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- Wellness Means Turn On Your Inner Light - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRemember when you woke up filled with enthusiasm, eager to begin your day, savoring each vibrant moment? How long has it been since you felt vital in that way? If a photo were taken of you at this moment, would you smile for the camera or look nervous and serious, uncomfortable that the picture ...
Views: 518(1 vote) - What 5 Books Have Changed Your Life? - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." - Franz Kafka When I was working abroad in Japan and going through a particularly miserable period of my life, a friend offered to lend me her copy of A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Though I had heard of The Power of Now several times ...
Views: 1360(2 votes) - What Are You Spreading? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the midst of the recent Swine flu panic, most of us have been more careful than usual with our physical hygiene. We wash our hands more faithfully, cover our sneezes more correctly, avoid touching surfaces in public places and maybe worry more. We also have been humbled by how quickly and ...
Views: 553(2 votes) - What do Handmade Soap, Recycled Tires, and Yoga have in Common with Coca Cola and Walmart? - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA shift is now taking place in the way we live that is affecting us all. It asks us to reconsider what our priorities are, who we want to share our life with, what we can do without, and what is really important and meaningful to us. As a result of our current recession, we are all going through ...
Views: 864(1 vote) - What Does "Conscious Parenting" Mean, Anyway? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWelcome to my little corner of the world! Here is some of my story -- on why I've made "conscious parenting" the primary focus of my parenting practice. This piece was originally published as, "What is Your Parenting Style," at www.BodyEcology.com . When I was approached by Body Ecology to ...
Views: 659(1 vote) - 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: 521(1 vote) - What I Wish I'd Known - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy cell phone rang while driving to my son's basketball game; he was in 4th gradeand about to play his elementary school's archrival. I was supposed to watchhis game for 30 minutes and then pick up my daughter from her tennis match. Butwhen my doctor told me I had "a couple of cancer cells," I ...
Views: 575(1 vote) - What Is Excellence? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is fitting that my friend and colleague Julie van Amerongen contributed this reflection on Excellence for the eBook, 26 Principles of Working for Good. Julie just sent me an "assignment" to review, which she wrote as part of a job application process–she is one of two people left in a precess ...
Views: 1058(1 vote) - What is Micro IVF? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMicro IVF in general can be described as taking either solely oral fertility meds with or without minimal use or injectable gonadotropins when going through InVitro fertilization. The process is the same as doing conventional IVF which entails egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - What is Micro IVF? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMicro IVF in general can be described as taking either solely oral fertility meds with or without minimal use or injectable gonadotropins when going through InVitro fertilization. The process is the same as doing conventional IVF which entails egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - What Is Wellness? You Know You Are Well When You're Practicing These 10 Wellness Behaviors... - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWellness has nothing to do with your external circumstances! You know you are "well" when you find yourself: 1. Approaching healing and life as an opportunity to constantly reorganize into a more dynamic, aware and responsive you. 2. Fully experiencing and accepting your core nature, ...
Views: 501(1 vote) - What is Your First Step to Wellness? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI just bought a big, hard cover notebook with blank pages and no lines. This is my first step to wellness. This past weekend was a relatively emotional one for me. I had a conversation that was long, long overdue with someone important to me. I am still struggling with whether the conversation ...
Views: 545(1 vote) - What the President SHOULD Say in Cairo Tomorrow - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"And as I take this trip -- and I will be visiting Cairo tomorrow, I thought it was very important to come to the place where Islam began and to seek his majesty's counsel and to discuss with him many of the issues that we confront here in the Middle East," said President Obama from Saudi Arabia ...
Views: 573(3 votes) - What to Do When You Expect the Worst - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe world has changed and you are probably feeling de-stabilized and out of alignment. What should you do when the fortune cookie you crack open is negative? Throw this one away and open another fortune cookie. No one lives in reality because you live in your perceptions. Getting the mind and ...
Views: 644(1 vote) - What’s Big and Green and Airs Over and Over? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you ever tried tearing your son’s attention away when he’s deep into Diego? Ever attempted to converse with your daughter when she’s transfixed by Tinker Bell? Nickelodeon and Disney know they’ve got a captive audience in today’s tots and tweens. And while we might wish our wee ones spent a ...
Views: 1397(1 vote) - When We Pendulum: Humans Tend to Oscillate Back and Forth on Ideas and Mates - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen us humans come out of a suboptimal experience, we tend to overcorrect in the opposite direction in our next experience. Repeated overcorrecting results in penduluming (which is often sub-optimal behavior). For instance, let's say you dated a workaholic investment banker and the ...
Views: 633(1 vote) - When You Need It Bad - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the April 28 ezine issue of Get What You Want, we explored the challenges of feeling (and releasing) need. Here’s a quick reprint in order to facilitate discussion around it, as well as expanded coverage about why some people seem to manifest better when they get desperate: From a law of ...
