Why Consciously Choose Your Real Image

Dr. Nancy Mramor Kajuth, author of Get Reel
Nancy Mramor Kajuth, Ph.D.

Real Conscious Living expert Dr. Nancy Mramor Kajuth wants people to wake up from their trance and be alert to the messages they are receiving from the media. She warns that if you are pursuing goals that you are unable to complete, they may not be your goals at all, but those that are imposed on you by others. Her new book, Get Reel: Produce Your Own Life, offers nine ways to break the trances that are imposed on you by the media, your family, the educational system or other influences in your life.
Dr. Nancy Kajuth has specialized in media’s influences during her private practice, writing and speaking. You may have seen her on any one of the networks talking about our relationship with the media and how we can protect ourselves through consciously choosing to be our r-e-a-l selves. We are our happiest when we are on our own path instead of one chosen for us. But sometimes, we are so absorbed in it, that we aren’t aware of who we really are.

Pervasive Effects of Media Messages

Get Reel Produce Your Own LifeAdvertising obviously knows what sells. A sexy woman lying on a car in front of a mansion sells the car, even though it has nothing to do with the car or what you’ll get when you buy it. Luxury and sex sell. Dr. Nancy Kajuth says that these are false connections, which she calls “adsociations.” But it goes further. Advertising makes assertions that we can get something whether we need it or not. A prime example is “rock hard abs.” Nancy Kajuth says that by saying, “You can get rock hard abs,” advertisers make you feel that you want them, even if you don’t. You begin to think, “I must want them.” That’s when you need to consciously listen to the message.
An even more unconscious effect happens when children watch overweight children on TV. Even when the overweight children aren’t shown eating or talking about food, the children watching them eat more after they quit watching television. The studies show that children who watch normal weight children on TV do not eat afterwards. These subliminal messages actually hypnotize us into unhealthy behaviors.

 We Can Shape the Media

Dr. Nancy Kajuth urges everyone to make noise. Media won’t produce programs no one wants to watch, but we must tell them what we want. Both doctors discussed how we need more women producers to uncover true messages we need and want to see. Listen to this interview for more lively conversation about how the media influences human behavior and how we can turn it into an entertaining game.
Check out Dr. Nancy Kajuth’s websites www.drnancyonline.com and www.realconsciousliving.com for more insights into how to live more consciously and completely while loving and enjoying your media and your real life.

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