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- Finding True Love: How “Not Looking” Is the Answer! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDianne, a long-term client of mine in her late 30s, recently celebrated her fifth anniversary: the fifth anniversary of her own personal quest to find the man of her dreams. According to Dianne’s personal calculations, she has thus far dated 12 military men, 9 police officers, 5 fireman, 3 ...
Views: 715 - Five Simple Strategies for Keeping Your Life Stuck - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne of the most common complaints I hear when I talk with potential clients is that they feel “stuck.” They may be in relationships that are no longer working, but they don’t know how to leave. They may have dreams of starting their own businesses, but they aren’t sure where to begin. They may ...
Views: 596 - Five Steps for Taking Your Career from Denial to Victory - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you have a feeling that something is wrong in your career, yet you have not done anything about it? Do you feel like something is missing in your career, but you’d prefer not to think about it? This is called denial—when you know something is not right, but you are not acting to change it. ...
Views: 672 - 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 - 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 - Free Yourself by Releasing Your Emotions - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne of the ways that we create disappointment and unhappiness is by holding on to limiting thoughts and feelings. When we suppress our emotions rather than experiencing them fully, they linger and make us uncomfortable. Through avoidance, we prevent our emotions from flowing through us, and it ...
Views: 731 - G-Jo Acupressure: Safer, Faster, and More Effective Than Most Drugs or Surgery - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCenturies ago, even ordinary families had something most people lack today: ways to relieve suffering and heal themselves without doctors, drugs, or surgery. Instead, when they fell ill, they used nature’s medicines: herbs, food, and other such remedies. Perhaps surprisingly, there are actually ...
Views: 3455 - Getting Off the Treadmill and Getting On with Life - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI’ve been wondering why so many of us are so busy; after all, we’re not being forced to labor against our will. What gives? I hate to put the blame directly on the busy person, but I believe that we are too busy because we choose to be. We like to think that it’s the boss who is piling on all ...
Views: 861 - Go Ahead and Prove All the Naysayers Wrong! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Are the people who are close to you—your friends and family—preventing you from going after your dream of starting your own business? If so, you have a problem that is more common than you might ...
Views: 928 - Goal-Free Living© - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSuccess and happiness are unarguably our Holy Grails, but the standards taught to find them are all wrong. We have been brainwashed into believing that the only way to achieve this elusive combination of success and happiness is through setting goals. This is simply not true. In fact, ...
Views: 746 - Going Organic: Why the Big Fuss? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSomeone once said, “I don’t believe that paying extra for organic food will benefit anybody but those who sell it.” There are a lot of people out there who are opposed to buying or eating organic food. I do not know why, but it is possible that the main reason is that it is hard to change; ...
Views: 923 - Happy Practices - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat’s the quickest way to improve your health and well-being? Create “happy practices.” A happy practice is an activity done just for the sheer fun of it. It has no practical value at all, really. In the mighty scheme of life, it probably won’t lead to you becoming a millionaire, creating a ...
Views: 788 - Heal Brain Chemistry Disorders without Drugs. You Can. I Swear. I Did. - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt is my belief that brain chemistry disorders come to be when a brain functions at different energetic frequencies than the so-called normal brain. The names assigned to each type of frequency—attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar, autism—are simply ...
Views: 8706 - Hormones for Health: Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs we age, certain hormone levels decline, creating hormone imbalances that increase our risk for many degenerative diseases. These hormone imbalances and deficiencies will accelerate the aging process. Supplementing with bioidentical hormones can restore hormones to youthful levels and restore ...
Views: 2804 - How Much Does Your Food Cost? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow much does your food cost? Have you ever given it much thought? Does your food budget dictate what you can and cannot consume? Do the weekly newspaper coupons, along with the sale end caps in your local grocery store, choose for you? Why are other people dictating to you what’s going to be on ...
Views: 3000 - How to Build Your Self-Confidence and Live a Better Life! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt’s no secret that self-confidence is very important to achieving success in any area of life. The thing about self-confidence is that it’s very sensitive to our personal experience and is inherently unstable, which means that low self-confidence tends to get lower and high self-confidence ...
