Here are some thoughts on how to think about and connect the information from the last couple of calls, particularly the most recent call on how to access and operate from your Highest Functioning Self.
Let’s look at a potential survival situation. You and your spouse have taken a trip to Alaska; you both board a small twin engine aircraft to go even deeper into remote territory. At some point, the plan starts to falter, the plane crashes, and your spouse and the pilot perish. You are shaken, but without major injury.
You quickly realize that you are far from any civilized area, and may very well be on your own for days-if you can make it that long-before search parties come.
In this situation, there are 7 factors that you will have to deal with, and, HOW effectively you deal with them will determine whether you live or die. They are listed in order of significance:
1. Fear and anxiety
2. Cold and heat
3. Thirst
4. Boredom and loneliness
5. Fatigue
6. Hunger
7. Pain and injury
Unless you are able to adequately manage your fear and anxiety, it’s not likely that you will live long enough in this environment to be able to secure and/or create a shelter that will keep you from becoming hypothermic. If you can stay warm, you don’t need to worry about water. If you can’t find water, boredom and loneliness won’t be a major issue, and on and on it goes.
You must realize this; all 7 factors are BIG concerns of your lower functioning brain regions-the Reptilian Brain and Mammalian Brain.
SURVIVAL is what the lower functioning brain regions are interested in.
However, when we are engaged in, and working from these lower brain regions, we simply cannot plan, monitor or engage in intelligent decision making.
Fear/anxiety (1.), and boredom/loneliness (4.) can occur ANYWHERE!
You need not be in a life threatening situation for these to rear their ugly head. They can and WILL manifest at work, at home, in the car, on vacation…you name the place…they can show up.
Since most of us have constant access to food and drink, when the fear/anxiety and boredom/loneliness begin and the lower functioning areas of the brain are active, it’s easy to address the other primal concerns-the ones we realize we can instantly alleviate-and get something to drink and/or eat. In this way, we satisfy Thirst (3.) and Hunger (6.) directly, and Fear/Anxiety (1.) and Boredom/Loneliness (4.) indirectly.
Key Point: There was no real threat or danger in the first place; there was nothing we needed to “survive”
Is it already occurring to you just how significant this is? When you access your Highest Functioning Self and take a leadership position, calming, assuring, comforting and confidently leading your lower functioning brain areas, you stop the train in its tracks.
When you quickly and effectively manage the fear and anxiety, you will find that hunger and thirst (and all of the others) are nothing more than what they are intended to be; when you are truly thirsty you drink. When you are truly hungry (physical hunger, not emotional hunger) you eat. It’s really just as simple as that.
Read through this several times and listen to the call a couple of times. Once you really get this, and put it to use, the feeling of empowerment and control in astounding!
© Copyright 2010-Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
This Weeks Call
The call this week will be on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 7:00 pm! Same numbers for the call as last week. Please email if you need them.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Chile Earthquake: The Lesson of Preparedness
Last night I fell asleep in my recliner, waking up about 2:00 am to the news flash of the powerful earthquake in Chile. Realizing that there wouldn’t be too much to report until later, I shut the T.V. off and went back to sleep.
As of now (2:35pm 2/27/2010) a much clearer picture has developed, and it offers a vivid example of the monolithic difference that being prepared for sets backs and catastrophes can make.
Recently, Haiti experienced a massive earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and, at this point, the body count exceeds 212,000. The population of Haiti is 9,035,536.
Last night, an earthquake measuring 8.8-500 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti- blasted Chile. While it will be some time before a final body count is available, it currently stands at 122, and is not expected to increase significantly. The population of Chile is 16,601,707.
Now, before someone writes to inform me of the huge difference in economic stability between the two regions, rest assured that I am very much aware. With that being said, let’s examine a few key points.
Earthquakes are nothing new; they have been occurring for millions of years on planet earth, and can be expected to do so for many years to come. Experts had been warning of an earthquake in Haiti for years, as it was centered on top of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone.
Earthquakes are certainly nothing new in Chile, either. In fact, Chile is the home of the world’s most powerful earthquake, one that measured a whopping 9.5 in 1960.
How can we account for the difference in deaths between Haiti and Chile? In a word, PREPARATION.
While it may be true that Haiti did not have the resources to prepare for earthquakes, it does not negate the fact that Chile was prepared, and Haiti, was not. This is the difference that made the difference.
You will recall, that on the first night, I spoke at length about the importance of planning for the events, that in the past had been set backs, or cause for deviating from your goal. Fortunately, when it comes to preparing adequately for long term weight loss, financial resources are seldom a problem. More often than not, the preparation ultimately comes down to engaging in the cognitive and mental planning, that, happily, is free for everyone’s use.
Have you taken the time to sit down with a notebook, and think clearly about the obstacles you have encountered in the past, and the potential obstacles you can expect to encounter in the future?
Then, have you developed a plan of action, for what you will immediately do if and when each of these potential “disasters” occurs?
Please, do not allow this to simply be an “information dump” each week. Get a notebook, a pen, and act like your long term weight loss adventure is as important as a wedding day.
Ironically, most people plan thoroughly for weeks, even months, for an event (wedding) that will last less than an hour. Most of those same people, however, have never devoted even 1/100th of the time to planning for their life.
If you are still around three weeks after the Mind Mastery for Long Term Weight Loss Series started, then I know you one on e of the rare few, who will actually apply what you are learning to make a lasting difference.
© Copyright 2010-Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.
As of now (2:35pm 2/27/2010) a much clearer picture has developed, and it offers a vivid example of the monolithic difference that being prepared for sets backs and catastrophes can make.
Recently, Haiti experienced a massive earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and, at this point, the body count exceeds 212,000. The population of Haiti is 9,035,536.
Last night, an earthquake measuring 8.8-500 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti- blasted Chile. While it will be some time before a final body count is available, it currently stands at 122, and is not expected to increase significantly. The population of Chile is 16,601,707.
Now, before someone writes to inform me of the huge difference in economic stability between the two regions, rest assured that I am very much aware. With that being said, let’s examine a few key points.
Earthquakes are nothing new; they have been occurring for millions of years on planet earth, and can be expected to do so for many years to come. Experts had been warning of an earthquake in Haiti for years, as it was centered on top of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone.
Earthquakes are certainly nothing new in Chile, either. In fact, Chile is the home of the world’s most powerful earthquake, one that measured a whopping 9.5 in 1960.
How can we account for the difference in deaths between Haiti and Chile? In a word, PREPARATION.
While it may be true that Haiti did not have the resources to prepare for earthquakes, it does not negate the fact that Chile was prepared, and Haiti, was not. This is the difference that made the difference.
You will recall, that on the first night, I spoke at length about the importance of planning for the events, that in the past had been set backs, or cause for deviating from your goal. Fortunately, when it comes to preparing adequately for long term weight loss, financial resources are seldom a problem. More often than not, the preparation ultimately comes down to engaging in the cognitive and mental planning, that, happily, is free for everyone’s use.
Have you taken the time to sit down with a notebook, and think clearly about the obstacles you have encountered in the past, and the potential obstacles you can expect to encounter in the future?
Then, have you developed a plan of action, for what you will immediately do if and when each of these potential “disasters” occurs?
Please, do not allow this to simply be an “information dump” each week. Get a notebook, a pen, and act like your long term weight loss adventure is as important as a wedding day.
Ironically, most people plan thoroughly for weeks, even months, for an event (wedding) that will last less than an hour. Most of those same people, however, have never devoted even 1/100th of the time to planning for their life.
If you are still around three weeks after the Mind Mastery for Long Term Weight Loss Series started, then I know you one on e of the rare few, who will actually apply what you are learning to make a lasting difference.
© Copyright 2010-Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thanks for the High Level of Participation!
Just a note to let you know how wonderful it is to be working with such a focused group! Thanks for being on tonight's call; I'll post follow up remarks soon.
Vince
Vince
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Exercise Myth: When Exercise is Beneficial, and When It Can Actually Harm You
Anyone who has ever been serious about getting fit or losing weight…or, even better, losing weight and keeping it off knows that they are going to have to get their heart rate up for a sustained period of time several days a week.
