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- Women Are the Solution to the Recession - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Blanca VergaraThe global financial crisis was generated by greed and fear. Women can heal the corporation and the whole financial system with honesty and courage. Our fear is based on the perception of being independent, having the need to have more and being afraid of the enemy. We are afraid of the boss, ...
Views: 863 - Environmental Hotel: Cementing the Environmental Bricks - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Eco GreenEnvironmental Hotel: Cementing the Environmental Bricks Indeed, somebody has very well said that” Modern technology Owes ecology-An apology." The amazing development in the field of science and technology has made our lives comfortable and luxurious to a great extent however we are not ...
Views: 1108 - Wealth Management and Private Foundations - 5 Key Points to Consider Before Setting Up a Foundation - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Thomas QuinlinAre you thinking about setting up a private foundation? It can be a wise decision - if it is done correctly, and for the right reasons. Read on for 5 key points you should be aware of before taking the big step. 1. What is important to you? First, you should identify what is really ...
Views: 1192 - How to Avoid Foreclosure - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from mike greavesThe current economic crisis has left most Americans in an undesirable state of financial trouble. Be it job loss, unpaid bills, retirement pensions, loans or any other problem, you must know how to deal with it. It is of utmost importance to know how to avoid foreclosure. This is a common ...
Views: 924 - Achieve Sales Success By Breaking the Rules - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Mark TewartYou are in charge of your destiny. Be happy that you have critics, as it means you have success to be envied. Critics don’t pick on the weak; they don’t have anything to gain in doing so. In Australia, this is called the “Tall Poppy Syndrome.” When one poppy grows taller than the other ...
Views: 999 - Where Did All That Stress Come From? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you noticed an increasing amount of stress in your life? Sure, there are plenty of things to be concerned about, not the least of which is the economy. However, I'll bet that before things turned south, you still had more than enough stress. If this sounds familiar, then I'd like to ...
Views: 707(1 vote) - My Mother's Bed - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe bed is already crowded when I crawl into it. The cats have arranged themselves neatly around my mother and they are not happy when I climb aboard and upset their cozy set-up. I fit easily into my father's mattress indentation, he's begun his day but the covers have kept his spot warm. ...
Views: 707(1 vote) - Celebrating Our Animal Friends - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've always been a dog person. I don't have anything against cats; I just like dogs better. But now that I am sharing an apartment with a woman who owns two cats, I couldn't help but grow fond of these two other furry roommates. Zikara is a year old, was rescued from a pet adoption center, and ...
Views: 772 - Celebrate Failure! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you afraid to commit to yourself fully? Are you terrified to lose weight, to fully take-in, ingest, go hog wild for your healthy living plan? Are you just plain afraid to push your envelope in any direction? Are you afraid to let the buried, the 'real' you - OUT? Afraid that you are going to ...
Views: 816 - What the Captured American Journalists in North Korea Could Mean for Diplomacy - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFrom Deepak Chopra and Gotham Chopra We have been close friends with Laura Ling and her family for over a decade. So when we heard almost 3 weeks ago that Laura and her colleague Euna Lee, while reporting on a story on the North Korean-Chinese border, were arrested by North Korean officials, we ...
Views: 1283 - Understanding Bisexuality - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraSome people are straight, while others are not. We often refer to those who are not straight as homosexuals—either gays or lesbians to be exact. But, there is an often-overlooked segment of the gay/lesbian and straight communities: the bisexuals, also popularly known as “bi’s”. So what exactly ...
Views: 1725 - Intents Come in All Sizes - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIntent is an interesting word - it always seems to be linked to something rather grand. 'I intend to find my purpose in life' might be an example. And it's an important intent. But what about those lesser intents? I intend to tidy the kitchen, for instance? It might not look like much, but ...
Views: 865 - Fasting Fundamentals - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPeople choose to abstain from food for a variety of reasons: as a rite of spiritual purification, penitence and purification, communion with God, or to enhance healing. For fasting to be a catalyst for spiritual transformation—rather than an experience of discomfort or anxiety—it’s a good idea ...
