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- How to Start Winning in Life...NOW! - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2009 from Michelle PrinceThroughout my life, I have read inspirational books, listened to motivational CDs and attended many personal development seminars. If not for the encouragement, as well as the treasure trove of power-tips and techniques these materials provided, I would probably still be asking myself what a ...
Views: 1314(9 votes) - Sunshine, Endorphins and Childlike Wonder - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonI have had a wonderful day today outside in the sunshine. It feels so wonderful to bask in the warm rays of the sun on an autumn day. The day began cool and crisp, but as soon as the sun came out a warm glow spread across the outdoor vista of the golf course. The trees looked almost magical ...
Views: 1634(2 votes) - Overcoming Holiday Stress - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Lori Lynn SmithThe major holidays of the year come back to back. During Thanksgiving and Christmas, people spend the most time with relatives. But, as much as we love our family, much of our stress during this time can be due to them along with the actual actions we must perform. Holiday stress can be of ...
Views: 3076(5 votes) - Achieving Holiday Happiness - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Janie BehrThe time between Thanksgiving and New Years is a time people get “stressed out”. So I ask you…why? Lets identify the reasons and then we can change them. Everywhere I look I see people stressed out ‘striving to be happy. I also see heart-felt thankfulness…. more than at any other times of the ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - How to start living the life of your dreams in just 10 minutes a day - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Sheryl JonesWe spend our waking hours focused on things we have to do, have, buy and think. It’s the thinking part that leads us towards or away from living a happy life. My goal is to help you become keenly aware of what you’re thinking for just 10 minutes a day. These thoughts that you begin to “hearing” ...
Views: 2867(5 votes) - The Path to Happiness - Suffering - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Art MasonWe are truly our own worse enemy. Why is it when something goes wrong we are so fast to turn on ourselves and start the worry process? People are motivated by two things. The need to avoid pain and the need to experience pleasure, yet we focus so much on pain. What causes man to suffer? First ...
Views: 1935(3 votes) - It 's Not About Knowing the Information - It's About Personally Applying the Information! - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Pat MussieuxI have been on the 'speaking circuit' a fair bit over the past few weeks and have met hundreds of really special people. I am grateful for the invitations to share my information as I know that it really does make a difference in the lives of these people. However, sometimes I hear comments ...
Views: 1362(5 votes) - What Score Are Parents Keeping? - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Rebecca MoreheadMany parents notice only their child's negative behaviors and begin keeping account of them as a score record of wrongdoing or bad behavior. This process could actually encourage more of the same behavior instead of their intended opposite. When a child enters this world and their spirit enters ...
Views: 1330(3 votes) - Friends Thanksgiving – a New Tradition - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from James LeGrandIn addition to spending Thanksgiving with your family this year, why not start a new tradition and have a “Friends Thanksgiving”? This is a great way to spend time with and honor your friendships, and the families of your friends. As an annual event, your friends and their children will be ...
Views: 1543(4 votes) - What the Movie 2012 and the Rapture Have In Common? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Dr. Steve McSwain,Recently, my wife and I saw the movie 2012. It reminded me of the doomsday nonsense that fundamentalist Christians (and I was once one of them) have been saying about the RAPTURE – the return of Jesus to catch-up all his followers into the clouds and whisk them away to a kind of benign judgment ...
Views: 1676(4 votes) - The Abilities of a Positive Attitude - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Alex BeeversI am going to ask you something very weird right now. First of all, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you judge them as positive, or negative? Now let's say you are walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would ...
Views: 1054(7 votes) - Why Should I Change and Where Do I Start? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2011 from Kamil KowalskiReason One common reason is the desire to change things, because you are less than thrilled about the way things are. You may want to change or improve your health and fitness, your social life, your career or business, your financial situation, or find your own meaning in life. Another ...
Views: 1777(3 votes) - Live Your Passion By Taking Advantage of Your Opportunities - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Linda PucciI frequently work with people who want greater meaning in their lives. They want their lives to count. Sometimes they are bored; sometimes they feel trapped by their everyday life; sometimes they just want to find greater happiness or meaning. This has lead me to think about the importance of ...
