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- What It Takes to Finally Get On With Your Dream - by It seems to me there is only one real and proper way to live a joyful life, and that is to do the thing you are meant to be doing. There are people out there who make it seem like rolling out of bed, But I know from experience -- pursuing your dream 'ain't always so easy.
I spent a good chunk ...
Views: 748 - What it Takes To Finally Get On With Your Dreams - by It seems to me there is only one real and proper way to live a joyful life, and that is to do the thing you are meant to be doing. There are people out there who make it seem like rolling out of bed, But I know from experience -- pursuing your dream 'ain't always so easy.
I spent a good chunk ...
Views: 1058 - On Being Happy - by Take a moment and think: Are you happy?
Don't be surprised if you don't know. We don't often think about being happy these days. Seeking and finding happiness is more often a quest for the future -- something we'll do "later." We've decided that we can only be happy after we get the house, the ...
Views: 804 - Words That Cut - by At times, when we get angry and lose our temper we lash out at those we love the most. If we love them, why do we take our anger out on them? Words that cut, do they ever heal? The pain may soon go away, but the scar never disappears. Why can't we bite our tongue or just walk away? When we fight ...
Views: 1700 - Lifewriting Step #1: Taking Responsibility - by “The price of greatness is responsibility.” Winston Churchill
Welcome to a powerful concept in writing and personal development: Lifewriting. Simply put, Lifewriting explores the
bridge between myth and consciousness. It is both a professional-level writing tool and a profound means of ...
Views: 861 - Generate Amazing Momentum - and Effortless Results - by Does life ever feel like a struggle? Doesn't it seem some people seem to turn dirt into gold, while seemingly doing nothing?
Follow these ten steps - in order, because each grows upon the previous - and in no time you will be amazed at the results you produce.
1. Focus Your Potential. Know ...
Views: 885 - What Are You Committed To? - by Webster’s defines the word “commit?as: to pledge or devote oneself
To that definition I add: to pledge or devote one’s attention. In every moment, our attention is committed to something. If you are reading this right now, it is what your attention is committed to.
If you want something in ...
Views: 686 - 5 Qualities of a Great Business Opportunity - by 1. A low overhead and startup cost
Overhead is any fixed cost that accrues whether you make a dime or not. They include; rent, employees, utilities, phone access, etc. Starting a business can be costly if it requires developing a new office space. A home-based business makes the most of ...
Views: 816 - 10 Tips to Transform Your Life - by Beliefs create potential. Potential enables action. Action produces results. Use these following ten points to transform your life and create what you desire.
1. Desire
Desire is greater than want. Desire is an intention. Desire is a burning need. You must be willing to surrender yourself to ...
Views: 863(3 votes) - Are You Living to Your Full Potential? Quiz - by Professional and life success depend on consistent, proactive thinking. When emotions such as fear, anger or frustration occupy our thoughts we approach situations reactively. Rather than staying on our path, unconsciousness produces choices which lead us off our path and into chaos, at the ...
Views: 1890 - Ten Keys to Free Your Mind - by Our thinking defines our reality. Nothing is more powerful than the human mind and it's ability to create. Often our thinking creates thoughts which disempower us, however. Following these ten points one can experience greater clarity and joy; see more opportunities and possibilities. Free Your ...
Views: 660 - Are You Proactive or Reactive? A quiz for personal insight - by Professional and life success depend on consistent, proactive thinking. When emotions such as fear, anger or frustration occupy our thoughts we approach situations reactively. Rather than staying on our path, unconsciousness produces choices which lead us off our path and into chaos, at the ...
Views: 11176(2 votes) - The Four Keys to a Free Mind - by Success and happiness are different for each of us. That is why when my clients say, ¡°I want to be more successful.¡± I ask, ¡°What is success for you?¡± Success isn¡¯t about things, accomplishments or cash flow. I believe each of us is looking for a feeling inside that we associate the words ...
Views: 714 - 239 Days - by My wife and I have great news in our life. We're having our first child! This news has brought mixed feelings for us from elation to sheer terror. One fear that struck us this morning is we only have 239 days left while it's just us - fewer by the time you read this.
This realization of 239 ...
Views: 754(1 vote) - Love Meets Marketing: Attract Your Ideal Prospect - by I believe the world of business is in a state of transformation. Radical transformation. In my opinion, traditional business practices have operated from a place of fear and a model of competition. Strategies of war are taught to MBA students. Marketing courses focus on identifying target ...
Views: 872 - My Secret to Attracting Love and Business - by It has been about a year and a half ago that I sat down with my personal coach and expressed my frustration about not having a romantic relationship. The thought occurred to me that at thirty years old, maybe I wasn’t the type of person who would get married and have a family. Perhaps my own ...
