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- How to Take Inspired Action - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from Ruth HegartyI often write about the role of focus and vision in manifesting your dreams of effortless success. I know that folks are so often anxious to take action - and I’m all for taking action, even MASSIVE action - BUT (and I know all my clients know I usually forbid the use of the word “but”) BUT, ...
Views: 1296 - To Boldly Gonzo - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRemember diagramming sentences? I never liked the clinical way grammar teachers used to hack off parts and slash lines though thoughts, turning them into something eerily similar to algebraic equations. I recall even then a physical urge to run up and rescue bold adverbs from the discomfiture of ...
Views: 613 - Don't Give Up on Your Dreams! - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor over 4 years, I walked around in the world thinking that I was likely infertile. One Sunday morning a few months ago, I prayed. I thanked God for "bringing me to a place of peace in my journey, that if I was not meant to have my own children that I have at least found the beautiful children ...
Views: 675 - March to the Beat of Your Own Drum - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Brian NicolettiYour focus for the month is to "march to the beat of your own drum". In other words, don't follow the crowd! Doing this takes a lot of courage. At the same time, it will foster a lot more freedom, success and excitement in your life. The fact is, it's only when you march to the beat of your own ...
Views: 3036 - Go For Your Big Dreams! - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Brian NicolettiRemember when you were a kid and felt you could set the world on fire? Millionaire? Sure. Hollywood star? Of course! Astronaut? Easy. Best-selling author? No problem. World traveler? Start packing. So what happened? Where are you now? Are you living the life you thought you'd lead? ...
Views: 925 - Act In Spite of Your Mood! - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Brian Nicoletti"I don't 'feel' like it", is a common chant we often say to ourselves or to others when we're tired, not in the mood, or simply procrastinating. No doubt feelings are important and need to be acknowledged, yet at the same time, they often prevent us from taking the action we need to take, at the ...
Views: 1023 - How Do Women Measure Self Worth? - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDoes someone else need to acknowledge your worth to make it real? Do you crave outside affirmation of your value? Did we get a disproportionate amount of so-called worth from the "powers that be" because we're females, or are we generally insecure by nature about this issue? If we're basically ...
Views: 741 - Why Was I Born? (A Poem) - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI looked for my true calling I looked for my true purpose What I am supposed to do on the planet why was I born? and I asked the question deep inside me beyond logic, beyond thought, deep in the bowels of the space where I connect to the universe where I can be thrown into the raging ...
Views: 923 - Uncover and Shine a Light on Your Buried Life - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Nicola Bunting"The Buried Life," by Matthew Arnold This poem articulates the profound truths of our heart and soul, that often, sadly, bear so little relation to the superficial happenings and conversations of our days. It invites us to be true to who we really are, to share our genuine self with those we ...
Views: 1243 - The Independent Thinker - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am drawn to Sri Aurobindo because he was an independent thinker and did most of his spiritual work on his own. On my spiritual journey I have been a bit of a loner, always sidestepping teachers who told me what to do or how to think. It is not that I do not want instruction, but I have never ...
Views: 1243 - Doing the Best You Can - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt isn’t always easy to meet the expectations we hold ourselves to. We may find ourselves in a situation such as just finishing a relaxing yoga class or meditation retreat, a serene session of deep breathing, or listening to some calming, soul-stirring music, yet we have difficulty retaining our ...
Views: 650 - The Many Faces of Connie Culp - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSeveral years ago when I was studying abroad in Singapore, I happened to be walking out of the bathroom of a public restaurant when I bumped into an Indian man who had white, irregular blotches on his entire face and body. It all happened so quickly, and my immediate reaction was to close my ...