Views: 2341(3 votes) - Family Matters: From chaos to Order - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Dr. Deana MurphyA family design meeting is a great way to discover what will be a unified conclusion to make the environment work orderly and peaceably for everyone. Discussions during a design meeting can include the storage needs, personal needs, social needs, or any emotional responses to certain colors, ...
Views: 1548(3 votes) - Please Pass The Gravy- How to Have FUN During the Holidays Without Losing YOUR Mind." - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Jackie Wall-MielcarskiAs a personal and business development coach (aka “LIFE” Coach) I focus on the “want-tos” of my clients. Coaches help people through transitions, help businesses grow, and help people develop a well balanced life. We show our clients tools, methods, and practices designed to help people and ...
Views: 674(1 vote) - The Path to Happiness - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Art MasonIf everyone on the planet were to read, understand and internalize this teaching we would see an end to violence and conflict almost over night. The mind is an amazing creation. For centuries science thought that the mind was fixed. It thought that personality was set at birth. Today science ...
Views: 1614(8 votes) - A Vision Board Is One of the Keys to HappinessSubmitted on Nov 15, 2009 from JOYCE SCHWARZWhy is a vision board is key to your happiness today and tomorrow! A new study by the Los Angeles Times shows today that Happiness is based on 50 percent genetics, 40 percent intention and 10 percent circumstances. Wow that's kind of amazing when most people say that they are happy or unhappy ...
Views: 4095(5 votes) - It Sounds So Easy, But Where Do I Start? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Pat MussieuxThere is no passion to be found... in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ~ Nelson Mandela I was just on a phone call with a very close friend and we were discussing the content of my articles over the past few months. The title of this article is actually ...
Views: 1651(9 votes) - Life Success And Survival Lessons Taken From Yossi Ghinsberg And His Amazing Amazon Adventure - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2009 from Warren Wojnowski"Yossi Ghinsberg was lost in the Amazon for 20 days and learned many lessons about our inherent ability to survive and tap into our true instinctual selves." While in Puerto Rico, my wife Michelle and I had the privilege of seeing Yossi Ghinsberg. We'd never heard of Yossi before, but we ...
Views: 2516(7 votes) - Be Happy- Really! - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Elizabeth Lombardo, PhDNovember 9th marks the beginning of “Pursuit of Happiness” week. But really, pursuing happiness is something that we all do. In fact, I would say that people today have a lot of practice in the pursuit of happiness. It’s just that they look for that happiness in all the wrong places. ...
Views: 1166(2 votes) - We Really Do Want What Is Best For Our Children - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Rebecca MoreheadOf course we want what is best for our children, right? How outrageous the thought of anything contrary to that belief. However, most people commonly remark to their children to "do as I say, not as I do" or "don't do what I did son, take your own path", and other phrases just like this. We ...
Views: 1962(2 votes) - Six Easy Tips for Beating the Holiday Blues - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Bette Lawrence-WaterSome people find the holiday season one of the most depressing times of year. Are you one of them? If so, you know that those cheerful greetings heard so often throughout November and December often fall on ears with hidden melancholy. Here are some suggestions for beating those holiday ...
Views: 1880(3 votes) - Want to Live an Authentic Life? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Pat Mussieux"DO you want to live an authentic life?" What would it take? What changes do you need to make? It all begins with the way we think. "If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting." You've got to change something for something to change. If you sincerely feel that ...
Views: 1577(8 votes) - 9 Lessons from 2009 – A Year In Review - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from James LeGrandIn 2009, we’ve seen some extraordinary events and were dealt some harsh pills to swallow. We’ve experienced great hope and happiness as well as great pain and suffering. We’ve felt the highs of hope and the results of recession. There are many lessons to learn. In honor of 2009 beginning to ...
Views: 1638(5 votes) - *** Is It Possible, Right Now, to Live in Trust Rather Than Fear? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Daniel BenorCan you picture to yourself a world in which we are able to trust each other, without doubts or hesitations? Hard to imagine such a thing, isn’t it? Yet there are clear, readily available steps we can each take to start to make our personal world much less a place of anxieties, fears and worries ...
