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- Tapping Your “Inner Mentor” to Create New Meaning in Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2015 from Tina TessinaSooner or later all of us question the meaning of life. The sooner we get to it, the better chance we have of finding a satisfactory answer. As a therapist I watch many of my clients pass through stages of personal growth. Once they work through the issues that have held them back, they often ...
Views: 1440 - A Personal Dawn - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2014 from Qumran TajNew beginnings are always opportunities but a measure of anxiety and a pinch (or two) of uncertainty are usually part of the mix. What we do with our new start will determine how well we fare in the weeks and months ahead. Remember that every beginning has a story that went before. In the now ...
Views: 1439(1 vote) - The Tao of Our Economic Crisis - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Bill DouglasWorld Tai Chi & Qigong Day will expand across hundreds of cities in over 65 nations and all 50 US states soon. It may offer something that can profoundly benefit our national and global economy. How? The Chinese character for “crisis” is made up of two other characters, “danger,” and ...
Views: 1439 - Is Your Need for Attention Ruining Everyone Else's Life? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2013 from Lisa Haishadentify someone in your life who is strong, unique, willful, and in charge, and you're probably thinking of a narcissist -- one of the eight "impostors" I've identified that manifest in people's lives. The narcissist is arguably the most noticeable in the impostor family because it doesn't just ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - The Power of Choosing Your Direction - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Melissa HeislerDuring a recent small business event the question was asked, “How many of the businesses present have busing plans?” Only 25% of the businesses there had plans. It was shocking that in this economy businesses were not strategizing on how to grow their business. To grow a business it is ...
Views: 1438(2 votes) - Debt Settlement made Simple - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Jeffrey JonesDebt settlement companies are everywhere. If there is that many then the service must work and it must not be that hard, right? Well in this case it does work and it is not that hard. The problem is that the debt settlement companies charge 15% of your total debt, not 15% of what they save you ...
Views: 1437(1 vote) - Getting Clear and Congruent - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisAre feelings and thoughts enough to create the things we want in life? In 2006, the bestselling movie and book entitled The Secret gained widespread popularity by telling us just that. If we declare our intentions and step into the emotions of already receiving what we desire, the result will ...
Views: 1437(5 votes) - J Krishnamurti – A Catalyst and a Wayside Companion, not a Conventional Guru - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2016 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranGeneral Many Masters have walked the earth from ancient days to the present. One such is J. Krishnamurti who gave his message to humanity in the last century through his talks in different countries. He has been regarded as one of the greatest spiritual teachers of all times. Free from ...
Views: 1437 - Cherish People Not Perfection - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2013 from MaryEllen TribbyIt’s Christmas week and we are all busy. Unfortunately, many people hear the word ‘busy’ and think ‘stressful’. Well, this does not have to be the case. As a matter of fact, busy should mean fun, joy and excitement. I want you to have less stress and more joy this holiday season. ...
Views: 1436 - Moving on to the Beyond – Can One Step out of Being a Believer or a Non-believer? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranMessages from paranormal phenomena can take us into the realm of the unknown, the Beyond. To receive the messages, one must listen and remain without judging. That means one should not fall a prey to the usual tendency of being a believer or a non-believer. Human beings generally live ...
Views: 1436 - Deep down we all “Aspire” to unleash our true potential - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from James "Mac" McPartlandIntroduction One has to have a dream to make a dream come true. This in no way implies that the path to fulfillment will be an easy one. As a matter of fact, life will test your commitments on a daily basis. It might be fair to say that if you can get knocked off the position from which you ...
Views: 1435 - Looking Forward or Living - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Willie HortonI was chatting to a client’s PA last Wednesday – she started the conversation with “Are you looking forward to the weekend?” When I mentioned to her that it was only Wednesday, she replied “Ah, but the weekend’s almost here once you get past Wednesday lunchtime!” Indeed, as I write this on a ...
Views: 1435(1 vote) - Build a New You by Creating a Victory Journal - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Liz Fletcher BrownOne of the most powerful ways to change your self-image is to replace negative thoughts about yourself with positive ones. You do this by taking time each day to visualize how you would like to be. The more you visualize your ideal self-image, the more you will actualize it in your life. This ...
