2009 will be over soon…or will it?

Will you bring 2009 into 2010?

Will you bring your “baggage” from previous years into the new year?

Will you bring your “head trips” from your childhood?

Will you be free in 2010?

To find out where you are stuck, emotionally or mentally, read on…

1. Are you stuck emotionally?

Are you controlled by your feelings?

Are your relationships your barometer of your ups and downs?

Are you “too sensitive?”

Are you overwhelmed?

If you answered yes or sometimes to any of these questions, DO NOT PASS GO….STOP NOW…..go to www.TruSage.com and GET MY BOOK, Keep It Off, FOR FREE!

Immediately, start reading about my COMMITTEE MEETING Technique. I created this, have taught this all over the world and millions of people have benefited from learning how to get un-stuck, EMOTIONALLY, with my COMMITTEE MEETING Technique.

YOU WILL LOVE IT! I guarantee.

It only took me 20 years to develop. Thanks to Dr. Milton Erickson, tens of thousands of students who have also been my teachers, from Kaiser Permanente; Vincent Felitti, MD and Kathy Jakstis, Director of Positive Choice Wellness Center — just to name 2 huge influences on me, and friends from Jitterbug, Lindora, Optifast, Harvard, M.I.T. and so many others.

I’m forever grateful for the lessons that these people taught me and the opportunity to share my COMMITTEE MEETING Technique with you.

….only read and learn about this, if you ever get stuck, emotionally….
…like every single human being on the planet!

2. Are you stuck mentally, in your head, over-thinking, too critical, never satisfied, controlling, analyzing, obsessing, or stressing?

95% of people are stuck in their head.

More time, energy and mind power are wasted coping, trying to repress thoughts and feelings…instead of creating, tapping into inner potentials and being free.

The most powerful pharmacy in the world is in-between your ears.

So, why do people get so stuck in this area where there are trillions of neurons and potentials?

You know people, and perhaps you are one, that are so stuck in their head, ego, over-thinking and inner critic that it makes moving forward in life a lot like driving a car with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. You are grinding, smokin’, wearing yourself out and everyone else.

It can also be like standing in quick-sand up to your neck. Your head can see everything that is wrong and needs to be fixed but you are immobile….stuck…

It took me 30 years of work, play, challenges, writing books, reading books, doing research, traveling around the world and total openness to develop the kinds of techniques that get people un-stuck… mentally.

The kinds of people that have taught me include incest survivors; where getting stuck in your head is a distraction and upgrade from getting stuck in your feelings / heart / your own inner committee meeting….. and for more about emotional stuckness…please re-read recommendations above in #1.

Also, teaching me; perpetrators.

They get locked into a mind-set that is so controlling and obsessive that it’s like a religion in all the wrong ways.

Needless to say, getting these people un-stuck was like making molehills out of mountains.

A ton of hard work and totally worth it. Preventing a future crisis for one, and others, is always a very good thing.

If that contrast isn’t enough to convince you that I have been taught by some of the strongest minds…(*previously committed to not changing)…. here’s another; WWII concentration camp survivor — write me if you want specifics on the great results this person got from the techniques I want to share with you — and a person who was a nazi youth at 7 and committed terrible crimes in the war — for the other side — not ours.

Hard-headed was essential for all of these people mentioned above — and if these techniques worked for them — stuck for decades and they got un-stuck — and the many thousands of others that I’ve worked with / learned from / taught / who have been stuck in their “head trips” and oftentimes also stuck in their feelings / inner committee meetings / hearts.

To find out the solution for getting un-stuck from your ego, inner critic and “head trips” please go to www.TruSage.com and read the INTRODUCTION to my new book, The Voice.

It’s not in the bookstores (yet) but you can get a great sneak preview and this will help you tremendously to utilize your mental strengths for purposes much more important to you…getting un-stuck mentally is like getting a ton of weight off of your 3 pound brain.

So, what happens after you get un-stuck EMOTIONALLY and MENTALLY?

EVERYTHING!

You are free!

You are light, creative, authentic, playful, strong, friendly, caring and compassionate to yourself and others, almost all the time!

