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Stop Defeating Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:00 +0000

by Tracee Sioux I can hardly wait for New Year's Eve to come because I never have to put "Quit Smoking - for real this time" on my list of resolutions. I can move on to getting organized and saving enough to take a real vacation. The best thing about this year is that I've become a non-smoker. I really and truly quit smoking. Well, maybe the very best thing is that I've encouraged thousands...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Structure and Routine

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:17:00 +0000

by Tracee Sioux The holidays are finally over and now it's back to daily structure and routine. What a relief. I used to believe certain things about myself which were tied to smoking. Perhaps you can relate. Probably do to the portrayal of smoking in films or television, I believed it signified my carefree, come-what-may, laissez fair, free spirit personality. Then I quit smoking and what...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Know When to Quit

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

I love Martha Beck, who writes a column in Oprah Magazine. This month she wrote a great article about quitting. You should really stop by and read Know When to Fold 'Em. Recently, psychologists Gregory Miller and Carsten Wrosch set out to investigate the mental and physical health of people who resist quitting, and of those who throw in the towel when facing unattainable goals. The second...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Changing Life

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:51:00 +0000

You quit smoking so your life is changing in ways you couldn't predict. When free of addict thinking you become free to reinvent great big portions of you life. What will you do with your opportunity. I told you before I took up the Law of Attraction and a spiritual quest. I welcome you on the same journey. I'm participating in A New Earth reading with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle. I also won that...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Brain on Chantix

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:00:00 +0000

New York Magazine This is My Brain on Chantix. Don't drink on chantix people - it's just not a good idea.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at Quit Coping, http://www.quitcoping.com, now.

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Flowering of Human Consciousness

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Who is putting the kids to bed 15 minutes earlier tonight to make time to attend Oprah's online class? Me, of course. Are you too going to make time to discuss the Flowering of Human Consciousness as Eckhart Tolle describes? If so, please join me at So Sioux Me where I'll be discussing the online course simultaneously over the next 10 weeks. Awaken tonight at 8 pm Central time at Oprah.com...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

A New Earth Community

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:55:00 +0000

Have you heard of The Ring of Fire? It's this theory of Martha Beck's, that when you pass through the ring of fire - a place of pain or hardship - and you discover your own strength and a portal into the divine you grow spiritually in a powerful way. Well, that's one theory about how the Law of Attraction works. Quitting smoking is one of the ways that you can pass through the ring of fire...

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Tracee on Talk Radio Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:42:00 +0000

To listen to my radio debut on Healthy Wealthy Wow on Grapevine Radio click this podcast link. I think it went really well. Click on today's date (3rd one down). It was pretty fun too.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at Quit Coping, http://www.quitcoping.com, now.

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Talk Radio Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:54:00 +0000

I'll be on the Healthy Wealthy Wow radio program on the Grapevine Talk Radio Network on Thursday at 1:29 CST. I won a radio contest (which I wasn't even listening to)for the Law of Attraction Action Pack and now I get to go on the radio program and chat about how it's effected me. It's an Internet radio program so be sure to tune in. I'll try to post the podcast up here once it's recorded so...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

A New Earth Excerpt

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:36:00 +0000

I'm reading A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61), by Eckhart Tolle and he has something to say about addiction and how to recover. A long-standing compulsive behavior pattern may be called an addiction, and an addiction lives inside you as a quasi-entity or subpersonality, and energy field that periodically takes you over completely. It even takes over...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Instead of Smoking

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:14:00 +0000

Instead of smoking might I recommend these healthy alternatives? Mah Jong or other computer games that utilize both the brain and the hands. A new hobby like Knitting or Crotchetting. You really want to use your mind as much as your body when attempting to distract yourself. I also highly recommend engaging the body in a respectful and challenging way (in other words get off the couch so...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Save A Billion People

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:11:00 +0000

The Economist has a story on how to Save a Billion People's Lives. Help them quit smoking.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at Quit Coping, http://www.quitcoping.com, now.

