Another method to deal with these issues is the Burden Ball (BurdenBall.com). It is the simplest method to keep focus on achieving what you need, but not as immersive as using a log. But, its power is its Simplicity…. Just hold it!
Like meditation or other techniques that help calm, focus the mind, give perspective, remind, and motivate, the Burden Ball does too, but importantly as something tangible that can be seen and held--to enable it.

When trying to accomplish something, one of the hardest things to do is REMEMBER.

During a consuming emotional event, it is often hard, in the moment, to remember advice and therapies from professionals.
When a donut is before you, it's hard to remember the Prize of a healthier body.
When disagreeing with a partner, it's hard to remember what you agree on.
When becoming fatigued by working to achieve a goal, it's hard to remember the benefits that come from the achievement.
When trying to overcome intense desires from addiction or substance abuse, it's hard to remember the beauty of your eventual changed self and changed life.

Life is hard. Focus and persistence are key. Haven't you always wanted a magic ball to rub to make your dreams come true? The Burden Ball isn't magic, but how WE mentally perceive it, using it as a physical action catalyst, CAN make it magical. Magic balls don't have determination--you do! The Burden Ball is a tool. When looking at it, it's a physical action catalyst and works via the 3 laws of the Burden Ball:

1. FOCUS on your Goal, your Burdens preventing achieving it, & THE PRIZE (attaining your goal) burdens lead to! Then immediately DO something small to propel yourself toward it-a FIRST STEP. FOCUS and DO! Focusing without Doing will not accomplish. "Keep your eye on the Prize!"

What helps more? Having nothing to help you remember perspective and therapies you've learned or been told, or having a physical catalyst to rub and look at, that reminds you?

Instruction within is just basics per my life-learning. For in-depth guidance see a therapist, but this program provides a valuable method to successfully help implement the guidance. Choose whatever good traits that help you improve, but use the Burden Ball to practice and become them. Included are some that I suggest.

Burden Ball is the simplest method to keep focus on achieving what you need. But, its power is its Simplicity…. Just hold it! And recall your goals & convictions…and The Prize, those goals lead to.

2. Squeeze the ball during difficulties and picture yourself Releasing your burdens into the ball. Continue holding it to remember the success your goals lead to. Feel these within the ball, and Absorb strength from them, and from the ball, to carry on. It's not real, but envisioning it helps us remember to change our perspective. That is when it can really help. That's part of what I call Positive Self Convincing (PSC). Sound silly/stupid?

HOW IT WORKS: When negative things happen to, and consume us, it's natural for our minds to focus on them. They consume our energy and thoughts like a strong negative magnetic charge…and it's hard to release our focus on the negative. That's when a physical catalyst can help. Envision yourself releasing the negativity/difficulty into the ball, but then while continuing to hold it, you are better able to refocus your mind and remember that magnets also have positive charges (the reasons and ability you have to overcome). Then you can focus on these which are the opposite. FOCUS and DO, RELEASE, ABSORB.

3. Like the periodic table of all the natural elements of the world, remember with the Burden Ball's 5 Elements of Success it contains: THE HARD, THE DARK, THE LIGHT, THE SMOOTH, and THE SHINY (explained in the booklets). Buddha said to be friends with our burdens. Hence the name Burden Ball. Being friends, they do not stress us as much, and when identified, we can make plans to deal with, live with, or overcome them.

Then it becomes a Motivation Ball, or Focus, Wellness, Health, Positivity, Reminder, Happiness, Relationship, or Recovery Ball etc. depending on what you need. Consider it a gimmick--but a good gimmick. Reality is, the ball is psychological, and psychology is not a gimmick. Like saying you can do something enough times until you believe it. With belief comes energy to carry on, and then to achieve! (PSC).

If shy, hold the ball while talking to someone. Focus and Do! Squeeze it and release shyness into it, refocus, & absorb confidence. If angry, hold it when tension is rising. Release anger & absorb love. For goals or laziness, release laziness & absorb work ethic & energy. For insomnia, release worry & envision & absorb the peace of a deserted island beach. Release temptation and absorb tenacity etc. Feel it reminding you of family's love and therapists' advice. Hold it for self-control, strength, tenacity, concentration, or to remember intentions or advice. If you have no one else, at least you have the Burden Ball. Release your burdens into it, causing frustration, addiction, anxiety, depression, etc. It has special power to support, strengthen, and love you! Ahh! You now have some help. Let the ball take on the burden! For the moment it will cry with you if needed, or pump you with hope or motivation. If lonely, hold it for love. It's saying, "It's okay." It's something physical you can hold that reminds, "Goodness!" & "Yes, you can!" Tell yourself it's true. That's the only way it is (PSC).

Five written small booklets 2.75 x 4.25 inches, 16 pages (approx. 4300 words), emphasize using it for Happiness/Wellness by dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression etc. or Weight Loss/Whole Health, or Goals/Motivation/Success, or Relationships, or Addiction/Substance Abuse, but it can be used to overcome any burden or to achieve any goal. The booklets contain great information to overcome difficulties/achieve results, and explain the use of the Burden Ball to help accomplish that. As mentioned, see therapists for in-depth advice and medicine if needed, but this program provides a method to implement their advice, and gives some good basics that help per my life-learning.

