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- Boldly Growing into Your Own: Fear of the Future - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThough much human fear is based on uncertainty, foreknowledge does not always ease the mind. It is often when our futures look brightest that our resolve crumbles and we veer off course. We can recognize that success is on the horizon, but we cannot discern how it will impact our lives. Because ...
Views: 492(1 vote) - If You're Conscious, How Can You Die? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAn Interview with Modern-Day Taoist Wizard Peter Ragner. By Andrew Cohen I've often wondered how it would look if someone like Jack LaLanne or Anthony Robbins—whom I've always admired for their indomitable spirit, incredible self-discipline, and joie de vivre—became enlightened. When I ...
Views: 878(1 vote) - Are You in the Right Conversation? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI woke up this morning with an extremely profound realization that I would like to share with you because if you "get it", there's a distinct possibility that this little piece of knowledge could completely and totally change your life forever. OK.....are you ready? Because in order for ...
Views: 520(1 vote) - Paying Attention to Yourself and Your Environment Can Help Your Sleep! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPutting attention on ourselves and our environment can help to resolve some of our personal challenges, especially sleep issues. Here are some tips and questions for you to place your attention on so you can get a good night sleep! 1. Are you waking up periodically during the night to adjust ...
Views: 846(2 votes) - Morning Motivation: American Idol and the power of choice - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe day of American Idol’s season eight finale has finally arrived, and avid fans around the country will be eagerly waiting to find out if their votes will crown Adam or Kris the new American Idol. Adam is the formidable rocker who remained true to his own inimitable style throughout the ...
Views: 586(1 vote) - Avoid Slipping into the Negativity of Others— Uplift Them with Your Own Positivity - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNot long ago I happened to meet a lovely woman who, like me, was selling her house. We started to have a nice chat, and she told me that she was selling the place because she was getting divorced. It was her second marriage, and naturally she was feeling deeply sad about the breakup. She went on ...
Views: 533(2 votes) - Sleepless Nights: Morning Heart Attacks - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHeart attacks and strokes are more likely to happen during early morning hours. What's your risk for early morning heart attack? For a period of twenty years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) studied the connection between a poor night's sleep and heart attacks and strokes. During ...
Views: 1903(1 vote) - Listening to Your Body - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: In The Happiness Prescription, you say "listen to your body." I understand that by doing this it enables you in important decision making and such. I tend to think negatively at times, completely out of fear, which of course produces bodily signals and symptoms. How do you know what ...
Views: 459(1 vote) - Sex Equals Sleep? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMost men snooze after sex, but do women? Personally, I become energized in a relaxed, relieved, happy, “let’s go get some things accomplished now” kind of a way. I recently heard about a study on The Today Show where men and women respond differently to partnering, mating, and being ...
Views: 1100(2 votes) - Is it Morning in the World? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis is a column about optimism and why there's reason to feel it. Over the weekend one of the news shows referred to "morning in America." That was Ronald Reagan's call to optimism thirty years ago. The country was demoralized and just beginning to come out of a long recession. The point of ...
Views: 537(1 vote) - Where Does Your Pretty Come From? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor those of you who have young children and are in the know, two momentous events occurred in the world of kids and fashion: Barbie turned 50 and Dora got a Makeover. So what’s the connection? -- the impact that these two icons have had on children and the way we view ourselves. Barbie has ...
Views: 611(2 votes) - Recipe: Quick and Easy Basil Oil - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor one cup, blend 1 cup of olive oil with 2 cups of fresh basil that has been rinsed and dried. Blending for a few minutes will heat the mixture and allow more of the basil flavor to be released. Strain well into a jar and store in the fridge for up to a week. You may also pour into a plastic ...
Views: 931(1 vote) - The Tibetan Voice - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Tibetan Voice is now manifesting more and more in the West as a means of creating resonance that effect both the Celestial and the Gaia energies. A number of Westerners, including myself, have now developed the Tibetan Deep Voice and are sharing it with others here in the West. Women, as ...
Views: 2138(2 votes) - Biking and Oneness - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt might have been from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, or some other book involving motorcycles, but I remember some author saying that riding a motorcycle is the best way to experience a country. Since most people don't necessarily have the money or the gusto to own a motorcycle, I ...
Views: 830(1 vote) - If You Could Be Anything, What Would You Be? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs a therapist, I was trained in art therapy. How you draw a tree can tell you a lot about yourself. If the roots are deep into the ground, if the leaves reach up to the sky, if the colors are bright or dark…all are images that share mountains of information with simply the swipe of a ...
Views: 556(1 vote) - How Can We Get a Good Night's Sleep? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA good nights sleep can sometimes be hard find! We toss and turn and wake up wanting MORE sleep. How can we get a good nights sleep? One: Turn Off and Tune Down Turn off the television unless you want to watch shows that are peaceful and calm. Stimulation before sleep can be one of the ...
Views: 487(1 vote) - Why Intuition Is More Than Just Psychobabble - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI'm embarrassed to say I read Louise Hay's "You can heal your life" at times when I have a stiff neck, lower back pain, or sinus flare-up. Her book is full of body to emotion relationships with positive affirmations offered as a means to counter what she considers the underlying cause of many ...
