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- Twelve Simple Pleasures to Enjoy in April - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2007 from Susie CortrightHere are twelve simple pleasures to help you slow down and taste the sweetness of the simple life this month. 1. Take a walk out in the wide, wide world and pay attention to the signs that summer is on its way. 2. Give yourself a pedicure. Then go barefoot whenever possible. 3. Eat fresh ...
Views: 1198 - How Do I Manifest - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2006 from Jimmy RoosIf you are asking the question how do I manifest, take note.Learning to manifest your desires is similar to learningto swim. So how is swimming similar to manifesting? Both manifesting and swimming requires total trust, i.e.letting go. In the case of manifesting, trust that you shall ...
Views: 1197 - Paint Pictures Of Your Dreams And Live Joyously Forever - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Sonny JuliusPaint pictures of your dreams and live joyously forever Here’s how you start. Find a place where you can get relaxed and comfortable. Close your eyes. Begin painting pictures in your mind. Visualize all the dreams you want to come true in your life. What you want to be. Where you want to go. ...
Views: 1197 - The Secret Sequel - Will It Compare? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2007 from *Winsome Coutts - Self Help Expert: http://www.4lifeselfhelp.com/What’s Missing in The Secret? The ‘secret’ law of attraction was introduced to many people for the first time in the phenomenal hit movie "The Secret". However, The Secret DVD does not go far enough to explain how the Law of Attraction really works. Let’s hope the ...
Views: 1197 - Values Based Living Gives You the Results you are Looking For - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Rena ReeseEach day we are given the chance to create something---a product, learning, a relationship, a connection, ideas and really whatever we desire. Regardless of who you are, where you live and your economic, cultural and educational situation, the choice is real. Today, I ask you to look at what ...
Views: 1197 - Are You Trying Too Hard? - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2018 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.com“There’s a small fly burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of the windowpane. The whining wings tell the poignant story of the fly’s strategy — try harder. But it’s not working. The frenzied effort offers no hope for survival. ...
Views: 1196 - Combat December Darkness: 5 Ways to Bring Light into Your life. - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from JoAnne Ceccarelli-EganDecember is upon us and for those of you who live in the United States and Europe; it is a season of darkness. To compound the bleakness, if you live on the East Coast, you have recently experienced Storm Sandy and might have been without power. There are also other forms of darkness; you might ...
Views: 1196(1 vote) - Ethnic Wear To Boost Up Your Style Quotient Many Degrees Over! - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2016 from Harshad JethraEthnic wear has its own charm, the kind that is unmistakable and unique. Especially in India, we find people sporting ethnic wear with a lot of pride and panache. This happens mostly during the time of festivities, wherein we find people sporting ethnic dresses with a whole lot of grace. ...
Views: 1196(1 vote) - Jumpstart the Creation of Your Ideal Life: Make a List of 100 Things to Do Before You Die - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from Marelisa FabregaGetting around to thinking about what your ideal life would look like and committing that vision to paper is difficult, if not impossible, to do when you’re pretty much in a rut. Every day starts to look a lot like the one before and you’re so bogged down in the minutiae of the ...
Views: 1196 - Ten Practices To Express Gratitude While Serving Others - by Submitted on May 26, 2006 from mahalene louisAlthough quite young, I can still remember my parents asking me, "What do you say?" as I was receiving something, be it a fruit, a gift, or a compliment. Of course, they were looking for the magical words "thank you", which many parents adamantly train their children to respond. Isn't it ...
Views: 1196 - The Ten Steps to Enable Happiness After 40 - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2009 from Craig NathansonStep One: Engage in self-reflection I know — easier said than done. Most of us go through our lives never really getting to know ourselves. After all, life offers us many distractions. Who has time for self-reflection? The only way to to be happy after 40 is to get to know yourself really ...
Views: 1196 - True Happiness - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2015 from Shaundra ConnellyFinding Happiness Begins with You Can you remember playing hide and seek as a child? Looking around the place, searching for your friends? For many of us this game, which was so much fun playing, has never really ended. The game is still being played in our lives, only this time, the confined ...
