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Monday
08Feb2010

ADHD: Medication or Meditation?

ADHD and Transcendental Meditation Visit Here
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Should we give our children who suffer from ADHD, medication or Meditation?

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although stimulant medications are an effective first-line treatment for ADHD, concern persists regarding the possible side effects and long-term health outcomes associated with stimulant consumption.

As parents and educators search for options and alternatives, groundbreaking research is showing the effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation technique, a non-drug approach to ADHD. Insights in Health explores the research and experiences using the Transcendental Meditation technique for ADHD.

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Monday
08Feb2010

The Bucket List - Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon is a unique geothermal spa, located in Iceland, where you can relax in warm geothermal seawater. A geothermal beach, lava caves and silica mud are also around the lagoon area. In addition to bathing in the lagoon, you could enjoy relaxing in a lava cave and a unique geothermal steam bath.

A visit to the Blue Lagoon is unique and exciting experience but it's way more refreshing if you bring Brook Sheilds.

Monday
08Feb2010

Quote of the day

"The Universe wants to give to you. The moment you begin to change your vibration to one of abundance, it will start sending you people, situations, and opportunities that reflect your inner state."

-Peggy McColl
Author of 21 Distinctions of Wealth

My question of the day to you is this;

Q: If you could have one wish granted right now what would you wish for other than money, health or love?

Comments welcome

Monday
08Feb2010

Get Your Brain Sync On

For over two decades, Brain Sync has been the leading developer of brain wave therapy programs. Now you can consistently enter into peak experience brain states and reap powerful benefits of brain wave entrainment therapy.

If you have never heard of the Brain Sync audio cd's then these are must haves. I use a combination of several of the Brain Sync discs on a daily basis. At only a half hour in length you can plug in and listen just about anywhere, these are especially great for air travel.

Visit Here for more info on Brain Sync

Here's a link to purchase any or all of the Brain Sync discs...Enjoy!

Monday
08Feb2010

Listening to Brandt Brauer Frick - Bop

Sunday
07Feb2010

BAM!! It’s Time To Make Something Big Happen Right Now 

One of my New Years resolutions is to assist as many people as I can in achieving a major personal goal within a three month time period. For me personally last year alone feels like I moved up from the semi-pros to the major leagues in the world of personal goal setting and manifestation.

In 2009, after an unfocused start, I managed to plant myself into a state of laser focused concentration. I had big goals set for that year, very big goals, some said were lofty and down right impossible to achieve.

So I simply began to structure myself, especially my time, I’m an absolute believer in managing time and not letting time manage you. I would wake up at the crack of dawn and begin my morning with a meditation followed by energization exercises and visualizations then straight into my “goal time”. I’m usually not an early morning person, but I had some big goals set, so I conditioned my self to wake up early to the quiet time alone I needed in order to focus and prepare for my day. I’ve worked with writers, musicians, actors, designers and personal trainers who’ve all said the same thing; in order to succeed at what it is that you really want to achieve or accomplish you must set aside the time to actually begin doing it.

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Saturday
06Feb2010

Quote of the day

"When you focus on something with a lot of passion, it makes it happen even faster."

-Bill Harris
Director of Centerpointe Research

My question of the day to you is this;

Q: Where do you see yourself six months from today?

Comments are always welcome.

Have a great day and may all be well.

-Jason Hollis

Saturday
06Feb2010

Randy Pausch on Time Management

Friday
05Feb2010

Punk Aristocrats 7 Questions With D.A. Wallach of Chester French


1. Please describe your state of mind when you are creating something.
I try to just remove myself from whatever is going on in my life in that moment and clear my mind of any distractions. There's a sort of focus that you can get into where time starts moving much faster and you can perfect the thing you're working on for hours and hours without noticing any exhaustion.

2. How much of your creative ability do you think is innate? Or is your creativity a skill that you have developed?
I think for me most of my creative abilities are learned. I don't have musical or other ideas rushing through my mind at all times, but when I dedicate myself to developing ideas or deliberately creating an inspiring environment, they come more easily now than when I started.

