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- Natural ingredients are not necessarily safer or more effective, say cosmetic chemists - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis is a great article and discusses issues that I've been bringing up since I started this blog back in 2006. Here's a quote from the article: For cosmetic consultant John Woodruff, ingredients should be chosen on safety and efficacy regardless of their natural or synthetic status. “We ...
Views: 805(2 votes) - Natural Weight Balancing - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis program is designed to utilize fat as energy and cut our unnatural cravings for sugar. In the beginning it will be difficult to make this transition. Use phases 1-3 interchangeably until it becomes effortless. If lunch is big and there is no hunger in the evening, move to phase three. If ...
Views: 511(1 vote) - Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel – Advice from a NY Housewife (and chef!) - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLiving in New Jersey, and working in New York City for years, I started watching “The Housewives of New York,” when it premiered on the Bravo Network last year -- it’s always fun to spot locations you know and visit on television, and see things you can relate to. Since then, I’ve become a ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - New Radicals are People Whose Work is How They Give Back - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI was at a dinner party in a lovely home in an upscale Toronto neighborhood. Around the table, twelve successful professionals were gathered, including two university professors, a psychiatrist, doctor, management consultant, publisher, concert pianist, and several business executives. Over a ...
Views: 790(1 vote) - New Years Evolution - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery January, after your judging mind puts you on trial and finds you guilty for your flaws--too fat, too poor, too messy, too lazy, you begin your self-improvement projects. Gritting your teeth you swear--I will lose wt, save money, clean out my closets, hit the gym. Change is so effortless in ...
Views: 644(1 vote) - No More Bedwetting: Secrets of Success with Imagery for Kids - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWet bed again! How many mornings have you reached your child's bedroom hoping for a dry bed. Just this once. And instead, the sheets are soaked. You expected this at 3 or 4 or 5 years old, but not at 7 or 8 or 12 or 13, or even older. And how embarrassing for your child after all this time. ...
Views: 615(1 vote) - No. 1 Priority: Harmony - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTibetan school children are taught that the primary value of their society is harmony writes Maureen Healy in the May-June 2009 Spirituality & Health, and what a breath of fresh air that is! The author was invited to teach Tibetan refugee children at Yongling Creche and kindergarten in ...
Views: 775(1 vote) - Obama's Call to the Faithful - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPresident Obama's superlative speech at Cairo University will be much analyzed. It was, as expected, an address that was rational, intelligent, eloquent, and fair. In stark contrast to George Bush's catch phrase, "clash of civilizations," Obama made every effort to weave common threads between ...
Views: 630(2 votes) - One Is Enough - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow many "yellow page" phone books did you receive last year? If you live in a medium to large city, I'm betting it was at least two and maybe three. The printing and distribution of multiple, nearly identical annual directories for the same city-- plus smaller versions--is a needless waste of ...
Views: 827(1 vote) - One More Message on Wellness: Share Your Opinion With Others! - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs our theme on Intent.com this week is defining the meaning of wellness, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for each and every one of us to articulate our own personal definition of what wellness means to us. This is the first important step in changing ourselves for the better. This ...
Views: 619(1 vote) - Overwhelm And The Corporate Arsonist - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you are lucky enough to still have a job, and that job is working in an office, then you may know a little bit about overwhelm and burnout. Overwhelm comes with having more to do than can be done. Burnout shows up when you do the same old thing over and over again without ever feeling like ...
Views: 684(2 votes) - Overwhelmed with where to begin spiritually - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am so overwhelmed with spiritual growing. I have no formal religious background. Where do I start? I believe in a spiritual entity. And that we are all connected. I believe there was a man named Jesus that walked the face of the earth and was given information from god. I do not ...
Views: 881(2 votes) - Painful Awakening - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been thru a very life changing and a very painful experience. But what this event has done is made me consciously think about my soul and why these events are happening with me. After reading your work and work of Dr. Wayne Dyer and Sonia Chiqoute it has come to my ...
Views: 656(1 vote) - Parenting from the Trenches: When Mommy Misbehaves - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is something about the intersection of peri-menopause and puberty that makes mid-life parenting extra special. On any given day, someone in the family unit is experiencing an explosion of hormones. Some days, it is my eleven-year-old son. Some days, it is forty-seven-year-old me. ...
Views: 606(1 vote) - Paris Hilton and What We Can Learn From Our Pets - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow amazing are the dogs that save their owner’s lives by sounding the alarm or even calling 911? There are so many extraordinary stories about pets, like dogs that guide the blind, provide comfort to the sick, protect us, or help us go for walks. Then there is the cat who lived in a nursing ...
Views: 1148(1 vote) - Parts Of The One: Ants And Bees, A Metaphor - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we see ants and bees out in the world, we often see just one, but this belies the reality of their situation. More than any other species, ants and bees function as parts of a whole. They cannot and do not survive as individuals; they survive as members of a group, and the group’s survival ...
Views: 726(1 vote) - Pedestrian Push-Back - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I walk down to my local post office I usually pick up litter along the way to dispose of it properly later. Today I was trying to cross the road at a designated pedestrian crossing - you know, the kind with a day-glow florescent bollard in the middle of the road and a sign that says ‘State ...
