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- The Best Mental Health Counseling: Seven Steps to Stress-less Success - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Ken Donaldson1) Create a life vision and visit it daily What I mean by a life vision is this: Where are you going? Where are you going in life? And what are you doing all this for? What’s the target? Many people don’t have this target or vision in their lives. They’re just in motion. They don’t ...
Views: 2057(6 votes) - Bad Hair Day... - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Jordan MolotskyHaving a bad day OR ever had one? Ok…I know…rhetorical question…but I’m here to tell you that you ABSOLUTELY can turn any potential bad day into a GOOD DAY by making a few mental tweaks. Think about “one of those days” where nothing seems to go your way. It usually starts off with one bad ...
Views: 823(1 vote) - Want to Impress People in Writing? Use These Five Tips For Workplace Email Etiquette - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Kevin SmullinHave you ever received an email from a co-worker that you couldn't understand? Maybe the email was poorly written or punctuation was not used. What was your impression when you received it? Did you think that they were highly educated? Or did you wonder how they were still employed in spite of ...
Views: 518(1 vote) - Clean Up the Household Clutter and better yourself - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from David LogoWith so much stuff that the average household accumulates throughout the years it starts to become a hassle and extremely stressful trying to dig through all the old items to find the item you were looking for only to realize that its outdated and not useful to you any more. So to improve ...
Views: 559(1 vote) - A Second Honeymoon with your PC - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2014 from Linda GrayI’ve just recently taken to switching off my computer during the day. No, I’m not ill, I just needed a change. So determined am I to succeed at my internet biz, that I totally switched off. Now, this may seem weird to all you cybernuts out there, but I haven’t left the throng. I’m just taking on ...
Views: 1029(1 vote) - 5 Steps to a Calmer Evening - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2013 from Erin KurtWhether you work outside the house or stay at home full-time, the toughest part of the day is the same: those frantic early evening hours when there are mouths to feed, homework to do, and cranky kids to handle. The trick is to streamline your to-do’s so you can feel calmer and focus on what ...
Views: 1435(1 vote) - How are you Feeling? Prescription for Emotional Healing - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from antoinette giacobbeHow Are You Feeling? Prescription for Emotional Health This article is to introduce people to the basics on how to understand and manage our emotions. Everyone has feelings but not everyone may know what they really are or how to deal with them in conscious productive ways. This ...
Views: 745(1 vote) - Raising Intuitive Children - Who Are They? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Caron GoodeWho Are They? All children have the natural intelligence of intuition (II). Some children are highly skilled or gifted in this talent in the same way that others have a talent for math, music, languages or physical dexterity. Since each of us has a preference in how we relate to the ...
Views: 2690(2 votes) - The Blended Life (Better than Balanced Life) - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2010 from Jane CranstonMy last Competitive Edge Report article “Is the Key Still in Your Ignition?” hit a sweet cord with a number of you and sour note with others. I thought I’d continue the discussion this week by looking back as well as forward. The impetus for the original piece, where I advocated when you take ...
Views: 1664(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: 1470(5 votes) - Mountain or Molehill: Keeping Life in Perspective - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Mary ClaybonSome people these days would say a molehill is a big deal. After all these little pointed mice like creatures can tunnel through our yards and mess up our flower beds in no time. And mountains? They are there to enjoy, to climb, to offer slopes for skiing and hiking trails. Yet the saying, make ...
Views: 2248(2 votes) - Boring Minds, Boring Lives - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Willie HortonOver seventy years of psychological research proves conclusively that we live automatic lives. "Automaticity" is what psychologists call our extremely efficient ability to perform routine tasks without paying attention to them. Stop for a moment to reflect on how much attention you paid, this ...
Views: 2080(7 votes) - 7 Ways for Women to Improve Confidence and Get More Out of Life - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Kate IrwinIt seems almost everyone would like to improve their self confidence. Women have so much to juggle it is all too easy to see why self esteem and self confidence can plummet - it is just not possible to do everything. Here are 7 small things that every woman can do regularly to improve ...
