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- The Irresistible Power of Love - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from shayne hammondIf you are facing obstacles that are stopping you from living the life you desire, you need to LOVE THEM TO DEATH ! In the presence of love, obstacles melt away. Literally LOVE is the force that will destroy every obstacle standing in your way. This is because "Faith worketh by love".Gal ...
Views: 1592(1 vote) - Your Seven-Step Guide to Better Digestion - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you one of the 70 million Americans suffering from digestive diseases, like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, constipation and peptic ulcers? Unfortunately, good digestive health appears to be on the decline and what’s worse is that poor digestive health affects your ...
Views: 712 - We Teach People How to Treat Us - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI think Dear Abby said this a long, long time ago. I've always remembered it and I use it frequently in therapy. "We teach people how to treat us." How do we do this? By the way we treat ourselves. If we treat ourselves with respect we will be treated with respect. Likewise, if we ...
Views: 2984(2 votes) - Create a Stress-Free Zone - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIdeally, the stress-free space should be an area that is generally quiet, and feels good—like a bedroom or office, or even a walk-in closet or bathroom. If there are no available spaces in the quiet parts of the home, the next best choice is a favorite spot elsewhere.
Views: 1070(2 votes) - The Medical Model for Treating Mental Disorders - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I began working in the mental health field I began as a caseworker for the county mental health authority. This essentially involved working under psychiatrists as a caseworker. The system being utilized to diagnose and treat mental health "disorders" was, and still is, referred to as ...
Views: 2637(3 votes) - 7 Money Saving Tips that Improve Your Health - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo save money you can start making deposits in your health savings account immediately. This means thrifty disease prevention instead of costly treatment. With less money to spend you are more likely to engage in creative improvising. Creativity immediately counteracts stress and a sense of loss ...
Views: 574 - And now for some hope... - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYears ago, my stepmom Judy (whom I call “Mamma Jude”) gave me a framed print of a car climbing a winding road through a beautiful Southwest canyon with blood orange rock walls made more luminous by the graphic’s black background. The text underneath reads, “Change - a bend in the road is not ...
Views: 709 - Seeking Clarity - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast week as I went to wash my face before bedtime, I noticed that my right eye was bloodshot. Tired? Maybe. Too much computer time? Probably. But, I looked a little more closely and saw that along with the red, I also had a little white dot on the white part (sclera) of my eye. It looked like a ...
Views: 931(2 votes) - Should You Snoop on Your Guy? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lisa DailyOkay, let’s get past the fact that in our greatest moments of weakness or weirdness most of us may have inadvertently looked through our guy’s bedside table (for hand lotion!) while he was otherwise occupied, or casually inventoried the dry cleaning receipts, straw wrappers and lint in his ...
Views: 2606(3 votes) - Supporters: The Power Behind Us - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBehind each of us stands at least one supporter. This was once thought to be the spouse who ran the home while leaving the other spouse free to work. While this is still one valid scenario, most of us will find that we have other kinds of supporters in our lives. In some cases, our supporters ...
Views: 876(1 vote) - Loads of Hope: When Doing Laundry is Doing Good - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsImagine actually looking forward to doing your laundry. We might take for granted how quickly and easily we're able to wash our clothing... but what happens when disaster strikes and you're left without water, power, or any clean clothes? Last week, all of Twitter was aflutter with the ...
Views: 1739(3 votes) - Is He Mr. Right? Or Mr. Right Now? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lisa DailyWe’ve all done it. We’re smack in the middle of a ho-hum, so-so, not going anywhere relationship. But, we don’t break up. We stay. We go out for linguini and clams every Friday night, have a sleepover every Saturday night, and continue on as though we might actually want to be with this ...
Views: 1968(15 votes) - Is Money Sacred? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the future, the sacred ritual of embedding LOVE as a thought-form in money will become another dailiy habit for all of us. Money is a form of energy. By an unconscious, collective agreement, most people have come to believe that moey is scarce; that others will always have more money than ...
Views: 1303(1 vote) - How the Natasha Richardson tragedy can help you heal - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Life is precious.” "Life is often unfair." "Unthinkably horrid things happen to good and bad people alike." Trite and hackneyed as those statements may be, what else can one say upon hearing that a young mother, wife, daughter, beloved friend, and brilliant stage and film actress died ...
Views: 671(2 votes) - How to Date Your Husband - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lisa DailyAfter a few years of marriage, a lot of people find they don’t have anything to talk about but who left their toenails under the couch, and what happened on Grey’s Anatomy. If you’re in a long-term relationship that’s lost its sizzle, now’s the time to figure out how to get that sizzle ...
Views: 1952(3 votes) - Saving Energy, Money and the Planet at the Same Time - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToday, I want to teach you to get started with green energy by suggesting a couple methods you can use to lower your energy bills without making any investments in technology. Just by becoming more aware of your energy usage you can lower you energy expenses and keep more money in your pocket ...
