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Claudia Jean
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Friday, August 08, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Poz Body Talk #10
Self Engaged
___________________
A great relationship results when both parties think they got a great deal.
Does your mind think it got a great deal with your body?
YES? Celebrate!
No? Then set a goal. Put your mind on notice that there will be new rules of engagement.
Post-it cue:
Great Deal
Body & Soul
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
___________________
A great relationship results when both parties think they got a great deal.
Does your mind think it got a great deal with your body?
YES? Celebrate!
No? Then set a goal. Put your mind on notice that there will be new rules of engagement.
Post-it cue:
Great Deal
Body & Soul
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Poz Body Talk # 9
Self Loved
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“Feeling bad about yourself activates stress centers in the brain that can actually lead to disease,” reports Peter Muennig, M.D. whose recent study showed that women who liked their bodies (whether thin or overweight) felt sick 30% less often than women who wished they were thinner.
Post-it cue:
Love
'as is’
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
___________________
“Feeling bad about yourself activates stress centers in the brain that can actually lead to disease,” reports Peter Muennig, M.D. whose recent study showed that women who liked their bodies (whether thin or overweight) felt sick 30% less often than women who wished they were thinner.
Post-it cue:
Love
'as is’
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Poz Body Talk # 8
Self Secure
________________________
"The hardest challenge is to be your (physical …CJ) self in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else."
~ e. e. cummings
“Thank you” to Diana Chernofsky for sending this celebrity inspiration:
Consider Lauren Hutton who, despite a large gap between her front teeth, rose to super-model fame and is still beautifully herself growing older. Although she would wear a filler early in her career, as her fame grew she often convinced photographers to capture her natural gap-toothed beauty. Now that’s model living!
Post-it cue: BE!
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
________________________
"The hardest challenge is to be your (physical …CJ) self in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else."
~ e. e. cummings
“Thank you” to Diana Chernofsky for sending this celebrity inspiration:
Consider Lauren Hutton who, despite a large gap between her front teeth, rose to super-model fame and is still beautifully herself growing older. Although she would wear a filler early in her career, as her fame grew she often convinced photographers to capture her natural gap-toothed beauty. Now that’s model living!
Post-it cue: BE!
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Poz Body Talk #7
Self Acknowledged
__________________________
It is said that a smile, which signals safety and friendship to another, is the shortest distance between two people. A smile creates an even shorter message from your conscious Self through your subconscious Self to your body Self.
Proof:
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, hold for four counts, now smile. What you feel is endorphins, the loooooove hormone, releasing throughout your body.
Start and end each day with this practice as your “Hello” and “Thank you” to your amazing body. Repeat often throughout the day in affirmation of “I love you!”
Post-it cue:
Smile
to Self
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
__________________________
It is said that a smile, which signals safety and friendship to another, is the shortest distance between two people. A smile creates an even shorter message from your conscious Self through your subconscious Self to your body Self.
Proof:
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, hold for four counts, now smile. What you feel is endorphins, the loooooove hormone, releasing throughout your body.
Start and end each day with this practice as your “Hello” and “Thank you” to your amazing body. Repeat often throughout the day in affirmation of “I love you!”
Post-it cue:
Smile
to Self
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Dee Sanford Wrote ~
Unfortunately, from childhood, women are subconsciously encouraged to verbally express dissatisfaction to the very body that has to last us a lifetime. Who or what can flourish in negativity? Nothing! No wonder our bodies turn on us! We have told it such terrible things and criticized it, and not loved and accepted its curves and sexiness, and appreciated its very important role in containing our spirit!
Having had a weight problem all my life, I cursed and criticized myself. I never lost one pound behind it, and always felt inferior when comparing myself to slender friends or images on TV and in magazines. I learned to get past all that, and learned to love and accept my body years ago. Turns out it was the best thing that could have happened. That way I could love myself. It also made it easier for others to love me.
We won’t all be naturally slender, tall, with perky breasts, a flat stomach, shapely legs and hips, and all those body parts that spell “perfection” to a world of folks who could care less about us. So what? We are perfect in God’s eyes. He fashioned us wonderfully and I am thankful for this body I have. Thanks for reminding us!
Dee Sanford
Dee is a Make a Difference Woman of the highest order. Check her out at
www.deesanford.com. ...CJ
Having had a weight problem all my life, I cursed and criticized myself. I never lost one pound behind it, and always felt inferior when comparing myself to slender friends or images on TV and in magazines. I learned to get past all that, and learned to love and accept my body years ago. Turns out it was the best thing that could have happened. That way I could love myself. It also made it easier for others to love me.
We won’t all be naturally slender, tall, with perky breasts, a flat stomach, shapely legs and hips, and all those body parts that spell “perfection” to a world of folks who could care less about us. So what? We are perfect in God’s eyes. He fashioned us wonderfully and I am thankful for this body I have. Thanks for reminding us!
Dee Sanford
Dee is a Make a Difference Woman of the highest order. Check her out at
www.deesanford.com. ...CJ
Poz Body Talk #6
Self Aware
_________________
‘Speak’ to your body directly...