Views: 730 - Intuition - Avoid the Obstacles & Let it Flow - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from James LeGrandYour intuition is you as a soul communicating with your mind and body. It is those gentle nudgings that may occur to you as hunches, visual imagery, feelings, or maybe even whispers. When we talk about intuition, we are talking about information that is being passed to you that you would have ...
Views: 1320(1 vote) - Do You Think I Can Do That? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“When I taught in a boy’s prep school, I used to talk to the boys who were trying to make up their minds as to what their careers were going to be. A boy would come to me and ask, “Do you think I can do this? Do you think I can do that? Do you think I can be a writer?” “Oh,” I would say, “I ...
Views: 695 - Controlling Your Sugar Addiction - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraMost people could become addicted to several things. It is called sugar addiction when a person craves sweet foods. It is a physical and psychological craving. Eating sweets like candies, cakes and cookies are not the only way to add a large amount of sugar to your diet. Breads, snacks and ...
Views: 1340 - The Evolution of My Peace - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow my quest for racial harmony led me to personal conviction, inner-healing and ultimately peace. I was tired—tired of race being such a factor in our lives. For as long as I could remember, I had looked around me and wondered why people of different races could not get along and yearned for ...
Views: 720 - Gimme' A Break(fast)! High Protein Pancakes - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe best way to send your body and mind the message that you plan to have a healthy day is by choosing a healthy breakfast. A great breakfast will jumpstart your metabolism, keep you satiated and energized for a morning workout, and give you something to get out of bed for! Try this High Protein ...
Views: 836 - An Alien Encounter: A Look at Sexual Abuse - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am in my therapist’s office, after finding out about my daughter’s sexual abuse, and I am slowly recalling the morning after the first time I was sexually violated by my stepfather….. I saw myself as a young child, sewing a cloak of many new colors, a cloak of artificial self-esteem and ...
Views: 2263 - Susceptibility to Toxic Emotions - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Each day I awaken with the greatest of intentions. I meditate using some sort of guidance, usually a podcast from the Chopra Center, as this is what works best for me, right now.( I'm just beginning) I live on a lake and take advantage of the calming sounds of the water. The waves ...
Views: 713 - Our Animal Friends Love Us Forever - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of my very first spiritual visions, was when the spirit of my brown standard poodle appeared to me. I received a gift when I had a vision of my beloved dog. I could see her shape clearly, but I could also see through her. It was obvious I was seeing her in spiritual form. As a psychic ...
Views: 758 - How to Be Depressed - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Depression was, indeed, the hand of a friend trying to press me down to the ground on which it was safe to stand--the ground of my own truth, my own nature with its complex mix of limits and gifts, liabilities and assets, darkness and light." - Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak I don't think ...
Views: 1000(3 votes) - My Dog Does Not Practice Mindful Eating - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAussies, in general, and Cody in particular, are extremely smart herding dogs. She was bred to herd sheep. I have heard Cesar, the dog whisperer, say things like, “Dogs don’t know how long you’ve been gone.” Cody knows. If I leave for 10 minutes, she is happy to see me come home. If I leave for ...
Views: 761 - Turning One: A Critical Milestone for Parent & Child - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt didn’t hit me until I was sitting in the café above Loblaws (a grocery store in Toronto) that something big was happening inside. The stroller was wet from the rain and filled with party food I had just bought—frozen hors d’oeuvres, expensive cheese, sparkling water. The only thing that ...
Views: 1837(1 vote) - What Would You Do If You Knew You Couldn't Fail? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany years ago, I had an important dream. In it, I was walking on a tightrope, wearing a business suit, carrying a briefcase, and wearing high heels. As the dream unfolds, I'm watching myself from an enlightened observer's viewpoint; I'm cautiously making my way along the tightrope, every ...
