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- The Top Ten Tips on Disciplining Your Toddler - by How can I support my toddler's spontanaeity while supporting his need to learn to behave in ways that will help him to get along well in relationships and at school? How can I discipline my toddler without causing him to feel shame?
1. Learn to say "no" in a firm, peaceful way that carries ...
Views: 946 - The Top Ten Tips for Keeping Your Toddler Safe - by Parents always say, "I just looked away for a minute" when serious accidents happen to their toddlers. Safety First!
1. Be watchful of balloons. Many parents do not realize that when a toddler swallows a balloon, it will probably be difficult to do the Heimlich maneuver to clear the child's ...
Views: 744 - The Top Ten Tips for Being an Excellent Listener - by One of the biggest secrets for being successful with both your personal and your business goals is learning the skills of listening with excellence. Pick one of the tips below and practice applying it throughout the day today.
1. Detect whether the person talking to you is expressing facts or ...
Views: 1561(2 votes) - The Top Ten Tips for Potty Training Your Child - by What parent feels knowledgeable and confident about potty training their child? Potty training is one of the greatest challenges that both children and their parents face in the first few years of a child's life.
1. Dress your child in underwear at about 28 months of age when the child is at ...
Views: 1000 - The Top Ten Tips for Jump-Starting Your Child's Education - by Toddlers have a greater ability to acquire new skills and information than children who are 5, 6, or 7 years old. Research indicates that introducing reading, language, and math skills in the toddler years may make school success come more easily to your child for years to come.
1. "Narrate" ...
Views: 817 - The Top Ten Tips for Using Non-Verbal Behavior to Improve Your Relationships - by Excellent communication skills are the key to success in your personal and professional life. Research shows that non-verbal communication is actually more important than verbal communication.
1. 'Dance' with the non-verbal signals being sent your way on a moment-to-moment basis. Stop and ask ...
Views: 9620 - The Top Ten Tips on Storytelling and Making an Impact - by All great communicators are great storytellers. Listeners are more open to receiving when they hear the message delivered in a story format - they can lower their walls and defenses because the message is coming to them in a safe and indirect way. Wherever you want to make an impact, tell a ...
Views: 738 - Smokescreens - by Just like the movie “The Truman Show,” I see the world like a big movie set and every person is an actor. You produce, direct, and write your own movie. During the “filming” process, you act out certain emotions because you know that people will be watching. Your verbal and emotional responses ...
Views: 945 - WHAT IS FENG-SHUI? HOW CAN IT BENEFIT YOUR HOME, FAMILY AND BUSINESS? - by We are in a constantly changing environment affected by invisible energy forces prevalent in the places, in which we live or work. These forces affect our physical, emotional and spiritual health. Feng Shui enables us to create environments suitable for intended activity by identifying the ...
Views: 835 - Good news from The Raja Yoga Institute - by We are happy to inform you that we have healed a terminal sick patient for the third time in a few years. As usual we have respected the original Yoga scriptures and the teachings of the Tibetan, Dwahl Kuhl, as written down by Alice Bailey.
This time the healing concerns a patient with a tumor ...
Views: 1419(1 vote) - Goal Manifestation Development - by Goal manifestation, by the way of goal setting, itself is very simple.
First step: Simply envision the goal. When I say envision, I *mean* envision. For example, if your goal is to move into a new house by the middle of next year, then close your eyes and picture the house clearly. Do not make ...
Views: 829 - Is your child developing the same way as his or her peers? - by A good friend of mine, a first time mom, raised an interesting point. Parents, when comparing children, often see one child being able to do something that their own child (of a similar age) cannot do. This natural method of comparison sometimes gives rise to anxiety. Parents often wonder in ...
Views: 1000 - Does your young baby have a learning disability? - by When parents are advised or when they discover through observation that their child does not seem to develop as expected and have their anxiety confirmed through diagnosis, the news may be traumatic and seem at first to threaten to engulf the family with insurmountable future obstacles. ...
Views: 1225 - The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss - by Every day, millions of ordinary Americans - possibly you - struggle with the same problems: A lack of energy. Chronic illness. An inability to shed those last few pounds. And every year, new fad diets are introduced with the latest spin on weight loss. But the end result is always the same: ...
Views: 2961 - Home for the Holidays - by Be it townhouse, mansion or even the White House, there's no place like home for the holidays. This year, more than ever, we need to create a peaceful and comforting environment for our families and ourselves. If it seems harder to get in the mood for the holidays this year, you are not alone. ...
Views: 1000 - Use your senses to create a sacred home - by Your home is a shelter, a safe haven and a place to hang your hat. It is also a reflection of your soul, of who you are and what you value. Your home should be a sanctuary where you can feel nurtured and refreshed. Coco Chanel was fond of saying, "An interior is the natural projection of the ...
