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- Definition: Negative Thoughts - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteNegative Thoughts Intrusive thoughts are unwelcome, involuntary thoughts, images or unpleasant ideas that may become obsessions, are upsetting or distressing, and can be difficult to be free of and manage. Intrusive thoughts, urges, and images are of inappropriate things at inappropriate times, ...
Views: 9966(4 votes) - Who Do I Get Motivated? - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Mary Lee Gannon,Recently I spoke to a group of wonderful women at Dress for Success in downtown Pittsburgh. They asked some very intelligent questions with a similar theme that I hear often from people going through a transition. “How do you get motivated when you just can’t seem to get going?” ...
Views: 1361 - Definition: New Thought Movement - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteNew Thought Movement The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a loosely allied group of denominations, organizations, authors, philosophers, and individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning healing, life force, visualization, and personal power. The New Thought Movement ...
Views: 1054 - Six Ways to Know if This is the Right Company for Me - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2010 from Mary Lee Gannon,In the book First Break All the Rules, authors Buckingham and Coffman summarized 80,000 interviews done by the Gallop Organization into what successful leaders and managers do differently. They understand that any organization’s best asset is its talent. What I see as a critical facet of this ...
Views: 1349 - Definition: Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThe Law of Attraction The phrase Law of Attraction has been used by many esoteric writers, although the actual definition varies greatly. Most authors associate the Law of Attraction with the saying, "like attracts like", usually as applied to the mental life of human beings: that a person's ...
Views: 1018 - Definition: Facial Remodeling - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteBOTOX Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring substances in the world, and it is the most toxic protein.[1] Though it is highly toxic, it is used in minute doses both to treat painful muscle ...
Views: 1943(1 vote) - Definition: Non-Surgical Face Lift - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteNon-Surgical Face Lift Anti-aging creams are moisturisers marketed with the promise of making the consumer look younger and reducing visible wrinkles on the skin. Despite great demand, many such products and treatments have not been proven to give lasting or major positive effects. A decrease ...
Views: 3098(1 vote) - Definition: Facial Toning - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteFacial Toning Facial toning is a type of cosmetic procedure which promises to alter facial contour and reduce wrinkles, sagging and expression marks in the face by means of increasing muscle tone, increasing facial volume by promoting muscular hypertrophy, and preventing muscle loss due to ...
Views: 3198(1 vote) - Definition: Isometrics - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteIsometrics Isometric exercise or "isometrics" are a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction (compared to concentric or eccentric contractions, called isotonic movements). Isometrics are done in static positions, rather than being ...
Views: 2164(1 vote) - Definition: Facial Muscles - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteFacial Muscles The facial muscles are a group of striated muscles innervated by the facial nerve that, among other things, control facial expression. These muscles are also called mimetic muscles. Structure The facial muscles are subcutaneous (just under the skin) muscles that control facial ...
Views: 3237(1 vote) - Definition: Ayurvedic Cooking - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAyurvedic Cooking Ayurveda is a form of traditional medicine in use primarily in India. Ayurveda believes that various materials of vegetable, animal, and mineral origin have some medicinal value. The medicinal properties of these materials are time tested and have been used for centuries in ...
Views: 3754(1 vote) - Definition: Pranayama - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuellettePranayama is a Sanskrit word meaning "lengthening of the prana or breath". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Prāna, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "āyāma", to lengthen or extend. It is often translated as control of the life force (prana).] ...
Views: 6531(1 vote) - Definition: Chyawanprash - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteChyawanprash, also spelled chyavanaprasha, chyavanaprash, chyavanaprasam and chyawanaprash, is an ancient Ayurvedic herbal preparation, widely used in India, as a rejuvenative, energizer and immunity booster. It is often called "the elixir of life" due to its numerous nutritional properties and ...
Views: 3030 - Definition: Ayurvedic Practitioner - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAyurvedic Practitioners Ayurvedic practice was flourishing during the time of Buddha (around 520 BC) , and in this period the Ayurvedic practitioners were commonly using Mercuric-sulphur combination based medicines. In this period mercury, sulphur and other metals were used in conjunction with ...
Views: 3030(1 vote) - Definition: Ayurvedic Medicine - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAyurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent. It is presently in daily use by millions of people in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The word "Ayurveda" is a tatpurusha compound of the word āyus meaning "life", "life principle", or "long life" ...
Views: 2683(1 vote) - Make Quitting Smoking A Little Easier - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Pete FranceThrow Away All The Cigarettes You Have Yes. Throw them away. I don’t care how much they cost you, just throw them away. I’m sure you would rather give them to friends who smoke rather than throw them away, wouldn’t you? Don’t! Believe me when I say that if you give them to your friends, I’ll ...
Views: 2348(1 vote) - Definition: Changing Careers - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteVocational Education to Change Careers Vocational education (or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE)) prepares learners for careers that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and totally related to a specific ...
