Guest Speaker

Clive Murphy seen above with President Paul was today's guest speaker.

 

Clive was introduced by Richard Rossiter who told us that Clive is the principal of the Clive Murphy Self Empowerment Centre located in Baylis st Wagga. He is married to Julie and has three children. Clive is the author of two books on self development.

 

The development of Clive's belief and teachings began with his own personal journey of broken relationships and dissatisfaction with his progress in life. At the age of 33 Clive told us that he ended up in Hospital after a high speed accident and he realised that he had reached rock bottom. He decided that he could not continue with the way he had been living and began to read about the power of the mind to change things.

 

He came to realise that the mind is so powerful it "can do us in" as well as lift us up if we use it in the opposite way. 

 

Clive pointed out that Australia has a high rate of suicide. 89 in every 1000 Australians take anti-depressants, compared to 12 in USA and 2 in Korea. By making the right choices Clive believes we can address these issues. To get happy chemicals you need to think happy thoughts. He feels that generally people have low self esteem and so are not resilient if they face criticism. Clive theorises that we take negativity with us when we try to move away from it though escapism rather than address the issues in our life.

 

By focusing on having a destination i.e. a purpose, by focusing on peaceful relationships, on quality of life Clive believes we can move away from our negative and destructive thinking.

 

Clive answered questions on suicide, parenting and the influence of materialism and technology.

 

President Paul thanked Clive for coming to speak to our club and asked members to show their appreciation with applause.