Unfortunately, many people have been conditioned to think that to do this, they must exercise. Misunderstandings like this, coupled with the absence of the accurate model of the human needs, all but guarantees that millions of people are doomed to never lose weight and keep it off.
If you have done the full assessment of all 16 needs, you know where you stand regarding the desire for “physical activity” or exercise. If you rate high on this one, you’ll likely do well with the standard exercise regimens. If, however, you rated low on this one, going to the gym will most likely always be a struggle for you, and if this is the case, it is doing you more harm than good!
As you recall, we started off the first night talking a great deal about “stress”. To reiterate, the reason for that was the fact that the “stress response” all but makes it impossible to lose weight in a healthy way and then maintain that weight loss.
For most people, exercise is a magnificent way to counter the stress response. It lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease and many different types of metabolic challenges, and, overall, makes people feel better. However…
Exercise is “stress” buffering and health enhancing ONLY when you actually WANT to do it!
In rats and humans alike, when forced to exercise (even when self-forcing through will power) overall health worsens.
That’s right; the “stress response” negates any beneficial aspects of exercise, and actually causes your health, and ability to lose weight and keep it off, to go the opposite direction of the one you desire most.
Because of the incredibly detrimental impact the “stress response” has on blood glucose levels, and the increase of stress hormones like adrenalin and cortisol, exercise will actually play a big role in making sure someone does NOT lose body fat. (We’ve all seen the people who walk, walk, walk or run, run, run every single day, and yet…they are still FAT)
So, what’s a person to do, then, if the goal is to lose some weight and then stay close to that weight for many years to come?
Wouldn’t you know, the answer comes right back to, you guessed it ...the Human Needs Assessment!
If for example, you rated low on “physical activity”, chances are good that you’ve never had a period in your life where you went to the gym or some kind of intense exercise class, month after month, for years on end. And, it’s not likely that you ever will. (I didn’t say you “can’t” just that it is not likely)
This is where many “fitness gurus” are completely lost. They urge you to use “self-discipline” and “do it even if you don’t feel like it!” This makes for good television, but is a very poor strategy for long-term weight loss.
Let me ask you, even if you rate low on “physical activity”, isn’t it true that you have been doing some kind of activity, in the past, like playing with the kids or grandkids, or in the woods looking for a certain kind of leaf you needed for a craft project etc. and after a while, you realized that your heart rate was up, and that you had in fact been doing a fair amount of physical activity?
Most have, but because you didn’t set out to “exercise”, specifically, you had actually been enjoying yourself; you were not focused on the “physical exercise” aspect of what you were doing, you were pleasantly distracted and allowed something else to capture the foreground of you awareness.
When you are active in such a way that you are enjoying it, you will avoid the stress response, and tap into the benefits of physical activity. When you don’t enjoy what you are doing, you’ve lost most of the benefit, and have even created some negative consequences.
Look at your needs assessment. What are your top or HIGH rated needs/desires? This is where you will find the “secret” for engaging in activity that you will enjoy, and get your heart rate up in a way that you almost won’t even notice.
Romance/Sex is a HIGH rated need/desire for many people; even for some of those who have a LOW rating on physical activity. Interesting, eh?
The research is piled high on the ability of sex to increase the heart rate and usher forth the identical benefits of exercise.
Honor is another need/desire we can examine. If you rate HIGH on honor, what if you were engaged in an ongoing fundraiser for someone or something that you felt very strongly about? Maybe you were being paid so much for every mile you walk, jog, etc. In this case, you would not be going out to exercise every day, you would be doing something for the purpose of meeting the need/desire of HONOR, and the way you felt about the activity would change everything. More specifically, it would avoid the “stress response”.
Whenever I am working with a client who is dealing with a long standing problem, I make sure we have an understanding from the start. I say “You’ve been dealing with this for 5 years now. Would you agree that if you knew how to take care of it on your own, you would have already?” They almost always say “Yes”.
I follow with this; “There may be some things I ask you to do, that may not make sense to you, or may clash with some of your beliefs. However, since your way hasn’t worked out so well, and you are paying me to help you, let’s do my way. Do I have your full commitment to my way, even if it doesn’t make sense at first?”
If some of the ideas in this article are at odds with what you have used up until now…that’s wonderful. It means that it is new, and “new “means it is different from what you had done that didn’t work, in the past.
© Copyright 2010-Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.
Unfortunately, many people have been conditioned to think that to do this, they must exercise. Misunderstandings like this, coupled with the absence of the accurate model of the human needs, all but guarantees that millions of people are doomed to never lose weight and keep it off.
If you have done the full assessment of all 16 needs, you know where you stand regarding the desire for “physical activity” or exercise. If you rate high on this one, you’ll likely do well with the standard exercise regimens. If, however, you rated low on this one, going to the gym will most likely always be a struggle for you, and if this is the case, it is doing you more harm than good!
As you recall, we started off the first night talking a great deal about “stress”. To reiterate, the reason for that was the fact that the “stress response” all but makes it impossible to lose weight in a healthy way and then maintain that weight loss.
For most people, exercise is a magnificent way to counter the stress response. It lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease and many different types of metabolic challenges, and, overall, makes people feel better. However…
Exercise is “stress” buffering and health enhancing ONLY when you actually WANT to do it!
In rats and humans alike, when forced to exercise (even when self-forcing through will power) overall health worsens.
That’s right; the “stress response” negates any beneficial aspects of exercise, and actually causes your health, and ability to lose weight and keep it off, to go the opposite direction of the one you desire most.
Because of the incredibly detrimental impact the “stress response” has on blood glucose levels, and the increase of stress hormones like adrenalin and cortisol, exercise will actually play a big role in making sure someone does NOT lose body fat. (We’ve all seen the people who walk, walk, walk or run, run, run every single day, and yet…they are still FAT)
So, what’s a person to do, then, if the goal is to lose some weight and then stay close to that weight for many years to come?
Wouldn’t you know, the answer comes right back to, you guessed it ...the Human Needs Assessment!
If for example, you rated low on “physical activity”, chances are good that you’ve never had a period in your life where you went to the gym or some kind of intense exercise class, month after month, for years on end. And, it’s not likely that you ever will. (I didn’t say you “can’t” just that it is not likely)
This is where many “fitness gurus” are completely lost. They urge you to use “self-discipline” and “do it even if you don’t feel like it!” This makes for good television, but is a very poor strategy for long-term weight loss.
Let me ask you, even if you rate low on “physical activity”, isn’t it true that you have been doing some kind of activity, in the past, like playing with the kids or grandkids, or in the woods looking for a certain kind of leaf you needed for a craft project etc. and after a while, you realized that your heart rate was up, and that you had in fact been doing a fair amount of physical activity?
Most have, but because you didn’t set out to “exercise”, specifically, you had actually been enjoying yourself; you were not focused on the “physical exercise” aspect of what you were doing, you were pleasantly distracted and allowed something else to capture the foreground of you awareness.
When you are active in such a way that you are enjoying it, you will avoid the stress response, and tap into the benefits of physical activity. When you don’t enjoy what you are doing, you’ve lost most of the benefit, and have even created some negative consequences.
Look at your needs assessment. What are your top or HIGH rated needs/desires? This is where you will find the “secret” for engaging in activity that you will enjoy, and get your heart rate up in a way that you almost won’t even notice.
Romance/Sex is a HIGH rated need/desire for many people; even for some of those who have a LOW rating on physical activity. Interesting, eh?
The research is piled high on the ability of sex to increase the heart rate and usher forth the identical benefits of exercise.
Honor is another need/desire we can examine. If you rate HIGH on honor, what if you were engaged in an ongoing fundraiser for someone or something that you felt very strongly about? Maybe you were being paid so much for every mile you walk, jog, etc. In this case, you would not be going out to exercise every day, you would be doing something for the purpose of meeting the need/desire of HONOR, and the way you felt about the activity would change everything. More specifically, it would avoid the “stress response”.
