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- Whining and Connection Theory - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Shelle Rose CharvetThe weather has been unusually bad this summer. Either rain or it’s too hot. Or too humid. And summer doesn’t last very long anyway. The price of gas goes up on long weekends. And don’t get me started on the dollar! When it hit + 10 percent over the US dollar last year I lost a huge amount on my ...
Views: 1663(7 votes) - Handling the Three Demons with magic - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from Vic WilliamsOn our way to magic, we're going to catch a glimpse of the three demons. As we do so, please notice how they interact with the three main ways we envision things. The first way we envision things is as if things have closed in around us. Second comes fighting with things, in an 'anti' pattern. ...
Views: 1651(6 votes) - Personal Development - Get Out of Your Trance State! - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Willie HortonThe normal mind is anaesthetized. I’ve come across people who do things they know they shouldn’t be doing but they appear not to be able to help it. I know people who insist on reading every single email the moment it arrives even though they’re supposed to be in the middle of something ...
Views: 5911(6 votes) - The Bright Side of Entitlement - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2013 from Layne SchmidtDid you grow up thinking Entitlement was a dirty word? Are you uncomfortable with individuals who walk around with a strong sense of it? Some of the things I grew up hearing about “entitled” people were that they were full of themselves, too big for their britches or their heads were too big. ...
Views: 1284(6 votes) - Freedom Is - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Samantha JohnsonNon-attachment is your invitation to soar in complete freedom. Attachment to outer things is not the only attachment we have in our lives. There is a subtler, equally powerful but more insidious attachment that happens in our inner lives – attachment to our thoughts, our acquired knowledge and ...
Views: 1471(5 votes) - "But I CAN'T Give Up My Driving" - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Matt GurwellThis is Part 3 of a 5 part series addressing the delicate issue of asking an elderly parent to retire from their driving career. In our previous article "Giving Up the Keys…Who Should Do the Talking?” we discussed “who” should actually participate in the conversation of driving cessation. ...
Views: 1619(4 votes) - Can There be Free Will While Functioning from the Conditioned Mind? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe conventional concept is that human beings have free will and that they can make any decision by it unhindered by other things. This is true only within a limited sphere of awareness. When the perspective expands, we see a totally different actuality. The human mind is conditioned by ...
Views: 2914(4 votes) - Countering the Rising Tide of Teen Dishonesty - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Mark GregstonStudies show that teenagers today are lying more. They are cheating and stealing more, too. The latest Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, shows teens are lying more often and more easily than ever. The report indicates an increase in lying, ...
Views: 2231(4 votes) - Healing Miracles: How a Mother’s Love Helped Her Blind Son SEE - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Zeeva International aka Zeeva Natasha ZazhinneEveryone thinks once you’re blind, you’re blind. That’s it. A permanent condition. When I was blind, they told me it was forever. The doctors told me so. The Braille Institute told me so. They all said “Accept, adjust, and learn to live in the world as best you can.” I became blind due to ...
Views: 2872(4 votes) - How to be Wealthy - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Willie HortonNormal people are obsessed with money and ways and means of getting their greedy little hands on it. The vast majority of self-help websites focus on making money, trebling your income, achieving financial freedom, becoming “wildly wealthy – fast”. They simply feed the normal frenzy for more ...
Views: 1753(4 votes) - Life’s been giving us wake up calls - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from ray borjaSo here we are caught up in the midst of an upheaval in our lives. Our marriage is dissolving. Our house is no longer our home. The light of our relationship that once was a beacon in our lives leading us into the safe shores of contentment, has burnt out. And we are left alone, arms crossed ...
Views: 1398(4 votes) - Observing and Learning from Nature...The Tao Te Ching - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Stephen MonahanTao Te Ching: Verse 76 A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the way of death. The gentle and yielding ...
Views: 4718(4 votes) - One Man’s Reflections on Oprah Winfrey's Impact - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Nathaniel WilliamsLife can be challenging. Oprah Winfrey allowed us different “lenses” in which to examine this challenging life through. We are appreciative of this on many levels. Her entrée to the entertainment industry allowed several barriers to be removed and Oprah has continued to remove the darkness ...
