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- Improve your work life balance and get more out of life. - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2006 from Clare EvansDo you feel that you’re spending too much time at work and there must be more to life? Perhaps you need to improve your work life balance? One way to assess how you’re doing, is to score each of the following eight areas out of 10. If any one of these is seriously out of balance it’s likely ...
Views: 1387 - Aligned Thinking Secret # 3 - by How to get what you REALLY want from life
January 13, 2006 D-day-6
Dear Jim,
Yesterday we focused on work. Today we focus on personal life or life in general.
It is sad when someone does not get what they REALLY want from work. It is even sadder when they do not get what they really want from ...
Views: 1016 - Aligned Thinking Secret #2: How to get what you REALLY want from work? - by Greetings,
Are you getting all you want from your time and life? In my new book, Aligned Thinking, when Ray and Carol see Coach Eric, he discovers that “meaning from work” is one of their bigger problems. He sends them to Mike and Mary, who, at one time, were so disgusted with their work that ...
Views: 969 - 7 Tips for Successful Meditation - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2006 from richard PettingerThrough meditation we can bring about greater peace of mind and powers of concentration. The length of time we meditate is not as important as the focus we give during our meditation. If we can meditate with a silent mind for 5 minutes we can bring to the fore our own divine qualities of inner ...
Views: 1213 - Fearless Living - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2006 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorFear is natural and necessary. Why? It helps keep us safe. But, fear is supposed to protect us from danger, not keep us from living fulfilling lives. My Life Coach training was through iPEC (Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching). Bruce Schneider, founder, presented keys to success ...
Views: 997 - Energy Coaching: Helping Paradigm of The Future - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Maryam WebsterYou probably know about the extraordinary effectiveness of Life Coaching in helping clients who are past the need for therapy but still need support, productive insights and brainstorming such a relationship generates. Regular life coaching helps functional—often very highly functional—clients ...
Views: 1679 - How to Program Happiness - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Evelyn Cole“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” Agnes Repplier Like computer programs, we can be misconfigured and need to re-program our subconscious minds. Happiness is a subjective state, a temporary one by necessity. We can't know we are ...
Views: 1384 - Aligned Thinking Secret #1 - by Dear Partner,
Are you getting all you want from your time and life? My oldest son just turned thirty. He was asking himself this question. At thirty, this is a good question to ask. In fact at any age, it is an excellent question to ask.
Tragedy – Letting This Question Unanswered
The ...
Views: 1021 - New Beginnings (Zen Steps For Starting Fresh) - by Along with the joy and excitement of the New Year’s season, a feeling of sadness often exists side by side. This feeling sometimes grows stronger after the New Year itself has passed. During this period we consciously or unconsciously review the year that has gone by, how it’s met our ...
Views: 825 - Building Self Esteem in Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Karen Simmonshttp://www.autismtoday.com/articles/buildingselfesteem.html "If you had a brain, you'd take it out and play with it" were my father's words to me as I was growing up. This wasn't a compliment or encouragement of my questioning nature. Through my early years, my self-esteem was low for a ...
Views: 1827 - Better Ways to Cope with Stress: Your Way Out of the Toxic Triangle - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Yolanda CardenDepressive symptoms, unhealthy eating habits, and heavy drinking unite to create a space that is so poisonous for women that I have called it the toxic triangle. Eating, Drinking, Overthinking will help you understand your own relationship to the toxic triangle. It is not just for women who have ...
Views: 1307 - Assessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Gary DirenfeldAssessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems Your child is about 7 years old. The teacher reports problems listening in class, sitting still and getting into conflict with peers. First thought always seems to be ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). But what if ...
Views: 1513 - What causes people to shut down and disengage from conversation? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Gary CohenDue to the power differential between leaders and their team members, leaders must learn not only how to tolerate criticism, but also to restrict their criticism of others. When we are criticized, we feel like our bodies are under attack. This fear or panic causes our prehistoric, reptilian ...
Views: 973 - Excerpt: The Secret Life of Water - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Yolanda CardenA Thankful Heart Is the Way to Happiness Why do people go through life looking for happiness? Dogs and cats look for food and comfort, but they certainly don't go to all the trouble that people do in their continual search for happiness. I suppose the reason is that we are the only ones who ...
Views: 1387 - Healthy Relationships Create A Healthy Life! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Ray KellyIs your relationship with your significant other, mother, father, or friend making you sick? Believe it or not, there’s scientific evidence to suggest that our relationships can actually contribute to illness. Therefore, in order to achieve a healthy life, it is important to make our ...
Views: 979 - Virtue and Character - Why Study? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from James BartonVirtue and Character - Why Study?Imagine driving a car. If the steering was misaligned and continued to pull you to the left or the right, or otherwise did not respond properly, then it would become a priority to get it fixed. Your Character is far more valuable and useful to you than a car or ...