Whenever I am working with a client who is dealing with a long standing problem, I make sure we have an understanding from the start. I say “You’ve been dealing with this for 5 years now. Would you agree that if you knew how to take care of it on your own, you would have already?” They almost always say “Yes”.
I follow with this; “There may be some things I ask you to do, that may not make sense to you, or may clash with some of your beliefs. However, since your way hasn’t worked out so well, and you are paying me to help you, let’s do my way. Do I have your full commitment to my way, even if it doesn’t make sense at first?”
If some of the ideas in this article are at odds with what you have used up until now…that’s wonderful. It means that it is new, and “new “means it is different from what you had done that didn’t work, in the past.
© Copyright 2010-Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday night recording
I have sent the link for Thursday nights call to everyone I have an email address for. If you have not requested your Human Needs Assessment, or CD discussed in Thursdays call, send an email to Vince@VinceHarris.com
These are bonus gifts that were not included in the package, so only those who request, and who are participating will get them. Don't let them get away from you.
Watch for a video post at the first of the week!
Here's a question to think about. What actions have you taken at this point? Are you just absorbing data and information, or, are you using the information to shape better decisions and take specific actions that contribute to the changes you desire?
I used to have people call, wanting to make an appointment for weight loss. I'd book it for two weeks from that day. Then, one week later, I'd call and ask "How many times have you walked or exercised since I talked to you?" If the answer was "none" I'd postpone the appointment another two weeks.
See, when people are truly wanting to get started, they'll get started, even before they know the most efficient or best way to do so. They can learn as they move along, but getting started matters more than anything else.
Have a super weekend!
Vince
These are bonus gifts that were not included in the package, so only those who request, and who are participating will get them. Don't let them get away from you.
Watch for a video post at the first of the week!
Here's a question to think about. What actions have you taken at this point? Are you just absorbing data and information, or, are you using the information to shape better decisions and take specific actions that contribute to the changes you desire?
I used to have people call, wanting to make an appointment for weight loss. I'd book it for two weeks from that day. Then, one week later, I'd call and ask "How many times have you walked or exercised since I talked to you?" If the answer was "none" I'd postpone the appointment another two weeks.
See, when people are truly wanting to get started, they'll get started, even before they know the most efficient or best way to do so. They can learn as they move along, but getting started matters more than anything else.
Have a super weekend!
Vince
It's an Honor!
I wanted to take a moment to tell you how much I respect your follow through. If you are reading this, it's likely that you had subscribed to this blog, where a great deal of this series is unfolding. You are also likely to be one of the few who have requested the Human Needs Assessment Form. And....if you have done that, then you have already found out that I'm pretty quick to answer emails and work with you on your questions etc. Follow through is so critical.
On a side note, go to any rummage sale, and you will likely find "Get Rich" and "Weight Loss" programs for sale THAT AR STILL IN THE PACKAGE-NEVER OPENED. Amazing, but such a reflection of the unwillingness of many, to simply take simple action.
If you are following the blog posts, but have not subscribed, and didn't happen to be on last nights call, there is a CD available to you-at no cost-that has sold on my website for $49.95. It contains 4 tracks, including the "Hypnotic Shortcut Eating Strategy" discussed on last nights call, as well as a leading edge multiple track mind priming track on track number 4. I'll post more n the CD later.
TO GET THE CD send an email to vince@vinceharris.com with a subject line of I WANT CD.
Also, if you have not requested the Human Needs Assessment Form, and you want to get the most from the series, get is asap. It is a very core part of the entire series.
Look for the link to listen to last nights call, sometime later today.
Be well!
Vince
On a side note, go to any rummage sale, and you will likely find "Get Rich" and "Weight Loss" programs for sale THAT AR STILL IN THE PACKAGE-NEVER OPENED. Amazing, but such a reflection of the unwillingness of many, to simply take simple action.
If you are following the blog posts, but have not subscribed, and didn't happen to be on last nights call, there is a CD available to you-at no cost-that has sold on my website for $49.95. It contains 4 tracks, including the "Hypnotic Shortcut Eating Strategy" discussed on last nights call, as well as a leading edge multiple track mind priming track on track number 4. I'll post more n the CD later.
TO GET THE CD send an email to vince@vinceharris.com with a subject line of I WANT CD.
Also, if you have not requested the Human Needs Assessment Form, and you want to get the most from the series, get is asap. It is a very core part of the entire series.
Look for the link to listen to last nights call, sometime later today.
Be well!
Vince
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Cinnamon for Life?
Remember, one of the “magic questions for long term weight loss is “Can I do this for the rest of my life?” About a year ago, I asked this about cinnamon, and the answer was “YES!” You may be thinking “Cinnamon?” Let me explain.
I came to discover the importance of keeping stable blood sugar levels for cardiovascular health in an interesting way. Little did I know it would also result in an almost effortless weight loss of 15 pounds over the next 4 months.
I was aware that there was some heart disease on both sides of the family, with one side, in particular having a fair amount of diabetes. So, I began looking through the research available on using supplements to stabilize and lower blood sugar levels. What I found interested me, but what I experienced was nothing short of amazing.
(You do not have to have diabetes or a history of diabetes in your family to benefit from this. Most people become somewhat insulin resistant as they age, and anything that increases your insulin sensitivity, will not only contribute to you cardiovascular health, but make losing weight and maintaining it MUCH easier)
I was able to access and find an abundance of research through the database in my graduate school program. To get you started, however, I’ll provide a few quick and simple links you can check out at the end of the post.
I began taking cinnamon capsules with every meal. I have not eaten a single meal, in over a year, without also taking my cinnamon/chromium capsules. (I take Walgreen’s Cinnamon with Chromium-Chromium is a mineral that also assists in metabolizing sugar)
Cost is not a significant factor; cinnamon is a relatively inexpensive supplement. I plan to take it with every meal for the rest of my life, just as I have something to drink with every meal, and will for the rest of my life. Not a big deal, and very, very simple and easy to do.
The result? My fasting blood glucose is lower. I no longer get sleepy or tired after eating a meal that is heavier in carbohydrates than usual. I lost about 15 pounds-most of it the stubborn stuff around my waist that had never been responsive to anything else. (With insulin resistance, the waist and hips tend to harbor fat that is more resistant than other areas of the body)
Hypnosis and/or other mental and cognitive strategies are not the secret to weight loss.
Diet and nutrition is not the secret to weight loss.
Exercise is not the secret to weight loss.
Proper rest and sleep is not the secret to weight loss.
Reducing “stress” is to the secret to weight loss.
The “secret” is to use it ALL. Use every available told and strategy to make it as simple and easy as possible, while always being able to answer the question “Can I do this the rest of my life” with a big booming “YES!”
Is cinnamon the “magic bullet”? No, it’s not. However, for some people, it can truly make a big enough difference to make it an essential part of the overall simple and easy plan.
(I am having trouble posting the links. Just google "Cinnamon diabetes" and you'll find plenty)
Be well!
Vince
I came to discover the importance of keeping stable blood sugar levels for cardiovascular health in an interesting way. Little did I know it would also result in an almost effortless weight loss of 15 pounds over the next 4 months.
I was aware that there was some heart disease on both sides of the family, with one side, in particular having a fair amount of diabetes. So, I began looking through the research available on using supplements to stabilize and lower blood sugar levels. What I found interested me, but what I experienced was nothing short of amazing.
(You do not have to have diabetes or a history of diabetes in your family to benefit from this. Most people become somewhat insulin resistant as they age, and anything that increases your insulin sensitivity, will not only contribute to you cardiovascular health, but make losing weight and maintaining it MUCH easier)
I was able to access and find an abundance of research through the database in my graduate school program. To get you started, however, I’ll provide a few quick and simple links you can check out at the end of the post.
