Ted in Your Head

Ted in Your Head Podcast We are all under the hypnosis of social conditioning. The key is to realize it so that you can have a choice as to how much you are going to allow yourself to be influenced by the people around you, those in authority, and the media. It’s one thing to be influenced, it’s another to be aware that you are being influenced. TedinYourHead.com

Self-Hypnosis is a powerful tool for personal self-development and it’s easy to learn. Anyone who is at the top of their game has used self-hypnosis even though they may not have called it that. Ted gives a quick lesson on how to do self-hypnosis. TedinYourHead.com

What exactly is hypnosis? How does it feel to be in hypnosis? What about stage hypnosis, is that real? Ted answers these questions and more. TedinYourHead.com

Your imagination is an incredible gift. You can imagine the most wonderful thing in the world or you can imagine the most terrible thing in the world. Worry is imagining what you don’t want. It’s appropriate to be concerned and to be prepared. But worry will do nothing for you but create stress and drain your energy, especially worry about things you can do nothing about. Can you affect the universe by what you imagine? Why not try and find out? TedinYourHead.com

You get to choose what you focus on, you get to choose what you look for. If you focus on and look for misery, you are sure to find it. It can get so bad that looking for misery can become a terrible habit. However, we have choice to look for something else. Why not look for miracles? We are surrounded by the miraculous on a daily basis. See what it does for you to focus on miracles instead of misery. TedinYourHead.com

Loss is a part of life, and oftentimes, so is the resulting grief. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, an animal, a relationship, or a job, we are often left to deal with difficult and at times unbearable feelings and emotions. Ted talks about how we can deal with these feelings of grief and loss. TedinYourHead.com

We often are programmed from childhood that we are lacking in some way, not good enough, inherently damaged or in some way a misfit. What if we can instead, declare ourselves whole and complete just the way we are? What if we don’t need anything additional to be worthy, valuable and deserving to be alive? TedinYourHead.com

We all experience pain, suffering, loss, heartbreak and for some, tragedy. It’s possible to not only come back from these bad times but to actually benefit from them. Ted discusses his story and how we can reframe our pain to become our strength. TedinYourHead.com

While spending the weekend actually turning 60 and ruminating on what’s been learned, Ted felt compelled to share more of what he’s learning in the School of Hard Knocks. TedinYourHead.com

Ted reflects on his most important life lessons as he enters his 6th decade. TedinYourHead.com

The process of manifestation is the process of creation, to bring something from a thought or idea to physical form. It’s something you do every day are probably not aware of it. Ted discusses how to manifest your goals dreams and desires on purpose. TedinYourHead.com

What is joy? It’s a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. How often do you feel that way? What would life be like if you felt that way more often? Having the intention to find joy where ever you can is a start. TedinYourHead.com

When we are getting ready to hit a target, we want to take the time to insure that our aim is perfect. We want the conditions to be optimal. We want the everything to be ready. However, we can find ourselves aiming, aiming, aiming but never giving it a shot. Ready Fire Aim means having the courage to put it out there knowing we can adjust our aim later. TedinYourHead.com

Freedom is what every human desires. The freedom to live the way we want to live, to feel the way we want to feel, the freedom to do what we want to do. Yet most of us are not free. The human condition is that one of slavery to fear. How do we achieve freedom from fear? One step at a time, one person at a time. TedinYourHead.com

Ted in Your Head Podcast FEAR stands for False Evidence Appearing Real. Most fear that we experience is not fear of some current impending danger. It is a self created fear borne out of our thoughts, projections about the future, and what we make things mean. How do we deal with this kind of false evidence? Listen to this episode. TedinYourHead.com

“That thou art” means that is you. What is you? Everything out there. Your experience is your creation. What you perceive as your life exists only because you are there to perceive it. Ted talks about what it means to create your reality. TedinYourHead.com

Einstein said that the greatest tragedy of existence is the illusion of separateness. What does that mean? Separate from what? Here’s a clue: nothing exists without you. TedinYourHead.com

Theres’s what you know. There’s what you know you don’t know. Then there’s what you don’t know you don’t know. Name something you don’t know you don’t know. You can’t! How do we get access to what we don’t know we don’t know in a way that can cause transformation? Listen to this episode. TedinYourHead.com

Here we go again, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! No? Not for you? Maybe it can be. After all, you get to say what it all means. Ted offers a few simple strategies for making it through the next 30 days healthy, happy and in one piece. TedinYourHead.com

As the days get shorter approaching the winter, we are called to look inside and put to rest memories, feelings and beliefs that are ready to be at peace. It is a time to stay awake and present, pulling back into the light of our own awareness. Time to let the passage of time wash away what needs to be cleansed. TedinYourHead.com

As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that gives us an opportunity to be thankful, Ted talks about how to cultivate an ongoing attitude of gratitude. Rather than feeling grateful for one day, why not live the feeling of wonder and presence that comes from creating a habit of gratitude? Ted give 12 ways to plant the seeds of thankfulness. TedinYourHead.com

In this next installment of the Ted in Your Head Interview Series, Ted interviews for the second time, Tarnie Fulloon, mentor, healer and creator of Body Centered Medicine. Tarnie uncovers the messages of what the physical body is holding about how you think, what you feel and who you are. She is a mentor, healer, speaker (Tedx Presenter) and budding author. Tarnie partners with those who are ready to heal their pain on all levels - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. TedinYourHead.com

In this episode, a Ted in Your Head podcast listener puts Ted in the hot seat and interviews him. He squirms a little and sings a song. TedinYourHead.com

We often want what is to be what isn’t. We can even find ourselves hating what is. What we fail to see, is that our awareness of what is, and what is, is the same. What is, is, because of you. Get it? No? Don’t worry, just listen to the podcast. TedinYourHead.com