Views: 719 - Definition: Career Change Advice - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteCareer Change Advice An employment counselor, also known as a career development professional, advises, coaches, provides information to, and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction. How a Career Counselor can help you Career development professionals ...
Views: 1018 - Definition: Career Counseling Services - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteCareer Counseling Services Pennsylvania CareerLink is a collaborative project between multiple agencies to provide career services to Pennsylvania employers, potential employees, and others. Pennsylvania CareerLink offices and access points are located in each of the 67 Pennsylvania counties. ...
Views: 1055 - Definition: Career Transition - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteCareer Transitioning Whereas a career comprises the work activities that can be identified with a particular job or profession, having multiple careers is the growing trend in the late 20th century and early 21st century. These multiple careers can either be concurrent (where a worker has two ...
Views: 5016 - What Is Affiliate Marketing And How Do I Get Started? - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Pankaj SharmaDefinition of affiliate marketing: Affiliate marketing is taking someone else's product or service and advertising it using your own affiliate website or link in order to make money. The owner of the website/product/service will pay you a percentage of each sale generated through your unique ...
Views: 1060 - What It Takes To Succeed In Business! - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from deepak gosainBusiness if tough in today’s world! Most small businesses go bankrupt or are closed abruptly in the first five years. Over the course of the next five years many of the remainders also “pack up” shop and lock their doors. Why do so many businesses fail? The reasons lie in three main spheres. ...
Views: 606 - Dieting Tips For Parties - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Helen BurtonAre you tired of eating everything in sight from Friday to Sunday waking up feeling fat, bloated and hating yourself on Monday? Well, welcome to the human race. I was at a birthday party recently and watched everyone pick at food constantly, then complain about feeling stuffed. It took me back ...
Views: 1182 - Twice Victorious - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Llyn WrenThis is a true story of a young child who was not suppost to even get out of his wheelchair or off his respirator. Though his sheer determination, hard work and the belief that he could walk resulted in this story. I wanted to share this with you so you could understand that anything is ...
Views: 1035 - Definition: Career Testing - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAn aptitude is an innate, acquired or learned or developed component of a competency (being the others: knowledge, understanding and attitude) to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Aptitudes may be physical or mental. The innate nature of aptitude is in contrast achievement, which ...
Views: 3278(1 vote) - This Disease Can Turn Your World Upside Down - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Sharon BellIs the world literally moving too fast for you? Do you suffer from frequent and severe attacks of vertigo? Better see a doctor fast. You could be a victim of Meniere’s disease. Meniere's disease is a disturbance of the inner ear that controls our sense of balance or equilibrium. Any ...
Views: 793 - Dealing With Impotence - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Sharon BellHaving problems with your sex life? Does your wife complain when the lights go out? Don’t expect the worse. For all you know, it may be a temporary problem. Erection can occur gradually or as fast as three seconds and can be lost rapidly or slowly. The length of time an erection can be ...
Views: 547 - Understanding Frigidity - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Sharon BellWhat makes a woman frigid? Is it the result of aging, the coming of the menopause or something else? Like impotence, female sexual dysfunction or frigidity in women is often the result of psychological factors deeply rooted in childhood fears and fixations. The condition may manifest itself in ...
Views: 1026 - Losing hair is normal - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Sharon BellScared at the thought of losing hair? Worried every time you find hairs on your pillow? Don’t be. It's normal to lose from 20 to 60 hairs everyday since the human scalp, which contains about 125,000 hairs, has its own life cycle. This is characterized by a long growth period of two to ...
Views: 895 - Definition: Family and Relationships - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteParenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. It has recently become a very popular topic due to the necessity of clarifying the process of upbringing a child at home by parents as the opposite to the formal education of a child at school. A ...
Views: 821 - What Is Your Recurring Thought? - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Lydia ProschingerYour recurring thoughts are what make you or break you. It is my mission to help you find your thinking patterns that catapult you to the level you want to be on. Every individual has the mental power to completely excel and even though, as a life coach I can help you for a while to achieve ...
Views: 2887 - Definition: Homemaker - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteHomemaker A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home. The term, homemaker, is originally an Americanism, and while it has entered mainstream English, it is not in common usage outside the United States. Finding a term to describe the modern man or ...
Views: 2179 - Definition: Women and Family - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteWomen and Family A gender role is defined as a set of perceived behavioral norms associated particularly with males or females, in a given social group or system. It can be a form of division of labour by gender. It is a focus of analysis in the social sciences and humanities. Gender is one ...
Views: 1358 - Definition: Work and Family - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteWork and Family Work-family conflict is “a form of interrole conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect. That is participation in the work (family) role is made more difficult by virtue of participation in the family ...
Views: 2570 - Definition: Happy Family - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteFamily Happiness Happiness is emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy. This definition is, however, a synonymous one. A more clarified one is almost impossible to conceive due to the capacity by which a human can allocate the ...