Views: 1433 - Things You Could Do To Stay and Feel Safe on Public Transport - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from GARTH DELIKANMost journeys that involve public transport are usually very safe, but there might be a time when you do feel particularly vulnerable on a journey so it makes sense to be prepared. If you do feel threatened on public transport it’s important to get to a place of safety immediately. Get up and ...
Views: 1433 - "Don't Cry Because It's Over. Smile Because It Happened." - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2016 from Barry and Joyce VissellThose nine words by Ted Geisel (Dr.Seuss), one of our country’s favorite storytellers, contain so much wisdom. They apply to many different aspects of life, but I would like to focus on the area of relationships. Most of us are going to have relationships end at some point in our lives, whether ...
Views: 1432 - Can A Good Marketing Strategy Help In Lead Generation? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2012 from Belinda SummersAs for the above question, the answer is a resounding yes. To start with, you cannot start generating qualified sales leads if you do not have a concrete plan in generating them. You need to understand the market first, study the trends, and identify prospects that will most likely do business ...
Views: 1432 - It's All In the Body: How We Store Painful Emotions in Our Bodies and How Energy Healing Can Help Release Them - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Fiona CuttsBefore Christmas as I stepped out into the December night after being at my singing group, I could feel the cold “seeping” into my bones. As well as the immediate thoughts (“I don’t like that!” “I preferred being in Spain last week to this!” and “maybe I will emigrate!!!”) I realised that this ...
Views: 1432(1 vote) - Growing Old Gracefully - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from cedric riceOne thing about life is that we are constantly ageing. There is absolutely nothing that we can do about it. We can try to use products which make us look younger or we can take vitamins and supplements and spend hours at the gym but no matter what we do and how hard we try we are going to grow ...
Views: 1431 - How to Start The Week In Line With the Universal Laws for Abundance, Prosperity and Success - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Angelica Galea YoungThis is the first day of the rest of your life – The Midas Key Monday morning and we have a clean slate, ready for the week to start no matter what it brings. We are going to start the week by using the universal laws to help us get what we want and desire and to also create balance so that our ...
Views: 1431 - An Eccentric Lifestyle Popular in the Early 19th Century Has Left Us the Simple Graham Cracker and More! - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Geoff Fickeby: Geoff Ficke An Eccentric Lifestyle Popular in the Early 19th Century Has Left Us the Simple Graham Cracker and More! The Presbyterian Reverend Sylvester Graham, an early 19th century proponent of an extreme, aesthetic lifestyle, is largely forgotten today. During his life, however, ...
Views: 1430 - How To Make The Most Of Your Life As A Teacher - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Dale SalwakHow do you make the most of your life as a teacher? How do you capture the fascination, enlightenment, and sheer joy that studies can offer both teachers and students? How do you connect meaningfully with your students? All this and more I seek to communicate in my forthcoming (April lst) new ...
Views: 1429 - Mid Life Career Change – Unlocking Your Full Potential - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Helen RobertsI have always been passionate about what I do, and that’s why I do it. Even from the beginning of my career I made a pact with myself, that the day that I don’t enjoy what I do, is the day I’ll do something else. My philosophy is and has always been, do what you’re passionate about, what you ...
Views: 1429 - The Importance of Being Unreasonable - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2013 from Joe BarnesWould you consider yourself to be an unreasonable person? What would your friends, family and colleagues say? Surely you’d want them to answer with a resounding ‘no’? Surely you’d want them to confirm that of all the qualities you possess, being reasonable is one of them. Because reasonable is ...
Views: 1429 - What were your most remarkable 100 hours? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from martin goodyerIt’s easy to waste your time on a whim One hundred hours is just over 4 days. That’s the amount of time my fellow panel member on the BBC Sunday morning radio show had spent in the TV show ‘Big Brother’. Contrary to popular belief in the UK there are in fact more people in the world who’ve ...
