Ted’s Blog

The Story of The 2 Boxes and Releasing Limitations

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Let me tell you the story of the 2 boxes. There are 2 boxes that exist in everyone’s life. The 1st box represents a person’s actual limitations. For instance, I will probably never play center for the Los Angeles Lakers. Why? Because I’m not 7 feet tall, and don’t play basketball. See? That’s an actual, […]

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Book Review: “Choices and Illusions”

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There is an allegedly factual account that when the Spanish galleons approached the New World, they were invisible to the Aztec people. When the conquistadors approached the shore with helmets on their heads, they were perceived by Montezuma and his people as gods walking on water. One of the Aztec sages was able to see […]

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Self Hypnosis Kept Me From Wiping Out

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Self hypnosis is a valuable tool that is really quite easy to use. Here’s an example of how I used self hypnosis in a very unlikely place. I was camping out on Lake Mohave one summer with my brothers. One morning the lake was so smooth, we decided to go water skiing. Now, I’m not […]

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Back to School Challenges? These Special Offers Can Help.

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  I remember some  back to school challenges when I started 3rd grade. I was pretty nervous. My teacher was going to be Mrs. O’Brian and I heard that she wasn’t very nice.  My mom had taken me to school for the first day of 2nd grade at my new school, but since she now had […]

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Go Back to School and Always Be Learning

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Welcome to another edition of “Scribblings from Close of the Ground”, wisdom from the mouths of babes, namely, Rocky and The Chick, my two daughters who are back to school. Go Back to School! C: We just started school, I’m in third grade now. Everyone says it’s going to be hard. They make us do a […]

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Hypnosis and Fitness

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Today’s post features a video, “Hypnosis 101” with me and Lauren Herrera, owner and head trainer of  Pilates Barbell Club in Pasadena. Lauren and I have teamed up and made a series of videos about the mental aspect of physical fitness and training. Each video is based on a chapter in my book “The Ultimate Guide to […]

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Ted A. Moreno Discusses Hypnotherapy in Interview by Lisa Tarves of Just Believe Radio

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  I was recently interviewed on Just Believe Radio by Lisa Tarves discussing hypnotherapy related topics as well as my book. To listen to the interview click here. The interview starts at 9:22. In the interview I discuss The Moreno Method of Life Transformation The first step to take in transforming your life The biggest thing that […]

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Procrastination and the Ape of Accountability

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Procrastination used to own me. Until the Gorilla came along. It was 1982 and I was an hour late turning in a final paper for a college English class. “Sorry” the instructor said. “You’ve just flunked. You must repeat the class.” “No way!” I exclaimed. “Way” he said. At that moment, a Gorilla in a suit and tie grabbed me from behind, threw me […]

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Test Anxiety: How to Deal With It.

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At the end of July all over the country, thousands of people will take the bar exam and fail due to test anxiety. The failure rate in California in 2004 was 56 percent. Although some will fail because they are not worried enough, many will fail because they are worried to the point of test […]

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The Futility of Comparing Yourself to Others

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Today’s post is by guest author Leo Babauta, creator of the blog zenhabits. I’ve found that one of the most pervasive ways that people disempower themselves is by comparing themselves to others. One of the biggest reasons we’re not content with ourselves and our lives is that we compare ourselves to other people. Picture it: you […]

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