...as to a lover.
With your dominant hand write, “Hello body.”
Close your eyes, breathe deeply and feel the message flow from head to toe.
When all internal ‘ears and eyes’ are open you will feel a warm buzz of awareness.
Open your eyes and, with your non-dominant hand, write, “I love you.”
Feel the endorphin rush.
Repeat
Post-it cue:
Hello body
I love you
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
_________________
‘Speak’ to your body directly...
...as to a lover.
With your dominant hand write, “Hello body.”
Close your eyes, breathe deeply and feel the message flow from head to toe.
When all internal ‘ears and eyes’ are open you will feel a warm buzz of awareness.
Open your eyes and, with your non-dominant hand, write, “I love you.”
Feel the endorphin rush.
Repeat
Post-it cue:
Hello body
I love you
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
A GREAT Strategic Life-Plan
Dream what you want to dream;
Go where you want to go;
Be what you want to be,
Because you have only one life
And one chance to do all the things
You want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
Enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human and
Enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
Have the best of everything;
They just make the most of
Everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
Be based on a forgiven past;
Treat every 'failure' as an opportunity and
Embrace heartache as proof of your ability to love
And good will follow you all the days of your life.
When you were born, you were crying
And everyone around you was smiling
Live your life so at the end
You're the one who is smiling and everyone
Around you is crying.
- Anonymous (plus a little rewrite by CJ)
Go where you want to go;
Be what you want to be,
Because you have only one life
And one chance to do all the things
You want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
Enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human and
Enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
Have the best of everything;
They just make the most of
Everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
Be based on a forgiven past;
Treat every 'failure' as an opportunity and
Embrace heartache as proof of your ability to love
And good will follow you all the days of your life.
When you were born, you were crying
And everyone around you was smiling
Live your life so at the end
You're the one who is smiling and everyone
Around you is crying.
- Anonymous (plus a little rewrite by CJ)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Poz Body-Talk #5
Self Mentored
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Mentors guide, instruct and support personal growth. Collect names and articles of celebrity or famous mentors of poz body-talk. For example:
Newsweek, Oct 30, 2006: Movie star Kirsten Dunst is quoted as saying, “I would never fix my teeth—if someone asked me to, I wouldn’t work with them. It’s part of me. Messed up teeth are character.” Now that’s Poz!
As for me, I fondly remember Cher’s early crooked teeth as a mark of beauty--maybe because my own are not picket fence straight!
Start a list of famous people with ‘character.’ Add Kirsten to that list.
As you find more, add them to our blog or email them to Claudia@claudiajean.com and I will share them on future Post-its.
Post-it cue:
‘Character’
Dunst
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
____________________________________________
Mentors guide, instruct and support personal growth. Collect names and articles of celebrity or famous mentors of poz body-talk. For example:
Newsweek, Oct 30, 2006: Movie star Kirsten Dunst is quoted as saying, “I would never fix my teeth—if someone asked me to, I wouldn’t work with them. It’s part of me. Messed up teeth are character.” Now that’s Poz!
As for me, I fondly remember Cher’s early crooked teeth as a mark of beauty--maybe because my own are not picket fence straight!
Start a list of famous people with ‘character.’ Add Kirsten to that list.
As you find more, add them to our blog or email them to Claudia@claudiajean.com and I will share them on future Post-its.
Post-it cue:
‘Character’
Dunst
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Poz Body-Talk #4
Self Affirmed
_________________________________________
Whenever you start to think or say something unkind about any part of your body, shout STOP! If you are in public, I suggest you only think STOP! at the top of your internal lungs! Or whisper STOP! STOP! STOP! to yourself.
For those more advanced, use the STOP! tactic every time you judge another woman’s body harshly.
Expect your conscious mind to argue with you but it is ‘not the boss of you,’ your body, mind and spirit combined are YOU.
Finally, borrow a tip from Kitty Carlisle who each night would look directly at herself in the mirror and say, “I forgive you.”
Post-it cue:
STOP!
I forgive
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
_________________________________________
Whenever you start to think or say something unkind about any part of your body, shout STOP! If you are in public, I suggest you only think STOP! at the top of your internal lungs! Or whisper STOP! STOP! STOP! to yourself.
For those more advanced, use the STOP! tactic every time you judge another woman’s body harshly.
Expect your conscious mind to argue with you but it is ‘not the boss of you,’ your body, mind and spirit combined are YOU.
Finally, borrow a tip from Kitty Carlisle who each night would look directly at herself in the mirror and say, “I forgive you.”
Post-it cue:
STOP!
I forgive
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Poz Body-Talk #3
Self Determined
______________________________________________
Be on fire ~ physically, mentally and spiritually.
“I build my fire for myself. Should you choose to warm yourself by that fire, you may. However, under no circumstances will I allow you to steal my wood.”
Lella Ivey
Action ~ Post-it cue:
My fire
My wood
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
______________________________________________
Be on fire ~ physically, mentally and spiritually.