Views: 2799(4 votes) - Thoughts, Food, Wine and Bubble Wrap - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Veronica DrakeOh No, not another self help ANALytical article – nah, I will never be that kind of writer. This piece of work is my platform to exercise my freedom of speech and if it touches someone in a profound way that is the proverbial icing on the cake! I am going to tell you straight up that I am ...
Views: 1752(4 votes) - You Are Programmed to Be Stuck - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghThere seem to be two kinds of people in this world. There are those who, when they want something to occur, they roll up their sleeves and do their best to make it happen. Let’s call these folks entrepreneurs. And then there are those who, when they want the very same thing, wait for someone ...
Views: 1301(4 votes) - You Have What It Takes To Be a Successful Real Estate Investor - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2011 from Kurt WellsYou have probably heard it from the naysayers... now get it from a yea-sayer. You Do Have What It Takes To Be a Successful Real Estate Investor! If you have ever read a book or listened to real estate investing guru, you have heard them begin by telling you how they got started. The ...
Views: 885(4 votes) - 101 Life Hints - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Robin Roberts1. Not everyone is going to like you…..get over it 2. Stuff is going to happen….deal with it 3. Faith is not what you hold onto but what you are prepared to let go off 4. Ignorance is thinking you know, arrogance is believing you know and enlightenment is admitting you don’t know 5. Man who ...
Views: 2021(3 votes) - An Inner Compass - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Laurel Clark“Be still and know that I AM God,” counsels the Bible. Whether we are religious or not, this is wise counsel most needed in our age of ADD and multi-tasking. Many people do not cause their minds to be still until they experience some shocking event that arrests their attention. This is ...
Views: 1779(3 votes) - Approaching Life - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghHappiness is the direct result of a choice. An agreement, between you and you. If you aren’t happy now, it’s because you have not made this choice, this agreement with yourself. The question is, “Why not?” Many people simply do not understand this basic rule of life. Apparently, nobody told ...
Views: 2552(3 votes) - Being Proud of You! - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowBeing Proud; allowing yourself to be full of pride and pleased with your accomplishments goes a long way toward making yourself feel happy, uplifting your spirits and setting the stage for you to continue on with your journey toward your hopes and desires for living a healthier, more fulfilling ...
Views: 2590(3 votes) - Caregiving from Inner Beauty and Sexuality - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Betty LouiseHave you always been a caregiver in your family? Many women live this role of caregiver from a very young age. That was certainly my story, and I have no blame or upset with my parents for how this played out in my life, however I am aware of the impact of my falling into this role since I was ...
Views: 1519(6 votes) - Competition, whether in sports or in life, we all compete, but what is acceptable? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2010 from Philip TaylorI am competing right now, I am writing an article about competing in order for me to be noticed. We compete nearly all of the time; competition is good for us, without it we would not evolve, we could not better ourselves, sporting records could not be broken and products would not be enhanced. ...
Views: 2187(3 votes) - Having a Positive Self-Image - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Philip SchembraYou control your destiny. If you understand that important fact, you’ll learn the greatest results come from creating and maintaining a positive self-image. Self-image reflects the visualization you have of yourself and develops from past events and future expectations. As you build and ...
Views: 3855(3 votes) - How to use Anger to reach your Life Purpose? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Nil CelenEvery emotion triggers different reaction or decision of us. The emotions we feel can change our decisions. Some emotions can make us avoid something or some can force us to reach for it. This is an important effect when we are making decisions. If we want to make decisions consciously we must ...
Views: 1586(3 votes) - Imitation......The Sincerest Form of Flattery? | Kathryn Crawford Wheat - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Kathryn WheatImitation is the sincerest form of flattery? A phrase we have heard many times. First said by Charles Caleb Colton, it’s usually used in an ironic or sarcastic tone. Meant to convey that while you are annoyed that you have been copied, you recognize the fact that whoever has copied you is ...