Views: 960 - How to Control and Manage Stress and Stress-Related Conditions - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere is no denying that many of the chronic ailments people suffer from today are worsened by (or even directly caused by) stress. This has been demonstrated in doctors’ offices for decades as well as being discussed in the media and in medical conferences and confirmed by medical research. ...
Views: 711 - How to Cultivate Invisible Ecology in Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever walked into a store and instantly felt a pleasing warmth and friendliness that made your shopping experience wonderful? Did you notice that something special was going on, but you couldn’t quite put your finger on it? I call this “something special feeling” the invisible ecology of ...
Views: 877 - How to Live in the “Performance Zone”: The Secret to Being and Feeling Your Best all the Time! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you get what you want, when you want it, from your life? The answer is shocking: force yourself to be uncomfortable. Yes, that’s right—only by pushing yourself outside of situations where you feel completely comfortable can you ever achieve your true potential. Try the following ...
Views: 984 - How to Overcome Your “Inner Loser” and Finally Achieve Your Dreams - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever started to let yourself dream up something you wanted, only to hear that inner voice tell you all the reasons why you can’t get what you want? You say to yourself, “I’d love to start a new business because I just can’t afford to take any time off, and I’m sick of my job.” Then, ...
Views: 1413 - How to Set and Achieve Goals and Inspire Others - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe ability to set and reach our goals and to inspire others is not an elusive one. You have within you everything you need to realize your goals, while at the same time inspiring others to follow your example. Even if you do not intentionally set out to inspire someone else, it happens ...
Views: 2801 - How to Treat Your Colds and Viral Sore Throats - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow Do I Catch a Cold? The humble cold is the most common infectious disease in the United States. It accounts for more absences from school and work than any other illness. It is the leading cause of patient visits to physicians. It is not easy to catch a cold. Your body’s natural defenses ...
Views: 850 - 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 - Humpty Dumpty Syndrome -- Getting Yourself Together - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRemember the old nursery rhyme? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. If you are old enough to recall this childhood rhyme, you are old enough to have had a few great falls of your own. ...
Views: 4578 - 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 - 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 - Hybrid Vigor: Integration of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into the Therapeutic Community Part 4 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat We Have Learned: Mindfulness Meditation and the TC Perspective From a historical perspective, the social organization of the TC is designed to address the whole person through surfacing and raising awareness of negative behaviors (Arbiter & Mullen, 2002). Remarkable changes in lifestyle ...
Views: 1415 - Hypnosis: Taking Performance to the Next Level - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSo, Doc, you gonna make me bark like a dog or quack like a duck?” Kevin handed me the clipboard with his pre-session questionnaire as he sat down in my “client recliner.” “No, I think we’ll skip that today,” I said smiling. “And please call me Dave. I’m not a doctor.” I could see he was ...
Views: 1499 - I Was So Embarrassed - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn March 1987, I launched a new magazine called Creating Excellence: Vermont’s Journal for People in Growing Businesses. It was a very proud moment. The magazine was my baby—a beautiful baby. In fact, the cover of the invitation to the launch party read, “A Magazine is Born.” I’d worked ...
Views: 724 - If You Don’t Succeed, at Least Fail - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe generally accepted concept of success and failure is incorrect. People consider success and failure to be opposites. To understand why this is incorrect, consider the concept of failure: for many, failure is when we do not succeed at an assigned task, goal, project, or objective. The reality ...
Views: 665 - 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 ...
Views: 1521 - 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 - 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 - Integration of Mindfullness-Based Cognitive Therapy into the Therapeutic Community: Implications for Trauma Treatment Part 3 - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat We Have Learned: Mindfulness Meditation and the TC Perspective From a historical perspective, the social organization of the TC is designed to address the whole person through surfacing and raising awareness of negative behaviors (Arbiter & Mullen, 2002). Remarkable changes in lifestyle ...
Views: 1293 - It Was Too Late - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow could I have missed so much? Were the signs not there, it’s too late, he’s gone. What could I have done? How could I have been so blind and not see it? Drug use is all over the media, hitting headlines almost every day. Why was I not able to pick up on it? I feel so ashamed; he was such a ...
