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Wise Words
Choosing high-energy words can enhance health and happiness. BY NANCY MILLER

responds by reminding you of all the other chains of words, memories and meanings stimulated by each key word. Choosing high-energy words instead of low-energy ones can significantly improve your health and life, contends the author. Here, she tells how to make the switch.

What are some low-energy and high-energy words? Problem, lazy, difficult, hard, worry and failure are all examples of low-energy words. Beauty, welcome, enthusiasm, harmony, joy and success are high-energy words. Change “Don’t worry” to “You’ll be fine,” and your unconscious will shift and believe the good news.

What is the “switch”?

The switch is a way to clear your self-talk of negative language. Low-energy words, such as hate, hard or worry,

Use words that stimulate negative emotions
in the middle or limbic brain,
reason to achieve while high-energy words like
joy, fun, laughter and harmony
stimulate the cerebral cortex,
which is the only place that
great results come from. It
“I’m going on a diet.” is like letting the sunshine back
into your life.

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Have you ever told a small child not to touch something and noticed the response? It’s as if a child’s mind doesn’t compute words such as not and no. Now, what if our adult unconscious mind processed words in the same include a healthy way? Suddenly, even positive statements take on a reverse, and sometimes, negative meaning. For example, when goals, such as someone thanks you, and you reply, “No problem,” your “Fresh fruits and unconscious only hears that there’s a problem and goes out vegetables energize to find more. It’s a provocative idea, and one that creates my body” instead of an intriguing premise for the new book Every Word Has Power (Beyond Words Publishing, 2008) by Yvonne Oswald. According to Oswald, our unconscious mind is like the Internet, which recognizes key words in a sentence and

FIND A “SWITCH” BUDDY TO HELP CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE. When you or your buddy
hears a low-energy word being used, simply say, “Switch!” You will be amazed at how many low-
energy words you use every day. It’s easier to hear someone else’s words than your own at first.

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References:

http://www.globalwelcome.com

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