Views: 1746(2 votes) - A Blind and Physically Disabled Gal...Happy? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionOf all your achievements, what are you most proud of? That was what a reporter wanted to know while she interviewed me for a newspaper feature. All the major accomplishments I've achieved in my twenty-five years swam through my head at lightning speed. Which is my proudest achievement? I ...
Views: 5556(16 votes) - Happily Ever After - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2009 from Elizabeth DiamondToday there is an epidemic of unhappiness. Studies show that at least 1 in 5 women are on anti-depressants. Reflecting back to memories of childhood, almost every little girl held the dream of living “happily ever after”. Usually the “happily ever after” contained visions of marrying a ...
Views: 1200 - Tick-Tock Trials - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowThere comes a point in time where following the instances in your day and evening in accordance with the almighty clock becomes so darn regimented and predictable that you can literally set your wrist watch to what you do and when you do it. Allowing time to dictate your every happening can be ...
Views: 987 - Happiness and Continuous Learning - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Pat MussieuxAccording to Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." At a recent event that I spoke at, sitting up front and center, was Florence - a lady who introduced herself to me, telling me that she ...
Views: 1820(4 votes) - What Mask Are You Wearing? How to Become Your Authentic Self! - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Pat MussieuxWho are you? What do you do? These are common questions as we go about our daily lives. These are very difficult questions for many people who are currently unemployed, newly retired, 'stay at home' Moms, and so on. In today's society, we place so much value on what we do - our label, if you ...
Views: 2166(7 votes) - Treble Your Income? Why Not Get Your Priorities Right?! - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Willie HortonFrom time to time I take a look at what "competitor" websites are offering in the so-called personal development or self-help sector. After all, we all need to know what we're up against - and we all need to put bread on the table. But how much bread should that be? Because, what I've found is ...
Views: 1658(2 votes) - I Don't Trust Urgency - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Vicki LeinWhen I was in my thirties and suffering from a low grade anxiety disorder, I let the feeling of urgency steal my life. Because I was always anxious, I did not know what it felt like NOT to be anxious. I thought how I felt was normal, even though I also felt enormous shame for being so afraid all ...
Views: 1326 - What if We All had an Angel Committee? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Vicki LeinI’ve been talking about Angel committees for years and it’s been a lot of fun. My idea of an Angel committee is that everyone has one and that they conspire to force us to live our lives fully. They will do whatever it takes to get our attention and they howl with delight when they think up a ...
Views: 2057 - Finding Space Between the Molecules - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Vicki LeinI will not hurry. Today I will not hurry. Today I will trust the Universe enough to surrender to the natural flow of the day. I will not push the river for the River loves me and is moving at just the right speed. Just for today I will find the space between the molecules. There is ...
Views: 1449 - What I Know Today - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Vicki LeinI’m feeling a little lost this morning. So I’ve decided to center myself by writing and to focus on what I know because right now I feel swamped by all the things I don’t know. 1. One thing I know is that I have lots of help. For example, I am dictating this writing into my computer with the ...
Views: 1225 - Is it Possible to Start a Joy revolution? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Vicki LeinMy commitment this year is to get myself out in the world in a big way, so I can help more people lose their shame, find their courage, explore their gifts, and make the world a better place. This is my mission and purpose in the world and I’m going to do everything I can do to make it happen, ...
Views: 1307 - Looking for Love - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Willie HortonI Googled "dating" this morning - Google came up with 268m results. Whether it's online dating, speed dating, lunch dating or singles holidays, events for singles... actually I Google gave me even more results for singles - 288m. Lots of people are looking for something that's missing in ...
Views: 1720(15 votes) - 5 Ways You Hurt Yourself While Thinking It’s Fun - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from James LeGrandThere are many activities we engage in that we believe are fun, but that secretly hurt us. We continue to do them over and over again and never realize the damage we are doing to ourselves. Are you feeling like you are being held back from what you want out of life? Do you have goals that seem ...
