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- How Love Addiction Leads to Break-ups - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from M.Farouk RadwanLove or Need? Suppose that you broke a leg in some kind of accident and had to use crutches in order to move around; as the days pass, you'll find yourself getting more and more used to them. In your current state of injury, you certainly can't walk without them, so imagine how you'd feel if ...
Views: 1588 - "Maxed Out!" - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Greg Moore"Maxed Out!" "Debt is the one issue that affects all of us -- rich or poor, black or white, gay or straight, liberal or conservative. It's such a huge issue... I just wanted to ask the question, 'Why can't so many of us get out of debt? What is it about debt that's so addictive that we ...
Views: 956 - Schizotypal Personality Disorder - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Sam VakninDo you believe in UFOs and alien abductions? You may be suffering from the Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Do you believe in the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary and in the resurrection of her son? Then you are merely a religious person. In other words, it is OK to believe in certain ...
Views: 1977 - Psychological First Aid for Boomers: 7 Powerful Reasons to Get Help - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Amy ShermanFor most people, the idea of seeking professional counseling is likely to be very intimidating and even unsettling. But if your problems are severe, have persisted for some time, or your personal efforts have been ineffective, it is advisable and advantageous to seek professional help. Since ...
Views: 997 - Celebrate Mother's on Mother's Day - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Marcia SinghMother’s Day is almost here. This is the time when we take a moment to really appreciate our Mothers. We do love them but how often do we honor and show them with special tokens that we really care. We could never repay our Mothers for all they have sacrificed for us. My Mother is ...
Views: 1166 - POSITIVE THINKING - THE FAST ROAD TO SUCCESS - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Roy BurtonPOSITIVE THINKING – THE FAST ROAD TO SUCCESS Now here is something for you to consider; Our thoughts literally make our life. That is a fact. If we constantly think in terms of fear, problems, and disharmony, then that is what we will finish up with – we will be condemned to a life of ...
Views: 946 - Bankruptcy: Adding Insult to Illness and Injury - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Daria Perse“Debt can feel like the heaviest burden in life.” ~ Suze Orman Declaring bankruptcy is a very serious action with stressful consequences even beyond the challenges of life before filing for bankruptcy and credit repair after bankruptcy. Unfortunately, this still seems to be the only way out of ...
Views: 923 - Imagine Success In Anxiety Reduction - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Lorraine RoachLasting motivation is what is needed for success in the reduction of anxiety and its related issues. I have been told that making a change in the way you think about your issues is the way to lasting success. Carrying the power of your positive thoughts in your mind will always be there to call ...
Views: 1811 - Take This Job and Shove It! - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Teresa Pool“I can’t take this job any more. I am working over 60 hours a week and still never get caught up. The demands here are ridiculous and my efforts are never really recognized. I almost walked out twice last week. I need to find a better job NOW!” “I have totally lost interest in my work. The ...
Views: 1087 - Oops! Wrong Ladder: getting your career back on track - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Teresa PoolDo you ever wake up and wonder, "How did I get here?" Our careers often happen to us, rather than for us. Outside influences of chance and opportunity are often fueled by the excitement of the challenge and the ego boost of being "just what the company needs right now". These opportunities ...
Views: 955 - The Power Within - Who?...Me?.. - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Louise Presley-TurnerThe power within – who?…me? What would you say if I told you there was a hidden power within you that had the potential to create a world you wanted in live in; a world of greater wealth, peace and happiness? Would you think I had gone bonkers or was living in ‘lar lar’ land? Probably. I ...
Views: 1140 - Top 10 Reasons To Work From Home! - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Rachel HenkeBy Rachel Henke, © 2007 1. Freedom It’s an amazing feeling when you realise that you no longer have to ask permission to go to the dentist! Unless you have experienced the sense of freedom that working from home can give you this may be tricky for you to get your head round. Trust me … you ...
Views: 991 - Life Is Too Short To Settle! - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Suzanne WilliamsYou should be blissfully happy everyday. "Peace of mind" isn't just a catchphrase. It should be a reality in each of our lives...everyday! So why instead are we such quick-tempered, caffeine-driven, road-raged beings who never have enough time for anything? It's because of the rat race! We have ...
Views: 1389 - Don't Look At Me: A Teen Girl's Dying Self-Worth - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Suzanne WilliamsTHE PROBLEM: I whirl past the waiter so fast that he stumbles back a few steps, struggling to balance the tray wobbling on his forearm. I don’t have time to apologize. My watch tells me I’m already six minutes late. I loathe every second that passes while my feet make their way around table ...
Views: 1066 - Doctor Phil's Got Issues Too... - by Submitted on May 03, 2007 from Craig HarperTo be honest... sometimes (not often... but occasionally) the captain of inspiration and motivation (and political in-correctness)... sits at the his keyboard with that stupid, vacant, 'I've-got-absolutely-nuthin' look on his face. In his normally, sharp-as-a-tac mind (okay, that's a big lie), ...
Views: 884 - Understanding Meditation through Models - part 1 - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Robert NajemyModels, examples and parables are often more effective than word descriptions in enabling us to understand new concepts. You have heard the saying that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Well, the same holds true for a mental picture. It facilitates our comprehension of a new subject by using a ...
