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How to Create the Life You Really Want
Australians are loosing their laidback, carefree reputation, as we continue to work longer hours, exercise less and neglect our leisure and family time. Recent research indicates that 67 per cent of Australian professionals spend at least 20 hours a week thinking about their job when they should be relaxing, and less than half take their entitled annual leave.
Total Life Planning Institute Inspires
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Want a Livelihood -- and a Life -- You Can Love? How to Turn Your Dream Into Reality in Five Minutes a Day and Other Tips for Time-Stressed Dreamers
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Winning Begins The Minute You Do.
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Remember The Heroes
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How to Succeed for the Rest of Your Life
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Relishing Enchanted Moments
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'There is a Magic Technique That Will Change Your Life,' Says Author
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One-Minute Wake-Ups
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Magic Wheel. Some ideas to help women through rough times
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Practical Ways to Bring Enchantment into Your Life
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Money - The Lie Revealed
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Relinquishing Your Dreams
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What You Can Do About Procrastination
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Your Pot of Gold: Waiting for the Rainbow's End
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The Key to Remembering God
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Will You Be Part of the Bigger Picture?
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Just Let ‘Em Go!
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How To Stop Smoking
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Waiting for the Medical News
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Your Place Or Mine?
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Top Ten Ways to Live Authentically
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THE YEAR OF HAPPINESS
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Your Personal Owner's Manual
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Mirrors
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Surviving A Dysfunctional Family
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The Right Words at the Right Time
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Listen To Your Wisdom
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Vivation--The Skill of Happiness
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Just Allow. But How?
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Survival Kit for the Holidays: Grace, Gratitude and Random Acts of Kindness
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The Balance Between Joy and Seriousness.
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Top Ten Things to Build a Bridge and Get Over
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Surfing Your Adrenalin Wave: How to Dissolve--Not Disguise--Anger
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Limiting Beliefs: The Lies We Believe With All Our Heart
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THE JERK IS NEVER ME
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The Way to Live
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Potholes on the road to success
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Love, Fear and Reaching Out
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Your Mind is a Garden
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The Real Feng Shui
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Mindfulness and Perspective: Getting Hip
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JOY
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Mindfulness and Mystery: Sleuthing Toward Interpersonal Awareness
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Life’s an Illusion…
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Mindfulness and Mood Swings: 7 Secrets to Successful Mood-Watching
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On Living Well
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The Value of Good and Bad Experiences...
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The Inner Reality of Selfhood
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The Art of Communication
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The Purpose of Fortune Telling
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The Infinite Passion of Life
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The Vacuum Law of Prosperity
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Mindfulness and Empathy: Using The News
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Seven Simple Exercises to Invite the Extraordinary Life
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Polishing the Mirror
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Your Heart is Your Center
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How to become an expert Customer Services Tester
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Regain Control of Your Life!
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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence
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Mind Poo
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IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
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Poetry “Reborn” Emerges In Thriller Mystery Novel
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The Universal Connection
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The Importance of Balance
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Top 5 Ways for an ADD Adult to Have a Happy Holiday
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Top 5 Tips for Being Fulfilled
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What makes a champion?
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The Present is Perfect?
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What Keeps You From Your Destiny
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The Powerful Universal Law That Shapes Your Life
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Please Forgive Me...
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Playing With Mindfulness: Sneaking In The Back Door
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How to Be Happy All The Time, No Matter What
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Life Lines
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How To Be Happy
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Life Lines
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How to recognize Intuitive Messages vs. Mind Chatter
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Using Excuses to Avoid Fun
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Improve Your Workplace to Make Your Life Better
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It's Time To Slow Down
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How Bryant & Stratton College Internship and Career Placement is helping the Local Economy to grow
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Life Is Thought
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THE ABC’S OF INSURANCE “ Complementary Health Series” hosted by Lester J. Robinson FICF .Show 26: New TV show coming to Western New York “ Lets Go Buffalo Show
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Recover Your Life Purpose From Your Childhood Memories
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What is your Giss?
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Spring Into Enchantment
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Your Best Is Plenty Good Enough.
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Reconciliation of Inner Conflicts
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SEO Writing Strategies for Graphic-Oriented Sites
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Recognize and Reduce the Top Ten Emotional Stresses of the Holiday Season
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How to Protect You and Your Children from West Nile Virus
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Nourish Your Soul
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The Power of Positive Habits
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PLANETARY GEMOLOGY
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News & Commentary on the Modern Spiritual Search
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Life Engagement
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Nothing Ever Stays the Same
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How to Plan a Vacations of the Mind
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Life Balance: How Can You Attain it?
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THE HALL OF MIRRORS
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You, 5.0: How To Master Any Skill Quickly
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How to overcome your “Obstacles”.
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What is real freedom?
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Why Haven't I Changed?
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Life as a Work of Art
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What is Processing?
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To think for oneself
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It's February, Do You Know Where Your New Year's Resolution Is?
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How to Overcome Procrastination in 4 Simple Steps
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To Thine Own Self Be True—Reboot Your Life to Become the Woman You Want to Be
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No Need For Being Happy All The Time
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It’s all to do with the way you wake up.
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How to overcome life's difficulties and achieve more? What's my big secret?
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Leveraging Your 'Incidents of Coincidence'
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No More Crappy Holidays!
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Selfishness- A virtue
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WHY DOES GOD LET BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?