Views: 1589 - Become a Healthier You Inside and Out In the New Year! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Elizabeth SavinoBecome a Healthier You Inside and Out In the New Year! Tips to Jump Start Your Level of Fitness Although January signifies the beginning of frigid weather and shorter days, it also brings you the opportunity to reflect on the year that has just past and offers a perfect time to evaluate the ...
Views: 1175 - Listen to the Deep Know: The Urge for a Writer's Life - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Yolanda CardenI know the moment I realized who I was supposed to spend my life with. It was a Sunday in August 1987. He was a friend who shared my penchants for B-movies, Monty Python, and the band Rush. We were driving back to my house after spending the afternoon at a nearby park. I looked at him at some ...
Views: 1296 - Do YOU Have Different Rules For Women? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Dr. Dennis NederHere's an interesting question I was recently asked: are there different rules for women and men when it comes to the entire dating/sex/relationship game, and if so, what standards should women enjoy that men don't? One of the reasons why women pull things like "the crying game" (NOT the movie ...
Views: 933 - The Words Do Matter - by Air Canada Flight 154
I was boarding a flight in Edmonton, Alberta, bound for Toronto after a long day. As I handed my boarding pass to the Air Canada gate agent, I asked her if she was having a good day. Her response has been in my mind for nearly two weeks. She looked at me, smiled, and said, ...
Views: 884 - How to recover from a disastrous first date - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Jack ZavadaYou know the feeling. You close the door behind you and let out a big sigh. It didn't go well. In fact, it was a disaster. First dates are stressful even when everything goes right. When you or the other person messes up, a couple hours can seem like an eternity. But after the date is ...
Views: 1300 - What do you do with your Web site Traffic? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Matthew GlanfieldHave you ever noticed how much everybody talks about Internet marketing? It seems to be one of the hottest topics on the Internet over the past few years. The funny thing about it is that with all the talk that has been going on very few people actually understand some of the fundamental ...
Views: 783 - Five Ways to Facilitate Group Conversations - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steve DavisHave you ever felt ‘stuck’ in a conversation with three or more people that just wasn’t going anywhere? People are droning on and on about this and that, leaving you bored and wishing you could just slip away? This is an all too familiar social situation - we’ve all been there and , chances are, ...
Views: 2493 - What Story are you Enacting? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steve DavisWhat Story are you Enacting? How much of your life is directed from the foundation of unexamined mythology? What if we are all enacting some sort of story in our lives? Now what do I mean by story? I mean that we have some vision, set of ideas, or beliefs about ourselves that define us as a ...
Views: 1693 - The Power of a Name - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Kelley RobertsonRemembering a customer’s name can improve your sales. However, people in my workshops often tell me that they have a difficult time remembering names. I sometimes think we tend to get too hung up on trying to recall a person’s name, especially if we have only met them once. Like anything else ...
Views: 840 - Ten Tips To Create A Brand New You! Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green Hello again! Hope you tried the first five tips and you’re ready to try the next five. Here’s another 5 top tips for you to continue your transformation… 6. Plan a weekend adventure. Make it something BIG, something exciting and something you’ve never done ...
Views: 954 - Ten Tips To Create A Brand New You! Part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green Looking to reinvent yourself, to create a brand new you and get even more happiness and fulfilment from life? Here’s the first 5 of 10 exciting ideas to help you transform yourself… 1. First and most important of them all, is the attitude to how you approach ...
Views: 1093 - How To Help A Stressed Or Depressed Loved One - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green I receive many emails from concerned relatives, partners and friends who are trying to help a loved one suffering the torment of a stressful or depressive episode. They want to help, but just don’t know what to do for the best. I lived with a depressed ...
Views: 1294 - When should you rent a car for your trip to Hawaii? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steven AndersonTravelers have found that sometimes, just before departure, they can find greatly reduced deals on airfare as the airlines try and fill empty seats. This is, of course, a gamble but it does work out sometimes for the last minute traveler. In my experience, rental cars do not work this way. The ...
Views: 2546 - Got a Headache? Know the Causes Behind - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2012 from Linda GilesHeadaches can encompass many things because there are different kinds of headaches. For instance, you can have tension/stress related headaches, migraine, cluster and rebound headaches. However, not too many people are aware of this compartmentalization; hence remedies are not as ...Headaches ...
Views: 1432 - Daily Habits- Are They Expanding or Diminishing Your Life Experience and Business Success? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Beth Tabak“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” Benjamin Franklin "Up to 90 percent of our normal behavior is based on habits," an excerpt from The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt. ...
Views: 1352 - Praising The Goodness Of Your Child - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Linda MiloPraise can be a word, an expression on your face, a gesture, or a statement that encourages pride, joy and accomplishment in your child. When you give praise you are giving your child a feeling of positive feedback, which increases their sense of confidence, self-worth and competence. Not bad, ...
Views: 1084 - What's your leadership style? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kreg EndersonWhat’s Your Leadership Style? Early in my career, I remember being asked in interviews, “what is your leadership style”. At the time I thought I needed to have a single style so I would have an answer to this question. But it never seemed quite right to answer the question without asking “who ...
