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- Aromatherapy For Stress Relief At Work - by Submitted on May 20, 2003 from Susan StewartMost people work a 40 hour week so we can estimate that we typically spend about 2,000 hours at work each year. And many people work even more than this. Yet we often don’t take the time to ensure that our job setting is a pleasant place to be. Our jobs are often very stressful and stress is ...
Views: 2791(1 vote) - Telling and Re-telling The Dream - by Submitted on May 20, 2003 from David JenkinsHere is a technique for working with your dreams that is so simple and obvious that it hardly counts as a technique and is so powerful that you’ll always want to use it. - Before you interpret your dream… There is a first step to working with a dream. Before you even begin to analyze or ...
Views: 1771(2 votes) - We should celebrate the diversity of children and adults - by Submitted on May 19, 2003 from Robyn SpeedYou know what really annoys me? The insistence that a child’s academic achievement is all that is important. A grades A grades A grades! I read an article last year that really stuck in my mind, and the gist of the article was ‘even though he only has his O levels he has still done well in ...
Views: 1695(1 vote) - Victim Mentality - by Submitted on May 19, 2003 from Barbara BakerHow would you answer this question: I am out of my abuse and have moved on with my life. There is something that I have been wondering about. How and when does the abuse stop playing a significant part of my life? I have seen others who have moved on and I would like to know how they did ...
Views: 29600(4 votes) - Potholes on the road to success - by Submitted on May 19, 2003 from Nicholas DixonHowdy folks, today I would like to speak to you about the journey to success. Potholes on that road to be more exact. Success is the one thing that everyone aspires to attain in life. But for many it has been very elusive, leaving them to believe it is a matter of luck or a gift. Success can be ...
Views: 1788(1 vote) - SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY - by Submitted on May 19, 2003 from Kayla FaySummertime is supposed to be an easy time, evoking images of happy children with dirt necklaces, of lounging on the front porch with ice tea, of evenings soothed with fireflies and the lullabies of crickets and cicadas. In our society, this is about as close to reality as Brahms is to Ice T. Our ...
Views: 1891(1 vote) - Little Things Do Mean A Lot - by Submitted on May 18, 2003 from Mike MooreWhile I am always on the lookout for ways to market myself as a speaker it is often a time consuming task and one I am not overly fond of. Once in awhile something you do inadvertently turns out to be an effective marketing strategy. Let me explain. Last summer I was driving alone through ...
Views: 1924(1 vote) - Recipes For Stress - by Submitted on May 18, 2003 from Charlie BadenhopIt is within your power to reduce the stressful reactions that you have. A key to changing your reactions is being able to track the way in which you generate stress. Recently, a coaching colleague told me a story about his client "Jim" who gets into many arguments and confrontations with ...
Views: 1516(1 vote) - Believing in a New Room - by Submitted on May 17, 2003 from Dan BrittSeeing a great performance inspires me to no end. I'm moved by others' dreams and by their devotion and courage in the pursuit of excellence. I get choked up when I see a kid, or anyone else, fighting hopeless odds - someone who goes out there to run the lonely roads with a dream in the heart, ...
Views: 2517(1 vote) - Top 10 Ways to Find Your Soul Mate - by Submitted on May 17, 2003 from Linda LovejoySingles are constantly wondering where to find their soul mate. Below are some helpful hints in finding your true love. 1. Ask your friends to set you up with any of their single friends or acquaintances that meets your specifications. Your friends are a great resource. They know you ...
Views: 2641(1 vote) - To Be A Champion, Become A Child - by Submitted on May 15, 2003 from Priya Florence ShahHave you ever wondered what successful people have that makes them successful? Ever wonder how those champion recruiters in your company manage, month after month, to get the most new recruits, the biggest bonuses, the largest paychecks? Well let me tell you a secret. No one starts out as ...
Views: 1541(1 vote) - ON PURPOSE - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Mark ThompsonWhat do you consider a natural yearning within you? I would jump out on a limb to say that your answer to that question would be the same answer that a great number of people on this planet would have. Let's think about what drives people. What changes their behavior to achieve a deep rooted ...
