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- ***DHT and its Role in Male Hair Loss - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2011 from Speedwinds Nutrition IncFor most men, the process of hair growth keeps humming along into their thirties and beyond. However, in about 40% of all men, at some point something begins to go wrong, and the appearance of the hair on their heads begins to change. The hairline begins to recede, and the hair suddenly begins ...
Views: 2742(1 vote) - ***Diabetes Glucose Testing - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2012 from Hope AndersonBlood glucose values change often daily and bounce around from day to day. Situations can trigger an unexpected rise. Incidents like illness or infection can boost your blood glucose; even a minor upper respiratory illness or a scraped foot can cause a significant jump in your numbers. Stress is ...
Views: 2104(1 vote) - ***Dial-Up Your Success through Dynamic Communication - by Submitted on May 18, 2011 from Regina BarrWhy do 80% of our team issues come from 20% of our team members? And, how do you recognize and eliminate these issues? According to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, only 15% of your success is due to your technical knowledge while 85% of success is attributable to your ability to ...
Views: 1948(1 vote) - ***Diet and its Role in Back Pain - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2011 from Steve LockhartBack pain is largely a result of stress that builds in the body bringing physical imbalances into play and causing irritation to nerves, joints, muscles or ligaments. Stress has three main origins, physical, chemical and emotional so a poor diet which upsets the chemical balance has the ...
Views: 4357(4 votes) - ***Dietary Sources of Glutathione - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoDIETARY SOURCES OF GLUTATHIONE: article found at: dietary sources of glutathione Glutathione (GSH) is an antioxidant and detoxifying agent whose protective role has been demonstrated in numerous clinical studies. GSH is synthesized rapidly in the liver, kidneys, and other tissues of the ...
Views: 8623(1 vote) - ***Different Breathing Stokes for Different Breathing Folks! - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2012 from Dan BruléThere are some big differences in the philosophy and approach to breathwork—and always have been. Two methods that seem to run counter to much of what is generally taught and practiced today immediately come to mind. The first is the Buteyko Method. When I first went to Russia in 1990, you ...
Views: 2993(1 vote) - ***Discover the Best Approach to Sound More Mature - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2009 from Nancy DanielsSome years ago a woman phoned me and asked if she could attend a presentation I was holding in Detroit. The woman sounded like a child on the phone and I wondered if she was old enough to drive herself to the hotel. She then asked if she could bring her daughter and my first thought was that ...
Views: 4393(1 vote) - ***Dispelling the Myth on Aging: The Chinese Triad to the Rescue! - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Dr. Kam YuenI want to dispel the kind of conventional thinking that leads to the creation of aging myths. Since I am a vibrant and healthy person who is about one year from hitting his 70th year mark, there is undoubtedly something valuable I can say about aging, especially compared to someone who is 50 or ...
Views: 2132(2 votes) - ***Dive into Life! - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2011 from Karen Mehringer, MASobbing, I exclaimed, “I finally have my life back!” Sitting on a catamaran on a beach at Mission Bay in San Diego last week, my step-mom, sister, her boyfriend and I took time out to celebrate my brother, Kyle’s life on the anniversary of his death. He had been gone for twelve years now. We ...
Views: 2244(2 votes) - ***Divorce and Children - Different Rules, Different Homes after Divorce - by Submitted on May 01, 2008 from Carolyn EllisYou're divorced and you have kids. How do you handle different rules and discipline between mom's house and dad's house? Do you have any say about what goes on in the other parent's home anymore? Here's how one of my readers expressed her frustration: "My two children are with my ex every ...
Views: 4090(1 vote) - ***Divorce Politics - 6 Tips to Handle Mother's Day and Father's Day after Divorce - by Submitted on May 01, 2008 from Carolyn EllisDivorce and separation can mean that special family holidays, like Mother's Day or Father's Day, can end up being stressful and full of conflict. When you're separated or divorced, what kind of role does the ex-spouse play in helping the children show that for their other parent? Here are a ...
Views: 6447(1 vote) - ***Do I Need To Go To A Temple To Love God? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2014 from Rob WhiteDo I need to go to a temple to love God? Do I need to go to an arboretum to love nature? Do I need to go to a therapist to love myself? If my life is a dance, then love is already here, and I need go nowhere in particular to express my love. When I awaken with loving feelings, and when I say ...