To make 2010 your best year ever, you need to get un-stuck from 2009 and all of the previous years, too.

It’s a NEW YEAR!

It’s a NEW DECADE!

It’s a NEW YOU!

You can get a lot done in the next few days….and ASAP!

Feel free to write me and share successes and ask ?’s.

I’ll be glad to help you help yourself.

Happy New Year!

Dr. Brian Alman

Why do people get so overwhelmed during the Holidays?

How come people gain their weight back, and more, during the Holidays?

What are the causes? Patterns from childhood? Fear? Excitement? Stress? Money? Family? Self?

What are the solutions? New perspectives? Deep catharsis? Humor? Connection? Care? Smiles? Touch?

We are all so different from the causes to the cures.

There is no public path.

There is no one formula.

We all need to do it our way.

We all need to figure things out and move forward in our own unique ways.

There are 3 steps that will always help move you from stuck to free….from cause to cure….from Holiday Blues to Holiday Spirit….from dark to light…from overwhelmed to relaxed…………………………

**** 5 minute PRESENT from www.TruSage.com to YOU!

YOU are about to learn how to Power Nap……….. with the Power of Your Imagination, Unconscious and Energy:

This is your present from Dr. Brian Alman.

It is my pleasure, my honor, to share a wonderful Holiday (and anytime of the year) power nap technique that you can use any time, any place, for energy, for enthusiasm, to get into a great mood, to be total, to be your 100% best, no matter what.

First of all, you already have very strong powers in your imagination.

Never underestimate the power of your unconscious, inner, intuitive, and imaginative self.

A lot of people recognize that their unconscious mind is even smarter than they are.

Here’s your three step process for power naps that you’ll be able to do whenever you need you, whenever you need your best.

Here’s the first step:
Imagine feeling great, as great as you’ve ever felt.

Imagine that you’re as happy as possible.

You’re focused on what’s right about your life.

First thing in the morning and any time you need you, imagine yourself totally happy.

Yes, you’re asking yourself, what’s right about my life?

You have that attitude of gratitude.

So you get out of bed feeling super, lots of energy, expecting great things, as if something incredible is going to happen today, something exceptional, something tremendous.

Please remember this throughout the day as often as possible.

That’s right.

You will see a big difference, a huge difference, right now, from the very first day and every day after this, because you’re going to see your whole pattern, your whole vibration, all of your energy has changed.

Changed for the positive, changed for the greatness, changed for you to really be able to be your total self, expecting greatness, wonderful, exceptional, amazing. That’s right. So, now you’re ready to go to step two.

Step Two:
Any time you need you to be 100% total, recognize that you are very important.

Appreciate that you are needed.

You are part of life, part of existence.

There’s never been another you.

There never will be another you.

It’s as if existence is supporting you and you’re in its lap, feeling so comfortable, feeling so right, feeling your imagination really connecting with how important your life is.

This is your question….what’s right about my life?

What’s right about today? Your uniqueness, your oneness, you being total. You are right in life’s lap. That’s right.

Here’s the third step:
Forget about the negatives.

Don’t even entertain them.

Like they bounce off of you.

They’re non-issues.

Negatives are like raindrops – you just want to move right past them.

Just maybe feel them a little bit, but as non-issues.

Because your powers of your imagination are very strong.

The power of your unconscious mind is amazing.

You will never realize all of your potentials.

Nobody ever does.

You have more resources inside of you than you will ever need to deal with all of your issues to reach all of your goals.

You are more and have more than you’ll ever need. That’s right.

So, when something negative comes in or a negative person approaches you, just drop them immediately.

Let go.

You don’t want to take on the negativity.

Just release it through your exhales and exchange the negativity for something positive.

That’s right.

Exchange it for something positive.

You have a lifetime of resilience.

You have a lifetime of support.

You’re right in life’s lap.

You can focus on what’s right about your life.

You can expect great things, because that’s what’s going on inside.

So, enjoy yourself, enjoy your power nap, and enjoy the power of your imagination.

You’ll do this your own way.

You’ll come up with your own version of this, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how creative and resourceful you are, even when you don’t even realize that’s what you’re doing.