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No Happiness Without Patience
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To Know Success, First Embrace Failure
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Why Do People Lie?
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How Not to Be a Desperate Housewife
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The Power of Focus
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Really Scary Stuff…
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"The 3 Critical Factors Of A Rich Mind"
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The Power of Feeling
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Letting Go – In my own words!
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The Power of Faith
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What is holding you back
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I’m My Own Grandpa!
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You Have to Resist To Not Receive
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Nine Steps To Keep You Healthy and Happy
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How Much Is Enough?
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The Gift of Gratitude
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How Much Dysfunction Should You Allow Into Your Life?
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Personal Inventory: A Difficult but Necessary Task
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The Power of Clarity
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What is Flow and How Do You Get Some?
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Personal Core Values: Your Key to Success and Happiness
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SPEED READING EVELYN WOOD SEZ: STRESS
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If You're Happy and You Know It
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How To Marry The Right Woman
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The Gardner
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Why be Happy tomorrow When you Could be Happy Today?
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The “G” Word
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The Top Ten Things to Know About Optimism
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The #1 Sin made by Success Seekers!
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You Can't Sing If You're Dead
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How I Did It - An Average Person's Account of Weight Loss
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Self Indulgence: It Isn’t Just About Chocolate
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Why Are You Struggling?
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How humans become robots?
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The Freedom Solution
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Why Are Affirmations Important?
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Perfectionism - The Dangerous Trap
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
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Understanding the Masculine & Feminine Side
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Perfection
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Self Growth - The First Step [Conquer your Ego]
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IF ONLY PEOPLE WERE AS GRATEFUL AS DOGS . . .
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"THANK YOU" - 10 FORMULAS TO MASTER GRATITUDE
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Understanding Mental Health
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What Is a Power Song and Where Do I Get One?
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Matching Your Outsides With Your Insides
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Lessons from the Drive Thru Window. The Power of Asking
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Whose Pictures Are You Taking Home?
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Lessons From The Bathroom Sink
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What Inspires You?
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THE TOP 10 WAYS to KEEP WORKING WHEN SPRING FEVER STRIKES!
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"Penury Perpetuates Poverty"
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Massage Your Mind!--A Spontaneous Woo to You
As I was driving to a friend’s house recently, I passed the Dublin Pub, a local watering hole known for its live music. On the reader board, one band’s name caught my eye: Spontaneous Woo. Hmmm, I thought. What a cool concept. There is nothing quite like letting out a joyous, spontaneous “WOO!” when things are going our way. We might personalize our woo, making it come out as “YESSSS!” or “Sweeeeeet” or even “Woo-HOO!” No matter what elicits this response, we know it means something good has happened.
Lessons About Life from the Apple
We transform ourselves and our lives when we look at things differently. Take a new look at THE APPLE and what it can teach us. "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World," (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375760393/susandunnmome-20 ) is a delightful book full of fascinating facts as well as profound truths.
Massage Your Mind!: Who's Winning--You or Your Stuff?
Maybe it's just a weird week. Three times in the past three days, I've bumped into someone I know and started a conversation with, "Hey, how ARE you?"
Is Your Court in Session?
Is your courtroom in session? That is, are you acting as
How To Maintain Your Weight Loss Motivation
One of the hardest aspects of getting yourself into shape, is maintaining the motivation you need to achieve your weight loss goals. Just about anyone will lose some of their enthusiasm, a month or so into a weight loss program. I have learned a few things that keep me motivated and dedicated to achieving my goals. They have helped me tremendously and I think they will help you as well.
Who's In Charge Here?
Who's In Charge Here?
Tips for Making the Most of Vacation Time
You’ve worked hard all year, and now that summer is here, you want to enjoy your time off with your friends and loved ones. You might not have the time nor the funds to travel to a faraway destination, but at the same time, the thought of more barbeques and museum trips isn’t exactly taking your breath away!
New Beginnings: Ten Tips for Starting Over
This is the first day of the rest of your life. And although this is a cliché, it is true that we don’t have to wait for New Year or a birthday or the last Friday of the month to decide on a new direction for our lives. According to the Buddhists, life means suffering, in the ego mind at least. Until we aspire to become detached from and connected to each other at the same time, we tend to suffer from the illusion of separation and aloneness. Many fears, though they appear as realities, ultimately fade back into the ether. And in the end we realize that it is our minds that are making it all up. Most of it is just an illusion. “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries of life disappear and life stands explained,” Mark Twain wrote in Notebook, (1898.)
Identifying as an Empath
Author: Rev. Alesia Matson, D.D.
Successful Change Starts With A Shift In Perspective
Like so many in corporate America today, Susan needed more balance in her life-but she did not know how to get it. Faced with a 60-hour work week and a lengthy daily commute, Susan was left with little time for outside interests. Her job was literally draining her of energy, and her attitude at work was changing, especially within her business unit.
What I Like About Vivation
Copyright 2001 BY JIM LEONARD
Who's Creating YOUR Reality?
“What is happening within us will create what happens
Who should win the Oscar?
Who, do you think, should win the Oscar this year? Who has been the best male actor in film this year? Should it be Don Cheadle, in Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby or Jamie Foxx in Ray.
You Can Be Happy
Author: Lyman Reed
What Happens After You Make a Wish?
What Happens After You Make a Wish?
Who Needs Heroes?