Views: 847(2 votes) - What I Learned From My Wedding: Part 1 - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. You can’t control anything, or how I learned to love the rain We had chosen the venue for the view. We were to be married in a state park up in the Berkeley hills with a gorgeous view of the mountains in front of which we would be performing the ceremony. The week before we started ...
Views: 522(1 vote) - You Are More Powerful Than You Know - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou've heard the old adage, "You are what you eat," but I think "You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, and do." Every food you eat, every beverage you consume, every breath you take, every thought you think, and all the actions you take in life are creating you. The eat and drink ...
Views: 548(1 vote) - The Most Compelling Leadership Vision - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA distinguished woman rose to speak in the front of a room of 40 fellow employees during a Total Leadership workshop I was conducting earlier this week at a large pharmaceutical company’s headquarters. “Joyous laughter — this is the sound I hear throughout the home I have built and now ...
Views: 818(1 vote) - The Rollercoaster (or How To Survive The Teenage Years) - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI stormed out of the house in the freezing cold with my husband's wool coat thrown over my pajamas looking like a Disney character with long floppy coat arms at my sides and fluffy slippers that I was sorry I'd worn. They didn't see me standing squarely in front of the car. I positioned myself ...
Views: 932(1 vote) - The Key to Creating a Life You Love - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLove Your Body, Love Your Life. I originally came up with a different title - Love Your Body, Live Your Dreams. But the publisher preferred Love Your Body, Love Your Life. I thought it had a nice ring to it, and everyone I spoke with preferred the publisher's title, so we went with that. (Also ...
Views: 586(1 vote) - Special Messengers: Reconnecting with Friends - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery person that passes through our lives makes a contribution to our life stories. There are those who play large roles and make deep impressions, but sometimes a brief special appearance before life takes them in another direction creates a meaningful connection. It is a rare gift when they ...
Views: 3117(1 vote) - Sleep: Necessary, but Sometimes Hard to Get - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAn article a while back in the New York Times got me thinking about sleep. Scientists tell us that sleep is crucial for mental and physical health. There is some evidence to suggest that during sleep, the body repairs and regenerates tissues, builds bone and muscle, and appears to strengthen the ...
Views: 832(1 vote) - My Hero: Aimee Mullins - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I think my life is hard and I want to quit, or just feel sorry for myself, I try to think of people like Aimee Mullins. Who is Aimee Mullins? Aimee is a double leg amputee. She lost both her legs in childhood to a genetic disease. As an adult she is a recognized athlete, model, ...
Views: 1221(1 vote) - Bridging the Manifesting Gap - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere’s a place I suspect we’ve all visited at some point or another; the place between where we are and where we want to be, aka The Manifesting Gap. It’s the place between recognizing a new desire, doing the manifesting work to bring it about, and yet not experiencing it in our physical ...
Views: 810(2 votes) - "Sleep,Thou that Knittest Up the Ravel'd Sleeve of Care...' - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsShakespeare got it right. Sleep, which Macbeth famously says he has murdered, is 'the death of each day's life, sore labor's balm'. It repairs, and knits up again that frayed sleeve of our minds that has been worn through during the labors of the day. But it's also much more than this. I've ...
Views: 2867(1 vote) - Morning Motivation: Paramahansa Yogananda's Optimism - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsParamahansa Yogananda wrote a wonderful book called Autobiography of a Yogi in which he described his life’s spiritual journey. His eternal optimism and unwavering faith have made his book unforgettable to millions of readers, and you can now read his book online at Autobiography of a ...
Views: 942(1 vote) - Living in the Future: The Dangers of Overplanning - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEverywhere on and off the web, people talk about the benefits of planning. Plans help you define your goals, help you determine what tasks are needed and when you need to do them. And plans help you stay on track when distractions set in. So, what’s not to love about plans? Lots. When you ...
Views: 973(1 vote) - 4 Links Between Self Awareness and Authentic Relationships - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of the crucial steps in maintaining genuine personal connections with others is possessing acute self awareness. Self awareness is the ability to perceive what is going on with you at all times and, this is important, on all your various levels of self. Because this skill is not taught to us ...
Views: 1238(1 vote) - Sleep More, Weigh Less - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLots of weight loss products promise miracles. One in particular that I recall says a magic pill lets you lose weight while you sleep. Now, groundbreaking new studies are revealing that you don’t even need a mystical (and questionable) potion to lose weight while sleeping; what women in ...
Views: 543(1 vote) - Sixteen Tips for Getting Good Sleep - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere’s a lot of advice out there about getting good sleep -- and it's very important. We quickly adjust to being sleep-deprived, and don't notice that we aren't functioning at a normal level, but lack of sleep really affects us. If you're feeling blue or listless, try going to sleep thirty ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - The Books That Changed My (Gardening) Life - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are several books that altered how I look at the food I purchase and what I grow in my yard. Barbara Kingsolver wrote about her families journey of eating locally grown food for a year in Animal, Vegatable, Miracle. The book is non-fiction, yet is written in a way that draws you in. It ...