Views: 1911(2 votes) - ***Do it anyway – Great advice from Mother Teresa - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe verses below were written on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, India. - People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. - If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. - If you are ...
Views: 3219(1 vote) - ***Do Talk To Strangers - The Power of Projection in Dating - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Paul Dobransky, M.D.The most impassioned, powerful time of a physical interaction with a woman is early on in dating, when you don't even know each other as more than strangers. Ironically, it is also the most fickle, fragile, and potentially confusing time - one of missteps and miscommunication because it is so ...
Views: 4535(1 vote) - ***Do you Actually Enjoy Your Free Time? - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from Sharon MelnickThe end of summer is over. What has the highlight of your summer been? Sure, go on…relive that moment now. For me it happened last week while in the San Francisco Bay Area after doing a training on Influence and Friction-Free Relationships for a company. I took off a handful of days to go ...
Views: 5953(1 vote) - ***Do You Attract Success? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Gerri D Smith“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” - Vince Lombardi What is success? Success is accomplishment, achievement, victory, or triumph. Anyone of these is within your ability attract. So, how do ...
Views: 2488(2 votes) - ***Do you believe in Soul Mate’s? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from MarVeena MeekWorking as a psychic medium going on 18 years now, I get my share of questions about relationships. Sometimes when I am doing readings for my mediumship clients they will ask me about soul mates. Maybe they meet someone special and want to know is this the right one? Will this be the ...
Views: 3419(1 vote) - ***Do You Come To Your Partner Open And/or Happy? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2012 from Margaret Paul________________________________________ Are you aware of what state you are in when you and your partner come together? ________________________________________ On a recent visit with my daughter and her family, she and I were taking a walk and talking about our mutual work. "I read a ...
Views: 2221(1 vote) - ***Do You Feel Free? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2008 from Margaret Paul"...no one ever pushes you toward freedom. You need to take that for yourself." --Joan Erickson, wife of psychologist Erik Erickson, quoted in Joan Anderson's book, A Walk on the Beach. Do you believe that someone has to give you your freedom? Do you believe that you can be free only when you ...
Views: 2409(1 vote) - ***Do You Give People The Benefit of the Doubt? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2015 from Margaret PaulDiscover whether or not it is loving to yourself to give someone the benefit of the doubt. I was having a Skype session with Raul. He was feeling down because a woman he has recently met rejected him. He was confused because he hadn't actually really liked her on their first date, but he ...
Views: 1632(2 votes) - ***Do You Have Problems Bringing Up Issues? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2015 from Margaret PaulDo you get stuck in not being able to resolve conflicts because you don't know how to bring up issues in a way that works? Bringing up difficult issues is often a major challenge in relationships. Laurie wrote to me about this issue: "My biggest trigger in relationships is bringing up ...
Views: 1520(1 vote) - ***Do You Have The Courage to Be a Loving Parent? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2014 from Margaret PaulDo you have the courage to risk loving yourself – even when you might encounter your children's uncaring behavior? Most of us really don't like it when someone is angry with us. We don't like it when someone goes into resistance to helping us when we need help, instead of caring about us. We ...
Views: 1627(1 vote) - ***Do You Have the System to Meet Both of Your Needs Yet? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2014 from Emma ViglucciBeing seen and accepted for who we are is a basic need that specially plays out in our relationship. I find that the driver behind most conflict and dissatisfaction in relationships has to do with the partners feeling they can’t be themselves in one way or another. Partners ...
Views: 1265(1 vote) - ***Do You Isolate? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Margaret PaulIn my counseling practice, I often have clients who tend to isolate as a way of protecting against their fears - especially their fears of rejection and engulfment. They are so afraid of being disliked, disapproved of, attacked or having demands made on them, that they choose to avoid ...
Views: 2610(3 votes) - ***Do You Know How To Love? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2014 from Margaret Paul________________________________________ Love is not something that can be described – it needs to be experienced, and when you experience it through loving yourself, you will know how to love. ________________________________________ We read many things about what love is and what it isn't ...