Views: 872 - Your First Graduate Job - Things You Should Know Now! - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Denise Taylor1. It does help if you have undertaken some work placements as an undergraduate. This can be a formal part of your degree, e.g. a sandwich course. You can also apply for summer placements with companies. 2. If there are some career paths you are interested in see if you can shadow a key member ...
Views: 1346 - I Hate My Job but I Can't Leave - hints from the Career Expert - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Denise TaylorYou hate your job, but what specifically? Take this structured approach to get some clarity, and identify some action to take. It's unlikely you hate everything, there must be something that is good, and other elements that are ok. Take some time (perhaps over the weekend) and put down in ...
Views: 1288 - Understanding the Sexes - Part 2 - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Robert NajemyTHE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND MESSAGES THAT LEAD TO THIS CONFUSION These differences and resulting confusion and conflicts are created by our childhood programming about men, women and the relationships between them. Some of those messages were received through statements we had heard but ...
Views: 1056 - Clearing Your Minerals and Gemstones - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Peter BrentsIt is important to purge negative energies and recharge positive ones in your stone and mineral allies if you use these tools in your visualization and inner work. Clearing your stones periodically dispels negativity that has built up either in a stone's history or through past work it has done ...
Views: 1135 - Lying Credit Repair Companies - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from dale mazurekIn this article I hope to get you seeing that everything isn’t always as it claims. There are hundreds and thousands of companies who claim to be able to repair your credit so that nothing negative shows on it. Well let’s just have a look. These companies advertise as “Credit Advisors”, ...
Views: 1375 - Thriving Through Major Life Changes - by 1. Identify the payoffs and price of staying where you are. There are certainly good reasons you have for not already having made a transition. Do some soul searching with trusted allies or through journaling to uncover what payoffs you’re receiving for not making the change. At the same time, ...
Views: 1854(1 vote) - Finding the Way Home - by It's very frustrating to receive an email from someone that says, "I really need to work at home. Please help me."
It would be impossible for me to make any kind of recommendation to this person. I receive emails just like this so frequently that I've created a template of the response that I ...
Views: 894 - All in the Perspective - by Today I almost rented an office.
I know, I know. How on earth could I ever consider giving up working at home?
Well, I did say, “almost”. But there are days when an office looks pretty darn good.
Because I work from my home, there are distractions and demands placed on me that just didn’t ...
Views: 905 - Is Your Business Running YOU? - by I lost a client recently. When I asked why he was making a change he said to me, "Your site used to be in the top three results of all the search engines and now it's not".
Alarmed, I immediately investigated. He was right.
It was then that I realized that I had dropped the ball. I hadn't ...
Views: 734 - Why Should You, Build an Internet Business? - by Attitude, as you have heard many times, is everything. That theory has been written in thousands of books, spoken to millions of people, and driven deep into your mind. Why? It's true.
Your attitude is your own personal filter for everything that happens to you, around you, or within you. What ...
Views: 839 - The Art of Being Speechless - by A young reporter was interviewing an elderly Sir Winston Churchill. He complimented Sir Winston on his great oratorical skills. Sir Winston replied that it took a great deal of practice. Taken aback the young reporter qualified that he was referring more to the great statesman’s impromptu quips ...
Views: 981 - Discipline for Young Children - by What is discipline?
Teaching and training done for the child.
Goals?
To help the child:
Feel capable.
Learn self-control.
Learn to respect the rights of others.
Learn acceptable rules of behavior.
Learn coping skills to use throughout life.
Learn to accept responsibility for his or her ...
Views: 1746 - 20 Ways to Foster Values in Children - by "There are little eyes upon you and they're watching night and day. There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say. There are little hands all eager to do everything you do. And a little child who's dreaming of the day he'll be like you."
-- author unknown
What are values and ...
Views: 1212 - The ABC's of Parenting - by A.Accept and value yourself and your child.
B.Be consistent, honest, fair, and firm as you relate to your
child.
C.Concentrate on what you like about your child and comment on it.
D.Develop interests of your own.
E.Encourage your child to discuss ideas and goals, ...
Views: 988 - Ten Ways to Raise Children to Use Drugs - by 1.Obey their demands. Give in to their tantrums. Deny them nothing. If they want it, indulge them. Make sure they know you will always be there to get them out of trouble. If they break a toy or wreck a car, replace it.
2.Overlook, defend, or rescue them from the consequences of their negative ...
Views: 1668 - Theme Pages within Your Site is Great for Retaining Your Customers - by Remember: Mothers Day and Fathers Day are coming up. Prepare for them. Create a sense of excitement around your site. Make some extra cash.
When you do what we're going to talk about today, first you'll have a lot of fun doing it. Then, you'll begin a process of making some extra cash both now ...
Views: 819 - Use Yur New Years Eve Bash to grow Your Sales / Business Career - by Sales Tips: How to Use your New Years Eve Bash to Grow Your Sales or Business Career.
You can have some real fun with this. Enjoy.
The New Years Eve party is a once-a-year terrific opportunity to open new doors into your future, your sales career and income, your business, and that of your ...
