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- The Soul of the Heart Inner Whispers - Insights on the Journey of Life - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Catherine VanWetterAs we shift into a whole new way of being, many of us are being called to look deep within and uncover the hidden treasures of insight, wisdom, and inner knowing that have been slumbering within us. Now is the awakening of our full potential as we release and surrender to situations that are ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - Achieve Your Desires - Little Known Secret - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Dorothy NeddermeyerDo you want to improve your life? Do you want a clean bill of health? Do you want a happy, stress free life with peace of mind? Do you want to have financial freedom? Everybody knows they want to live a healthy, happy, stress free life with peace of mind. Everybody knows they want financial ...
Views: 3139(6 votes) - The Soul of the Heart Inner Whispers - Challenges and Blessings - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Catherine VanWetterFor many folks, this time in history is one of tremendous challenge and change. Many individuals are being forced to make decisions that they thought they would never have to make. The decision to sell a beloved home, the need to relocate in order to find work, adult children moving back home ...
Views: 1168(3 votes) - Top 7 Motivational Weight Loss Tips - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Cindy .HolbrookHere are some great motivational weight loss tips. They will not only get you started on your weight loss journey, they will help you to stay motivated and inspired. Motivation is the main ingredient that determines your success in weight loss. Ready, Set, Get Motivated ... Motivational ...
Views: 2121(4 votes) - Depression To Expression: From Hard to Fluid Bodies and Closed to Open Voices - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Elisa LodgeChronically depressed? I’m certain you’ve tried everything you could find and nothing seems to work. I’d like to offer you a simple, low cost, non-toxic approach that has worked well for my students and I believe it just might work for you too. Like the lotus growing in the mud, I used my ...
Views: 1271(2 votes) - The Soul of the Heart Inner Whispers - Our Family is Where We Begin - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Catherine VanWetterWhether we like it or not, we are our fathers, our mothers, our grandparents. No amount of denying, pushing away or ignoring will change that. How many times have we thought that if we move enough miles away or emotionally separate ourselves from our family, that somehow it will make a ...
Views: 1367(2 votes) - The Soul of the Heart Inner Whispers - Feeling Compassion For All - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Catherine VanWetterWe are living in a world where there is a lot of contrast and division. Battle lines are being drawn and tempers are rising. As we break away from old paradigms, or ways of thinking, it creates separation and fear. It can be threatening and scary to move away from one way of thinking and ...
Views: 1098(4 votes) - The Soul of the Heart Inner Whispers - Finding Your Truth Within - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Catherine VanWetterAll that we have ever needed is within us. Yet, we often look outside ourselves for the answers to the questions that surface, as we step into this thing we call Life. Where did we ever learn to stop trusting our own intuition or our little voice that tells us secrets in the middle of the night? ...
Views: 1513(3 votes) - 5 Tricks to Beat Your Sweet Tooth Cravings - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Cindy .HolbrookIt's natural for us to have cravings. It's part of our body's way of telling us what it needs. For instance if you are low in iron you might crave red meat. If your body is low on potassium it might crave bananas. When a craving strikes the first thing you might want to try is drinking a ...
Views: 3926(3 votes) - Keeping Our Minds Supple: Questioning Everything - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA lot of people feel threatened if they feel they are being asked to question their cherished beliefs or their perception of reality. Yet questioning is what keeps our minds supple and strong. Simply settling on one way of seeing things and refusing to be open to other possibilities makes the ...
Views: 490(2 votes) - Morning Motivation: You Are Supported! - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of my favorite movies is “About a Boy,” in which a teenage boy decides that the social support shared by only two family members (the boy and his struggling single mother) is not enough. If something happened to one of those family members, what would happen to the other? Through the rest of ...
Views: 592(3 votes) - My Turmeric Milk Ritual - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of my favorite Ayurvedic remedies is turmeric milk. Hot milk cooked with turmeric powder and then a pinch of sugar and a little bit of ghee. Warm, two cups, it’s my favorite remedy for colds, flus, for those run-down days for calming the windy airy dry energy of the vata dosha while ...
