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1. FEATURE STORY: "What the Bleep?!?"

2. STUDENT FEEDBACK: "I feel supremely confident!"

3. UPCOMING EVENTS: International Success Summit
in Bangalore, India, PLUS, new Handwriting Analysis
Seminar planned for Los Angeles in March

4. DISCOUNTS THIS WEEK:

5. CONTACT US
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FEATURE STORY : "What the Bleep?!?"
By Kathi McKnight
Edited by Cindy Little
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Have you seen the movie that has EVERYONE talking????
It is called "What the* Bleep*!! Do We Know?"
It has been called controversial, powerful, “a movie
about the possibilities of possibility,” as well as “one
of the best films of the year.”  This film, “argues a
new scientific world view that there is a greater reality
behind the one we all accept as true.”

What’s all the buzz about and why am I writing about
it here????

Because as handwriting analysts, you are ahead of
the game.  Let me explain why and how.  What we
write comes from the conscious mind.  How we write,
comes from the unconscious mind.  You are pulled
to this art, this science of graphology, because you
are intrigued about the deep mysteries of the human
psyche.  As one reporter wrote of the movie, “it
reminds us that the outer reaches of physics are full
of mystery and wonder."

The movie, “What the Bleep!?!..." delves into a
scientific explanation of the human psyche by
engaging the concepts of quantum physics.  It
addresses, quite plainly, how we create our own
reality through our neuro-pathways. 

In Bart’s newsletter of October 19, 2004, there
was an audio clip that addressed a question frequently
asked: “Can a person really change their life by
changing their handwriting?”  The answer is "Yes!" 
And here’s why:

As Bart stated in his article,  “First, neuro-muscular
connections have a direct impact on the neuro-pathways
to the brain that hold patterns of behavior.”  Secondly,
“it gives the subject a clear and visual representation of
the change she is making on a daily basis...reinforcing
the belief system and cementing the change in behavior
consciously and unconsciously.”

Do you realize the world has never been so ready to
embrace these concepts?  People everywhere are
hungry to understand more.  As graphologists, you
will come to study the principles of grapho-therapy
and they really do go hand in hand with the idea of
changing your reality by being in charge of your
own thoughts.  "Change your writing to change your
life," is a term that is not so foreign anymore.  You
may not be able to choose the hand you are dealt,
but you can choose how to react to it.  I personally
know of two psychologists who work with prison
inmates out on parole, using grapho-therapy with
great results.

Each of us learned how to write EXACTLY the same
way in 2^nd to 3^rd grade.  In fact, we were meticulously
corrected if we strayed from the precise strokes we
were taught, remember?  And yet, as early as 4^th and
5^th grade, many students’ handwriting begins to change,
showing their true personalities, straying from the strict,
exact method they were taught.

It supports the idea that when we write, we aren’t really
handwriting, we are brain writing. The pen, even the
arm, is just a tool.  That is why a paraplegic who has
to write with the pen in their mouth, or with their toes,
can absolutely have their “handwriting” analyzed.

In “What the *Bleep!?! Do We Know?” it talks about
how we create our reality every day.  It’s true.  It's
just that most people don’t do it “consciously.”  
Again, what we write, comes from our conscious mind,
how write, comes from our unconscious mind.  When
we become conscious about how we write, we begin to
live our life by design, instead of by default.  We begin
to be proactive in creating our life, instead of just
reacting to the circumstances in our life. 

As certified graphologists, you can help so many people
become conscious about their writing.  They can then
make choices to alter their writing patterns, that
represent behavior patterns, that may be holding them
back in life.  And you never know what kind of fantastic
changes can happen in a person’s life. 

Grapho-therapy often addresses the letter t.  The higher
the t-bar is crossed on the t-stem, the higher a person’s
goals and self-esteem.  This is one of the earliest and
most basic things every graphologist learns. There are
over 30 different character traits to the letter t,
depending on how it is written.  The letter t can reveal

if a person has average goals,
or low self-esteem and no high goals.  

It is an indicator of how much charisma a person has,

It can tell if a person is experiencing anxiety and has
their feelings hurt easily.

There is a stroke that indicates if a person takes
initiative.  

 
The end stroke slopes up and right but does not cross.

Or, it can show if a person is extra-prepared for
anything. They usually have two of  most everything
and carry spares to be prepared.  This is always a fun
trait to see when I come across it because it is rare. 

One year I had Thanksgiving at a distant cousin’s
house.  I hadn’t seen her practically since childhood
and on this occasion met her husband for the first time. 

After all the turkey and the last piece of pie had been
consumed, and everyone was beginning to think
about a nap, it was brought up that  I do handwriting
analysis. I was asked to do a sampling of everyone’s
signature.  I really didn’t know my cousin’s husband,
before having met him on that Thanksgiving day, but
I delighted in finding this trait in his handwriting. 

When I asked, “Were you a boy scout or perhaps an
Eagle Scout growing up??  Because, you really are
extra, extra prepared for emergencies or anything that
might happen in life,” the whole room just roared. 

