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You too can be inspired to live out your life dream, and in the same way as Oprah Winfrey is living out her particular dream. All of our dreams may be different, but the way to achieve them is, was, and always will be, the same! What if you could find out what that way is? You could then take ... Views: 1703
Cast your mind back: When was the last time someone really listened to you and how did that make you feel? Satisfied? Delighted? Euphoric? You might not have to think too far back for this one: When was the last time someone didn’t listen to you? How did that make you feel? Annoyed? ... Views: 699
Thoughts about your business and your “busy-ness”…
Choose to do the things you WANT to do today. Notice I said WANT, not HAVE, or NEED. Remember this simple fact of life: You don’t have to do anything! You always have choice.
Acknowledging this ability to choose, ... Views: 913
I don’t own a rags to riches story; a story about being broke, in debt, homeless, destitute, or alone. I never thought about “my story”, the story about why I have a fabulously abundant life today. And folks, I have a fabulously abundant life!!
I used to think that because I ... Views: 874
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Subtle Message - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Subtle Message
Throughout our lives we often have to receive the same message from different sources until we actually get it. It could start with, say, your husband telling you need to take better care of yourself or your wife saying that your talents are wasted in your current job. But ... Views: 736
O.K. so you’ve made the commitment to yourself. You’ve finally decided that sharing all of your plans and goals with your friends and family members is just getting you a whole lot of “well intended” advice and not much more.
But where do you begin?
You’ve heard the terms; personal coach, ... Views: 745
This week I had an incident occur, that really brought home to me, yet again, the fundamental importance of integrity. It is really crucial in every area of your life, whether it be business, your relationship especially with your spouse or kids, or to yourself.
We went to a professional for a ... Views: 872
Do you find your emotions sabotage many of your best efforts? Do you come undone at the slightest thing? Or do you consider yourself super-sensitive? You’re not alone. I had a massive breakthrough many years ago when I had a major revelation about upsets. This understanding alone could ... Views: 1011
Talk seems to be plentiful about "getting real" and "keeping it real" these says. But what exactly does that mean? One of the definitions of the word real is "being or occurring in fact or actuality; not imaginary or ideal." So basically, the talk is about dealing with what actually exists and ... Views: 824
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Know Need - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Know Need
The sixties pop group, The Hollies, sang, “Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breath and to love you.”
What do you need? Oxygen, water, sleep and the obligatory nine portions of fruit and vegetables per day? Yes. But what else do you - the person reading these words - ... Views: 703
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Dwarfing Walls - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. - Dr. Laura Schlessinger
I have an admission to make. Quite often I know exactly what I am going to write about and then something happens during the week that throws me off at a complete tangent.
In the beginning, the ... Views: 695
Survey after survey shows that over half of all American workers
are dissatisfied with their jobs.
It’s six o’clock the morning after Labor Day. Your alarm goes off. You bang around your night stand until you find it and shut it off. As you wake up, are you excited about going back to ... Views: 570
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New Hoizons - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
What do you need to break down, so that you can follow through? A demolition company advertises itself as follows: “Hunter Demolition - Creating New Horizons”
In demolishing the eyesore they create another landscape, a broader expanse, a fresh vision. What is blocking your view or standing ... Views: 745
I was watching Oprah the other day and her guest was a musician named India Arie. She was amazing and her music really touched me. She performed a song called, “There’s Hope.” Luckily, I have Tivo and was able to listen to it 4 or 5 times because I enjoyed it so much. The song’s chorus made ... Views: 2159
Got a big but?
What is preventing you from doing what you need to do?
What is stopping you from saying what you need to say?
What needs to happen before you can summon up the courage or find the mindset to do it or say it so that you can be done with it.
The problem is that we know what ... Views: 671
Seeing Beyond Externals copyright 2007
by Dr. Jeanine
When I was a child, I enjoyed watching the 1960s comedy television program The Munsters. For those of you who did not see the original show or the re-runs, the show featured a family of monsters who encounter the same problems as other ... Views: 1663
“The wisdom of living in the present moment is the most comforting companion. It reminds us of one of the greatest truths of all time: All things can change in an instant, no matter what the challenge.”