“I build my fire for myself. Should you choose to warm yourself by that fire, you may. However, under no circumstances will I allow you to steal my wood.”
Lella Ivey
Action ~ Post-it cue:
My fire
My wood
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Poz Body-Talk #2
Poz(itive) Body-Talk!
Unplug the tendency for negative self-talk…
__________________________________________
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Gossipy putdowns are more about us than of whom we speak. Deadly true. As a kind woman you seldom partake yet focusing on what you don’t like about your own body (self-gossip) remains fair game even though it creates inescapable pain.
Suggested change: Every time you say (or think) something negative about yourself or others take a moment to re-focus and re-frame to say (or think) something positive. The more good you say and think the more good you feel toward yourself and show towards others. Win-win.
Bottom line belief: I embrace all of me ~ ‘as is.’
Action ~ Post-it cue:
Gossip
Self
Others
then cover the word Gossip with a slashed circle.
The GOAL: Self, Unconditionally!
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Unplug the tendency for negative self-talk…
__________________________________________
Re-focus ~ Re-frame ~ Re-gain Self
Gossipy putdowns are more about us than of whom we speak. Deadly true. As a kind woman you seldom partake yet focusing on what you don’t like about your own body (self-gossip) remains fair game even though it creates inescapable pain.
Suggested change: Every time you say (or think) something negative about yourself or others take a moment to re-focus and re-frame to say (or think) something positive. The more good you say and think the more good you feel toward yourself and show towards others. Win-win.
Bottom line belief: I embrace all of me ~ ‘as is.’
Action ~ Post-it cue:
Gossip
Self
Others
then cover the word Gossip with a slashed circle.
The GOAL: Self, Unconditionally!
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your bathroom mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Poz Body-Talk #1
I care not that my intelligence may be less than Einstein’s ~
I enjoy tennis even though Vanessa Williams would always beat me ~
Likewise my body is beautiful independent of model Gisele Bundchen’s ~
Bottom line belief: I appreciate and am inspired by the diversity around me but do judge myself by its extremes!
Action ~ Using Post-its, list: Einstein, Williams, Bundchen
(or any set of names you admire and whose greatness inspires your own)
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
I enjoy tennis even though Vanessa Williams would always beat me ~
Likewise my body is beautiful independent of model Gisele Bundchen’s ~
Bottom line belief: I appreciate and am inspired by the diversity around me but do judge myself by its extremes!
Action ~ Using Post-its, list: Einstein, Williams, Bundchen
(or any set of names you admire and whose greatness inspires your own)
Put one Post-it on your computer screen, one on your mirror,
one on your frig and one anywhere else you may spend repeated time during the day.
The act of writing imprints the truth on your mind.
Every time you see your handwriting again, it further imprints your mind.
To increase the value of this process, smile when you see a Post-it.
Smiling signals your mind to increase endorphins and imprint what makes you smile.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dare to Celebrate! Now Playing!
Finally! ClaudiaJean.com is officially re-opened.
Introducing the Series!
Dare to Celebrate! Six Steps to Self
Dove’s study across ten nations shows that women around the world suffer from negative body image. Only 2% embrace themselves ‘as is!’ Something’s wrong. Life is too short to be anything less than ‘enough!’
If you are part of the 98%, quiet your inner critic and bring out your inner cheerleader! Maximize the gift that you are, just as you are, specifically in the body you inhabit!
One hears a lot of talk about Mind – Body – Spirit with a heavy emphasis on the mind and the spirit. Dare to Celebrate! Six Steps to Self, provides tools to connect the trio in an honest, three-way, loving embrace of Self—especially your body.
Enjoy the two complimentary videos and printouts. Invest in the Six Steps to Self series to create a healthier mental and physical connection. Your perspective will be forever changed!
Guarantee: If you find that the series has not inspired you as promised, your investment will be cheerfully refunded.
And if you know someone who suffers, pass this on!
In gratitude of a beauty-filled world of which we are all a part,
Claudia Jean
Introducing the Series!
Dare to Celebrate! Six Steps to Self
Dove’s study across ten nations shows that women around the world suffer from negative body image. Only 2% embrace themselves ‘as is!’ Something’s wrong. Life is too short to be anything less than ‘enough!’
If you are part of the 98%, quiet your inner critic and bring out your inner cheerleader! Maximize the gift that you are, just as you are, specifically in the body you inhabit!
One hears a lot of talk about Mind – Body – Spirit with a heavy emphasis on the mind and the spirit. Dare to Celebrate! Six Steps to Self, provides tools to connect the trio in an honest, three-way, loving embrace of Self—especially your body.
Enjoy the two complimentary videos and printouts. Invest in the Six Steps to Self series to create a healthier mental and physical connection. Your perspective will be forever changed!
Guarantee: If you find that the series has not inspired you as promised, your investment will be cheerfully refunded.
And if you know someone who suffers, pass this on!
In gratitude of a beauty-filled world of which we are all a part,
Claudia Jean
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