Views: 1335(2 votes) - My Path to Green: Step 6 - Green Gift Giving - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHi again. I can't believe it is already Step 6 in My Path to Green. Though, I have definitely learned a tremendous amount and am maker greener choices each day no matter what it is. This is a busy time of the year for me -- practically everybody I know has a birthday/anniversary etc etc coming ...
Views: 716(2 votes) - Active Solar Energy: How It Works - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Sullivan KincaidThere are two primary kinds of direct solar power: passive and active solar power. Passive solar energy involves the capture of the sun’s thermal energy. Everyone gets that pretty instinctively, since simply standing outside on a sunny day demonstrates the process. But when it comes to ...
Views: 1600(4 votes) - Back Pain Relief Lies They Tell You - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Graeme TeagueAre looking for answers to your back pain relief? Have you been searching to find answers to the common lies you have been told about back pain? Do you want to relieve back pain and start feeling better sooner rather than later? Read on to find out some of the mis-truths you have been told ...
Views: 1521(3 votes) - What's Your Number? Understanding The Enneagram - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFifteen or so years ago, I sat through a dinner party where the discussion at the table went something like this... "Well, as a three, I felt like I really needed to finish the 10k in less than an hour," said the perky blond. The whole table cracked up, but I missed the joke. "I'm a two, ...
Views: 1635(2 votes) - Thinking and Speaking with Love - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we think positively and speak lovingly, everything changes. If we understand that everything is simple and tell our loved ones how much we care for them in time, it follows that our relationships will be truly harmonious and full of love. But unfortunately, much of the time, it is only when ...
Views: 630(3 votes) - Law of Attraction and Physical Healing - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Many self help books suggest not to pay attention to unwanted things as the law of attraction states, the universe will bring exactly those into life. So how is it that when I'm meditating, it helps to get relief from discomfort and pain by rather focusing my attention to the body ...
Views: 970(43 votes) - A Huge Miracle - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsManu is back in class and he is back with his long lost smile. For all of us at pwhy it is a huge miracle. For many months we feared for his life though we kept a brave face. His body had almost given up as he suffered multi organ failure: his liver and kidneys had almost packed up with the ...
Views: 1190(4 votes) - Top Slimming Tips - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Audrey MakepeaceIf you feel you need to lose some pounds and inches, then you don't have to resort to a diet. Instead, you can make some minor changes to the way that you eat and your lifestyle in order to reach your goals. These type of slimming tips are ones that do not require any major or difficult ...
Views: 872(3 votes) - Open Mind - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith all the activities our lives are dedicated to, it is easy and usual to overlook the fulfillment present in this actual moment. In service to our goal-oriented minds, we usually neglect to stop our internal chatter for even just a few seconds. When I use the word "stop" here, I am referring ...
Views: 580(2 votes) - How to Deal with the Summertime Blues - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMost people think that Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) causes symptoms of depression only in the winter because of the colder weather and shorter days. However, about ten percent of those who suffer from SAD experience depression in the summer. This type of depression is particularly hard ...
Views: 941(2 votes) - Older People Need More Sunshine - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA study from the University of Warwick in England shows that more time in the sun can help older people avoid diabetes and heart attacks (Diabetes Care, July 2009). They evaluated 3,262 people aged 50-70 years old in Beijing and Shanghai, China, and found that 94 percent were low in vitamin D ...
Views: 552(2 votes) - The Animation of Visualization - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Andrew SchmarjeHave you ever heard the saying “mind over matter?” This saying wouldn’t have stuck around for so long if it didn’t have some value of truth. Imagery also known as visualization is an exercise that involves forming mental pictures, or “seeing with the mind’s eye.” It is a mental simulation of ...
Views: 1647(10 votes) - Saving the Lives of Those Who Save Yours - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDoctors in the VA are under pressure NOT to diagnose PTSD, because a diagnosis of PTSD leads to increased benefits and disqualifies the soldier from re-deployment. Bodies are at a premium here, folks, with many soldiers being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan numerous times. Hardball on msnbc.com ...
