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- A New Approach to Depression - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Bart SharpDepression is often termed ‘anger turned inwards’. In other words anger suppressed or buried within us to the point that we do not feel the anger anymore. What shows up instead is depression. Most people might respond by saying: “I’m not angry, I do have issues with depression.” Or say, ...
Views: 1243 - Why Are We Suffering from cancer? A Metaphysical View - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from David ElliotThere are many theories about why we get cancer individually, they range from genetic mutations through to environmental carcinogens, improper diet and the use of cell phones and other electromagnetic equipment. I intend to look at the question from a more metaphysical perspective. First of ...
Views: 1442(2 votes) - The TSH Gotcha - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Bette DowdellWe have before us multiple scenarios, all of which start and end in the same place. (This is going to be a tad long, so grab a cup of coffee to see you through to the end.) The adventure starts when you drag into the doctor’s office complaining about weight gain, extreme fatigue, thinning ...
Views: 2199 - The Energetic Healing of Anger - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Bart SharpThe true purpose of anger is to stimulate us to take action. The more that we can be present in us with our feelings and express them in some way we release anger with greater ease. The best example of the expression of anger and letting it go quickly is from animals. They are direct with ...
Views: 1368 - Suppressed Anger: Its Lesson of Life - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Bart SharpI was talking with a friend who told me that he had spent his entire life either living in the past or the future. He lived in the past in resentments to what had happened to him or was in the future thinking about how he could avoid the pains of the past from reoccurring. Our mind can do some ...
Views: 1972 - Build Health with Virtue Energy - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Linda BerryTired of spending your hard earned cash on things that aren’t making you feel any better? Wish there was an easy way to renew your health and vitality without taking extra time out of your already jam packed schedule? Would you like to have more energy to enjoy your life better? Living life ...
Views: 1199(1 vote) - If I Knew Then What I Know Now - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Deborah HayesWe have all heard this line a thousand times. My mother meted out this wisdom on any occasion when wise counsel or gentle consoling was needed. It was dispensed with love and affection and was the moral of the story she told of a similar survived event in her life. It was intended to assure me ...
Views: 1607 - A Guide to a Quick House Sale - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Steve TetaNeed to sell your house quickly? Put off by the thought of estate agents and viewers tramping through your home? Follow this quick guide to selling your home fast. There is an alternative to the traditional route when it comes to selling your home. You can use one of the many specialist ...
Views: 1073 - 10 Ways to Use Google Alerts for Business and Social Media (Plus Tips to Improve Search Results) - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Stephanie ChandlerOne of the most useful services released by Google in recent years is its powerful Google Alerts (http://Google.com/alerts). This free tool allows you to receive e-mail notifications when keywords and phrases that you specify appear on websites, blogs, online news channels and more. Here are ...
Views: 2310 - Customer Service - Building a High Performing Team Culture - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Kate TammemagiThe power of Team Culture is extremely influential on the performance of our Customer Service Team and the quality of Service we deliver to our Customers. Team Culture is THE most important influencer. In Customer Service, our goal is that each of our Customers will receive high quality ...
Views: 1678(1 vote) - Learn How to Meditate Effectively - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from frank iaminThere are many similarities among many different people and religions about how to meditate. This holds true in many parts of meditation, from planning your meditation session to using the correct posture, the right time to meditate, choosing the best place to meditate and recognizing your ...
Views: 1599 - ***All Retirement Annuities Have Fees - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Brian NicolettiQuestion: I'm looking for more details about retirement annuities. Do they all have fees? My sister says that hers cost her nothing and they "gave" her $5,000 for putting in about $50,000. Do they do that? I keep hearing about large fees and hidden costs, but she said that she started with ...
Views: 1359 - Benefits of Homeschooling - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Dorothy BeckmannWhy let Tim and Lisa learn at home than send them to school? Well, first of all, you don't have to wake them up at 7 every morning and bundle them off to school with umpteen numbers of instructions, and wait with an anxious heart till they return. Homeschooling gives you the possibility to ...