When we were talking the other day we started to think about our heroes when we were young. After we had discussed the usual film star and sports stars that we idolised I remembered Derek. Derek was a couple of years ahead of me in school and he had everything; he always got straight ‘A’s’ and was formidable on the football field as well as one of the fastest over 100 metres. What’s more he didn’t appear to work at it. When the rest of us were ‘slaving’ away at our homework or sweating buckets trying to impress on the football field or athletics track he just turned up and got on with it. A natural, was how one of our teachers described him.
Never have an argument again. Yeah right!
Author: Paul Drayton
Learning to give ourselves time (understanding pain)
NOTE: Whilst clinically, the distinction is made between pain and suffering, (the former referring to a physical (gross) phenomenon while the latter refers to a psychosocial (subtle) phenomenon), in this article, the word ‘pain’ is used in reference to both types of phenomena.
Is Working Good for Your Health?
IS WORKING GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
Quick Fixes: Happiness in a Bottle
This is the age of the Quick Fix - the magic bullets that claim to take away our sorrows, our tiredness, our sadness.
The Fear of Money
Many people, it seems, have a fear of money. Does the thought of having a lot of money make you uncomfortable? Cause you anxiety? If so, it may be that you are buying into the myths about money. Myths that are simply untrue. In fact, many of the most common statements about money are often misquoted, wrong, or were made by people who did not understand money ... or had none.
How Do I Overcome Fear?
© 2003 Jim Denney
The Top 10 Reasons to Give Us All a Break and Quit Using Your Cell Phone in the Car
Yes, USING it. Read the data about just the conversation part. Read the data about the hands-free part. Go here http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/phon-ndx.htm for tips for safe cellular phone use in the car (if there is such a thing).
You Are What You Think You Are!
Imagine yourself walking up to a full-length mirror, pausing—then audibly saying to the person in front of you: “I’d like to introduce you to me.” That is virtually what is going to happen here. I am going to introduce you to yourself.
The Top 10 Reasons people don't live a prosperous life
If it were easy, everyone would do it; everyone would have it. That "IT" is prosperity and we're all trying to achieve that stage in our lives where wealth, health, success are a daily part of our lives. So what's the problem? Why aren't some of us living a prosperous life? Read on, my friends...
You Are What You THINK You Are
Think out of the box, they say. But what's a box?
Success Programming
I was behind a one-armed man at the sub shop. He was complaining about the fact that the lady cut the tip off of the bread she was making his sandwich on.
Pathways to posttraumatic growth
On the fateful night of April 19, 1989, a young woman known as the Central Park Jogger was raped, beaten, and left to die. After a 14-year silence, she finally revealed her identity as Trisha Meili. She has appeared at Larry King Live and other talk shows. She also tells her story in her book entitled "I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibilities."
Is This It...?
For most of us the turbulence and drama of a mid life crisis take place over a number of years, hallmarked by those nagging questions of “Is this it? Is this all there is to look forward to?” To others, our friends and family, the external signs are all too obvious: relationships breaking down, drama-fuelled affairs, workplace-related dissatisfactions and their own concomitant frictions. Internally though, the restive anger and confusion are symptoms of a deeper, more profound anxiety. We may be reaching a watershed that marks the end of growing up and the start of growing old, but do we understand it? We often sense intuitively the momentousness of the change we are caught up in. However, the sheer size and weight of its implications usually engender a fear that is paralysing. All the security that accompanies our life plans is gone because there is no longer a life plan. The comforting linear progression of life, job, family, career has been erased like a chalk mark from a blackboard, leaving in its place a
I want to create
What would you like to create? A peaceful life, a successful life, a good life, a sculpture, a piece of art, a book? What is it that you would like to create? Whatever you want you can achieve it. All you have to do is follow your natural compass. Remove the rubbish that takes you off course and let the natural you come through. It is not the case of adding new behaviours to create what you want. No. It’s a case of moving the obstacles out of the away and let the natural you come through.
The Facts About Coaching
It seems that everywhere you turn, someone is calling themselves a coach. Every field seems to have a coach specializing in the same area of expertise: business, IT, finance, relationships, spirituality, life, etc.
Learning From Life
Do you ever find yourself thinking, "Life has taught me some tough lessons, and the scars do not heal easily."? This article can help you learn valuable lessons from the past, instead of allowing the past to determine your future.
Who Is More Likely To Be Happy
Here’s a multiple choice question for you. Who is more likely to be happy?
I want to Create
What would you like to create? A peaceful life, a successful life, a good life, a sculpture, a piece of art, a book? What is it that you would like to create? Whatever you want you can achieve it. All you have to do is follow your natural compass. Remove the rubbish that takes you off course and let the natural you come through. It is not the case of adding new behaviours to create what you want. No. It’s a case of moving the obstacles out of the away and let the natural you come through.
How to Jump-start Your Emotional Health
You've probably heard the expression: "It's not what you're eating. It's what's eating you!" This well-known saying reminds us that the thoughts we entertain can have an impact on our health.
THE TOP 10 EASY, PRACTICAL WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET, YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR LIFE
Because I believe diet and exercise are so important, I'm often frustrated with the recommendations I receive. Nutrition and natural health ideas are often so negative (don't eat this, watch out for that) or so rigorous (be sure to eat some raw, natural, organically grown vegetable I've never heard of) or so complicated, I end up ignoring them. And yet, I know diet is critical to my health and well-being, so I made up my own rules. My objective was simplicity, so all of you with greater will-power and more discipline, cut me some slack, OK? For the rest of us, I hope you find them useful.
