by finding out how deep your fear of spiders is. I’m guessing that because you’re reading this page, you’re OK with the actual printed word “spider”. But you’d likely prefer not to get any closer than that.
Some cures for fear of spiders involve looking at photos or pictures of spiders and you could use (say) Google’s image search to do this, but unless I was treating you face to face, it’s unlikely you’d do this. If you’re feeling brave, give this a go now, but don’t worry if you don’t.
Instead, see if you can remember when you first became scared of spiders. Were you afraid of the spider? Or did the look and feel of the spindly spider’s web creep you out, maybe as you accidentally walked into it and it got caught in your hair? If it’s the latter, there’s a good chance that your phobia has been strengthened by various movies – cobwebs feature in a large number of horror movies.
Then think back further in time. Were you merrily playing a game with a spider when your sister found you and started screaming? If so, that is near enough guaranteed to be the exact time you learned that you were “supposed” to be afraid of spiders rather than co-existing with them.
On the plus side, since you learned fast to be afraid of spiders, you can “unlearn” just as fast. If you’ve got a hypnotist in town, they’ll sort you out. Or you could save quite a lot of cash and still get your phobia removed by getting hold of a hypnosis spider phobia cure and listening to it a few times. You can get immediate access to a hypnosis cure for your arachnophobia here.
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