March April 2003 newsletter

Long-distance relationships are often difficult because the element of physical contact is frequently absent. FB found a way to get the experiences she needed to feel loved in her loved one's absence.

A couple of months ago I realized that I was going to have several challenges in a new relationship. Although my friend lives locally, he travels a lot, as he is a pilot for a cargo company. His schedules are uncertain and life is always changing on a daily basis.

Seeing him a week or two apart, I began to be afraid that I was imagining his feelings and that he wouldn't be able to sustain them between visits. I was afraid to be vulnerable at the same time knowing that relationships are about being vulnerable to those you care about. |back to top|

In talking things over with my creating buddy, I realized that I needed to create reassuring experiences of feeling loved while being in what seems like a long-distance romance. In addition to my friend being away a lot, there is a further complication as his schedule is often delayed by the airline. The challenge is to remain eager in anticipation of his visits and at the same time resilient to the disappointments that the schedule changes cause.

Soon after, I started getting these reassuring emails and communiques from my friend. Then I decided to create what I call a “loving place to land” as well as the communications that I need to make me feel heard and cared for.

Now, only short months later, I am seeing the results of my creating. I have found that even two hours with my man is more meaningful than twenty hours with anyone else. I am getting e-mail messages that support me and make me feel heard and special. I am seeing actions that speak volumes. Feeling much more secure, I feel good about letting go of needing to know what the future will bring and doing my share of creating an environment in which the beginnings of love can be nurtured and grown.|back to top|

Going on a job search after being in a corporate position for thirty years can be unnerving, and it can bring up some unexpected beliefs learned in childhood. But when these old experiences are re-lived using the MindAffects™ technique, a wonderful new type of experience can result.

You can go back
Moving every 3 years or so was a big part of my childhood experience which continued through high school. I enjoyed the adventure of discovering new places and making new friends. It gave me independence that few others develop at such an early age. Along the way though, my ego picked up some beliefs that no longer serve me in my adult life.

My memories of the first day in a new school were not a positive part of the experience. The fact that I quickly made new friends never mitigated the new school scenario, standing in the front, the teacher butchering my name, the laughter and having to prove myself over and over again.|back to top|

We rewrite the script
Armed with new information and Joanne’s coaching, we simply change the part of the picture. I walk in the class, but this time I see someone I knew from my past. This person happens to be one of the most popular people in the school so two things happen. I feel immediate acceptance by the whole group and situation has changed to a reunion of old friends. The teacher already has my records so she knows that I am a good student, can pronounce my name and so on and so on.

Four days later, I walk into a previously scheduled training session in an area some distance from where I now live. The new script replays itself right before my eyes.

I immediately recognize someone I know. In a classroom size of 30 people, there is only one empty seat, not at the front of the room where you’d expect it, but right next to my friend. The instructor was expecting me, knew of my background and had no problem with my name.

I love the confidence of knowing I can change my future
This new feeling of immediate acceptance and the ability to connect continues to repeat itself in many variations. I experience it in job interviews and I have begun to transform past acquaintances into friendships. New opportunities present themselves daily. This time I’ll be the author.|back to top|

At this time in world affairs, it is especially important for us each to know that our thoughts, beliefs, and intentions DO play a part in the outcome of world events. For this reason, I am reminding each of us of four things that we can do now and do daily to create a better world. Psst! Pass it on!!!!

First, be aware. Creating our lives is very much like painting a picture. If something in the picture doesn't feel or look right, you can replace it. What's in the world picture that doesn't feel or look right to you? If you need to, take out a piece of paper and make a list of all the things which you'd like to replace.

This is a very important first step because pretending these events don't exist or don't bother you really helps to create what you don't want. Not being aware of what bothers you is a tacit way of saying that you just have to live with the bad in the world. When you practice MindAffects™, you know that you can change what is happening in the world for the good. Love is easier to create than fear. And the first step in creating love is to acknowledge what doesn't feel like love--so you can begin creating its opposite!|back to top|

Second, feel what you feel. This is as important as being aware. Being aware is to acknowledge what doesn't feel loving. Feeling what you feel is acknowledging what you subconsciously believe. To get a good idea of what this means for you personally, think about some aspect of recent world affairs. Then notice how you feel. Do you feel wonderful? If so, then you are probably quite happy with what is going on.

