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- Backpack Safety to Protect Spinal Health - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYour daughter rolls out of bed to the sound of a blaring alarm and heads for the shower. She brushes her teeth, washes her face, dresses herself with the outfit you left out the night before, and heads downstairs for a piping hot bowl of oatmeal that her father just prepared for her. After ...
Views: 2697 - Probiotic Power - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesConsider yourself a human superorganism, for inside you lives an intimate, highly organized community of microbes. These intelligent beings, including bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and so on, inhabit our digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts as well as the surface of our skin—in the trillions! ...
Views: 2673 - The Mouth-Body Connection: Oral Health Equals Body Health - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOral Health Impacts General Health Bacteria in plaque around teeth are related to the plaque in blood vessels that can cause high blood pressure, heart disease, and risk for stroke. Pregnant women with gum infections may be seven times more likely to have a baby born prematurely, and there is a ...
Views: 2555 - Hudor: The Miracle Substance - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you heard of hudor? Its effects overshadow even the most potent ancient Chinese herbs. Its healing capabilities outperform wonder drugs from deep in the Amazonian rain forest. It holds the key to countless health benefits and wellness miracles. Hudor can make your nails stronger, hair ...
Views: 2463 - Hybrid Vigor: Integration of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into the Therapeutic Community Part 1 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIntroduction The impetus for the groundbreaking implementation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into the Therapeutic Community (TC) setting came from Amity Foundation’s interest in providing innovative therapies which help to unravel the complex knots that addictions and ...
Views: 2398(1 vote) - ***Less is More . . . More or Less by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLESS IS MORE The quote “Less is More,” written by the poet Robert Browning in 1855, inspired architect Mies Van der Rohe one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture and Buckminster Fuller inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist. They saw this quote as a ...
Views: 2383(6 votes) - The Anger Diet: How to Be Calm, Balanced, and Positive, No Matter What’s Going On - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEveryone wants to be beautiful, young, healthy, and fit. Available diets and workouts have no end. Yet, the most important diet has been overlooked—this is a diet that releases stress, lets you sleep soundly at night, reduces cravings, makes you feel young, and brings wonderful possibilities ...
Views: 2364 - Your Brain in the Modern World - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe stress that accompanies our lives can, at times, overwhelm us. Sadly, we are coping with stress by becoming a nation of addicts. According to a 2002 survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, there are nineteen million drug users, sixteen million heavy ...
Views: 2338(2 votes) - 11 Positive Attitudes of Aging: Keep Life from Losing Its Luster - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat an awesome time to be Fabulous after 50! We are stepping over the threshold of the new millennium. The explosion of knowledge and communication will thrust us into new beginnings, adventures, and ways of thinking and living. Age doesn’t dull one’s luster because the shine comes from ...
Views: 2323 - ***Healing Patterns by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHEALING PATTERNS AND CREATING HARMONY As you participate with the energies flowing through your world, remember that this is a time for change. Many dramas are being played for your benefit. Whether these dramas are in your personal life or within the global arena, you are working within these ...
Views: 2304(5 votes) - The Secret Link between Nutrition and Behavior: Addressing Intolerance to Food and Your Mood - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you find yourself feeling unwell and can’t figure out why, you may be suffering from a food intolerance. Unexplained fatigue and tiredness as well as brain fogginess, which make it difficult to concentrate or remember, can be linked to eating a food that doesn’t agree with your body. Food ...
Views: 2250(1 vote) - The Hard Facts on Drugs - Oxycodone - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThis particular drug has had devastating effects on people’s lives, causing deadly addictions, and very severe physical dependencies to it. Developing an addiction from this drug can happen in many different ways: Doctor prescription for long-term pain management Doctor ...
Views: 2235 - Your Golden Hour: How to Jump Start Your Day in a Positive Way - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you spend your precious first waking hour? If you find yourself checking your e-mail, gulping your coffee, reading the paper, or watching the news, you are not alone—this has become standard for many harried workers today. We believe that your first waking hour of each day is your Golden ...