Views: 1866(4 votes) - ***A New Meditation for Busy People - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Steven SashenIt’s said that the Buddha admonished his students not to believe anything just because it’s taught my teachers or appears in sacred books but, instead, to examine carefully for yourself. So, let’s look at some ideas about meditation. I have often wondered about the phrase "meditation practice." ...
Views: 890(1 vote) - Good News ... For Wo/ManKind - by Would you agree that WoManKind is beleaguered ?
Wouldn’t you give anything if you could come up with a solution to the multi-mysteries that besiege our race ? Well, we’re not here to offer magic buttons. Just to let you know that we have built a place where you, who are “On The Path”, can ...
Views: 2028 - Exercises To Discover The Meaning Of Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2012 from Brenda ShoshannaWhat are these empty hands? Where can we find them? What ... When Dogen, a great Zen Master of old, returned to Japan after many years of studying Zen in China, the people asked what he brought with him to help others who were suffering, he said, “I’ve come with nothing but empty ...
Views: 9748 - A Girl's Guide to Safe Dating: Safety Calls - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Melody Glatz"Have a nice time, darling! Make sure you call me when you get there and when you leave!" Sound familiar? This was from my mom when I’d go to friends’ homes. In high school, my dad always gave me some quarters before I went out on a date (back in the days when there were pay phones) and told me ...
Views: 4076 - A Technique to Elevate Your Mood in a Moment Simply by Focusing Your Thoughts - by Your mood correlates completely to your focus of thought in every moment. You know this because you can feel it change moment to moment as you go through the day. You win a contest, a date is canceled, your boss shows appreciation, your doctor tells you he found a lump, you leave work at the ...
Views: 5480 - The Top Three Reasons to Get Rid of Your Emotional Clutter - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Linda PucciJust as most of us have physical clutter in our lives from time to time (or all the time); most of us have emotional clutter as well. Emotional clutter consists of negative emotions and self-limiting beliefs that we have hung on to long after they have outlived their usefulness. Just like ...
Views: 1400(1 vote) - *** Tips to Clean Up Outdoor Areas of Your Home - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Get OrganizedYour backyard is a great place to hold gatherings for friends, neighbors and family. Therefore, it is important to maintain your backyard to ensure that your guests want to keep coming back. The yard can be one of the most difficult parts of any home to keep clean and organized. There are, ...
Views: 1308 - Psoriasis is the Result of a Disordered Immune System - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Paul RodgersPsoriasis is a common skin disease that affects the life cycle of skin cells. It is a chronic, non-contagious disease characterized by inflamed hyper proliferative lesions covered with silvery-white scabs of dead skin. Psoriasis is a debilitating skin condition that can affect the elbows, knees, ...
Views: 1066(1 vote) - Run for Your Life: Tips for Developing a Lifelong Running Program - by Running is a fantastic way to stay in shape. It's an exercise you can do anytime, anywhere (even when you are traveling). It builds cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength. And it can turn a sour mood around in 20 minutes or less.
If there is a downside to a long-term running regimen, ...
Views: 779 - Are You Looking for a Healthy Diet for Teenagers? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Robert HardenWhile teenagers are notorious for their love of junk food and odd eating habits, it is important that they eat a proper diet. A healthy diet for teenagers can help them do better in school and promote optimal physical development as their bodies mature. A healthy diet for teenagers starts with ...
Views: 1614 - The American Heart Association 3 Day Diet - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Robert HardenThe American Heart Association 3 Day Diet is a cleansing program designed to remove toxins from the body. At the same time, the diet purports to help participants lose up to ten pounds in just three days. Despite its name, the American Heart Association has no direct affiliation with this diet ...
Views: 1703 - What to Do with Fear – Part II - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Joanna LindenbaumIn my last article, I discussed the role that fear plays in our lives and introduced the idea that we can transform it into a positive force that works for us. Fear often creeps up when we are ready to pursue a compelling, juicy goal. Sometimes our fear is so big that it rears its head before ...