Manifesting happiness
MYTH: “I will be happy when...”
Who Is Dr Robert Anthony and Why Is He One of My Mentors and Heroes?
So who is Dr Robert Anthony?
What does it take to be happy?
Author: Faadiel Rehman
Is there a Monster in your Closet?
The world is a mirror. There are many books written on the belief that we are what we see and experience around us. Every person we meet is here for a specific reason, whether we understand that reason or not. They give us the opportunity to get a little further on our personal path of self-discovery and enlightenment. Sometimes the message comes through loud and clear; for instance we may be hearing the same thing from three different and unrelated sources. But other times these messages, or lessons if you will, are offered to us in disguise. What of those people we immediately have an adverse reaction to? The aversion you feel for them is a sign that there is something to be learned here for you.
The Time to Give Is Now
August 1998 marks the first anniversary of the deaths of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. Rather than honor their memory with platitudes, why don’t we memorialize them with our own lives by following their examples?
Two Choices That can Make Next Year The Best Year of Your Life
What if there were just two choices you could make to insure that next year would be wonderful? There actually are, and these choices are quite simple in concept, yet not easy to do. They are not things you do on the outside, such as exercising your body (which is always a good thing to do!) but ways of thinking and being on the inside. These have to do with your attitude and your intent.
Who has the most fun and why?
All kinds of research has been done to see if certain kinds of people have more fun than others. The results? No particular kind of person is prone to more fun. There are lots of happy poor people and plenty of dissatisfied rich people. Race, political or religious beliefs, boy or girl, it just doesn’t seem to matter. First-world country or third-world country will have an effect, but there are plenty of happy people without three TVs and twenty pairs of shoes. It doesn’t matter who you are, how intelligent you are or where you live, everyone has the ability and is entitled to a life full of joy and happiness.
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Searching for the Truth
It’s confusing isn’t it? Anyone who has been traveling the road toward their own personal self improvement or spiritual enlightenment can quickly attest to the fact that it’s not a particularly easy journey. We quickly find that our projected well-defined path is suddenly obscured by the glare of thousands of spotlights – all sweeping our pitiful little road and beckoning to us. “This way!” “Follow me!” “I am the true way!” “Yo Butt-Head, over here!”
Manifestation 101
Manifestation 101
Twelve Winter Blah-Busters
Feeling stuck in a never-ending winter? Declare an early spring with these quick ideas.
Searching for the meaning of life
A member of the Self Improvement Zone asked me the other day:
You Are In Control
You can control your own actions and reactions. You can control others. You can control the situation. It is your choice.
Manifest Your Ideal Life the Mystic's Way
Over the past several weeks I've received dozens of email solicitations for books, CDs and videos that promise to reveal newly discovered techniques to improve my life. These emails promise a wide variety of benefits: how to get rich, lose weight, meet the woman of my dreams and buy a million dollar mansion with no money down. In some cases the salesman will throw in a "Ginzu knife" or "pocket fisherman" if I order immediately!
You Are Always Happy!
Author: Alan Michael Ross
What do you want?
INTRODUCTION
How Can I Find My Passion?
Ronnie Nijmeh, ACQYR.com
Who Are You?
It may seem like a simple enough question, but most of the people I ask have no answer to this question. Those who do have an answer speak of their work, family, accomplishments, or physical characteristics. Have you ever changed your circumstances in life only to find that in time you feel that same familiar restlessness?
So, You're Bothered
OK, let's say something's bothering you.
What Do You Really Want?
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT?
Scientific Development of Human Consciousness
Scientific Development Of Human Consciousness
Is Nutrition Really Important?
Is Nutrition Really Important?
Needs Versus Wants
How often do the words "I need" come out of your mouth, as it relates to your business? When you run your own company, it's easy to think that the only way to succeed is to be moving forward with your expenses -- the newest technology, a broader circle of professionals providing you services, involvement in more and more costly marketing efforts, etc. And it's particularly difficult to resist the urge when you know you can generally take a tax DEDUCTION for any business expenses. But did you ever stop to think how many of those requests are actually needs, and how many are simply wants?
Turning "Too Many Interests" Into A Great Life!
Turning "Too Many Interests" Into A Great Life: Secrets of the 21st Century Renaissance Soul
SUCCESS
Everyone wants to be successful. The people who are most looked up to have achieved massive results in life – people like Bill Gates, Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, to name a few.
Put Wings On Your Dreams
We Need Dreams
How Being Intentional Makes You Happy
"Inspiration does not beget action. Action begets inspiration." - Chinese Proverb
Ten simple steps to a life filled with joy, happines and spiritual power
1) DO NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS
Is man's Next Step Like A Can Of Potted Meat?
Is it the dawning of the Age of Aquarius? For years, predictions have indicated that humanity is readying itself for a golden age, a so called new age that is right around the corner just waiting to roll in. According to these forecasts, the air we breath will be clean and our environment pure. Hunger, starvation and disease will be eliminated. Most importantly, we will finally experience the peace and harmony we all desire and we will live in the spirit of brotherly love.
Where's Your Value?