Views: 2223 - 3 Dimensional Personal Training: Success through Synergy - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In the field of health and fitness, there are many effective techniques to help us achieve our optimal weight, appearance, and fitness level. When used in isolation, however, many such techniques provide only short-term results and often produce a ...
Views: 2214 - Your Best Defense Is a Progressive Offense: The Lymphatic System – The Heart of It All - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe foundation of all good health lies within the function and operation of an individual’s lymphatic system. Those pesky nodes, when stressed out, will swell in your neck, especially behind the ear, and will make it impossible to swallow. The lymphatic system, according to the Microbiology ...
Views: 2211(1 vote) - Minerals: Our Connection to Mother Earth - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOur bodies are literally made from earth. Have you ever really thought about that? Every speck that is currently your physical body was once either water from the earth or the very ground that we walk on. What’s more, the stuff that you are made of today will one day be part of the earth again. ...
Views: 2199 - The Hard Facts On Drugs - Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHeroin or Diacetylmorphine is a direct descendent of the opium poppy; first cultivated in 3400 BC, and is used today as a painkiller and a recreational drug. Heroin was first produced in 1874 in the United Kingdom, and is a semi-synthetic opiate synthesized from morphine. It was first marketed ...
Views: 2117 - ***Create Uplifted Images, Intentions and Actions - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesUPLIFT YOUR LIFE The holiday season is a rich time of year. We celebrate with those we love, and we delight in the closeness of friends and family. Does your holiday business give you the same warm feeling, or has it become a chore? If so then, it’s time to revitalize your way throughout the ...
Views: 2100(7 votes) - ***The Beginning of Time by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesENDLESS MOMENTS Each moment is a new beginning. The universe is endlessly creating new moments and new aspects. Each "now" of the universe, of the Great Goddess Mind, is an infinite expression of new beginnings. The expression of moments is sometimes held within the focus of time. This leads ...
Views: 2036(6 votes) - Hybrid Vigor: Integration of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into the Therapeutic Community Part 3 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMethod Orientation: One week prior to beginning each course, an overview of the MBCT course is presented during a Community Gathering. This provides an opportunity to explain the practice of mindfulness and to emphasize that participation in the course requires commitment and hard work. Core ...
Views: 2008 - Unplug Your Life: Short-Circuit “Infowhelm” and Recharge Your Life Energy - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you * spend hours surfing the Web, answering e-mails, instant messaging, or blogging? * take calls on your cell phone no matter where you are or who you’re with? * listen to tunes or podcasts on your audio player from breakfast to bedtime? If you answered yes to at least one of these ...
Views: 2002 - Acid Blockers and Malnutrition: Your Prescription for Osteoporosis, Visual Disturbances, Heart Disease, Dementia, and So Much Mo - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAcid blockers or proton inhibitors range from the mild antacids, which neutralize stomach acid, to the powerful proton pump inhibitors that prevent stomach cells from producing stomach acid. We know them as the little purple pill, Nexium®, Pepcid®, Aciphex®, Protonix®, or as calcium supplements, ...
Views: 1965 - Integration of Mindfullness-Based Cognitive Therapy into the Therapeutic Community: Implications for Trauma Treatment Part 1 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIntroduction The impetus for the groundbreaking implementation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy into the Therapeutic Community setting came from Amity Foundation’s interest in providing innovative therapies which help to unravel the complex knots that addictions and co-occurring ...
Views: 1935 - ***Aligning in Harmony - Meditations With Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesALIGNING IN HARMONY TO ACCELERATE HEALING There is a so much upheaval on our world right now. Humanity is working through war, hunger, poverty and enslavement and working to remove those patterns from our world. The Aligning in Harmony meditation is created to change the focus and move energy ...
