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- Growing Young Gracefully: the Ayurveda Way - by That first wrinkle.
The realisation that Father Time has just pencilled the first line of age underneath your eyes. Followed by a wistful shrug of acceptance.
Is this how you visualize the day, or rather the moment, of truth?
Picture, instead, this.
It’s your 70th birthday, and the best ...
Views: 1171(1 vote) - Amrit for Life - by “Nectar of Immortality”. “Golden cup of Longevity” “Super anti-oxidant.” These are only some of the encomiums lavished on Maharishi Ayurveda’s herbal food supplement, Amrit. Not surprising, when so many people have so many good things to say about it.
WHAT THE ANCIENT TEXTS SAY
The oldest ...
Views: 1073 - Turning up the heat on Common Cold - by Come Fall, more than maple leaves turn red. Ever noticed how many red-nosed people you see in the stores at this time? Kleenex sales go up, and antihistamines fly off the shelves. Chances are, even as you read this, you're trying to stifle a sniffle.
Take heart--you can win the cold war.
And ...
Views: 1102 - Ghee for good health - by Chhhannnggg?
The sound is familiar-- like a curtain of raindrops descending on a tin roof. I am about to part the curtain and look out of the window, when the aroma floats in. Conjuring images of twilight, soft breeze, the cows coming home-- the bells jingling around their necks?dinner laid ...
Views: 10972(2 votes) - Five Proven Principles for Effective Goals - by Self-help books and psychologists often recommend goal setting as a powerful strategy for self-improvement and personal growth. One study in particular, the “Yale Study of Goals,” is frequently cited by self-help gurus and motivational speakers to illustrate the power of goal setting. As the ...
Views: 1054 - Are Truth and Love in the Stars? Here's what I found out... - by As long as I can remember, I've been looking for truth and love. Truth, because I'm gullible and I have been hurt as a result. Love, because I felt insecure and lonely. I figured that there must be someone I could trust to open myself up to who would not ridicule me. As I looked for truth and ...
Views: 702 - Is YOUR name really that important? - by Just picture yourself wandering around every day with no name. The man from the grocery store says, “Hello…guy that, uhh, bought a candy bar from me.” Your girlfriend comes over, “You want to go out tonight…ummm…guy that I’m dating. Mom dials and says, “You haven’t called in a while…boy… that I ...
Views: 6442 - How to Tell if A Woman is Sexually Attracted to You - by If a single woman is not as sexually interested in you for romance as you are in her, then your relationship has a basic weakness that may be an insolvable problem.
In other words, if you are the only one making sexual advances, if you feel as though it's a battle to get her interested or ...
Views: 13314(5 votes) - Absolutely the Best Way to End a Date With Single Women - by End the date before she does. Example: The evening is winding down. It's pretty obvious that you aren't going to "get lucky" this night for any love, sex, or romance, but you hang on 'till the bitter end hoping that the chance in a million shot will come through. Wrong! Instead you alertly ...
Views: 822 - People Are Not Pegs - by "...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a
work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic
life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the ...
Views: 690 - The Top Ten Steps for Tapping into Courage - by Aristotle believed that courage is the first of human virtues
because it makes the other virtues possible.
Courage is a muscle that can be strong and established
through exercise or it can grow flaccid through lack of use.
Here is an exercise to help you build your courage.
These steps ...
Views: 1247 - It Takes Courage - by "Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out
who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and
courage to get to know who you are and what you want."
-- Sue Bender
How does a person find the time, space, inclination and
direction to understand his or her self and unique ...
Views: 854 - INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP: Creating Work Environments that Work - by We're now in the 21st century. Look around you. Has your work place changed much in the last two months? How about in the last two years?
There are many books today being written about the
mechanization and computerization of the new work environment, but what about the people? What do we need ...
Views: 1070 - What Can You Count On When You Don't Know What To Do? - by Mark called me up about four months ago and said he was in trouble. 48 years old and in his field of work for four and a half years, he was not happy and not achieving the success he desired.
His specific profession is not important because when it comes right down to it, even when you work ...
Views: 2614 - Moving From Manager to Coach Part II - by In a previous article we covered the first steps for moving from "manager" to "coach." These skills and tips are as applicable to coaching yourself as they are to coaching others.
We began by clarifying what you want or expect and identifying the specific outcomes to be achieved.
In this ...
Views: 826 - Moving From Manager to Coach - by These days it seems the "coaching" word is everywhere. Business owners coach staff, as do managers and supervisors. Parents coach kids for life skills. We’re even coaching ourselves. Unfortunately, just because we change the name from
"managing" to "coaching" doesn’t mean we’ve developed ...
Views: 852 - What If You Couldn't Fail? - by Failure is defined as "falling short of hitting the target." What if you couldn’t fail? How differently might you approach
challenging situations if you knew you could be successful?
To look at "failure" we need to look at two aspects. First, the targets we set and second, our definition ...
