Category Archives: Parenting

How To Avoid Accomplishing the Wrong Goals

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Jack Elias

Have you ever worked really hard to accomplish a goal and when you did accomplish it you felt a big let down? This kind of disillusionment is very common. Ambitious and dynamic people can have a string of successes, each … Continue reading →

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Conflict Transformation Class at NalandaWest

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Jack Elias

Conflict Transformation with Jack Elias, CHT Got difficult people? Got a difficult self?  •Does disagreement quickly turn into conflict and inner turmoil? •Do you shut down vs. speaking your mind? •Do you explode with shouting and acting out? •Do you … Continue reading →

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Everything That Distresses You is Irrelevant! – Part 2

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jack Elias

Welcome to the 2nd installment of ‘Everything That Distresses You is Irrelevant.’  The 4 main issues causing needless distress are: Confusion about Desire vs. Attachment, Limited Self-Concepts, Unrecognized Nature of Fear-based Thinking, and Confusion about Cause and Effect. If you … Continue reading →

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Everything That Distresses You is Irrelevant! – Part 1

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jack Elias

Distress…irrelevant!? Most people are interested and puzzled by this proposition – some angered! How can I not be distressed about being unemployed, sick, or because of a significant loss? I find in working with clients that the main causes of … Continue reading →

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Eyes Everywhere, But Who is Watching?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Jack Elias

If you want to go to Hell, worry about what other people think of you. I don’t’ mean the Hell supposedly created by God, but the Hell we create in our own mind. This may be the only Hell there … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Know I Knew; Now I Know I Know

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jack Elias

My primary experience as a teacher is in the field of hypnotherapy training. This is a rather esoteric field, but one that is quickly gaining more and more exposure as a credible field of therapeutic work. Students often come to the class thinking … Continue reading →

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The Art & Skill of Therapeutic Inquiry

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Jack Elias

My Buddhist teachers taught me the most about how to relate to questions and the art of inquiry. Once when asked “What is Zen?” my teacher Shunryu Suzuki Roshi answered, “Whatever you say, that is Zen. Whatever you say, that is … Continue reading →

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How Not To Care What Other People Think

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Jack Elias

 Have you ever wondered what it takes to worry about what other people think? Or is it so “familair” that it seems natural…a “have to” from universal law? Let’s take a look at it. If you are concerned about what … Continue reading →

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