Views: 7079 - Incorporating Investor Feedback Into Your Business Plan - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Anil ThakurInvestors, like the rest of us, have different tastes. One investor may love a concept and/or business plan while the next may hate both. It is important to understand this as business plans are working documents and are always undergoing iterations. Management teams must not rush to ...
Views: 622 - The Lie Of Attraction - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Mark CoombsSo much has been said, published, written, recorded and broadcast about the so-called law of attraction that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was real. I mean I'll be honest with you. Even I thought it was true for a short time. It just all fits so neatly - you get what you think about. Full ...
Views: 717 - Weight Loss - Valuable Tips Of Yoga - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2008 from Peter HutchYoga deep breathing helps in increasing the oxygen intake to the body cells, including the fat cells. This results into burning up of fat cells. Another amazing aspect of Yoga is that it reduces anxiety which, in turn, reduces anxious eating. It is human tendency that whenever we are tensed we ...
Views: 842(1 vote) - Treatment - Swelling Of Feet During Pregnancy - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Peter HutchSwelling may be experienced at any point during pregnancy, but it tends to be noticed around the fifth month and can increase while you are in the third trimester. Swelling may be reduced by eating foods that are high in potassium, such as bananas, and by avoiding caffeine. The natural remedies ...
Views: 1107 - Treatment Of Dark Circles Under Eyes - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Peter HutchTest out the best colors at a department store counter or at Sephora. (Tip: Tell the makeup artist you are looking to correct the undereye circles and are testing several different types before purchase). Choose concealer that's a shade lighter than your foundation. And if your circles are very ...
Views: 669 - Real Vs. Artificial Christmas Trees - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Raj KamtaPutting up and decorating your Christmas tree is a holiday tradition which has been in effect for hundreds of years and will probably be in effect until the end of time. Choosing whether you want a real Christmas tree or an artificial Christmas tree is a dilemma which many of us face every year. ...
Views: 1004 - What's Your Genius? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Pankaj SharmaPablo Picasso was once asked by a journalist "what does it feel like to be Picasso, master of the arts?" Picasso slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a dollar bill. He took a pen in his hand and signed the dollar bill before handing it to the journalist. The famous painter then ...
Views: 734 - What One Thing - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from alka ranaA few weeks ago I asked my readers what the most important issue was in their business. Hundreds responded with a variety of answers, but one of the most common was, "How do I get everything that needs doing done?" Happily, I have an answer for this question, but like many things in life, it ...
Views: 677 - Information about Yoga for Depression - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Peter HutchYoga is a relaxing form of exercise that can help alleviate depression. Meditation and yoga poses can help you attack the root cause of depression - the feeling that you can't handle the demands of your life. It tones the nervous system, stimulates circulation, promotes concentration, and ...
Views: 950(1 vote) - How To Get Rid Of Ear Infections - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Peter HutchThe surgeon selects a ventilation tube for your child that will remain in place for as long as required for the middle ear infection to improve and for the eustachian tube to return to normal. This may require several weeks or months. During this time, you must keep water out of the ears because ...
Views: 1356(1 vote) - Debt Cures Reveals Secrets About The Lending Industry - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Aaron ZakoamIn chapter 7, Kevin Trudeau explains the most important way to combat the credit card companies is to get a copy of your credit report. You are allowed one free copy a year. In chapters 8 and 9 of Debt Cures, he tells you how to get the report and then says how you can go and ...
Views: 773 - Debt Cures: Fight Back Against Your Credit Card Company - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Aaron ZakoamKevin Trudeau says it is time to fight fire with fire when combating credit card companies in chapter 7 of Debt Cures. The lenders are unscrupulous in their tactics, so Trudeau urges consumers to counter attack. Remember facing down bullies when you were a child, push back and ...
Views: 1699 - The Inner Wingman - Trusting Yourself - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Waldo WaldmanBefore fighter pilots can fly in combat, they have to demonstrate expertise in tactics, technology, and hands-on flying. Extensive hours of study, simulation and practice missions must be accomplished before they are designated "M/R" – MISSION READY. Simply put, they're not trusted to fly ...
Views: 773 - Lose Sight, Lose Fight - How Focused Vision Leads To Victory - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Waldo WaldmanWe have a saying in the fighter pilot world, "lose sight, lose fight." Lose sight for just a second of the ground or aerial target, and chances are you'll lose the fight (i.e. miss the target or get shot down). It takes intense concentration, discipline, and focus to keep sight. Your vision is ...
Views: 793 - Don’t Let The Global Village Prevent You From Sharing Your Family History With Future Generations - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from ravinder singhThere was once a time when grandparents sat amidst a group of wide-eyed grandchildren telling stories of days gone by. As the global village shrinks and families spread out across the nation and the world, the tradition of sharing family stories orally is in decline. Oral tradition - passing ...
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