Views: 983 - Elizabeth Edwards and Us: Lessons in Resilience - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsElizabeth Edwards' new memoir, Resilience, is about to be released in a few days. Her publisher, Broadway Books, says Edwards has written "an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life's biggest challenges." If anyone is qualified to write on ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - The Biology of Belief - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy dog died this morning. He was a small, black, mixed-breed, part Chihuahua, perhaps part miniature pinscher. I adopted him five years ago after someone dropped him off at a pet shop in South Miami Beach. The owners gave him to their parents, who are my friends, and I fell for his hyperactive ...
Views: 1114 - The Abundant Life - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Larnette PhillipsMost of us, as humans, aspire to achieve what is often referred to as the abundant life. An abundant life embraces abundance in its every form, not just in the acquiring of material possessions or financial gain. True abundance crosses many borders—when one has true abundance, one has peace, a ...
Views: 1240(1 vote) - Getting off the Hamster Wheel, or Living an Intentional Life - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA little while ago I had an "AHA" moment. Actually it was more of a "shower-of-bricks-on-the-head" moment. I realized that my life had become a flurry of tasks over which I gave little thought. I was back on the hamster wheel, spinning constantly and getting nowhere. Late last year, during a ...
Views: 709 - A Hundred Monkeys - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEmu was a monkey. She lived on a small island with about a hundred of her kind. Barely visible on the horizon were other islands with more monkeys. She never saw them, nor did they ever see her. But they were of the same species and shared similar lives and behaviors. Of course, it was not her ...
Views: 1150(1 vote) - We're All on the Yellow Brick Road - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Glenn BergerSeveral years ago, I spent six months providing psychotherapy for inmates at the local county jail. Most were drug addicts; all of them had a heart. I had a close relationship with one wise felon, whom I will call Chris. I could see through Chris’s orange prison suit that he had a huge stiff ...
Views: 1415 - The Upside of an Economic Downturn: Eight Ways to Conquer Crisis - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Janet Perez EcklesBrief summary: Help to overcome economic downturns, emotional tornados, and financial troubles. “The Upside of an Economic Downturn: Eight Ways to Conquer Crisis” Janet Perez Eckles “I dread doing this,” I said, heaving a long sigh, “but we can’t put it off any longer.” I wrinkled my ...
Views: 1046 - Uncover and Shine a Light on Your Buried Life - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Nicola BuntingThis poem articulates the profound truths of our heart and soul, that often, sadly, bear so little relation to the superficial happenings and conversations of our days. It invites us to be true to who we really are, to share our genuine self with those we love, even though it can be scary, ...
Views: 1006 - Owning Your Mastery – Now is the Time! - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2013 from Dr Kelli - The Angel Whisperer®This year is a master number 11 and as such we are coming into our own mastery this year, dear ones. A time to release and let go of all unnecessary items, past issues or anything that may be holding your vibration in a lower frequency. This year’s masters vibration has a lot of people wondering ...
Views: 1647(8 votes) - The Dark Truth About Our Pain - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor the last few weeks, I have been on a radio tour for the release of the paperback edition of Why Good People Do Bad Things. In my interviews, I keep hearing the same questions. Why did you write this as your sixth book? Why is this important to understand? Why do we do bad things? Why do we ...
Views: 699 - Susan Boyle's Gift - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am one of the nearly forty-nine million You Tube viewers who have watched Susan Boyle, the unemployed cat owner from Scotland, blow away the audience of Britain's Got Talent. Before she takes the stage we learn that Boyle is 47, never married, never kissed, spends her days with Pebbles the ...
Views: 951 - How Daily Inspiration Can Help Your Self Motivation - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Cameron CarterAre you lacking the motivation to meet your goals? Don't get discouraged. Many people feel this way. The biggest problem with motivation is people have to feel inspired to go out and find motivation. It could also be that they are waiting for something magical to happen which will make them ...
Views: 1076 - Seasons of Change: The Law of Rhythm - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Charlene MurphyI’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Everything is either growing or it’s dying.” It’s a simple expression that sums up the Universal Law of Rhythm, which states that the energy in the universe is like a pendulum. When something swings to the right, then it must swing to the left. Everything in ...