Views: 1196 - Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2013 from Maria BarryLessons from a dramatic life Barbara’s life has been pretty dramatic. Catapulted into intense “awakening” experiences by the tumultuous events of her early life, Barbara became a seeker. Her quest to find a way out of suffering led her to explore many different pathways and approaches – mental, ...
Views: 1195 - So you think your life sucks…(or does it?) - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2013 from Stacy CorriganEveryone perceives life through their own lens. We all personalize our stories, determine that our childhood was horrible - or just plain sucky - and we choose to stay stuck by rehashing our victim stories over and over again in our heads and to others. It’s a challenging truth to face. ...
Views: 1195 - An Affordable Website Design and Development - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2012 from Abhimanyu SharmaThere are many ways to get an affordable website design. There are few software which can create a website for you within fractions of time but you cannot take help of such software because you want unique and well functioning website not bunch of problems. You can get website development based ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - Is It Greater To Give Than Receive? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2008 from Glenda GibbsLet’s presuppose you believe that it’s greater to give than to receive. With this practice there are at least two participants, a giver and a receiver. You might recall a time when you gave something to someone and they were very pleased with your gift. You felt like a million bucks. Let’s ...
Views: 1194 - THE SIX LAWS OF TRUE HAPPINESS - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2013 from Al InfandeWhat is true happiness? According to the Dalai Lama (1998), "The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. We all are seeking something better in life, therefore the very motion of our life is towards happiness”. It's been suggested by Geneticists and Psychologists that we are all ...
Views: 1194 - Work Life Balance - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2013 from Marta HatterAs responsibilities mount and options narrow, we are inundated with news and evidence concerning changes. Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension may induce a response in us of feeling stress. Stress is a term we use to describe both the physical and psychological state. Experiencing ...
Views: 1194 - Dependent Relationships - Letting Go - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizThose who choose to be dependent on someone else can only mean one thing - they do not want to be responsible for their own well-being. They want and expect YOU to make THEM happy without a second thought toward YOUR well-being. A dependent partner will drain you of your energy just as a ...
Views: 1193 - Order The Perfect Photo Gifts Online - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from Shane MartinThe advances brought about by the spread of digital technology have been felt especially keenly in the world of photography. Not only is it possible to take and keep as many photographs as you wish, but it is also now extremely easy to turn these images into photo gifts ranging from coasters to ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - Outsourced Medical Legal Review Service for the Effective Management of Claims - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2013 from Steve RyderOutsourced medical legal review service is a practical option to ensure hassle-free management of claims. Go for an outsourcing company with the right mix of professionalism and technology. Effective management of medical claims is an important requirement for medico-legal professionals. ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - The Source Of Your Happiness - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Adam BenedettoAwakening the source of your happiness is about letting go of the idea that you are waiting for something or holding yourself back. It is about being present with where you are in life. It is about connecting to your true self and letting yourself be you just as you are. All of these things ...
Views: 1193 - 40 Places to Look for Clutter Now - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2007 from Vicky WhiteClutter is anything unfinished, unused, unresolved, tolerated or disorganized. Clutter is energy constipation! It will bog you down and stop the energy flowing in your life and so affect your prosperity, relationships and well-being. It will stop you having the quality of life you REALLY ...
Views: 1192 - Courage to Change - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2011 from Ernest QuansahArticle Author: Ernest Quansah This is a story about a woman we will call Anne, a thirty-five-year-old woman who concluded that she could never find a man. She determined that loneliness was her fate and thus went as far as accepting it as fact. Her case proves what I have discovered in ...
Views: 1192 - How to Teach Young People About Compassion - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Rebecca HarperNo matter how progressive society becomes, there is always some element of bullying and prejudice that brings us right back to an unwavering constant of love and hatred. Displaying and teaching a child about the various acts of compassion, is a powerful life lesson that will stay with them ...
Views: 1192 - The History of Laughing - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2012 from Chris JenkinsonIt is estimated the average adult laughs around 20 times a day; some fifteen times less than a small child. But what is laughter? Why do we laugh and what affect does it have on ourselves and other people? There have been countless studies into laughter (the study of laughter is actually called ...