I began taking cinnamon capsules with every meal. I have not eaten a single meal, in over a year, without also taking my cinnamon/chromium capsules. (I take Walgreen’s Cinnamon with Chromium-Chromium is a mineral that also assists in metabolizing sugar)
Cost is not a significant factor; cinnamon is a relatively inexpensive supplement. I plan to take it with every meal for the rest of my life, just as I have something to drink with every meal, and will for the rest of my life. Not a big deal, and very, very simple and easy to do.
The result? My fasting blood glucose is lower. I no longer get sleepy or tired after eating a meal that is heavier in carbohydrates than usual. I lost about 15 pounds-most of it the stubborn stuff around my waist that had never been responsive to anything else. (With insulin resistance, the waist and hips tend to harbor fat that is more resistant than other areas of the body)
Hypnosis and/or other mental and cognitive strategies are not the secret to weight loss.
Diet and nutrition is not the secret to weight loss.
Exercise is not the secret to weight loss.
Proper rest and sleep is not the secret to weight loss.
Reducing “stress” is to the secret to weight loss.
The “secret” is to use it ALL. Use every available told and strategy to make it as simple and easy as possible, while always being able to answer the question “Can I do this the rest of my life” with a big booming “YES!”
Is cinnamon the “magic bullet”? No, it’s not. However, for some people, it can truly make a big enough difference to make it an essential part of the overall simple and easy plan.
(I am having trouble posting the links. Just google "Cinnamon diabetes" and you'll find plenty)
Be well!
Vince
Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Bonus that Will Give You a BIG Boost!
Hi,
Okay, this wasn't part of the original plan, but wanted to include this.
As I mentioned on the first night, Dr. Reiss has he most comprehensive model of human needs/desires to date.
The wealth of information that can be gleaned from getting a detailed look at your Human Needs Landscape is mind blowing. You'll be astonished at how much easier things fall into place when you have this to work with.
So, I've put together a PDF of the entire 16 Desires so you can do a self-assessment using the comprehensive and complete list.
Going to do something else as well. If you take the time to complete the assessment, I will help you use your findings to put together a plan that works for you, in terms of how you structure your eating/activity for long-term success. This was not part of the original plan either, so take advantage if interested. For this alone, I normally charge $250.
(Just shoot me an email with a subject line of "Send Assessment" and I'll send the PDF attachment)
One more thing, while many more may have been to the blog, I only see that three have subscribed. Please let anyone you know who signed up, to come to the blog and subscribe. When they do, each new post will be sent to them via email. Otherwise, over the coming weeks, they are going to miss a massive amount of information, videos, who knows what all. Also, being active here on the blog significantly increases the likelihood of getting involved and taking action on the stuff we are working with. So, let them know:)
Warmly,
Vince
Okay, this wasn't part of the original plan, but wanted to include this.
As I mentioned on the first night, Dr. Reiss has he most comprehensive model of human needs/desires to date.
The wealth of information that can be gleaned from getting a detailed look at your Human Needs Landscape is mind blowing. You'll be astonished at how much easier things fall into place when you have this to work with.
So, I've put together a PDF of the entire 16 Desires so you can do a self-assessment using the comprehensive and complete list.
Going to do something else as well. If you take the time to complete the assessment, I will help you use your findings to put together a plan that works for you, in terms of how you structure your eating/activity for long-term success. This was not part of the original plan either, so take advantage if interested. For this alone, I normally charge $250.
(Just shoot me an email with a subject line of "Send Assessment" and I'll send the PDF attachment)
One more thing, while many more may have been to the blog, I only see that three have subscribed. Please let anyone you know who signed up, to come to the blog and subscribe. When they do, each new post will be sent to them via email. Otherwise, over the coming weeks, they are going to miss a massive amount of information, videos, who knows what all. Also, being active here on the blog significantly increases the likelihood of getting involved and taking action on the stuff we are working with. So, let them know:)
Warmly,
Vince
Another Look at Maps
This video was not created for the Mind Mastery for Weight Loss group, however, since it discusses the concept of the mental maps we create, I thought I would share it here as well.
By the way, the content of what is covered in this program over the next few weeks will be the core of a multi-media program I will make available for others at some point in the future. So, I'd love to here your feedback on the things you find most helpful so I can create an even better product. In return, I will make a FREE copy of the final program available to each registered member of this workshop series.
By the way, the content of what is covered in this program over the next few weeks will be the core of a multi-media program I will make available for others at some point in the future. So, I'd love to here your feedback on the things you find most helpful so I can create an even better product. In return, I will make a FREE copy of the final program available to each registered member of this workshop series.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Reminder
Hi,
Just a reminder; this series is designed to build on the week before, so the more you reflect upon and work with the material from any given week, the more useful the material of any subsequent week will be.
The key areas from the first week are :\
1. Human Needs
2. Starting the process of discovering "how" you stress, and then unplugging those components so you can do something else.
Remember, the goal of "not feeling stressed" lacks direction. It only speaks of what you don't want, but not of what you'd like to experience instead.
Imagine a waiter asking what you want to eat, and you say "I don't want green beans or chicken" There are still many things left that he might bring you, and the chance of him getting something that suits you well is slim.
Likewise, the brain "shorts" when it is given a directive like "I don't want to be stressed" However, when you zero in on what you DO want, it makes the process of accessing it much smoother. "I want to feel confident"
How do you breathe when you are stressed? Confident?
Facial expressions when stressed? Confident?
What are the maps you use when you are stressed? Confident?
What stories do you tell yourself when stressed? Confident?
During the next few weeks, it might be a good idea to have a spiral notebook nearby so you can get your thoughts down on paper and get these concepts into action.
Here is an exercise for you so you can begin to feel the difference your physiology makes in how you feel.
Look up at the ceiling and attempt to feel sad while doing so. Do this for 30 seconds.
Next, look down at the floor, and discover how much more easily you can access sad feelings when looking down.
Knowing this, if feeling down, or sad has been an issue, simply STOP looking down, and glance up any time you feel yourself starting to get into a funk.
Just this one little shift can be a powerful step in being able to shift into empowering states at will.
Vince
Just a reminder; this series is designed to build on the week before, so the more you reflect upon and work with the material from any given week, the more useful the material of any subsequent week will be.
The key areas from the first week are :\
1. Human Needs
2. Starting the process of discovering "how" you stress, and then unplugging those components so you can do something else.
Remember, the goal of "not feeling stressed" lacks direction. It only speaks of what you don't want, but not of what you'd like to experience instead.
Imagine a waiter asking what you want to eat, and you say "I don't want green beans or chicken" There are still many things left that he might bring you, and the chance of him getting something that suits you well is slim.
Likewise, the brain "shorts" when it is given a directive like "I don't want to be stressed" However, when you zero in on what you DO want, it makes the process of accessing it much smoother. "I want to feel confident"
How do you breathe when you are stressed? Confident?
Facial expressions when stressed? Confident?
What are the maps you use when you are stressed? Confident?
What stories do you tell yourself when stressed? Confident?
During the next few weeks, it might be a good idea to have a spiral notebook nearby so you can get your thoughts down on paper and get these concepts into action.
Here is an exercise for you so you can begin to feel the difference your physiology makes in how you feel.
Look up at the ceiling and attempt to feel sad while doing so. Do this for 30 seconds.
Next, look down at the floor, and discover how much more easily you can access sad feelings when looking down.
Knowing this, if feeling down, or sad has been an issue, simply STOP looking down, and glance up any time you feel yourself starting to get into a funk.
Just this one little shift can be a powerful step in being able to shift into empowering states at will.
Vince
Here is a great quote from, Danica Patrick; female race car phenomenon. She was making her NASCAR debut on Saturday at Daytona, but a 12 car pile up half way through the race put an end to that. You can get a peek inside of the belief system she uses to navigate from the quote below.
“It’s important to have realistic expectations,” Patrick said. “There’s going to be spikes in performance, I don’t doubt that. But there’s also going to be tough days. And today, I would say, was more of a tough day.”
Not a “big deal”; no “set back” to “overcome”. In fact, it was all just a part of what her belief system included and knew to expect at some point. Nothing more, nothing less.
What contingency plans will you put in place to smoothly address them in the future?
