Monday, May 5, 2014

MOTION CREATES EMOTION

To change emotions, start moving. Emotion is created by motion. Our movement or motion engages muscles, determining our posture which in turn effects our mental state. I have a friend who is very depressed. I'll bet that even though you don't know them you can describe their posture and movement; slumped shoulders, head tilted down, eyes looking downward, moving very little and when they do they move quite slowly. Change the motion and you change the emotion. Stand up straighter, head up, eyes looking forward and move like someone that's excited and... what happens? You begin to feel excited. A USC study demonstrated that even the simple act of smiling causes an internal chemical change and we feel better. 

EMOTION IS CREATED BY MOTION, START MOVING!


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I have a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology am a Certified Master Subconscious Restructuring Counselor and Coach, Behavioral Consultant, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner. I've worked in the specialty areas of personal change, optimizing individual potential and behavioral consulting for over 25 years. I served as Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation for a Regional Mental Health Center, Directed a Certified Academic Institution which trained counselors, taught Combat Medicine and War Time Psychiatry at the School of Healthcare Sciences USAF and presents at seminars and conferences. I am the founder of Life Management Services, a community social service and counseling agency, served 14 years in the U.S. Air Force then went to work in state and community mental health agencies until establishing Life Management Services in 1996.

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