Views: 908 - How My Dog Chloe Helped Me Heal - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhether it is her sweet little face that excitedly looks through the glass window as I walk up the driveway or when she peeks at me with her big brown eyes up from under the blanket or how she looks over her shoulder as she runs away from me diving under the couch, (usually with a sock in her ...
Views: 861 - 5 Top Reasons Your Cat Stresses Out - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Cameron CarterWhether it's our finances, job, or other problems that cause it, we all get stressed out at one time or another, but did you know that your cat can get stressed out as well? Every animal on the planet (including humans and cats) can get stressed out due to various internal and external factors. ...
Views: 1105 - Smokin’ Sesame Tacos with Cashew Coconut Sour Cream - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis recipe is part of the wonderful collection of delicious and healthy recipes in Waking Up! our new ebook from Vegan Fusion. Smokin’ Sesame Tacos with ?Cashew Coconut Sour Cream David Elberg, Haiku Hawaii 6 Servings / 1 hour 2 cups hulled sesame seeds food processed for 3 minutes ...
Views: 935 - Teaching Our Sons to Love Reading - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you raising boys who love to read? Congratulations! For the rest of us, here are some conscious parenting tips to get our boys reading more. Fifth grade was a tough year for us. We’d been warned about it – how we would be transitioning from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” – but ...
Views: 648(1 vote) - Top 5 Methods of Coping with Cat Behavior Problems - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Cameron CarterEverybody knows how cats love to scratch. Though most cat owners have their theories, most probably don't understand why cats scratch and are therefore unprepared to deal with the problem. If you are one of the many cat owners that have been going round and round with your cat's scratching ...
Views: 1084 - Diagnosing Mental Illness - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI frequently a lot of misunderstanding in my practice about what a "mental illness" is. For instance, many clients are under the impression that experiencing "mood swings" means they have Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorder is much, much more serious than simple "mood swings" and involves the ...
Views: 1564(1 vote) - Gym Story: Smiling Woman with Physical Challenges Changes My Day - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI feel sorry for myself sometimes. When I arrive at the Boston Sports Club in Newton, I am mentally beating up on myself because I am not in as good shape as I would like to be. Somehow I am never enough: not strong enough, not thin enough, not pretty enough. It goes on and on like a negative ...
Views: 741 - Aggressive Cats - What Can You Do? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Cameron CarterNo matter how long mankind has been domesticating animals, they are still at their core the wild creatures we took out of their native habitats long ago. All it takes is a perceived threat from any direction to set your cat off. The problem that many cat owners have is that they tend to ...
Views: 1353(1 vote) - Stock Piles of Guilt Free Yummy Foods for Your Organic Space! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou have to have them. Face it; we all munch from time to time on unhealthy snacks. If we don't have guilt free yummy snacks on hand we resort to eating unhealthy and end up feeling guilty. Plan ahead and create a good organic space for your family! Guilt Free Snacks to Store (all organic of ...
Views: 559 - Ayurveda and Family - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is an ancient Indian principle that says if you want to check if your rice is ready, then you just test a few grains. The grains are representative of the status of the entire pot of rice. So, if we want to check on the status of our society, we can look at a few families, as ...
Views: 1566(1 vote) - Moments with the Maestro: Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar Turns 89 - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“The word ’improvisation’ to me means to never stop”-Pandit Ravi Shankar In the past almost 9 years that I have known Pandit Ravi Shankar, his lovely wife Sukanya and their brilliant, multi talented daughter Anoushka, I have written a lot about the maestro, his music and beyond. Today as he ...
Views: 1524 - Care, But Not Care - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsContinuing the highlights from the manifesting seminar with Koelle’s horses in Scottsdale, Martha shared a quote that is at the heart of successful manifesting. I thought it might be from Lao-Tzu, but I might have that wrong. Anyway, what she said was that one of the keys to getting what we ...