Views: 1384(1 vote) - ***Do You Know the Most Valuable Part of Your Presentation? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2011 from Nancy DanielsWithout a doubt, your audience is your most important commodity, your most valuable asset, in public speaking. Without an audience, you have no presentation or speech; therefore, it is crucial that you, as the speaker, value your audience in both the creation and presentation of your ...
Views: 1989(1 vote) - ***Do you know why you’re here? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardCarl Jung once said, ”Nothing so affects the life of a child as a parent’s unfulfilled life.” I knew a woman who was born in the early 1920’s. She was a quite intelligent, insightful, introspective, creative woman. She graduated valedictorian of her ...
Views: 1667(2 votes) - ***Do You Wake Up Happy or Anxious? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Margaret Paul"I can have a really great day, but when I wake up the next morning I feel anxious. Sometimes the better day I've had, the more anxious I am the next morning. I can't figure it out." I hear this over and over from my clients. What is happening here? The Tyranny of the Ego Wounded ...
Views: 7239(6 votes) - ***Does a Hot, Sexy Voice Matter? - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2010 from Nancy DanielsIf the numbers are correct and 37% of the image you project is the sound of your speaking voice, then without a doubt, having a hot, sexy voice that exudes warmth and sensuality is a turn-on. For both men and women, deeper voices are much more attractive to the listeners’ ears than a ...
Views: 5323(1 vote) - ***Does Just the Thought of Public Speaking Make You Nauseous? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2011 from Nancy DanielsWhile the majority of those who stand to address an audience are nervous, there is a small percentage of people whose nervousness is debilitating. And, their first reaction is often to feel sick to their stomach. If the thought of public speaking makes you want to ‘bring up lunch,’ there are a ...
Views: 3472(1 vote) - ***Does the Bluebird of Happiness S#it on Your Shoulder? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2017 from Shannon PanzoSuccess is Relevant to how you think about things. The only way to change your current scenario is to change the way you think. That gives space for the change to happen, if it is meant to. The last time someone took a poll of workers who were thinking about changing careers, 57% said they ...
Views: 3048(1 vote) - ***Does Trust Matter In Marriage? - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Being honest and trustworthy is at the heart of all the best loving relationships we have studied. In our thousands of interviews with happily married couples, we are always struck by their undying trust in each other. They literally trust each ...
Views: 2014(8 votes) - ***DOING IT WRONG - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from James RobinsonI had a astrological reading from Stephanie Azaria the other day. After studying my star chart for a while, she told me that according to the positions of the planets and stars, I was born to struggle because the struggle increased the speed of my growth. It was my destiny to feel like I was ...
Views: 2374(1 vote) - ***DOMESTIC ABUSE: Why Does She Stay? - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2013 from Grace Chatting“The psychological impact of subordination to coercive control may have many common features, whether that subordination occurs within the public sphere of politics or within the private sphere of sexual and domestic relations ...... the psychology of the victim is shaped by the ...
Views: 4936(1 vote) - ***Don’t Panic, Be Happy - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from James RobinsonI have been receiving numerous emails from people who are panicking about the future. They are worried that they won’t get what they want or they will lose what they have, whether it is a job, a mate, respect or serenity. The state of the world economy is a breeding ground for anxiety and ...
Views: 2793(1 vote) - ***Dynamic Public Speakers Grab Their Audience with Their Opening and Never Let Go! - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Nancy DanielsI recently watched a brief video of a woman who was entering a public speaking content and was looking for feedback from other speakers. Her ‘performance’ looked rehearsed, static and flat, lacking in enthusiasm and passion. And, my remarks were just that. What this woman failed to ...
Views: 2201(1 vote) - ***Dynamic Public Speaking Means Never Letting Them 'See You Sweat' - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Nancy DanielsYes, I want you nervous for your upcoming speech or presentation because nervousness is good. I do not want your audience to see it however. Great public speakers are nervous. As many times as they have spoken, as many times as they have delivered the same presentation over and over, ...
Views: 2502(2 votes) - ***Earth Day: 7 Ways to Honor the Earth and Your Body - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardWhere I grew up, pollution was so heavy, the sky glowed orange and the smell of burning chemicals lingered in the air. I was born in 1963 on the Texas Gulf Coast near a conglomeration of oil refineries. I remember my aunt exclaiming with great surprise when she bought a ...
