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- I've given up shaking hands, forever! - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"I've given up shaking hands, forever!" announced my friend E.Dan. He said it to a small group of friends at a pre-wedding party yesterday. And he meant it. He no long shakes peoples hands. Instead, E.Dan gives hugs. For the past five weeks, he has been retraining himself to not reach out his ...
Views: 769(2 votes) - My Flax Obsession - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAfter falling head over heals for Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Granola Cereal with Pumpkin Seeds , my interest around Flax was peaked. I did some research around the benefits of Flax and why we should be incorporating this little teeny weeny seed into our diets. Omega-3 ...
Views: 769 - Seneca on Your Ideal State - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy—that he live in accordance with his own nature.” ~Seneca from Letters from a Stoic Marcus Aurelius, another Stoic Philosopher (and Roman ...
Views: 769(1 vote) - The answer: how long to cook carrots to best fight cancer (and a story of healing) - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my last post, I said I’d share info about how long to cook carrots in order boost their cancer-fighting properties by as much as 25%. I heard back from the press officer at Newcastle University, who wrote: “In the research the team boiled the carrots for different lengths of time and the ...
Views: 769 - 7 Steps: Give Your Facebook Some New Energy - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Makeover Does your profile picture still show you with long hair when you now have sexy short hair? Or black hair when you now sport fabulous highlights? Update that profile picture already. Show your friends and fake friends that not only are you still alive, you look good. 2. Renew If all ...
Views: 768 - How I'm Saving Money in a Bad Economy - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI'd like to share some tips on livin' the good life even in a bad economy. 1. Instead of Take Out...Take In There's this great outdoor café in Santa Monica called Urth Café. It's kind of pricey so on Tuesdays and Fridays (when I'm in town), I'll pack a lunch and enjoy it in Urth Café's ...
Views: 768(3 votes) - How to Be Great Without Trying - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYour sacred self. Your authentic self. Your supreme self. Your divine self. A lot of terms are used for it, but the point is that there is much more to us as people than our natural selves. As humans, it’s only natural to rely on what we know with our five senses—taste, touch, site, smell and ...
Views: 768(4 votes) - Influencing the Tone of Your Life in Color - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we enter a room or see an object for the first time, our minds register its color before any other detail. The colors our eyes can perceive are like words that form a subtle language of mood, energy, and insight. Color can exert a gentle effect on the mind and the body, influencing our ...
Views: 768(2 votes) - Music for an Integral World - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAn Interview with Corrado Rustici. The following interview was originally published in Issue 38 of EnlightenNext magazine. As any anthropologist will tell you, every stage of cultural development is accompanied by its own distinctive forms of art. In the concert halls, the dawning of ...
Views: 768(1 vote) - The Day After the 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYesterday marked the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, which occurred exactly 20 years ago in China when student-led protesters were crushed by the military. According to eyewitness accounts, Tiananmen Square was quiet and uneventful all of yesterday--save for the noticeable presence ...
Views: 768(4 votes) - What My Old House Can Teach Us About the Economy - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy house is old. Not old compared to my friend’s house in England that was built in the 1600’s, but old for Los Angeles. My house was built in 1927. Much of the house we have restored and kept just as it was in the 20’s. We have the original built-in ironing board complete with built-in swinging ...
Views: 768 - Anti-Aging Beauty Secrets Revealed - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe title of my most recent post on intent was “Drink Yourself Beautiful”, which included a major secret tip on skin care. It also included the possibility of drinking red wine for skin and overall health versus taking a pill that equals 1,000 glasses of red wine, minus the alcohol. ...
Views: 767 - Hot Potato Guidance - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m pretty uncomfortable about it at this point, and I know too that I’m doing the right thing. As you know, I function as a Chief Spiritual Officer for several businesses. It’s hard to explain what a CSO does. The basic job is to look at business scenarios of all kinds and listen for guidance ...
Views: 767 - My Path to Green: Step 3 - Green Alternatives to Toxic Cleaning Products - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHello everyone, This week on My Path to Green, I made some non-toxic cleaning products from things I already had in my kitchen (well I had to get the lavender oil). My guide this week was Annie Bond and her "5 Simple Alternatives to Toxic Cleaning Products". At first I was not sure that these ...
Views: 767 - Octuplets: An Infertility Doctor's Perspective on the Impact for Fertility Patients - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne must consider the media frenzy that surrounded the Octuplet case as the previous day, there was tragedy at Kaiser Permanente, the medical system that provided the care for the Octuplets. A working family was fired under circumstances that led to a murder/suicide of this entire family with ...
Views: 767 - That Virtue of Virtues: Patience - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy dear videographer friend called me last night to say that he’d completed a first draft of the EPK (electronic press kit) we’d dreamed up last summer. I finished my exercises and eagerly rebooted my computer to see what he’d created, and it’s marvelous! Bless his heart, he had been ...
Views: 767 - The Frogness of Music - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSay you see your first frog and want to understand what it is. Not so much what it’s croaking about, (although that can be interesting too) but what the frog really is. Traditionally, Westerners like us would grab the little guy and drop him into a bottle of formaldehyde, a preservative that ...
