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- Stages of Soul Growth - by The evolution of the soul is a mysterious and glorious affair with life. The souls ultimate goal is and has always been to attain enlightenment. Enlightenment is a work in progress with different developmental stages influencing it. When a person understands the energies as well as the stages of ...
Views: 7332 - Accurate Communication: Communication takes a Life of its own - by We know that interpersonal communication involves interaction between at least two people. But do we know that a higher and more sophisticated level of communications exists? I term this “Accurate Communication.” The benefits of Accurate Communication are many. When used by sales people, it ...
Views: 7306 - Just because a question is asked, an answer is not required! - by A QUESTION IS ASKED...IS AN ANSWER REQUIRED?
When a question is posed to most of us, we feel compelled to answer it. It is as if a question is actually a demand that an answer be given.
We are trapped. We MUST answer.
No, no, no. You ALWAYS have a choice.
In a story in Winnie the Pooh, ...
Views: 7297(1 vote) - Developing self-belief - The 10 step process - Part 2 - by Last week, I examined why believing we will succeed is so important to our success in life. This week, in part 2 of this 4 part series, I will look at how beliefs can affect our lives in ways beyond our normal conscious control, and outline the 10 step self-belief process.
Beyond belief!
One ...
Views: 7294 - Is neediness ruining your relationships?Is neediness ruining your relationships?
By John Gray, author of Men are from Mars Women are from Venus
In a recent survey conducted at MarsVenus.com, “neediness”—clingy, controlling, possessive and/or demanding behavior—was one of the most commonly cited reasons for ...
Views: 7287 - Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Reactive Conduct Problems - by Pervasive Developmental Disorder (P.D.D.) is a complex developmental disorder that includes children with symptoms associated with poor to severely impaired social skills, repetitive and often compulsive, ritualistic behavior (stereotypies) and to varying degrees of severity, a communication ...
Views: 7237(1 vote) - THE TRUTH ABOUT HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE The Real Story Behind Growth Hormone: Can It Safely Reverse Aging? - by Have you been hearing a lot about the Human Growth Hormone (hGH) lately? It’s been hard to avoid hearing about its ability to reverse the aging process and restore the aging body. Study after study has detailed the rejuvenating effects of hGH on almost every system of the body.
Just what is ...
Views: 7196(1 vote) - How to help a depressed friend or loved one - by Only one in five people suffering from mental disorders seeks help and yet broaching the subject with a loved one can be difficult for many reasons. Since May is Mental Health Month, this is a good opportunity to bring out in the open this often taboo subject. The fear of being told to "mind ...
Views: 7160(2 votes) - What Is Applied Faith? - by One of the principles of success is Applied Faith. What does that mean to you? The American Heritage Dictionary defines Faith as "1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing. 2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. The ...
Views: 7094 - Five Essential Factors For Female Sexual Frenzy - by Gentleman, if you want to make your lady scream and scratch and proclaim you the greatest lover in the history of man, you’ve got to realize it’s not about sexual positions, it’s about sexual perceptions.
Synonyms for perception are:
Insight
Awareness
Discernment
Observation
Sensitivity
You ...
Views: 7081 - My Finances are a Mess, NOW What Do I Do? - by Okay, so you've done just about everything wrong that you could, and your finances are a mess. You're up to your eyeballs in debts, and your investment in that "can't miss" Internet stock went south faster than a roller coaster at Disney World. What are you going to do? How are you going to ...
Views: 7053(1 vote) - THE TOP 10 WAYS TO RECOVER FROM A LOVE TRAUMA SYNDROME - by * A psychological condition that develops in response to a damaged or failed love relationship.
1. Recognize that romantic breakups can be traumatic, and that your feeling devastated -- even for a long time -- is nothing to be ashamed of.
2. Do Not Wallow. Commit to an active stance -- ...
Views: 7008 - HYPOGLYCEMIA, SUGAR IS NOT SO SWEET! - by NAMASTE & WELCOME TO THIS MONTH'S WAY UP NEWSLETTER!