Views: 1284(1 vote) - Decisions, Decisions - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Thelma MarianoIt was the hardest decision of my life. Was now the time to put my mother in a nursing home? My mother, at 83, is fiercely independent and lives on her own. Unfortunately she is becoming more and more confused due to Alzheimers. After the low score on her last geriatric evaluation, the ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - First Impressions-Make Them Count - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Joanne VictoriaWhen is the first time that you give any idea of who you really are and what you really do for your potential clients, customers or prospects? One important way is the telephone. You use phones everyday, but do you know the most efficient procedures for using this instrument as a ...
Views: 1740(1 vote) - CONQUERING THE PEAK - by One by one, the great peaks of the world are being conquered. Modern climbers are no more physically adept than early climbers, but they have taken advantage of new methods and technologies. If we are to be successful climbing the mountain of life, we must do the same thing.
Many of you will ...
Views: 1291 - Ten Steps to an Easy Life--Without Struggle - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Jerry LopperWhat does it mean to you to live an easy life? Do you envision a life on the beach or around a pool, surrounded by everything you need for relaxation and entertainment? I’m talking about something else--to me, an Easy Life means a life that is easy to live--a life without struggle or hardship--a ...
Views: 13476(2 votes) - Multicultural Chaos - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Susan DunnThere we were, newly married, living thousands of miles from either of our homes, in Durham, NC where he was in medical school. My husband was from Texas, and I was from the North Shore of Chicago. We came from two different cultures ourselves, and now were together in a new one. It turned ...
Views: 1384(1 vote) - What Is Real Or True In Life? - by Submitted on May 13, 2003 from Clive TaylorIt is suggested that that there are two main approaches to life. One approach, is to accept all the Truths of life as true, as being completely, actually real, no question. Absolute, bedrock “how things are”. Realities such as: The existence of God. That we have a Soul The nature of Love. The ...
Views: 1957(2 votes) - Treat Money Well to Attract More - by Submitted on May 13, 2003 from Rebecca HansonYour ability to attract money has a lot to do with how you behave toward it. The Law of Attraction works to send you more of what you think, feel and do. So the way you deal with money has a direct relation to how easily and abundantly it comes to you. Imagine that money is a guest in your ...
Views: 3064(1 vote) - Love, Fear and Reaching Out - by Submitted on May 13, 2003 from Julie HargreavesWhen you are "full of love" is there any room for fear? What is love exactly anyway? What is fear? We feel them, but what are they? We perceive light with our eyes, so what is it that we use to sense love or fear? Our body? Our mind? Our soul? Well, just as we're aware of the rays from a lamp ...
Views: 1198(1 vote) - A Homebuyers Checklist of Common Feng Shui Problems - by Submitted on May 09, 2003 from Kathryn WeberBuying a home is usually a stressful experience. So much rides on a new home because this is where you relax, have fun, sleep, eat; in short, it's the place central to your life. Not only that, but homes usually cost a whole lot of money and represent our single largest investment. Most ...
Views: 10342(1 vote) - Coping With Chaos - by Submitted on May 09, 2003 from Mary Ann HillierThink over the past few years: the dot.com bust, the Enron scandals, economic downturn, the horror of the Twin Towers, anthrax, Iraq and now more economic hardships. As if this wasn't enough chaos for a lifetime, SARS threatens to spread across the globe. Just reading the above list feels ...
Views: 1237(2 votes) - Homeopathy and Menopause - by Submitted on May 09, 2003 from Neepa SevakMenopause means the permanent ending of menstruation in a woman due to the ovaries' decreased production of hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which means the end of a woman’s natural ability to bear children. Menopause occurs anywhere between late forties and early fifties. Menopause ...
Views: 6989(2 votes) - Feeling Stuck about Your Career? Try Doing the Opposite - by Submitted on May 09, 2003 from Leonard LangIf you watched the old sitcom “Seinfeld,” you probably recall the character, George. At one point, George decided he had failed in everything. He concludes all his instincts and thinking must be wrong. Therefore, he decides to do the opposite of everything his instincts tell him to do. He ...