The simple action of writing the every day grocery quietly demonstrates how we truly value our lives and inspire future actions. Each week, many of us spend 10 to 30 minutes or more writing down the weekly future grocery purchases, clipping coupons and checking advertisements. Unfortunately, sometimes, we forget to bring the list and end up with additional purchases, spending more money than originally anticipated and probably having to return to buy the missed items. All of these actions have wasted money, time and energy and more importantly have contributed to increased stress levels as well as negative, unhappy feelings about ourselves. Just think about the last time you forgot your list and how did you feel about yourself? Were those thoughts fleeting or did they stay with you a while?
Ten Signs of Emotional Intelligence
We're hearing more and more about EQ (emotional intelligence) these days, and for good reason. How you handle yourself and others makes a big difference in your success and happiness, both in your career and in your personal life.
Turning Obstacles Into Blessings
Gerri D Smith Copyright, 2003
Turning Obstacles Into Blessings
Gerri D Smith Copyright, 2003
Where's Your Happiness Hiding?
It’s no accident that certain stories rivet our attention. Listening to these tales with perked “inner ears” alerts us to possibilities we’ve never considered before. Reading these stories with keen “inner sight” awakens us to previously unseen guidance or support. The story I’m sharing with you touched the core of my being and propelled me towards my dream. This true tale is about Kathy, whose quest for her dream took a sudden and unexpected U-turn.
So Who Gives a *#@&! if You Swear?
Cursing, cussing, swearing -- whatever you prefer to call it -- is generally considered part of our contemporary language. Most people do it, some people don't like it, but no one much thinks about it. The fact is, swearing does much more damage to our relationships, our image and our own peace of mind that we image. Maybe everyone swears, but no one swears everywhere. You might say swearing is harmless, but why do you restrain yourself in certain situations? You are acknowledging that it is not perfectly okay. For example, maybe you don't swear in front of kids. Why not? Is cursing an adult privilige? Actually, swearing is juvenile! Adults should have the vocabulary, maturity and emotional control to avoid using trashy language.
How to Have Ten Times More Fun (Without Ever Having to Be Funny)
It's easy, and dangerous, to forget the distinction between fun and funny; when we focus on trying to make people laugh we can quickly get discouraged because we end up putting a lot of pressure on ourselves. This is a mistake because, as I explain in this article, you short circuit the amazing natural medicine of humor.
The Thief Of Fulifilment
One of the biggest problems we can encounter when we consider making changes to our life is fear. Even though the changes we want to make will bring more happiness by considerably enhancing our lives, fear will still raise its head to try and stop us in our tracks.
Learn About Fun & Success From Children
Have you every watched children and their emotions? I mean really watched their emotions. They are wonderful at living in the present! They don’t worry about the cake they couldn’t have yesterday, or the toy they may not get next month. They simply care about what is going on right now.
Navigate life to peace and happiness
To know if our life is moving forward or reverse will be an interesting exercise.
Turning Fear into Power
How would your life shift if you moved into what you feared not away from it, if you moved into the future with controlled abandon –think about it! One of the things I know from working with people for close to two decades and from my own development is that – things change. And yet how many people say they hate change. If change is inevitable in growth and you hate change you have a bad equation for a good life.
The Test
The Test
How to Have Fun Again
Author: Debbie Mandel
So What is Success Anyway?
Well I’ll tell you what it’s not. Even though many of us like to periodically visit our own personal Fantasyland complete with its mansions, servants, fancy cars and trips to exotic places (check under the heading of “What I Would Do if I Won the Lottery”) most of us over the age of twelve with any experience under our belts are realistic enough to recognize our Fantasyland for what it is. A fun place to visit but one sorely lacking in personal fulfillment.
Turn Your Pain into Blessings
Have you been told that you need to forgive and forget? That you need to just get over it? That it's time to move on? That time will heal all wounds? That you should just put on a happy face?
The Enchanted Illustrated Letters From Sir Henry Thornhill (Kaka)
There is a new English site with the largest collection of illustrated correspondence in the world. www.ultimategrandparent.com is a touching story of a grandfather’s unique way of creating a loving relationship with his grandchildren, who early last century, by a twist of fate, had moved across the world to India, whilst he had just returned from India to England to be close to his grandchildren.
What Do We Really Seek In Life?
How many of us truly know what we seek in our lives? Do we confuse our desires and wants with our needs?
How to Have an Abundant Holiday
How To Have An Abundant Holiday Season
How a broken leg became the beginning of a new lifestyle
A man I know had an accident one autumn as he was working in the woods. The leaves had fallen to the ground and the rain had fallen on the leaves. Wet leaves are very slippery, and this man knew that, but on a slope he lost control, fell and broke his right leg.
Paradigm Shifts
This publication, Paradigm Shifts, may be the most efficient, easiest manual for self-improvement available. But beyond that, it is the ultimate mind tool for identifying and overcoming all unnatural problems, destructions and conflicts on a personal scale for oneself, and ultimately on a global scale for everyone. It reveals the basis of the current, world-wide anti-civilization, from which all unnatural problems arise, and compares all aspects of that current civilization with a natural civilization, in which conscious beings live free of all the artificial boundaries.
Is Life Real? Life Is the Experience You Give It
How many times and how many ways can it be said that you have complete control over your life; in any area of your life? This was recently brought home to me in a very powerful way.
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That which is, has been; that which is to be, has already been; and God seeks what has been driven away. Holy Bible, Ecclesiastics 3.15
How to Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Author: Debbie Mandel
Savoring Moments Through Mindful Eating
We all eat. But how mindful are we of every bite we take?