Views: 1429(2 votes) - Allow, enjoy and embrace - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Jim PhillipsWhat an incredible time of year! When I first started writing this article the trees were ablaze with vibrant reds, golds and oranges. Now they are mostly bare but still beautiful in silhouette against the tangerine and blue early morning sky.The air is crisp, clear and clean. There is an energy ...
Views: 1428(1 vote) - Growing Roots in Adopted Homeland - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Bercedeh StarkNew country, new life, new challenges. A person experiences all of these things when he or she decides to migrate, regardless of whether the migration is internal within one's own homeland, or far away to some distant foreign country. Because living in a new place can be an incredible ...
Views: 1428(2 votes) - The Positive Thinknig Trap - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2014 from Shavasti .The Positive Thinking Trap With a title as provocative as this, one could easily be forgiven for thinking that my purpose is to promote gloomy thoughts, a ‘realistic’ take on life and its events peppered with a generous dose of cynicism. Not at all. However, what alarms me is when personal ...
Views: 1428 - A Second Chance at Life - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Your body is a vessel for your soul. It has served you well. When we are called home, it doesn’t matter what our physical body looks like, it has served its purpose. All those vital organs have helped you stay alive. But what happens when you stop breathing, and those vital organs start to ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - A Time to Mourn - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.As time goes by we find ourselves shaking our heads in disbelief more often. It has begun, a time to mourn the loss of our yester years. Our familiarities are fading away with the dawn of each new day. People are changing, the job market has changed, the housing industry has changed; leaving ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - An Open Letter to My Daughter Gracelyn in the Era of Donald Trump - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2017 from Bruce MulkeyDear Gracelyn, Today I write this letter to you so that you might better understand the tumultuous transformation that’s currently underway in our nation. For while your mother Shonnie and I are doing our best during your childhood to shelter you from adult concerns, I’m guessing that you ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - Honoring Male/Female Differences - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Betty LouiseHave you ever experienced an encounter with the opposite sex where you felt like you were communicating so precisely, in direct language, and your intentions were completely misconstrued? Okay...it is a rhetorical question. How can we learn to understand and honor our differences with love, ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - MY JOURNEY OF EXCELLENCE - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2011 from Nancy BauserI wasn’t aware that I was going anywhere until, I decided to look back and see from where I’d come. For over 39 years, I have been recovering from a severe brain stem injury that I sustained while I was a student. From being a patient who was on life-support, in a neurosurgery intensive care ...
Views: 1426 - The Gift: Economic Perspectives - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2013 from Vinod AnandThe Gift: Economic Perspectives [Vinod Anand] As we know, there are three values (gifts) of economic life: Freedom, Justice and Care. Let us briefly look at the economic perspective of gift: In economics gifts have also received some attention too. It will come as no surprise that ...
Views: 1426 - The Hunt - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Dotun AdewunmiThey knock only once. At everyone's door. If you're quick enough, you catch 'em. If not, they leave you. Not everyone recognizes them. Many abhor them, thinking they're hard work with no real justification that they're gonna work out for the better for you. I recognized them. Two huge ones. I'm ...
Views: 1426 - Wisdom from the Spiritual Traditions: The Real Meaning of the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Dr. Steve McSwain,Mohandas Gandhi said, "I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian." I grew up in a very conservative Christian environment. But, if you regularly read my articles, you know I have moved beyond many of those early beliefs, most of which can work as long as you ...
Views: 1426 - Love is a Choice - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2013 from Harold BeckerIn these amazing times of great change, we are faced with an overwhelming amount of choices on all levels of significance. In order to make clear decisions in line with our personal goals and highest good, it is important to maintain our inner balance and harmonious center point. That source ...
Views: 1425 - The Dog Ate My Homework: Really? Still? - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2012 from Noelle NelsonRemember the good old days when you actually thought you could get away with “the dog ate my homework?” Or – updated version – “My baby sister deleted my homework with one swipe of her pureed banana fingertips”? How well did it work then? Uh-huh. So why do you keep running the same refrain ...