Views: 805(3 votes) - Where Did All That Stress Come From? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you noticed an increasing amount of stress in your life? Sure, there are plenty of things to be concerned about, not the least of which is the economy. However, I'll bet that before things turned south, you still had more than enough stress. If this sounds familiar, then I'd like to ...
Views: 633(1 vote) - Where Is Sacred Space? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn 1994 I was invited to speak to a group of men incarcerated at Englewood Federal Prison, Colorado. They were a group of men who had been part of a meditation and discussion group, and their leader had attended some of the meetings I was holding in nearby Boulder. It was a thrilling ...
Views: 885(1 vote) - Whispers From the Soul: Tapping into Your Intuitive Guidance System - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are driving home from work and you suddenly get the urge to go a different route. You follow the urge only later to hear on the radio that there was a major accident on your usual route. You think to yourself, “what good luck!” You wake up in the morning and remember that you dreamed that ...
Views: 1432(2 votes) - Who I Am is My Magic - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI read books about druids lately. About druid world, druid reality. I read about their friendship and alliance with trees, about their unity with nature. I read about walking barefoot upon the earth and feeling it hum with the energy of life, I read about being the balance, the harmony between ...
Views: 550(1 vote) - Why Am I Thinking of My Ex? Do I still love him or is it something else? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMargaret Ruth I am 25. I just got out of a long 2 1/2 year relationship and before that I was married for 3 1/2 yrs. I got a divorcethat was final in June of 2006. And my late relationship ended in the end of March of this year. But my problem is I am thinking and having feelings pop up for my ...
Views: 1006(3 votes) - Why Are We Here? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI was talking with a client the other day about that scary question: what is it we are on earth to do? “If only I could discover my reason to be here,” she said, ‘then I’d know how to live.” It’s a useful question to ask, of course, and we probably all should ask it on a regular basis, if ...
Views: 675(1 vote) - Why Do We Love Reading Fiction? - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt’s a funny little habit, disappearing into a pile of dead, shredded, pressed and processed tree, following little inkmarks some other person put down, in a very particular order, so as to evoke an utterly insubstantial world that is different from the one you’re in and exists only behind the ...
Views: 1260(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) - Why Procrastination Might Be Good For You - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOriginally published on The Huffington Post Do you just procrastinate or do you procrastinate at a high level? Notice the implied assumption that you do procrastinate! High performance procrastination is our goal here. Last week, we addressed the challenges associated with to do lists ...
Views: 669(1 vote) - 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: 737(1 vote) - Wisdom in the Marketplace - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMonkInTheCity spoke to Zen Master Genpo Roshi about money. The Monk: It’s bonus time in the City, and I’m a Zen monk. No one wants to believe they are greedy. But to be honest, I’ve thought about it a lot. It pays the bills, the mortgage, and allows me to give some to family, friends and ...
Views: 699(1 vote) - Women Weaving Worlds - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast night I had the great fortune to attend a benefit gala for the Women's Earth Alliance - an incredible organization that (in their word) "unites women on the front lines of environmental causes coordinating resources, training & networks to support thriving women, communities and ...
Views: 737(5 votes) - Writing Songs With My Friend, Mike - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I was in my second year of college living on campus (at Columbia in NYC) with 4 suite mates, every time the phone rang, there was a race to answer it. Everyone wanted to be the guy to hear the “hello” on the other side just in case it was my friend Michael Jackson calling. Most of those ...
Views: 804(2 votes) - Yoga Isn’t Stretching - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf we look at the purpose of yoga and understand it in its spiritual context, we could distill it as 'opening the body, at the physical and subtle levels'. In this process of opening what is held within these different levels, the holding and in fact what creates the holding itself, is released. ...
Views: 978(2 votes) - 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: 546(1 vote) - You Are Oprah: Top 8 Ways to Be Great - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are a multitude of self-help books in the marketplace that speak to the idea of self-acceptance, self-worth, self-love -- in fact, I've authored two of them! And with that in mind, I have to say that Howard Glasser's new book You Are Oprah: Igniting the Fires of Greatness can and does ...
Views: 683(2 votes) - You Are What You Eat: Food Inc. Brings Food to the Forefront - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe film Food Inc premieres on June 12th in LA, SF and NYC and brings dinner and the food industry to the center stage of a serious debate that is happening across the country. The adage "you are what you eat" has been around for a very long time. However, it seems that during the last 50 ...
Views: 802(1 vote) - You Don't Need To Be Perfect, Just Be Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI grew up in the midst of the women’s movement, with Marlo Thomas’ “Free To Be…You And Me” record playing daily in the background. I vividly recall days the house key dangled from my red yarn necklace and phoning my working mother the moment I returned from school. Other days, I sat under her ...