Views: 1562(2 votes) - 5 Common Excuses to NOT Donate to Charity - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from James LeGrandDuring our daily lives or in the midst of extraordinary circumstances, we often come upon worthy causes to donate to. However, because of one of any number of reasons we fail to make the donation. When you give even a little bit to an organization that helps others, you are making a positive ...
Views: 6982(1 vote) - So Many Self Help Books... So Little Change - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Willie HortonI spent a couple of hours recently with a client for whom basically everything has gone wrong over the last couple of years – marriage in a mess, business heading down the tubes, in the middle of a couple of court actions, finances shot – and, seemingly no way out. However, the very first thing ...
Views: 2322(1 vote) - Life & Time - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2010 from Athena KapantasToday I realized that life lives within time and so we have to treat time with respect and not squander it. I was reflecting on the fact that we all have a battery" so to speak with a certain amount of energy. If we are not careful we can waste most of it on unnecessary, irrelevant and ...
Views: 1261(2 votes) - ***How to Find Your 'Real' Speaking Voice in 60 Minutes or Less - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Nancy DanielsRecently, I read an article about improving your voice in 7 days. While I do not agree with the writer’s suggestions or methodology, the truth is that you can actually find your ‘real’ voice in about 1 hour. Admittedly, your ‘real’ voice will not be a habit in only 60 minutes, but one of the ...
Views: 10144(4 votes) - How to Live Life to the Fullest - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from J. AcobEach of us has our own way of life, "indifferences" as they call it. But the reality is that even how different we are and the way we live, there are universal truths, values and principles that are governing our world. These truths are both simple and general that if you try to learn and apply ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - The Story Of Everyone's Life - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2010 from Deb ScottHave you ever found yourself coming accross a blog post you just had to comment on without exploding? I was doing my regular blog searches, and came across one of those, “ask the expert” questions. The problem: Depressed, out of work, lack of family support, financial devastation, health ...
Views: 1783(9 votes) - Winter Driving - 7 Tips To Stay Confident on Icy Roads - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Simon ByholmWhere I live, on the west coast of Finland, winter just arrived with the first real batch of snow. This means slow traffic as many vehicles haven't been switched to snow tires this early in the season. I was doing a 60 mile trip yesterday, mostly on smaller rural roads where the snow is not ...
Views: 1695(3 votes) - The Emotional Impact of the Secrets of Hypnotic Golf - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2010 from Andrew FoggI'm reading a recent New Scientist article talking about the Five emotions you never knew you had and I'm starting to think about how our emotions influence our golf. And they're influencing us every time we play. Now I'm sure that like the rest of us, you're experiencing all sorts of ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - Questions to Quelch Conflict - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2010 from Darcy EikenbergTimes of extreme change--such as those we're living in now--create extreme opportunity. They also create extreme conflict. Opportunity we love; conflict, well, not so much. It's not that conflict is bad--in fact, by challenging the status quo, conflict can help generate fresh new information ...
Views: 946 - How to Achieve Mental Strength by Destroying Inner Obstacles - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Gregg SwansonHow to Achieve Mental Strength by Destroying Inner Obstacles Let’s take a short trip. Close your eyes…well not now, first read the next paragraph. Close your eyes and remember a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change. What happened? Did you go for it ...
Views: 2966 - Courage: Getting Your Fear in Gear - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Rena ReeseCourage is granted to each of us equally, not just firemen, explorers and military heroes. Like a muscle that will atrophy if not exercised, our courage is also strengthened and grows with use. Lucky are the children who have courage breathed into them by parents, teachers and role models ...
Views: 1597 - ***The Best Way to Eliminate Excessive Nasality in Your Speaking Voice - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Nancy DanielsA few years ago, my son’s 7th grade teacher had the strange ability to increase the volume of her voice by means of her nose. While I have worked with thousands of people in voice and presentation skills, this particular ‘skill’ is something I had never heard before and haven’t heard since. ...
Views: 4170 - ***Take the Test to See If Your Speaking Voice Is Plagued by Excessive Nasality - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Nancy DanielsWhen you think of Fran Drescher in her role as The Nanny, what thought first comes to mind? Her beauty or her nasal voice? For many people, their first thought is her whiny voice which, over time, can be quite annoying, even nerve-wracking, for her listeners. While Drescher’s infamous sound ...