Views: 1114 - Conduct Sales Meetings that Inspire Results - by Conduct Sales Meetings that Inspire Results To be an effective professional sales meeting, it must follow the same set up and processes as in a Professional Sales Call.
Have you ever sat through a sales meeting during which you have asked yourself "what in h... am I doing here?" Well, you're ...
Views: 5895 - Surviving Work: Feedback & Criticism - by Have you ever stopped yourself from doing or saying something in a meeting or group of friends for fear of criticism? Does your stomach drop and your heart palpitate at the mention of a job review
Do you recognize when you are giving feedback or receiving criticism? Feedback is always centred ...
Views: 3368 - Surviving Work: A Family Affair - by For anyone who does not know the term "family-of-origin", it comprises our immediate family members - mother, father, siblings and perhaps grandparents. These are the people from whom you learned the safest way to react to life situations. For each person in this family, you created a set of ...
Views: 1014 - Surviving Work: A Family Affair - by For anyone who does not know the term "family-of-origin", it comprises our immediate family members - mother, father, siblings and grandparents. These are the people from whom you learned the safest way to react to life situations. For each person in this family, you created a set of behaviours ...
Views: 906 - Surviving Work: Boundaries at Work - by No one can do anything to you unless you allow it. You cannot be treated disrespectfully as if you have no feelings, are stupid, slow or unworthy unless you allow that to happen.
For the most part good boundaries ward off disrespectful treatment. A personal boundary is a soft, invisible ...
Views: 873 - Surviving Work: Are You Listening? - by What do we mean by "listening"? Listening is so much more than just registering sound received by the ear and relaying it to the brain. Listening involves three important parts; interpreting, evaluating and reacting or responding.
We interpret what we hear and this could lead to ...
Views: 1132 - Turning Your Sales Manager Into A Great Sales Coach - by Top performers today consider their manager as a resource. Managers represent a wealth of knowledge, experience and objective ideas. In order to tap this resource, many top performers help guide their managers to become great coaches so that the coach in turn may guide them to a greater level of ...
Views: 1403 - Boosting Studio Profits the Smart Way - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Aurora LipperHave you ever noticed how easy it can be to see what someone else is doing wrong? But then when we hold up the mirror to ourselves, seeing our own issues clearly is like looking into a thick fog. Small business owners in general tend to face this challenge regularly – they know that ...
Views: 2691(1 vote) - Introduction to Safe Sex-part 4 - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Joe AnthonyA Few Words on Impotence Many middle aged and elderly men find that they cannot achieve an erection. They think that this is a malfunction and seek to remedy this malfunction by using Viagra or any other type of sex enhancement drug. In actual fact, the inability to achieve an erection ...
Views: 2098 - What Exactly Is Fibromyalgia? - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Paula WozniakWhat exactly is this condition called "Fibromyalgia"? It's actually classified as a "syndrome" rather than "disease". A "syndrome" is defined as a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease or the like. In contract, the word "disease" is a term which ...
Views: 1804 - Divine Presence - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Michelle MorovatyDear Loved Ones, Great day to you all, Divine Beings of the light. Being present with you is really a joy. I love you. I love you. I love you. For we are all one. Bringing your whole Being in to the Now and knowing that right where you are is the planet earth, I invite you to direct light and ...
Views: 814 - Reality Is ... - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Paulette Ensign...like beauty. It's in the eye of the beholder. This article is prompted by a recent comment from a publishing colleague - someone I and others hold in high regard, who is bright, articulate, and well-schooled in the traditional publishing industry. The colleague has a perspective about what a ...
Views: 1308 - 5 Tips For Raising Your Vibration - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Dwayne GilbertOne of the most important things to work on and maintain when it comes to using the law of attraction and attracting everything you want in your life is your ability to raise and maintain a high vibration. Just as light travels at a certain vibration, as does sound, and everything else in the ...
Views: 1038 - Parenting: Mission Possible - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Michael Rayel“As parents, what’s really our role?” I asked a group of parents during my lecture on family and emotional intelligence. Each one had an opinion about children and parenting. “Feed them,” said one. “Clothe them,” said another. Soon, others shared their ...
Views: 1577 - The CARE Approach: A Practical Way to Prevent Suicide - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Michael Rayel“Only two things are certain in this world — change and death.” A relative told us this as we gathered in the balcony one summer evening many years ago. For a young boy, those words sounded strange and profound. As a physician, I’ve realized that change and death are ...
Views: 2363 - Vitality, Connection, and Change -- The Three Tenets of Chi - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Peter BrentsThree central ideas provide the essential platform that support all the rest of feng shui's concepts and principles. These ideas involve Chi, the "stuff," the dynamic energy that flows through and is part of absolutely everything ... animate and inanimate, tangible and intangible. It's like one ...
Views: 1096 - The Challenge of Putting Into Practice - by Submitted on May 02, 2007 from Mana AmadonSpiritual practice is not just some affirmation or meditation technique we do once or twice a day. In the truest sense, spiritual practice means APPLYING our spiritual values and inspirations in daily life. IMPLEMENTING what we know is right and beautiful is a major purpose in the total process ...
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