You’ll notice it now and later, in the evening, you’ll notice it all the time that you’re really coming through for yourself.

So your power nap and all the benefits of your power nap, they’re actually 24 hours worth of resources that you are opening up.

Yes, it is amazing what you’re capable of.

So, enjoy yourself.

Enjoy that even one seed of an idea, for today, for your expectations, what you’re connecting with now, the positives that you are expecting that you know will happen. You know it’s amazing how much can grow from one seed, and that seed has already been planted.

You’re just nourishing it. You’re giving it nutrients now.

So, enjoy yourself.

Enjoy your seed planting. And definitely enjoy the power of your imagination. And it all started with a power nap.

Through the Holidays, New Year’s, 2010 and beyond….power naps at work…..before you get out of bed in the morning……AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS WHEN YOU NEED YOU MOST!

Enjoy your POWER NAPS!

Enjoy your WHOLE SELF!

Happy Holidays!

Dr. Brian Alman

Is making a New Year’s Resolution a guarantee that something will not happen?

Or is it a necessary evil?

A waste of time?

Worth trying?

To be successful with any resolution about anything and anytime, 1 thing is necessary!

You must go deep inside and connect with yourself in a way that is authentic, empowering, energizing and inspiring.

This means you must connect with yourself; mind, body, heart and soul.

Listen to the FREE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION technique that will keep you moving forward with your NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION, everyday of 2010!

Enjoy yourself; inside and out!

Dr. Brian Alman

P.S. Don’t worry about running out of time in 2010. When you learn your new techniques, YOU WILL HAVE 48 HOURS EVERYDAY; 24 on the inside and 24 on the outside.

P.P.S. Your FREE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION technique is the best way to start www.keepitoffforlife.com.

New York Times Tuesday December 15, 2009

Poll Reveals Depth and Trauma of Joblessness in U.S.

Emotional Havoc Wreaked on Workers and Family

Yesterday, TruSage wrote about “Hangin in there” as the most common response from people about how they’re doing emotionally, financially and daily.

TruSage delivers thousands of phone calls to support people emotionally and we’ve been doing this for 15 years. From Kaiser Permanente to Harvard to University of Alabama Medical School to Columbus Ohio (one of the leading weight loss centers in the U.S.), Sioux Falls South Dakota, Phoenix Arizona and folks all over the U.S.

Wellness, weight loss, emotional coping skills, obesity, pain control, sleep, craving control, visualization techniques and you will find thousands of techniques to fit almost everyone and almost every situation.

#1 The power of denial is coming to a pause. Almost everyone is dealing with unemployment, major life changes, mental health issues and trouble maintaining even basic necessities.

The other #1 is that there is a lot we can do about this when we learn how to help ourselves on a daily basis.

TruSage delivers daily calls and teaches the techniques that the New York Times poll describes as anxiety and depression causing.

48% said they have experienced emotional distress, like depression and anxiety.

54% said they have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments.

26% said they have been threatened with eviction or foreclosure or have lost their home.

While things will get better, the emotional issues will have to be dealt with; immediately and in the future.

FREE SAMPLES of “How-To’s” for coping are at www.TruSage.com.

WE are all in the same boat. Reach out and reach in — TruSage will help you turn problems into resources, weaknesses into strengths and pains into gains.

Why? Because there’s no reason to postpone.

What? You are more capable than you may ever fully realize.

How? Simple! Right now! Click and listen. Then, start receiving your daily support today!

Dr. Brian Alman

When I’ve asked people lately, “How are you?”

They respond, “Hangin’ in there.”

Is that you, too?

The reason people are so stressed emotionally and financially, gaining weight, struggling in their relationships and stuck………..it’s because things really are overwhelming, scary and then some.

Yes, people are having “Normal” reactions to adverse conditions.

This is the worst financial crisis since The Depression.

This is the most dangerous time in our world since WWII.

Change is hard enough and under these conditions, it’s almost impossible (or so it seems).

The truth is it’s harder to stay the same and not change than it is to change.

You are working much harder than you think.