Views: 4393 - Law of Attraction Coach Tells You the Way to Get Static From the Line - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Nanette GeigerThe main idea of the Law of Attraction is, all things are energy. By now you've heard that, I suppose. I describe becoming clean and intentional with your vibration as tossing the static off the line. You know, the static you get when you do not have a strong cell phone connection or the ...
Views: 837 - Fatness to Fitness; A new Vision to weight management - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Santosh JalukarFatness to Fitness Dr. Santosh Jalukar In clinical practice some patients ask treatment for putting on weight and many come for reducing the weight. Very few are happy with their own physical state. No doubt that very slim or very obese, both conditions are not healthy. Even then if you look ...
Views: 1443(1 vote) - More on the Art of Living - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from John HainesOur world of distinctions is built on paradigms, on the collective agreement of human-created models. Frankly, many of these models have outworn their welcome; many of them have stayed on the shelf long past their due dates. There are numerous teachers today of something called ‘The Secret’, ...
Views: 1289(2 votes) - The Art of Living Well - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from John HainesWhen we wake up; when we gain the realization of Reality; when we experience the Absolute we experience the Stillness, we experience ourselves, we know who we are. In the Stillness there is no limitation, there is no space or time, no thought and no mind, nothing ever existed; there are no ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - Seven Keys to Leading a Simpler, Happier and Healthier Life - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from John HainesRelease all meaningless activities. Do you need to read the newspaper and listen to or watch the news every day? Is what you read, listen to or watch helping you create a positive attitude and the realization that through your own efforts and positive thinking anything is possible? So often the ...
Views: 1474(1 vote) - My Research and Strategy to Help Myself Prevent Pancreatic Cancer - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Mark Peltier-RobsonPancreatic cancer... that's what killed my grandfather at age 75, my father at age 70, and my childhood friend at age 56. It is considered by many as untreatable. So, I've been doing a great deal of research on the Internet about different ways I can help myself avoid becoming a victim of this ...
Views: 1751(3 votes) - Finding a Soap Maker - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Susan KatchurSome people see many personal care professionals throughout their lives. For instance, many people have a personal hair stylist, manicurist, pedicurist, make-up consultant, and more. Some people, also, have a personal goat milk soap maker. Finding this person can be very important and ...
Views: 902(2 votes) - Going From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2010 from William CottringerGoing From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth By Bill Cottringer “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.” ~anonymous. The common purpose of life for us all seems to be ...
Views: 1671(2 votes) - Affordable Skin Care Secrets - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2010 from Susan KatchurFinding affordable skin care products, in these tough economic times, may be difficult for some but not for others. To save costs, some people want to maintain their own skin care at home, without paying the high costs of products or personal skin care treatment at regular department stores, ...
Views: 1030(1 vote) - Goat Milk Soap - Homemade Soap Recipe - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Susan KatchurYou can make your own handcrafted natural soap! Making homemade soap takes work and making goat milk soap is a little more work because you do not want your milk to scorch, but the benefits are well worth the extra effort. Some commercial soap have chemicals that irritate skin, leave soapy ...
Views: 1499(1 vote) - 6 Steps to a Clutter-free Computer and a More Productive You - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from Pat HeydlauffAccording to the National Association of Professional Organizations, research shows a direct correlation between productivity and clutter. When clutter and chaos are on the rise, profits and productivity decline. While the mantra of the day may be "go paperless" that doesn't mean your ...
Views: 1905(2 votes) - Living the Dream - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from Willie HortonOne of my clients, a well-known solicitor, recently introduced me to her partners by saying “Willie is living the dream!” She was referring to my living in high the French Alps, where myself and my wife moved five years ago with our three children – a better quality of life, skiing in winter, ...
Views: 1925(17 votes) - Solve Problems Like a Genius - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from James LeGrandGenius level thinking is not reserved only for highly mentally gifted. Geniuses have a system for how to work through problems, which they may or may not be conscious of. Once you learn the system, you can use it to solve problems the way geniuses do. The difference between them and you is ...