Views: 1192(1 vote) - The Rock in Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Jill DoukaBefore a couple of months I passed through a state of shock. I had a health problem that was acting up. I left behind a relationship that I believed had a future. My Greece (which I had made a conscious decision to live in, 5 years previously) was going bankrupt. Daily. I felt like all the ...
Views: 1192 - Creating Your Own Happiness - by Submitted on May 14, 2011 from Adam BenedettoCreating your own happiness is letting go of what is holding it back, for we are all meant to be happy in our lives, living from a place of enjoyment, contentment ,and love. Why then does it feel like sometimes your life is missing this element; why are you without it? It can feel this way and ...
Views: 1191(1 vote) - Happiness grows in a circular motion - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2007 from Laura BushnellIf you are happy and you know it clap your hands! If you are not happy then now is the time to create the life you want. Our natural state is happiness. Sometimes we are not in our soft circular state therefore we are not open to our happiness. Imagine yourself in the center of a circle and ...
Views: 1191 - Laughter And Health- Our Power To Self Heal - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2012 from Rhod JonesAre you aware that laughter and health are very closely connected? Laughter possesses incredible healing powers which can have a profound effect on both the body and the mind Laughter And HealthLaughter and humor have been proven on many levels to be a very effective and powerful tool for ...
Views: 1191 - Law of Attraction: New Years Resolutions that Create Effective Change - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2005 from Lorna Sophia LevyMake resolutions that are more about how you want to be – how you want to relate to the world – than about specific changes in behavior. They should be spiritual goals. Changes in behavior don’t last unless preceded by a change in consciousness. New Years Resolutions, to be effective, must be ...
Views: 1191 - Makeup And Accessories For Black Dresses - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Lever LucasColor dark areas under your the color of eyes and fashion accessories are the best match up for african american dresses. At the same time, you can consider typically the below hints. Shades and colors When it comes to dark colored, it is suited to go for: -Blue or perhaps blue: ...
Views: 1191 - 4 Keys to Lasting Happiness - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Anne DeidreAll too often it can feel as though happy moments come and go, and that what is happening in our outer world determines how happy we feel in life. I believe that the goal in life is to be able to transcend any challenge and move back into our natural state of joy. I also believe that we are ...
Views: 1190 - Bounce Your Way to a Better Sense of Self - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Lori FieldsI was reading a blog today and came across an interesting entry about failure in business. As I read through the entry it made me think about the parallels between failure in business and the type of failure we experience when we don’t live up to our own expectations of self. According to ...
Views: 1190(6 votes) - How to Create a Happy & Authentic Life: Get Clear - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Shannon Short, The SPARK! Coach -"Getting Real is a very real thing and a very vital part of being successful and happy in our life and in our work." The above quote is from my article "7 Steps to Creating a Happy & Authentic Life," where we talked about what it means to Get Real and introduced the 7 Simple Truths for ...
Views: 1190 - How to Protect You and Your Children from West Nile Virus - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2004 from Susan DunnTAKE THE MOSQUITO-BAIT QUIZ: Who is most likely to get bit by mosquitoes? a. Tom, who goes jogging at dawn in his shorts and tank top. b. Mary, who sprays her hair, puts on deodorant, perfume, sunscreen, and her sharp-but-scanty black patio dress, and heads for a late afternoon lawn party, ...
Views: 1190(1 vote) - Reviews On How To Make A Party Entertainment Worth Attending - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Tracy NarvaezProviding a party entertainment is a nice way of having a lively party. The faction in question may not be interesting if a mean of entertainment is not availed in the scene. With provision of some sort of amusement in the celebration, be it a birthday, graduation, a promotion or any other kind, ...
Views: 1190 - The Promised Land - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2006 from Jimmy RoosWhen the Israelites heard that God was going to take themto the promised land they were excited as I'm sure you wouldbe too. The road to the promised land however turned out notto be, what they expected. They expected to be taken therespeedily and in comfort, but instead the road took ...