Views: 1701(1 vote) - 3 Steps for Communicating With Your Past Relatives - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Wayne PerkinsIn the title, I indicate that you will be communicating with "Past Relatives." I wanted to use the phrase "Dead Relatives." In using that terminology however, I might bring up images of live individuals. Remember the old Archie Bunker series on television? Archie called his son-in-law, ...
Views: 2164(2 votes) - Massage Your Mind!--A Spontaneous Woo to You - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Maya FrostAs I was driving to a friend’s house recently, I passed the Dublin Pub, a local watering hole known for its live music. On the reader board, one band’s name caught my eye: Spontaneous Woo. Hmmm, I thought. What a cool concept. There is nothing quite like letting out a joyous, spontaneous ...
Views: 1133(1 vote) - Do The Right Things - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Julie DonleyLife is so fast-paced today with people trying to do so much that many people find themselves stressed to the max. By maintaining a state of constant busyness, people run themselves into exhaustion. And, at the end of the day, they’re thinking, “There’s got to be a better way.” Life is not a ...
Views: 1472(1 vote) - Do We Have Free Will? - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Clive TaylorIt is being suggested here that we have only one real choice in life: To let go of fear and resistance and be taken by the flow of life, or, to fight, screaming all the way, as the flow of life takes us anyway. Life is. It moves. The only way we can avoid that is to die - either to our ...
Views: 1445(2 votes) - How to Celebrate Mother's Day with Emotional Intelligence - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Susan DunnI am a mother. I had a mother. I write about emotional intelligence. There is nothing more emotional than "mother." Be prepared to welcome some visceral emotions. We depend absolutely on our mothers for survival, and this sort of feeling, or instinct resides in the reptilian brain, hundreds of ...
Views: 1476(1 vote) - The Power of Focus - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from John AssarafMany years ago, I coined the terms "Bull's-eye Thinking" and "Bull's-eye Action" as a way to get the businesses and individuals I was consulting with, to focus only on the most important activities every day, instead of the "stuff" that shows up on a daily basis. Some of them were forever ...
Views: 1235(1 vote) - Emotional Intelligence & Feeling Good - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Susan DunnTwo emotions, or ways of feeling, are especially troublesome to most of us – anger management and depression. Depression appears to be epidemic now, globally, and without going into the etiology (the causes), or pinpointing definitions or degrees of severity (they vary; there are many) lets ...
Views: 3148(1 vote) - Emotional Intelligence & Addiction: 10 Key Points - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Susan Dunn"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom." -- Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning Emotional Intelligence creates or extends that space between stimulus and response, which ...
Views: 6978(1 vote) - Make Yourself A Master - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Burt DubinIf you would converse with me, said Francois Voltaire, first define your terms. master n. (1.) a revered leader, (2.) an artist or performer of consummate skill. (3.) One whose work serves as a model or ideal. Many people are professionals at what they do. Few are masters. ...
Views: 1785(1 vote) - 5 Steps to Choosing the Right Martial Art for You - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from John MooreOne of the questions I get asked most frequently, in several different variations is about which martial art an individual should study. Generally which martial art, and more importantly which school to choose are fundamental decisions someone should make. My answer is usually something along ...
Views: 65375(10 votes) - Dynamics of a Retailing Career - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Subhashis Das GuptaRetailing is a dynamic, vital, and important segment in the economy. Retailing is defined as the timely delivery of goods and services to consumers at the right price and place. Whether a firm sells to consumers in a store, through the mail, over the phone, through television, door-to-door, ...
Views: 1447(2 votes) - Two Unbreakable Laws of Public Speaking - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Paul EvansTwo years ago I sat captivated in an audience listening to one of the best speakers on the circuit. He almost hypnotized us with his cadence of style and charisma. Leaning toward the stage I began to study his methods in order to learn and apply some of his techniques. He seemed to possess every ...
Views: 3259(1 vote) - You Are the ONE - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from Paul EvansThe #1 excuse or fear I hear the most is, "Who am I to speak to this group of people? I'm nobody special." First, you are the one to speak if you WANT to be. Every professional speaker began at level none. But they did one thing: They decided. They decided to be the one. One day they told ...
