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Lipstick Mystic™ News October 27, 2006

In this issue:

***News from the Home Office

***How to Use Affirmations to Improve Your Life

***Sculptor 3 Affirmation Software - Turbo Charge Your Affirmations

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News from the Home Office

I want to officially announce the launch of a new Lipstick Mystic™ site. This is something very different and fun that I've been working on. It's a light-hearted blog from the perspective of "The Purse Pooch," a Pomeranian with opinions about everything from celebrities to fashion to purses. You'll find cute doggie photos (to be added soon!), reviews of hot purses, and sassy commentary on celebrities.

Come and check it out! The Purse Pooch - Purses, Pup Culture and Shopping from a Doggie on the Go.

I've also been updating my cats blog regularly at Life of 7 Cats. This is a blog I started a long time ago, but technical problems were preventing me from posting at Blogger for ages.  Now it's up and rolling again. Come and see pictures of my ever-expanding collection of Mystic Cats and learn what they've been up to.

Another topic that I've been heavily into lately is using affirmations for healing, abundance, and well-being.  I'd like to share a short intro on this subject and also point you toward an excellent product I've found that makes doing daily affirmations easy and fun.

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How to Use Positive Affirmations to Improve Your Life

You’ve probably heard about affirmations before. An affirmation is positive “self-talk” that you use to retrain your brain. Affirmations allow you to shift your focus from the positive to the negative, which in turns helps you become more receptive to good things happening in your life. It’s hard to be successful when you’re telling yourself negative things like “I’ll never be good enough” or “I don’t deserve wealth.” A negative mindset prevents you from seeing the many opportunities that are all around you.

The simple act of retraining the brain and changing your self-talk around can have a profound effect on your overall well-being. Researchers have proven through muscle testing that the strength of our muscles increases when we tell ourselves positive phrases like “I can do it!” or “Yes!” And when we are thinking, “I’m tired” or “I’ll never make it” our muscles become physically weaker.

In a similar way, the self-talk that we use on a daily basis also influences our emotional well-being and our energy levels. So when we use affirmations in the morning and program ourselves with positive phrases, we notice a major change in how we feel throughout the day.

Some people like to ascribe a mystical quality to affirmations, likening them to prayer or applied faith. And it is true that affirmations have a mysterious ability to penetrate deeply into the subconscious, which can begin a process which allows a person to shift the very circumstances of their life. Whether you call this process spiritual awakening or self-improvement through self-hypnosis, it definitely works!

Here are some simple tips to follow as you experiment with your own affirmations. These techniques have been proven to enhance well-being and to increase the potency of your affirmations, no matter what issues you are addressing through affirmations.

***Always state your affirmations in the present. There is greater power in a phrase like “I am a magnet for abundance” versus “I will get rich” or “I am going to get rich.” Your goal is to acknowledge the wealth that the universe is bringing you TODAY so you can be open to receiving it, not to wish for money to arrive in your future.

***Energize your affirmation with an “inner smile.” Before you do your affirmation, take a moment and smile. Then use the emotional energy that you feel as you are smiling during your affirmation. Combine the smile and the affirmation to give your affirmation extra “oomph.”

***Be persistent with your affirmations. We all have resistance around certain issues, and at first, doing affirmations each day can seem a little silly. You’ll have lots of negative self-talk trying to interrupt you. “Why am I doing this?” “This will never work?” Just ignore them and remain consistent with your affirmations, and you will soon override that negative programming with a positive overlay.

If you can make the commitment to doing affirmations for just ten minutes every day, either in the morning when the day is fresh and new or right before you are falling asleep at night, you’ll notice some big changes. Your mood will feel lighter; your energy levels will improve.

If you keep at it, you’ll find seemingly “miraculous” events happening that allow you to become more successful. What you’re doing is aligning yourself with a more positive reality through retraining your expectations. By affirming that you will receive better and brighter things in your life, you become open to receiving them. And that’s a very special type of “magic” that you can easily learn to tap into.