SMILE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
Smile brings beauty to your face, charm to your personality and money to your pocket; apart from being your recognition as a cheerful, friendly, loveable person.
Savor the Moment
It was my Mother who instilled in me my love of the natural world. Through her example, I learned to savor the wondrous gifts this grand earth has to offer. Mom’s approach to life has always been one of childlike wonder. She delights in the sound of crickets on a warm summer evening; the rich smell the earth exudes at the first drops of a summer rain and the feel of stones made smooth from the endless wash of waves. On more than one occasion she roused the five of us kids from a deep slumber to witness the power and magnificence of a dramatic lightning storm.
How To Give Up Insomnia
I am writing this on a Sunday morning following a very restless night when sleep just didn’t want to be my friend. I have suffered with insomnia for many years but, by using a combination of techniques, it is more or less under control.
Hot To C.O.P.E With Anger
We fill our lives with dramas that rival the Greek Tragedies. We play the lead actors reliving the stressful scenes, keeping the conflict alive and ever present. Anger begins to dominate our thinking. However, who are we really angry at? When someone like a boss, a lover, a friend, or a family member pushes our button, are we most angry with that person because he or she mirrors what we most dislike about ourselves?
The Dynamic Power Of Listening
Listening.
How To Give the "Gift of a Lifetime"
Giving that special someone a special gift can be very difficult. Depending on the situation and occasion, it can be a very tricky thing. You want to do the right thing, but if you’re not careful, it can backfire. As many have found out, you need to give this some considerable thought.
How To Give the "Gift of a Lifetime"
Giving that special someone a special gift can be very difficult. Depending on the situation and occasion, it can be a very tricky thing. You want to do the right thing, but if you’re not careful, it can backfire. As many have found out, you need to give this some considerable thought.
Hope in Humanity
Let us renew our hope in humanity. It’s so easy to lose faith when someone cuts us off on the highway, when a ‘friend’ blows us off (for the second time) and fails to show, when we get burned in a business deal, when a co-worker doesn’t do what they said they were going to do, or
Hope in Humanity
Let us renew our hope in humanity. It’s so easy to lose faith when someone cuts us off on the highway, when a ‘friend’ blows us off (for the second time) and fails to show, when we get burned in a business deal, when a co-worker doesn’t do what they said they were going to do, or
Telling the Hard Truth
Watching television’s “sitcom’s”, I can’t help but notice that most of the plots revolve around the same theme – someone being afraid to tell someone else the truth. We saw it in the years that Ross loved Rachel, that Niles loved Daphne, or that George hated Susan. We saw it in virtually every episode of Three’s Company.
Telling the Hard Truth
Watching television’s “sitcom’s”, I can’t help but notice that most of the plots revolve around the same theme – someone being afraid to tell someone else the truth. We saw it in the years that Ross loved Rachel, that Niles loved Daphne, or that George hated Susan. We saw it in virtually every episode of Three’s Company.
Telling the Hard Truth
Watching television’s “sitcom’s”, I can’t help but notice that most of the plots revolve around the same theme – someone being afraid to tell someone else the truth. We saw it in the years that Ross loved Rachel, that Niles loved Daphne, or that George hated Susan. We saw it in virtually every episode of Three’s Company.
What Are You Telling Yourself?
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."~ David Carradine
What Are You Telling Yourself?
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."~ David Carradine
Making the Growth Choice
Life is a continuous series of choices, and with each choice we make, we feed either our positive or negative tendencies. At one time, almost without our awareness, we might choose to be insensitive and strike out at a store clerk or loved one; and at another time, despite our own personal challenges, we find the strength within to comfort a struggling co-worker with a cheerful smile and a much appreciated word of encouragement. Not one of us is perfect, and the best we can do is to make wise choices a conscious and regular part of our lives.
What Are You REALLY Communicating?
When Martin Luther King stood on the steps and proclaimed "I have a dream!" he did more than give a speech.
The Disenchanted Forest, The Enchanted Self - A Tale of Female Development in a Strange Land
Once upon a time there was a Princess who set out on a raft to find the Enchanted Forest. She took with her a canteen full of hopes and dreams, minimal provisions, and outdated maps. The raft swayed. the wind blew. It was too cold. It was too hot. She was hungry. She was tired. She was scared. At times she was almost swept overboard.
Three Inspirations for Happiness
The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness.
Protect your self-care when others tempt you to stray
So, you've set your self-care goals and you're all set. You've even considered the ways you'll sabotage yourself - but wait! What about those well-meaning friends and relatives who:
When You Attract Negative People, Be Thankful
Laws of Attraction are clearly defined. What comes back is a reflection of the energy you are radiating. If negative people are being attracted to you, then be self-assured that you are sending out energy that appeared on their radar screen.
Laugh your Way to Enlightenment!
Laugh Your Way to Enlightenment! by Pragito Dove
Overcoming Obstacles to Organization
You may have made attempts to get organized in the past only to hit an obstacle that seemed insurmountable. You may believe that your very nature inhibits you from getting and staying organized. It is true that some people are more naturally organized than others. But it is a myth that if you are prone to disorganization you are destined to a lifetime of chaos and clutter. Organization is a skill that can easily be learned by anyone. The following are examples of behavioral obstacles you may experience as you attempt to get organized and their solutions:
The Smile of Gratitude
The gift of the smile - The faculty of direct expression from the heart is truthfully reflected in the eyes of the giver.