Break an ankle? What is plan B for continuing to get some form of exercise?
A meeting you hadn't planned on? Where and when will you exercise instead?
Remember, weight loss- and weight maintenance-barring endocrine challenges like undiagnosed diabetes, thyroid conditions etc. will always come down to eating/exercising/sleeping
So, the big question/s then, are "what have been the things in the past that interfered with eating in a useful way, exercising sufficiently, and getting the proper amount of sleep?
Whatever your answers, that represents the crux of what the challenge has been with maintaining long term weight loss.
Now, start developing backup plans, so that when these things happen again(and they will) they are no longer a problem.
Chat with you soon!
Vince
Friday, February 12, 2010
Human Needs Example
Hi,
Last night, I had a few questions about the Human Needs. More specifically, how to apply it to weight loss.
First, don't get too wrapped up in this. Believe me, the following sessions will consist of a far more straight forward collection of simple to do, "do this" strategies and techniques. The Human Needs information, more than anything else, is to allow you to stop being (if you have been in the past) so hard on yourself, and, to realize, that every behavior, no matter how crazy or illogical it may feel, seem or appear, has a positive intention, and is meeting one or more of your needs on an intense level.
Here is an example of what someone may discover when looking through the lens of the Human Needs Model.
"Mary" has never lost weight (of any significance, or length of time in her life) before. She sets goals-usually just before summer, or around New Years- but never really gets going.
While examining her behavior following all of her past goals that just never got started, she notices that every single time she has "decided" to lose weight in the past, it has only been after a friend, loved one co-worker, etc. has told her how "pretty" she is, and that it's such a shame she doesn't maximize her "gift" and take better care of herself. Initially, she is inspired, but then....
So,the question is HOW does Mary get excited, but then fail to take action?
What she discovers is an eye opening revelation; she finds that the number one need she meets by not getting started, and not losing weight, is the need of significance. When she resisted her friends, loved ones etc. she had unconsciously been meeting the need of feeling important. In short, she is "standing up for herself"..at least that's how she percieves it.
She is able to meet the need for connection in a powerful way as well. Most of her close friends are overweight. She can now see, that whenever someone in the group became thin, and was able to wear new and different clothes, the people who were still overweight grew resentful, and started to "push" the thinner person out of the group, not including them in as many activities. Unconsciously, she had picked up on this in the past and surmised that by staying overweight, she could also stay connected.
Of course, having been overweight for most of her life, it met the need for certainty on a very high level. After all, being 40 lbs lighter would be full of uncertainty "How would people treat me?" "How would my spouse feel about it?" This would be very new territory.
This is just an example. It will be different for everyone, but this should get you started in finding what needs your past decisions and behaviors have been meeting.
Don't worry about doing too much with what you discover, at this point...just notice.
Talk with you soon!
Vince
Last night, I had a few questions about the Human Needs. More specifically, how to apply it to weight loss.
First, don't get too wrapped up in this. Believe me, the following sessions will consist of a far more straight forward collection of simple to do, "do this" strategies and techniques. The Human Needs information, more than anything else, is to allow you to stop being (if you have been in the past) so hard on yourself, and, to realize, that every behavior, no matter how crazy or illogical it may feel, seem or appear, has a positive intention, and is meeting one or more of your needs on an intense level.
Here is an example of what someone may discover when looking through the lens of the Human Needs Model.
"Mary" has never lost weight (of any significance, or length of time in her life) before. She sets goals-usually just before summer, or around New Years- but never really gets going.
While examining her behavior following all of her past goals that just never got started, she notices that every single time she has "decided" to lose weight in the past, it has only been after a friend, loved one co-worker, etc. has told her how "pretty" she is, and that it's such a shame she doesn't maximize her "gift" and take better care of herself. Initially, she is inspired, but then....
So,the question is HOW does Mary get excited, but then fail to take action?
What she discovers is an eye opening revelation; she finds that the number one need she meets by not getting started, and not losing weight, is the need of significance. When she resisted her friends, loved ones etc. she had unconsciously been meeting the need of feeling important. In short, she is "standing up for herself"..at least that's how she percieves it.
She is able to meet the need for connection in a powerful way as well. Most of her close friends are overweight. She can now see, that whenever someone in the group became thin, and was able to wear new and different clothes, the people who were still overweight grew resentful, and started to "push" the thinner person out of the group, not including them in as many activities. Unconsciously, she had picked up on this in the past and surmised that by staying overweight, she could also stay connected.
Of course, having been overweight for most of her life, it met the need for certainty on a very high level. After all, being 40 lbs lighter would be full of uncertainty "How would people treat me?" "How would my spouse feel about it?" This would be very new territory.
This is just an example. It will be different for everyone, but this should get you started in finding what needs your past decisions and behaviors have been meeting.
Don't worry about doing too much with what you discover, at this point...just notice.
Talk with you soon!
Vince
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Great Kickoff!
Thank you for attending the kickoff evening in the Mind Mastery for Weight Loss Series!
Be sure to subscribe to the blog so you'll receive automatic notice of any updates.
Here's a recap of the main points of the first night:
There is no such "thing" as stress. Stress is what is known as a nominalization; a verb or description of a process that has been altered and appears or sounds like a noun, or "thing"
We engage in the process of stressing.
Any state, feeling, or emotion is the result the follwing 3 actions(Magic Triangle)
1. The way we use our body or physiology.
2. The internal maps we create
3. The stories we tell ourselves
When we use our body in a more useful way, we create a more empowering state.
Poorly designed, or highly inaccurate "maps" will contribute to poor states
When we are feeling "negative" or less than resourrceful, the stories we are telling oursleves are probably not the best interpretation of what our situation means, that we are capable of creating.
Optimal states result from telling better stories, becoming aware of, altering and updating our "maps" and shifting our physiology into new patterns of use.
The 16 Basic Desires Profile of Dr. Reiss:
1. Power
2.Independence
3.Curiosity
4.Acceptance
5.Order
6.Saving
7.Honor
8.Idealism
9.Social Contact
10.Family
11.Status
12.Vengeance
13.Romance
14. Eating
15.Physical Activity
16. Tranquility
Condensed to a Easier Form to Work with:
Human Needs:
1.Certainty/Comfort
2.Variety/Uncertainty
3.Significance/Importance
4.Connection/Love
5.Growth
6. Contribution
Be sure to check back from time to time, as I'll be posting on a regular basis during the next few weeks!
Thanks again!
Vince
Be sure to subscribe to the blog so you'll receive automatic notice of any updates.
Here's a recap of the main points of the first night:
There is no such "thing" as stress. Stress is what is known as a nominalization; a verb or description of a process that has been altered and appears or sounds like a noun, or "thing"
We engage in the process of stressing.
Any state, feeling, or emotion is the result the follwing 3 actions(Magic Triangle)
1. The way we use our body or physiology.
2. The internal maps we create
3. The stories we tell ourselves
When we use our body in a more useful way, we create a more empowering state.
Poorly designed, or highly inaccurate "maps" will contribute to poor states
When we are feeling "negative" or less than resourrceful, the stories we are telling oursleves are probably not the best interpretation of what our situation means, that we are capable of creating.
Optimal states result from telling better stories, becoming aware of, altering and updating our "maps" and shifting our physiology into new patterns of use.
The 16 Basic Desires Profile of Dr. Reiss:
1. Power
2.Independence
3.Curiosity
4.Acceptance
5.Order
6.Saving
7.Honor
8.Idealism
9.Social Contact
10.Family
11.Status
12.Vengeance
13.Romance
14. Eating
15.Physical Activity
16. Tranquility
Condensed to a Easier Form to Work with:
Human Needs:
1.Certainty/Comfort
2.Variety/Uncertainty
3.Significance/Importance
4.Connection/Love
5.Growth
6. Contribution
Be sure to check back from time to time, as I'll be posting on a regular basis during the next few weeks!
Thanks again!
