It’s that time again… another book review for Hay House Publications.  It’s funny the way things work… I wanted to read more, and now Hay House sends me new books that they’re getting ready to release to read and do a blog post review for them.  Pretty cool!

The book that I’m reviewing today is Louise Hay’s new book Experience Your Good Now!: Learning To Use Affirmations.

I really enJOYed reading this book.  I’ve been becoming aware of the way that I talk to myself more and more lately, and this book was right in alignment with this topic.

We are all speaking to ourselves on a daily basis, more than we actually know we are.  You may be reading this right now and saying “I don’t talk to myself’”… it’s that voice right there that I’m referring to.  You’re not crazy for talking to yourself… you’re human.

We are constantly thinking… which basically is talking to ourselves.  The challenge with this is that most of us have been programmed to think more towards the negative end of the spectrum.  It’s okay if you do… you had a lot of years of listening to your parents, teachers, grandparents, etc.  Most of the stuff that came out of their mouths probably wasn’t words of empowerment.

Do any of these sound familiar?

“Money doesn’t grow on trees” , “Don’t get your hopes up”, “You have to save for a rainy day”, “We can’t afford it”, “You really should watch what you’re eating”

These are just a few of the things that you may have heard.  Your parents and the others that told you these things didn’t know any better.  I believe that people always do the best they can with the resources they have.

They were programmed as well to think and talk this way, so they were just doing what they knew.  Being subjected to this year after year, caused some of these statements to become your daily habitual thoughts.

Most of them you’re thinking and not even realizing that you are.  They’ve become so ‘normal’ that you’ve almost become numb to them… you’ve acclimated to them.

The boiling frog story…

If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.  It’s sort of what’s happened to a lot of people over time.

The negative statements were made gradually over time, so they just got use to them… not realizing they were being COOKED!

Now can you see how this can changed your pattern of thinking over time?  The disempowering statements turned into your thoughts, and then the habitual thinking of those thoughts created your beliefs. 

A belief is just a thought you keep thinking… and when you think it long enough, it becomes one of your truths… better known as a ‘belief’.

Not to worry, I have good news!

Just like your parents, teachers and all of the others programmed you… you are able to re-program yourself back to thinking more on the positive side of the scale.  How do you do this?  With positive self talk… otherwise known as Affirmations.

In Louise Hay’s new book Experience Your Good Now!: Learning To Use Affirmations, she takes you by the hand and gives you a step-by-step program to creating powerful affirmations for yourself.

Louise’s style of writing is engaging and entertaining.  It’s one of those books that you’ll pick up to start reading, and next thing you know 2 hours has passed.  Louise shares it all in this book.  She gives simple processes to re-program your thinkin’ so it’s not stinkin’ anymore

One of the many POWERFUL things that I took away from this book is doing affirmations in front of a mirror.  There’s something that happens when you’re looking yourself square in the eyes and speaking your words out loud.  There’s this connection that happens… very hard to put into words… but if you’ve done them this way for a while, you know what I’m talking about.

Are you currently doing affirmations? 

I created a blog post a few weeks back on this topic and I challenged people to step up and do affirmations for 30 days straight.  If you’ve read that post and took on the challenge please share your progress so far by leaving a comment below.

If you haven’t… are you willing to take that challenge now?  30 days straight of powerful affirmations… I promise you that you will see a MAJOR difference in the unfolding of your life if you follow through on this.  Post a comment below and let me now if your up for the challenge…

Also, pass this post on to your buddies over on Twitter and Facebook.  This is VALUEABLE information that can truly make a difference in their lives.  I appreciate you taking the time to read today… thank you!

Yours In Empowerment,

Eric Goldstein

If you haven’t Wayne Dyer’s book The Shift: Taking Your Life From Ambition To Meaning yet… then you must put it at the top of your list of books to read. I recently read this book and it was one of my favorite reads.

I’ve been asked by Hay House Publishers to do product and book reviews before they release them on the market. This was the first of many that I will be reviewing for them.

This is pretty exciting being Hay House is one of the fastest-growing self-help publishers in the world, selling books, audios, and videos to 33 countries around the world. So keep an eye out for some more stuff coming from them.