Views: 1087 - What Makes People Happy? 5 Important Factors That Bring Happiness - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Michael LeeDifferent people have different opinions on what makes people happy. Some would say it’s getting a raise. Others would say it’s having a wonderful and meaningful life. There have even been quite a few who have more specific answers pertaining to their personal life. All of these answers hit ...
Views: 7115(2 votes) - How My Dog Trained Me - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently, I stood up close and personal to a hawk which swooped down to attack the plastic heron standing guard over my fish pond. He saw me, obviously embarrassed by his mistake, and flew back up into the expansive blue sky. I could have been on the Discovery Channel! That Hawk got me thinking ...
Views: 852 - A Child's Peace Poem - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThrough reviews of her lovely books, I have become email friends with one of our national treasures, Ruth Gendler. Part of the service she performs for humanity is in our schools. She brings her artistry into classrooms and inspires the talents and imaginations of our youth who, in my opinion, ...
Views: 1171 - The Watcher Within - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn ground-breaking research earlier this century, Nobel laureate Dr. Wilder Penfield, attempted to "map" the connections between specific parts of the body and particular areas of the brain. He wanted to see, for example, where the "wires" from the hand led to, and where the connections to the ...
Views: 1142 - Animals as Representatives of The Wholeness: A Message from My Guides - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany of you know that I channel a group of beings in the higher realms that includes my son Danny, who died when he was 16. One day last summer, a friend talked me into attending the rodeo with her (that was my first and last time at a rodeo). I was overwhelmed by my attunement with the spirits ...
Views: 1078 - First Encounters: Not a Time for Fairytales - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEveryone puts on a show to impress someone at the beginning of a relationship. You meet a guy, you feel connection, and you want the connection to develop into something stronger. You don't want him losing interest in you and moving on, so you exaggerate a bit to keep him interested. Guys get ...
Views: 682 - Adjusting to Each Other's Unique Ecosystems - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast weekend I added another way to describe the importance of seeking another’s perspective when you find disagreement. Being a soccer parent in Montana has its challenges. When your children "travel," you don’t head across town as do my friends in Minneapolis or Washington, DC, instead you hit ...
Views: 859(1 vote) - Control Yourself, Control Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Theodore Henderson“No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.” ~ - Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD) The secret of self-control is using your faith as an anchor. No matter what your faith may be, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Christian, Hinduism, or ...
Views: 1490 - Nikita's Wisdom - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy dog is 6 years old. She is a Shiba Inu.... about 25 pounds and looks like a red fox.... She reminds me very day what unconditional love really is. No matter what is happening she is happy. She greats me with her own excitement consistently. I wonder often if dogs were our teachers how ...
Views: 829 - The Dogma for Success: The Inside Scoop to Live Your Life By - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are those who work like a dog to make things happen, there are those who watch things happen, and then there are those who wonder what happened. Be the person who makes things happen. Sometimes you have to work like a dog. If you want to be extraordinary, you must do the things that ...
Views: 873 - Use Binaural Beats to Reprogram Your Mind - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from frank iaminThe purpose of this article is to help acquaint you with the technology of binaural beats. Before you start using this new technology to make positive changes in your life you must learn its benefits and also how it works. You can use the progressive binaural beats technology to unlock your ...
Views: 5691(2 votes) - How to Be Patient: Patience Tests to Help You Hit Your Writing Stride - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Beth RodgersWriting requires patience. It is as plain and simple as that. There are obviously moments of sheer inspiration, when words fly out of your head and onto the page in front of you faster than you could have ever imagined. However, there are also those times when ideas don’t spring forth, and ...
Views: 1137(2 votes) - 10 Key Benefits of Learning to do EFT - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from FRANCES SODA1. It takes only minutes to learn the tapping sequence. 2. It is safe and so easy to learn that even children can learn it. 3. You can teach your friends and family how to tap. 4. EFT requires no equipment. 5. It is an effective self-help tool that can help you release physical or ...
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