Views: 2569(1 vote) - The Current Flows Endlessly - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaThe morning I wrote this, I woke up like I usually do to a radio alarm clock—and the talk show host told me that Paul Harvey had died at 90 years of age, after a radio broadcasting career of 70 years. A true icon, he's been on the radio much longer than most of us, myself included, have even ...
Views: 672 - Blueprint for Emotional Balance - by Submitted on May 05, 2009 from Lily MarsEven in the best of times, life can be challenging. Sometimes failing health or loss of a job may be at the root of our concerns. Other times it may be smaller things, such as feeling left out, being criticized or feeling judged by others that sends us for a loop. And that’s the focus of this ...
Views: 909 - WakeUpLive.com presents: Life is a Journey, Not a Destination - by My life has seen very few failures. However, the biggest failure was mediocrity.
I was brought up in the congested, yet middle class, surroundings in the coastal city of Madras in India. Since the time of my birth, my life seemed already to have been choreographed. All middle class kids were ...
Views: 902 - WakeUpLive.com presents: Us and Them - by I came to America when I was 3 years old because of the dreams, hard work, and courage of my father. It was the archetypical “immigrant story”–he arrived in America with $15, not knowing anyone, and eventually succeeded in bringing the rest of our family here from India.
My parents did the ...
Views: 844 - Seven Ways & Seven Days to Renew Your Life - by Submitted on May 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesTo renew and reinvent our lives, WE NEED A PLAN! Here it is: a seven-day process to work with over and over. This plan incorporates physical, mental and spiritual work. Use the whole seven-day process, or choose any one of the days to work with as you create the life you want. DAY 1: ...
Views: 1297 - The Profit of Pain - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Carole HerderWe have all experienced the death of a loved one, the heartbreak of loving someone who doesn’t love you back, debilitating sickness or a various variety of accidents. We feel hard done by and wonder “why me”? We think that to have gratitude for these trials is a vocation relegated to the likes ...
Views: 1098 - Living with Power in the Present -- Lessons from Nature - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Dr. Mary Beth FordNature is an eloquent teacher. We learn from nature the power of living in the present. Time alone in nature helps us calm a jittery mind and pay attention to the moment. It restores our inner peace. We deepen our experience of the Divine. We feel a sense of expansion beyond the ordinary ...
Views: 2400(4 votes) - We're All On The Yellow Brick Road - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Glenn BergerSeveral years ago, I spent six months providing psychotherapy for inmates at the local county jail. Most were drug addicts; all of them had a heart. I had a close relationship with one wise felon, whom I will call Chris. I could see through Chris’s orange prison suit that he had a huge stiff ...
Views: 1044 - You Live in Interesting Times - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaBoy, these are hard times. You're hearing it everywhere you go—and it's gotten to a point where these talk shows are teaching people how to survive, just like they might be teaching them how to improve their golf swing, or their tennis swing, or how to safely put their babies in daycare while ...
Views: 699 - Acceptance vs. Surrender - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2009 from Eileen LichtensteinI spent yesterday and this AM with a friend who was given medical results 2 days ago that her (cervical) cancer is terminal. She laughingly refers to herself as “the bag lady”, as she’s had kidney problems on this journey and also has a wrapped leg due to lyphodema. She’s in so much better ...
Views: 2212(1 vote) - The Road to Global Peace - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Craig LockIn the light of the current state of the world (and after the assassination of Benadir Bhutto) here are a few personal thoughts that may be of interest, based on the "rather miraculous" transformation of South Africa. From one time "pariah" apartheid state wracked by violence and conflict... to ...
Views: 969 - Staying On Course - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from John AOV“A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.” Having just returned from China, I can quote Confucius, who said, "A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step." Mark Twain once said, "Even if you are on the right path, you’ll get run over if you just sit ...