Burden Ball for Happiness/Wellness: Everyone has Burdens causing issues such as stress, anxiety, anger, depression. The Burden Ball© helps you understand and deal with them, to overcome them: a physical catalyst & tool to soften their effects. It won't cure your burdens, or replace medicine or therapy, but it's something small to remind you of objectives, plans, advice, and refocus on what is important beyond your burdens, to help get through a difficult moment. When all seems lost, and you're distressed, squeeze the ball, releasing your burden into it. It then becomes a Wellness Ball, and you absorb its strength and wellness, by focusing on them instead! You are on a great JOURNEY--to PEACE. But BURDENS are the gateway to get there. You must embrace them, to understand them, so you can pass by them on your journey. It's good to know them. Accept your mistakes & burdens. Visit them, but they are not your journey's end. PEACE is. Say good bye and "MOVE ON," with this as your mantra, to finish your quest. The sky is always blue above dark clouds, but often hard to remember. Besides holding the Burden Ball, remember with a strict focus on the 5 simple elements contained within it. Great achievements require hard work, but great rewards await the journey over difficult paths. Since the Ball is easily seen and held, it is very useful to help remind you of the way, and motivate you to continue. For a more in-depth process to improve wellness, see the AntiLog below.

Burden Ball for Weight Loss/Whole Health: Correct weight is nature's good-health medicine. Since it is easily seen and held, the Burden Ball© is the simplest way to keep focus on achieving it, teaching us why and how we eat. It's not a diet. It's a whole health reminder-facilitator. When tempted to overeat, correct weight is often hard because it's too easy to forget we are trying to lose weight & get healthier (donuts have uncanny power to erase memories and will-power :)). At those times, squeeze the Burden Ball to remember what you are trying to achieve and what your burdens/challenges are to achieving it. Release your overeating burden into it. It then becomes a Positivity/Health Ball, and you absorb its strength & positivity, by focusing on them instead! Additionally, the ball quickly helps you remember due to its focus on the 5 elements it comprises. Use the ball to help achieve any weight loss plan, by itself, or to maintain weight after finishing any plan. For a more in-depth process to improve weight and health, see the AntiLog below.

Burden Ball for Relationships: Burden Ball is a dedicated ball, a tool to learn and defeat burdens preventing good marriage & partner relationships. It's for the person who is strong enough to be humble, & therefore recognize they can improve, which helps their relationship improve. No one is perfect. There are necessary relationship traits that don't come naturally to us all. Start with yourself. Practice, & become, & your aura will slowly impact others, & that comes back. Everyone has Burdens/Challenges that create road blocks to happy relationships. The Burden Ball is a physical-catalyst-reminder that reminds you of advice, plans, objectives, and helps focus on what is important beyond your burdens (The Prize of goal achievement: a good relationship). The Burden Ball's value is its simplicity. Just hold it. It's often hard to get hold of, or see your burdens. But you can hold and see the Burden Ball, so it is useful to help remind you of the way, and motivate you to continue. When distressed, squeeze the ball & envision releasing your burden into it. It then becomes a Relationship Ball, and you absorb its strength and positive traits, by refocusing on them!

Burden Ball for Goals/Motivation/Success: All great achievements are a bit difficult because they require work to pass the required road blocks/challenges to attain them. These are the Burdens to achieve our goals. What Burden is standing in the way and preventing your success? Burdens create fatigue, which reduces focus on the goal. Hold the Burden Ball for total focus. Great rewards await the journey over difficult paths. Often envision yourself progressing on your road and then obtaining the reward. This is sports psychology. The more you see it happen, the more you believe it can, and the more consistently you work. Then, the more likely it becomes. Hold the ball often. Squeeze it. Wear it out! Let it remind you of the end result you are working for. Envision yourself releasing your Burdens into the ball. It then becomes a Motivation Ball, and you absorb its strength and motivation by focusing on them instead! (Positive Self Convincing). Additionally, motivate yourself with a strict focus on the 5 simple elements the ball contains. You are on a great journey to success. But BURDENS are the gateway to get there. You must embrace them, to understand them, so you can pass by them on your journey. Visit them, but they are not your journey's end. Success is. Say good bye and "MOVE ON," with this as your mantra to finish your quest. Good luck! Focus! Push hard, and you will succeed!

Burden Ball for Addiction/Substance Abuse: After meeting with a weekly support group, communicate daily with friends, but when by yourself, sometimes challenges are hard, and it helps having a visible physical-catalyst to help remember objectives. Squeeze the Burden Ball very hard. Take it out and look at it. See the light inside reminding you of your tenacity. See yourself progressing on your road & obtaining the reward. The more you see it, the more you believe it can happen, & more likely it becomes. Every step up pyramids is one step closer to the top. Don't do much, but do it consistently (too much, too fast is difficult to sustain). This creates habits of upward momentum. Then those habits help achieve your goals! Habits are our foundation, since much of what we do, is by habit-without thinking. They are a river taking us wherever they flow--the bad ones over a waterfall, the good ones to a beautiful lake. But you must invest TIME to grow them.