THIS MONTH'S TOPIC IS HYPOGLYCEMIA
Now let's get it staight. I am no paragon of virtue when it comes to sugar. I used to live? on Hostess Pies, Snickers, Mars Bars, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Chocolate Bridge Mix, See's Candies, & Coca ...
Views: 6920 - Latest Study Finds Immuno-Cancer Therapy Extremely Effective - by Your first defense is your best. A type of white blood cell called Natural Killer (NK) cells, may hold the key to the growth and spread of cancers. First discovered in the 1980's, NK cells are recognized as the immune system's front-line defense against cancer, viruses and other pathogens. In ...
Views: 6904 - What’s Wrong With You, Why Don’t You Understand Me? - by Recently while waiting for our lunch to be served in a nearby restaurant, my husband Michael and I were discussing our son’s upcoming science fair project. Michael was describing the steps that my son should follow to complete the assignment. While Michael was going through this elaborate ...
Views: 6887 - 10 TOTALLY UNHEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS TO AVOID! - by Many women today are victims of very serious unhealthy eating behaviors. Ironically, many of them know their behavior is consequential, but would rather jeopardize their health to 'look good' than to try and follow a healthy eating regimen. In a nutshell, this type of ritualistic behavior is ...
Views: 6816(2 votes) - The Nurture Assumption and Adolescent Addiction - by (Judith Rich Harris is a former writer of college textbooks on child development. One day she had an epiphany and realized that what she was writing about didn't jive with her or her neighbors experiences of raising children. She stopped writing textbooks and began studying why children turn out ...
Views: 6780 - THE SUCCESS SERIES - by compete. Some people use competition
as an excuse not to do it. They say, "I just can't compete with those people,
there's no use in trying." What keeps people from putting their plans into
action? The big reason is: FEAR. It paralyzes, it saps your energy, it
creates imaginary difficulties. ...
Views: 6748(1 vote) - SPEED READING: Top 10 Ways to Improve Reading Speed and Reading Comprehension - by 10. Skim Before Your Read - Speed read for main ideas in nonfiction works and textbooks. Scan the table of contents and first and last sentences of each paragraph. You'll improve your reading speed and comprehension if you understand a book's main ideas first. After you've skimmed the material, ...
Views: 6684 - Can Any Good Thing Come from Nazareth? - by He was born in Bethlehem. However, because of the politics of that day, His father, Joseph moved the family from Bethlehem to Egypt and finally into a peaceful area called Galillee, in the town called Nazareth. Nazareth was located between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea. Jesus grew ...
Views: 6617 - How to Find Your Ideal Job - by One of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to design their lives around their careers. It really works much better the other way around: Start by designing your ideal life, and then figure out what sort of work will support it.
Here's how to get started...
Imagine what a day in your ...
Views: 6605(1 vote) - Seven Steps for Dealing with Doubt - by No matter how positive and convinced we are, sometimes, doubt creeps in. Doubt can deteriorate into guilt or a loss of confidence. Left unattended, doubt can become a downward spiral into the inability to act, crippling our plans, confusing our minds.
Here is how successful people I've met ...
Views: 6602 - Discipleship: Created to become like Christ - by You were created to become like Christ.
From the very beginning, God's plan has been to make you like his Son, Jesus. This is your destiny and the third purpose of your life. God announced this intention at creation: "Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image and likeness'" ...
Views: 6595 - *** The 7 Secrets of Big Picture Thinkers - by From CEOs and independent professionals, to work at home moms and entrepreneurs, Big Picture Thinkers inspire others and lead the way in their fields. Without their visionary insights and actions, our world would be lacking in innovation, new ideas, and fresh approaches.
Now there is a way for ...
Views: 6581(1 vote) - Redefine Yourself - by How do you define yourself? As a mother, daughter, wife, friend, husband, son, teacher, student, lawyer, accountant, or any one of a myriad different titles? Or do you define yourself by others' perception of you? Do any of these come close to your own knowledge, your own personal experience of ...