But if you notice that you don't feel wonderful, ask yourself what you fear. Don't argue with this fear. Just know that your fear reveals what you subconsciously believe--and therefore inadvertently create. In other words, if you subconsciously fear, and therefore believe, that we're always on the verge of war, then you unintentionally help to create exactly what you don't want. That's because your fears are beliefs, andyour beliefs are what get created. |back to top|

Third, want what you want. We've often been warned against wanting too much or wanting what others can't have. What these warnings forget is that people are designed to want, and people are designed to be able to create that which they want.

When you look at your fearful beliefs and at the things which don't make the world a loving place in which to live, ask yourself the magic question: What do I want instead if anything in the world were possible? In other words, don't put up any type of barrier at all to what is possible.

If it's hard for you to figure out what you want, it might be because you expect the other people involved to never change. If this is so, ask yourself what you want for them so that they too are loving and lovable. Usually when other people act negatively, it is because they are not getting their needs met. What do these apparent enemies need to feel loved, safe and secure?

Thus, the question, What do I want instead if anything in the world were possible? also asks you to want for other people and organizations. Getting up the will to do this creates profound positive effects!|back to top|

Fourth, see it happen! Once you know what you want to experience as a replacement to what is currently happening, actually see it happening. Feel what it's like to live in this new type of experience. Acknowledge that that is what you want to create; in other words, set your intention. And then consider your seed planted. Wait for the little signs that it is coming to life. Accept your magic. You were designed to want, and you were designed to be able to create what you want. Use this gift for the good of yourself, others, and the world. |back to top|

"Thinking the right thoughts takes the work out of doing!" - Joanne Rodasta Wilshin

Having trouble with a specific issue? Joanne Rodasta Wilshin, the developer of MindAffects™, is now offering private consultations.

Joanne Rodasta Wilshin is now offering private consultations either in person or on the phone. If you are having trouble with a specific issue you just can't get beyond, consider getting help directly from Joanne. Joanne knows how to focus your head to create what you really want. Using her MindAffects technique, she'll get your subconsicous thoughts and sabateurs on the same page as your conscious desires, so you'll stop sabotaging yourself. You CAN create happy relationships, successful kids, beneficial jobs and friendships, family harmony, greater self-understanding, prosperity, and health.

To make an appointment, either e-mail her at jrodasta@spiritsmith.com, or call her at 949 759 9300. Joanne takes all major credit cards. |back to top|

MindAffects has designed an on-line learning course for people who want to truly embrace and excel at expressing their innate creative talents.

It is now easier than ever to learn the MindAffects™ process for creating experiences you really want to have. MindAffects™' exciting new four-week course will provide you timely, meaningful, and individualized on-line feedback during every step of your learning process. This ensures you deeper understanding and increased proficiency so you'll be able to use the process in every conceivable area of your life. Just imagine what your consciously-created life will look like!

Participating in the MindAffects™ on-line learning course automatically enrolls you in an e-list community of like-thinking individuals who share with and support others. As a new user, you will be able to garner sage advice from people who have been taking advantage of MindAffects™ for a while. |back to top|

All course feedback is provided by Joanne Rodasta Wilshin, author of Take a Moment and Create Your Life! and the developer of MindAffects™.

So let Joanne Rodasta Wilshin's MindAffects™ gently and gradually help you understand your magnificent power so that you can create your dreams and desires!

Mastering Personal Creativity is based on Joanne Rodasta's Take a Moment and Create Your Life! In it you will learn:

- why you sometimes fail to create what you want, and how to overcome the obstacles.
- how to actively and responsibly create positive future experiences.
- to widen your scope of what is possible to create.
- to heal the cause of the pains in your life.
- to have more control of what happens in your life.
- to align your ego with your higher self so they become partners in your every success.