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- Building Self Esteem in Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Karen Simmonshttp://www.autismtoday.com/articles/buildingselfesteem.html "If you had a brain, you'd take it out and play with it" were my father's words to me as I was growing up. This wasn't a compliment or encouragement of my questioning nature. Through my early years, my self-esteem was low for a ...
Views: 1814 - Better Ways to Cope with Stress: Your Way Out of the Toxic Triangle - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Yolanda CardenDepressive symptoms, unhealthy eating habits, and heavy drinking unite to create a space that is so poisonous for women that I have called it the toxic triangle. Eating, Drinking, Overthinking will help you understand your own relationship to the toxic triangle. It is not just for women who have ...
Views: 1296 - Assessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Gary DirenfeldAssessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems Your child is about 7 years old. The teacher reports problems listening in class, sitting still and getting into conflict with peers. First thought always seems to be ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). But what if ...
Views: 1507 - What causes people to shut down and disengage from conversation? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Gary CohenDue to the power differential between leaders and their team members, leaders must learn not only how to tolerate criticism, but also to restrict their criticism of others. When we are criticized, we feel like our bodies are under attack. This fear or panic causes our prehistoric, reptilian ...
Views: 962 - Excerpt: The Secret Life of Water - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2006 from Yolanda CardenA Thankful Heart Is the Way to Happiness Why do people go through life looking for happiness? Dogs and cats look for food and comfort, but they certainly don't go to all the trouble that people do in their continual search for happiness. I suppose the reason is that we are the only ones who ...
Views: 1378 - Healthy Relationships Create A Healthy Life! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Ray KellyIs your relationship with your significant other, mother, father, or friend making you sick? Believe it or not, there’s scientific evidence to suggest that our relationships can actually contribute to illness. Therefore, in order to achieve a healthy life, it is important to make our ...
Views: 969 - Virtue and Character - Why Study? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from James BartonVirtue and Character - Why Study?Imagine driving a car. If the steering was misaligned and continued to pull you to the left or the right, or otherwise did not respond properly, then it would become a priority to get it fixed. Your Character is far more valuable and useful to you than a car or ...
Views: 1580 - Become a Healthier You Inside and Out In the New Year! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Elizabeth SavinoBecome a Healthier You Inside and Out In the New Year! Tips to Jump Start Your Level of Fitness Although January signifies the beginning of frigid weather and shorter days, it also brings you the opportunity to reflect on the year that has just past and offers a perfect time to evaluate the ...
Views: 1166 - Listen to the Deep Know: The Urge for a Writer's Life - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Yolanda CardenI know the moment I realized who I was supposed to spend my life with. It was a Sunday in August 1987. He was a friend who shared my penchants for B-movies, Monty Python, and the band Rush. We were driving back to my house after spending the afternoon at a nearby park. I looked at him at some ...
Views: 1289 - Do YOU Have Different Rules For Women? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2006 from Dr. Dennis NederHere's an interesting question I was recently asked: are there different rules for women and men when it comes to the entire dating/sex/relationship game, and if so, what standards should women enjoy that men don't? One of the reasons why women pull things like "the crying game" (NOT the movie ...
Views: 924 - The Words Do Matter - by Air Canada Flight 154
I was boarding a flight in Edmonton, Alberta, bound for Toronto after a long day. As I handed my boarding pass to the Air Canada gate agent, I asked her if she was having a good day. Her response has been in my mind for nearly two weeks. She looked at me, smiled, and said, ...
Views: 875 - How to recover from a disastrous first date - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Jack ZavadaYou know the feeling. You close the door behind you and let out a big sigh. It didn't go well. In fact, it was a disaster. First dates are stressful even when everything goes right. When you or the other person messes up, a couple hours can seem like an eternity. But after the date is ...
Views: 1291 - What do you do with your Web site Traffic? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Matthew GlanfieldHave you ever noticed how much everybody talks about Internet marketing? It seems to be one of the hottest topics on the Internet over the past few years. The funny thing about it is that with all the talk that has been going on very few people actually understand some of the fundamental ...
Views: 777 - Five Ways to Facilitate Group Conversations - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steve DavisHave you ever felt ‘stuck’ in a conversation with three or more people that just wasn’t going anywhere? People are droning on and on about this and that, leaving you bored and wishing you could just slip away? This is an all too familiar social situation - we’ve all been there and , chances are, ...
Views: 2483 - What Story are you Enacting? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steve DavisWhat Story are you Enacting? How much of your life is directed from the foundation of unexamined mythology? What if we are all enacting some sort of story in our lives? Now what do I mean by story? I mean that we have some vision, set of ideas, or beliefs about ourselves that define us as a ...
Views: 1683 - The Power of a Name - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Kelley RobertsonRemembering a customer’s name can improve your sales. However, people in my workshops often tell me that they have a difficult time remembering names. I sometimes think we tend to get too hung up on trying to recall a person’s name, especially if we have only met them once. Like anything else ...
