US President Donald Trump, perhaps unsurprisingly, has alleged fraud in the Nov 3 presidential election, without offering what anyone would consider real evidence, other than the fact that votes for his democratic challenger, Joe Biden, keep turning up in states where Trump initially led in the count.

The president has already announced that he intends to take the election to the Supreme Court, despite the fact that at the time of his statement, millions of votes in numerous states were still to be counted.

Yet, Trump’s fraud claim could be part of a psychological strategy, deftly executed by a master manipulator. If so, the president may be paving the way to persuading large numbers of Americans to reject the legitimacy of his defeat.


A unique scientific study conducted the day before and the morning of the 2016 US presidential election, probing attitude changes in 1,000 voting-age adults, found that exposure to conspiratorial rhetoric about election interference produced a profound psychological effect. In particular, it led to significantly heightened negative emotions (anxiety and anger), and also undermined support for democratic institutions.

The study, recently published in the academic journal Research & Politics, found that those exposed to conspiracy theories regarding election-rigging were less willing to accept the results of an election, and became less inclined to concede the outcome when the result threatened their partisan goals

Its authors, Bethany Albertson and Kimberly Guiler of the University of Texas, argue that vote-rigging allegations strike at the very foundations of democracy. For example, they may render the public doubtful as to whether non-violent transfers of national authority should follow from a rigged vote.


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Feeling sleepy, sluggish?

Sometimes during the day I have dips in energy.

For many people it’s after lunch. I talked to a client once about this and she said, ‘oh, but that’s normal, isn’t it?’

No! It doesn’t have to be. There is a self help hold to give you a quick energy boost.


There is help

We all have 26 ‘energy sites’ on the body and each one of them has a specific meaning, number, location and function.

We can work with these energy sites to help us. We can also use them to target specific issues.

So when you next feel sleepy and sluggish after lunch or at any time during the day, instead of reaching for that coffee or Mars bar, do this Self Help Hold.

It’s like an immediate boost to your energy.

A story

A few years ago, I took my mother to a big event. Thousands of people attended. When it started, my mother started falling asleep. Not because she wasn’t interested but because her energies were flagging.

I showed her this hold and within minutes she had revived and was able to enjoy the presentation. Even she was surprised!
Two energy sites as helpers

In this exercise, we work with two energy sites (or Safety Energy Locks as they are officially called in Jin Shin Jyutsu).

Number 17 is located on the outside of the wrist on the left and right sides. It means ‘reproductive energy’ (as in reproducing energy). So when we work with it, we can give ourselves a quick energy boost.

We also work with energy site number 18, which helps clear the energy in the head (that’s why I use it for headaches as well, or if I have some head tension building). This energy site is located at the base of the thumb on the palm side.