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- Is Cardio Making Your Butt Bigger? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs a former bodybuilder who went on to own a gym, I have spent more than my share of time around weight machines and the one thing that always amazes me is how people will take a perfectly effective, scientifically designed, thoroughly adequate exercise machine and adapt it thinking “more is ...
Views: 530(3 votes) - Is Life A Big Sky Dive? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWatching the video…how do they do this Sky Dive? This is my first time ever to “jump out of a plane” …attached to a complete stranger…. Yes, you go in tandem, with an instructor….you are harnessed together before the jump….. “Josh and Kay”…that is us…now we get outfitted….. these harnesses ...
Views: 923(3 votes) - Letting Go Of Pain - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is nothing like pain to instantaneously collapse any sense of our own expansion and greatness. You can be going along in life, feeling confident, positive, and hopeful. You might even be enjoying the benefit of an expanded sense of self: you look around and begin to see yourself in the ...
Views: 1423(3 votes) - Love GPS – The Law of Attraction Meets Modern Technology! - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCosmic reminders often arrive at the most unexpected times. On Sunday afternoon Brian and I were with our friends David and Leize Perlmutter, speeding through the sea green waters of the Gulf of Mexico on their boat. In order to take in more of the magnificent scenery, Leize decided to put the ...
Views: 690(3 votes) - Morning Glories - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m crazy about Morning Glories (the plant, not the firework). I’ve been trawling the local garden centers, eagerly awaiting their appearance among the colorful sea of annuals. But one Boston garden center employee told me, “Oh they won’t be here until about Memorial Day. They’re so tender, ...
Views: 630(3 votes) - Morning Motivation: Are You Angry Today? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt sure feels like we sometimes get angry immediately and without thinking. As soon as someone cuts us off in traffic, or says something offensive, or fails to meet our expectations, the anger seems to rise instantly. The heart rate jumps, the muscles tighten, the face flushes, the anger ...
Views: 572(3 votes) - Morning Motivation: Sending You a Hug! - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWherever you are in the world, whatever time you are reading this, I am sending you a hug! I’m sending you a hug that says, “I support you. It’s OK. You are *wonderful* just the way you are. I know you are doing the best you can, and I honor all your hard work.” I’m sending you a hug today ...
Views: 1000(3 votes) - Morning Motivation: The Pain and Hope of Our Circular Reality - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you ever had a close call? Maybe it was a medical scare. Or maybe someone cut you off in traffic and almost ran you off the road. Or maybe you narrowly avoided a layoff or other work-related crisis. This cycle from being safe, to being in danger, to being safe again is one of many cycles ...
Views: 575(3 votes) - Morning Motivation: Who Are You? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe often read words from philosophers and spiritual Teachings telling us, “Know thyself.” People typically define their knowledge of self through their roles and the groups to which they belong. Someone might say, “I am a divorced white man, a truck driver, a father, an American, and a ...
Views: 515(3 votes) - Radio: Release Stress Through Creativity - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's almost summer and we want our kids to be happy and free. But so many I see in my office are exhausted and super stressed from the pressures of this past school year. How can we transform their lives from stress and anxiety to joy and success? I invite you to listen Friday June 5th, ...
Views: 741(3 votes) - Reduce Electric Usage - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSwitch to compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL). While the upfront cost is greater for a CFL than an incandescent bulb, a CFL lasts approximately ten times longer, burns cooler and utilizes seventy-five percent less energy—so you save money and resources. The coloring cast by a CFL is the cool side of ...
Views: 793(3 votes) - Saving Energy, Money and the Planet at the Same Time - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToday, I want to teach you to get started with green energy by suggesting a couple methods you can use to lower your energy bills without making any investments in technology. Just by becoming more aware of your energy usage you can lower you energy expenses and keep more money in your pocket ...
Views: 683(3 votes) - Stand at the First Gate - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. --Marie Curie ...
Views: 787(3 votes) - 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: 675(3 votes) - The Balance of Being Human - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are precious few of us humans — and most likely none — who are all good or all bad. Mostly we bumble around doing good things sometimes and naughty things other times, feeling just about as human as we are. According to researchers at Northwestern University, there's a good reason for ...
Views: 862(3 votes) - The Surrender Box - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen you have learned how to decide with God, all decisions become as easy and as right as breathing. There is no effort, and you will be led as gently as if you were being carried down a quiet path to summer. — A Course in Miracles I want to share a technique with you that I’ve been using ...
Views: 1727(3 votes) - Why Isn't Susan Boyle Happy? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe have all heard the phrase, “Be careful what you wish for.” We nod, but continue to wish for fame and fortune anyway. Then we speculate about Susan Boyle, favored to win, yet places second in “Britain’s Got Talent.” She was an unknown humble woman who rose meteorically to global fame ...
Views: 646(3 votes) - Your Thursday Yoga Tip - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile I was teaching the daughter of my student Lisa yesterday, Lisa suddenly appeared in the doorway. She startled me doing that (I had been a little upside down), but without pause, she related to her daughter in her own excited and helpful way, what the best thing was that she learned from ...