Carolyn Myss
What is the Language of Now?
Before we can explore the Language of Now, we ... Views: 616
Passion lives here
“Inside of a ring or out, there ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” - Muhammad Ali
If you followed the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, you may have noticed that the motto was ‘Passion Lives Here’. What better slogan to reflect the ... Views: 710
Burning question
In life you need either inspiration or desperation. - Anthony Robbins
Have you lost your spark? Music always inspires me and not only that, I’ve often found solace in music. When my grandmother died a few years ago I listened to two pieces of music almost ... Views: 697
Self-sabotage is a term used when someone is blocking themselves from achieving their ultimate goal. Does the definition of this term ring true for you? Or have you never considered that the obstacle in your path could be...you?
In The One Minute Millionaire, authors Hansen and Allen state that ... Views: 1190
Write here. Write now.
The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. - Mary Heaton Vorse
A few years ago I met Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling. In fact we spent an afternoon together, talking about books. She has read mine, you know! Allow ... Views: 858
The more we observe how people, things and events affect us, the more we realize the vast amount of guidance life offers us. We are unable to see this at first because our attention is focused on what we do not have, so we are unable to see what we do have. We do this because we have been ... Views: 727
I graduated from college with the world at my finger tips. The problem ever since has been figuring out what in the world I want to do. I am thirty years old and I have a resume full of jobs yet nothing I would call a career. Where is my focus? What does this say about me? “ That I don’t cut it ... Views: 823
Coincidence or what?
Coincidences happen for a reason. You might not fully understand the rationale behind a coincidence until you have the benefit of hindsight. At the point of coincidence, you might wonder why?
Why did I bump into that person this morning? What made me turn down this ... Views: 809
Do you remember the saying, 'everything I needed to know about life I learned in kindergarten?' Well, I won't say everything, but definitely a few really key lessons can be learned from the five and under set.
One of the most important ones is the wide-eyed wonder and delight that children ... Views: 1008
Marie* is a bright, innovative, creative woman who recently started her own consulting business after working for many years in the corporate world. She is proud of herself for taking the leap from employee to self-employed and has high hopes for her new business.
One day while having lunch ... Views: 1087
Despite what Wes Craven would have you believe, dreams cannot harm you, but they can help you immensely. Not the ones you have when you're sleeping, but the ones you hold in your heart ... your fondest desires. Those dreams can shape your reality if you take the time to give them life ... to ... Views: 1051
Jam-side Downers
Life is often full of jam-side-downers. You know the idea: You sleep-in, you’re running late, you can’t find the car keys, you’re eating breakfast on the run, you drop your toast, and it lands jam-side-down!
In order to take the stress out of jam-side-downers, sometimes ... Views: 1060
You wish that you could do something over, take back an action, or exchange an utterance? The bad news is that you can’t – what’s done is done. The good news is that it’s already in the past and this is the first moment of the rest of your life. Since you can’t change the past, what does your ... Views: 967
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Come Dancing - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Come Dancing
Have you been tripping yourself up lately? You know - falling over your own feet? Were your going in the wrong direction, blinded by a lack of self-awareness? Or trying too hard for all the wrong reasons?
Then you stumbled - maybe it was your health or someone you let down ... Views: 742
THE GIFT OF THE PRESENT
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift - that is why we call it the present.
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How much of your life is lost either dwelling on the past or worrying about the future? When your thoughts are imprisoned by the past or fearful of the ... Views: 1404
Close Encounters
This very moment of your life is where opportunity knocks. Not later this year or next month or come the weekend or tomorrow morning or 10 o’clock tonight.
Opportunity is in the present. Perhaps you haven’t noticed that she is in line behind you at the bank almost every ... Views: 717
In your lifetime you will reach many “forks in the road.” There are times when you must choose which path to take but other times your path is chosen for you. In times like these you might be afraid, scared what your future holds. It’s the old saying “the devil you know versus the devil you ... Views: 1355
Tuning-in to Intuition
Intuition is knowledge or perception which comes from the heart and is not filtered by the head. English journalist and author, Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) once described intuition as ‘reason in a hurry.’ Intuitive decisions are often correct and you may already ... Views: 747
What happens when you get the overwhelming urge to act on an idea? Do you pay attention when the same scenario keeps presenting itself? Do you make leaps when all indications are pointed to the fact that it is the right time? If not, perhaps it's time to listen to the signs of the universe. Do ... Views: 957
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Fool Marks - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Fool Marks
I used to be a ‘perfektionistt’. But, I’m alright now. I still have momentary lapses and get things absolutely perfect, but on the whole I’m not quite as pedantic as I once was.
