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- Heart Meditation: Afraid of Opening Your Heart - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is not easy to have an open heart in a world that offers us a full plate of experiences. This life gives us much joy, love, and light, but it also shows us a fair amount of pain, sadness, and suffering. When our hearts are open, we take everything into ourselves, and we are deeply affected by ...
Views: 845(1 vote) - Finding Big Love is Possible at Any Age - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIs it your dream to find a soul mate? A life-partner who will love, cherish and adore you? As someone who didn’t meet and marry my soul mate until I was 44, I learned a lot along the way about what does and doesn’t work in the world of love and romance. Here’s what I know for sure: ...
Views: 654(2 votes) - The 21-Day Complaint Free Marriage Experiment - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy wife and I have embarked on a 21-day complaint free marriage experiment. I was first introduced to this idea. Tim Ferriss’ blog. In fact, there is a huge movement towards a complaint free world, almost 5 million bracelets distributed worldwide. The idea is simple; go 21 days in a row ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - Raise the Energy in Your Home with Smudging - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSmudging has traditionally been performed by Native Americans and is the ritual burning of herbs to create smoke to clear and purify a person or space. Ceremonies may begin and end with the burning of these sacred herbs. Herbs such as sage, sweetgrass and cedar are generally used. Try to ...
Views: 3376(1 vote) - 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) - How Do You Express Your Self-Worth? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow do you express your self-worth? Are you going after your passions? Are you achieving your goals? How would you make your life better? These are some of the questions I have been pondering during the past couple of years as I wrote my latest book. I gathered insightful comments from women ...
Views: 854(1 vote) - Laid Off? Heal Your Chakras - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of my iterations is as an energy healer, so I have a unique perspective on seeing the effect of the economy on our chakras. A friend's husband was laid off a year ago from his newspaper job, and she told me recently that he is becoming more and more depressed and she is worried about him. I ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - Family Constellations - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEver know a family that seemed “cursed?” Patterns of bad fortune sometimes go back several generations, due to forces that act as an energetic, rather than a genetic legacy. Alison Rose Levy, another intent.com voice, has written about this in her blog, calling it your “psycho-energetic ...
Views: 1221(1 vote) - My Most Valuable Real Estate - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis morning it hit me like a ton of bricks, a revelation that catapulted me to new meaning for a theme I have heard, read and tried to integrate into my life: You attract what you think and your thoughts become things. The Secret made me most aware of this truth. Incorporating it into my head ...
Views: 643(2 votes) - Listen Up! - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my opinion, there is no greater way to show love and devotion for our friends, family, loved ones, etc., than to truly listen to them. And by listening, I mean listening from the heart. I am sure none of you can relate to this, but I have actually had experiences of people texting DURING ...
Views: 1065(3 votes) - Waiting In Line To Smell The Roses - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsExiting Union Station in the early morning rush can be quite an adventure. I've never flown any helicopter missions or been a part of any real political intrigue, but, shuffling in and out of thousands of people on a Thursday morning in Los Angeles can feel every bit as dangerous. Weaving your ...
Views: 613(2 votes) - Economics 101: Money Creates the Illusion of Scarcity - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI remember something from my community college economics class that economy had something to do with scarcity. All along I've been reading post after post about how to get what we want because all we need is available in abundance. Seems to me we need to abolish the monetary system. What ...
Views: 3467(2 votes) - The Universe Is As It Is - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: If everything is as it should be, what is, is, (Seven Spiritual Laws of Success), was Nazi German SUPPOSED to happen? Are all the horrors of life SUPPOSED to be? I am confused. I cannot reconcile Hitler's Germany as something that was supposed to be because " the universe is as it ...
Views: 538(1 vote) - Expanding Their Vision: Nine Ways To Help Others Awaken to Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Living by your values allows you to become a positive source of inspiration for others. Don't hide; express yourself and embrace life without reservation. By simply being yourself, you can help the people in your life see how one person can make a difference by being a living example of ...
Views: 562(1 vote) - A Bowl of Cherries - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPublished in The Broomfield Enterprise, 3/2/08 It’s hard to tell which is the culprit–the dark, indoor days of winter, the long work hours of her husband’s busy season, or the hormonal shifts of her third pregnancy. Cherries These feelings of isolation are ones my girlfriend is ...
Views: 599(1 vote) - Deepak Chopra and My Washing Machine - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOr, How Conscious Parenting and Meditation Just Might Converge in the Laundry Room I’ve mentioned before, that I am a fledgling practitioner of meditation. I’ve been trying to meditate daily for over a year now. Some days, my meditation experiences are transcendental. Others, well, not so ...