You can create an affirmation around any issue in your life – improving your health, your finances, your emotional well-being, and your relationships. If you’re new to affirmations, it’s best to work with one issue at a time. Then when you notice significant improvement, this will encourage you to add other things to your list.

Don’t be afraid to experiment with the phrasing of your affirmations, either. Certain words might carry more power for you and make you feel good, while others might seem lifeless or dull. You want to use magic words, words that inspire and uplift you.

Words have power. Start putting them to use with daily affirmations, and watch the miracles happen!

I've been posting tips on using affirmations at my new blog, http://affirmationstoday.blogspot.com. I invite you to check it out and to offer comments and feedback through the comments system at Blogger.

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Sculptor 3 Affirmation Software - A Powerful Tool to Turbo Charge Your Affirmations

I find that my most successful affirmations, the ones that end up manifesting things fast, are ones where I’m using a combination of cues – images, words, ideas, and even sound.

Recently I was surprised to find a tool that makes this process easier for me. There's a wonderful brain researcher from Australia named Jeff Staniforth who has spent years developing a special software program that incorporates all these things. It's a desktop application that allows you to schedule ten minute increments where you display a positive image of your choice on your computer, play peaceful sounds that you select, and work with typing in and looking at various affirmations. You can choose to focus on any area of your life that needs work and the software will guide you through a ten day "mini-program" where you will focus on that particular area of your life, using affirmations to shift your consciousness around that thing. It's powerful stuff.

One part of the software that I particularly like allows you to type your affirmations and to also keep track of any contradicting or “negative” phrases you are trying to release surrounding that thing. By just spending ten minutes a day using a simple self-coaching system within this software you can clear out a lot of negative self-talk and release internal programming that is keeping those positive affirmations from taking root.

And the software has lots of other cool things you can play with, too. You can set up inspirational images to look at each day that help you focus on your affirmation. And there are even very specific, high vibrational sounds you can listen to for a few minutes at a time to help anchor your creations as pure energy.

This software has so many bells and whistles, it’s really amazing. One woman told me that she worked with the software as recommended for just ten minutes a day, using it to help her focus on a particular affirmation she’d been having troubles with. And within seven days the thing she was affirming manifested! She was looking for a certain type of apartment within a specific (low) price range, which everybody in her urban area told her was IMPOSSIBLE to find. Within seven days a friend of a friend happened to mention this amazing apartment in the bottom floor of a gorgeous Victorian home, and the price was EXACTLY what she could afford to pay. Not only that, but the landlord agreed to a month-to-month lease, so she didn’t have to commit to putting down money for a full year in case she wanted to move up ahead.

I’ve heard several success stories like this from people who have purchased this software. Some people work with one affirmation for a couple of weeks and then work with the software to focus on a second affirmation, and so on. So you can use it whenever you want, however you want, to aid you in your affirmations.

You can listen to an interview with Jeff at his site where he talks about his inspiration for creating this software and how affirmations helped him to manifest ownership in a piece of real estate – in a “miraculous” way, because he had very little money at the time! And you can read dozens of testimonials from people who have had great experiences after they began using this software to aid their work with affirmations.

And if you’re like me, and you have a fascination with all things and people Australian, you’ll definitely want to listen to the interview! Jeff’s a lot of fun to listen to!

Sculptor3 - Powerful Affirmation Software to Change Your Life

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Thanks very much for reading, and a happy Halloween to you! Halloween is one of four major "energy gateway" times that happen throughout the year. These are powerful periods for prayer, meditation, and setting affirmations, because it's easiest to access the realm of Spirit and the angelic helpers who are always available to help us make our dreams come true. So instead of focusing on the spooky stuff, redirect your mind and heart to access good vibes! Keep in mind that we're also in a Mercury retrograde period from October 28th through November 17th, so it's more important than ever to keep your vibration up.

--Energy hugs, Jennifer  

©All material copyright 2006 Jennifer Shepherd and LipstickMystic.com. Permission is given to circulate this material as long as full attribution is given.

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