A police officer stopped Ted on his walk one day and asked him if he was a missing person. He had to admit to himself that he was. Are you missing? From your life? TedinYourHead.com

“Trust your gut.” “Listen to your heart.” We spend so much time stuck in our heads. Yet, we have the wisdom of the universe standing in our shoes if we can only listen to our bodies. TedinYourHead.com

“Bless the beasts and the children, for in this world, they have no voice, they have no choice. Light their way, when the darkness surrounds them. Give them love, let is shine all around them.” This podcast is the story of a baby bird. Lyrics by Barry De Vorzon. Sung by the Carpenters in 1971. TedinYourHead.com

What’s it all for? What’s the point of living? To get up every day and toil and struggle: why? If you are asking this question, congratulations, you are in the company of philosophers and wise people. What most of them agree, is that there is only one place you can find an answer to that question. TedinYourHead.com

You want to be strong. Stiff upper lip and all that. You should be strong, you should be in control, you should be able to take it…Ok, let’s stop shoulding all over ourselves! The fact is, sometimes you have to moan. And it’s ok. TedinYourHead.com

Ted in Your Head Podcast A terrible thing happened to Ted as he was walking down the street. And it happened again and again until he made a decision to do something different. What was it? Listen and find out. TedinYourHead.com

You are who you say you are over and over. It is what you say it is. Your language creates your reality. They say that talk is cheap, but the fact is, people cheapen talk. How valuable is your talk? TedinYourHead.com

How do feelings figure into your commitment? Do your commitments feel like they imprison you? How can a commitment free you? What is a true and authentic commitment? All worthy questions but the question that counts is: what are you committed to? TedinYourHead.com

You may not be doing what you feel is your life’s work. You may think what you are doing doesn’t matter, and maybe in the scheme of things, it doesn’t. What does matter is what you bring to what you do. It’s who you choose to be that makes the difference. TedinYourHead.com

The tradition of dressing up for Halloween is to scare off harmful spirits. The dark side of change are those nasty spirits inside of us that keep us from the best version of who we can be. There is a mask you can wear to scare them off… TedinYourHead.com

Can you tell good wine from bad? Good food from bad? Good art from junk? If so then you have the ability to distinguish what makes stuff good and bad. To achieve mastery in your own life, you must learn to distinguish what makes it taste good from what makes it taste bad. TedinYourHead.com

There are lots of scary things out there but by far some of the scariest stuff are the things we hide from ourselves. However, once we shine the light of awareness on them, they are not so scary, and we can deal with them. Here are 31 questions to ask yourself to get that scary stuff out of you. TedinYourHead.com

Are you plugged into the 24/7 news? Social Media? Burning the candle at both ends? Is what you are plugged into giving you juice or sucking your energy? There is a time to unplug from everything out there and plug into YOU. TedinYourHead.com

Ever have those days when you are crabby and irritable? Those days when people come up to you and say “You’re being such a witch!” Or “You’re being such and absolute freaking ogre! That’s a sign that you need to give something to yourself. Listen and find out what that is. TedinYourHead.com

Are you a force of nature in your own life, or are you a leaf blown about by the winds of circumstance? As humans, we are forces of nature in our own right. Ted talks about the formula to make your own lightning. TedinYourHead.com

What you deserve has little to do with what you actually get. Throw out the idea of being deserving and be willing to have what you don’t deserve. Miracles happened, and sometimes we are gifted by the Universe for absolutely no reason. How do you make that happen? Listen… TedinYourHead.com

Did you know this about Las Vegas? Did you know there is only one word that ends in –mt? Did you know that this fruit is more effective in waking you up then coffee? Did you know Ted has two books available on Amazon.com? TedinYourHead.com

There were two woodcutters, Lars and Sven. Sven was old and graying, and Lars was young and strong. But in the wood-chopping contest, Sven prevailed. Bet you can guess why. TedinYourHead.com

Growing old is a privilege not available to everyone. One day we look in the mirror and ask “What happened?” Life happened, as it should, and the only powerful choice we can make is to accept our ongoing journeys with grace and dignity. TedinYourHead.com

The key to having balance is to let go of what you think balance looks like and deal with how it is. And how it is, is the pendulum swinging back and forth, never still. Kind of like life. TedinYourHead.com

Do you expect it to be sunny all the time? Do you expect to be happy all the time? Every summer is followed by fall, and every breath in is followed by a breath out. Expansion and contraction is the way of things. TedinYourHead.com

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step said Confucius. Yet, many of us are stopped from taking the first step by not knowing exactly where the journey will lead or what it will look like. Whatever you you want to discover, wherever you want to go, nothing happens until you get out there and start walking. TedinYourHead.com

If someone gave you a seed and said “Water this and it will grow”, how long would you do that before you gave up? A month? A year? Three years? How bad do you want your dream? How far are you willing to go? How long are you willing to wait? Tedinyourhead.com

We begin the Ted in Your Head Interview series with guest expert Heidi Hoffman. She’ll answer questions such as “Why should I do a cleanse?” “How can I break these sugar cravings?” and “What are the top 3 most important changes I can make in my diet for good health?” Interested in health without drugs? Listen to what Heidi has to say. tedinyourhead.com

Sometimes the only way is the hard way. But other times there is an easier way. Will you take the easy way or are you convinced that it needs to be hard? Why not let it be easy if it can? Ted considers the possibility that life can be lived with a lot more flow, grace, and ease. TedinYourHead.com

Crabs are time and energy vampires; people whose pessimism can keep you stuck in negativity and pettiness and prevent you from cultivating a success mindset. How do we deal with these people? Are you one of them? TedinYourHead.com