North Star Mental Fitness Blog

MALE RULES

Male rules?  What are male rules? 

I found this article explaining male rules in a local newspaper dedicated to humor.  I found the rules to be humorous.  Then it hit me.  Some of these rules, if not most of the rules, probably are operating in the minds of men and create never-ending pain in relationship with women.

With a smile on my face, I hope you will enjoy MALE RULES, which are quoted as written in The Good Life..

Stress and Mental Fitness Training

The reality of stress can not be dismissed or minimized.  We are living in a world

Sexual Differences in Memory

Have you been puzzled or frazzled by the differences in memory between men and women?

So many conflicts are generated over women's ability to remember everything and men's ability to remember almost nothing. 

Negative Thinking Decreases Brain Activity

Now there is proof that negative thinking decreases brain activity.  In his Brain Health Report, Dr. Daniel Amen reported his study comparing the results of negative thinking and gratitude on brain activity.

Dr. Amen used brain imaging studies.  His astounding findings indicated that negative thinking created significant decrease in brain activity in the cerebellum and left temporal lobe.

Freedom from Life Dysfunctions

Everyone has successes that have turned into failures.  Successes that have turned into failures, I call Life Dysfunctions.  Everyone has Life Dysfunctions. 

It doesn't matter what has caused your dysfunctions.  Your dysfunctions could be the result of your genetic makeup, your personality, your familial environment, your educational experiences, your government's interventions or your living in a depressed economy.

What matters is what you do about your dysfunctions! 

Do you continue to pursue past successes even though you are continuing to fail? 

Do you continue to think about your life in a feeling good way, when you are feeling discouraged and disappointed?

Do you continue to grieve and complain about the losses in your life?

Do you want freedom from your Life Dysfunctions or do you want to remain stuck in misery?  It does not matter what your particular dysfunction is.  What matters is that you make changes.

If you want freedom from Life Dysfunctions, it is important to make new choices.  Sometimes, you may not know what you need to do to change.  As a result, you do nothing.

The Freedom Choice from The North Star Mental Fitness Program has been crafted to help you become free from your dysfunction.  When you don't know what needs to be done, make a Freedom Choice. 

With the Freedom Choice you prepare your mind for making functional changes and choices in your life.  You begin by thinking the thought "I want freedom from" your dysfunction.  Just by thinking that you want freedom from your dysfunction, you will begin to make new choices.

Also, there are also other empowering choices to help you overcome your Life Dysfunctions in The North Star Mental Fitness Program.

Remember, You Live within the Dysfunctions Created by Your Choices!

Dr. Hal

Life and Mental Fitness Coach

Life Dysfunctions

Life Dysfunctions!  We all have them.  Vern from Aim for Awesome asked the important question.  It's a question many people avoid asking.  It can be a very painful question.

The question is: What Are Your Life Dysfunctions?

She Stopped Crying

For years, she wanted to stop crying.  It was so embarrassing for her.  No matter what she tried, she couldn't stop crying. 

Take Care of Your Mind

Take care of your mind was the title of a post at Health and Beauty.  The writer made the point that health involves both physically and mentally feeling well.  Do you agree that health involves mentally feeling well?

The writer emphasized the point of setting aside time for mental health and mental fitness.  I really like the following statements:

"By practicing mind and body fitness, you can nurture your mind, body and spirit in a positive and enjoyable way.

Life is full of change, risks and challenges. Good mental or emotional health helps us find our balance and stay in control, even during turbulent times. But how do we know if we are mentally healthy enough to deal with life’s ups and downs?"

The message from Health and Beauty:

Get Mentally Fit! 

Take Control of Your Health.  Take Care of Your Mind

Practice Mind + Body Fitness

At NortStarMentalFitnessBlog we believe everyone can improve their mental fitness.  We can all improve our mental fitness by concentrating and repeating mental exercises.

If Your Health Is Important for You,
The Time Has Come for You to Add Mental Fitness to Your Life!

Just ask us how?

Remember, You Live within the Body Created by Your Choices!

Dr. Hal

Life and Mental Fitness Coach

 

Willingness and Willpower

Do you need willingness, willpower or both in order to achieve your goals?

What is essential for success?  For years we have heard that willpower is necessary to reach our goals.  Willpower has been defined as the "resolution or the ability to control one's behavior" in order to reach a goal.

At MizFit the concept of willingness was suggested as an alternative to having willpower.  Willingness was described as "being willing to do whatever is necessary" in order to reach one's goal.

Willingness is certainly a refreshing concept.  It focuses on one's freedom of choice and attitude.

As I thought about these two concepts, I realized that both will be necessary in order to reach our goals.

While both willingness and willpower are important ingredients for success, both can be difficult to maintain in the pursuit of success.

Mental fitness training strengthens and supports our focus, willingness, and willpower.  Mental fitness training is the foundation providing life support for our willingness and willpower. 

The essence of mental fitness training is to motivate us to take care of ourselves and provide the powerful thought processes to maintain willingness and willpower.

A strong motive and commitment to take care of ourselves is the prerequisite and necessary ingredient for maintaining willingness and willpower.

The North Star Mental Fitness Program provides strategies for taking care of ourselves.  The strategies can be used for achieving any goal or solving any problem.  These strategies can make you strong enough to have sufficient willingness and willpower to achieve any goal.

Please CONTACT ME for more information about the mental fitness program or to purchase the mental fitness program.

Remember, You Live within the Environment Created by Your Choices!

Dr. Hal

Life and Mental Fitness Coach

Mental Strategies for Losing Weight

Do you believe that mental strategies are necessary for losing weight?

Paige Waehner from Exercise Blog talked about The Truth about Weight Loss-Mental Strategies for Losing Weight.

Paige had a intriguing insight into the mind's role in creating obstacles for losing weight.  Paige wrote

"This week, I'm talking about the mental side of losing weight and discussing some of the obstacles the mind creates, such as failure, self-doubt and dishonesty. Learning how the mind can derail you may be enough to overcome those obstacles the next time around."

Yes.  We do need mental strategies to overcome the mind's creating obstacles for losing and maintaining weight. 

What are your mental strategies for losing and maintaining weight loss? 

One of Paige's readers wrote "You are right. Weight loss and fitness is about 10% understanding the importance of exercise and eating fewer calories than you burn, and 90% mental. I’ve lost 120 pounds in the past 26 months."

Another reader wrote "I agree totally with TM. Most work to do with weight loss starts in the brain. It is a constant struggle, every second, minute, hour, day, week. I have lost almost 50 pounds in the last 10 months and it is very hard. Everything I take a bite out of makes me think!!!!"

Have you ever considered adding a mental fitness program to your weight loss program?  If you really want to be successful in losing and maintaining weight loss, I recommend the North Star Mental Fitness Program.  This program can be added to any weight loss program in order to not only manage the mind's attempt to derail you from becoming successful, but also for providing new strategies for losing weight and maintaining your weight loss.

With the right mental fitness strategies, weight loss does not have to be a constant struggle!

With the right mental fitness strategies, weight loss can be maintained! 

Remember, You Live within the Body Created by Your Choices!

Dr. Hal

Life and Mental Fitness Coach