Views: 734(3 votes) - “PASS OR FAIL” Strengthen Your Marriage with a Simple Daily Exercise - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI don’t know about you, but I’ve found that on many days it’s easier to smile at strangers than at the person at home. However, if you want a better marriage, then you need to practice every day with total strangers. Imagine that in the course of one day you come across fifty people. They might ...
Views: 650(3 votes) - ***Breaking Bad Dating Patterns - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany of the questions I get about romantic and dating relationships is the one where a person keeps finding him or herself repeating a not so happy dating pattern, over and over again. Many people I work with can see they keep dating or falling in love with a variation of the same problem, but ...
Views: 1130(2 votes) - 13 “FAB” Tips to Go from Whiner to a Winner - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCenter Yourself Take in a deep breath. Let it out. Now, breathe in brilliance. Exhale out the burden. Do this three times so you feel more centered. Ask For It Ask for the Greatest Good. As Mayor, take a moment and claim your office, and ask that your solutions be for the ...
Views: 697(2 votes) - 7 Responses to 7 Common Excuses for NOT Volunteering - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. "I don't have the time." Michelle Obama has the time to be a mother, a First Lady, the nation's advocate of service, and have fabulous arms. What's your excuse? 2. "Why do I have to volunteer? I want to watch Lost." Because if you spend your entire life not giving your time to causes ...
Views: 6475(2 votes) - A Tribute to Music... - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery day I walk to work...to and from takes about a total of 40 minutes. This gives me a lot of one on one time with my IPod. I have over a thousand songs on my IPod...everything from Michael Jackson to U2 to Rihanna to Andrea Bocelli...you could say I have eclectic taste in music. There is ...
Views: 754(2 votes) - A “Green” Collection Is Good. But Then What? These Big-Brand Fashion Retailers Are Making Sustainability A Way of Life. - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt’s one thing for a big clothing retailer to launch an eco-friendly capsule collection (as Target did in April with the 100%-organic-cotton Loomstate for Target by CFDA-award-winning designer Rogan Gregory and partner Scott Mackinlay Hahn). It’s quite another to make going green an ongoing ...
Views: 1475(2 votes) - Accept Uncertainty - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsUnemployment occurs when a person is available to work but is without work. The unemployment figures are growing worldwide, in US it is 8.1% ( Feb 09) Vs 4.8% ( Feb 08) and many articles describe this phenomena as the biggest threat to the world, bigger then war. Yesterday I spoke to friend ...
Views: 821(2 votes) - Asking for Help- the Other Side of Volunteering - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI heard a wise phrase the other day: "in every moment, you are either serving or being served." The give and take, or giving and receiving, is a constant balance of life. How often to you serve others, and how often do you allow others to serve you? Is it easier for you to give than to ...
Views: 1345(2 votes) - 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: 532(2 votes) - Be Unabashedly Proud of What You Positively Need - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOn the winding road to your True Nature, you're going to come across some darkly self deprecating apologies that may disguise themselves as selfless and evolved flexibilities. My own cliffs to white hot truth are littered with them. Like... "I'm sorry for being so pointedly opinionated. ...
Views: 654(2 votes) - Best of the INTENTernet: Giving Is What It's All About - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week's best of the INTENTernet links are all about giving, serving and volunteering--sometimes in unexpected ways. All come from a heart of gold. Island DIY: Kauai Residents Don't Wait for State to Repair Road from CNN.com. The local residents whose business livelihood depended on a ...
Views: 1410(2 votes) - Best of the INTENTernet: Happy Happy Happy! - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn case some of you didn't know, happiness is this week's theme on Intent.com. It also happens to be the unofficial theme of this week's edition of Best of the INTENTernet! First things first, here's a compelling new video from TED on the science of happiness by cognitive researcher Nancy ...
Views: 693(2 votes) - Bringing Volunteering Back! - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am reading a fascinating book called Management Rewired (http://www.amazon.com/Management-Rewired-Feedback-Surprising-Lessons/dp/159184262X) which applies new findings in cognitive science to management. Yesterday on the train home from New York I read a chapter that blew me away. Studies show ...
Views: 1250(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) - Caffeine May Help to Prevent Alzheimer's - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTwo studies in the July 2009 issue of Journal of Alzheimer's Disease show that five cups of coffee a day reverse memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's disease. The coffee also reduced blood and brain levels of beta-amyloid,the abnormal protein that may cause Alzheimer's disease in mice and ...
Views: 1742(2 votes) - Choosing a First Tarot Deck - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen you first decide to learn Tarot, beginners ask what kind of deck should they choose?There are hundreds and hundreds of tarot decks available for purchase. There are people whose only interest in Tarot is collect and study the decks from history and from current artists. There are ...