Views: 1190 - Calvary Is Here - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2013 from Adrienne FikesSomething I saw and then heard myself telling someone the other day that touched me: “I know it’s really attractive to think that [name] is coming to help you or save you from this situation. We all want to be cared for so I get that. I need you to hear and really understand that there is NO ...
Views: 1189 - Living in Duality vs. Living in Neutrality - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2019 from Sylvie OlivierA concrete example of the impact of judgment and compassion in our lives. *** If you would like to fully benefit from this article, I’d invite you to read the first two articles of this series entitled: ‘’The impact of judgment in our lives’’ and ‘’The True Nature of ...
Views: 1189 - Stress Mechanics - The Business of Health - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Samantha GowingSTRESS MECHANICS – TIME FOR A TUNE UP The 21st Century has brought with it remarkable research into health and the healing process. Contrarily, stress-related illnesses are escalating across the globe. Multiple episodes of negative-stress reactions have a direct link to such illnesses as: low ...
Views: 1189(4 votes) - 10 Things To Do Before I Die - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2008 from Bernie DahlAlthough I am now finishing up my seventh decade of a most exciting and fulfilled life, I am planning for the future, as I do every January. I take this exciting trip of the mind, soul, and body, in spite of two malignancies and a pair of knee prostheses, and in the spirit of George Bernard Shaw ...
Views: 1188 - A Life Changing Diagnosis - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2013 from Joanne DufaultTwo years ago, my life changed dramatically. Although I was diagnosed with a life-long neurological disorder for which there is no cure and no hope for a cure during my lifetime, my life is better than it was before the diagnosis. Of course, you are wondering HOW my life could be ...
Views: 1188(3 votes) - How to Manifest Reality - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2006 from Jimmy RoosSo you want to know how to manifest reality, right?Actually you're already doing it. You're creating realityevery second of every minute of every hour of every day.But I suspect you don't like what you are creating. And you know why? Its because you're creating by default.What do I mean by ...
Views: 1188 - A Simple Strategy for Managing ADD - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2003 from Jennifer KoretskyAs an ADD Coach, I usually begin my conversations with new and potential clients by saying, “Tell me about yourself and why you’re looking for coaching.” Most people answer with a long list of their ADD challenges. Very few people answer that they are looking to discover, enhance, or utilize ...
Views: 1187(1 vote) - Finding Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Passia PandoraWe all want to feel happy. Unfortunately, the circumstances of life don't always support our happiness. Issues with money, jobs, health, and relationships frequently steal our happiness. Collectively, we have discovered ways of sidestepping our unhappiness, at least temporarily. Some ...
Views: 1187(2 votes) - Multi Color Funny Bumper Stickers Bring a Smile on Viewers’ Face - by Submitted on May 16, 2012 from Byron WalkerYou are in any business or promotional zone, bumper stickers give a different and unique move to your thoughts, and yes it is really a thing I mostly think about bumper stickers whenever and wherever I see them on the way. Many times they give a big smile and I can’t stop myself from laughing ...
Views: 1187 - Uncertainty And The Creative Space - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2013 from Jude Treder-WolffIn an episode of the classic television series The Twilight Zone, a gangster dies and is greeted by a man in white who introduces him to life in the hereafter by giving the guy absolutely everything he wants. Beautiful women, fabulous food, money, whatever. He asks for crap games and he cannot ...
Views: 1187 - Wake Up In A Good Mood - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2006 from Kathy GatesEvery day is a gift, but some sure don’t seem like it, do they? I often suggest to my clients that they use this higher goal to help them achieve a happier life: “Wake Up In A Good Mood”. Now in order to achieve that, you’ll have to get personal. My waking up in a good mood will be ...
Views: 1187 - 6 Tips On How To Plan A Successful Baby Shower - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2010 from Ron HirsuYou found out you are pregnant and you know that a baby shower will be planned by your friends and close relatives. A baby shower is the perfect way to share with loved ones the fantastic news that a baby will be arriving. Celebrated during the last few months of your pregnancy, your baby ...
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