Views: 2449 - The Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Business or Executive Coach - by 1. TO KEEP UP
You can't solve tomorrow's issues with yesterday's strategies. An experienced Coach helps you develop the capacity to handle the increased complexity of your world.
2. TIME
The Executive Business Coach is trained to help you identify what's important now and in the future as ...
Views: 1035 - Ten Steps to Uncover Your Core Beliefs - by I once went out for a day with a prospector to look for gold. We arrived at a spot in a mountain stream and he pointed out a certain area for me to start panning. I asked how he knew this particular place had potential and he briefly explained he was looking at the type of rock, water movement, ...
Views: 3839 - The HOW Behind the WOW - by Imagine you have been working at uncovering your Purpose, you have done the reflection, connected the dots of life and WOW, it hits you. "Yes! This is my Purpose!" You look back over your life and indeed, it all lines up. This is what you have been expressing or trying to express in all contexts ...
Views: 710 - Transporting You To Success: How Coaching Can Work for You - by Mentor. Guru. Sage. Teacher. Throughout time people have sought the counsel and advice of wise men and women in order to make better decisions and achieve their goals. Today, in business, music, athletics, acting -- across all disciplines -- people are using coaches to move them from where they ...
Views: 854 - Regrets, I have a few... - by "Gee, I feel so bad. I really should have done this, and when I think back, I really wish I'd never said that to her, and if only I had jumped at that opportunity, maybe I wouldn't be in this situation ..."
Regrets. I don't know many people who are not carrying
around a few. Just thinking ...
Views: 664 - Destination Success - by A few weeks ago I got a phone call from a fellow asking about Success Coaching. He wanted to know if coaching could really help him achieve success.
Experience tells me the answer is "yes." In the 3 1/2 years I have been a professional Success Coach (and the 20 years of study and work ...
Views: 870 - National Stepfamily Day - A Recognition of Family - by According to the Stepfamily Association of America, 1 out of 3 Americans is a stepparent, stepchild, or other member of a stepfamily.
With approximately 1300 new stepfamilies being formed every day in the U.S. and the prediction that by 2010 there will be more stepfamilies in the U.S. than any ...
Views: 1555 - Inner Awakening - by Your world is in the midst of a Spiritual Awakening. It appears quiet yet the inner changes that many are now experiencing is having a profound effect upon the collective consciousness of your dimension. Life forms outside of the earth's atmosphere enjoy the unfolding events with in this great ...
Views: 1244 - Panic Attacks Don't Have to Drive You Crazy - by A client wrote:
"I'm terrified something awful is happening to me. Almost every day I become really scared. I shiver, my chest hurts, my throat goes dry, I feel dizzy, faint and frightened for fifteen or twenty minutes of hell. When this happens I feel sure I'm going insane, or I'm going to die. ...
Views: 1038 - Panic Attacks Don't Have to Drive You Crazy - by A client wrote:
"I'm terrified something awful is happening to me. Almost every day I become really scared. I shiver, my chest hurts, my throat goes dry, I feel dizzy, faint and frightened for fifteen or twenty minutes of hell. When this happens I feel sure I'm going insane, or I'm going to die. ...
Views: 1655 - Quest For Greatness - by Stories start with a character with whom we can identify. That character gets into difficulty. The character heroically overcomes the difficulty and resolves the problem.
This basic formula of character -> problem -> overcome - > resolution, fills books, movies and TV shows. No other formula ...
Views: 931 - MetaScient Oracle Computer Mystic: A New Psychological Technology - by Years ago, while in graduate school at Stanford University, Richard Knapp experienced a life-changing psychical event upon the sudden death of his best friend: a farewell visit from a near-dream reality. That event propelled his fifteen years exploration and analysis into the depths of ...
Views: 2315 - Choosing The Right Web Host – Your Business Depends On It - by There seems to be a lack of information on the subject of Web hosting. It amazes me, because the Web host is literally the backbone of your site. If you get stuck with a shoddy host your site won’t appear on the ‘Net. Your email won’t come through. Your shopping cart won’t function. Without a ...
Views: 800 - Redefining Beauty - by Social Consciousness
What is your current definition of beauty. Is it 5'9, blonde hair, blue eyes, skinny and full breasts, or the male version 6ft tall, broad shouders, a perfect smile, perfect teeth, and a super athletic body. If there is a yes or a maybe in your mind, where do you find ...
Views: 5566 - Perfect Action - No Mistakes - by Everyone has had setbacks before. Normally, most people find a way around, over or through their setbacks. But then, there are those who begin to believe in their mistakes. They begin to give their mistakes life by constantly reliving them. Ernest Holmes says "if the belief in the necessity of ...
Views: 1065 - Creation and the Origin of Man (A Biblical Perspective) - by CREATION
The Origins of Man
Excerpts from the book, The First Law of Creation- Violated
The names "God" and "Jesus" are mere references in the Greek language to "a deity", and not the Personal names of Our Heavenly Father and His Son.