Views: 741(3 votes) - Are You Crazy, or is He Cheating? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lisa DailyThe weird hang-up calls. The erratic work hours. The stories that just don’t quite add up. You have the gnawing, sickly feeling that your man is cheating on you. But how do you know for sure? Finding signs of cheating is like pulling a stray piece of yarn in a pair of socks. It only takes one ...
Views: 1627(3 votes) - No Pity for a Strong Soul - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI write from my home office, on a danish teak table, in front of a big window looking onto our street. I usually have the blinds closed because the sunlight makes it hard to read the computer screen. And from the sidewalk, at nearly the same time everyday, I hear loud hollering yelps, a ...
Views: 699 - You’re Perfect Just the Way You Are - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLife can be very hard and confusing. It often seems that when you take one step forward, you wind up taking five steps backwards, doesn’t it? It’s okay, and you’re okay. In fact, you’re more than okay. You’re perfect just the way you are because God loves you. That makes you perfect, and strong, ...
Views: 3143 - Who Are the Hardest Workers in the Zodiac? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently I read about an Australian company that put out an ad seeking new employees, but with a rather uncommon request—the applicants had to be a certain astrology sign. Anyone under the Taurus, Aquarius, Aries, Capricorn, or Leo signs were encouraged to submit resumes because, according to a ...
Views: 2198 - How to Increase Your Income - Marketing Advice - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Christopher MusicYou've got to make money before you spend money. If you think of the kind of financial advice you usually get from financial advisors, you'll probably find that it's pretty much entirely focused on the second half of that sentence: saving and investing money. That's certainly a legitimate ...
Views: 949(4 votes) - Bouncing Back: Building resiliency to deal with setbacks - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are walking through your neighborhood enjoying a beautiful sunny day. Suddenly you hear the sound of a dog barking. It sounds like the barking is getting closer. You look behind you and notice that the ferocious dog from down the street is loose and running directly toward you! A wave of ...
Views: 1671 - How To Serve A Homeless Person: Guide to Gift Bags - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe can help a homeless person by serving him/her food, a blanket and/or necessary items. It's a pretty simple and wonderful thing to do. In this article, I would like to propose a way to share items with homeless people. This distribution method of serving an unhoused person has worked for ...
Views: 3232(3 votes) - Do you have a story to share? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy main intent and maybe even raison d’etre is to help you discover your most authentic, happy, and compassionate self. Toward that end, I’m seeking stories of people who’ve become under- or unemployed since the economy avalanched. I want to hear what they (you/us) want others who remain ...
Views: 626(2 votes) - Ultimate Money Saving & Marriage Saving Tip! - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen my husband asked what the title of this article was, he replied… “What? Ultimate money Saving tip? Is it to never marry a woman like you?” Isn’t that charming? I told him that I instantly thought of another way to save money: no more Saturday date nights with him! Seriously, with ...
Views: 642 - Get More Exposure Through Online Social Networking - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraAffiliate marketers these days have more options in doing their web promotion in the form of online social networking. Web promotion is not limited to the traditional advertising methods that people have been used to in the past years. Promoting your web sites in these networking sites can ...
Views: 940 - 10 Small Ways Intent Has Changed My Life: A List - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere at Intent.com, we are bombarded with tons of great advice from great people. How many of them actually stick in your head and become a permanent part of your everyday life? Here are ten small things I started doing from being a part of the Intent community. I hope they also inspire you ...
Views: 642(1 vote) - How Do You Get Back Up? A Counterintuitive Approach to Thriving in Challenging Times - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company. Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he'd led his team. To their culture, their work ...
Views: 585 - The Emotional Stimulus Package Part III: Saying Goodbye to an Old Life - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn part two of this series on preparing for change I gave you a tool for observing your life and beginning to acknowledge that a cycle of life is ending. I instructed you to keep tabs of what interests you now as a contrast to what has become stale, boring, and not life giving. Over the next few ...
Views: 694 - March 19, 2009 Best of the INTENTERNET: Cheap, Sleep, Tweet - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCHEAP Here are three links to keep your savings happy--in honor of this week's theme on saving money, being frugal, and hoarding those greenbacks like squirrels hoarding acorns for the coming winter. A sobering article from The Huffington Post reminds us that however tough these economic times ...
Views: 644 - The Starving Self - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Hunter PhoenixThe first step towards change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do. It's something you allow. –Will Garcia What is it that you just don’t have enough of? Is it time? Money? Happiness? Success? Love? ...
Views: 1880(2 votes) - Child Abuse Doesn't Take A Day Off and Neither Can We - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt kind of trails off after the holidays. We would love to keep the issue in the front of everyone and that child abuse happens all year long. Abuse doesn't take a holiday, doesn't take a day off, and we can't either. (Jane Donovan) The it referred to in the quote is child abuse. It was in ...
Views: 1775 - Overwhelmed with where to begin spiritually - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am so overwhelmed with spiritual growing. I have no formal religious background. Where do I start? I believe in a spiritual entity. And that we are all connected. I believe there was a man named Jesus that walked the face of the earth and was given information from god. I do not ...