Apparently that was a well known idiosyncrasy of my
cousin’s husband, that the family had come to make fun
of, and had learned to affectionately endure.  I haven’t
seen it too many times.  It is just like the stroke that says
a person takes initiative, or is an initiator……….

And then add the t crossing to it.   

And that is the stroke that says this person is prepared

for everything.

It is not uncommon to see a t like this:  

Of course, it means the writer is  putting pressure on
themselves, sometimes they are involved in something
they don’t want to do. This can be found in workaholics,
or people who have bulimia.  It also means persistence –
a good trait for an employer to find when he is
interviewing for a sales position.  This is called a “tie”
stroke.

As important as all of that is, I think there is a letter
that needs special attention in grapho-therapy.  It is
the small letter d.  If you have studied handwriting
analysis, even just a little bit, then you already know
that you need to make your d stem completely
re-traced, with no loop in there whatsoever. 

The letter d is the 10^th most-used letter.  It tells us
how we feel about our physical self, clothes etc. 
The amount of space in the loop of the d tells the
degree of self-consciousness a person has regarding
their physical self.    If the d stem is retraced, then
the person experiences poise and confidence. 

If the d looks like this 

it means there is a degree of self-consciousness.

And if the d has a loop that is this big, 

It means they are very self-conscious and very aware
of their body, their clothes and that on some level they
are not taking very good care of their body (not enough
sleep, maybe they need to quit smoking, they need to
eat healthier, or start working out.)  

The saddest thing of all is, if the loop is large and it
tends to bend over backwards, it means they
subconsciously “see” themselves failing.  They have
a “program” inside where they believe they are not
capable of success.  It would be interesting to look
further in the handwriting to see if the stroke of fear
of success is also in the handwriting.

There are so many people in the world who have loops
in their d’s.   When you see this, you want to take a
moment to really be mindful, or sensitive with the
person, when advising them of grapho-therapy.  

The larger the loop in the d, yes, the more paranoid a
person is. But, what is often left out of some of the
textbooks, is that the person has suffered a great pain
and has a tremendous sensitivity around this pain deep
inside.

The larger the loop in the d, the more susceptible they
are to praise and compliments.  Be sure to use that
knowledge in a way that will empower this person..   

The majority of people don’t have the advantage of
having knowledge of handwriting analysis.  They do
not realize that every single time  they cross that t-bar
so low on the t-stem, that they are making a direct
impact on the neuro-pathways  to the brain that hold
patterns of behavior.  In other words, they are
deliberately, albeit, unconsciously, driving home a
pattern of low self-esteem.

Now, imagine you, a certified graphologist, having
this knowledge, helping so many people to change
one single handwriting stroke, what a difference it
would make in their day, perhaps even in  the world.

Have you seen the amusing Snickers® commercial on
TV where one thing leads to another and ultimately the
message is, eat a Snickers bar and become president? 
Well I’m telling you, if a person feels better about
themselves, they are far less likely to kick their dog,
snap at their wife or act out with road rage, all of
which creates then another reaction from the person
on the receiving  end.  It was Sir Isaac Newton who
said, “For every action, there is an opposite and
equal reaction.”

Imagine a person who has low self-esteem, yelling at
his wife in front of his kids, and if you watch Oprah,
you are very clear on what kind of impact that has
on a child growing up. 

Now, imagine this same person who has learned to
raise his t-bars and instead of yelling at his wife and
kids, now decides to do a random act of kindness. 

Every thought, every action that we do, has an effect
on our world.  When we start living consciously,
we start creating a different kind of world to live in. 
We can start changing the world from one of violence
and lack, to one of peace and abundance. 

If you choose to pursue grapho-therapy in a mindful
way in your graphology practice,  you are doing your
part in the world to help people heal on this planet. 
It’s just like Tony Robbins said,  he never saw good
things come from people who are living in lack and
poverty (can be monetary, or emotional and
psychological lack and poverty)  It is when people
feel truly good about themselves that they can be
real contributors in society and to the world.  And
remember, with knowledge comes responsibility.

Kathi McKnight is a freelance writer, speaker and
Certified Master Graphologist. Her topics include
the Body, Mind and Spirit connection, Intuition,
Practical Spirituality and more.  For more
information, please visit her website,
http://KathiMcKnight.com and subscribe to her
free newsletter, M.A.G.I.C.

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This course has been amazing! With a background in
clinical research, my first reaction was to search for
the evidence that this science is accurate. Upon
investigation, biologically, handwriting analysis' validity
makes perfect sense. Ultimately, my own personal
improvement was all the proof I needed to change
from skeptic to believer!"
Deborah Mraz
Clinical Research Specialist,
Wilmington, NC

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one can love another. I would carry that thought further
to say that in order to effectively help anyone else, one
must effectively help one’s self first. Grapho-Therapy is
an efficient and effective means to do just that.
Anne Smith
Consultant
Virginia, VA

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'Change Your Writing Workbook.' I’ve met 1,000’s
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