Views: 776 - Increase Revenues with Effective Time Management - by As business owners, we must constantly look for areas where we can economize and become more efficient with our time and resources. While technological advances have made arduous, routine tasks a matter of keystrokes, the pace of life has somehow seemed to increase and rather than our lives and ...
Views: 676 - Stopping Headaches the Easy Way - by Almost everyone experiences a headache at one time or another. Sometimes we may take one of the many pills or nostrums displayed on the druggist's shelf or advertised with great conviction on television. Other times we may want to kick the pill habit and try to ignore it, and eventually the ...
Views: 8541(2 votes) - Releive Aches & Pains without Drugs (Repetitive Muscle Stress) - by Repetitive Muscle Stress (or RMS for short) is turning out to be a major problem of the budding 1990's. This is being triggered by the rapidly increasing computer key board usage, causing such problems as numb fingers, painfully stiff wrists (often diagnosed as "carpal tunnel syndrome"), stiff ...
Views: 946 - Fit to be Tied - by There comes a point in every mom's life where she needs to get out of the house. After a day of dealing with a late husband, spam calls from various window companies and my dog's ear oozing with some biological warfare, I decided that today was the day.
I was standing in my bedroom half dressed ...
Views: 611 - Get flexible with Thai Yoga Massage - by You want to be healthy. You want to be flexible and regain your mobility. You need something that will give you the energy you need and get rid of all your muscle pain, your stress and your tension.
Thai Yoga Massage can do all that and more.
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient healing arts ...
Views: 1219 - Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Is A Leading Edge Career - by What is hypnotherapy? When a professional uses hypnosis to help people make healthy changes in their lives, he or she is doing hypnotherapy. The Hypnotherapist takes on a role similar to the Physical Therapist or the Occupational Therapist, often working independently or with professionals from ...
Views: 918 - John 14:6 Helps Son Heal After Fathers' Death - by This past weekend provided me with a new insight into God's plan.
I was asked to do a memorial service for a man who attended our church. I did not realize the impact this ceremony would have on my life and the lives of the people attending the service.
After meeting with the family, it ...
Views: 1446 - Spend Time At Holidays In Celebration, Not Sadness - by The blessed event of Christ’s birth, our Savior, brightens our homes with joy and happiness. For some however, these days are fearful, stressful and sad. These situations and feelings are what is left after alcohol and drugs enter this most holy of days. "The day after" contains the smoldering ...
Views: 863 - Our Thoughts Need To Match Our Faith - by Each and every day, for the past 13 years, I have watched myself and countless others saying one thing and doing another. Most Christians want to believe that their own behaviors are Christ-like, but this is not always the case.
"I know what I need to do, but I seem to have a problem doing ...
Views: 828 - Restoring Dignity - by In dealing with those individuals from addiction, codependency, and other dysfunctional behaviors, a common thread runs through each story I hear. These people give up and give in. This behavior eventually leads to loss of personal dignity. Each person performs and puts on an act, while hiding ...
Views: 3046 - Psychosomatic Energetic - by Psychosomatic disturbances are very frequent causes of therapeutic blockade´s in the general practice. We are often blocked already at the diagnosis of such disturbances and let ourselves be deceived by the delusion of somatization. As naturopath´s we are moreover willing to incriminate such ...
Views: 1497 - NEGOIATING WITH THE INSURANCE ADJUSTERYou and I. M. Strong, the adjuster from Granite Mountain Insurance, are sitting at your kitchen table in an attempt to settle your motor vehicle accident claim.
Strong is all wound up and on the offensive, rambling on and on about how your injuries weren't serious. His typical pitch usually ...
Views: 1000 - Why You Should Handle Your Own Auto Accident Insurance Claim - by When there's no question about the liability (that is, who's at fault for your accident) the non-lawyer person is fequently better motivated, and in most cases tempermentally better equipped, to do the job than the average lawyer - - especially when it comes to the undertaking of the less ...
Views: 1580 - The treatment of ADHD and the MTA Trials - by “Stimulant” medications have been around for many years and are generally regarded as first line medical treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine compounds are the leaders in this group of medications with a variety of delivery ...
Views: 856 - CHILDHOOD MENTAL DISORDERS-REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS THAT USUALLY INVOLVE MOVEMENT - by The group of mental disorders discussed here have behavioral characteristics that were once thought to be very different from one another but are now considered similar because of their repetitious nature that usually involves movement.
Tic Disorder should be included in this group and has ...
Views: 973 - Childhood Mental Disorders: Repetitive Behaviors That Usually Involve Movement - by The group of mental disorders discussed here have behavioral characteristics that were once thought to be very different from one another but are now considered similar because of their repetitious nature that usually involves movement.