Views: 1624(2 votes) - Your Body's Best Kept Secret to Great Health - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you suffer from cellulite or fatty deposits? Do you experience aches and pains? Are you overweight? Do you experience abdominal bloating? Do you feel bloated or have areas on your body that seem pudgy? Have you been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrom, multiple ...
Views: 1155(1 vote) - Your Weight and Desktop Dining - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEating at your desk while working may be a recipe for weight gain and indigestion. Here’s why… I vividly remember the moment when I realized I typically eat at my desk while working. I was at Heinrich-Heine University in Deüsseldorf, Germany, where my husband, Larry Scherwitz, and I, had been ...
Views: 690(1 vote) - You’re a Mess of Contradictions. How Very Beautiful - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman Soon after we met, my man and I were getting ready for a party. “I’m not good at parties,” I warned him. “What?! You’re like the public-speaking power chicklet.” “Noooo. I’m the ...
Views: 524(2 votes) - “Enviro-Friendly” Dry Cleaning isn’t So Friendly After All - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThese days, “eco” dry cleaners seem to be popping up all over the place. Ever wonder how green their clean really is? Not terribly, it turns out. Regular dry cleaning is notoriously harmful to the environment, but even dry cleaners that market themselves as “eco-friendly” are most likely using a ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - Catching the Contradiction - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“All riiiiight,” I said to my six year old black cat crouched and hiding behind the reading chair. “I’m trusting you then.” Cher’s not usually allowed free rein of the house, since she has been known to do bad kitty deeds. (She’s actually notorious for it, thanks to me.) But I couldn’t ...
Views: 892(6 votes) - The Wedding Poem - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen friends asked if I would write a poem for their wedding, I responded with an enthusiastic "Yes!" What an honor! I let the poem incubate in my mind for awhile, then woke up at 2:30 AM last week and wrote the following. The bridal couple LOVES it; and in the absence of the grooms mother at ...
Views: 694(5 votes) - A Different Kind of Ride for Charity - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere's something about the idea off covering great distances that brings out the fundraiser in people. If it's not a breast cancer walk, it's an AIDS ride. If not an AIDS ride, a marathon team running for leukemia. The list goes on. I myself did an MS ride, and I have recently written about an ...
Views: 1462(4 votes) - Business Strategies from the Yoga Mat - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs the president of a communications firm with a twelve-year daily yoga practice, it’s been extraordinary to see how the lessons I’ve learned from my teacher and the practice have benefited my work. The following are three ideas, phrases, and strategies that can benefit your business and smooth ...
Views: 801(4 votes) - Hugs...The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all have crushes. Sometimes they are innocent...like when you're in 3rd Grade. And sometimes they are not as innocent...like when you're married and lust for another. Can you relate? In my book Yeah Dave's Guide to Livin' the Moment (which launched today--March 17), there's a chapter ...
Views: 3145(4 votes) - A Case of Irreconcilable Differences - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I'm a physicist. My girlfriend recently confessed that she believes devoutly in a number of new-age forms of pseudoscience, from astrology to the ability of thoughts to transform water crystals. As a scientist, I believe these things to be complete bunk. So my first reaction is that ...
Views: 607(3 votes) - Ayurveda and Nail Care - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to Ayurveda, our fingernails are a by-produce of our bones. And the condition of our nails is a reflection of the condition of our body tissues. If we're having problems with our nails, then we need to look at the balance and nourishment of the whole body. Here are some examples of ...
Views: 5567(3 votes) - Barack Obama and the Noble Lie - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSome commentators have called 2008 "the moment of truth election." The phrase seems to expand in all directions. It's the moment of truth for an out of control financial system and hapless home owners in over their heads. It's the moment of truth for America's addiction to Middle East oil, and ...
Views: 1175(3 votes) - Does a Recession Make us Less Compassionate? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we have money we tend to build a bigger house and then we have to put a fence around it to keep people out, and then we have to become wary of anyone who wants to be our friend. The minute we have something we become very guarded and protective, and reluctant to share. Does success make ...
Views: 577(3 votes) - Happiness Now! - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere is something to learn from our children: BE HAPPY NOW. You might have noticed that children don’t typically spend their days worrying about the past or dreading the future (barring the occasional upcoming algebra test.) Children, far more successfully than most adults, live in the ...
Views: 658(3 votes) - Harmony in Your Space - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have friends with loads and heaps of stuff. However, when they need that paper they wrote or that blue scarf that appears to be missing they know exactly where to find it. Hard for me to imagine loads of buckets in a room or a closet filled with purses, shoes, hats, accessories, etc, bathrooms ...
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