Views: 767(2 votes) - Tips for Creating a Sacred Place - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is important to create a sacred space in your home so that you can retreat from the outside world and connect with your inner resources – your soul-self. Setting up this special space in your home will give you refuge and a sanctuary to recover from the stress and tension of your daily life. ...
Views: 767(2 votes) - How Can We Help the Helpless? See Them - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNamaste is one of the most beautiful terms I have ever heard. I love the sound and the flow of the greeting but it is the meaning behind it and the sacred feeling of saying Namaste that touches me deeply each time I use it in my life when addressing people. The loose meaning of Namaste is “the ...
Views: 766 - How To Magnetise Good Health To Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com Authors'A large portion of our physical ailments result from unused lung cells, and consequent imperfect circulation of the blood. Fill the lungs full--every cell--with fresh air, two or three times daily, and do not over-load the digestive organs, and sickness will fly away to the dark regions where ...
Views: 766(1 vote) - Reflection on the Rewards of Discipline - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI began the week with a blog posting on the principle of Discipline. Given that I was away from home, in Vancouver on business, traveling with my daughter Meryl Fé, and staying with a friend whose internet service was out of order the first few days, exercising discipline was essential to moving ...
Views: 766(3 votes) - #1 Universal Relationship Law: Healthy, Happy People Tend to Relate, Date, and Mate Other Healthy, Happy People - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs the Radio Love Psychic on the nationally renowned KXRK Radio From Hell morning show, I use a few sneaky tricks to get the quick, accurate reads on the callers. The first is that there are some unchangeable, immutable Universal Laws regarding people’s connections with each other. The next is ...
Views: 765(1 vote) - In Whose Name, for God's Sake? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe despicable, abhorrent and loathsome attack on young girls in a pub has outraged the entire nation. The incident defeats all reasoning and has left everyone in a state of shock. What is even more appalling is the fact that the reprehensible assault on young women was done in the name of ...
Views: 765 - Wanting to be in love - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: My question is about love. I have been in a relationship for five years, he is my first boyfriend. It’s not been an easy relationship, my partner at times has been cold and ignored me. I've resisted him and been unhappy. I now realise I am scared at the thought of falling in love, I ...
Views: 765(1 vote) - Ask Deepak: Help With a Marital Decision - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have a question for you that I have struggled with for the last 2 years rather intensely. I am married to a man that I have "fallen out of love with" in part because of difficulties with compatibility earlier in our marriage, over the years I met and fell in love with a Dr. I ...
Views: 764 - Lessons My Father Taught Me (And What I’m Trying To Teach Him) - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy dad likes old cars, albeit tuned up with tires full for optimal performance. He can’t pass a sock sale without buying five pairs, although he has drawers full of them. And he recently discovered Sam’s Club, where he likes to buy my children lots of plastic toys made in China. But when I ...
Views: 764(1 vote) - Soul for the Soul or to Save Money... - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAll week long I saved the leftovers for the Friday night soup we just ate and enjoyed. I saved money by keeping the two sausages we did not eat a couple days ago, the left over squash, and about ten mushrooms that had not been cooked yet. When I combined these all with the lentil soup I ...
Views: 764(2 votes) - Today's Astrological Forecast: Moderation in All Things - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou'd think that with an ambitious, goal-oriented Capricorn Moon to start the week, the world would wake up raring to go. Instead, energy drains away rather quickly today. However, it's very easy to be totally swept away by an unrealistic ideal or charismatic person. That's not the best place ...
Views: 764(2 votes) - An Enlivening Force: Cultivating Inspiration - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all know inspiration when we feel it. It is a force that enlivens us and activates us to do something—we might dance, sing, paint the house, or envision a new career. We might call an old friend or plan a trip abroad. Whatever the case, doing what we do from a place of inspiration makes all ...
Views: 763(2 votes) - Fear of Reoccurrence - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's been quite awhile since I wrote a blog post on this site. I've been busy with my life and running Pink-Link. My two kids are pretty much grown (19 and 16) and I'm starting to feel the "empty nesting" stage creeping up slowly. I'm looking forward to that stage in my life, 3 years from now, ...
Views: 763(2 votes) - Pain on the Path - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: When one begins the path to Enlightenment, I've read it can be from either what we would call a painful or a wonderful experience. My enlightenment began when I fell in love with a man whom I left my husband for. I thought he was the love of my life. After leaving my marriage of 13 ...
Views: 763 - A Great Teacher: Living Like Water - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe journey of water as it flows upon the earth can be a mirror of our own paths through life. Water begins its residence on earth as it falls from the sky or melts from ice and streams down a mountain into a tributary or stream. In the same way, we come into the world and begin our lives on ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - Jamming Home Made Pet Treats - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany times pets are our best friends. I have personally had two mixed breed dogs that lived over 22 years old, 1 cockatiel and I am now with my first cat Midnite. Midnite is a rescued cat who came to me full of fear. Free spirited, fully clawed and not always friendly but I know he loves me and ...