Views: 2707(6 votes) - It Doesn't Work if You Don't Do It - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Vicki LeinWe all find activities that make a big difference in our lives. If we write gratitude lists every day, we notice an increase in our enjoyment of life. Or if we walk on a regular basis we notice we have more energy and our mood is uplifted. Then, for unknown reasons, we quit doing what we ...
Views: 1295(3 votes) - Personal Success: Managing Your Energy - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Willie HortonOur world, our entire universe and, indeed, your own daily life operates like a big energy-exchange machine. Ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum physics has begun to confirm just how this energy actually works. But, for starters, we already know that everything is made up of ...
Views: 2459(3 votes) - Record Breaking Memory Tips You’ll Never Want To Forget - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Marie O'RiordanHow frustrated have you felt when you’ve forgotten something or somebody’s name? Texan, Ron White, officially has one of the best memories on the Planet and he would tell you right this instant to ‘stop saying you have a terrible memory!’ In an exclusive face-to-face interview at Life ...
Views: 1653(3 votes) - Review: A Struggle to Walk with Dignity: The TRUE story of a Jamaican-born Canadian - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Norm GoldmanAuthor: Gerald A. Archambeau ISBN: 978-0-9784982-0-7 Publisher: Blue Butterfly Books You probably never heard of Gerald A. Archambeau, author of A Struggle to Walk with Dignity: The TRUE story of a Jamaican-born Canadian, however, after reading his autobiography, you will have to admit ...
Views: 2115(3 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: 1881(3 votes) - Weaving The Web - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2013 from Tina TessinaOprah Winfrey opened her school in South Africa in January, and was both praised and criticized. The criticism was that she was spending too much money on too few girls, because her school was lavish, free, and could only accommodate less than 200 girls. Aside from the fact that Oprah is ...
Views: 1597(3 votes) - What I Learnt From My 50 Different Jobs (Hint: Only Do What You Love) - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Denise Duffield-ThomasA Jill-of-All-Trades from a young age, I've had more than 50 jobs in my life - mainly because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd test them all! I had serious angst about my "purpose" and wandered through these jobs hoping for a bolt of inspiration to hit me. I also had a ...
Views: 1080(3 votes) - When Your Daughter Goes To College: The Biggest Lesson A Parent Can Learn! - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2011 from Saskia RoellAs I wake up this morning, I can't believe it’s really happened. It almost feels surreal. The house feels empty and so do I. When I walk into the bathroom, the emptiness strikes me like an unexpected punch in the stomach. I don’t stumble over hairdryers, make-up, or piles of laundry. All ...
Views: 2623(3 votes) - YOUTH/PARENT CONNECTION - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from margareth garnier simonYOUTH/PARENT CONNECTION I don’t think anything is more thrilling in a woman’s life than giving birth to another human being. Oh yes, it really feels like a miracle! The only problem is that the little precious angel grows fast and no one, absolutely no one, knows how best to raise that ...
Views: 1222(3 votes) - The Transition From Fitness to Yoga and Why I Stayed with Yoga - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Deborah CaruanaThe Transition From Fitness to Yoga and Why I Stayed with Yoga After 10 yrs of no yoga I started to practice again. Deciding yoga was the missing ingredient to the hard-core cardio and weight training I was into. Unfortunately 10yrs of workouts had tightened up my muscles and joints and all ...
Views: 1302(5 votes) - Attracting a Dream Relationship Using a Vision Board - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Barbara PellegrinoAttracting a relationship using a vision board is a hot topic. Today, Mothers day, I was very happy remembering this huge blessing, that manifested for me in 1994, in the area of dream relationships. I still love rejoicing in the "tipping point' / quantum leap that has brought me to this day ...
Views: 10524(2 votes) - Be In The Moment - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2011 from Frances LucasDays are not just made up of mornings, afternoons and evenings. They are moments of time in our lives that we choose to do certain things. We work, we spend time with our family and friends, we worship. These moments in time are not to be taken advantage of. Each thing we do is something we can ...