Views: 961 - The Mini-max Instructions For Life - by "The Mini-max Instructions For Life" is comprised by just 11 (minimum number), yet extremely effective (maximum effect), easy to understand, short and practical instructions. They are meant to help people meet life's challenges. It is a holistic approach aimed at raising the quality of your ...
Views: 890 - THE MINI-MAX INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE - by I n t r o d u c t i o n
"The Mini-max Instructions For Life" is comprised by just 11 (minimum number), yet extremely effective (maximum effect), easy to understand, short and practical instructions. They are meant to help people meet life's challenges. It is a holistic approach aimed at ...
Views: 1262 - Effective Summer Resolutions - by We’ve all heard of “New Year’s Resolutions” and probably have made quite a few in our lifetimes. And some of us have probably heard that making resolutions once a year is not enough, that we need to be more active and consistent in our goals. Yet we struggle to be as committed as those speakers ...
Views: 5287(3 votes) - Manage, Lead, Coach & Mentor - by Political correctness is just upgraded terminology for the sensitive person’s euphemisms. In extreme cases, affirmative action does create reverse discrimination. We lose vivid imagery when we lessen the power of our communication by softening our diction. Why not use this phenomenon to our ...
Views: 4421(2 votes) - How NOT to Design an Email Campaign - by 1. WRITE IN ALL CAPITALS.
People love getting yelled at. They never get enough verbal abuse from their family, coworkers, and fellow commuters. So, go ahead SHOUT AT THEM. Hey, if you're lucky, maybe they'll return the favor.
2. Include your URL (website address) from the very beginning. ...
Views: 3675 - Employee Concerns about Workplace Violence - by The growing unhappiness in the world (with 99 out of the 250 countries of the world in conflict or at war) is causing us all to be concerned about personal safety. With last week's terrorist strikes on working Americans, many more people now understand why the phenomenon of physical and verbal ...
Views: 800 - Improve Your Intuition - by You can make better decisions, you can IMPROVE YOUR INTUITION!
Intuition is a muscle that can be developed and strengthened according to the authors, experts and psychics that are members of the “Intuition Network.” World-wide professionals use their intuition for things as practical as stock ...
Views: 2499(1 vote) - Creative Coping in a Tragedy - by How do we creatively cope with a tragedy of the magnitude of yesterday's terrorist attacks on the United States of America?
I know that my family and I live a very sheltered life here in the Missouri Ozarks. We know that there is a great deal of violence in the homes of many who live here in ...
Views: 912 - Attitudes Matter, July 2000 - by What do you want for yourself? Have you ever taken the time to make a list of what you truly want for yourself? Most of us are comfortable listing what we want for others, especially those whom we love, but if you are like me, it feels a bit selfish to "want for" ourselves.
In the next few ...
Views: 721 - Attitudes Matter, June 2000 - by What would you do if you suddenly became a millionaire? Our priest posited this question to our congregation in light of the recent 25-year old victor on the popular "millionaire show" and the lottery-winning ex-football player.
What would you do? Would it make a difference in your life? Would ...
Views: 790 - A Mindful Adventure - by "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tze (570-490 BC)
The journey began at Miraval - Life in Balance, an all-inclusive Resort and Spa located in the beautiful foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains just outside Tucson, AZ. I chose Miraval for some of the same ...
Views: 1770 - Loving Our Soul - by Love is the most powerful emotion in existence. With it, one can capture the world. Without it, one can conquer the world. People who made history through their evil deeds have been known to have had a lack of love in their childhood. The truth is that without knowing how to love ourselves, we ...
Views: 1338 - Searching For A Soul Mate - by Many people go through life searching for a soul mate. Love is the essence of living. We realize how important love is because we often write about it, talk about it, read about it, hear it in songs, see it in movies, and experience it every single day in our lives.
Life is a process of ...
Views: 825 - Just what is middle age and what can we do about it? - by If I had to pick numbers, then I'd probably choose the range from 25 to 75. Why? Thinking in terms of myself and others I've know, I'd say most of us are truly independent of our families and on our own at least by 25 and most of us are dealing with the infirmities of old age by 75. Everything ...
Views: 960(1 vote) - Conscious Life Design through Empowerment - by What happens when you tell yourself, "I can create my life exactly the way I want it, in all dimensions--work, family, relationships, community and the larger world"? How does your inner voice respond? One way to discover this is to divide a sheet of paper down the middle. On one side, write ...
Views: 897 - Life and Work: Balancing or Juggling? - by I value the concept of balance in life. But what we value and believe we do is often different than what we actually do. Instead of balancing the many commitments and interests in my life, I have found that I'm actually a juggler, always hoping I don't drop anything.
Juggling conjures the ...
Views: 1375 - Time Management: Put Your Life In Focus - by I usually get a little off kilter during summer. School is out. Kids everywhere are under foot and looking for things to do. Vacation mode sets in, even if I didn't get to go anywhere. If you have kids and they're anything like mine, they are asking for rides everywhere. I spend a lot of my work ...