Views: 1737(3 votes) - ***Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Susun WeedEase Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs c. 2000, Susun S Weed Summertime means insect bites and stings. Ouch! Take a leaf from Susun S. Weed's storehouse of natural remedies: Soothe, heal, and prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live, north ...
Views: 2743(1 vote) - ***EDTA Oral Chelation - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2012 from Dr. Thomas Stearns LeeFour Reasons to Consider It EDTA Oral Chelation has a rejuvenating effect on the body, slowing down the biological clock of aging because of its powerful anti-oxidant, free-radical scavenging ability. EDTA is a weak, synthetic amino acid related to vinegar that was developed by the Germans ...
Views: 4141(2 votes) - ***Effective Communication: Listening Vs. Complying - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Dr. Neill NeillLately you’ve been finding yourself stewing about how you’ll handle your last child leaving home, and you need to talk with your husband about it. You start to tell him what you’re feeling, but his eyes glaze over and he tunes you out. You wonder how it came to this and if it’s fixable? You ...
Views: 2686(1 vote) - ***Effortless Abundance - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Mark HarrisonA few months ago I had a toothache and so I went to see a dentist. He had a look at the problem and then knocked off a bit of my tooth and smoothed the rough edge down. I can feel it now as I’m writing this. He told me that he could try to build the tooth back up, but that a basic rule of ...
Views: 3243(2 votes) - ***EFT & SUBCONSCIOUS PRIORITIES – Why an Issue Might Not Clear At First - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2011 from Anne Merkel, Ph.D. NDIf you are familiar with the use of meridian-tapping techniques such as EFT / Emotional Freedom Technique, you will probably have already encountered at least one case of when you tapped on an issue and it seemingly was cleared, but “came back” with more charge on the next day. There are ...
Views: 4587(2 votes) - ***EFT Energy Therapy Treatment of Physical Symptoms – Find the Root Emotional Cause - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Anne Merkel, Ph.D. NDIn any energy therapy or EFT coaching situation you will get the most from a session if you take time at the beginning to find the root cause. What do I mean by "root cause"? Some people call this the "underlying issue", and it is basically the deepest, original occurrence of the energetics ...
Views: 5370(3 votes) - ***Elderly Hoarding: Threat to Aging in Place - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comA house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. – George Carlin Dante’s Inferno The 14th-century epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is 14,000 lines of allegory describing the author’s philosophical journey ...
Views: 2947(1 vote) - ***ELEVATE YOUR SELF-LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Part One - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Doris HelgeDoes your inner critic ever plummet your self-esteem with negative self-talk about your appearance, your abilities or your life? Take advantage of proven tools guaranteed to help you turn your inner critic into an empowering inner coach more valuable than all the gold in Fort Knox. The tips ...
Views: 5944(3 votes) - ***ELEVATE YOUR SELF-LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Part Three - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2012 from Doris HelgeIn Part Two of this series, "Elevate Your Self-love, Confidence and Personal Empowerment," you gained tips for ending negative comparisons to other people that zap your self-esteem and confidence. You've begun to surround yourself with excellent role models who will inspire you to be Your ...
Views: 6189(1 vote) - ***ELEVATE YOUR SELF-LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Part Two - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Doris HelgeIn Part One of this article series, "Elevate Your Self-love, Confidence and Personal Empowerment," you gained tips for calming your inner critic by noticing it instead of judging it. This automatically freed more energy to enjoy your life because you're no longer battling the critical negative ...
Views: 5289(1 vote) - ***Emerging From a Cocoon - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Karen Mehringer, MADiscouraged, I thought, “I wish I could afford to go to therapy.” The grief over my last miscarriage and my pet’s illnesses weighed heavy on me. Further, for the past nine years, I had experienced one early pregnancy loss after another. Tired of leaning on my husband and friends for support, I ...
Views: 2415(1 vote) - ***Emotional Eating: Why Diets, Surgery, Pills Don't Work - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2014 from Sandra LeningtonBut if I know that eating less and exercising more will result in weight loss, why don’t I just do it? What’s getting in my way? Or, if I do succeed in losing a little weight with a diet, why do I usually regain the weight I lost? Why can’t I hold onto healthier habits as a ...
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