3. How do you go about evaluating your creative product?
The first stage is just judging whether I like the product as a listener, viewer, or consumer. In the case of our band's music, my second question is always what Max, my partner, thinks about it, because he is very discerning and finds the flaws very quickly. Then once something passes both of those tests I like to "test" stuff out on lots of different people of different ages and tastes.

4. Can you see your finished product before you start it?
Once it gets to a certain point, yes, because I have a good amount of experience recording and can fill in some of the blanks. But I don't start with a full picture in my mind.

5. How important is education to your creative process?
Very important. There are so many different ways to educate oneself, and I'm thankful that I have almost constant opportunities to be around talented and interesting people, who educate me through osmosis. I also find that "cross-training" my mind sharpens my abilities in many different realms. Reading seems to help music making and vice verse, for example. The different areas of our brains are cross-wired to such an extent that I suspect there's a good biological basis for my experience, as well.

6. What kind of things do you do to get your "creative juices" flowing?
Get rid of distractions. When it comes to coming up with melodies or lyrics, which is primarily what I do as a songwriter, I like to put on the music loud and pace around singing out loud until I stumble upon good ideas.

7. What made you decide to follow a creative career choice (though possibly risky) rather than something more stable?
Getting paid to make music with your friends is hard to turn-down. I love the freedom that it permits to explore many different areas of society, and it's an incredible way to connect with huge numbers of people. The instability is certainly a downside, but as this recession has shown, stability can be illusory in many different fields.

Thanks to D.A. Wallach for his participation and creative savvy. He's a gentleman and a scholar.


D.A. Wallach and Max Drummey are Star Trak Records famous pop music duo known as Chester French. D.A. and Max are currently working on their next full length album with plans for a 2010 release.

Visit Chester French's Blog: The Chester French Blog
For more information on D.A. and Chester French Visit Here

Download Free Mixtape; Jacques Jams Vol 1

To buy the critically acclaimed Chester French debut album "Love The Future" Visit Here. You also have the creative possibilities of bundling the album with some great options like merchandise, vinyl records, work outs, slumber parties and even an African safari.

Friday
05Feb2010

Listening to The Heavy - How You Like Me Know?

Friday
05Feb2010

Quote of the day

"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors."

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Pastor and Author

Thursday
04Feb2010

Living Well with Oz Garcia

Thursday
04Feb2010

What is coaching?

You might be a creative executive or the owner of a successful small business looking to set bigger more ambitious goals. Perhaps you are a musician, a writer, or an artist looking for a creative breakthrough. Maybe you are a techno whiz entrepreneur with a brilliant idea for a product or service that will change the world forever. Maybe you just want to figure out how to have more fun.

Whatever your circumstances, goals or dreams might be, the bottom line is that your life is in transition.

And you are determined to make your life be what you want it to be!

That's where a Coach comes in: We help you turn your dreams into reality.

Here's what Punk Aristocrats offers you:

  • As your Coach, Mentor or Guru we'll help you discover what's really most important to you in your career.
  • Then we'll help you design a plan to achieve those things.
  • We'll work with you to eliminate any obstacles or blocks that stand in your way.
  • We'll partner with you all the way to success.
  • Then we'll celebrate with you by breakdancing to Midnight Star.

Punk Aristocrats has a unique style of coaching called Creative Energy Development*.

If you're ready to take things to a whole new level of energy, vision and success then contact Jason Hollis at Punk Aristocrats. Together we'll set up a free 30 minute phone consultation - take a look at your current state of progress then take action creating the next phase of your success.

The next move is yours.

Thursday
04Feb2010

Motivation Mantra - Cornel West Tribute

Thursday
04Feb2010

Quote of the day

"It is a lesson which all history teaches the wise, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances"

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, Essayist, Philosopher and Poet

My Question of the day to you is this;

Q: What are your core values?

Core values became yours in childhood and you would not be you if you did not respect those. Make a list and then pare it down to the 5 that speak to you most strongly.

Comments welcome