The Dawning of Freedom
Key Lesson
When Will Life Stop Being a Struggle?
A question I hear often, along with many others. "When will I finally have time for me...for my life? When will I be successful?" or "When will I know true happiness?"
How You Can Live Happily Ever After
In life, many of us simply plunge ahead, only to realize later that some of the things we did, we wish we hadn't, and some of the things we didn't do, we wish we had. How do you keep yourself on the right track, the right path? And how can you live happily ever after? Here's how. Here's one simple easy-to-do thing that can help keep you on the right track and help you live happily ever after ...
Home for the Holidays
Be it townhouse, mansion or even the White House, there's no place like home for the holidays. This year, more than ever, we need to create a peaceful and comforting environment for our families and ourselves. If it seems harder to get in the mood for the holidays this year, you are not alone. Being in the midst of a war and a bad economy can squelch any holiday spirit and make "peace on earth" and "joy to the world" seem very far away. But if you read the following stories and take the advice of our contributors, you will be able to create a cheerful holiday in no time. It's never too late to have a happy home for the holidays!
True Happiness
True Happiness
Looking for a New Direction? Follow Your Intuition!
It’s impossible to ignore any longer. Your hair is beginning its transition to “sophisticated silver.” Your face is taking on the look of a “wise” woman. And your kids, friends, parents, neighbors – and mysteriously, your husband – all seem to be “changing” before your very eyes, (the ones with the latest contact lenses). No need to mention the daily battle with the bathroom scales; that goes without saying.
True friends are not dream-slashers.
A friendship poem:
4 Super Reasons You'll Love "Easifying" Your Life -
Are you someone who wants a simpler life, but who associates simplifying with giving away everything you own, and going back to baking your own bread? Unfortunately, that attitude can scare you away from making the simple (pardon the pun) kind of changes that can make your life so much easier, better, and happier.
Deeply Shallow I May Be!
Here’s yet another myth we have subscribed to:-
Flow With The Present Moment
Flow With The Present Moment
Don’t Give Up!
Don’t let anyone kid you. The road to self improvement and personal growth is not a short, straight, well-marked, paved highway. Looking back on my journey, I see a road meandering over hills and through valleys, around sharp curves and over muddy trails, with occasional boulders blocking my way. I can remember taking detours that took me off the beaten path and on to cow paths that wandered seemingly forever through the puckerbrush. It’s been a long interesting journey.
Access Your Hopes to Improve Results
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Flood your Heart with Laughter and Happy Memories will follow.
Have you ever experienced how easy you can bend and twist after a good laugh? No? And you’re not a yogi? Nor a ballet-dancer? Then you should try the next exercise.
Floating In Mindfulness: Dealing With Disappointment
Feeling disappointed? It's time to float.
Deep Breathing To Improve Mood & Health!
It is relatively well known now that exercise releases endorphins that can help to pull you out of a bad mood and to aid in alleviating depression. However, mental fatigue and depression are hard moods to simply overcome. You may not wish to train for forty-five minutes to an hour. It might be too hard to even get down to the gym for this to occur!
God shall supply all your needs...
Life is really a game you know. Its not supposed to always be easy, or we wouldn’t learn anything. I’ve been playing the game the best I know how. I’ll bet you have too. Like any game there are rules. So what are the rules? Are they universal principles we’re all supposed to know by now? Things like “you get back what you put out, or as you sow so shall you reap?” Probably so, but sometimes its not that easy. You know that and I know that. I guess part of the secret of being a mentally healthy adult is accepting responsibility. Yeah 100% responsibility of everything!
Flights Of Fancy: An Air Of Gratitude
Feeling cranky about air travel? Get a grip.
4 KEYS to Developing Courage -
4 KEYS to Developing Your Courage
Are you always late?
“Fashionably late” is no longer in fashion. In today’s heavily scheduled world, it is the punctual who are respected and admired. Even though most of us know this, some people are always late, no matter how much time they have to get ready. You may be one of them. Do any of the following sound familiar?
30 Simple Ways to Celebrate Spring -
Throw open the curtains and spread good cheer. Spring has arrived!
God doesn't say "No"...YOU do.
There are a couple of things you've probably heard said over and over. The first is, "Why doesn't God answer my prayers?". What you'll generally hear next is the response which goes something like, "God DOES answer your prayers. Sometimes he just says 'No'".
3 Steps To True Happiness -
Let’s face it. We all want to be happy. And we all realize, sooner or later, that outer success does not produce lasting happiness. So what does? Loving ourselves and loving others. In fact, we can only love others authentically when we are loving ourselves. So why is it that some people seem to feel self love easily, while others spend their lives searching in relationships or career accomplishments to find it?
HIRING THE HEAVENS
TAPPING INTO EVERYDAY MIRACLES:
Five Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World
In view of the increasing negative events happening around the world here are five things you can do to help you stay positive.
Everything is Relative
Everything is Relative.
3 Simple Strategies for Never Losing Out Again -
Life is full of ups and downs and sometimes has a few sideways thrown in too. When things go wrong or don’t go as planned, or when something happens to throw us off balance and doubt ourselves it can be tough to deal with. After all, we all want things to go well and to end up as ‘winners’. But life will always throw challenges at us, and we can’t control everything. Nor should we try. It’s not what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you that makes the difference. Here are three easy ways that you can always come out on top.
