{"id":637,"date":"2018-03-08T17:04:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=637"},"modified":"2018-03-08T17:04:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:04:57","slug":"five-questions-that-left-me-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Five Questions That Left Me Thinking…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Westport Wa.\u00a0 September 2016<\/p>\n

I was reading a blog post recently and one third of the way through the post I encountered the following:<\/p>\n

“One way to begin discovering what kind of unconscious ideals we\u2019ve been constructing in our own lives is to ask ourselves introspective questions like the following:<\/p>\n

1) What sort of workplace would my company be if every employee was just like myself?; 2) What sort of home life would there be if every wife\/husband\/child was just like myself?; 3) What sort of neighborhood would this be if every neighbor were just like myself?;
\n4) What sort of self-worth would individuals have if every person had my self-esteem?; or, 5) What sort of church or synagogue would my congregation be if every member were just like myself?<\/p>\n

Questions like these aren\u2019t meant to discourage us but instead to help us realize just how powerful unconscious ideals have been in shaping what we\u2019ve become, both positively and negatively.”<\/p>\n

I hope someday to be able to answer all these with an adamant yes. For now these sentences may best be an easy way to check my progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westport Wa.\u00a0 September 2016 I was reading a blog post recently and one third of the way through the post I encountered the following: “One way to begin discovering what kind of unconscious ideals we\u2019ve been constructing in our own … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3W5HT-ah","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":211,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=211","url_meta":{"origin":637,"position":0},"title":"Musing about my Mom and life","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"March 2013 I am sometimes stumped and there is no remedy for my feelings but patience, hope, and some kind of faith. 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