Vince
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Update
New Scientific Strategies for
Long Term Weight Loss
Seminar Series:
***Updated on Feb 2nd 2010***
The Reduced Price Offer Has Been Extended Until Saturday, February 6th, 2010. Register NOW and save $50...you won't pay the $99; you'll just pay $49.95
Long Term Weight Loss
Seminar Series:
***Updated on Feb 2nd 2010***
The Reduced Price Offer Has Been Extended Until Saturday, February 6th, 2010. Register NOW and save $50...you won't pay the $99; you'll just pay $49.95
Presented by…
Author and International Speaker,
Vincent Harris
Author and International Speaker,
Vincent Harris
Of Course You Can Lose Weight…You’ve
Probably Done it Many Times Before…
Probably Done it Many Times Before…
However…
…The real question is “Will you still be thinner
6 months, 1 year, or 5 years after you reach
your desired weight?”
…The real question is “Will you still be thinner
6 months, 1 year, or 5 years after you reach
your desired weight?”
Look, before we get started, I want to be clear about one thing. You will NOT lose weight and keep it off without doing something different than you are now.
For most people, this involves exercise and nutritional changes. This isn’t rocket science, and you already know it’s true.
And yet, many people embark on a motivated journey to lose weight, and do lose the weight-but then find themselves fat and tired again- just a few months after having achieved their desired weight. Why?
It’s simple; much of getting thinner, initially, relies on will power. And, as useful as will power is in the short-term, it’s a very poor…no, a down right lousy strategy, for long-term goals.
Will power is like the accelerator on your car. If you are stuck, or passing a car, mashing the pedal to the floor can be very useful. However, if you were to keep it there too long, you’d blow the engine and be without a car very soon.
When you try to use will power to accomplish long-term goals, you find yourself in a futile cycle of excitement-frustration-depression, excitement-frustration-depression.
Year after year, men and women explode into a new weight loss or fitness routine after January 1st, only to find that come next January 1st, they are, once again, having to start all over again. Eventually, many people tire of this cycle and say “forget it!”
If you’ve read this far, however, you’ve not thrown in the towel…and that’s good!
What would it be like if you could :
- Become “Stress-Proof” even situations that used to really shake you up (Stress is a major factor in why people give up, eat too much and don’t have the energy to exercise)
- Trigger your peak motivation if you haven’t already reached your desired weight
- Instantly reduce ANY craving to a level that is easily managed
- Permanently strip “problem” foods of any sense of satisfaction
- Link good feelings and pleasure to exercise and healthy foods
- Learn a strategy for never overeating again? (for most people it’s not so much what they are eating as it is how MUCH they are eating)
- Eliminate habits and compulsions
- Banish negative emotions in less than an hour…permanently!
- Stop anxiety in it’s tracks
- Learn how changing your body language can make keeping the weight off inevitable
- Develop (if you choose) a compulsion for exercise
- Learning about Human Needs Psychology and how it can propel you forward in record time
- Releasing, forever, tendencies toward blocking, limiting, and/or sabotaging yourself-and enjoying new, self-tailored affinities that build you up, empower you, and efficiently move you ahead
- Taking that ability, potential, and capacity for excellence you know you have, and actualizing into a tangible, empowering, real-life fact.
Success with long-term weight loss-YOUR Success- Is Never an Accident, but the Result of Regularly Applied Strategies, Actions, and an Internal Framework that Fully Overcomes the “Weak You” and Engages Life Vitally!
Is it really going to be worth your time?
Companies have paid Vince as much as $5,000 for one day to share his strategies with their people, and with an average evaluation rating of 9.6 on a scale of 1-10 by the hundreds of people who attended his trainings in 2009, it’s safe to say it was every penny…and then some.
Below are just some of the Companies and Organizations Vince has presented for:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH is the primary agency of the United States Government responsible for biomedical and health related research)
- Boeing (The largest aircraft manufacturer in the world)
- The United States Army-at The Pentagon
- The United States Navy
- MasterCard
- ADT Security
- Round Mountain Gold Corporation (It’s the third largest gold mine in North America)
- American Steel Foundries
- National Education Association (The NEA is the largest professional organization and labor union in the United States)
- National City Bank
- And many, many more!
What do the people who have already worked with and learned from Vince have to say?
"Vince Harris wowed the audience at Influence: Boot Camp in Las Vegas.
His heart, focus and compassion was matched by his dynamic delivery.
You have my strong recommendation to hire Mr. Harris for your next
meeting or event!"
Kevin Hogan, Psy.D.
Author of The Psychology of Persuasion
(the top selling book on persuasion of all time)
His heart, focus and compassion was matched by his dynamic delivery.
You have my strong recommendation to hire Mr. Harris for your next
meeting or event!"
Kevin Hogan, Psy.D.
Author of The Psychology of Persuasion
(the top selling book on persuasion of all time)
“I am forever grateful to Vince for all that he has taught me and for his unending patience and compassion. He has helped me achieve things, in a short period of time, that I have been trying to accomplish for years. I highly recommend Vince Harris to help anyone achieve their goals."
Robyn Armstrong, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
Brookfield, Missouri
“I feel with your help on how I saw myself and made others see me, I am now the Clinical
Researcher for a Fortune 500 company!!"
-Sandi Gross
Springfield, Illinois
"Vince Harris can save you years of time with his powerful coaching. He'll get you on the fast track to your goals. His years of experience have taught him how to get people past the things that block and sabotage their success. Vince is a big thinker and will support you in new vistas you never thought possible. I highly recommend his outstanding coaching services."
-Dr. Clare Albright
Author of
Neurofeedback: Transforming Your Life with Brain Biofeedback
Licensed Psychologist
Lake Forest, California
"A life long phobia gone in about an hour! Your techniques really do work Mr. Harris. Life just got a little easier. Thank you so much!"
-Utahna Tincher, Guam
USA
Robyn Armstrong, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
Brookfield, Missouri
“I feel with your help on how I saw myself and made others see me, I am now the Clinical
Researcher for a Fortune 500 company!!"
-Sandi Gross
Springfield, Illinois
"Vince Harris can save you years of time with his powerful coaching. He'll get you on the fast track to your goals. His years of experience have taught him how to get people past the things that block and sabotage their success. Vince is a big thinker and will support you in new vistas you never thought possible. I highly recommend his outstanding coaching services."
-Dr. Clare Albright
Author of
Neurofeedback: Transforming Your Life with Brain Biofeedback
Licensed Psychologist
Lake Forest, California
"A life long phobia gone in about an hour! Your techniques really do work Mr. Harris. Life just got a little easier. Thank you so much!"
-Utahna Tincher, Guam
USA
Originally, Vince was going to offer this as a one day seminar; the same kind that companies have paid thousands of dollars for. But as he started looking at everything he wanted to share, he realized that it might be overwhelming for people to try and digest it all at once.
So, here’s what he’s going to do. To kick things off, he’s going to do a live two (2) hour seminar at the Sugg Room at the Ketchem Community Center on the Campus of North Central Missouri College.
Then for the next 5 weeks, he’s going to do a live one (1) hour teleseminar where you can call in and listen from anywhere you might happen to be. Afraid you’ll forget or might not be able to make the call? No problem; every call will be recorded and you’ll be able to listen any time that’s convenient.
Each week he’ll build on the week before, and at the end of each call, you’ll be able to ask questions and get or give feedback.
What’s the value of this package?
The usual fee for one of Vince’s one day public seminars is $199...and that’s the “special offer” price. His corporate clients pay up to $10,000 a year for his coaching programs.
No matter how you look at it, the $99 fee for this Seven (7) week seminar series is inexpensive, to say the least.
It get’s better, though. If you are a enroll before January 31st, 2010 you only pay $49.95!
This is a Trenton “Thing”; this same program, when offered in other cities will NOT be offered at this price…not even close.
“The techniques that he (Vincent Harris) uses yield far more power than that anything I had ever encountered before, and the skill with which he uses them is unparalleled!"
