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- What Is Excellence? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is fitting that my friend and colleague Julie van Amerongen contributed this reflection on Excellence for the eBook, 26 Principles of Working for Good. Julie just sent me an "assignment" to review, which she wrote as part of a job application process–she is one of two people left in a precess ...
Views: 1083(1 vote) - Creativity Is God - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m very excited to have been invited to blog on “Intent.com”! As a professional songwriter and recording artist, I have been fascinated by creativity all my life and in the past decade I have been asked increasingly to teach workshops and lecture on the subject. So I thought my first blog ...
Views: 1080(4 votes) - What to Do About "Mad as Hell" - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPeople are incredibly angry these days. The governing class in America fears a "populist backlash," as the New York Times dubbed it. They are worried that if ordinary Americans get mad enough, they will derail recovery plans. But this isn't only a Joe Six-Pack phenomenon. Anyone with a decent ...
Views: 1080(1 vote) - Diseasing of America Continues: Binge Eating and the New DSM - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe definitions of national sanity don’t just change on election years. They also get revamped with each new edition of the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the next (fifth) edition of which is due out in 2012. So what, you may ask? Isn’t a new and improved DSM a ...
Views: 1078 - The Best, All-Natural Defense Against Food-Borne Diseases - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to the CDC, food-borne diseases cause nearly 76 million illnesses, 325 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths each year in the United States. This year, salmonella-contaminated peanut butter caused 691 infections in 46 states, while e. coli-tainted spinach made 200 people ill in 2006. In ...
Views: 1078 - The Ugly Side of Frightened Love - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: (From Italy) These last two years I tried to know myself, love myself and hoping to understand that if I don't love myself nobody can do. I tried to practice the path of love and truth and understanding. Everything was ok until I fell in love. After the first part, romance, paradise ...
Views: 1078(3 votes) - 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: 1078 - Expand your Style when Volunteering! - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI don't know the exact moment when I let some of my reservations go but I think it happened when I was on the back of a motoconcho (motorcycle) without a helmut zipping up a mountain in the Dominican Republic. My longer than normal hair whipped around me; with my sunglasses on, I would tilt ...
Views: 1077(2 votes) - Nasal Neti Pots and Your Health - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you one of the 37 million adults with chronic sinusitis?1 Or perhaps you are one of the 50 million people in the United States routinely affected by allergies?2 If your upper respiratory health is important to you, then a not-so-new technique can be one of your front lines of defense this ...
Views: 1077 - 4 Ways to Declutter your Friendships - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsElizabeth was the type of friend who was always inviting me out to lunch and then ambushing me with the delivery of her latest disappointments in our friendship and my performance in it. The offending action was usually something seemingly insignificant (a misunderstood comment, a phone call ...
Views: 1076(2 votes) - Recipe: Grilled Teriyaki Tempeh brushed with Asian Pesto - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of our top 50 recipes from The Most Remarkable Vegan Recipe Contest. Grilled Teriyaki Tempeh brushed with Asian Pesto served over Baby Spinach Salad with a Citrus Vinaigrette a.k.a. ’Dean’s Tempting Teriyaki Tempeh Salad’ Dean Boswell, Lancaster CA 5 servings 35 minutes prep 25 ...
Views: 1076(3 votes) - A Little pH Refresher - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’ve written about pH many times but since proper pH (acid/alkaline balance) is the key to how I maintain a healthy life AND the foundation of our upcoming Adventure Cleanse Tune-up (aka ACT), I thought I’d revisit the topic once more. Remember high school science class? Well, if you don’t, ...
Views: 1074 - Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Violence - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I had a family member who was and is emotionally violent towards me. I find it very difficult when things get very heated to NOT be emotionally violent in return. What is the best way to break this emotional violence cycle? I am a parent, now. I have worked very diligently in ...
Views: 1074 - Formula For Happiness - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFinally, someone says he’s found the key to happiness — it’s a formula that looks like this: O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He. Welsh psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall devised the formula based on those things that tend to make us feel the best. O stands for being outdoors, N for connection with nature ...
Views: 1074 - Glutton's Remorse: When You've Eaten Like There's No Tomorrow - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo, one of the problems with attending a Super Bowl party when you don’t really care much about football, is that you tend to spend the entire evening hovering around the buffet table. This would be the definition of mindless eating. Which, of course, is the exact opposite of mindful ...
Views: 1074(1 vote) - Rush Limbaugh: Icon of Anti-Morality - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen Michael Steele, the hapless chairman of the Republican Party, lost his bearings and called Rush Limbaugh's style ugly and incendiary, everyone knew it was the truth. But it was a perfect example of an inconvenient truth. The right wing has long used ugly, incendiary speech the way baseball ...
Views: 1073(1 vote) - Spiritual Practice of Spending and Saving Money - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we are walking the spiritual path, we learn to get the most out of what ever experiences we have. Right now manyt of us need to spend less money than we were spending a year ago. While this can be difficult, we have the opportunity to look at our lives and see what is most important to ...