Views: 734(1 vote) - So This Is What Fifty Looks Like - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I was in college, way back in the late 1970s, I took several courses on Marxism. One may have been enough for most people, but not me—I was fascinated with Marx’s five-year plans. As I remember it, his idea was to move Marxism forward in five-year increments, so he would map out all these ...
Views: 796(1 vote) - Manifesto of Peace: A Prose Poem - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are a community of men, women and children. We live, breathe and exist together in our community. Our community is our home, even though we also have a roof over our own family. Gathered under such roofs, we form neighborhoods. We leave our neighborhood in the morning and return to it in ...
Views: 724(1 vote) - Caring For Aging Parents - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Please can you give me your advice----I am very troubled. Last December my mother became very ill with a stroke. It was a huge shock ans she is now in a nursing home after massive organization on my husband and my part. My father is 86 and wants to stay in the old family house . He ...
Views: 537(1 vote) - The Freedom of Shifting Perspectives - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLet me use this analogy: suppose from the moment you were born there were a hundred cameras pointed at you every moment. During the entire thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years of your life these hundred cameras were always focused on you. Now, if you choose to look through only one camera lens, ...
Views: 556(1 vote) - Get Tantric, Burn the Ships & Get Rich - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy’s ...
Views: 527(1 vote) - Guidelines for Eco-friendly and Healthful Purchasing Choices - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following are some basic guidelines to help you make green choices: Do: Replace products that are made from petrochemicals with products that are made with natural, non-hazardous and preferably renewable products. For example, use bamboo flooring that is finished with natural wax and ...
Views: 1447(1 vote) - We of the Sandwich Generation - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe duel burden of raising children and caring for aging parents is becoming commonplace for baby boomers, and will probably last longer for us than it did for generations past. Based on a Pew Research Center study, one in eight middle-aged Americans are raising a child and caring for an aging ...
Views: 937(1 vote) - More Painful: A Bad Breakup or Snowboarding? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSnowboarding is a bit like love. Before working out the kinks and existing, peaceably, in a relationship- with the right mountain or person- you must first experience abject failure, frustration, humiliation, and heartache. I'm not sure why. I didn't make the rules. I'm just relaying ...
Views: 617(1 vote) - Breastfeeding Part II: Sexual or Spiritual? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I read a passage in Ina May Gaskin’s book that suggested that breastfeeding can be a sexual experience I nearly fell out of bed. Sexual? Was she kidding? I felt as though nursing was one of the least sexual experiences. I had heard women say that breastfeeding was physically pleasureful. ...
Views: 563(1 vote) - Sexuality and Spirituality...Is There a Difference? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy daughter asked me to help her to explain the birds and the bee's to an 18 year old who lost her mother at a young age, and who had a father who was unable to broach the subject with her. This comes at a time that I am studying the Kabbalah in an online course. The technical side of Kabbalah ...
Views: 852(1 vote) - Connecting Children - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them." ~ Richard L. Evans In three days, I am returning to the Dominican Republic and am super excited!! Partly because the Canadian winter is harsh and I am ready to thaw but ...
Views: 664(1 vote) - Job Loss, Life Gain. Part 1 - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust in the past week, I’ve had four clients show up at my door with the bad news: they are out of a job. It is becoming rather common these days for jobs–and whole companies–to up and simply disappear. On top of that, it seems that every time I turn on CNN or any news show for that matter, some ...
Views: 797(1 vote) - Superbowl Inspiration - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis excerpted story by Dan Wetzel comes from the Yahoo Sports page. I've shared it with clients this week because of the inspiration the last two sentences offer for being able to view a challenging or discouraging situation from a more empowering point of view. The bolded sections are ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - No More Complaining, Ever! - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor many years I have heard from others (teacher and friends) "STOP COMPLAINING". I have taken many workshops that made a big deal about this practice and said, "if you do it for a week your life will change". They had me at the line my life will change as I am always wanting to be better and ...
Views: 639(2 votes) - Childhood Diabetes - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery day in the US, 40 children are diagnosed with diabetes…that is approximately 15,000 children every year. The numbers are on the increase – why? First, it is important to understand what diabetes is, and why it has such dramatic implications for the health of the individual diagnosed ...
Views: 929(1 vote) - The Many Wonders of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOn the advice of my eco beauty expert friend, I recently started using raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) as a rinse to keep my hair clean, shiny, and soft. To my surprise, it really does work and honestly does not smell, as long as you rinse very well. From its historical use as a condiment and ...
Views: 875(1 vote) - Soap Up, Without Poisoning the Planet - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGetting cleaned up can be a dirty job. Modern hygiene requires that you spend some quality time with your showerhead. The average person showers for about 10 minutes. In an old-school shower (made before 1992), that means you're using about 100 gallons of water. The government has since ...