Views: 1450(1 vote) - Making The Connection: Tips For Getting Noticed - by Submitted on May 06, 2003 from Antoinette (Toni) ColemanChances are that you have had a wide variety of experiences in your quest for meeting singles. These can range from an event that yields several nice interactions and at least one offer to get together for a date, to going home feeling frustrated and convinced you are destined to be a dating ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - Blueprint for Success- So You Want To Be in Amazing Shape? - by So you want to be in amazing shape? Try taking a page from Gordon Borges’ book. At 75 years of age, 209 lean pounds, 14 percent body fat, with arms measuring 18 ½ inches and a chest that spans 47 ½ inches, Borges is an awesome picture of Healthful vitally. He has been working out consistently ...
Views: 1541(1 vote) - My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable - by One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd."
I had quite a ...
Views: 2776(1 vote) - The Hand - by The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment -- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still many would have things that they were thankful for. But Douglas made a different kind of picture. ...
Views: 1615(1 vote) - FINDING A BEST FRIEND - by Have you ever looked for a best friend? Probably not. Best friends generally just seem to appear. But if you did look for a best friend, what criteria would you use? Here are a few that I think might be important.
1. A best friend will care about you. To use the word "care" is somewhat ...
Views: 4627(1 vote) - Eating Smart for Your Heart - by February is American Heart Month--and with coronary heart disease still ranking as the #1 killer among Americans, it's time that we stop and take a look at how we can prevent this deadly disease. Although having a family history of heart disease does increase our risk, it's important to banish ...
Views: 1598(2 votes) - Reiki healing: an overview - by Reiki healing: an overviewReiki (pronounced ray-kee) is a form of 'hands on' energy healing from Japan. Literally translated it means universal energy.A reiki practitioner channels energy and directs it into the recipient's energy field and body. This is similar to other healing systems that ...
Views: 1591(1 vote) - The Evolution of Coping - by Submitted on May 06, 2003 from Deborah MartinLast week, two people told me they are “coping.” That concerns me. The first time I heard this, I grab the dictionary and I learned that to “cope” is “to struggle or deal, esp. on fairly even terms or with some degree of success.” Even though I read the words “even terms” and “degree of ...
Views: 1449(1 vote) - Seasons of a Career: Springtime! - by Submitted on May 05, 2003 from Cathy GoodwinWhen we're struggling with a career, or settling into an unfamiliar new residence, we're most likely to think of winter: cold, bleak and endless. At some point any life transition feels like being buried under a coat of ice, hibernating through long, dark days. Hopefully we learn to see the ...
Views: 1559(1 vote) - Opening Your Heart To Forgiveness: The Path To Manifesting The Right Relationship - by Submitted on May 02, 2003 from Nancy Pina“A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.” Proverbs 19:11, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION Forgiveness is a gift you present to yourself. It is a release from the burden of anger and pain. When resolving to forgive, you choose to live in the present instead of ...
Views: 1680(1 vote) - Are You Missing Your Chance to Work at Home? - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Sharon DavisAre You Missing Your Chance to Work at Home? (c) Copyright 2003, Sharon DavisHave you missed the turnoff that leads to your dream of working at home?Wouldn't that be disappointing? No one likes to think that they have wasted their chance, missed their opportunity. But that's exactly what ...
Views: 1893(1 vote) - Adult Attention Deficit Disorder - by Submitted on May 01, 2003 from Jeannine VirtueAttention Deficit Disorder tends to focus predominately on children, leaving the ADD adult population largely under served. Most of the information presented about Attention Deficit Disorder focuses on children, parenting and school issues. All but one ADHD medication currently on the market ...
Views: 4482(1 vote) - A answer to lonliness after the Big "D" of death or divorce. - by Submitted on May 01, 2003 from Bob ChaunceyFor many who are happily married, they never think about the day... one day maybe not as far off as they have thought in the past... when they will again be single. What will they do, how will they adjust, who will be there to help them and how will they get over or thru it? These are all ...
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