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ARCHIVE 1Here are some selected blogs from past issues: AND THE BEAT GOES ON
What would you do if your heart suddenly stopped beating? It isn't such a silly question, since it happens to millions of people every year. So, I repeat the question: what would you do if you felt it happen TO YOU? I sincerely hope no one encounters this situation in their life time, but just in case... Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home alone, after an unusually stressful day at work. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. All of a sudden you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home, unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these people can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a phone and, between breaths, call for help. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives! (Reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response.) posted in Number 1
THE MILT BOWLING CELL PHONE TESTTake your cell phone and turn it on. Put your cell phone into your microwave oven and shut
the door. Go to your wall phone and call/dial your cell phone number. Wait until 4-6 rings on your wall phone. 9 times out of 10 your cell phone will ring inside your microwave oven. If the cell phone doesn’t, open the microwave door an inch and repeat the test again, and it will ring this time. What have you proven? The signal from your cell phone service is STRONG enough to penetrate your radio-frequency (RF)-shielded microwave oven - and you, if you are standing in front of your microwave oven. The signal is so powerful that it may come from 2-8 miles away and can ring your cell phone inside your RF shielded microwave oven. You don't even have microwave shielding! If this worries you (it should), you need to read more about cell phone dangers and microwaves. posted in Issue 2
FULFILLING YOUR POTENTIALTransformation occurs when existing solutions, assumed truths and past decisions are exposed as unrealistic, and this new insight allows one to view from a more appropriate and empowering perspective. One of the foundations of transformational psychology is Maslow's theory of human needs, developed in the 1970's. Maslow believed that people are not merely controlled by mechanical forces (the stimuli and reinforcement forces of behaviorism) or the unconscious instinctual impulses that psychoanalysis emphasises. Maslow prefered to focus on human potential, believing that humans strive to express their capabilities fully, and that this is the basis for happiness. People who seek the frontiers of creativity and strive to reach higher levels of consciousness and wisdom, were described by Maslow as 'self-actualizing' individuals. Transformational psychology is not therapy, it is information and techniques to enable healthy persons to make their lives even better, to fulfill their potential - it is for you. Maslow set up a hierarchical theory of needs in which the basic survival needs are the first priority, and the needs concerned with man's highest potential follow on when other needs have been met. 1. Physiological Needs. 2. Safety Needs. 3. Needs for Love, Affection and Belonging. 4. Esteem Needs. 5. Self-actualization Needs. One reason that a person does not move through the needs to self-actualization is because of the hindrances placed in their way by society. For example, education can act to inhibit a person's potential (though also of course it can promote personal growth). So can other aspects of the family and culture act to condition and funnel an individual into a role that is not fulfilling. To escape this conditioning, a person has to awaken to their situation, to realize that their life could be different, that there are changes that can be made in the direction of self-actualization. To promote our personal growth, we can learn to be authentic, to be aware of our inner selves and to hear our inner feelings and needs. We can begin to transcend our own cultural conditioning and become world citizens. We can help our children discover their talents and creative skills, to find the appropriate career and complementary partner. We can demonstrate that life is precious, that there is joy to be experienced in life, and that if one is open to seeing the good - and humorous - in all kinds of situations, this makes life worth living. posted in Issue 2
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.. book review by Pat Stevens
After you have had a few dates with someone and you think it might be going somewhere, you begin to ask more serious questions about their childhood, family, job etc. Eventually the relationship might progress to where the really tough questions must be asked. Like "have you ever slept with someone without using a condom" or "how much debt do you have"? There is no easy way to bring up these questions. Recently, I received a copy of Michael Webb's newest book, 1000 Questions for Couples: What you absolutely must know about the person you are with. This book is going to make those difficult questions much easier to ask. The questions start off easy like "Has anyone dear to you died? How did you handle it" and "About what things are you most selfish." They slowly progress (just like your relationship should) until you get to those questions that you simply can't avoid if you are going to commit your life to living with someone. There are questions on drug addictions, abuse, child rearing, finances and lots of questions about sex. And because these questions are coming from a book, you don't feel like "you" are asking them. A special bonus that I really liked was the option to get 3-5 of the book's questions emailed to me each day. That way I could forward the questions on to my beloved and we could each read over them and forward the answers to each other that night. I can see where this would be very valuable for those in long distance relationships. While there are a lot of questions in this book that are crucial for couples in the dating stage, the majority of the questions are useful for people who are already married. If you value your relationship, I urge you to ask these 1000 Questions for Couples. click here More about love (and sex) on the website:
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