Views: 1890(4 votes) - ***Manage Things, Lead People - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHigh-performing teams and organizations balance the discipline of systems, processes, and technology management on a base of effective people leadership. Here are some keys of the key distinctions between the two: The Management-Leadership ...
Views: 1885(35 votes) - Floating Upstream: Awakening Your Energetic Intelligence for Greater Ease and Well-Being - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow much energy do you have by the end of the day? Do you usually feel vital, alive, ready to interact warmly with family or friends? Or do you feel stressed, weary, ready to eat and just watch TV? If you feel low energy after a typical day, you’re not alone. It’s common in our hurried society ...
Views: 1884 - Seven Ways I Fought My Daughter’s Arthritis and Won - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAt the tender age of seven years old, my daughter Cassandra was given the devastating news that she was suffering from a severe case of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I was shocked and unaware that arthritis afflicts 300,000 American children. Following more than a year of medical doctors, ...
Views: 1857 - Enthusiastic Affirmations for Glowing Health - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBe not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. —Hildegarde von Bingen When you embrace the connection of body, mind, and spirit as the foundation for creating optimal health, enthusiastic affirmations are a powerful way to take action. Why ...
Views: 1839 - Former NHL Hockey Player Promotes Drug Free World - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFormer professional hockey player and Narconon Trois-Rivieres spokesperson, Claude Lapointe has joined the fight against drugs. Mr. Lapointe has signed on to help raise awareness about drug addiction, and help educate today’s youth concerning the truth about drugs. Claude will also be donating ...
Views: 1825 - Does Procrastination Sabotage Your Success? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEven if you consider yourself to be a hopeless procrastinator, you can get help. How can I be so sure? Because I was born the world’s greatest procrastinator. (My mother claims that her pregnancy with me lasted 10 months—that I actually put off being born for a month.) As an adult, I converted. ...
Views: 1818 - ***Blessings for Life by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCELEBRATE THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE Recognize and acknowledge the people and circumstances that bring you joy, comfort, support and wisdom. Blessings are not wrapped up in money or material goods. Blessings are the flow of support and generosity that embrace your life. A kind word can be a ...
Views: 1773(5 votes) - The Alchemy of Commitment: How to Turn Lead into Gold - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever had the experience of making promises to yourself that you just didn’t keep? Most folks have, and most of us recognize the heaviness, the leaden quality, of the things we say we will do but don’t. Some commitments feel like lead. Something in us simply doesn’t believe we can (or ...
Views: 1761 - The Root Cause of All Cancer - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMy childhood memories are filled with feelings of desperation as I listened to my mother’s screams, emergency doctors coming and going from our house. In fact, every day, the first thing I did when I came home from school was run to my mother’s room to check that she was still alive. She had ...
Views: 1744 - Integration of Mindfullness-Based Cognitive Therapy into the Therapeutic Community: Implications for Trauma Treatment Part 2 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMBCT at Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch A series of rather unexpected and fortuitous events lead to the introduction of Mindfulness-based meditation at Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch Teaching and Therapeutic Community in March, 2008. Rod Mullen, President and CEO of Amity Foundation, and Mary Stanton, ...
Views: 1732 - The Passion Principle: How to Become an Expert Millionaire - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesPassion: A strong, barely controllable emotion, a strong enthusiasm. Many things will help you on the road to success, but nothing will make you put one foot ahead of the other more than passion. Information does not guarantee success. If it did, everyone that grew up with a set of ...
Views: 1732 - ***Harvesting Green by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEXPAND YOUR GREEN HORIZONS Our environment is an elegant vital system of life. It is a source of inspiration. Imagine the first light of dawn glistening over the oceans. Imagine a sweeping panorama from the heights of mountains. Imagine the sweet scent of flowers or the deep fragrance of ...
Views: 1724(3 votes) - Let Your Mind Heal Your Body - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHypnotherapy uses the techniques of suggestion and trance-like states to access the deepest levels of an individual’s mind to achieve positive changes in his or her physical and mental health. Furthermore, people have come to accept hypnotherapy’s value since its formal sanction by the American ...