Views: 588(1 vote) - Permanently Parents - The Changing Nest - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOnce individuals become parents, they are parents forevermore. Their identities change perceptively the moment Mother Nature inaugurates them mom or dad. Yet the role they undertake when they welcome children into their lives is not a fixed one. As children move from one phase of their lives to ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - Personal or Private? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"The more I write about who I am, the more I share myself with others, the more present as who I am I become, more centered, more grounded" I told my friend yesterday. We talked about writing books about our own experience, writing of sensitive stuff, embarrassing stuff, private stuff. I ...
Views: 565(1 vote) - Pilgrims or Tourists? - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe can relate to our planet Earth in two ways: either we can act as tourists and look at the Earth as a resource of goods and services for our use, pleasure and enjoyment, or we can act as Earth Pilgrims and treat the planet with reverence and gratitude. Tourists value the Earth and all her ...
Views: 1371(1 vote) - Playing with Possibility - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my pursuit of leaders who play well, I happened upon one who literally plays well every day as a musician and conductor of the Boston Philharmonia. I am entranced by Benjamin Zander's philosophy of looking for possibility in every situation and in every person we meet. His book, The Art of ...
Views: 666(2 votes) - Polio Eradication 101 - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis February, I had the chance to participate in an incredible program- PolioPlus. I traveled to India with a team to give out polio vaccines in cities outside of Delhi. Needless to say, it was a memorable experience. After coming back, I've been trying to spread the word about polio- a ...
Views: 822(1 vote) - Pondering Plastic Surgery - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Lately, out of my insecurities, I have been toying with the idea of doing plastic surgery for my nose. Yet, at the same time, I am aware that I want to develop my spiritual life (I have been practicing yoga for 11 years and I've been teaching it for the past three years) in more ...
Views: 744(1 vote) - Pork: Greening the Other White Meat - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn our blogging journey through everyday things, we've covered your morning routine--from workout to shower, from coffee to cubicle. Now it's lunchtime, baby. Panda Garden. Porky goodness. Mooshu style. The "other white meat" in your takeout container falls behind beef and chicken in ...
Views: 933(1 vote) - Post-Katrina Environmentalism in New Orleans: Can I Get An Organic Sno-Ball With That? - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI spent last week with my family in New Orleans where people still feel the wake of Hurricane Katrina. That was five years ago but there are areas where the city looks like some kind of Potter-esque villain pointed a wand and waved a swath of nothingness across a neighborhood. No cars. No trees. ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - President Obama, How About A Peace Dividend? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat if the worst trouble spots in the world started turning a profit? Would that be a realistic approach to peace after so many other approaches have failed? An old idea along these lines is coming back to life, known as the peace dividend. In its most basic form it refers to the savings a ...
Views: 884(1 vote) - Protect Your Laptop: 7 Tips for Travelers - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLaptop anti-theft, or protecting your mobile data, is a MUST for corporations and consumers. Almost half of workplace identity theft takes place because of mobile data. And the average value of the data on your laptop can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a corporate spy or ...
Views: 1250(1 vote) - Protein for Muscle Recovery and Growth - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany athletes believe that they can grow larger muscles by taking protein supplements rather than by eating protein in ordinary foods. However, protein powders come from food, and extracts cannot be more efficient than the foods from which they are extracted. All athletes train by stressing ...
Views: 969(1 vote) - Prude Body, Horny Soul - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"I loved your book*," my friend told me as we walked the streets of NY before my launch party last week. I was stoked and said, "Awesome! High five?!" while holding out my hand. "I don't do high fives," she responded. I'd never heard such a thing. That's almost as bad as hearing ...
Views: 809(1 vote) - Quality Time: How to Find More and Some Ideas on How to Use It - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe world moves at a tremendously fast pace. It’s virtually impossible to disconnect from work, social networks, media, news, even friends and family. Life is often an overload of emails, voice mails, instant messages, profiles, shows, kids activities, schedules, and the endless desire to know ...
Views: 856(2 votes) - Raising a Family - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPublished in The Broomfield Enterprise, 11/12/07 Years ago, as a new mother, I had moments of self-perceived superiority over my husband when it came to making decisions for, and about, our child. My resolve to follow “mother’s intuition” outweighed and trumped all outside forces. I even ...
Views: 605(1 vote) - Recipe: Quick and Easy Basil Oil - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor one cup, blend 1 cup of olive oil with 2 cups of fresh basil that has been rinsed and dried. Blending for a few minutes will heat the mixture and allow more of the basil flavor to be released. Strain well into a jar and store in the fridge for up to a week. You may also pour into a plastic ...
Views: 998(1 vote) - Reclaiming Your Power: Insecurity - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is an innate awkwardness to being human. With each decision we make, there is the potential for self-doubt and it is this-self doubt that forms the root of insecurity--a complex emotion that is a mix of equal parts inadequacy, isolation, fear, and hopelessness. Yet these feelings of ...