Views: 6528(2 votes) - Distant Energy Healing - by Distant healing is a method of energy healing at any long distance. According to Quantum Physics, we live in a world of energy and healing by bio-energy at any distance help you to tap into that and learn to perceive or read energy and work with it. In distant energy healing, energy is ...
Views: 6508(1 vote) - *** What is Spiritual Healing? - by Spiritual Healing is a self-growth tool that expands your awareness of yourself as a spiritual being and helps you live your life from a stronger, more expanded, more empowered level of consciousness. Spiritual Healing is a tool that available to everyone regardless of religion or creed or level ...
Views: 6507(4 votes) - Estriol, the Forgotten Estrogen? - by There is a definite need for a safe estrogen supplement for women who are at risk of breast or endometrial carcinoma but who are denied such therapy because of recent evidence that exogenous estrogen can induce carcinoma in susceptible women. The role of supplemental estrogen in the ...
Views: 6500(2 votes) - Passengers and Cotravellers - by We can liken our life to a travelling train ,or a sailing ship , or ambling along a path . We are travelling in the same general direction , we are all subject to the vagaries of nature , we are sharing available resources . We are getting the same general experiences while the individual ...
Views: 6464 - ***Being Happy Is A Decision: 11 Ways to Change Your Life NOW! - by Almost everyone has heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferrin's simple message surely made a lot of people focus on happiness by simply telling them not to worry or fear, and ...
Views: 6433(4 votes) - FAQs on Non-Verbal Communication/Body Language - by I don't understand this stuff about non-verbal language. I say what I mean - how does the way I say it make a difference?
A recent article in Discover magazine on how we recognize faces said that we have such powerful brain "circuitry" for facial expressions that we insist on seeing faces ...
Views: 6390(1 vote) - A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day - by A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day
By Beth Bruno © 2001
There are millions of unsung heroes and heroines in our midst, men and women who deserve recognition but get a bum rap instead. Who are they? They are people like me.
When I met the man I eventually married, he brought two ...
Views: 6386 - Hatha Yoga and Its Effects - by More than 18 million Americans now practice yoga, up from 6 million in 1994, according to a 1998 survey conducted by the Wall street Journal and NBC!!! Come experience the transformation of YOGA…taking you beyond! In a wonderful hour of “hatha yoga” class I include a practice incorporating 4 ...
Views: 6386(2 votes) - Talking Soul to Soul - by Many of you choose this article to read because you were interested in the title– Talking Soul to Soul. You are wondering what exactly could that possibly mean? Well I’ll first tell you what it is not. It is not communication using mediums or psychics or any third party to contact a person ...
Views: 6381 - What is detachment - by Count the number of times you got emotionally involved in something against your will and better judgment. How many times have you got angry, frustrated or disappointed? How many times have your moods swung high and low? Each time you told yourself that next time you will stay cool, and yet each ...
Views: 6358(1 vote) - *** Basic Principles of Hermetic Astrology - by A correctly calculated chart of the sky for the date, time and
location of a person’s birth is the focal point of scientific astrology.
This chart maps the life pattern of the person for whom it is
calculated.
A Birth Chart (which is also known as a horoscope -- NOT to be
confused with ...
Views: 6354 - Is YOUR name really that important? - by Just picture yourself wandering around every day with no name. The man from the grocery store says, “Hello…guy that, uhh, bought a candy bar from me.” Your girlfriend comes over, “You want to go out tonight…ummm…guy that I’m dating. Mom dials and says, “You haven’t called in a while…boy… that I ...
Views: 6337 - PREVENTING RELAPSE BY ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS THROUGH PERCEPTION THERAPY - by If relapse prevention techniques work, then why do so many addicts and alcoholics relapse?
This is the question that we have been asking ourselves for the last 40-50 years, with no concrete answers being provided. We hear only that addicts relapse due to their disease, weakness, environment, ...