Views: 1718 - Qigong and the Ageless Woman - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe Chinese have studied ways of creating and maintaining healthful longevity for thousands of years. One of the jewels coming out of this quest for everlasting youth is the gentle, life-enhancing exercise practice of Qigong (pronounced chee-GUNG). Commonly known as Chinese yoga and Feng Shui ...
Views: 1681(2 votes) - Man vs. Paper Clip - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMy patient Bob told me his story: “Look, Doc, all I did was bend over to pick up a paper clip. Wham! I was down on the floor, sucking wind. The pain in my lower back was so intense, it brought tears to my eyes. Just breathing caused excruciating pain. I don’t even want to remember what happened ...
Views: 1665(3 votes) - ***Steering Our Leadership Wheel - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The winds and waves are always on the side of the best navigators." — Edward Gibbon, English historian Leaders look beyond the current situation – beyond what is, to what could be. That's why leadership is all about change. It's why leadership is action, not a position. Growing our ...
Views: 1626 - Mind Your Brain™: Three Revolutionary, Recent Brain Research Discoveries You Can Apply to Greatly Advance Your Achievements - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRecently, an explosion of research explaining the intricate workings of the human brain has occurred. Neuroscientists are now able, using advanced equipment, to literally “see” how the brain responds to stimuli as they’re happening. This was never before possible and has provided astounding ...
Views: 1626 - ***Divorce Support While Your Children Are in School - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA number of things can shake up a person's life, but divorce is definitely one of the biggest. Whether you initiated it or not, dealing with the aftermath takes a great deal of emotional fortitude. Most people start to identify themselves in conjunction with their spouse, especially after ...
Views: 1624(2 votes) - Dietary Indoles - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBreast cancer rates in Europe dropped dramatically for five to six years, only to rebound at the end of that period. For a while it seemed that breast cancer might be going or gone, but then it came back. What was going on? World War II! The war diminished breast cancer? Could it possibly have ...
Views: 1614(1 vote) - Looking Back into the Future! - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesImagine living in a future world where people are not taught how to breathe. What if, instead of teaching citizens about this vital subject, the government ignored the matter? What if there were no schools teaching breathing as part of their health instruction? What if there were no Say Yes to ...
Views: 1610 - Hybrid Vigor: Integration of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into the Therapeutic Community Part 2 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMBCT at Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch A series of rather unexpected and fortuitous events lead to the introduction of Mindfulness-based meditation at Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch Teaching and Therapeutic Community in March, 2008. Rod Mullen, President and CEO of Amity Foundation, and Mary Stanton, ...
Views: 1586 - ***Management vs. Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristic activities. Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile business environment...strong leadership with weak management is no better, and is ...
Views: 1567 - Transform Your Life through Dreams - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDreams bring messages from deep inside, leading to self-understanding and transformation. Although dreams address all levels of consciousness, everyday dreams tend to focus on life’s unresolved emotional situations. Many of our emotional difficulties in life result from daily experiences that ...
Views: 1554(1 vote) - ***Senior Back to Work Advice – Going back to work after retirement - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou retired, but now you find that you don’t know what to do with yourself or you simply can’t take the financial impact that you have to endure. Many seniors go back to work for many reasons. They may feel lonely and wish to make new friends or they just can’t stand not working. The good news, ...
Views: 1538 - Blood Testing for Achieving Optimal Health - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBlood testing has been traditionally used for diagnosing diseases; however, some health professionals now realize its vital importance in optimizing health, instead of just in diagnosing disease. I have been counseling clients on how to improve their health for almost thirty years, and I ...
Views: 1525 - Improving Your Life with Energy Psychology - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesEnergy psychology is a family of mind/body techniques that offers fast, new methods for reducing stress, achieving goals, and attaining peak performance. The methods are free, noninvasive, and easy to learn. They can benefit adults and children and can be used for self-help or integrated into a ...
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