Suzanne E. Harrill

Q & A Interview

Springtime 2015

Overcoming Unnecessary Fear

"I acknowledge my fearful thoughts and feelings, no longer letting them get me down or stopping my progress for long. When irrational thoughts and feelings of fear arise, I feel the fear and keep on taking risks to improve my life. I change my negative self-talk and pessimistic attitude by overriding them with affirmations of new truths. I respect a healthy response of fear when I need to take action and remove myself from danger. I acknowledge my fear and continue taking healthy risks."

-- from Seed Thoughts for Loving Yourself
by Suzanne Harrill, M.Ed.

This Month's Issue:

How to Stop Fear in Its Tracks

By Suzanne E. Harrill

Almost Vegan

Emerging Artist

By Patti Richardson

Empathy

By Denise O’Doherty

Ordinary Empathy-
Is It Truly Ordinary?

By Wynn Schwartz Ph.D

Goodies

Enlighten Up

Greetings from the Editor:

Spiritual Power

It is time to grow my inner-self bigger when I run into the same concept repeatedly. I am a consciousness explorer. In my early days I was a seeker. I found what I was looking for from the search, a connection to the God within that adds guidance and meaning to my life. As I continue awakening, I like to read books and listen to you-tube videos from wise teachers explaining Truth from their own perspective.

One idea that keeps repeating is the message to get back to the practice of meditating and connecting to my soul or spiritual essence to deepen harmony, acceptance, joy, deep peace, cooperation, safety, love, etc. in my life. I like Gary Zukav’s simple way of reminding me of the importance of growing in Authentic Power to create our day with intentions from the soul. Deepak Chopra, has a similar message in Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul.

If you want a humorous take on the subject read, ABC co-anchor of Nightline and weekend editions of Good Morning America, Dan Harris’ book, How to Be 10% Happier – How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help that Actually Works – A True Story.

May you benefit from these people as well.

Fortunate Blessings,

Suzanne

Read some articles in previous issues of The Innerwords Messenger:

• Expand Your Consciousness to Change Your Life
  By Suzanne E. Harrill
  
  
• Mindfulness and Consciousness as Paths to Self-Awareness
  By Suzanne E. Harrill
  
  
• Creativity Adds to Your Health and Well-Being
  By Suzanne E. Harrill

Personal Growth

How to Stop Fear in Its Tracks

By Suzanne E. Harrill

Does fear ever catch your attention when your mind plays “what if” scenarios of the future? Do you fear unhealthy patterns will repeat because they have? Do you replay negative scenes from your past keeping them alive? The more conscious we become, the more we are able to pay attention to our thoughts and feelings, thus correcting those that are fear based. We neutralize them by overriding the old with new healthy thoughts, pictures, and feelings. We create new stories to bring in a new direction.

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Recipes

Almost Vegan

Quinoa with Spinach, Mushrooms and Almonds
by Emily Beynon

Cabbage Steaks
By Patti Richard

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Special Offer

Seed Thoughts for Loving Yourself

By Suzanne E. Harrill

MONTHLY ON LINE AFFIRMATIONS.  Affirmations to support self-esteem and spiritual growth now available in monthly installments. From Seed Thoughts for Loving Yourself, Cultivating the Garden of Your Mind Day by Day.

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Personal Growth

Emerging Artist

By Patti Richardson

Life presents us with many surprises!  Modern science has brought about longer life spans so there are opportunities to reinvent ourselves numerous times, which earlier seniors didn't enjoy.  What to do?  Growing up I don't recall ever even visiting an art gallery, nor were there any paintings on our walls at home. I took no art classes at any level in my schooling career that is until I became a college student after I had four of my five children.  My degree program required an Introduction to Art class...

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Inspirational

Empathy

By Denise O’Doherty

Having Empathy for others not only increases one's value in the eyes of others but is also a major contributor for successful, and satisfying romantic relationships. Empathy is the ability to see a point of view from another's perspective, even when their perspective is different from yours. It is when you let another know that they make sense, even if you don't agree. For example, " I see why you want to go to that movie, it got great reviews and you like movies with action and some violence but it's really not my kind of movie and I'd prefer if you go with someone else". Being able to tell your partner that they make sense, other than shaming them or putting them down for their feeling or choice is a component of empathy...

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Personal Growth

Ordinary Empathy- Is It Truly Ordinary?

By Wynn Schwartz Ph.D

Behavior going right requires no explanation. Successful behavior is ordinary. Empathy is ordinary in the same way. Empathy is a fundamental feature of emotional competence. In the average expected, good enough maturation, people naturally acquire empathic skills as they interact with others, but some circumstances and manners of parenting are more conducive to fostering empathy than others. We don’t always need to be empathic, but when a situation calls for mutual understanding, a lack of empathy requires explanation. Under normal circumstances, people make sense to each other, and when they don’t, we expect people to be able to figure out why...

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Enlighten Up   --    Humor

Inner Strength

Cinderella -- A New Presentation

Email from God

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Goodies

Tony Blair Faith Foundation

The Healing Code

Life After Delivery

Images by Jacqueline Shuler

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