The original archaic Hebrew name of The Creator is YAOHU UL ...
Views: 6110 - A TIME FOR REFLECTION - by It is hard to believe that the holiday season is almost over. Holidays have always been a time to revel in that special joy that comes from sharing and socializing with family, friends, and coworkers. Just the thought of golden juicy turkeys and gifts wrapped in bright shiny paper is enough to ...
Views: 660 - To Cause or Not to Cause - by Once upon a time in the land of Be, where everything is the way it’s supposed to be, there lived a young person. We're not sure whether the person was a boy or a girl. Anyway, this person had an amazing talent. Believe it or not they could cause people to do exactly what they were doing.
Now ...
Views: 839 - The Effects of one’s Position About Spanking - by There continues to be a lot of new articles about spanking children. Some write sincerely in favor of spanking and others passionately oppose it. This article questions the wisdom of any position about spanking. It's occurred to me that my position against spanking in some way empowers those who ...
Views: 1317 - Body Language & Burlesque Workshops - by How does someone set himself or herself up to be a teacher of sensuality? You certainly don't wake up one morning and say, "I think I will teach a sensuality class." As my dear friend and mentor, Gary Austin, says, "You don't decide to become a teacher. It is when someone asks you to teach them ...
Views: 2903 - Become that one in a hundred! - by Did you know that out of 100 new websites, only one will make it? Sobering, isn't it? If you are like me, you stumbled on to the internet, heard stories of those who made millions and decided that this was your chance! You were going to take the ecommerce world by storm.
Chances are, you threw ...
Views: 935 - For the Fun of It! - by "You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment."
--Grenville Kleiser
“I don’t know if I want to grow up”, my friend’s teenage son said to me. “Being an adult looks like a lot of work and not much fun.”
Many adults would agree with this ...
Views: 1661 - Savor the Moment - by It was my Mother who instilled in me my love of the natural world. Through her example, I learned to savor the wondrous gifts this grand earth has to offer. Mom’s approach to life has always been one of childlike wonder. She delights in the sound of crickets on a warm summer evening; the rich ...
Views: 847 - Having Fun with Essential Oils - by An Environment of Scent
Each essential oil or blend offers a unique benefit. Experiment with blended oils to create the enviroment you desire. The woodsy scents of pine, fir and sprice are great for use in the bathroom. The relaxing qualities of lavander, chamomile, geranium, ylang ylang, ...
Views: 899 - EXAMINE YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY - by The aftermath of the tragic events of September 11 will stay with us forever engraved in our hearts and our minds. But as we begin to put the pieces of our lives back together, many of us find ourselves existing in a state of ambiguity. The old pieces of our lives just don't seem to fit anymore. ...
Views: 1138 - DiscDiscovering Meditation overing Meditation - by Since the death of the former Beatle George Harrison, there has been a renewed interest in meditation. If you are thinking of taking this up then look no further than Discovering Meditation (1999) by D. Brueton . This book tells you why you should consider meditation and how to meditate. ...
Views: 921 - Introduction to Feng Shui - by Why is it that some places give out a sense of well-being and peace and others a feeling of unease? How can it be explained that some families or businesses seem dogged by bad fortune and other blessed by success?
A Feng Shui master would say that the forces at work in the land and cosmos may ...
Views: 991 - time management - by The Basic Of Time Management
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Time is a UNIQUE RESOURCE. day to day everyone has the SAMEamount.
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It can not be ACCUMULATED. ...
Views: 883 - A Wiser Adviser - by Have you ever noticed how wise you are when you give advice to a person younger than you? You aren't fooling yourself. You really have gained some wisdom over the years. Have you ever wished you could be that wise when you had troubles? You can. You can talk to yourself like a "Dutch uncle." ...
Views: 968 - Optimism is Healthy - by Chris Peterson was teaching a class in abnormal psychology at Virginia Tech when he told his students to fill out an Attributional Style Questionnaire-a carefully designed test that determines a person's level of optimism and pessimism. The students also answered questions about their general ...
Views: 955 - Optimism - by It's an age-old battle. Pessimists think optimists are foolish, optimists think pessimists make themselves unnecessarily miserable. A lot of research has been done on this issue in the last 30 years. Have we answered the question yet? Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
Martin Seligman and ...
Views: 1591 - You Can Change - by Stanley Schachter was puzzled. A researcher at Columbia University, Schachter was well versed on the studies of weight-loss and smoking-cessation programs. According to the research, only 10 to 30 percent of the people who participate in those programs are still slender or nonsmoking one year ...
Views: 1052 - Maybe it's Good - by I'd done a lot of walking in the last two days and my feet hurt. Of course, I didn't like it. It's obviously a sign I'm getting old. It's a bad thing. "But maybe it's good," I said to myself, "in fact, maybe it's perfect. Maybe it's strengthening the bones in my feet and when I'm old I'll be ...
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