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- Healer's Best Friend - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Karen KleinwortAre you a dog lover or a cat friend? If you are, then you have first-hand knowledge of the benefits of having animals in our home and lives. But what if you aren’t? What might you be missing out on? How about lower overall stress levels, reduced risk of heart attacks, improved memory function, ...
Views: 1392 - Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2013 from Ryan RiveraDo you have this urge to check the door if it is locked over and over again? Do you think that your hands are dirty and have the urge to wash it frequently? You may be suffering from an obsession. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts and fears that often repeat. These thoughts can be frightening and ...
Views: 1392 - Are You Trapped? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2014 from Maria KhalifeFeeling trapped can leave us vulnerable to more and more dissatisfaction. I believe our lives should be lives of fulfillment and satisfaction, so let’s see what we can do to help you move away from feeling trapped? What makes you feel trapped? • Parental pressure? • A toxic past? • An ...
Views: 1390(1 vote) - Behavioral Health and Sensitivity – Finding Balance - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Christina SponiasGood behavioral health and real balance depend on sensitivity and goodness. Human beings don’t become human because they are able to think. What gives us our humanity is our capacity to feel other people’s pain. We must cultivate goodness in our hearts in order to become really human. ...
Views: 1390 - How to improve self esteem - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Aernout ZevenbergenSelf esteem are the set of values we place on our own personality. We can also see it as the mixture of capabilities we want to display to the world out there: family, friends, colleagues, and clients. But self worth also is the means with which we present ourselves to ourselves. Self worth is ...
Views: 1388(1 vote) - The Many Layers Of The Mind - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from David SamuelWe have spoken of the many layers of the totality of our being in previous lessons, and now we shall explain how each one has its own mind. There is the mind of each of the physical senses, the mind of discrimination of good and bad, the mind of thought and creativity, the mind of the soul, and ...
Views: 1388 - HE Said; SHE heard. - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from PD RiversHE said "You are gaining weight every day. Your body looks like you swallowed the Pillsbury Doughboy." SHE heard "Oh, God, I have to stop taking this medication. It doesn't matter that it is all that is keeping me alive. I am fat and my husband doesn't love me any more." Are you laughing? You ...
Views: 1387(1 vote) - Thinking Like a Millionaire: The 3 Financial Types of People in the World - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2016 from Lucas ThomasThere are 3 types of people in this world when it comes to finances. They are the Perpetually Broke Person, the Well-Off Person, and the Highly-Wealthy Person. Need to Plug up Your Financials? The Perpetually Broke Person never has any money and ultimately lives paycheck to paycheck. This ...
Views: 1387 - Minding Your Own Business - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from Catherine Cabrol SchulzWe all take care of business: work, family, home, pets, bills… and if we stop for a second we may realize that what we call our business is often everybody else’s business. When was the last time you really took care of your own business? I mean something that comes from YOU, not ...
Views: 1385 - Thinking Like a Millionaire: The 3 Financial Types of People in the World - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2016 from Lucas ThomasThere are 3 types of people in this world when it comes to finances. They are the Perpetually Broke Person, the Well-Off Person, and the Highly-Wealthy Person. Need to Plug up Your Financials? The Perpetually Broke Person never has any money and ultimately lives paycheck to paycheck. This ...
Views: 1384 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1383 - Beware of Your State When Making Important Decisions - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2012 from Andrew WilkinSome of my worst decisions in life have been made from a state on anxiety, fear, or uneasy needfulness. Take for example having licked my wounds after a business failure, I through myself into the next venture without stepping back to ask if this was what I really wanted. The anxiety ...
Views: 1382(1 vote) - Before Medication, First Try ADHD Self Help - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from sarah labdarAfter being diagnosed with ADHD, educating yourself with the knowledge about ADHD and gaining the support of your family and friends is crucial. Developing manageable solutions to your specific problems will help you through your challenges. While most people who are diagnosed with ADHD as ...
Views: 1381 - Your Chance to Bounce Higher - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Jan DeniseYour chance to bounce higher No matter who you are, you feel less comfortable financially than you did a couple years ago. And particularly if that's the only comfort you knew, you're hurting. The good news is that you also feel less complacent! If you haven't gotten more creative and ...
Views: 1381 - Tips to get over bad moods - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from M.Farouk RadwanOne of the main reasons popular advice such as repeat affirmations or do something new rarely help people feel good on the long term is that they focus on momentary improvement rather than focusing on root causes. If you want to feel happy on the long term then you should deal with the root ...
Views: 1379 - Your Best is Good Enough! - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2012 from kristie kennedyAs human beings we are innately wired to gratify the wishes of others in exchange for their acceptance. It is critical that we learn how to love ourselves well enough in order to avoid this disease to please. Only you can honestly answer the question, "What does loving me better look and feel ...
Views: 1375(1 vote) - Is Your Brain Waging a War Against You? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2019 from Emmett MillerSometimes it seems that way, and perhaps it’s true. Actually there is a part of your brain that has been programmed in a way that’s harmful to you.Just as malevolent software can take charge of your computer and cause it to create great harm and damage, hundreds of thousands of highly trained ...