Views: 4952(11 votes) - A New Year and a New Life, how to make our resolutions stick? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from John Ryder, PhDA New Year and a new life. That's why it is important to make resolutions that you intend to accomplish THIS YEAR! Whatever you decide to add to your list, big goals or small ones setting things up right is essential for you to succeed. Here are the secrets for you to make resolutions that ...
Views: 1350 - Creating Your Personal Theme and Resolutions for the New Year – Part I - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Joanna LindenbaumEach December, many of us begin making our New Year's resolutions – lists of juicy and not-so-juicy goals we'd like to achieve over the year. We promise ourselves things like "lose 10 pounds," "create a loving relationship," "take a trip to Costa Rica," or "eat less sweets." Often we accomplish ...
Views: 1468(3 votes) - What Is Emotional Dependency? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Margaret PaulAre you emotionally dependent? You might want to go through this checklist.__I cannot feel lovable and worthy without another's approval. __I need a lot of attention from certain people to feel that I am okay. __I don't trust my own feelings. I need others' to validate my feelings. __I am afraid ...
Views: 9467(7 votes) - Embodying Your Energy - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Ken Stofft, MA, CSBTo embody one's life takes courage and deep breathing. Breathing into your belly = relaxing = full pleasure experiences. Yoga or Buddha breathing, which any vocalist knows well, means to breath into the belly instead of the shallow, militaristic style which most men, at least, have been ...
Views: 1526(3 votes) - Embodying Your Energy - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Ken Stofft, MA, CSBTo embody one's life takes courage and deep breathing. Breathing into your belly = relaxing = full pleasure experiences. Yoga or Buddha breathing, which any vocalist knows well, means to breath into the belly instead of the shallow, militaristic style which most men, at least, have been ...
Views: 1526(3 votes) - Veggie Trivia - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Deborah McIncrowTypically, however not always, complaints and concerns regarding this food group surface more often from numerous Lovely Ladies than any of the other food groups in our repertoire. The usual comments boil down to tasteless selections, queries as to their use and questions noting their flavor ...
Views: 2008(5 votes) - One New Habit - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Renee UrsemHappy New Year! Each year brings the possibility of change. Even though we can make changes at any point in the year, each January we start out the year with a list of good intentions. Yet, 30 days later, most of our well-laid plans for change have been set aside. We try to make too many ...
Views: 1261(2 votes) - Authentic Living - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Ann Ronan, Ph.D.What does authentic living mean to you? The end of the year is a great time to look inside and give some thought to the topic. An authentic woman (or man) brings an air of assurance, calm, poise, peace to a room or situation. They are living in congruency...meaning their words and actions ...
Views: 1068(1 vote) - ***How Voice Training Can Aid in Accent Reductions - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Nancy DanielsAs a voice specialist, I have known for many years that a good voice improvement course can be an excellent means of accent reduction. Yesterday, I received an email from a Taiwanese man studying in Boston. His 1st language is Mandarin Chinese; and, he has been enrolled in an accent reduction ...
Views: 3296(1 vote) - 3 Secrets to Getting Your Child to Transition From One Activity to Another - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2013 from Erin KurtHave you ever told your child that it's time to go somewhere or do something else and their response was either to ignore you or yell at you? There are ways to avoid this and make the transition from activity to activity easy and smooth. In order for your children to feel comfortable and ...
Views: 1582(2 votes) - Taking Time To Think About Time - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Gian Fiero |Time is not tangible, but yet we all feel its effects as we age. Time passes you by while you are standing still or when running at full speed. You can't outrun time; it's too fast and tireless. Time waits for no one. Some people try to save time, but time can't be saved like money. Money can ...
Views: 1567(1 vote) - Sure Short Way To Success - ISAT Tutor New York - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2010 from Hugh GoldsmithCompetitions are a crucial aspect of any individual’s life, particularly if you have set big goals to attain in the world. The first and foremost step to make it big and having a successful career is getting admitted in a well reputed institution or college in the United States of America. You ...
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