Goals Are Over-Rated
Goals Are Over-Rated:
3 Questions, 5 Minutes a Day: Make leaps towards greater balance in one single week with the Shicka Boom 5 Minute Morning Balance Ritual -
This article is dedicated to a woman that I've never met and probably never will. Tall with dark, dark hair, she was perfectly manicured in a tailored suit with high-heeled pumps. We shared a subway car in Manhattan two years ago. She was standing, holding onto the subway car strap and meticulously applying three coats of mascara as the train bumped and shifted. With my jaw dropped in reverence of her talent, I imagined this to be her morning routine because she was REALLY good at it. (I can barely put on clear lip gloss in a moving vehicle.)
3 Proven Ways To Build Self-Esteem -
When someone thinks of a person with self-esteem most people think of someone who has a positive attitude. While someone who generally has self-esteem could have a positive attitude, this is not what I am referring to.
About your success.
About Your Success. Copyright 2004 by Patric Chan
3 Keys to Boosting Your Inner Confidence -
I've been coaching for a few years now, and the biggest thing I've learnt - both for me and for my clients - is that inner confidence is the key to it all.
Doing What You Love?
Can I tell you, frankly, how sick I am of the story that because we do what we love, we should always be jubilant, light hearted, blissed out, can't-wait-to-get-out-of-bed every-bloody-morning happy and content? Have you ever fell into this belief?
Be Content Yet Never Satisfied
Many years ago a particular phrase came across my desk and caught my full attention. It was at first a bit confusing to me since the utterance seemed incongruent. The phrase was "Be Content Yet Never Satisfied!" Interestingly enough, as the years go by it becomes clearer to me that they are in fact truly different words with very different meanings. They are not as I first thought synonymous.
21 Actions to Ignite Your Success -
Taking action is the strongest way to create success in your life. The following are the 21 Actions that you can take right now, to ignite the success in your life, business, career, relationships, or family. Take one or two of the actions that you are better at and practice them. Then, start working on some of the other actions. You will be surprised at the success that you will have when you start to take action.
20 Ways to Find, Sustain and Share Happiness -
The Dalai Lama says that we all share one common aspiration: we all want to be happy; no one wants to suffer. This universal desire binds us together. At some point the realization dawns that no matter how big the paycheck is, no matter how many degrees we get, no matter how nice the house and the white picket fence is, none of it can assure happiness.
Go Beyond Fear
I used to work in the corporate arena, traveling around as a project management consultant. I went into companies at all levels of seniority and had to engage them in the right way to ensure that there was rapport, respect and trust. I haven’t been inside an office for around three years now, and now it feels strange to think about being in that environment. When an opportunity came up to talk to BBC Worldwide about coaching and career development part of me said ‘Go, Go, Go!’ while another part said, ‘Blimey Steve, you haven’t done anything like this in ages, what if you can’t do it anymore?’. I noticed that some fear was creeping in and that if I didn’t do something it could easily hold me back. I remembered Nancy’s simple exercise and asked myself the question, ‘What would I do if I wasn’t afraid?’ I wrote down some answers,
Basic Reiki
Basic Reiki
Giving Thanks... A Universal Gift
In the USA we celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November every year. However, I've come to understand that there is great, POSITIVE power in having an "attitude of gratitude" all year long, that can create measurable differences in your life.
Basic Organizing Principles
So you've decided to get organized, but you just don't know where to begin. Here are four basic organizing principles that will help you regain control over your schedule, your environment, and your life:
12 Things You Can Learn From A Two-Year Old -
I think if you asked any child about the adults around them, they'd probably say we're a little wacky and seem to be stressed out a lot of the time. Here are a few simple things they can teach us...
12 Reflections on Personal Responsibility -
Author: Steve Brunkhorst
Coaching is Like Gardening
"A garden in the early stage is not a pleasant or compelling place: it's a lot of arduous, messy, noisome work -- digging up the hard ground, putting in the fertilizer, along with the seeds and seedlings. So with beginning a story or novel." --Ted Solotaroff
7 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Vacations
This may seem like a very strange title for an article. After all, a vacation is supposed to be… a vacation. The title seems to imply that we should strive to make our vacation, somehow strategic or productive. In a way, that is what I am suggesting, but maybe not in the anal-retentive way you might have first guessed.
Giving Can Overcome Language Differences
I recently had to take a trip to Germany. It has been more than ten years since making my last international trip. I now have a renewed sympathy for non-English speaking visitors and residents in the United States.
Build a Storehouse of Energy and Resiliency
Author: Steve Brunkhorst
BANISHING WINTER BLAHS
For those who live in winter climates, February is a time when the winter blahs set in. When winter first begins, many appreciate the beauty of a snowy day and the exhilaration of breathing sharp cold air. But it is easy to grow weary of these winter pleasures as cabin fever begins to set in. No wonder many snowbirds take vacations to warm places in February and early March.
Five Major Ways to Save Money
There are two main roads to improving your personal finances: increasing income, and cutting costs.
Darkness is an Essential Part of Abundance
Today marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Winter begins on this day.
7 Unique Ways To Make Someone Smile
Do you want to put a smile on someone's face? Maybe make their day a little bit brighter? It doesn't have to take much time or money on your part. In fact, many things can be done as a part of your normal routine and cost little or nothing. You won't know how many people are encouraged by your kindness because smiles are contagious. Try out one or more of these 7 ways today to put smiles on their faces.
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