The Power of Self Talk
The use of affirmations can be powerful for healing in the grieving process. Carol will introduce the use of affirmations for grief with an example of a triggered personal experience to explain the need for grief work. She will discuss how she used selected affirmations to overcome and heal herself from the event.
In this presentation you will learn:
- The positive and negative uses of affirmations
- How to formulate positive affirmations
- How to use them effectively with personal examples of her own experience and others such as Louise Hay and Tony Robbins.
- What science shows about how affirmations affect the brain
- What happens when we engage our energy in thought patterns that reinforce healing and joy.
About Carol Cartwright:
Carol was born and raised in West Virginia by educated and loving parents who cared for her sacrificially through serious childhood illnesses. Later she was a finalist in both the National Science Fair and the Westinghouse Science Talent Search contest, which earned her a full scholarship for college.
She graduated from Colorado College and pursued graduate work toward a Ph.D. in Experimental psychology at the University of Colorado with a specialty in learning theory. Then she became a Certified Christian Educator through the PCUSA. and worked in that field for many years. She recruited and trained volunteers, taught classes, wrote articles, published a curriculum” LIFE” through the Reformed Church of America, co-authored two books in general psychology, and led workshops on grief, loss, and forgiveness. She did postgraduate work in gerontology at the University of Denver.
Carol is the co-author of two books: Introduction to Personality, and Psychological Adjustment: Behavior, and the Inner World published by Rand McNally. And LIfe Curriculum: Living in Faith Every Day, published by The Reform Church of America.