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Hello Ms. Naparstek. First, thank you for sharing your wonderful imagery CDs with us. I am enjoying them very much. :)
I bought Self Confidence and Weight Loss ,
but I have only been listening to Self Confidence so far. I read in
your Archives that you suggest people start with one CD so I reluctantly
picked Self- Confidence and have been waiting to start the other. :)
I've been listening for about a week now, not a very long time, I
would think. But what makes me very happy is that I've noticed it is
easier for me to turn down excess food. So I was curious - do people
tend to have other positive side effects when listening to the CDs? Or
is the food thing somehow related to Self-Confidence then? Hey -
anything that keeps me out of the lasagna is a GOOD thing! lol :)
Thank you very much again. Wishing you all good things and continued success. :)
I have a new boss and she is a horror. I have tried many things but still experience a lot of anxiety (she's a screamer). My blood pressure is up. I have also noticed that under this stress it has been much harder to stick to routines of self care and meditation.
I am looking for another job but it looks like I will need to sign another 1 year contract soon.
I love your Heart meditation - not so much the CDs with the men’s voices or styles, so I haven’t responded as well to the other cardiac audios you suggest.
Have you recorded another audio CD that you might suggest for me?
A woman who has been on chemo for cancer is now facing surgery, then more chemo. She was given a stack of CDs but wonders when to use what, and if it’s a mistake to listen to everything at once. Here is her question.
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I have been on chemotherapy for breast cancer for the last 7 weeks. A few days ago I found the chemo imagery that was given to me when I started. (I wasn't exactly keeping up with everything.) Surgery is in 5 days. I was wondering, is it wasteful to incorporate several CDs at once into the process (e.g. the Cancer, the Surgery, and the Chemotherapy CD) or should I just stick with the Chemo tape? I'm going back on the Chemo immediately after.
Do you do custom-recordings (guided imagery, etc.)?
I have some teeth roots damaged in a bicycle accident a year ago and suffered panic attacks in the dentist chair, so the roots were then just left un-worked… Then and there I got temporary acrylic teeth installed, but in a partially broken status.
My panic story has been a whole other thing to deal with, appearing at different times in my life, always having to do with physical restrictions, as in the dentist’s chair. I also purchased your panic attack recording.
At this point, I am looking for visual imagery meditations on my teeth roots in order to recover them naturally.
I made a very long story very short with respect to your time. As you can imagine, this is an extremely intense issue for me (in fact so big that it has taken me on a soul-path along with other major things happening in my life).
I will be deeply grateful for your reply.
Many thanks and blessings,
I recently watched an interview on YouTube with you and a woman from Martha's Vineyard. [Ed. Note: This was Anne Bassett hosting her excellent program, Vineyard View. This one-hour interview was broken down into seven YouTube segments.]
It was very informative. I have suffered from PTSD for a number of years (I am 62). I have done EMDR work that helped some, and I am recovered from alcohol and drug addiction for almost 20 years now, but I still suffer from the same nightmare - that someone is after me (a man) and I'm trying to hide, because his goal is to murder me.
What is the best imagery CD to purchase for this recurring experience in my sleep?
Thank you in advance…
Help! Hubby is 37 years old and has been a smoker for 20+ years. He has also had depression for the last ten plus years, as well as sleep problems. He was just diagnosed with PTSD this past week. Where to start???
I tried to use the PTSD CD several years back and could not tolerate it. The parts about "friends and loved ones" so turned me inside out, I had to stop.
I'm trying it again now that I'm bedridden and in a different place, and find the phrases "work" and I'm finding the CD helpful. However, I don't seem to "HEAR" the same message after about 10 plays. I'm wondering if this is something that "happens". .. am listening about 3X/day and each time I'm surprised! What a wondrous problem to have. Comment?
I am working with a woman who is afraid to close her eyes. The very idea creates extreme anxiety, and therefore I cannot use meditation or guided imagery with her, even though both of us believe it could be very beneficial for her. Obviously this has to do with her traumatized past, involving childhood sexual abuse. Any suggestions?
I have been a fan of your work for quite some time & recently sought out the services of a clinical hypnotherapist to quit smoking. I have had two wonderful sessions w/ my hypnotherapist & have one to go, and I’m now thinking that this is something I could see myself doing.
For the last 21 years I have taught welfare recipients how to look for work, along with self-esteem enhancement included in the curriculum.
I am writing to ask for any advice that you may have in this area. I will be 50 in September with a head full of salt and pepper locs (an African-American hairstyle) that I do not want to alter.
With the governmental cuts to welfare, we see that we may only last a few more years before our program is disbanded.
Thank you in advance for any advice, suggestions or recommendations of where I may get training & other business considerations. I am even open to online training.
Is the Ease Pain CD appropriate for post-surgery knee replacement pain? If so, when to listen? before surgery? after? (I already plan to use the "surgery" CD before.. found it enormously helpful three years ago as I prepared for bariatric surgery. I'm convinced that my unremarkable surgery and recuperation was due in no small measure to listening to that CD. Am hoping for a similar result this time. Looking forward to hearing from you.
I read your newsletters religiously and offer guided imagery in my practice as a Yoga Therapist. With a specialty in Parkinson's Disease and neurological disorders, I always refer your products to my students and clients.
When I engage in a guided imagery practice with my clients, leaving the setting and details to them, rather than make suggestions, they sometimes retreat to situations from the past that are no longer possible for them, such as playing golf, running or hiking alone.
I often wonder if this does not set the stage for more grief and possibly denial, and would like your thoughts on leaving them to their own images, or gently guiding them toward one that does not have potential for angst.
Thank you for all you do.
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