Views: 747 - Judgment Day - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs I walked out of a convenience store with my cup of coffee one late October evening, I noticed an older woman standing next to a pay phone. She was wearing a weathered hat, pink leg warmers that have been out of style for at least 10 years, a black miniskirt with gray stockings, what used to ...
Views: 793 - Just Believe - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn midwinter of 2000 I was conducting a seminar at a beautiful resort in southern Florida. The focus of the seminar was to break limiting beliefs and create new ones to bring prosperity and abundance into a person’s life. At the end of the last day I went to my hotel room, and as I entered, I ...
Views: 768 - Just Like Chicken - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesGive up. Yes, give up trying to be something streamlined, tucked, professional, more of something, less of something. It’s over. It’s done. It’s so last year. Be yourself. All of yourself. The world needs more of you. Under the layers we all speak different languages. We see, feel, and ...
Views: 790 - Know Your Exercise Type - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesForget about the so-called exercise experts who all say that everyone should run, or everyone should walk, or do aerobics, or lift weights, or whatever the fad exercise du jour is. Each of us has a unique mind and body, and we should pick exercises that fit our mental and physical ...
Views: 772 - Know Your Good Fats - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAre you weary of hearing about those bad, bad fats? “Don’t eat that junk. It’ll make you fat.” Many writers can’t resist the words artery clogging when they mention saturated fat. I won’t distinguish between fats and fatty acids or other complications, but there are distinctions that will help ...
Views: 650 - Knowing Addiction and Doing Recovery: “The Slugger’s Path” - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAnyone who has lived with an addiction or has had a close-up experience with someone struggling to overcome addictive behaviors knows that all of the theories and research are of little consequence. The real-world, nitty-gritty fight to reclaim one’s life is beyond the lab, the classroom, or the ...
Views: 1315 - Laugh, Don’t Laugh - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen was the last time you really laughed? I am not referring to a giggle or a chuckle. What I am talking about is side-splitting, jaw-aching, tears-running-down-your-face, all-out, roll-on-the-floor laughing. If you are like most of us, it has been longer than you can remember. The truth ...
Views: 918 - Leading a Life of Personal Ownership - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIt’s not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. –Moliere Ownership. Too often, people strive to own things in a misguided effort to achieve inner peace and happiness. They believe that having a new wardrobe, a new car, a bigger home, or other such material ...
Views: 5603 - 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 - Letting Go of Stuff - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you ever lain awake at two o’clock in the morning, feeling stressed and overwhelmed because your dreams are not being accomplished? Do you constantly remind yourself that you have made mistakes in the past? Do you worry about whether or not you are making the right decisions about your ...
Views: 1220 - Life Goes On - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAnother day at the court house downtown to bail my father out of jail. His drug addiction has been getting him into trouble for too many years now. For a guy who has two ex-wives and three children, he sure does have his priorities a little mixed up. Of course he always has been like this, he ...
Views: 791 - Life is a Trip, But Where Are You Going?: The Art of Choosing “Who to Be” Rather Than “What to Do” - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhenever I mention to people that I teach stress management, meditation, and life mastery skills, they almost always say to me, “Boy, do I need that!” We live in a very fast-paced world. Information, opportunities, and challenges are expanding exponentially every day. Life is full, to say the ...
Views: 1311 - Life with the Greatest of Ease - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou can recreate your life through making simple physical changes in your home or office that can enhance your execution in expanding your personal and business purpose. You can literally live in your intentions. Look around you. What do you see, and more importantly, what is it saying to you? ...
Views: 731 - Listen to the Teachers around You - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe snow was still falling, but for the most part the storm was over. It would take many days, however, before life in our small community would return to normal. Blizzards weren’t something that happened in Ohio, but there it was, a thick blanket of snow that had been whipped into incredible ...
Views: 908 - Living Drug Free on Earth Day 2009 - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesApril 22, 2009 will be the start of the Green Generation Campaign, and in 2010 will be the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. With such great attention being put forward to help the planet, now is the time to take some attention and help those battling drug or alcohol addiction. We are working ...
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