Views: 1374 - Frankly, My Dear I wanna be me! - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Dianna SandoraThere is a song by Britney Spears that talks about not being a woman or a girl, but being somewhere in between. This song has always resonated with me and while I am 38 years young, I am still learning to become the woman that I know that I want to be. Recently I had the opportunity to ...
Views: 1372 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1371 - What Every Argument Reveals About You - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisEver had an opinion about something, or someone, and you felt it in your entire body that your opinion was based on solid facts and therefore the only right opinion? (Read: believe system) Every vessel in your body is telling you that you are so right about this! The only resolution at that ...
Views: 1370 - What's Humor Got to Do With It? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from WEE DILTSWhat’s humor got to do with it? Don’t take your self so seriously. You’ll not get out of this world alive. One’s sense of humor involves the capacity to appreciate incongruity, absurdity, an unexpected future, a pleasant surprise, or a startle. Humor helps soften life’s blows. For instance ...
Views: 1368(1 vote) - Are You DOING Life, or Are You Doing LIFE? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Dr. Janolyn MooreAre You DOING Life, or Are You Doing LIFE? It all depends where you place the emphasis on the words to grasp the meaning of this repeated title. Ask yourself--are you both the prisoner and the jailer of your days? Or, do you allow yourself the freedom to consciously design and live your life ...
Views: 1365 - Feeling Positive for best results - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2009 from Deepak DixitCOMPLEMENTARY VALUES Darkness & light are not two different things but two complementary values of same property. Existence of one ensures the absence of other. Absence of light is called darkness. When we say ‘there is light’, it automatically means ‘it is not dark’ and similarly when we say ...
Views: 1365(2 votes) - Cure Substance Use Disorders And Associated Depression With Healthcare Integration Solution - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2019 from Chandra ShekharSubstance misuse and substance use disorders, one of the primary causes of depression, have remained behind the veil of ignorance and stigma for a long period of time. In fact, at one point they were merely seen as a social or criminal problem in lieu of a “health issue”. Wherefore, people in ...
Views: 1362 - Got Tall Poppy Courage - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Margie WarrellTo be outstanding in life, you must be willing to stand out. When all you do is try to fit in, you negate the difference your difference makes. Tall Poppy Courage is not about being better than anyone else, just the best possible version of yourself. Growing up on a farm in rural Australia ...
Views: 1360 - N Is For No and Now - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Sara DillingerN is for No and Now If you are a parent, remember when your child was about two years old. What was his or her favorite word? Chances are, it was the word “No.” My youngest grandson is twenty-months old and already he has a clear grasp of the meaning of the word “No.” Not only can he ...
Views: 1360 - build your think tank - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Tradina DeMaryLearning to think for yourself takes skill and practice. Thinking is a process which involves feelings, beliefs, facts and ideas. All feelings, beliefs, facts and ideas run side by side and up and down in the circle of life. We all were created to live out our full potential of ...
Views: 1358(1 vote) - Holiday Survival 101 - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2010 from Karen HaroldHear ye! Hear ye! The holiday season is underway. This time of year can be a wonderful time of celebration, connection and family bonding. It can also bring about unrealistic expectations, stress, and unnecessary conflict. Images of a Rockwell family gathering may be the fantasy, but what we ...
Views: 1358 - Swimming in a Sea of Ideas - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Bradley FosterBradley Foster Giant Steps Coaching Creativity can be one of the best strengths to have. It helps you to solve problems, makes you versatile and able to roll with change, which in this world is a real plus. Typically my creative clients tell me that they usually do well at anything they put ...
Views: 1356(2 votes) - What I Need To Learn From My 1 Year Old Son - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from pooja brahmiYou can only apprehend the true meaning of love when you experience motherhood. Moreover, your highest level of endurance can only be tested when you deliver your baby. This is exactly what happened to me! Every single day I am living my childhood doing silly things just to see my son laugh. ...
Views: 1356(2 votes) - You Ain't Broke - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Lola JonesThat's a down home Texas way to comment on how personal/spiritual growth and religion so often centers around "healing" or "fixing" or redeeming your bad, broken self. You ain't sick, bad, or broke. We may stand to learn to shift perspectives and flow our energy more fluidly. We may need to ...
Views: 1354 - Insomnia and Fibromyalgia: Combination Therapy Helps - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Amy Korn-ReavisFibromyalgia patients have to learn to deal with chronic pain. The problem is that pain and insomnia cause a vicious cycle of increased pain and decreased sleep. Insomnia has been shown in many studies to decrease a patient’s pain threshold. Treating insomnia can be quite difficult. Medications ...
Views: 1353 - How Did We Get To This Point? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2010 from Peter StonePsychology is in trouble on so many fronts. Beside the obvious, with on-demand texting, email, chat, forums, blogs and such, people do not have to schedule appointments, wait, be exposed to antiquated talk therapy, and quite frankly disappointment for a system failed. When the first words from ...
Views: 1352 - 3 Steps to Getting What You Want - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Kim Smith"There's a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one's ready for a thing until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish." - Napoleon Hill Do you believe you can create what you really want in your ...