Views: 829 - Ten Tips To Create A Brand New You! Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green Hello again! Hope you tried the first five tips and you’re ready to try the next five. Here’s another 5 top tips for you to continue your transformation… 6. Plan a weekend adventure. Make it something BIG, something exciting and something you’ve never done ...
Views: 941 - Ten Tips To Create A Brand New You! Part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green Looking to reinvent yourself, to create a brand new you and get even more happiness and fulfilment from life? Here’s the first 5 of 10 exciting ideas to help you transform yourself… 1. First and most important of them all, is the attitude to how you approach ...
Views: 1082 - How To Help A Stressed Or Depressed Loved One - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Chris GreenCopyright © 2006 Christopher Green I receive many emails from concerned relatives, partners and friends who are trying to help a loved one suffering the torment of a stressful or depressive episode. They want to help, but just don’t know what to do for the best. I lived with a depressed ...
Views: 1280 - When should you rent a car for your trip to Hawaii? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2006 from Steven AndersonTravelers have found that sometimes, just before departure, they can find greatly reduced deals on airfare as the airlines try and fill empty seats. This is, of course, a gamble but it does work out sometimes for the last minute traveler. In my experience, rental cars do not work this way. The ...
Views: 2534 - Got a Headache? Know the Causes Behind - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2012 from Linda GilesHeadaches can encompass many things because there are different kinds of headaches. For instance, you can have tension/stress related headaches, migraine, cluster and rebound headaches. However, not too many people are aware of this compartmentalization; hence remedies are not as ...Headaches ...
Views: 1425 - Daily Habits- Are They Expanding or Diminishing Your Life Experience and Business Success? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Beth Tabak“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” Benjamin Franklin "Up to 90 percent of our normal behavior is based on habits," an excerpt from The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt. ...
Views: 1341 - Praising The Goodness Of Your Child - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Linda MiloPraise can be a word, an expression on your face, a gesture, or a statement that encourages pride, joy and accomplishment in your child. When you give praise you are giving your child a feeling of positive feedback, which increases their sense of confidence, self-worth and competence. Not bad, ...
Views: 1079 - What's your leadership style? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kreg EndersonWhat’s Your Leadership Style? Early in my career, I remember being asked in interviews, “what is your leadership style”. At the time I thought I needed to have a single style so I would have an answer to this question. But it never seemed quite right to answer the question without asking “who ...
Views: 1458 - Guaranteed Goal Achievement! Easy New Year Reolutions. - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Adam EasonOne of the amazing gifts that we have as people is the desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams. What is even more amazing is that we have also been given the ability to not only dream but to pursue those dreams and not only to pursue ...
Views: 1680 - Emotional Sprinkler System - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kathy GatesOne evening last summer, as the temperatures soared in Arizona, I noticed that my plants were suffering. Wilted, laying over in frustration, drained from a day of work in the hot sun they were very unhappy and stressed plants. Of course I went out immediately, gave them a cool shower, and ...
Views: 1274 - Improve Your Focus Overnight - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Catherine FranzHaven't you always thought having a disorderly mind meant something was wrong? Well, I did. That was, until... I read tons of information about the brain, including material produced by the Center for the Study of the Brain. And guess what? Having a mind that is disorderly is a ...
Views: 16135(5 votes) - Embrace Your Overall Vision: It May Be Hiding in the Strangest Places - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Catherine FranzThinking back on it, my lifestyle change journey really began about eight years ago. But I didn't become aware of it until about three years ago when I consciously decided I needed to lead a "lighter" life and started by cleaning out the medicine cabinet. It seems so simple now, but it took ...
Views: 1331 - Actions of Love - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Margaret PaulMyrna, 38 and a successful physician, sought my help because she often felt inadequate. While she really valued herself as a doctor, she did not value herself in her important relationships with friends and family. In addition, she said she wanted to be in a loving relationship but she took no ...
Views: 3409 - This Perfect Universe - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Kenneth MacLeanThis article is a sequel to The Vibrational Universe. I have been coming to the shocking realization that we live in a perfect universe. By this I mean, the Law of Attraction manages all vibration so that we receive always in our experience a match to our activated energy patterns. If this is ...
Views: 1264 - Relieve Emotional and Physical Pain Quickly with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Susan QuinnInnovative Power Therapies Provide Simple Techniques to Deal with Trauma Recent years have seen the development of a family of therapies that offer clinically effective alternatives to traditional, long-term treatments. These Power Therapies only require one to three sessions, but the results ...
Views: 1551 - The Power of Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Amy BiddleGoal setting is a tool to use to have more fun in life. Life is perfect as it is. It is perfectly itself, whole and complete, lacking nothing. That may seem like a funny way to begin an essay on goal setting. "If my life is fine the way it is," you may think, "why bother with setting goals?" ...
Views: 1035 - How to improve your self esteem with your subconscious - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Kenneth Koh“What are the most effective techniques for programming the self esteem?” “I learned that I can not outperform my self esteem. Is it true?” Yes it’s true. You cannot outperform your self esteem. Your self esteem is your belief in your self, and your belief creates your reality. That’s the law ...
