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- Are You Standing At The Edge Of Freedom and Wealth? Learn What it Takes To Soar Instead Of Sink. - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2008 from Peri EnkinYesterday I was talking to a client who is struggling in her business. She has skill, experience and amazing wisdom and yet she admits she is piddling around. I asked her what she thinks is holding her back. With a huge sigh of frustration she was quick to admit this: "I am having trouble ...
Views: 973 - When Did You Stop Seeing Beautiful? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2008 from Peri EnkinLast night I waited for a friend at the movie theater beside a group of girls somewhere between twelve and fourteen years old. They were all hovering at that threshold age on the verge of becoming young women. I watched as they primped and groomed making sure their hair fell in just the right ...
Views: 911 - Twelve Qualities Of Spirit - Power - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2008 from Peri Enkin"The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly-you usually do not use it at all. It uses you." Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now The Spiritual Quality of Power is ...
Views: 916 - Accepting Change In Your Life - Ready Or - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2008 from Peri EnkinSometimes the winds of change blow through my life and it seems as though everything is crumbling. When that happens here is what I usually do. TRY TO FIX IT First I try my best to run around and pick up the pieces thinking I will just put everything back in their original shape. Right! DENY ...
Views: 1117 - Twelve Qualities Of Spirit - Wisdom - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2008 from Peri Enkin"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." Sandra Carey Tapping into the spiritual quality of wisdom requires different skills than the ones that give us access to knowledge. Knowledge is a wonderful thing, and I am all for sharing ...
Views: 832 - Creating Intimate Connections - Genuine Listening Makes All the Difference - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2008 from Peri EnkinHow many times have you been talking away, wrapped up in a conversation, sharing something important, meaningful or revealing about yourself only to realize that the person you are talking with has drifted away and is obviously somewhere else? And, if you tell the truth, haven't you done the ...
Views: 1014 - Doing Business -And Life- With Love - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinThe evolution of consciousness takes so many different forms and shapes. Clearly there are many paths to the same place. Yet, there is one doorway those who choose awakened living all share. Eventually, as we unravel our resistance, and release our blocks to our own Magnificence we find ...
Views: 979 - Relationships That Empower Us - Transformation Through Trust - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinWe live in a world where loneliness runs rampant and has been identified as the most dominant social problem in America today. The longing for real connection with another human being can keep us from fulfilling our potentials and giving our gifts to the world. It is just that important an ...
Views: 872 - Answering the Question - What Do You Do? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Peri EnkinThere are questions which visionaries, artists and mystics and perhaps all human beings, for that matter, face at some point during their lifetime. How do we distill our unique and very personal understanding of what is possible for human beings into words, prose, music or other forms of ...
Views: 900 - Change Your Viewpoint - From Ordinary Thinking to Extraordinary Living - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Peri EnkinAbout a year ago I introduced a ritual writing day at the beach into my weekly schedule. With a desire to establish balance and to blend work with play I wanted to create a very specific kind of personal replenishment. With an increase in my work commitments I knew I needed to tune out from the ...
Views: 856 - A Law Of Attraction Lesson - Use The Energy Of Regret To Attract What You Want - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 from Peri EnkinA few weeks ago I was having regrets. When I took a look at my thoughts I discovered they were all focused in the past. I was having regrets about words I had not spoken, actions I had not taken, and options that I had passed up. So I took out my pen and paper and I wrote a letter to my Higher ...
Views: 2034 - Freedom in Relationships - Finding a New Purr! - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Peri EnkinI'm looking out at the rain forest that surrounds my new home. I have just moved from sea level to the rain forest at three thousand feet elevation. This is a huge change for me - and for my cat Kanui too! On the first day of the move he stayed under the bed and only ventured out once for a few ...
Views: 689 - Being a Whole Person - Both Human and Spiritual - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Peri EnkinIf you are like most people you do not want to miss a thing. You sense there is much joy to be had in life and you want it. Of course you do! And yet there seems to be a shortage of hours in the day. It is not that we are incapable of fitting it all in. In fact, many of us run around crazily ...
Views: 693 - What is the Turnaround? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Peri EnkinNo matter how evolved we think ourselves to be there are moments over the course of day and during a lifetime when we feel swamped by the circumstances of our lives. We find ourselves swept along by the currents of what came before and impacted by the actions of others. It may be seemingly ...
Views: 727 - Aware Entrepreneurs - 3 Practices to Blend Spirituality with Work - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from Peri EnkinThree Practices to Blend Spirituality with Meaningful Work There are a few good questions that business owners, teachers and leaders ask when they are planning for growth in their classroom, their company or their life. Who are my students or clients or friends – really? What makes them ...
Views: 787 - Whole Person Choices - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Peri EnkinOne part of us wants comfort and safety and abhors change or challenge. Another part wants to try new things and is a risk-taker. One part of us is boring to the other parts. Another part frightens the rest of us. Inside we all have a community of bullies, sweethearts and creative geniuses. ...