Emotionally, this may be one of the hardest times you’ve ever been through.

Financially, this may be your bigget challenge ever.

So, “Hangin’ in there” may be the best you can do………..until right now!

Please try this tonight and everynight until you get from “Hangin’ in there” to “Alive & well!”

Unwinding Your Mind

In order to get the most out of Beauty Sleep Tonight, www.beautysleeptonight.com, you will really enjoy unwinding your mind.

You know to get a great night’s sleep, to turn all your sleep into mind-body healing and meditation, up until now it hasn’t been easy because at bedtime your body’s probably exhausted but your mind is still busy thinking or over-thinking.

So, knowing how to unwind the mind – and this will help you every single night – when you’re ready to sleep, is one beautiful, healing, healthy and freeing step.

In bed at night, go backwards through the memories and experiences of the whole day; really backwards.

You’re not starting from the morning. You’re starting from where you are right now, in bed, and the last thing you did before you got into bed. And then go back, step by step, situation by situation, all the way back to the first experience of the morning. Go back and remember, continuously and without getting involved.

For example, if somebody hurt you, see yourself in the stress but you remain an observer; or better yet from your techniques at www.TruSage.com; observing the observer.

Don’t get involved.

Don’t get angry.

If you do, then you’re getting identified and you’re missing the point of your mind-body healing, meditation and Beauty Sleep Tonight.

The person who said that is not being critical of you, but the situation; that was in the incident.

But that situation is gone now. You are just like a stream flowing. The forms, the situations are flowing. That’s right.

Going backwards situation by situation, one at a time, observing, and observing yourself observing….

It’s gone now, each one of those situations. That’s it. Just like the stream, you’re continuously flowing, evolving, expanding and changing.

And when you get all the way back to the morning when you were just getting out of bed, (that’s it!), you’ll have that same fresh mind that you had in the morning. And so you can fall asleep, sleep like a baby.

This is really a deep, deep letting go, a deep catharsis and a total release.

When you do this nightly, you will feel a new health, a new freshness, coming to you.

You can teach your family and friends to do it nightly.

Then, they will never be burdened by their past….the past day….and that which is over. Your head needs to know how to let go, too. Now, you can and will do it.

You will always be in the present and the here and now.

There won’t be any hang-ups.

Nothing will be bothering you, ever again, from the past.

So take your time. If you haven’t begun already, you can being now. If you’ve already begun, please continue. If you’re almost done, that’s fine. You’re just going backwards, starting from bedtime, situation by situation, going back.

You’re not getting involved.

Observing, observing yourself observing.

No involvement.

No anger.

No stress.

No identifying.

That’s it. Like a river flowing. All the way back to the morning when the day first started. So you can fall asleep, like a very small child. Sleep like a baby. That’s right.

Why make them if you won’t keep them?

Why can’t you make yourself do what you know you should do?

What is the point of New Year’s Resolutions if you are not going to keep them?

Maybe you don’t even bother…or ?

If you want 2010 to be the year you succeed with your New Year’s Resolution(s), then keep a close eye on this blog because I’ll be sharing the how-to’s.

After 32 years of helping people keep their New Year’s Resolutions, I’m ready to share some of the secrets with you.

Here’s a hint:
Well, to succeed with New Year’s Resolution, you have to know how to listen to your intuition? And there’s a very specific formula that I learned from a woman who is a wonderful teacher, has been teaching in the field of psychology, philosophy and medicine for over 50 years.

She said this to me; “It’s easy.”

Just teach people how to do these four things.

So here’s what I want you to do. I want you to do this with me as we get closer to 1/1/2010. I want you to be thinking about a New Year’s Resolution so that you can learn how to integrate your intuition to guarantee your success.

Okay, so what is the issue? Is it work? Is it a relationship? Is it about money? Is it about family? Is it about something that is just important to you right now, today? 2010?

You will soon know the way you will do it.

It’s not even December yet. Please procrastinate as much as possible, if you choose, for December 2009.

When it’s almost 2010, you will learn this wonderful how-to from the great woman described above and much more!

Happy Holidays!