Views: 1073(1 vote) - How to Pick a Breakfast Cereal - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe most healthful breakfast is whole grain cereal. If you're trying to lose weight, control cholesterol or diabetes, or just need a lot of energy, your best bet is a hot cooked cereal of whole grains, such as oatmeal; or barley, brown rice or wheat berries cooked and served like oatmeal. Flavor ...
Views: 1072 - Right Brain Thinking is the Hottest New Fad! Fun Ways to Enhance Your Intuition - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI'm a professional psychic. And a professional academic. Sounds like right brain/left brain confusion at its finest, no? It has not been confusing though it currently requires me to switch between the two different ways of processing, depending upon the subject. I have enjoyed the best that both ...
Views: 1071(1 vote) - Will Organic Food Be Outlawed? What You Need to Know About the Latest Bills in Government - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRumors have been circulating on the Internet in the past few weeks, sounding an alarm over a new federal bill that will presumably outlaw organic farming. The so-called-Monsanto bill, HR 875, got its nickname because the Congresswoman who introduced it, Rosa DeLauro, is married to Stanley ...
Views: 1071 - Falling in Love with Yourself - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are powerful, intelligent, and interesting. You are complicated and valuable. You are attractive. You are a good person. You are worthy of love. You are deserving of happiness. My hope is that you can embrace these truths more readily now than when you started this book. Say them to yourself ...
Views: 1070(2 votes) - Get Rid of Clutter! - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou can do it! And no, this does not mean throwing everything into a closet! If you are the typical American, you probably have a great deal of stuff. From clothing to collectables, photographs, CD’s and tapes (or worse, records and eight-tracks!), books, sports equipment, hobbysupplies, tons of ...
Views: 1070(1 vote) - The Power of Living an Audacious Life - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAudacity is essential to entrepreneurs, artists, inventors, and other creators and innovators. This posting, written by my colleague and collaborator Julie van Amerongen, celebrates Audacity. Jeff “Success is the child of audacity.” ~Benjamin Disraeli I hope that whoever writes my eulogy ...
Views: 1068 - The Most Important Way to Increase Energy and Improve Mood in Challenging Times - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is curious that when most people encounter challenging periods in life they ignore the very thing that will most increase energy, improve their mood and productivity, and give them the fuel to overcome the challenge. I have been prone to this myself, and have a good sense of where it stems ...
Views: 1065(4 votes) - Addicted to Spending? Try the Yogic Way of Greedless-ness - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe cover headline of AM New York newspaper reads today, “Need for Greed”. The article that follows discusses about the bonuses given to AIG executives, Citigroup’s multimillion office renovations, and how greed plays itself out in these big companies, for these big people. But what about ...
Views: 1064(1 vote) - Being a Mother - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn honor of Mother's Day - this post is about being a Mother. It is a tribute to our mothers - the actual mothers we have had - but it is also a tribute to the mother that is within each one of us, every day, all of the time. Read below to see what I am talking about… :) We have all been ...
Views: 1064(1 vote) - Investing in Our Human Infrastructure: The Real Wealth of Our Nation Is Its People - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOver half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. The real question is what kind of plan will most quickly stimulate the economy and at the same time provide the best long-term investment for our nation. Let's urge President Obama and ...
Views: 1064 - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford Admits to Affair: Can We Please Have Something New? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBreaking news: another U.S. politician admits to being unfaithful to his wife. This time, South Carolina GOP Governor Mark Sanford was the culprit, who told staff members that he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail over Father's Day weekend when he was actually visiting his long-term mistress in ...
Views: 1064 - Thoughts Manifesting Lickity Split! - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere were a couple of points in Maureen Moss’ latest World Puja newsletter I thought worth sharing. I’ve excerpted and highlighted my favorite parts below: On this past solstice of June 21, 2009 a major doorway opened and supported a massive leap in consciousness to those who were ...
Views: 1064(4 votes) - Al Fresco vs Al Desko - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor some people, by choice or circumstance, work is life, office is home, and desk is the dining table. For others, for whom work is just work, and office isn’t home, the desk is still often times the dining table. Whatever you do for a living, chances are that work has become a setting in which ...
Views: 1060 - Good-Bye to a TV Host, an Angel, a Legendary Entertainer, a Quarterback, and a Guru - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith the deaths of superstars Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson last week, and Steve McNair on Saturday, it seems we’ve bid farewell to an inordinate number of icons recently. While the losses of Jackson, 51, and McNair, 36, are more tragic and untimely than McMahon, 86, and ...
Views: 1060(2 votes) - Is Your Family Getting Enough Vitamin D? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDear Friends, I originally wrote this post back in February. Still, whether it is the bitter winds of winter or spring's April showers that are keeping you indoors, it pays to make sure that you and your family are getting enough of the sunshine vitamin. Enjoy! Who knew that a week at Disney ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - Why Only a Loser Would Want Someone to Fail - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe may not always agree with others, but why would we want them to fail? What makes us want to put someone down? There must be another way! Rush Limbaugh has repeatedly said he wants President Obama to fail, as well as his administration and its agendas for economic and healthcare reform. He ...