Views: 1425 - UP AMONG THE BIRDS: Higher self living makes you wanna live - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2012 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieUPLIFT THE FUTURE BLESSING B: Base your life on positive possibilities that you can envisage, dream, work upon and create. L: Let your feelings come from the beauty that is inside of you. Look forward and embrace the limitless future as it arrives one day at a time. E: Envelop your ...
Views: 1425 - Be the Bird - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaThe bird awakens in the morning and immediately tackles the task at hand. The bird lives in the now. It does what is required of it now. It does not spend time wallowing in thoughts of the past or dreaming of the future. It is alive now and it lives for now. The bird must eat, so it goes to ...
Views: 1424(1 vote) - Circle into Action - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from M.J. RyanThe other day I got a fan letter about AdaptAbility from Daniel Hawthorne, a guy who described himself as having “high functioning autism” which makes dealing with any change, especially unexpected, difficult. In addition to telling me that he found my book very helpful, he shared a technique of ...
Views: 1424(2 votes) - Want More Serenity? - Be Like Water - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Mahindra Raj"Be like water, you pour water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You pour water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Be like water." - Bruce Lee Reflections I remember vividly being 14 years old in my high school swim team. What stood out the most about those days were the morning training ...
Views: 1424(5 votes) - Spring-Clean Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Sheeba RiyasEver wondered how we keep adding more stuff into the gray matter between our ears each second and never really worry about how long it could hold it all in together? Yes, it is undeniably the most sophisticated storage system to be found in the Universe but we do need to leave room for better ...
Views: 1423 - Why you are not wealthy (of Mice and Men) - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2015 from lennox cadoreIn my graduating year of high school, I stated my ambition was to become the world’s richest black man. A couple of weeks later I recanted that statement. I wanted to be the richest person period. Growing up in what was then called Metro Housing. I thought being rich would make me happy and ...
Views: 1423 - 5 Ways To Eliminate Working Mommy Guilt Forever - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2012 from Marla EnhelderWorking mommy guilt can be one of the biggest drawbacks to working outside of the home. However, I want to assure you that this does NOT have to be the case! In fact, guilt is completely unnecessary and a waste or your precious (and very limited) energy. Why do so many working mothers ...
Views: 1422 - Are You Stressed? - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2015 from Womens Recreation, Inc.What is it that is stressing you? What do you do to reduce your stress level? There are two types of levels that can stress you, world issues and personal issues. The world issues are things that happen all over the world, they can be war, devastation brought on by Mother Nature or economic ...
Views: 1422 - How to Move Through Your Fear - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from Mike RobbinsFear is something that we all experience, especially on our journey toward deeper authenticity, fulfillment, and success in life. Being who we really are, expressing ourselves boldly, and going for what we want in life can cause a great deal of fear in us. I get scared all the time - ...
Views: 1422(1 vote) - Morning after - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Suzanne MontpetitThe morning after we always want to assess what we did or did not do the day before. We wonder, we wander, we go forward with change and we regress from those changes that we find are to hard to digest. its too bad we cannot develop a pill that mentally helps us stimulate the process of change ...
Views: 1422(2 votes) - You Are Spiritually Responsible For Your Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2016 from Ginger London,What is Personal Growth and Getting Yourself Together? There are many people in our society today that are very unhappy or unsatisfied with their lives for one reason or another. Whatever reason they have for being unhappy, there is undoubtedly a way to change it. Sometimes it requires a ...
Views: 1422(2 votes) - Caregiving from Inner Beauty and Sexuality - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Betty LouiseHave you always been a caregiver in your family? Many women live this role of caregiver from a very young age. That was certainly my story, and I have no blame or upset with my parents for how this played out in my life, however I am aware of the impact of my falling into this role since I was ...
Views: 1421(6 votes) - Distraction & Evasion - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Wayne HarrisonThis article is very hard for me to write. It concerns one of the two most terrifying moments in my life. That even now, some 9 years later, i still can feel the mental scars. Writing this, adrenaline is running through me, and i'm becoming very emotional. I've only told this event to my closest ...
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