Views: 746(1 vote) - Identity Confusion - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been meditating for some time now. This morning while meditating I realised something which has totally confused me. I realised that there are 3 components. 1. Ego/Mind 2. Silent Witness 3. Spirit, Soul or the GAP. So we can live our lives through our Ego/Mind or ...
Views: 1009(1 vote) - The Facebook Promise: Cool or Just Cold? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you Facebook? Why do you Facebook? How many friends do you have? How many Facebook friends do you have? Is there a difference? Should there be a difference? We could have quite a conversation on these four questions, if only we could actually converse. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and all ...
Views: 623(1 vote) - Staying Committed and Keeping That Spark Alive! - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe have powerful desires to belong and to connect with a special someone. In the U.S. we inherited a model for marriage and relationships that has remained largely unchanged for over 50 years. That traditional model was never intended to integrate our individual needs with the needs of the ...
Views: 676(3 votes) - Wing and a Prayer: How Safe is My Next Regional Plane Flight? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI just flew on a regional jet from Los Angeles to Monterey, California. After watching the National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington this week investigating the crash of the Continental commuter plane near Buffalo, I confess that I was very focused on the pilots and the ...
Views: 739(1 vote) - Psychics and Lost Pets - Some Thoughts - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy friend Patty and I were talking this morning about the difficult issue of locating lost pets. Patty is a pet psychic (www.pattypetpsychic.net) and gets the desperate inquiries that come about this. I know I hate to do lost animals and so resist it. She has a different set of reasons for ...
Views: 930(1 vote) - Are You Suffering from the Impostor Syndrome? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you live with a chronic case of self-doubt? Do you feel like you don’t deserve your success? You might have the impostor syndrome which is a real, psychological disorder. While men can have this syndrome, it affects mostly women. The impostor syndrome involves feeling unworthy, like a fake; ...
Views: 581(1 vote) - The Secret to Having Everything You Want - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEveryone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn't hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly ...
Views: 663(2 votes) - The Darwin Depression: Where Are We Now? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBack in December, I wrote a post here called "The Darwin Depression" -- my basic premise being that the US economy, and in fact, the global economy was in the midst of the bursting of the largest asset bubble in world history, and as we returned to a level of financial sanity, it was going to be ...
Views: 682(1 vote) - Parts Of The One: Ants And Bees, A Metaphor - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we see ants and bees out in the world, we often see just one, but this belies the reality of their situation. More than any other species, ants and bees function as parts of a whole. They cannot and do not survive as individuals; they survive as members of a group, and the group’s survival ...
Views: 648(1 vote) - Organic Eats: “Seitan” an Alternative to Tofu - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a lot of bad press these days on tofu and tofu containing products. I won’t elaborate here. My intent is to offer a great alternative for your space! Seitan is made from wheat but does not have a lot in common with flour or bread. Many know it as “wheat meat”, “wheat gluten” or ...
Views: 745(1 vote) - Too Busy to Change the World? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI was on an Internet radio show last night with Bernedette on Hidden Wisdom Radio. At one point Bernedette asked me about my predictions for the future of the world. What an awesome question: often asked. I staggered when presented with this essential question. Before I give my prediction, ...
Views: 865(1 vote) - Morning Motivation: Bernie Siegel and Healing - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRetired surgeon Dr. Bernie Siegel was one of my idols when I was studying the mind-body connection as an undergraduate at UMASS. For decades, he has focused on treating cancer patients as full human beings, helping them to heal mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, as well as physically. ...
Views: 848(1 vote) - Collaboration - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is highly appropriate that this posting is principally written by my friend, colleague, and collaborator Elad Levinson. If it weren't for Elad, I doubt I would have written Working for Good: Making a Difference, While Making a Living last year. Elad's insights, support, guidance, and ...
Views: 801(1 vote) - Obama at Notre Dame: A study in Grace - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMay 17th turned out to be a gray and wet Sunday afternoon as I sat working on the new issue of my e-magazine. Buzzing in the background for the past few days, had been the incessant cacophony of voices discussing the feasibility conferring upon a President, who was pro stem cell research and ...
Views: 648(1 vote) - Realistic Optimism and the Future of Our Planet with Rex Weyler: An Exclusive Interview - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"War is one of the biggest ecological disasters on the planet," Intent Voice Rex Weyler tells me. In our conversation, he describes to me how before "ecology" and "environment" were household terms that ordinary people cared about, radioactive material was appearing in the bone marrow of ...
Views: 769(1 vote) - Building Emotional Muscle - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’ve been talking about a woman’s self-worth for weeks, and have been gearing up for the release of my book for months. I re-read my own words constantly, and am determined to follow my own advice – to practice what I so robustly encourage others to do. An important part of my message is that ...
Views: 668(1 vote) - Sustainable Living with Jeff McIntire-Strasburg: An Exclusive Interview - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIntent Voice Jeff McIntire-Strasburg was an English professor before he decided to try his hand at green blogging and write about a subject he was passionate about, which was sustainable living. Back in 2003 when he first found Sustainablog, the blogging community was mostly dominated by ...
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