Tic Disorder should be included in this group and has ...
Views: 3576(1 vote) - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Predominantly Inattentive Type A Diagnostic Dilemma - by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder in children that adversely affects adequate attention, acceptable levels of activity and imposes an impulsive behaviorial style. For children the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV), a ...
Views: 1717 - Enuresis - by Enuresis is a term used for a child that soils his/her clothing or bed linens with urine after most other children, the same developmental age, have ceased to do so.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) regards five years of age, or the developmental equivalent, ...
Views: 2332 - Encopresis - by Encopresis is a medical condition where a child, more often a male, repeatedly has bowel movements somewhere other than the toilet. The condition is fairly common in early childhood and even occurs in some adolescents.
While the disorder usually resolves spontaneously, it can be problematic ...
Views: 3387(1 vote) - 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: 7177(1 vote) - Adjustment Disorder - by Frequently overlooked in evaluating children for a behavior problem is a common condition termed Adjustment Disorder. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). The essential feature is the development of clinically significant emotional or ...
Views: 2534 - 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: 5952(1 vote) - Recognition: A Leader's Responsibility - by Have you hugged your employees today?
Well, maybe in this day and age, "hugging" might be misconstrued, but "a pat on the back" is okay. In fact, when it comes to recognition, that's all some employees may be looking for. And if they do not receive it, these employees may be looking ...
Views: 3231(5 votes) - HOW TO REDUCE THE TRAUMA OF WATCHING THE WTC CRISES - by "Teaching someone how, and when, to associate or dissociate is one of the most profound and pervasive ways to change the quality of a person's experience, and the behavior that results from it. Dissociation is particularly useful for intensely unpleasant memories."
Richard Bandler - Using Your ...
Views: 871 - Feng Shui and Your Health - by Feng Shui is the art of balancing and harmonizing the energy in your personal environment to create beneficial changes in your life. A well-balanced environment will enhance the free flow of energy in your space, which will result in better health and well being as well as more prosperity, love ...
Views: 3747 - Margin Notes - by It seems to me that when one is confronted with a life changing experience, such as the death of a loved one, a crises of faith, or perhaps even the end of a relationship one does not come away unchanged. In fact, I would argue that as we go through each day, even each moment in fact, we undergo ...
Views: 963 - You May Think It's Their Fault ... But Maybe It's Really You - by You've had this happen to you at one time or another: You make a funny comment to a friend or family member based on something silly you've just been thinking about. Instead of laughter, you get frustration, maybe even a hostile reaction.
"How could they react that way?" you ask. "My intention ...
Views: 773 - Be More Creative: Personalizing the Creative Process - by I've always had a fascination with creativity. I think I inherited a creative bent from my mother who is an amateur thespian and calligraphist. I'm also a believer that creative pursuits can help prevent professional burnout. My twenty-five years of "survival" in managing public health programs ...
Views: 1676 - The Creative Process - by There are dozens of books about creativity and hundreds of books on management. Each has their own sure fire "steps to success." Amid this abundance of diveristy and confusion, I have found that there are more similarites than differences. I have found that there is one general process with ...
Views: 988 - TURN PERSONAL STRUGGLES INTO BOOKS FOR CHILDREN - by Suppose you've just gone through a divorce and lost custody of your kids. Or a loved one has recently died of cancer. Or you struggled in school as a child because you have dyslexia.
Many writers turn difficult periods in their lives into books for children, hoping to help young readers ...
Views: 805 - Effective Planning - by PLANNING
Good planning efforts have their impact on results.
We all understand the importance of planning, but the extent and depth, to which we plan, is not the same.
We would be surprised that Japanese spend as high as 40% of their time on an average on planning. Even before we go ahead ...
Views: 999 - 7 Rules For Ezine Advertising Success - by True: Ezine advertising is one of the most effective form of advertising available online . . .
The most important thing for every advertiser is to find targeted market for his product. That's exactly what ezines has to offer. A targeted market. There are so many ezines out there covering so ...
Views: 934 - Book Summary: EVEolution - by For any business to survive today, it needs to understand how to market to women. The fact is women make 80% of all purchasing decisions. Women are brand loyalists. Your product or service must address their complex, multiple lives as home managers, home-workers, entrepreneurs, caretakers of ...
Views: 809 - Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Medicines and Herbs - by What is Ayurveda and Its Importance?
Ayurveda is a traditional holistic healing. Translated from Sanskrit, Ayurveda means 'the science of life'. ayur means "life" and veda means "science. India system which largely depends on plant support to form major Chunk of its medicine. ...
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