Dr. Brian Alman

This all started in 1975 when I met Milton Erickson, MD. I was amazed at the states that he could help people get into; mindbody healing, deep relaxation, inner peace, freedom from pain (emotional and physical), self-confidence, and so much more. Plus, it was all documented in medical journals. To be able to observe him working with others was simply fascinating. To be the patient was phenomenal. I got to experience freedom from pain (my #1 goal at the time because of chronic back pain), the deepest relaxation I have ever experienced, resolution of emotional problems that were buried deep inside of me, and self-confidence that I had never experienced before. In fact, Dr. Erickson was an active reader of my Ph.D. thesis, helped me write my 1st medical journal article, guided me while I was writing my 1st book and facilitated my 1st time teaching in a university.

The burning question that I came out of that training with, after resolving a ton of issues; if a person can relax that deeply and feel that good, naturally, could someone be there all the time.

They call that enlightened.

It’s fully present, aware, accepting, releasing, free, spiritual and happy.

So, I travelled to India, two times. Big trips. I went because I wanted to find out for myself if anyone is really enlightened…all the time. I wanted to meet gurus and be with them, energetically, verbally, non-verbally and so on.

I asked them 2 questions; what’s the most important thing in life and what’s your favorite technique? I love techniques, how-to’s, short-cuts that really work. Of course, the most important life question is a natural when with a guru.

The most amazing guru told me the most important thing in life is patience.

The best technique I learned is my #1 breathwork approach. I’ll share this with you at www.TruSage.com.

What I found out is that nobody is enlightened all the time. I met people who were 99% of the time. When human, (emotional and over-thinking), they could quickly get back to fully present, aware, accepting, releasing, free, spiritual and happy.

My new book, The Voice, will be in Barnes & Noble in April. There is a story in there called “The Guru with a Toothache” and you will laugh because it’s the moment I saw the 99% and up until that moment, I was seeing 100%.

You will love to know that nobody is perfect and most people are perfectly okay. Your enlightenment is defined by how many moments a day (86,400) you enjoy being fully present, aware, accepting, releasing, free, spiritual and happy.

It’s my honor and pleasure to share with you some of the best of the best stories from India and elsewhere in the world, including San Diego, that my learning and teaching has taken me.

Thank you for your openness,

Dr. Brian Alman

P.S. To learn the SECRETS of SLEEPING LIKE A BABY EVERYNIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT, find out how to turn all of your sleep into mindbodyhealing, meditation and a beautiful full night’s rest; www.beautysleeptonight.com

“Sleep may be the cheapest and easiest obesity treatment there is.” Past President of the Obesity Society and Author, Louis Aronne, MD

Patients are likely to have their sleep assessed and their eating habits.

If patients gets less than seven to eight hours, MD’s may prescribe more shut eye than the latest diet or drug.

With more sleep, they have a greater sense of fullness, and they’ll spontaneously lose weight.

Note: A good bridge from www.beautysleeptonight.com to www.keepitoffforlife.com is all yours at www.TruSage.com!

University of Chicago researchers reported — in case you are asking “WHY?” — that sleep deprivation upsets our hormonal balance, in triggering both a decrease in leptin (which helps you feel full) and increase in ghrelin (which triggers hunger). As a result we think we’re hungry even though we aren’t — and so we eat and over-eat. Indeed, sleep may be the cheapest and easiest obesity treatment there is.

Please also note that 1st things happen on the inside and then they happen on the outside.

Best wishes,

Dr. Brian Alman

The Newest Division of TruSage is SPORTS!

Teaching athletes how-to win with confidence, inner strength and power.

Kickers are getting A+ opportunities together with TruSage and Michael Husted, former NFL kicker and is now totally devoted to bringing out the best in athletes; inside and out.

We have known each other and worked with each other for over 10 years.

Here’s Michael — and then THE TIP!

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Kicking Requires 100% Focus

Tip #1 (below)

#1 Question:
How do you kick under pressure?

Learn about Stress Reduction and How to breathe your way through anything, in a minute but not yet.

