Posts Tagged ‘Forgiveness’

What is Mirror Work?

An Introduction to Louise Hay's Famous Exercise

The first spiritual practice Louise and I have created for you combines self-love and mirror work.

This practice has two parts to it. It takes about 15 minutes to do it, and the benefits will last a lifetime.

The one piece of equipment you need is a mirror. Any mirror will do. Make sure you give it a good polish before you begin. You are about to meet the most important person in your life.

Remember, your relationship with this person (namely you) is very powerful—it influences your relationship with everyone and everything.

Let’s Begin

Be sure you are sitting comfortably.

Look into the mirror. Look into your eyes. Inhale deeply.

Say to yourself these three words: Life loves you

And then exhale.

It’s good to keep breathing! Repeat this ten times. Notice your response each time. Pay attention to the three languages of response: sensation (body messages), feelings (heart thoughts), and thoughts (mental commentary).

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The Surprising Secret to Forgiving Others

How to Learn to Forgive and Begin Healing

Have you ever struggled with letting go of a past hurt or grievance? Have you ever had the desire to forgive, but you couldn’t bring your feelings to let go of the need to be right? The struggle to have the grace to forgive is one to which I think we all can relate.

My own early efforts at forgiveness didn’t work very well.

I could forgive, but I couldn’t forget.

Deep down I knew that forgiveness must be better than that. Over time, I gradually changed my mind about forgiveness in a way that you might not expect. Instead of focusing on forgiving others, I focused on forgiving me. Continue Reading

Loving Everyone: A Poem for Valentine’s Day

Spread The Love Around

by Robert Holden, Ph.D
Poetry
Happy Valentine’s Day to you.
Traditionally, Valentine’s Day is the day we show our love to one special person in our life. This is a lovely thing to do. That said, I feel that Valentine’s Day would be even lovelier if we made it a day to show our love to everyone in our life. Everyone must also include our self too. Maybe we could start a new tradition. Starting from today. Continue Reading

Christmas: The Angel of Forgiveness

A Poem to Reflect on Forgiveness

by Robert Holden, Ph.D
Poetry
Happy Christmas to You! I wish you and your family an enchanting Christmas and glad tidings for the new year ahead. With that in mind I offer you the following poem, The Angel of Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is an Angel you pray to
when you need a miracle to
save you.

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Finding Happiness

Article for Oprah.com

by Robert Holden, Ph.D
Press
On Friday this week I will wrap up another Be Happy 8-week happiness course, held in London, UK. The end of the program always feels bittersweet to me. I am already grieving and I am so grateful for the journey we have been on. And it’s not over yet!

For the last eight weeks a group of fifty people have participated in a deep inquiry into life’s #1 goal: happiness. The theme for this year has been, giving up the search for happiness. Continue Reading