Views: 6313 - How To Be Free Of Guilt - by The key to releasing guilt is to recognize that we all go through life doing the very best we can with the very limited skills and awareness that we have at the time.
Unfortunately, the awareness that we have is seldom enough. As a result, we make mistakes. Sometimes we make big ones.
Making ...
Views: 6290 - Compatibility & Matchmaking through Graphology - by "Hollywood's Handwriting Expert"
This page is for determining Compatibility from handwriting. This procedure is called Handwriting Analysis or Graphology. You can learn to analyze anyone's personality from his or her handwriting. Anyone's...lover, child, parent, boss, friend, enemy, babysitter, ...
Views: 6284 - CAN A WOMAN WITH HIGH INTEREST LEVEL BREAK A DATE? - by WOMEN DON'T LIE - MEN DON'T LISTEN
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Hi Doc,
I'm having a problem with a girl I met through an Internet dating service. On our first date, I came to her house with flowers and took her to a nice restaurant. I thought it went pretty well; we had a nice ...
Views: 6223 - What are panic attacks good for? - by There is much written about anxiety and panic attacks. Why? - because they are an essential part of being human. Panic attacks and anxiety are abilites that have kept us safe for millions of years, allowed us to survive, evolve and succeed as a species. When the world was a dangerous place, ...
Views: 6218 - How Do You Measure Success? - by Happy New Year everyone - this is a great time to focus on our life plan and define what success means to you. Hopefully it's not just money. In the movie, "Wall Street," Martin Sheen argues with his son, Charlie Sheen, over whether Michael Douglas intends to exploit the father's company, which ...
Views: 6145(1 vote) - Boosting Your Self-Esteem with Nurturing Aromatherapy Blends - by "One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything."
~Sir John Gielgud
It's true that when we feel good about ourselves, we are more likely to succeed. Unfortunately the reverse is true as well. If you have a poor ...
Views: 6079 - How To Acquaire A Money Mentality And Become A Money Magnet - by YOU WILL NEVER BECOME RICH unless you resolve conflicting money values often instilled by parents. I will show you several wealth destroying emotional conflicts that must be resolved if you are to acquire personal wealth.
Children of the wealthy acquire the concept that it takes money to make ...
Views: 6069 - Memory Techniques for Foreign Languages - by Memory systems work beautifully for learning foreign languages. I used them in high school and college to study 5 languages -- Latin, classical Greek, Spanish, French, and German. My peers were amazed that I aced every vocabulary test and learned new languages so quickly. What I didn’t tell them ...
Views: 6035 - The Three Faces Of Regression Therapy - by PAST LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY
Many people reject the idea of looking into a past lifetime for problems as they claim to have enough troubles in the present life. This sounds reasonable; however, in clinical practice, clients discover that present life conflicts and problems often stem from ...
Views: 6018(1 vote) - K.I.S.S.--Simplify the 3 P's to Sales Success - by "The easier you make it to buy for your prospects, the more they will."
K.I.S.S. - Keep it Simple Silly.
But simplicity goes beyond just ensuring you do not talk technical when describing offerings to prospects. It means keeping everything about the sale simple. It means recognizing that ...
Views: 6006(1 vote) - Creation and the Origin of Man (A Biblical Perspective) - by CREATION
The Origins of Man
Excerpts from the book, The First Law of Creation- Violated
The names "God" and "Jesus" are mere references in the Greek language to "a deity", and not the Personal names of Our Heavenly Father and His Son.
The original archaic Hebrew name of The Creator is YAOHU UL ...
Views: 5985 - MAINTAINING YOUR BEST PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE - by “The mind is everything; what you think you become.”
- Guatama Buddha
Do You Have What It Takes to Take It?
Without the strength to deal with the stresses in life: pain, sickness, disappointment, missed opportunities, bad business decisions, and more, you can easily be discouraged. ...
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