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Recipes for mental enchantment

"Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it, the more it will elude you.
But if you turn your attention to other things,
it comes and softly sits on your shoulder."
-- L. Richard Lessor

Part of the process of Enchantment is to learn how to convince and reward ourselves for living our lives joyfully. These Mental Recipes of Enchantment are designed to reinforce and encourage positive states of being. Savor, enjoy, taste, and feel them to your heart's content. They are good for you and without calories.

Recipe for Enchantment #33
Here is a wonderful Recipe For ENCHANTMENT that comes all the way from Israel--that most holy of lands! What a special recipe to 'cook' up during this season of Light! After all, when it is dark as this time of year, we are the ones who ultimately control bringing the light in! This Recipe is by Frieda, sent around the world.

Recipe for Enchantment - A recipe for a new year
New Year is a time of Resolutions. Here is a Recipe for Enchantment that involves a simple resolution.

Recipe for Enchantment - A recipe of memories
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein shares a recipe for mental enchantment.

Recipe for Enchantment - Compounding a Mental Health Magical Potion
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein shares a recipe for mental enchantment.

Recipe for Enchantment - Do it anyway
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein shares a recipe for feeling better.

Recipe for Enchantment - Ideas for going away (and coming back)
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein shares a recipe for taking a moment to yourself.

Recipe for Enchantment - Reconfirming who we are
One of the ways to restore, and then reinvent the best of yourself is to go back to positive memories.

Recipe for Enchantment - The Secret Ingredient is Right in Front of Your Nose!
Let us all remember, especially in this time of woe for all of us suffering after hurricane Katrina, including people and animals, that contentment, joy and a life of meaning are usually just as close as our very own noses!

Recipe For Enchantment - The Three R's: Remembering the Best, Restoring Yourself, Rapture
Certainly we yearn for moments when the right thing happens at exactly the right time. But life, in reality, is filled with millions of minutes that ordinary. These are the moments that can be mundane, depressing or can be enlivening and filled with joy.

Recipe for Enchantment - This is a recipe for a full and satisfying life:
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein shares a recipe for a full and satisfying life.

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Recipes for mental enchantment

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Words of Wisdom

"I wasn't as smart then as I am now. But who ever is?"

-- Tina Turner

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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

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Forgiveness: The Key to the Kingdom

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