Views: 675 - Intimate Relationships Are Changing ~ Evolution and the Urge for Wholeness - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Peri EnkinOver the past few years it has been my ongoing privilege to work with a growing number of couples. They seek me out for private mentoring and for support with the quality of intimacy in their relationships. Some are newly in love and just starting out on their shared journey together. Others are ...
Views: 764 - Manage your Energy - Manage your Stress - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Peri EnkinI have a great dentist. He’s current, caring and he does not use mercury. But that doesn’t change the fact that for some of us being in the dentists chair can be stressful! This is especially true if you are sensitive to anesthetic like I am. Pump me up with adrenaline and I start ...
Views: 796 - Aware Entrepreneurs - 3 Practices To Blend Spirituality With Work - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Peri EnkinThere are a few good questions that business owners, teachers and leaders ask when they are planning for growth in their classroom, their company or their life. Who are my students or clients or friends – really? What makes them tick? And what is unique about the people I serve and ...
Views: 702 - Twelve Qualities Of Spirit - Love - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2008 from Peri EnkinMy connection with the spiritual quality of love happened quite suddenly when I was in my twenties. Well, perhaps many lifetimes led up to that point in time and it was not really sudden at all. Regardless, my own evolution brought me to an existential crisis point that somehow, some way I ...
Views: 712 - Doing Business And Life With Love - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2008 from Peri EnkinThe evolution of consciousness takes so many different forms and shapes. Clearly there are many paths to the same place. Yet, there is one doorway those who choose awakened living all share. Eventually, as we unravel our resistance, and release our blocks to our own Magnificence we find ...
Views: 677 - Personal Power - What Conscious Creators Know - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Peri EnkinA Conscious Creator is anyone who accepts responsibility for the creation of his or her own reality. Instead of blaming, justifying or complaining they make choices, focus their attention and express their feelings. They may practice the art of appreciation by spending more time noticing what ...
Views: 648 - The Missing Cirriculum - What We Learned and What We Were Not Taught - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Peri EnkinSometimes it amazes and frustrates me how much I don’t know. And sometimes the fact that there is so much to learn inspires and motivates me to grow. With all the studying and reading and training I have done I am still aware of many gaps in my education. These gaps show up in all areas of ...
Views: 674 - Reclaim the Many Parts of Your Self - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Peri EnkinThere are so many parts to the self. Often we have aspects that seem to be direct opposites. The responsible self and the carefree one, the introverted, quiet self and the extroverted, expressive self, the strong and the vulnerable. None of the selves are better or worse than others although we ...
Views: 737 - Love Notes: Three Arenas Of Love - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Peri EnkinThere are so many parts to the self. Often we have aspects that seem to be direct opposites. The responsible self and the carefree one, the introverted, quiet self and the extraverted, expressive self, the strong and the vulnerable. None of the selves are better or worse than others although we ...
Views: 1107 - Are You Dreaming Big And Thinking Small? - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinWhen I was young I realized that I looked at the world from a different perspective. Early on this caused me trouble and for a period of time I kept quiet about what I saw and denied my own understanding. I kept my ideas to myself and wrote my observations in a private diary rather than speaking ...
Views: 705 - Creating A Life That Works - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinThe journey from where we are to where we want to be does not have to be arduous or riddled with stress. In fact it can be a gentle expansion into more of everything we want for ourselves and even more that we haven’t even thought about yet. Are you ready to move rapidly forward in your life? ...
Views: 633 - Love Notes: Reminders For Anyone Searching For Love - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinIntimate relationships; they infuse our lives with that special spark of vitality that makes colors shine brighter, flavors taste sweeter, and bodies feel healthier. And when they are absent from our lives we feel our deepest human desires burn unsatisfied inside. There is a mystery to loves ...
Views: 712 - Let Go of Your Past: Release The Ideas that Hold You Back - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinAt some point in life, usually as young children, we forget who we really are. We acquire a self concept based partly on what we feel inside and partly on what others feel about us. In greater or lesser degrees we begin to accept what others tell us about ourselves. Sometimes we grow up with ...
Views: 677 - Let Go of Your Past: Embrace What Really Matters to You - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2008 from Peri EnkinFalse ideas about ourselves, when unexamined, undermine our happiness. They keep us from creating fulfilling relationships and satisfying careers. Without knowing what is happening we live within the constraints that surrounded us when we were children. And outgrowing our original conditioning; ...
Views: 591 - Creating Intimate Connections - Genuine Listenig Makes All The Difference - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2008 from Peri EnkinHow many times have you been talking away, wrapped up in a conversation, sharing something important, meaningful or revealing about yourself only to realize that the person you are talking with has drifted away and is obviously somewhere else? And, if you tell the truth, haven't you done the ...
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