Read the booklets to further understand. The Burden Ball is part of the AntiLog Program© encouraging people to "Anti" (do the opposite) of what they are doing that is detrimental. "Pessimism is ruling my life-so I will 'Anti,'" or, "I'm eating snacks all day--so I will 'Anti.'" The Burden Ball helps us do so.

Written by Perry Crompton. Published by McKellen-Caffey. Copyright 2020 Perry Crompton. All rights reserved.

For Happiness/Wellness Booklet: Reviewed by Stephanie Pelayo, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist,
     "The tools presented in this booklet can help turn intentions into habits."

For Weight Loss/Health Booklet: Reviewed by Emilie Berry Nutritionist/Dietician RDN, LD,
     "This booklet provides methods beneficial to some people."

PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING:
As with all small objects, this ball can cause a choking safety hazard. Keep away from children.

The Burden Ball Booklet sold by itself without the Burden Ball is 2.75 x 4.25 inches and 16 pages (approx. 4300 words).
Click links below to buy. $3.50, plus $.85 shipping, plus tax.

***Due to the low cost of these items and high postage, I don't accept returns.

Burden Ball Booklet for Happiness from Anger, Depression, Stress, Anxiety: booklet only

Burden Ball Booklet for Weight Loss-Whole Health and Goals: booklet only

Burden Ball Booklet for Marriage/Partner Relationships: booklet only

Burden Ball Booklet for Goals/Motivation/Success: booklet only

Burden Ball Booklet for Addiction/Substance Abuse: booklet only

For orders of other amounts or configurations, contact mckellencaffey@gmail.com

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The Burden Ball KIT includes Booklet and Burden Ball.
The Burden Ball is a large blue glass marble dedicated to this purpose.
Click links below to buy. $4.50 plus $8.40 shipping (postage much higher due to package rate) plus tax.

***Due to the low cost of these items and high postage, I don't accept returns.

Burden Ball KIT for Happiness/Wellness from Anger, Depression, Stress, Anxiety: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT for Weight Loss-Whole Health: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT for Marriage/Partner Relationships: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT for Goals/Motivation/Success: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT for Addiction/Substance Abuse: booklet and ball

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The Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 includes 5 Booklets and 5 Burden Balls (for less booklet cost and less average postage per kit).
Click links below to buy. $20.00 plus $12.00 shipping and handling, plus tax.

***Due to the low cost of these items and high postage, I don't accept returns.

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for Happiness/Wellness from Anger, Depression, Stress, Anxiety: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for Weight Loss-Whole Health: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for Marriage/Partner Relationships: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for Goals/Motivation/Success: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for Addiction/Substance Abuse: booklet and ball

Burden Ball KIT Qty. 5 for All 5 subjects: Weight/Wellness/Relations/Addictiions/Goals: booklet and ball

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Multiple color Burden Balls may be purchased. Sometimes when struggling on achieving goals, it helps to change Burden Ball colors with a clean new start. Switch from blue, to acqua, green, then amber. As a last resort, use the clear one. But it is pure-and you must keep it pure of dirt and defeat in working toward your goals!
Also included are 5 AntiLog Wrist Bands explained below.
Click link below to buy all five. $6.50 plus $8.40 shipping (postage much higher due to package rate) plus tax.

***Due to the low cost of these items and high postage, I don't accept returns.

AntiLog Wrist Bands and one dark blue Burden Ball (no booklet) $2.50 plus $8.40 shipping (must be sent with package rate) plus tax:

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For any other large order of any configuration of booklets and balls, please email mckellencaffey@gmail.com

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The booklets may also be purchased as eBooks on Amazon for $2.99 (buy Burden Balls above):
Ebook: Burden Ball for Happiness from Anger, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
Ebook: Burden Ball for Weight Loss/Whole Health
Ebook: Burden Ball for Marriage/Partner Relationships
Ebook: Burden Ball for Goals/Motivation/Success
Ebook: Burden Ball for Addiction/Substance Abuse

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Much of weight loss/health, happiness/wellness, Goal motivation/Success derive from PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). Perry Crompton is also author of books dealing with this, including Journeys To Elgobon, which describes the Beast we sometimes have to deal with, and includes the musical 18-song soundtrack. See the adventure, mystery, motivational book by Perry Crompton at the Website: JourneysToElgobon.com



Listen to clips of the 18 song soundtrack on YouTube.

Listen to the whole GO GO ZULO song on YouTube.

Listen to the whole CALLED HEAVEN song on YouTube.

Or see and buy the book at Amazon: Journeys to Elgobon Book

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Also see books by Perry Crompton for children dealing with PMA and accompanying musical soundtrack,
see the Website: ChiselHedgehog.com

Books at Amazon:
A seven book series:
Chisel Hedgehog Crazy Great Summer Book 1


We Were the Parade


I'm Callie. I Wonder...


Aisley's New Best Friend


Max & Jarom's Greatest Snowman


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