Views: 1515(2 votes) - Practice a Compassionate Life! - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPractice a Compassionate Life! “Feel the pain of others. Understand their strengths and disappointments their hardships and inadequacies and open your heart to them. Realize that everyone is doing the best they possibly can. Judge no one. But rather, cradle all humanity in your heart.” ...
Views: 699(4 votes) - My Morning Booty Call - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have a morning booty call, no missing it, it is absolute. It is my two year old ready for his bottom to be changed. Funny thing, when we were called upon to give our morning routines, this naturally came to mind as it’s my reality. Sorry to disappoint those that may have thought this was ...
Views: 1039(3 votes) - Never Use New Paper Products Again: 10 Alternatives - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Never buy gift wrap again. Instead, use magazine pages, brown paper from grocery bags, newspaper or other discarded paper products. Tie them with a brown string for the classic, understated look. As an even better alternative, give a gift that doesn't require wrapping, like an online ...
Views: 764(3 votes) - How Many Times Do You Smile A Day? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA few years ago, I stopped to complement a 20-something friend who seemed to smile more than most people. His response startled me, and offered me a new path to follow. "When I wake up each morning, before even opening my eyes," he said, "I start to smile. I know that if I wake up smiling, ...
Views: 3931(3 votes) - Kindness: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe paradox of selflessness never ceases to amaze me, yet somehow I continually forget that the receiving is in the giving. I was reminded yet again on Memorial Day when I joined Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) as they kicked-off their third year of anonymous, kind-hearted shenanigans. The ...
Views: 777(4 votes) - The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Christine SherborneYou may remember these words from a popular song in the eighties. How many of you have woken up in the early hours and let your fears wash over you? It seems to be the time that we are most vulnerable to negative thinking. It is the time when the solution that you thought would work, throws ...
Views: 2183(3 votes) - Materialism v Experiences - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Christine SherborneWhat’s more important to you, a new expensive gadget or an interesting holiday somewhere exotic? Are you materialistic or do you prefer to fill your life with interesting experiences? Did you know that people who constantly buy the latest new ‘thing’ are often less happy and satisfied with ...
Views: 1866(2 votes) - How Do You Digest Your Reality? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are teaching workshops and traveling a lot at the moment, eating wherever we are and whenever we can. This easily upsets our daily digestive rhythm. Which got us thinking about how we normally digest our world. The digestive process is not just about taking in food, it is also about ...
Views: 613(2 votes) - The Wisdom of Alan Watts - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhenever I am feeling a little out of sorts or a little frustrated in life, I turn to any book written by Alan Watts and I find that it inevitably cheers me up. He had an eloquent means of bringing to the fore the simplest explanations for the most complicated questions in life. Today I happened ...
Views: 1616(4 votes) - Small Gestures Make a Big Difference: Common Courtesy - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe often feel that we don't have the time or energy to extend ourselves to others with the small gestures that compose what we call common courtesy. It sometimes seems that this kind of social awareness belongs to the past, to smaller towns and slower times. Yet, when someone extends this kind ...
Views: 624(2 votes) - Addiction to the Self - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, such as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.” What makes so many of us prone to addiction in its various ...
Views: 863(2 votes) - Daily Routine (Dinacharya) - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAyurveda recommends the below daily routine to maintain a youthful body and a clear mind. Even if you are not able to maintain this routine every day, you can do the activities that bring you the most benefit, or focus on the full routine on the weekends, during times of stress or sickness, or ...
Views: 3838(4 votes) - Take a Breather - 5 Quick Ways to Refresh and Recharge - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes, some of the most mundane activities in your daily routine can be the much needed stress reliever of the day. After making a promise to myself about taking my steps toward wellness, I found some simple ways to release energy and rest myself in moments when I feel too overwhelmed. This ...