Views: 1469 - Guaranteed Goal Achievement! Easy New Year Reolutions. - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Adam EasonOne of the amazing gifts that we have as people is the desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams. What is even more amazing is that we have also been given the ability to not only dream but to pursue those dreams and not only to pursue ...
Views: 1688 - Emotional Sprinkler System - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kathy GatesOne evening last summer, as the temperatures soared in Arizona, I noticed that my plants were suffering. Wilted, laying over in frustration, drained from a day of work in the hot sun they were very unhappy and stressed plants. Of course I went out immediately, gave them a cool shower, and ...
Views: 1282 - Improve Your Focus Overnight - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Catherine FranzHaven't you always thought having a disorderly mind meant something was wrong? Well, I did. That was, until... I read tons of information about the brain, including material produced by the Center for the Study of the Brain. And guess what? Having a mind that is disorderly is a ...
Views: 16150(5 votes) - Embrace Your Overall Vision: It May Be Hiding in the Strangest Places - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Catherine FranzThinking back on it, my lifestyle change journey really began about eight years ago. But I didn't become aware of it until about three years ago when I consciously decided I needed to lead a "lighter" life and started by cleaning out the medicine cabinet. It seems so simple now, but it took ...
Views: 1342 - Actions of Love - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Margaret PaulMyrna, 38 and a successful physician, sought my help because she often felt inadequate. While she really valued herself as a doctor, she did not value herself in her important relationships with friends and family. In addition, she said she wanted to be in a loving relationship but she took no ...
Views: 3417 - This Perfect Universe - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kenneth MacLeanThis article is a sequel to The Vibrational Universe. I have been coming to the shocking realization that we live in a perfect universe. By this I mean, the Law of Attraction manages all vibration so that we receive always in our experience a match to our activated energy patterns. If this is ...
Views: 1271 - Relieve Emotional and Physical Pain Quickly with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Susan QuinnInnovative Power Therapies Provide Simple Techniques to Deal with Trauma Recent years have seen the development of a family of therapies that offer clinically effective alternatives to traditional, long-term treatments. These Power Therapies only require one to three sessions, but the results ...
Views: 1561 - The Power of Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Amy BiddleGoal setting is a tool to use to have more fun in life. Life is perfect as it is. It is perfectly itself, whole and complete, lacking nothing. That may seem like a funny way to begin an essay on goal setting. "If my life is fine the way it is," you may think, "why bother with setting goals?" ...
Views: 1042 - How to improve your self esteem with your subconscious - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Kenneth Koh“What are the most effective techniques for programming the self esteem?” “I learned that I can not outperform my self esteem. Is it true?” Yes it’s true. You cannot outperform your self esteem. Your self esteem is your belief in your self, and your belief creates your reality. That’s the law ...
Views: 973 - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - Part I: Life - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Julie DonleyThe Constitution of the United States affirms that each person is endowed with the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is true for everyone on the planet, not just people residing in the US; although in this country, you are provided with the freedoms necessary ...
Views: 1181 - The Power of Gratitude - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Lori RadunWhen my older son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, my first reaction was relief – I finally knew the reason for his behavior. However, I was also overwhelmed with sadness, fear and anger. I felt sorry for my son and for myself. Like many others in similar ...
Views: 1339 - Stressed out? The key to stress is how you deal with it - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Dr. Ulla SebastianStress is a natural part of life. What you understand by stress though may be quite different from your work colleague, your neighbour or your partner. The same events, the same amount of pressure may inspire one person to get active, creative and move beyond known limits and another person to ...
Views: 1686 - You are not just a mother, you are YOU first! - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Tonya RamseyMothers face many challenges in today’s world. They carry the responsibility of many roles. Through these roles we become different things to different people. Sometimes we get divided over having a career and having a families or find conflict between the different jobs that we try to do. ...
Views: 1679 - The Beauty Of Setting Goals - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Adebola Oni"Would you get into a taxi and tell the cabby, 'Driver anywhere.'" Would you wander onto the first plane you saw at the gate without bothering to ask where it is flying? Of course not. Yet it's amazing how unfocused we can be about the biggest asset we have - our lives. Goals shouldn't be ...
Views: 1622 - Gratitude...or Appreciation - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorA funny thing happened on the way to writing an article about Gratitude. I changed my consciousness. For quite a while, I’ve been attaching "I am grateful for"in front of all of my affirmations. I had heard, and accepted, the words of others who spoke about the importance of gratitude. But ...
Views: 827 - HOW NOT TO FEEL LONELY - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Piercarla GarusiWe all are alone sometimes, but that does not mean feeling lonely; we can be alone and be perfectly happy, so what is it that makes us feel lonely and how can we make ourselves feel good? But also why do we feel lonely? I have worked with many clients who have experienced abuse in one form ...
Views: 1124 - HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Piercarla GarusiThe key to happiness is taking full responsibility for us and our life. I have worked with many clients who have experienced abuse in one form or the other in their lives and there are 2 common factors they experience: they all have a sense of anger, associated with a sense of powerlessness, ...
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