The problem with perfectionism is that dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s can be bad for your ... Views: 740
It is a gorgeous time, isn’t it? More and more our understanding of life and how we create it is in the forefront of our vision. We have wonderful movies like “What the Bleep Do We Know?,” “The Secret,” “The Way of the Peaceful Warrior” and “The Celestine Prophecy.” We have Oprah celebrating ... Views: 641
Conscious Living: The Key to Positive and Lasting Change
Conscious: aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts and surroundings; aware of what one is doing.
Unconscious : without awareness or cognition; occurring below the level of conscious thought; not consciously planned, ... Views: 1199
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Any Plans - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Any Plans?
Would you build a house without a plan? Would you book a vacation without some idea of your destination? Ever done a jig-saw puzzle without a picture?
This is your life - do you have any plans? What? You haven’t given it much thought? Just taking it as it comes and seeing ... Views: 876
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Black Holes - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
Black Holes
Ever experienced a downward spiral? You know - one of those days or weeks or months when absolutely nothing went you way? A time when the odds were stacked against you? When everything you touched fell apart? When you wondered if you would ever be able to prove yourself to the ... Views: 718
The Point of No Returns
When you are in the throes of changing your life, you will eventually reach the ‘point of no return’: a critical juncture after which there is no way back to the way things were.
The point of no return will mean different things to different people but essentially, ... Views: 756
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Problem Solving - by Thomas Chalmers and Michael Imani, Ph.D.
You can get everything you want in life by helping other people get what they want. - Zig Ziglar
My dad once observed that ‘Everyone’s problems are significant to themselves.’ He was just making a passing comment with an off-the-cuff remark, but, like a lot of things that my dad has imparted ... Views: 788
So often, we get busy with our day to day lives and don't step back to look at the big picture. Are you enjoying life? Or does life feel like a struggle? Do you wake each day thinking, "Today I have to..."" or do you wake thinking, "Today I get to..." There is a big difference.
I recently ... Views: 808
The purpose of life is that which you give it. Its meaning is different for each and every one of us. My definition of the meaning of life is very likely not the same as yours. You may agree with some parts of what I consider to be the intent of life, however it is unlikely you will agree with ... Views: 1596
Most would say yes to that question. Let's take a closer look at it. When you fill your life with the evening news, television, movies and fantasy books, what have you added to your life which is truly beneficial?
Very little. Most of the news to which you are exposed is simply a repeat of ... Views: 836
Life is anything we believe it to be. We can deem it unbearable, joyful beyond belief, or anything in between. Why is this so? Why do different people react in totally different ways to the same situation or set of circumstances?
It must be our attitude toward and outlook on life. There are ... Views: 841
The Tomorrow People
Are you a professional procrastinator? Do you like putting things off until tomorrow?
The distance between thinking about doing something and actually doing it is sometimes enormous. We have the desires but somehow we lack the motivation. We want to watch what we eat ... Views: 727
The seventh chakra, namely the crown chakra called Sahasrara in Sanskrit, is located on the top of the head, giving the lips and the eyes their second shrinkage, further distorting the positioning of the jaws and hence, further generating more vision problems.
If opening the third eye chakra ... Views: 2130
The sixth chakra, namely the third eye chakra called Ajna in Sanskrit, is located between the two eyebrows, that gives the lips and the eyes their first shrinkage, distorting the positioning of the jaws and hence, generating all the vision problems.
The human species has been endowed with the ... Views: 1960
The fifth chakra, namely the throat chakra called Vishuddha in Sanskrit, is located on the throat and neck where another muscle rigidity gives the shoulders their second slouch in the form of a droop as well as a habitual bend to the neck stopping the head from being held high.
It creates ... Views: 1588