-Pat Adams
Chillicothe, Mo
“Learning isn't all about information...it is about presentation, and anyone as good at
presentation as Vince is, makes my learning that much easier. I highly recommend him ! "
Mark J. Ryan
Subliminal Visual Expert and
co-author with Joe Vitale of hit film
and best selling book
The Secret
-Pat Adams
Chillicothe, Mo
“Learning isn't all about information...it is about presentation, and anyone as good at
presentation as Vince is, makes my learning that much easier. I highly recommend him ! "
Mark J. Ryan
Subliminal Visual Expert and
co-author with Joe Vitale of hit film
and best selling book
The Secret
Why should you take advantage of this offer?
Vince has tapped into the missing piece of the puzzle for most people, the underlying mentality that sabotages long term success. Most struggles with healthy living issues start in the mind.
What Vince will share is far more than “fancy theory” and has been put to the test with countless clients. But he started with himself, first. And, as he admits “I was the hardest client I’ve ever had to help!”
Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder in 1971,Vince barely made it out of high school, graduating with a 1.46 gpa in 1984. Vince jokes “I was in the top 5% of my class; the top 5% of the bottom 10%!"
Applying much of what he’ll share with you in this seminar series he changed what was going on in his life. Below are just a few of the changes Vince created in his own life by re-shaping his mind.
- Voted the Honor Recruit while in Boot Camp in the United States Navy
- Graduated at the top of his class from The Naval School of Health Sciences and held a leadership position on an Oncology and Cardiology floor at the Naval Hospital in San Diego
- Was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa- National Honor Society and the founding President of the Pre-Med Club at North Central Missouri College.
- Graduated magna cum laude from Graceland University with a bachelor‘s degree in Elementary Education, completed his Master of Science Degree in Psychology, and is currently working on earning his Ph.D. in Health Psychology.
The brain will introduce thoughts into your mental dialog based on your prior programming. Often it is this subtle little detail that stands in the way of you starting or maintaining healthy habits that you know in your conscious mind to be beneficial. The subconscious messages sabotage your efforts at every turn.
The brain is a complex computer. On a conscious level you set goals based on the information you take in and know to be true. However on a subconscious level you have a very strong but subtle programming that has been established through years of repetition and conditioning.
Whether this programming was right or wrong, true or false, the result of it is what you believe. What you believe about yourself affects every aspect of life, your chances of success and your ability to create positive change. Programming is what you have accepted from the outside world, or fed to yourself. It sets up your beliefs and a chain reaction begins from that.
Dr. Shad Helmstetter puts it like this, “In logical progression, what we believe determines our attitudes, affects our feelings, directs our behavior and determines our success or failure.”
That is how the brain works. So the issue becomes if you want to create healthy changes in your life, you must first address the subconscious programming you have previously accepted. How do you do that? Vince can teach you how to start listening to your internal dialog. You know—that little voice that keeps a running conversation in your head—your mental thoughts.
Your mind only knows what you tell it. It believes that to be true whether it is reality or not. From this seminar you will learn how to reprogram your thinking to achieve life-long success.
The value of this skill will enhance every area of your life. This is the program you have been looking for, the missing piece of the puzzle. Don't miss your chance to begin putting all the pieces together!
To enroll and save $50 call 660-204-4088 or email Vince at Vince@VinceHarris.com
You can mail payment to:
Vincent Harris
3108 E. 10th St
Trenton, Mo 64683
(check payable to Vincent Harris0
If you wish to pay by credit card email Vince and let him know and he'll send you a payment link
The Kickoff Session will be held at the Ketchem Community Center, on Feb 11th, in the Sugg Room, and will run from 7:00 pm until 9:00pm
You may also contact Vince through his website at www.VinceHarris.com
You can mail payment to:
Vincent Harris
3108 E. 10th St
Trenton, Mo 64683
(check payable to Vincent Harris0
If you wish to pay by credit card email Vince and let him know and he'll send you a payment link
The Kickoff Session will be held at the Ketchem Community Center, on Feb 11th, in the Sugg Room, and will run from 7:00 pm until 9:00pm
You may also contact Vince through his website at www.VinceHarris.com
Lisa Schilling RN, CPT.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Only 5 Days Left
Just 5 Days Left to Get the Reduced Price and Save $50!
After January 31st, the upcoming Weight Loss Seminar Series Price will Increase to $99
Get Registered Prior to February 1st, 2010 and Save - You'll Just Pay $49.95
Contact Vincent Harris at 660-204-4088
or email Vince at Vince@VinceHarris.com
After January 31st, the upcoming Weight Loss Seminar Series Price will Increase to $99
Get Registered Prior to February 1st, 2010 and Save - You'll Just Pay $49.95
Contact Vincent Harris at 660-204-4088
or email Vince at Vince@VinceHarris.com
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
It's Here!
New Scientific Strategies for
Long Term Weight Loss
Seminar Series:
Long Term Weight Loss
Seminar Series:
Presented by…
Author and International Speaker,
Vincent Harris
Author and International Speaker,
Vincent Harris
Of Course You Can Lose Weight…You’ve
Probably Done it Many Times Before…
Probably Done it Many Times Before…
However…
…The real question is “Will you still be thinner
6 months, 1 year, or 5 years after you reach
your desired weight?”
…The real question is “Will you still be thinner
6 months, 1 year, or 5 years after you reach
your desired weight?”
Look, before we get started, I want to be clear about one thing. You will NOT lose weight and keep it off without doing something different than you are now.
For most people, this involves exercise and nutritional changes. This isn’t rocket science, and you already know it’s true.
And yet, many people embark on a motivated journey to lose weight, and do lose the weight-but then find themselves fat and tired again- just a few months after having achieved their desired weight. Why?
It’s simple; much of getting thinner, initially, relies on will power. And, as useful as will power is in the short-term, it’s a very poor…no, a down right lousy strategy, for long-term goals.
Will power is like the accelerator on your car. If you are stuck, or passing a car, mashing the pedal to the floor can be very useful. However, if you were to keep it there too long, you’d blow the engine and be without a car very soon.
When you try to use will power to accomplish long-term goals, you find yourself in a futile cycle of excitement-frustration-depression, excitement-frustration-depression.
Year after year, men and women explode into a new weight loss or fitness routine after January 1st, only to find that come next January 1st, they are, once again, having to start all over again. Eventually, many people tire of this cycle and say “forget it!”
If you’ve read this far, however, you’ve not thrown in the towel…and that’s good!
What would it be like if you could :
- Become “Stress-Proof” even situations that used to really shake you up (Stress is a major factor in why people give up, eat too much and don’t have the energy to exercise)
- Trigger your peak motivation if you haven’t already reached your desired weight
- Instantly reduce ANY craving to a level that is easily managed
- Permanently strip “problem” foods of any sense of satisfaction
- Link good feelings and pleasure to exercise and healthy foods
- Learn a strategy for never overeating again? (for most people it’s not so much what they are eating as it is how MUCH they are eating)
- Eliminate habits and compulsions
- Banish negative emotions in less than an hour…permanently!
- Stop anxiety in it’s tracks
- Learn how changing your body language can make keeping the weight off inevitable
- Develop (if you choose) a compulsion for exercise
- Learning about Human Needs Psychology and how it can propel you forward in record time
- Releasing, forever, tendencies toward blocking, limiting, and/or sabotaging yourself-and enjoying new, self-tailored affinities that build you up, empower you, and efficiently move you ahead
- Taking that ability, potential, and capacity for excellence you know you have, and actualizing into a tangible, empowering, real-life fact.
Success with long-term weight loss-YOUR Success- Is Never an Accident, but the Result of Regularly Applied Strategies, Actions, and an Internal Framework that Fully Overcomes the “Weak You” and Engages Life Vitally!
Is it really going to be worth your time?
Companies have paid Vince as much as $5,000 for one day to share his strategies with their people, and with an average evaluation rating of 9.6 on a scale of 1-10 by the hundreds of people who attended his trainings in 2009, it’s safe to say it was every penny…and then some.
