| Listen to
your body's Newsletter
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Newsletter
#9 May/June
2008 |
Dear Monica
For the
past few months, Lise has been busy writing her next book
(sorry... it's in French) and she's almost finished. She's
getting ready to go to Moscow in a couple of weeks to give
lectures, interviews and workshops. I will then meet her in
Paris and we'll leave for Croatia to spend a week with a
hundred of our customers and some of our colleagues. I can't
wait! Each year, we organize a trip where we teach every
morning and then relax or visit the area in the afternoons.
It's a great way to travel and work on ourselves. Next year,
it's a cruise down the Nile. If you understand French, you are
welcome to join us (or bring along your French/English
interpreter). If not, just wait a couple of years and we'll
offer trips in English!
Enjoy your read,
Monica Shields
CEO | |
| Did you
know that... |
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... treating back pain costs
over thirty billion dollars per year in the US? In the
past ten years, the incidence of back pain has increased
by 10%. More than 70% of the US population experiences
various degrees of back pain, the cause of which is not
known in 85% of the cases. No single origin of the
complaint has been identified.
 Back pain often recurs, even after
surgery.
If you suffer from back pain, here are some
metaphysical causes...
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you bear on your back something that does not
belong to you
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you feel responsible for someone else's
happiness/misery
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your back is saddled with a situation or a
person
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or, finally, you are among those who feel
burdened with debt or can no longer cope with
financial hardships
What message are you receiving from your body?
Above all, this message should not involve additional
self-blame or intention to change. Instead, your body
tells you to give yourself the right to take on more
than you need to, for the time being, and to accept that
you don't yet know how to consider your needs before
those of others, fearing that if you do, people will
think you heartless or selfish. I remind you that seeing
to your own needs first means self-care, and this is far
from being selfish (which means expecting others to give
precedence to your needs rather than their
own).
Be aware of your great heart and good intentions
and tell your body that, one day, you will love yourself
well enough to allow yourself to receive more
love.
With love,
Lise
Bourbeau |
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Testimonial |
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Hello Lise,
A few years ago, I participated in
several of your workshops in France, and they changed my
life.
I have since taken my life in my own
hands: I live in a dream-place and I have met the man of
my life! I now need only to achieve my professional
goal: "To serve and generously share my ideals with
others." While I still have some difficulty in attaining
this goal, I know all is possible.
I don't have the right words to express the value
of your teaching. It has saved my life.
I want to offer this message to all those who
are trying to know themselves and find the means to
truly enjoy life: "Lise is a magician of unconditional
love, which turns everything into joy and
success."
I THANK YOU AND ALL YOUR TEAM FOR
THE QUALITY OF YOUR TEACHING.
Roselyne
(France)
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Don't miss out! |
Want to learn
how to solve any relational
or emotional problem?
The "Listen to your
body" workshop promises to teach you loads of tools to
better yourself and help you improve your
relationships.
This
workshop will only be given in English twice this year.
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We've been helping people for more
than 25 years now. We are delighted to teach a
philosophy of life that really makes a difference in
everyone's life. We hope to have a chance to help you
too!
Sincerely,
Monica Shields
Listen to your body
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| Great
News! |
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 Our popular "Listen to your Body" book
is already available in 16 languages and the 17th has
just been confirmed ... none other than Chinese! Good
work, Lise! This book, which has helped so many
people, will now be available in the most populous
country in the world (more than 1.3 billion
people!). |
| I want to
cut down! |
Our physical addictions are mere
reflections of our emotional ones. It is important that
we should be aware of this because we may try hard to
cut down on smoking or on certain foods but, in fact, as
long as our emotional yearning is not checked, our
"controlled" physical craving will be replaced with
another. This explains why people who quit smoking often
start eating candies or something else.
We can become aware of our physical addictions in
two ways. The first is to try to deprive ourselves of
our respective compulsion for a week. If after only a
few hours, however, we start to have a craving, the
compulsion is significant. The second way is to observe
how serious the consequences of this addiction are. For
example, if it affects your health, family life, or
profession, the addiction is critical.
Our physical addiction is directly related
to our lack of self-love.
We love ourselves
so little that we expect to receive love from others.
However, no one on earth has the mission to ensure the
happiness of others, so our expectations are not
generally met and we are frequently deceived and
furious. It is at this moment that we are trying,
unconsciously, to compensate with a form of physical
addiction, because we believe that it will replace the
person who is expected to love
us.
We must understand
that no one can give us what we cannot give ourselves.
This means that, however hard others might try to help
us, it is useless because we can feel genuine love only
if we love ourselves.
To
conclude, the only way to reduce physical addiction is
by increasing the amount of love you give yourself,
which means to accept who you are at all times, no
judgment and no criticism; to admit that you have your
limits, like everyone else, and to stop being so hard on
yourself. | | | |