Views: 885(2 votes) - The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Privacy - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTechnology is not the root cause of identity theft, data breach or cyber crime. We are. Too often, we use technology as a scapegoat, providing a convenient excuse to sit apathetically in our executive offices, unwilling to gaze at the enormous profit-sucking sound that is mass data theft. ...
Views: 691 - Crystal Clear Communications - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Hunter PhoenixOne of the biggest issues I've seen over the years working with clients is that of communications. So often, situations can go array simply for lack of crystal clear communications. Part of the problem is also part of the beauty; we all have different communication styles. And as much as this ...
Views: 1715(2 votes) - Food Combining: The Little-Understood Secret to Optimal Health & Weight Revealed - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSteak and potatoes, tuna-noodle casserole, scrambled eggs with toast... these classic American meals are also classic examples of why the Standard American Diet is making us fatter and more prone to disease. After eating one of those traditional American meals, you might experience bloating ...
Views: 1386(4 votes) - Getting Your Student Ready for College - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Carol EisemanFor many people, the summer months exude a vision of sunny beach days and family vacations; however for anyone with kids who will be attending college in September, summer brings lengthy “to do” lists! It is a bittersweet time for parents of high school graduates whose children are opting to ...
Views: 1763(1 vote) - Spring, and how we see it - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe trees are looking a bit more promising these days. The twigs that looked so bare and naked in January have now, even at a distance, gained substance; and close inspection reveals that buds are waiting to make themselves known. Each year Nature does this and each year we think it’s doing ...
Views: 610(2 votes) - How resilient are you? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow resilient are you? We all experience stressors everyday - they are unavoidable. The key is how we respond to life's challenges. With the help of some good coping skills, you can learn to bounce back from difficult life experiences and become more resilient. Take this quiz to see how ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Social Media Marketing & the Start-up Business - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Robin HardyThe start-up business needs to get the word out on what they do as quickly as possible so in today’s market we have to explore tools that will expedite our efforts and reduce our cost. We are finding today that the traditional style of marketing in print media is rapidly fading into the sunset. ...
Views: 1690(1 vote) - What is Your Mind Full Of When You Feel Empty? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ("What's the sound of one hand clapping?" or "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, ...
Views: 591 - How to Enjoy Family Staycations in a Recession - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D.Now that the summer solstice has given us more time between sunrise and sunset, Americans are officially in summer mode - using the extra daylight hours to spend with the family. But unemployment rates are above 10% in many states and the recession isn't showing signs of an early end. A lot of ...
Views: 1447(4 votes) - The Zone of Incomprehensibility - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lawrence GoldIf you've been doing somatic education for any period of time - or any form of education for that matter -- you've observed periods when your clients (or students) appear to have lost comprehension of your instructions. In fact, there have probably been periods either during sessions or during ...
Views: 1558 - Too Many Things to Do? Seven Great Tips to Get Things Done! - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Prasanna Gunturi"Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”~Unknown Let me first thank you for participating in the survey. If you haven't yet, you may still take part by clicking here. . Too many things to do in life? 24 hours is not enough? You wish there were 48 hours in a ...
Views: 8369(1 vote) - Step into Your Greatness NOW! - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Prasanna GunturiKnowing that life is a journey and we encounter obstacles, challenges and limitations on the way, we don't expect a perfectly smooth ride. It seems that some of us are lucky and fortunate but for many, the ride is getting bumpier and bumpier. The cup of woes is overflowing... The question ...
Views: 1182 - The Vagrant Gift - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneAt age 14 I was a willowy little thing with long blonde hair and braces. Not yet old enough to drive, I was grown-up enough to ride the bus from our town of Gresham, Oregon to downtown Portland for my orthodontist appointments. I liked going to Portland - it made me feel worldly and mature. On ...
Views: 2403(12 votes) - When Old Habits Reemerge – Think Peppermint! - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneAre you proud of yourself that you no longer lose your temper, bite your fingernails, or have a messy desk? Perhaps you feel as if you have finally arrived since you no longer wait until the last minute to "do your homework". But have you ever thought that you were finished with a pesky old ...
Views: 2456(10 votes) - Natural Help for Heartburn - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lynn JaffeeYou’ve got what feels like a three-alarm fire under your ribcage or at the top of your chest. Maybe you just overindulged in a gourmet meal or knocked down a chili dog with the works. You belch; maybe drink a little water, but the fire burns on. That after-dinner hell you’re experiencing is ...
Views: 1433 - Eight Ways to Ease That Pain in Your Neck - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lynn JaffeeWe’ve all heard the figurative term that something is a pain in the neck, but the reality of neck pain can cause sleepless nights, limited range of motion, and make your life miserable in general. There are a number of causes of neck pain, including trauma, turning and reaching at the same time, ...
Views: 2015(1 vote) - Is Stress Causing Your Weight Gain? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lynn JaffeeThere was an article in my local paper last week about the relationship between stress and weight gain. The gist of the article was that during the current economic crisis many people who are stressed about their financial situation turn to food as a way to cope. Medical experts know that ...
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