Views: 2709 - Simplest Way to Be Happy Now! - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Faizal NisarI reviewed the recent poll we had on SelfGrowth.com asking "What is your biggest motivator?" The top answer was happiness. To me, happiness is not just a feeling. It's a decision. If we leave it to be a feeling, then it comes and goes as it pleases. We never grab it and hold on to it. ...
Views: 2381(6 votes) - The First Quarter Moon Phase ~ Taking Action with Activities Directed Toward the Future - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"Freed from the shell, the sprouting plant decides it's future by sinking it's moisture-seeking rootlets down into the earth. Spreading them out, it stakes out it's territory and wholeheartedly climbs toward the air and the sky, affirming, “Here I will Be.” The Lunar Cycles ~ Philip Levine At ...
Views: 3243(1 vote) - The New Moon phase ~ the potential to manifest your desire - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz“In the dark silent womb of the earth, frost warms to water, micro-organisms stir, the rhythms of life awaken in the heart of the seed, after a a long sleeping death in the cold hard ground ,the flower-to-be comes alive in the bright green shoot with-in the shell. Above the ground no one can see ...
Views: 3559(1 vote) - Get Your Head in the Game - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Willie HortonHow did you start your day today? When you leaped out of bed, were you ready and alert for all today will offer or did you drag yourself out of bed on automatic pilot, and lurch into the bathroom in the normal early morning daze. If, of course, you were awoken by an alarm clock, then you ...
Views: 4033(2 votes) - Hide and Seek… Finding True Happiness - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Debi HebelDo you remember playing Hide and Seek as a child… searching and searching for your friends? For some of us this game, which used to be so much fun, has never truly ended. The game is the same, but instead the area that was confined by a playground fence has been expanded to the entire world. ...
Views: 1703(2 votes) - Are you ‘you’, or the ‘you’ you have chosen to be? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Carl MassyYes. You are right. This IS an oratory challenge with some mind gym thrown in as well. So for your final (gym) repetition, I challenge you to reread the heading, but this time inserting ‘me and I’. It now reads…“Am I ‘me’, or the ‘me’ I have chosen to be?” Still feel like your head is in the ...
Views: 1054 - How best to resolve a conflict - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Albert GaroliThe origin of most conflicts, whether between couples, colleagues or friends, stems from the conviction that each party feels he/she is “right.” One’s needs, values and interests thus differ from the other to the point that each party will try to persuade the other to agree with what one ...
Views: 1847(8 votes) - The Advice Of A Seven-Year-Old Panamanian - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Ted CiubaTodos los tiempos. For you who are not fluent in Spanish, todos los tiempos means—o significa, as they say—all the time, all the times. And really, what I want to talk about today is just an example of how we really want to live life to the max. I'm going tell you the story of a seven-year-old ...
Views: 1407(1 vote) - Live A Longer Life with Better Lifestyle Choices - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Brian MPeople these days are living longer and longer as medical advances expand life expectancies; outside of trusting your longevity to modern medical advances I’ve outlined for you here everything you need to know about increasing longevity through better lifestyle choices. If you want to know how ...
Views: 3210(3 votes) - Pre-Wedding Paralysis - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Kim AdesMy wedding was scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th of this year. Why was it on a Tuesday? It somehow seemed to fulfill my need for different and original. On Wednesday, May 6th, only 6 days prior to my big day, I woke up with a pain in my neck. I didn't give it much thought. I figured I had slept in ...
Views: 1983 - Finding Happiness in Nature - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Joan Marie WhelanFinding Happiness in Nature When I was young, a childhood friend told me that if I held a buttercup beneath my chin, and my chin glowed yellow, it meant that I liked butter. Now, I tried the buttercup experiment, and sure enough, my chin glowed yellow. It was such a silly little amusement, ...
Views: 1662 - Take Time to Reflect - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Pat MussieuxHere in Canada, we just celebrated our Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a special time for me, personally. It's a time of reflection and, often, for me, a time of change. I love the change of seasons, the magical colors of the trees, the crisp Mac apples (my favorite!), walking through the ...
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