Views: 806 - Driving Through A Blizzard - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from John AOVThere are many obstacles on the road to success, but your job is to use them as stepping-stones and to persist until you succeed. Twelve feet of snow fell in upstate New York in February. Throughout the winter, there were freak storms that dumped huge amounts of snow throughout the Midwest and ...
Views: 777 - True or False? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from John AOV‘extreme hiking’ Last October, while I was training to climb Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft) I made a 10-hour hike up and down Mt. Gorgonio in the San Bernardino National Forest. This was my eighth full day of hiking to get my legs in shape for the 15-hour hike up Whitney, 22 miles there and back, ...
Views: 791 - The Art of Inspiration - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhat exactly is inspiration? We often talk about being inspired—inspired to do something, a feeling of inspiration: “I felt inspired.” We speak about inspiring people: “She’s an inspiring speaker.” The word inspire comes from the word spirit, the Latin spîritus, meaning breath, which was ...
Views: 791(2 votes) - God Works In Mysterious Ways - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from LORDIEL PALMERJune 22nd, 1993 … A day so profound, a day that is forever etched in my mind and yet continues to change with time. I was a registered nurse and mother of four children and had achieved a goal that would allow me to see the world as a traveling nurse. I only had two weeks to go before ...
Views: 1587 - Turnip Greens and Cornbread - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Amanda HayesNo buffet at lunchtime in South Georgia is complete without turnip greens and cornbread. They are Southern staples. They are Southern delicacies. In this area, a meal can hardly be prepared without them. Furthermore, you just can’t eat one without the other! I can’t deny it; I’m just a ...
Views: 1713 - Bloom Where You're Planted - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Amanda HayesA couple of years ago, I ran across this saying, “Bloom where you’re planted.” Immediately, the wheels in my mind began to turn. I don’t know that this phrase was spiritual in its beginnings, but I automatically began to think about how the Bible instructs us to be “fruitful”. I began to ...
Views: 15837(1 vote) - Purpose, Passion, and Partnership™: Discovering God's Dream for Our Lives - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Judy Peterson"I am come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10 It has been said that nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and that living with purpose is the only way to really live. Conversely, nothing can compensate for not knowing that purpose. ...
Views: 2311 - According to Love - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Monica UnderwoodWhilst I’ve been around on Planet Earth, I’ve made quite a mess. How about you? My name is Monica. It means “counsellor” and I’ve been counselling people one way or another all my life. Counselling is all very well. I’ve tried to be a good one, but maybe it would have been better if I’d ...
Views: 1113(4 votes) - ***Awaken Your Spirit, Express Your Passions - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Karen Mehringer, MAThere is a powerful vital life force energy that resides within each of us. Like a raging river, this vital energy needs a channel to flow and be fully expressed. When we allow it to move through us for example with our writing, artwork, or music…by expressing our passions, we allow the river of ...
Views: 4186(6 votes) - ***Living a Purposeful Life - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Karen Mehringer, MASurrounded by royal blue water extending beyond the horizon in all directions, no land in sight, I gaze at the path of diamonds dancing on the ocean’s surface. The sun radiating on my skin feels like a warm cashmere sweater. It is August 19, 1998, and I am on my first ocean passage of a ...
Views: 4725(4 votes) - ***Creating Infinite Possibilities - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Karen Mehringer, MA“Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson There is a tendency when catastrophic events happen for ...
Views: 2050(1 vote) - Easy Energy Meditation to Find Your Center - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Rebecca SheldonEverything in this world is made of energy. The computer in front of you, the chair you are sitting on, your very own body are all examples of energy. In our western society, we are often not taught about our system, let alone how to work with it for our own well-being. This easy energy exercise ...
Views: 5940 - A Day That Changed My Life Forever - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Lordiel PalmerJune 22nd, 1993 … A day I will never forget. A day edged in my mind but continues to change with time. I was an RN working in critical care and I had decided to become a travel nurse and had only two weeks to go before my son Dishan, daughter Barbara-lee and myself would leave to start our ...
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