Views: 889(3 votes) - Don’t Suck Up To Anyone Higher Than You - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Andrew BaileyAccording to the web site www.idiomeanings.com, the definition of sucking up is: ‘to behave in a very friendly, flattering, or kind manner to someone higher than you in order to get a benefit.’ Usually this is done in a very contrite and deceptive manner. A person says things and does things ...
Views: 4856(6 votes) - Is Cash King When It Comes To Sales Incentives? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Andrew BaileyEvery sales person I have ever met wants to make as much money as possible with their time in the company. After all, that’s what they’re there for. To make money for themselves as well as for the company. It’s a give and take role. Over the years as I have stated in earlier posts, I have ...
Views: 1126(3 votes) - Make Your Kitchen and Living Room Eco-Chic: Five Tips to Green it Up - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou can have most luxurious living room in town—the party’ll still end up in the kitchen. Get yours a little greener with these tips from Anna Rosemann of EcoConsulting LA. A good composter dramatically reduces the waste that you send to the landfill and can help counteract black thumb in the ...
Views: 2008(4 votes) - Treat Your Staff With Respect - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Andrew BaileyWe have all heard of the ancient saying “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I’m sure that where you work you see and hear managers abusing their staff everyday. Or worse still, you might be one of them. Worse again, you might not even realize you are doing it! There is no ...
Views: 4465(3 votes) - What You Hate Most in Others May Be the Shadow in Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Shadow in ourselves consists of all the emotions and thoughts we repress as being socially inappropriate. Jealousy, rage, that evil twinge that relishes the thought of your boss being called on the carpet? That is shadow material. The more we repress shadow material, the more of a hold it ...
Views: 1824(1 vote) - Online Network Marketing - Lets You Achieve Your Dreams And Goals - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Herb HunterWorking online is undoubtedly the business plan for the future. Online Network Marketing - Lets You Achieve Your Dreams And Goals. The internet is used by so many people for so many different things nowadays that there’s really nothing but profit out there to be made. One of the emerging ways ...
Views: 1495(1 vote) - The Power of Less to Get More Done - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSuccess breeds complexity. {Do you really think Tim Ferris, author of the bestseller, The 4 Hour Work Week works only 4 hours a week?} Simplicity and traditional success are a tricky combo. The masters of it are exceptions. They are also chilled, prosperous and rarely in a rush. Leo Babauta ...
Views: 645(2 votes) - Sex and Fitness? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany are over-worked, over-stressed and over-eating on a daily basis. These factors lead to tired and generally unhealthy individuals who become too lazy for one of the best activities most teenagers crave - having sex. With these bad food choices and inactivity in our lives, is it any mystery ...
Views: 584(1 vote) - Develop the Millionaire Mindset in 4 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Shanshera QuinnDo you think like a millionaire or do you find yourself thinking more in line with the middle class? There is a mindset that wealthy people have that others are not aware of. Many people tend to think that people with money only live to make money and that making money is all they care about. ...
Views: 1511(8 votes) - The Sunday Night Ritual: From Sickening to Sweet - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Kelly RomirowskyWhat is Sunday night like in your house? Do you spend it trying to pretend tomorrow isn’t Monday? Do you make an endless to do list for the coming week? Do you get a stomachache just thinking about tomorrow? Do you pace your house because you can’t fall asleep? Or do you stay up until you’re ...
Views: 1778(1 vote) - The Sunday Night Ritual: Talking Back - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Kelly RomirowskyIt’s been one week since I last wrote about that dreaded Sunday night ritual many of us have developed in response to knowing tomorrow is Monday. Last week I asked you to take notice of what you were feeling physically and emotionally and what thoughts were racing through your head on Sunday ...
Views: 843(1 vote) - Financial Abundance - 4 Strategies for Increase - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Shanshera QuinnWe are living in the best of times to become millionaires. Even if you grew up in poverty or had a very modest upbringing, the possibility is still there. It is yours for the taking as long as you can recognize and capitalize on each and every opportunity. However, being the trailblazer that ...
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