Views: 1235(2 votes) - Dealing with Fear and Negative Self Talk - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Carolyn Townes"NOW is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating." ~ Sam ...
Views: 1970(2 votes) - Delayed Gratification - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Ted CiubaDelayed gratification. That's a phrase that few people like to hear—we are the "give it to me and give it to me now" generation. Literally, we don't often think along the terms of "grow” rich. We want to start a business and have it do what Google did. Everybody wants that. But can you plan on ...
Views: 1802(2 votes) - Do You Have a Moment for a New Perspective? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jeffrey SchoenerIt has often been said that life is but a series of individual moments strung together. When one experiences each moment fully with all of our senses, this is commonly known as living in the ‘Now’, or present time. When we look upon them fondly, we call them memories. When we look upon them ...
Views: 1407(2 votes) - Does Your Family And Friends Support You? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Kasi PhillipsIf you are one of those people who seem to always look at things differently in terms of financial stability or just want more out of life then what you've been programmed to believe then keep reading. Before I decided to become an entrepreneur I took a lot of things into consideration. We ...
Views: 868(2 votes) - Generational (Mis)communications - Things You Never Say to an Older Person - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Linda ThompsonIf you are a young Gen Y working in a multigenerational office, do you know what to and what not to say to your Boomer colleague? First of all, don't ever, ever tell them you are too young to know any Bruce Springsteen songs. Big mistake. Communicating across generations is challenging, at ...
Views: 1343(2 votes) - Guilty as Charged - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Holly AmarandeiI am very familiar with the feeling of guilt. No, I don’t have a terrible secret. Many women experience this feeling as they continue on their journey to better health. They describe themselves as being “good” or “bad”, depending on whether or not they have followed their eating plan for the ...
Views: 1756(2 votes) - How You Are Who You Are - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Willie HortonWe are all victims. Whether we are aware of it or not is entirely a different matter. The facts are, however, as grown adults, we are all a product of the childhood years that shaped who we now believe ourselves to be. During those formative years, our subconscious minds learned about the ...
Views: 2045(6 votes) - How Your Problems Are Like Diamonds - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2011 from Kevin Joseph KleinWhen we think of diamonds, the image that most often comes to mind is that of the valuable crystal clear, sparkling gem mounted in a piece of fine jewelry. They are treasured for their brilliance and, as most of us know, because they are virtually indestructible. It is the hardest substance on ...
Views: 977(4 votes) - Just Another Sales Pitch? You Decide. . . - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Linda ThompsonAn article I recently read about the hotel reservations business caused me to think about how we communicate. The article talked about a "new" service that offered a really great rate for a hotel room on the Internet. However, in order to get that really great rate, you had to pick up the phone, ...
Views: 1490(2 votes) - Serenity through Life's Challenges and Faith - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2009 from Mahindra RajHi everyone, the last month for me, was filled with numerous experiences I perceived as challenges which tested the level of faith I have in my path, process and what I’m doing, and as such I felt compelled to write about this topic. I figure there are many more out there that are going through ...
Views: 2625(2 votes) - Silence - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Johnna ShryackSilence A word so powerful it can bring fear or peace; happiness or loneliness; confusion or understanding. A silent world can be a lonely world. Fear that slowly enters the mind can have a profound impact on the existence in a silent world. A siege of negative emotion can flood a time, ...
Views: 928(2 votes) - Taking Control - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2010 from shayne hammondApproximately 10 years ago, on a freezing July night, the cold, hard, truth hit me like a freight train. NO ONE WAS COMING TO MY RESCUE. On our bedroom floor, my wife was giving birth to our son, he’d come so quickly that we had just called the hospital to tell them we were on our way. ...
Views: 1064(2 votes) - The 5 Everyday Mindsets of Self Sabotage - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Doron AlonSelf sabotage is by far the number one activity that derails our lives. Sure, other people and events can come around that will derail us, but more often than not, we are our worst enemy. Often self sabotage appears subtle, it infects our thoughts so seamlessly that we do not even realize we are ...
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