Below are just some of the Companies and Organizations Vince has presented for:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH is the primary agency of the United States Government responsible for biomedical and health related research)
- Boeing (The largest aircraft manufacturer in the world)
- The United States Army-at The Pentagon
- The United States Navy
- MasterCard
- ADT Security
- Round Mountain Gold Corporation (It’s the third largest gold mine in North America)
- American Steel Foundries
- National Education Association (The NEA is the largest professional organization and labor union in the United States)
- National City Bank
- And many, many more!
What do the people who have already worked with and learned from Vince have to say?
"Vince Harris wowed the audience at Influence: Boot Camp in Las Vegas.
His heart, focus and compassion was matched by his dynamic delivery.
You have my strong recommendation to hire Mr. Harris for your next
meeting or event!"
Kevin Hogan, Psy.D.
Author of The Psychology of Persuasion
(the top selling book on persuasion of all time)
His heart, focus and compassion was matched by his dynamic delivery.
You have my strong recommendation to hire Mr. Harris for your next
meeting or event!"
Kevin Hogan, Psy.D.
Author of The Psychology of Persuasion
(the top selling book on persuasion of all time)
“I am forever grateful to Vince for all that he has taught me and for his unending patience and compassion. He has helped me achieve things, in a short period of time, that I have been trying to accomplish for years. I highly recommend Vince Harris to help anyone achieve their goals."
Robyn Armstrong, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
Brookfield, Missouri
“I feel with your help on how I saw myself and made others see me, I am now the Clinical
Researcher for a Fortune 500 company!!"
-Sandi Gross
Springfield, Illinois
"Vince Harris can save you years of time with his powerful coaching. He'll get you on the fast track to your goals. His years of experience have taught him how to get people past the things that block and sabotage their success. Vince is a big thinker and will support you in new vistas you never thought possible. I highly recommend his outstanding coaching services."
-Dr. Clare Albright
Author of
Neurofeedback: Transforming Your Life with Brain Biofeedback
Licensed Psychologist
Lake Forest, California
"A life long phobia gone in about an hour! Your techniques really do work Mr. Harris. Life just got a little easier. Thank you so much!"
-Utahna Tincher, Guam
USA
Robyn Armstrong, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
Brookfield, Missouri
“I feel with your help on how I saw myself and made others see me, I am now the Clinical
Researcher for a Fortune 500 company!!"
-Sandi Gross
Springfield, Illinois
"Vince Harris can save you years of time with his powerful coaching. He'll get you on the fast track to your goals. His years of experience have taught him how to get people past the things that block and sabotage their success. Vince is a big thinker and will support you in new vistas you never thought possible. I highly recommend his outstanding coaching services."
-Dr. Clare Albright
Author of
Neurofeedback: Transforming Your Life with Brain Biofeedback
Licensed Psychologist
Lake Forest, California
"A life long phobia gone in about an hour! Your techniques really do work Mr. Harris. Life just got a little easier. Thank you so much!"
-Utahna Tincher, Guam
USA
Originally, Vince was going to offer this as a one day seminar; the same kind that companies have paid thousands of dollars for. But as he started looking at everything he wanted to share, he realized that it might be overwhelming for people to try and digest it all at once.
So, here’s what he’s going to do. To kick things off, he’s going to do a live two (2) hour seminar at the Sugg Room at the Ketchem Community Center on the Campus of North Central Missouri College.
Then for the next 5 weeks, he’s going to do a live one (1) hour teleseminar where you can call in and listen from anywhere you might happen to be. Afraid you’ll forget or might not be able to make the call? No problem; every call will be recorded and you’ll be able to listen any time that’s convenient.
Each week he’ll build on the week before, and at the end of each call, you’ll be able to ask questions and get or give feedback.
What’s the value of this package?
The usual fee for one of Vince’s one day public seminars is $199...and that’s the “special offer” price. His corporate clients pay up to $10,000 a year for his coaching programs.
No matter how you look at it, the $99 fee for this Seven (7) week seminar series is inexpensive, to say the least.
It get’s better, though. If you are a enroll before January 31st, 2010 you only pay $49.95!
This is a Trenton “Thing”; this same program, when offered in other cities will NOT be offered at this price…not even close.
“The techniques that he (Vincent Harris) uses yield far more power than that anything I had ever encountered before, and the skill with which he uses them is unparalleled!"
-Pat Adams
Chillicothe, Mo
“Learning isn't all about information...it is about presentation, and anyone as good at
presentation as Vince is, makes my learning that much easier. I highly recommend him ! "
Mark J. Ryan
Subliminal Visual Expert and
co-author with Joe Vitale of hit film
and best selling book
The Secret
-Pat Adams
Chillicothe, Mo
“Learning isn't all about information...it is about presentation, and anyone as good at
presentation as Vince is, makes my learning that much easier. I highly recommend him ! "
Mark J. Ryan
Subliminal Visual Expert and
co-author with Joe Vitale of hit film
and best selling book
The Secret
Why should you take advantage of this offer?
Vince has tapped into the missing piece of the puzzle for most people, the underlying mentality that sabotages long term success. Most struggles with healthy living issues start in the mind.
What Vince will share is far more than “fancy theory” and has been put to the test with countless clients. But he started with himself, first. And, as he admits “I was the hardest client I’ve ever had to help!”
Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder in 1971,Vince barely made it out of high school, graduating with a 1.46 gpa in 1984. Vince jokes “I was in the top 5% of my class; the top 5% of the bottom 10%!"
Applying much of what he’ll share with you in this seminar series he changed what was going on in his life. Below are just a few of the changes Vince created in his own life by re-shaping his mind.
- Voted the Honor Recruit while in Boot Camp in the United States Navy
- Graduated at the top of his class from The Naval School of Health Sciences and held a leadership position on an Oncology and Cardiology floor at the Naval Hospital in San Diego
- Was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa- National Honor Society and the founding President of the Pre-Med Club at North Central Missouri College.
- Graduated magna cum laude from Graceland University with a bachelor‘s degree in Elementary Education, completed his Master of Science Degree in Psychology, and is currently working on earning his Ph.D. in Health Psychology.
The brain will introduce thoughts into your mental dialog based on your prior programming. Often it is this subtle little detail that stands in the way of you starting or maintaining healthy habits that you know in your conscious mind to be beneficial. The subconscious messages sabotage your efforts at every turn.
The brain is a complex computer. On a conscious level you set goals based on the information you take in and know to be true. However on a subconscious level you have a very strong but subtle programming that has been established through years of repetition and conditioning.
Whether this programming was right or wrong, true or false, the result of it is what you believe. What you believe about yourself affects every aspect of life, your chances of success and your ability to create positive change. Programming is what you have accepted from the outside world, or fed to yourself. It sets up your beliefs and a chain reaction begins from that.
Dr. Shad Helmstetter puts it like this, “In logical progression, what we believe determines our attitudes, affects our feelings, directs our behavior and determines our success or failure.”
That is how the brain works. So the issue becomes if you want to create healthy changes in your life, you must first address the subconscious programming you have previously accepted. How do you do that? Vince can teach you how to start listening to your internal dialog. You know—that little voice that keeps a running conversation in your head—your mental thoughts.
Your mind only knows what you tell it. It believes that to be true whether it is reality or not. From this seminar you will learn how to reprogram your thinking to achieve life-long success.
The value of this skill will enhance every area of your life. This is the program you have been looking for, the missing piece of the puzzle. Don't miss your chance to begin putting all the pieces together!
To enroll and save $50 call 660-204-4088 or email Vince at Vince@VinceHarris.com
The Kickoff Session will be held at the Ketchem Community Center, on Feb 11th, in the Sugg Room, and will run from 7:00 pm until 9:00pm
You may also contact Vince through his website at www.VinceHarris.com
The Kickoff Session will be held at the Ketchem Community Center, on Feb 11th, in the Sugg Room, and will run from 7:00 pm until 9:00pm
You may also contact Vince through his website at www.VinceHarris.com
Lisa Schilling RN, CPT.
Weight Loss Seminar Series in Trenton, Mo!
Welcome to my blog! Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement about the Weight Loss Seminar Series in Trenton, Mo starting February 11th, 2010!
Details coming soon!
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