Views: 964 - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - Part I: Life - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Julie DonleyThe Constitution of the United States affirms that each person is endowed with the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is true for everyone on the planet, not just people residing in the US; although in this country, you are provided with the freedoms necessary ...
Views: 1171 - The Power of Gratitude - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Lori RadunWhen my older son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, my first reaction was relief – I finally knew the reason for his behavior. However, I was also overwhelmed with sadness, fear and anger. I felt sorry for my son and for myself. Like many others in similar ...
Views: 1331 - Stressed out? The key to stress is how you deal with it - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Dr. Ulla SebastianStress is a natural part of life. What you understand by stress though may be quite different from your work colleague, your neighbour or your partner. The same events, the same amount of pressure may inspire one person to get active, creative and move beyond known limits and another person to ...
Views: 1674 - You are not just a mother, you are YOU first! - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Tonya RamseyMothers face many challenges in today’s world. They carry the responsibility of many roles. Through these roles we become different things to different people. Sometimes we get divided over having a career and having a families or find conflict between the different jobs that we try to do. ...
Views: 1669 - The Beauty Of Setting Goals - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Adebola Oni"Would you get into a taxi and tell the cabby, 'Driver anywhere.'" Would you wander onto the first plane you saw at the gate without bothering to ask where it is flying? Of course not. Yet it's amazing how unfocused we can be about the biggest asset we have - our lives. Goals shouldn't be ...
Views: 1611 - Gratitude...or Appreciation - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorA funny thing happened on the way to writing an article about Gratitude. I changed my consciousness. For quite a while, I’ve been attaching "I am grateful for"in front of all of my affirmations. I had heard, and accepted, the words of others who spoke about the importance of gratitude. But ...
Views: 818 - HOW NOT TO FEEL LONELY - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Piercarla GarusiWe all are alone sometimes, but that does not mean feeling lonely; we can be alone and be perfectly happy, so what is it that makes us feel lonely and how can we make ourselves feel good? But also why do we feel lonely? I have worked with many clients who have experienced abuse in one form ...
Views: 1116 - HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Piercarla GarusiThe key to happiness is taking full responsibility for us and our life. I have worked with many clients who have experienced abuse in one form or the other in their lives and there are 2 common factors they experience: they all have a sense of anger, associated with a sense of powerlessness, ...
Views: 1013 - HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOURSELF? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2006 from Piercarla GarusiWe are used to think that communication is between people, that we need to communicate to express our feelings, our ideas, to create bonds, good feelings, harmony,…and we all know that good communication is key in relationships, whether this being with partner, friends, family, neighbours, ...
Views: 1855 - How to Network Effectively - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2006 from Dee PiziakNetworking is the single most effective way to job hunt and to increase business opportunities. Without a circle of high quality professional acquaintances, you will be severely disadvantaged throughout your career. However, building this circle requires planning and you have to continually ...
Views: 915 - Always Have a Current Resume - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2006 from Dee PiziakYour resume tells the world who you are, professionally. In today's tight job market, you need to pursue opportunities right away when they come up. And it all starts with a current and professional resume. Both the content and the format are important. No matter how brilliant or experienced ...
Views: 1106 - The Power of Your Thoughts - by The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their life by altering their attitudes.
--William James
Tell me what you think about and I'll tell you about your life. Emerson had it right when he said, "A man is what he thinks about all day long." Our thoughts are that ...
Views: 931 - 7 Ways to Start your Day with More Energy - by Did you know that researchers can predict what your energy will be like in the afternoon and evening by knowing your habits in the morning? This is because how you start the day is so powerful in determining the kind of day you are going to have. Just think about your start to the day. Do you ...
Views: 933 - 4 Steps to Creating Anything You Want in Life - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2006 from Lisa DianeYou can have absolutely anything you want in life. You simply need to understand HOW to produce desired results. There’s a very simple 4 STEP formula that you can use to create any result you want in life. To illustrate how this process works, we’re going to suppose that it’s your desire to ...
Views: 735 - Mobility Electric Scooters - Freedom for the Elderly - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2006 from Larry JohnsonThere would not be much excitement in life if you had to spend it sitting in a chair or lying in a bed every day. Relying on somebody else to perform simple tasks for you, such as getting a drink of water, can make you feel like you are nothing but a burden to others. If you or someone you love ...
Views: 1267 - Seven Tips for a Long and Healthy Life - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2006 from Dada VedaprajinanandaAs good as modern medical technology is, it can never save you from the problems caused by a life style that is unhealthy. Instead of getting a modern medical fix for every problem, it is far better to live in such a way that you will hardly ever fall ill. An ounce of prevention is certainly ...
Views: 1314 - How To Lose Weight By Eating For Energy - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2006 from Nancy HillAre you bewildered when intuitive eating guides tell you to eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full? It can be a difficult skill to relearn after years of dieting and/or bingeing. One entirely different way to eat the right amount for your body is to change the goal from "getting full ...
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