Views: 1060 - Gazing at a Miracle - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo there I was, caught up in my own thoughts, the week's "to do" list, and the stress of the day, when I looked up. And there, standing just ahead, playing in the mud, making a mud bath for her barbie was my seven year-old niece, Ms. Maia Papaya. She was humming and completely unaware that I ...
Views: 1059(2 votes) - How To Improve Marriage And Slow Down Life At The Same Time - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEverywhere you look, things are moving at a fast pace. Hurry up is a common phrase. When I want something, I want it right now. “What? You mean I have to wait 45 seconds for the book I just bought to download? Where’d I put the number for my Internet provider, I need a faster connection!” The ...
Views: 1057(2 votes) - How to Cope With One Disaster After Another - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes it feels like we are experiencing a series of disasters on a personal and global level. We might feel inundated by these tragedies, finding it difficult to process the death toll and all those who have become homeless or victims of human cruelty. As a result, we absorb the negativity ...
Views: 1055(2 votes) - Save Money by Slowing Down! - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWant to save money? I have a lot of ideas about how to save money and you guessed it, they are heavily inspired by living in the DR. I see people every day living on very little, so I thought and thought, and found a commonality... SLOW DOWN!! On general terms, the pace in North America ...
Views: 1055(2 votes) - Smile...it's Contagious! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~ Mother Teresa Have you smiled today? Put on a smile right now. Really, as you are reading this start smiling. Let the smile grow to a great big happy smile. Imagine the smile energy ...
Views: 1055(1 vote) - Where Does Torture Start? Where Does It End? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I watched the YouTube clip of President Obama with Chancellor Merkel and Holocaust survivor Eli Weisel placing individual roses at the memorial at Buchenwald death camp, I was deeply moved. I felt both sadness at the horrors we as a species are capable of, and encouraged by what we as a ...
Views: 1054 - A Friend Becoming A Stranger - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I hung up the phone last night after talking to my best friend of 30 years. I haven't been able to think of anything else, since then. So, I decided I needed to ask someone I admire to help me understand. She and I have spent so much time learning about different paths to ...
Views: 1053 - Disinterested Procrastination - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you like your life? Is there anything you'd change? If you were to die tomorrow, could you honestly say you have no regrets? Do you get caught up in procrastinating about things you have no real interest in and then end up ignoring what you're passionate about too? Today I'm going to ...
Views: 1053 - Visions and Values - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn our culture, there are certain messages that are repeated over and over again. Some of these messages are helpful; others are, in my opinion, traps. In my work as a therapist, I'm realizing how pervasive one message is — and how it creates distress in many people's lives. On the surface, ...
Views: 1052(2 votes) - iPod Loss - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the continuing computer saga that has made up my last week or so, the piece-de-resistance came at the end of the week. It turns out there is no way to sync a computer to an iPod without downloading a special extracting program. My IT wizard did that and then, somehow, picked the wrong button ...
Views: 1051 - Does the Path of True Love Always Run Smooth if the Person is Your Soulmate? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsArielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction and her husband Brian Hilliard, a business consultant, answer your questions about life, love and relationships. They believe that whether you are eighteen or eighty years old finding Big ...
Views: 1048 - Don't Worry, Just Laugh! - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI know of no other manner of dealing with great tasks than as play; this…is an essential pre-requisite. -- Friedrich Nietzsche On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial stock index was the lowest in fifteen years. The banking industry continues to falter and AIG needs another $30 billion. Dare I ...
Views: 1048(4 votes) - Experience Your Greatness - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPart of the spiritual path is learning to love the darkness as well as the light, within ourselves and within the world. In my experience, at first it is much easier to love the light, both inside of me and outside of me. It is easier to love the light within me and the light within others, just ...
Views: 1048(2 votes) - How to Stop Trying So Hard (or Just Be Who You Are) - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor most of us, the plan is to have an extraordinary life. Our time in this world is so precious, and brief, it just makes sense to get everything we can out of each day. And then, by building one day upon the next, we can create a life full of meaning. However, something can happen along the ...
Views: 1048(1 vote) - Do You Easily Ride the Wave of Life? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you able to easily ride the wave of life? Everything in life occurs in cycles, there is an ebb and a flow to everything. This is readily apparent in nature where we see seasonal cycles, lunar cycles, etc. There are business cycles, life cycles, relationships cycles - it seems that ...
Views: 1047 - Tennis Elbow - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou don't have to play tennis to develop tennis elbow. It can be due to any movement that puts excessive force on the wrist muscles. Tennis elbow refers to elbow pain as the result of an injury to the elbow tendons that bend and straighten the wrist. Hold your hand down with your thumb on the ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - You Call This Normal? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast week an old friend of mine and I spoke on the phone. I asked her how she was doing and her response was this: "Well, I am still totally stressed out and get those headaches and am running around a mile a minute, so I feel completely drained. You know, the normal stuff." I paused and ...
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