Views: 693(2 votes) - Buddha Says: Little by Little - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLittle by little a person become evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water…Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.” ~ Buddha from The Dhammapada I hart that. Seriously. We all want everything soooo fast. Including self-mastery. Which is ...
Views: 668(2 votes) - Objects of Power: Talismans - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor millennia, mankind has found peace and solace in objects of significance. When cleansed and consecrated through ritual, such objects - be they gems, amulets, herbs, or written words - become talismans. A talisman is any item imbued with a specific power by its bearer to serve a specific ...
Views: 655(1 vote) - Raising a Family - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPublished in The Broomfield Enterprise, 11/12/07 Years ago, as a new mother, I had moments of self-perceived superiority over my husband when it came to making decisions for, and about, our child. My resolve to follow “mother’s intuition” outweighed and trumped all outside forces. I even ...
Views: 545(1 vote) - Diabolical Science Has to End - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's amazing how far science has gone to destroy life without being blamed. We live in the scientific age, and science's prestige has permitted it to spread far beyond the good it can do. The first shock was the atom bomb in 1945. Only people of that generation recall the deep horror that came ...
Views: 1268(13 votes) - Glutton's Remorse: When You've Eaten Like There's No Tomorrow - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo, one of the problems with attending a Super Bowl party when you don’t really care much about football, is that you tend to spend the entire evening hovering around the buffet table. This would be the definition of mindless eating. Which, of course, is the exact opposite of mindful ...
Views: 1043(1 vote) - The Meaning of Life in America - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI recently listened to the video-taped lecture on the American financial situation by economics professor Richard Wolff. In addition to brilliantly describing the causes behind the current economic crisis in America he also makes the point that "success" in the American culture is defined by ...
Views: 621 - You Are a Leader (Really!) - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToo often I hear the word "leader" misused. It's a sad fact that many business professionals don't see themselves as leaders, mainly because "leader" is a term typically linked to people in positions of formal authority. This is a fallacy that undermines performance, in all aspects of ...
Views: 610 - Change Begins with Parenting - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you feel the energetic vibration pulsating across the country? It’s called change. Our nation as we know it is about to undergo a massive alteration. Our new leader, President Barack Obama, is calling for us to transform our ways. The president is asking congressional leaders to join ...
Views: 568(1 vote) - In Spite of My Best Efforts, I Can't Find Anyone - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsArielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction and her husband Brian Hilliard, a business consultant, answer your questions about life, love and relationships. They believe that whether you are eighteen or eighty years old finding Big Love ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Is Infertility Really a Disease? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne out of every six couples trying to conceive will experience difficulty achieving their dream of starting or growing their family. It might be something that you’re currently experiencing. If not, simply look at couples around you and certainly you will know or suspect someone who is silently ...
Views: 528 - Lost and Confused - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am feeling so lost... so confused. I have read several books of yours, of Eckardt Tolle, W. Dyer's, and many more on personal growth, and spiritual development. As matter of fact, as I am reading (listening on CDs, I am blind), I understand what you mean, sometimes on a very, very ...
Views: 629 - Learning to Love in New Ways - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. -- Shunryu Suzuki By nature, I am happiest when I am running, hiking or dancing around my kitchen. My children were dragged onto trails and ski hills from a very early age, I must admit, not so much so ...
Views: 591 - True Stories of What Not to Say to a Young Adult [or anyone!] with Cancer - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all know that when cancer punches you, everything changes. But think about the changes that blindside young adults, whose challenges and concerns differ so drastically from their elders’. “Will I be able to have children?” “I was just starting to figure out my career and now I don’t know if ...
Views: 548 - Smile...it's Contagious! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~ Mother Teresa Have you smiled today? Put on a smile right now. Really, as you are reading this start smiling. Let the smile grow to a great big happy smile. Imagine the smile energy ...
Views: 1012(1 vote) - Greener Choices for Your Home - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith few exceptions—one being particle-board furniture—if your existing eco-unfriendly floors, walls and furniture are in good condition, do not be concerned about replacing them; simply keep them clean. For example, if the paint on your walls contained VOC’s, any damage from outgassing would ...
Views: 612(1 vote) - Be Like Water - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a theme that runs throughout the Tao Te Ching and it is to Be Like Water. This is a potent metaphor that I have been reflecting on recently. There are many incredible attributes of water, but there are two in particular that I want to highlight for helping you live a peaceful and joyous ...
Views: 564 - What’s YOUR Plan B? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThey’re calling it Gigonomics – the economy of gigs. The fact is, we’re all freelancers now, because the days of working for one company for 30 years and then retiring have gone the way of the 8-track. Here are three proven steps to create your Plan B: 1. Use AFFORMATIONS. No, that’s ...
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