So back to The Shift…

This book really resonated with me being I’ve been doing a lot of reading and listening on the topic of Law of Attraction. Wayne Dyer lays it out perfectly in this book. He shares in depth about how we get what we focus on.

If you’re always looking at what is wrong in your life… you are going to get more of ‘what’s wrong showing up’. We live in an attraction based Universe. There is no such thing as ‘no’. What do I mean by that?

When you say ‘yes’ to something you pull it towards you. When you say ‘no’ to something you pull it towards you. It’s a tricky thing, but most people think that by saying they don’t want something and focusing on it, talking about it, telling their friends about it (I think you get my point:)… that it will go out of their life.

The exact opposite happens! This is some of what Wayne Dyer talks about in The Shift. He writes in a way that makes it very simple and easy for you to understand this principle.

He continues to talk about the POWER of the present moment. You hear people talk about the power of now and the present moment a lot… but most people don’t realize that most of the time they are NOT in the present moment.

The slick little Ego…

The Ego is what takes us out of the present moment, because of it’s constant demands for MORE. Most people find themselves in states of thought all day about wanting more money, more stuff, more relationships… more, more, more!

This is the ego… and it’s snapping you right out of the present moment. In The Shift: Taking Your Life From Ambition To Meaning, it’s beautifully explained why this happens and how to make a SHIFT in the direction your life is taking.

Dr. Dyer shows us how to live a life of meaning and purpose. If you’ve been looking to regain your power and re-align yourself with your Source… then this book is the read for you. One thing you can expect from this book is VALUE… just like all of Wayne Dyer’s other books and products.

So in closing… I give this book at Thumbs Up!

So I have a question for you… Do you find yourself slipping out of the present moment often? If so, what are some useful things you do to come back to the “now”? Share below by leaving a comment here in the community.

If you’ve already read The Shift, please share your thoughts about it below… and if you haven’t ready it yet, come back after you have and share your perspective.

This is a book that anyone can benefit from. Do your Facebook and Twitter friends a favor, share this post with them … they will THANK YOU for it! You can do that by clicking the icons right here on this page.

Thank you very much for hanging out with me today on this post:)

I support you in your SHIFT…

Yours In Success,
Eric Goldstein

Want to learn to meditate like a Zen Monk… at the touch of a button?

Sounds silly, huh? Well it’s not. In this blog post I’m going to be doing a Centerpointe Review. Centerpointe is a company that was started by Bill Harris, a top personal development speaker and author. He created a meditation technology called Holosync, where you will learn to meditate at the level of a Zen monk without knowing how to do it… pretty cool!

When I read this about Holosync at first… I didn’t believe it. I thought to myself ‘how could this be possible?’. When I came across Bill’s website I was in a place where I was serious about starting a daily meditation practice. I know how IMPORTANT it is to my spiritual journey… so I did a bit more research.

After watching a video testimonial by Jack Canfield, from the ‘Chicken Soup For The Soul’ series, I was ready to grab the FREE Holosync Intro CD. As soon as it arrived I listen to it and I knew it was going to be something that would literally change my life… and it has!

Check out this quick video where I speak more about it:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here are a few things that you will experience after using Holosync Meditations by Centerpointe:

* Create noticeable improvements in your mental and emotional health—even in areas that have resisted change with other approaches
* Significantly lower your stress levels and lower your levels of harmful brain chemicals related to stress
* Dramatically improve your learning ability, memory, intuition, creativity, and your ability to focus, concentrate and think more clearly

These are just a few of the results that you will see from using the Holosync meditations from Centerpointe. I’ve personally been using them consistently for about 6 or so months, and I can confirm the points I just mentioned above.

Follow this link to get a free intro CD: Get FREE Holosync Intro CD

I hope you enjoyed this Centerpointe Review where I showed you how you can learn to mediate like a Zen Monk just my listening to the Holosync audio. Please share you comments below. If you have a form of meditation that you do that works for you… please share it by commenting below.

Also, please share this post with all of your Twitter followers by clicking the ‘retweet’ button. They will THANK YOU for sharing this with them. It’s something that will add value to their lives…

A commitment to a practice of meditation will change everything in your life… enJOY!

Yours In Peace of Mind,
Eric Goldstein

P.S. Learn to meditate like a Zen monk with the push of a button. In this post I do a Centerpointe Review and share my personal experience using this product to meditate.