Views: 1195 - Break out of the Work Mold and Start Living! - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Lily MarsSo many people have taken the courageous step to walk away from careers that no longer provide them with intrinsic or energetic rewards, literally choosing personal happiness and inner fulfillment over the need for a high paying job that leaves them emotionally bankrupt. For example, a ...
Views: 1362(2 votes) - What to Do When Fear Rears its Head - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Joanna LindenbaumWe all know the feeling. You have just set an exciting, compelling goal for yourself. Maybe the goal is to climb Machupichu or to create a new career or to begin dating again or to finally tell that less-than-supportive friend how she has hurt you. Whatever the goal is, it is something you know ...
Views: 1176 - Tips for Managing Your Time at Work - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Joanna LindenbaumAs life gets faster and faster, workloads get bigger and longer. Many professionals - whether they work for an employer or for themselves - are finding that there are too many projects to do and not enough time to complete it all. Feeling the time crunch and not accomplishing everything that you ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - *** Empowerment Tips from George Michael - Pop Star - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteSpending an entire day at an airport dealing with one flight delay after another was once a nightmare for me. I have since learned to look for the gift in every experience. My recent, and much anticipated, trip to Italy began with such an unexpected day. Instead of pouting thinking my entire ...
Views: 1750 - Why Negative Emotions Persist - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Marie BarrettBefore answering the question of why negative emotions seem to persist more than their positive counterparts, we must consider the origins of emotions. Everything in the universe is energy; it may be physical or non-physical in our experience. Most things function as systems of energy, where ...
Views: 2151 - Emotional Intelligence: Steering the Business World - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Kiran BalaI have no doubt whatever that most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness…much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into the ...
Views: 1001 - Staying Competitive in Your Organization - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Julie CohenIn today’s economic situation, having and holding your job cannot be assured. We are no longer living in a world where the organization one works for has any guaranteed loyalty to its employees. What then can you do to stack the deck in your favor? You need to make yourself irreplaceable to ...
Views: 1859 - Why Traveling Can Feed Your Inner Spirit - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Amy MosherAt a time of rising oil prices, economic downturn, and international unrest, what might be the value proposition to exporting yourself overseas for a vacation? The following are just a few of the reasons you might consider rewarding yourself with a cross-cultural trip: • Expand your ...
Views: 1114(1 vote) - Women and the Right to Vote - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Amy MosherAmidst the election activity earlier this year, I was having a conversation with my next door neighbor (who moved here from Sweden). He was asking me questions to try to understand how our country’s campaign and election process came to be the way it is today. This got me thinking about when ...
Views: 1430 - Is Your Voice Too Breathy? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyUnless you are Clint Eastwood or a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, a voice that’s too breathy can be one of the biggest credibility killers. On the positive side breathy speakers are stereotyped as compassionate, likeable and sexy. On the negative side they can come across as wishy-washy, weak, ...
Views: 1417(1 vote) - How to Rivet the Attention of Any Audience - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyA boring speaker isn't just tedious for the audience. It's embarrassing for the speaker. If you've ever suspected you might be putting people to sleep, fear not. You don't need an elaborate bag of gimmicks to liven up your talks. All you need is a little more liveliness in your voice. While ...
Views: 940(1 vote) - How to Cure the Verbal Virus - A Five Step Treatment Plan - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyWarning! You may be infected with a virus that could be lethal to your sales, your public relations and even your social life. I call it a "Verbal Virus. " Verbal viruses are meaningless fillers that speckle our speech, distract from our message, drain our impact and annoy listeners. I call ...
Views: 942(1 vote) - Your Health as Your Most Important Investment - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Amy MosherDid you know that the word “wealth” comes from the Old English words “weal” (well-being) and “th” (condition) which taken together means “the condition of well-being”? Many of us associate good health (mental, emotional, and physical) with the term “well being” and perhaps the early English ...