Dr. Alman has taught this to many kickers, (including NFL players), and athletes from almost every sport and all around the world. That includes Olympic athletes, individual competitors and entire teams.

You will be learning a variety of new tips for kicking under pressure and you will easily learn how to integrate them all right into your breathing. They actually become almost effortless and automatic.
This will definitely develop your relaxation and confidence abilities in pressure situations.

Here is an exact method that you will see immediate and long-term results from…

It’s called, Observe and Listen —

To Your Turning Points.

This is a simple breath awareness exercise. This is one of Michael Husted’s favorites and most successful from his NFL days.

STEP ONE:
Focus on your breathing. Feel the rise and fall of each breath. Don’t try to relax or do anything special. Simply accept your breathing however it is; fast or slow, nose or mouth, deep or shallow – it really doesn’t matter.

The key is acceptance.

Just as you do the stars in the sky at night. Or the waves at the beach. Or the wind blowing through the branches of the trees.

You’re not trying to change anything. No need to fix, solve or improve; simply accepting your breathing however it is.

This is vitally important because as you are now accepting your breathing as it is, you are getting a glimpse of what it feels like to accept yourself as you are.

This is bridge to accepting yourself as the kicker that you are.

Amazingly enough, acceptance is relaxation and when you mix this with your intensity, practice, desire, motivation and even frustration….

….you are learning how to be 100% and when you are 100%, you will kick at 100%!

That’s winning games!

It all starts with your breathing. Yes, your breathing is the bridge. Your breathing is life. You need it.
You can breathe your way through anything.
This alone will turn mountains into molehills.
The master key is to accept your breathing as it is.
There is no way you can do this wrong. And there is nothing you need to do right.
You are breathing anyways!
Within 5-10 breaths, you will feel relaxed, confident, present, calm and in your power. It’s totally
natural and easier than you think.

Step Two
Now turn your attention to the turning points in your breath cycle.
These are the moments when your inhale turns into your exhale. That’s the 1st
turning point.
Then, at the end of your exhale and before you inhale is your 2nd turning
point.
Simply stated, you always have had and always will have – and in fact you can be aware of this right no”
You have 4 parts to your breathing;
1. Inhales
2. 1st turning points – just as your inhales are turning into your exhale
3. Exhales
4. 2nd turning points – just as your exhale are turning into your inhales
Now, pause for a moment or two – hold your breath comfortably – at the turning points.
Your breathing pauses, there is a bridge, fusion, stop, gap….and hold it an extra few moments.
QUESTION: which one of these four parts of your breathing do you feel the most comfortable?
Remember that! That’s your cue to feel relaxed and confident.
Pay attention to all 4 parts of your breathing, especially the turning points AND PAUSE, with a little extra
awareness on the part of your breathing that feels the most comfortable.

Wait for these turning points and simply observe and listen to them. Then, pause for one
or two or three or four moments by holding your breath comfortably. Do this for 10-20
breaths, or more.
By watching and feeling these moments of transition, these bridges, gaps,
fusions and pauses, you are giving them your total attention, you may easily
find yourself feeling more relaxed and confident simply be being more fully aware and present than
almost ever before.
All you have to do is become aware of the turning points in your breathing. It might be helpful to
imagine waves on the beach rolling in and out endlessly. Just like your breaths. Enjoy the feeling and
your ability to breathe your way through anything and especially as you get ready to kick the winning
field goal and/or kicking your greatest punt.

Summary and review:
Step One
Accept your breathing as it is…
Step Two
Focus on the 4 parts of your breath — especially, the 1st and 2nd turning points — for 5-10 breaths or more.
Inhale and then pause a moment or two, before you exhale.
Exhale and then pause a moment or two, before you inhale.
Practice with this for a few days and whenever needed. You will be amazed at how simple and powerful
this is. Plus, this becomes automatic!
Are you ready to take this to the next level? You are going to learn how to go deep into your self-
confidence the next time we meet at Michael Husted’s newsletter.
Here’s a hint: You will be bridging your goal with your breathing, kicking foot, power and positive
visualizations. It’s fun and it works because you work!

Best wishes,
Dr. Brian Alman
www.TruSage.com

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