Views: 581(1 vote) - RecycleBank's Secret Weapon to Get People Recycling - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI spoke with Ron Gonen, co-founder and CEO of RecycleBank, to learn how he built one of the largest public-private partnerships that creates incentives for social good. RecycleBank is a reward program that motivates people to recycle by measuring the amount of material each home recycles and ...
Views: 933(2 votes) - Reduced to Essentials - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~Erich Fromm I have been a mother for most of my adult life. I often say that my children are my one great work in this life ...
Views: 633(1 vote) - Reflections on the 4th of July - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOr, why you might want to feed your children a little American History this summer. I regret to report, the following was a real conversation, as best I can remember it. Mom: “What do we celebrate on the 4th of July?” Son (doesn’t matter which one): “The end of slavery.” ...
Views: 953(1 vote) - Reinventing Mother's Day - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis day for my newly formed and combined family is about a search for simplicity within the complications of modern day life: absent mothers and fathers, present mothers and fathers, surrogate parents within loving friends, and even the gift of new grandparenthood. A mother only has to be a ...
Views: 729(1 vote) - Releasing in the Gap - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Right now I'm reading "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" and I'm having a little trouble understanding a portion that for the most part seems to make a great deal. In the chapter "Law of Intention and Desire" shortly before the applying section, one of the ideas embellished is to ...
Views: 566(1 vote) - Repeat After Me... - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBecome a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. --Anthony J. D'Angelo Eighteen women gathered one weekend for a “Thriving through Tough Times” workshop I offered in Bozeman, Montana. Not the lightest topic, yet one that elicited lots of shared laughter from the ...
Views: 900(1 vote) - Roving Mind Got the Best of You? Here’s The Antidote - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhether you’re a first-time or seasoned meditator, chances are high—about 100%— that when you start to meditate, you will be subject to what appears to be an actual, incessant, and absolutely uncontrollable stream of thought. In the Zen meditation tradition, this is called “watching the ...
Views: 1000(1 vote) - Rumi’s Love Poems - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Hello, this question is regarding your book the love poems of Rumi. I cannot express how important this question is to me. The most important thing in the world to me is finding my twin flame....it is why I breathe, it is what I painfully long for. When I used to read Rumi's ...
Views: 3659(1 vote) - Rush Limbaugh: Icon of Anti-Morality - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen Michael Steele, the hapless chairman of the Republican Party, lost his bearings and called Rush Limbaugh's style ugly and incendiary, everyone knew it was the truth. But it was a perfect example of an inconvenient truth. The right wing has long used ugly, incendiary speech the way baseball ...
Views: 1114(1 vote) - Sacrifice Sexy for the Sake of Eco-Undies? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor ages it seemed that if you wanted to go green in the lingerie department you’d have to sacrifice all semblance of sex appeal and settle for organic cotton granny panties. Clean and green, or sexy and slinky? Sustainable Lingerie Fortunately, we no longer have to choose. Designers on the ...
Views: 3151(1 vote) - Save the Bees, Save the Berries - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"No bees, no blueberries." It's just that simple, says Ed Flanagan, president of Wyman's of Maine. He ought to know. As one of the biggest wild blueberry producers in the world, Wyman's depends on bees to pollinate its massive crop. However, a mysterious phenomenon called Colony Collapse ...
Views: 1005(1 vote) - Saving Money and Expanding Our Community in Difficult Times - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy family is a book family. As far back as I can remember, even before my father began writing books, our house was full of books. Piles and piles of books lying in every corner of the house. My mother was always trying to find space to build bookshelves. As an avid reader myself, I soon got ...
Views: 666(1 vote) - Sculpture and landscape - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThese two images are of ‘Ozymandias’, currently on show in the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA - one of the finest modern art museums in this North East Corner of the US. As you can see the sculptures are huge - that’s the artist Douglas Kornfeld leaning up against it. Ozymandias? Well, you may ...
Views: 2796(2 votes) - Search Tirelessly For Your Mission - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo not let the opportunity to value the small and simple things in life pass you by, because tomorrow it might be too late to understand that those small, simple things were the greatest, and that you may have lost them. To limit oneself to merely existing is to deny oneself the opportunity ...
Views: 558(1 vote) - Seasons of Beauty: Aging Gracefully - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe tend to associate youth with beauty, but the truth is that beauty transcends every age. Just as a deciduous tree is stunning in all its stages--from its full leafy green in the summer to its naked skeleton during winter and everything in between--human beings are beautiful throughout their ...
Views: 669(1 vote) - Seneca on Pleasures & Punishments - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.” ~ Seneca from Letters from a Stoic Deeply influenced by the classic Greek philosophers like Aristotle, the Stoics were/are all about self-control, self-mastery and virtuous living. Reminds me of Aristotle’s ...
Views: 751(1 vote) - Seneca on the Importance of Focus - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.” ~ Seneca from Letters from a Stoic Love the fact that was said by a guy who lived 2,000 years ago. (Apparently multi-tasking/over-working has been around for awhile. :) There are obviously a lot of ways we can look at this: from the frenzied pace we ...
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