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Montclair State University

 

 

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Credit Suisse First Boston

 

 

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Rick Saldan is a wonderful combination of master magician, comic improviser and first class speaker. The audience loved his program, which was music to our ears. If you love celebrity motivational speakers such as Tom Hopkins, Dale Carnegie and Zig Ziglar, then you'll love Rick!

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Inspiration Times Magazine

 
 

Transforming Shadow Comfort
Author: Jennifer Louden

Why do we choose shadow comfort? Because the moment in which we choose to turn on the TV or devour the chocolate bar is THE creative moment. This is the moment where you can choose to create or to go numb. It is the present moment, pregnant with possibility and often rife with a great variety of fears. It is in this moment that the juice comes in, where the life unfolds, the Divine speaks to you, where you get hooked up to the universal power plant.

Too often, we block this moment. I know I do. I choose to check my email, eat some chocolate, get busy. When I do, I choose not to be in my body, not to engage with my feelings, not to listen to my inner wisdom. I block the creative moment. And when I do that, I block a lot.

I don’t think I’m a rare creature in my behavior. The way I look at it, our entire society is set up to condone and encourage such behavior. So I’ve given up feeling guilty and futile about it and instead starting trying to transform. I started trying to choose healthy comfort to become more comfortable in my own skin instead of using shadow comfort to prove to myself what a worthless worm I really am.

If this resonates with you, get your journal and try these questions:

LIST YOUR FAVORITE SHADOW COMFORTS. No one need see this list. You might have to play detective for a few days and watch yourself to see what you prefer. My friend Deborah told me anger was her favorite shadow comfort. “Anger can be the fire of self-righteous. If you think only you are right, you don’t have to look at your part in whatever happened. Anger can distance you from others and keep you from intimacy. You can’t really think about others. You can’t really be generous.?

WHAT ARE FOUR OR FIVE SITUATIONS OR FEELINGS THAT TRIGGER A SHADOW COMFORT RESPONSE IN ME? Think of hurts, stresses, and when you are being pushed to be more alive. For me, when someone rejects something I’ve written when I'm stuck in my writing, when I need to connect with Lilly or Chris but don't want to make the effort, when I'm trying to do something and keep getting interrupted, these are my siren calls to sweets or other distractions.

INSTEAD OF ____________________, I COULD CHOOSE TO ____________.

INSTEAD OF ____________________, I COULD CHOOSE TO ____________.

In the first blank, write down a current shadow comfort. Then breathe into your belly and ask yourself, "Is this what I really want to do?" If the answer is "No" or "'I'm not sure," then ask yourself, "What would satisfy my soul more?" or "What is this shadow comfort trying to teach me?"

Post this list of alternatives where you can see them ?inside your refrigerator, on the TV, on the cover of People magazine, on your computer screen.








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Jennifer Louden is a best selling author who has appeared on Oprah and Later Today. She has recently launched Comfortqueen.com in conjunction with her new book, “The Comfort Queen’s Guide to Life? "Self-Nurturing Is More Than Pampering, It Is About Becoming Powerful" Visit her at www.comfortqueen.com or email her at jennifer@comfortqueen.com

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