Views: 1351(2 votes) - Lukas is Captivating, Enchanting, Incredible, and he's a rescued Thoroughbred Horse - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Karen Murdock"Captivating!", "Enchanting!", "Incredible!" – are all being used to describe Lukas, a seventeen year old off-the-track, rescued Thoroughbred owned and trained by Karen Murdock. Murdock's specialty is the ability to form an extraordinary connection with horses by using trick training and games ...
Views: 1351 - Allow your Fear to Motivate You - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2011 from cedric riceFear is a natural feeling and we can’t avoid it. The one thing that we can learn to do is control it when it happens. If we can learn to control our fear we can take a bad situation and turn it around for our good. Fear is a natural reaction which was given to us in order to help us to overcome ...
Views: 1350(2 votes) - Mind Medicine - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from Teal ScottEverything about this physical life that you now lead is experienced from the standpoint of your physical body. If you have suffered from a physical ailment, you already know that when your body is in a state of illness, it reflects out into all aspects of your mind. What is overlooked in ...
Views: 1350(2 votes) - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…… - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Laura PutmanDo you stand in front of the mirror, look at yourself, and say, I love you to yourself? What do you see? We’re born with self-esteem it just doesn’t magically disappear. If you have a negative opinion of yourself and cannot recognize the beautiful soul inside of your physical body, or feel ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - A Quick Guide To OCD Treatment Options - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2011 from Steven QaresmaObsessive Compulsive disorder or better known as OCD is a serious disorder that can ruin your life ultimately. Normal Functioning may not be plausible if left untreated. Social isolation is likely among friends, co-workers and even family members resulting in loss of important relationships and ...
Views: 1349 - Are You Listening To What Animals Have To Teach You? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Kimberley CohenAs well as enriching our lives, promoting healing, and emotional well-being, animals can teach us much about ourselves. There is something in relation to the animal kingdom that is fascinating and makes us feel alive, sit in awe, tugs at our heart strings or can leave us feeling fearful. ...
Views: 1347(2 votes) - Prosperous Relationships - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Eric HuntleyI wrote an article entitled “True Prosperity”. True prosperity is where you are prosperous in every area of your life not just your finances but also in your health, marriage, relationships, spirit, and your mind. If any area is lacking you do not have true prosperity. I am going to write a ...
Views: 1347(1 vote) - There's Something Better - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Dr. Cal FredenI spent the night in Gothenberg, Sweden about two weeks ago and what I saw so impacted me that I could hardly sleep that night. It seemed as though the whole city was out frantically looking for some type of excitement or fulfillment. We were at a meeting in the Park Hotel until about 11:00. It ...
Views: 1346(2 votes) - How to Live a Happy Life – Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2013 from Ovidiu DotLast time I spoke about the law of attraction, what it is and how to use it. Now I’ll talk about another way to help you be happy or at least happier. My favorite way to use the secret weapon: the mind. Autosuggestion - I use it since I was a little child, not to its full extent from the ...
Views: 1345(1 vote) - Understanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerUnderstanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck And How to Get Off of the Flypaper. “So, Doc, what’s wrong with my head?” Latesha looked at me pensively. It sounded like a set-up for both of us. The two months she had spent in bed had something to do with her attending to the ...
Views: 1345(1 vote) - The Compound Effect: Are You Heading for Disaster or Glory? - by Submitted on May 18, 2017 from Implement Blog“So, where do you see yourself in five years?” We’ve all heard that one before. It is an existential black hole of a potentially soul-draining question. Yet it has become a staple of every job interview. And if you’re like anybody else, the answer to the question usually lies in an empty blank ...
Views: 1344(1 vote) - Goal Setting Part 2 - A Template for Success - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Jack BassGoal Setting - Your Success Template - Part Two : Focus Without Stress If you have helped yourself by completing the first part of the exercise you may be faced with a laundry list of goals and things “ I must do “. Don’t stress yourself . The Next Step Is Focus Our brains have a memory ...
Views: 1341 - Racism is a Learned Concept - by Submitted on May 09, 2016 from Monty RitchingsLiving in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia Canada we are given the opportunity to experience many, many different cultures than our own. Life has changed dramatically since the days of my childhood back in the 1960s when 99% of the people in my life were Western European Caucasians who ...
Views: 1339 - Making Change Easier - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisWho hasn’t set a New Year’s resolution or declared a commitment to change some small aspect of who they are—only to disappoint themselves a few days later? We promise ourselves we will be more patient, positive, or forgiving. We vow to work out or show up on time, but still find ourselves with a ...
Views: 1338 - Suspect Words and Maintaining Our Mental Health - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Erich Winnecke Sr.Words and how we say them are extremely important because they form our thoughts, perceptions and beliefs which determine our behaviors and eventually result in the way we live our lives. This can't be denied whether the words are hopeful and and give encouragement, or are negative mutterings ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - When What You Know Doesn't Work For You Anymore - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Mary ErnsbergerAlbert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Did you ever watch one of those TV movies that is based on actual events? There is always a disclaimer that says the names have been changed to protect the ...
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