Views: 967 - Defining "the Good Life": Money and Abundance - by Whatever your standards of success are, it's probably pretty certain that money issues are involved somehow. Whether the amount of money you have or earn is a measure of your wealth and success, or a tool to attain your needs and desires, increasing your understanding of your attitude toward ...
Views: 795 - Adopting a New Standard for Stress Relief - by "The proportion of being to doing determines your life character."
--Nelson Zink
So many of us have an accepted standard to be busy, to have too much to do, to rush from one thing to another. We are trying to keep pace with the world's growing expectations for speed and efficiency: overnight ...
Views: 2632 - The Fuel for Movers and Shakers! - by The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. --Nadia Boulanger
A new lesson in the importance of passion as a powerful, inner source of energy was revealed in my life recently. I am grateful to have had the opportunity for the past several years to pursue a ...
Views: 746 - Antioxidant Power - by Recent findings from numerous research studies have shown conclusively that antioxidants are essential to health and well-being. Antioxidants are critical in lowering the incidence of cardiovascular disease and many cancers. Most of us are familiar with such antioxidants as Vitamins A, C, and E; ...
Views: 1440 - Lycopene in the News - by Once again the phytonutrient lycopene has found its way in the newspapers the world over as a new study confirms the link between this potent nutrient and various forms of cancer. A study done recently at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI found that men who suffered from prostate ...
Views: 918 - Creating a Baby - by Is being chosen as a channel
For the expression of divinity into materiality
Although ovulation is a law of nature,
Conception is a law of God.
—Edgar Cayce
The following is excerpted from Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives: A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth. Click on ...
Views: 767 - SCIENCE OF THE MIND - by There is truly a science of the mind.
A set of principles and methods you can easily develop to focus and use your mind to create vast wealth, success, great relationships and a profound inner peace that transcends understanding.
My journey on this path began many years ago, when working at ...
Views: 1794 - *How To Attract Positive People and Situations - by As a psychiatrist who specializes in intuition, I know that a very powerful life lesson is learning to how to attract positive relationships and situations towards us. Our relationships aren’t random. We must begin to use our intuition to actively draw what’s positive our way, a ...
Views: 3601 - BOOK REVIEW - "The Secret" - by Book Description
Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who ...
Views: 1308(27 votes) - Letting Go and Moving Forward - by Let's face it. Many of us choose to hang on to things that at some point have hurt us, angered us, made us feel sad, or depressed us. If we choose to hang on to them, we will never move forward and we could even create physical or medical damage to our bodies. To prevent this from happening we ...
Views: 64807(36 votes) - The Ultimate Secret: 4 Steps to the Passion of Your Soul - by I have a secret, too. In all of the excitement about attracting your desires, this secret has been sadly overlooked. And it is the foundation for true fulfillment.
The Ultimate Secret
Here is the ultimate secret: Works that come out of the passion of our souls make a huge difference in the ...
Views: 573 - Women Tend to Eat More Junk Food When Under Stress Easy Acupressure Technique Addresses Stress and Food Cravings - by Do you reach for sugary or fatty snacks when you’re stressed? Do you have a bag of treats in your desk at work to soothe your frazzled nerves? If so, you aren’t alone. According to British researchers, women who feel stressed at work and at home are more likely than men to turn to ...
Views: 2379 - Acupressure Technique Improves Quality of Life for Children with Skin Conditions -- No Drugs or Extensive Therapy Needed - by British researchers have determined that children with skin disorders are really suffering from the “heartbreak of psoriasis.” Accordingly, children with skin conditions like acne, eczema, and psoriasis rate their quality of life as poor, i.e. comparable to children with illnesses ...
Views: 2950 - Nine Rules For Becoming A Success - by Success is generally defined as a favorable or satisfactory outcome or result. Whatever you do in your life, you get results. Whether or not those results are the ones you desired, is basically whether you succeeded or failed in your endeavors. Success is often defined as the gaining of wealth, ...
Views: 790 - BALNEOLOGY OR “TAKING THE WATERS” - by Wellness tourism is the buzz word these days and even part of the new “re-branding” of Dominica. Balneology is the scientific study of the therapeutic benefits of naturally occurring mineral waters. Put the two together and “voila” the Ministry of Tourism’s new logo “Defy the Everyday” has an ...
Views: 2319 - Proper Preparation Is The Key To A Successful Speech - by Whether I am giving either a motivational keynote speech on humor or presenting a corporate comedy show for a client I want to go the extra mile.
You see, when my services are engaged one of my main objectives is to make the person who hired me thrilled with the results. And that's because ...
Views: 612 - A New Way of Looking at Life - by Excerpted from The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.
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Contrary to what many of our physical friends believe, life on planet earth is at its all time best.. And getting better! This powerful and accurate statement is not only ...
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