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Oprah University Contest - A New Earth

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:22:00 +0000

I'm running a contest over at BlogFabulous to give away one hardback copy of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61), by Eckharty Tolle. This is the book Oprah's teaching her online course on beginnning March 3. Leave a comment on the entry to enter. Winner will be drawn out of a hat and announced on Monday morning.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Chang Family Tree Carnival

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:51:00 +0000

The good news is that after quite a few months, but in less than a year, you'll feel like smoking was part of some strange past life you can't comprehend. The bad news is that it's harder for me to want to talk and write about it. Check out the I Want To Change My Family Tree Carnival. Lots of ways to do it are included - including quitting smoking.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Nothing to lose? Try Tapping

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Okay all those out there who are desperate to quit feeling desperate for a smoke . . . Now, I realize my next bit of advice might sound a bit kooky - but, hear me out. If you really want relief from cravings you can try tapping on pressure points while focusing on the feelings to release them from your body. How does it work? I haven't the slightest idea. But, I don't know how addiction...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Collective Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:47:00 +0000

I've been growing in my spirituality since beginning my journey of recovery. Recovery from many things really - anxiety medication, depression and anxiety and smoking. Here's what I know - you have to pray. Whatever form that takes for you, "God, get me through this craving" is a simple utterance that is so effective it would be foolish not to do it. Now, smokers meditate a lot. We go out and...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Dr. Oz Talks Smoking

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Go to your DVR right now and program Oprah on Tuesday. America's favorite Dr. is going to talk about quiting smoking. He's going to discuss the new medications, like Chantix and how to quit this addiction that's as difficult as quitting Heroin. DVR. Now. Tuesday.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at Quit Coping, http://www.quitcoping.com, now.

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Last Carnival of All Substances

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:56:00 +0000

Therapy Doc is throwing in the towel on the Carnival of All Substances so you better hurry and read the last one.You're a non-smoker now. Learn to cope at Quit Coping, http://www.quitcoping.com, now.

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Lapse or Relapse?

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:16:00 +0000

One of my quitters, Susie, says she had a "major relapse." Lets define a major relapse: Relapse is when you give up. You say - screw this I'm a smoker, I'll always be a smoker, I'll smoke forever, I'm adding the smokes back into my budget, I don't care what anyone thinks, I don't care if it kills me, I'm quitting the Chantix - I'm SMOKING. If that describes you today then Okay. So, you're...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Master Your Mind

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:06:00 +0000

If you are quitting smoking, especially with Chantix, you've realized that while your body has a physical addiction the real challenge is to change your mind. The nature of addiction is that your mind and thoughts are obsessive about one substance or activity - in this case smoking - and unless you regain control of it, you'll be tied to the addiction forever. Pre-Chantix I literally thought...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Irrational Fury

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:10:00 +0000

Perhaps, like me, you have connected your smoking to the emotion of anger. Maybe you've heard that there is medical and scientific evidence connecting back pain to unresolved anger. I would not be surprised if they connected smoking and other addictions to unresolved anger as well. It feels like for the last 20 years I've been smoking a symbolic stick of anger that it's time for me to...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Quitter!

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:08:00 +0000

You've said it before, I'm quitting smoking this year. But, then you didn't. You couldn't. You just . . . It's freaking hard! I read this article in Oprah Magazine by Stephanie Losee, titled The Willpower Myth. It was based on a book Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life. Change or Die. When you're a smoker those are literally your choices. You can change and become a...

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Party Holiday

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Yes, well we all know Christmas was stressful - but it's a family holiday. Next Tuesday is New Year's and if it hasn't occurred to you - it's about to occur to you that you might be around more alcohol and ... cigarettes on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is a Party Holiday. Here's the thing. I know that low and mournful feeling of thinking of yourself staying home from the party and missing...

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I Told You

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:53:00 +0000

I told you you could make it through Christmas without smoking. Of course you could. I knew it all along. As a reward, every Christmas from here on out will be smoke-free. And by free I mean free of thoughts of smoking too. By next Christmas you'll be a full fledged non-smoker who doesn't think about smoking. Cause why would you? Non-smokers don't think about smoking. Now that you've made...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.

Downsize the Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Tracee) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:37:00 +0000

Don’t let the Holidays stress you out. Prozac $12 Zoloft $86 Xanex $4 I actually saw that sign at a pharmacy this year. That's the way I (we?) USED to do things. Let the stress run my life until I needed pills and smokes and drinks to cope. But, doing things that way resulted in me going to rehab for a Xanex addiction several years ago over Christmas (no kidding) and smoking for 20 years to...

You're a non-smoker now. Yes, you are. Time to believe it. Learn to cope with your new reality.