Views: 932(1 vote) - Do You Have a High "SQ"? Take This Quiz and Find Out… - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyYour "SQ" is your “Speaker's Quotient.” It's a measure of your ability to communicate your ideas in an effective and memorable manner. ANSWER YES OR NO When you give a presentation, do you: 1) Feel as if the audience is scrutinizing you and judging your performance? 2) Compare yourself to ...
Views: 984(1 vote) - Dealing with Accents: 7 Ways to Improve Communication - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyThe United States has always been a nation of immigrants and with the global economy, many of us deal with more non-native speakers of English than ever before. These relationships are valuable and to make them work we need not only good communication skills but also mutual respect. 1. ...
Views: 1092(1 vote) - Breaking Bad News to Customers: Five Tips to Soften the Blow - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Susan BerkelyBreaking bad news to customers is not an easy task. However, when the time comes, it must be done with empathy and professionalism. Here are five strategies for delivering the message with compassion: 1. Tell the truth. People tend to fear what they do not understand. Put the situation into ...
Views: 1541(1 vote) - Does Travel Cause You Back Pain? Here's How to Avoid It - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Mark WileyThe old saying goes: "Vacations are fun, but traveling is a pain in the neck!" Actually, traveling can be an even bigger pain in the back. The stress of making plans, packing the essentials, getting to the airport on time, waiting to check in and the whole security scenario really pack a ...
Views: 791 - Can a Double Date Double the Fun? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraEvery other person probably goes out on a double date at some point in their lives. It could happen to you, too—soon. Double dates can actually be a fun and exciting way to spend the night away whether it’s a casual affair with some friends or a blind date set up by your best bud’s fiancée. Not ...
Views: 786 - Defining the Right Target for Your Mailing List - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from John OsgoodTo be successful in Internet marketing, what you need is to build a targeted email list. You have to narrow your focus if you want to target prospects who are most likely to use your product or service. If you have not defined your target market for your list, then this is the time to do it. ...
Views: 756 - Affirmations to Achieve Tranquility - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraNot too long ago, a business associate told me that you just can’t find some rose colored glasses and wish the world to be a better place. And I answered her that yes; you really have to start somewhere. With this in mind, we have to realize that affirmations are really much more than just ...
Views: 1840 - The Ultimate Home Business - Management Rights - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Jules RussellIf you’re looking for a guaranteed salary, plus the right to earn further commission and services income, a Management Rights Business may be the way to go. It offers a great life style, a return on your investment and good resale potential. It really is the ultimate home business. What are ...
Views: 681 - Is a Home Business for You? Pro's and Cons - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Jules RussellWorking from home isn't for everyone. In fact, if you really enjoy the social buzz of your workplace it may not be for you. But for many home business owners it's their dream come true. No more commuting, no dress code, no office politics. Being able to be home when the children are sick, ...
Views: 592 - 6 Rules to Gain Muscle from Skinny Beginnings - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from James McLainFor years the bodybuilding industry has been growing as they sell new products like weight gain supplements and an amazing variety of complex and often completely USELESS gimmicks and machines. Building muscles from skinny bodies is what fuels this rampant expansion because if you are a skinny ...
Views: 1017(2 votes) - What to Do When You Think Your Child Might Have AD/HD - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Terry MatlenAD/HD (attention deficit disorder) is one of the most common mental health disorders seen in childhood. Studies estimate that between 3-7% of all children have AD/HD: approximately 2 million children in the USA alone, or one child in every classroom. The main symptoms seen in this condition are ...
Views: 2128 - Parenting with Distractions: Assessing AD/HD in Parents of AD/HD Children - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Terry MatlenSummary Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is a lifelong, genetic disorder. (Barkley 2002) Parents of children who have been diagnosed should be screened for AD/HD. Adults with this disorder often experience difficulties in relationships, on the job and in other life areas. The ...
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