Views: 1196(2 votes) - Conscious Decisions - Going Against What Is Popular - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust because an idea or way of doing things is popular doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. However, part of the way that something becomes popular is that many of us don’t take the time to determine what’s right for us; we simply do what most of the people we know are doing. In this way, our ...
Views: 632(2 votes) - Corned Beef Leftovers - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIrish or not, many of us make corned beef this time of year—myself included. If you don’t know what to do with leftovers—or if you want something new, read on. I buy corned beef once a year and usually make it with the traditional stuff—cabbage, potatoes and carrots. This year, my husband ...
Views: 1185(2 votes) - Create a Stress-Free Zone - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIdeally, the stress-free space should be an area that is generally quiet, and feels good—like a bedroom or office, or even a walk-in closet or bathroom. If there are no available spaces in the quiet parts of the home, the next best choice is a favorite spot elsewhere.
Views: 1013(2 votes) - Days of Affirmation - Sending Love Ahead to Your Day - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsUpon waking, many people consider the coming day with trepidation. Because of the natural human tendency to focus on what we fear or dislike, it is easy to unwittingly send a message of unease into the future that negatively impacts the quality of your day. However, while our lives are busy and ...
Views: 685(2 votes) - Dealing with the Challenge of Negative People - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTurning up the volume on any positive emotion will empower you and make you feel good. However, one of the big challenges you’ll face again and again is dealing with negative people. When you’re in a confrontation, observe the emotions you’ve chosen to feel and depersonalize what the other ...
Views: 797(4 votes) - Determination to Achieve Your Goals - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI believe that a key aspect of successfully achieving our goals is knowing which goals to set in the first place. Expending energy toward goals over which we have no control and no influence is a waste of energy. But when we sharply focus our powerful mind on what we bring to our own job/work, ...
Views: 893(2 votes) - Do It Yourself (And Then Share How You Did It) – How Women Are Changing Personal Finance - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo It Yourself (And Then Share How You Did It) – How Women Are Changing Personal Finance There’s a voice coming out at the forefront of personal finance that is newly communal. Economic news and forecasts have us talking: strangers or friends, when we get together we start asking, “How are you ...
Views: 516(2 votes) - Early Morning Thoughts! - Part XXXII - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDear Friends Part XXXII - Some early morning thoughts: . Everything is already perfect! it is exactly as the Supra Universal Consciousness intends it to be! . We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? - Niels Bohr . At the height of laughter, the universe is ...
Views: 817(2 votes) - Early Morning Thoughts! - Part XXXVI - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDear Friends Part XXXVI - Some early morning thoughts: . Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha . Forgiving is all about letting go of: anger, resentment, sorrow and the victim ...
Views: 1195(2 votes) - Fall In Love With Our Planet - 10 "Green" Movies - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsUnfortunately, I don't mean movies made with sustainable resources. By 10 "Green" Movies I mean 10 Movies that will ignite a spark in you and open your eyes to the wonder that is Planet Earth and all its fine creatures. If these will not make you want to start recycling, conserving energy and ...
Views: 2379(2 votes) - Food For Thought: The Charitable Giving Of Food - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe charitable giving of food is giving food to a person without charging that person any money for the food. It is true compassion and can be life saving. When we want to serve food to someone living outside, we consider a few things. 1. We “serve” food to homeless people, we “feed” ...
Views: 1196(2 votes) - Getting Away From Crazy-Busy - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLet's face it. Modern life is busy. Way busier than most of us would like. Between working, home, partners, family, outside and activities, it's a wonder we have time to breathe, much less live. Most people are so busy they can't get anything done. Sound odd? It's the modern conundrum. We try ...
Views: 639(2 votes) - Good-Bye to a TV Host, an Angel, a Legendary Entertainer, a Quarterback, and a Guru - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith the deaths of superstars Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson last week, and Steve McNair on Saturday, it seems we’ve bid farewell to an inordinate number of icons recently. While the losses of Jackson, 51, and McNair, 36, are more tragic and untimely than McMahon, 86, and ...
Views: 1030(2 votes) - Have You Used These 5 Powerful Phrases with Your Child Today? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy son was recently complaining, “Mom, you think you know everything.” As it happens, I do. Still, he got me thinking. In our zeal to establish authority, provide guidance and just plain survive parenthood, do we sometimes go a bit overboard? While we might (think we) know the right ...
Views: 843(2 votes) - How Life Works - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere's how life works: you sprain an ankle, and while recovering, someone offers you the chance to housesit at a beautiful Writer's Retreat. This happened to a friend of mine today. I'm heading to BALI in July and needed a housesitter. Terren and I spoke briefly on the street this AM. She ...
Views: 613(4 votes) - How Much Wellness Do You Need Right Now? A Fake Online Quiz - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs you may or may not know, this week we will be exploring the idea of 'wellness' on Intent.com. Take this short online quiz to figure out how much wellness you need in your life right now! Choose the answer that best describes your current situation. Take out a pen and paper, allow yourself ...
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