Views: 762 - The Nature of God - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: You speak of a consciousness that is at the basis of all things, that is shared by all people and plants and objects. Sometimes you mention God. What do you mean when you mention God, do refer to Him as something that is outside of us, outside of this all encompassing consciousness? ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - Today's Astrological Forecast: Be Social - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToday the Moon moves from Virgo, the sign that seeks perfection, to Libra, which wants connection. The celestial message is to apply yourself to some type of meaningful task in the morning, but take a break in the afternoon and evening. Reward yourself for your earlier efforts by chatting up ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - Why the #IranElection Revolution could Succeed! Twitter MicroBlogs - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDear Friends In case you missed our Twitter MicroBlogs here are the highlights: . Twitter, FaceBook and YouTube: Has 21st century Social Media ripped the veil off 'the other'... and we see ourselves each time we look? . Has Tehran's Tiananmen Square already happened on Twitter? Have ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - “Thanks for Making the World More of the Place I Want to Live” - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com Authors(I apologize for the delay my Intent.com friends, this was originally from March 27, 2009) What a fun week and launch on Tuesday! It was just plain fun, both to create and share it, and because it resonated with people. Here are some stats about the launch webinar (thank you again Yanik ...
Views: 762 - 3 Steps to Take If #5 Plastic Leaching Has You Worried - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I think of plastic #5 , a polypropylene, commonly used for yogurt containers, syrup bottles, ketchup bottles, caps, straws and medicine bottles, I think of my mother going into a fit of recycling rage, ranting about the fact that we couldn't recycle plastic #5 in our area. But the real ...
Views: 761 - Let's Bring Reading Back! - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have always been an avid reader. When I was a child, I couldn’t wait until school to learn to read, so I begged my mother to teach me. She taught me to read using my older siblings’ comic books. Once I started reading I couldn’t get enough. I usually have 2 or 3 books going at once. A 2007 ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Prude Body, Horny Soul - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"I loved your book*," my friend told me as we walked the streets of NY before my launch party last week. I was stoked and said, "Awesome! High five?!" while holding out my hand. "I don't do high fives," she responded. I'd never heard such a thing. That's almost as bad as hearing ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Sleep Solutions for Bedroom Bliss - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSleeping together is an important way for couples to feel connected to one another. While many partners can live happily together; they just can’t sleep well side by side. Research from the Better Sleep Council (BSC) found that on average, one in three Americans report that their ...
Views: 761 - Striving and Arriving - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have a personal story to share: As you know, I recently moved to San Diego. It is sunny and beautiful and I am excited for this next chapter in my life and career to unfold. One of my favorite hobbies is physical exercise (it helps keep me sane with long hours in front of the computer - I am ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Superfical Happiness or Lasting? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn today’s world where we are so aware of what is happening with people all over the planet, it is hard to be blissfully happy in our own little world, unless we want to shut out all news from those around the globe. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to travel around the world, or even ...
Views: 761(2 votes) - Teachings from a shaman: drive hybrids and Smart cars - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've read how small car sales, including hybrids and Smart cars, are declining disproportionately to larger less fuel-efficient models in this economic downturn. As gas prices drop it seems so too go our good intentions to buy fuel-efficient vehicles to help others and the planet. As I filled my ...
Views: 761(1 vote) - Your Thursday Yoga Tip - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile I was teaching the daughter of my student Lisa yesterday, Lisa suddenly appeared in the doorway. She startled me doing that (I had been a little upside down), but without pause, she related to her daughter in her own excited and helpful way, what the best thing was that she learned from ...
Views: 761(3 votes) - Deepak Chopra and My Washing Machine - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOr, How Conscious Parenting and Meditation Just Might Converge in the Laundry Room I’ve mentioned before, that I am a fledgling practitioner of meditation. I’ve been trying to meditate daily for over a year now. Some days, my meditation experiences are transcendental. Others, well, not so ...
Views: 760(1 vote) - God's Dictionary: Procrastinate - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsProcrastinate pro- = for + -crastin = tomorrow In my counseling practice, people have consistently asked me about a cure for procrastination. It always reminds me of that old vaudeville joke, “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.” “Don’t do that!” There really is only one ...
Views: 760(1 vote) - If You Eat Meat, Make it Free Range - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe conditions for most animals raised for meat or dairy products are deplorable. Over-crowded living environments, tail docking, force feeding…the circumstances under which most animals live are horrendous. However, if you eat meat, eggs and dairy products, there are humane alternatives. Some ...
Views: 760(2 votes) - In Response: 10 Tips For Twenty Something Transformation - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am 21 years old. I'll be 22 in November. I don't know if I really qualify as a 20-something since I've only hit my second decade of life two years ago. But I do know that after living with college freshmen (17 - 19 year olds) for 9 months, it doesn't matter if you're 21 or 28 - there is a very ...
Views: 760(2 votes) - PeaceWomen: Theatre and Peace - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNo, the title isn’t a typo. PeaceWomen is the name of a theatre piece I wrote about the female Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. Since 1901, twelve women have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Just twelve. Their writings and their lives fascinate me. Because I, too, Nobel Laureate or not, am a ...
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