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- Seneca on Your Ideal State - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy—that he live in accordance with his own nature.” ~Seneca from Letters from a Stoic Marcus Aurelius, another Stoic Philosopher (and Roman ...
Views: 753(1 vote) - Seriously? The Art of Zen Body Cleaning with Only Five Ingredients:: Clean Body - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI saw this little snippet over at ReallyNatural.com. For those of you looking to be green on a strict budget, Clean Body: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing Yourself may just have the answers for you. If you've read the book, please share your thoughts and let us know if five ingredients really ...
Views: 714(3 votes) - Seven Suggestions for Healthy Eating - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow are you treating the temple that your spirit lives within? Each one of us living on earth is a spirit living within a material/physical body. The body is the temple within which the spirit lives during a life on earth. Some of us treat our bodies well while others do not. Food is the ...
Views: 1317(1 vote) - 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: 531(1 vote) - Sharing Space and Energy: Cohabitating with Others - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur homes are our havens. These places where we come to rest, recharge, and dream in safety and comfort allow us to better face the challenges of the world outside our doors. When sharing a living space with others, an awareness of the thoughts and feelings of everyone involved is essential in ...
Views: 535(3 votes) - Sitting on Your Talent - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBy Steve Goodier I never thought of myself as one who has any great talent, but like each of us, I have certain skills and abilities. Let me tell you a story, however, I once heard speaker Les Brown relate. It's a story about a man who had real talent. This particular man played piano in ...
Views: 638(1 vote) - Soulmate Update on Sean & Pia - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor those of you who have read The Soulmate Secret, you may recall the story of my friend Sean Roach, a successful CEO and speaker. At age 36, Sean was beginning to wonder if he’d ever find the right woman to settle down and start a family with. He traveled at least twice a week for work and had ...
Views: 1224(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: 3116(1 vote) - Spending Consciously - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt was one of those day when I was in the shower, thinking.... thinking how little I really need. I was listening to the news about how the hair solons are down business from 20-30 percent. They went on to explain that people, rather than going to get their hair 'done' every 4 weeks, are going ...
Views: 589(1 vote) - Spiritual Atheism? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIs it possible to be a Spiritual Atheist Religion or rather, spirituality, is a side of personal development which I often discuss with friends and family, but my most recent conversation was with my Doctor who asked me, "Is it possible to be a spiritual Atheist?" I asserted that it was, ...
Views: 1356(1 vote) - Spiritual Practice of Spending and Saving Money - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we are walking the spiritual path, we learn to get the most out of what ever experiences we have. Right now manyt of us need to spend less money than we were spending a year ago. While this can be difficult, we have the opportunity to look at our lives and see what is most important to ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - Spiritualizing The Planet - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are one with the cosmos whether we realize it or not. Realizing it, though, quickens our spiritual energy and allows us access to higher realms. In those higher realms lies the awareness that we are more than just finite physical beings living one life in one place at one point in time. ...
Views: 504(1 vote) - Spreading Peace on Twitter - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTwitter’s name makes it sound like it circulates only inconsequential gossip. However, its ability to propagate ideas more rapidly than any medium in history means that it can also be used for profoundly evolutionary purposes. On Tuesday, May 19th, Deepak Chopra (@Deepak_chopra) offered a ...
Views: 732(1 vote) - Spring Into Shape - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHappy spring, om guys and gals! Tis the season of possibility and promise (and baseball!). Flowers bloom; the days are longer and brighter; winter hats and scarves go into hibernation, and people in the northeast come out of theirs. While training for the marathon and picking up snowboarding ...
Views: 633(1 vote) - Spring, and how we see it - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe trees are looking a bit more promising these days. The twigs that looked so bare and naked in January have now, even at a distance, gained substance; and close inspection reveals that buds are waiting to make themselves known. Each year Nature does this and each year we think it’s doing ...
Views: 564(2 votes) - Strengthening Our Family Bonds - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur families are our lifelines. They are our primary source of love and strength. They are our first intimate human connections before friends and romantic relationships, and they are the most important connections one can possibly have. Yet when the chaos of our daily lives take over, we ...
Views: 700(1 vote) - Striving and Arriving - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have a personal story to share: As you know, I recently moved to San Diego. It is sunny and beautiful and I am excited for this next chapter in my life and career to unfold. One of my favorite hobbies is physical exercise (it helps keep me sane with long hours in front of the computer - I am ...
Views: 735(1 vote) - Sugar, by Any Other Name, is Not As Sweet - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEven though many sweets, whether made from honey or molasses, fructose, sucrose, agave, cane sugar, beet sugar or high fructose corn syrup, may have the same number of calories per teaspoon, they do have differing properties. Sweet in and of itself is not such a bad thing. We’re even ...
Views: 1215(1 vote) - Summer Grillin': Rosemary Shrimp Scampi Skewers - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis is one of my favorite, summer grillin’, fast-fix entrees that never fails to get ooh’s, aha’s, and raves from everyone, because it’s visually beautiful and elegant. Everyone will think you’re a gourmet chef. (You can also substitute Paul Newman’s low-fat Cesar salad dressing instead of ...
Views: 980(1 vote) - Summer of Service is Upon us - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's a new era in American giving. The White House will be launching a groundbreaking service initiative in the coming weeks and you're all invited to participate. It's called the Summer of Service and it's Barack Obama's "ask what you can do for your country." The initiative aims to make public ...
Views: 578(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 ...
Views: 710(1 vote) - Take the Vow of Emotional Independence - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen you have emotional independence, you want for nothing because you have everything. Debbie Ford Today is the day to join me and millions of others in taking a vow of emotional independence. Emotional independence will give you the freedom to love and be loved, to give freely and to ...
Views: 2673(1 vote) - Taking a Field Trip: Capturing Life's Flavor - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we were children, few words were more exciting to hear than the phrase "field trip." Field trips were a break from schoolwork and an opportunity to go on an adventure with friends. Now that we are grown ups, taking a field trip can be just as fun and memorable - if only we were willing to ...
Views: 590(1 vote) - Taking Protein Out of the Gym and Into the Kitchen - How to Help Improve Your Overall Health With A High Quality Protein Drink - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThought protein drinks were only good for people at the gym? Do you believe that we are eating too much protein in our diets already? Think again! Contrary to popular belief that there is too much protein in adult diets already, up to 41% of adult men and women have dietary protein ...
Views: 773(1 vote) - Teach Your Kids How to Un-Plug for Earth Day! - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are not the greenest family on the block. We aren’t terrible either, I hope. Our house is stocked with Energy Star appliances and our lighting costs are somewhat limited simply because I am always too busy to replace a lightbulb. We purchase natural cleaning products and I found a ...
Views: 592(1 vote) - Teaching Our Sons to Love Reading - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you raising boys who love to read? Congratulations! For the rest of us, here are some conscious parenting tips to get our boys reading more. Fifth grade was a tough year for us. We’d been warned about it – how we would be transitioning from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” – but ...
Views: 582(1 vote) - Teachings from a shaman: drive hybrids and Smart cars - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've read how small car sales, including hybrids and Smart cars, are declining disproportionately to larger less fuel-efficient models in this economic downturn. As gas prices drop it seems so too go our good intentions to buy fuel-efficient vehicles to help others and the planet. As I filled my ...
Views: 744(1 vote) - Tel Aviv Woman Mistakenly Trashes $1 Million Mattress -- Where Should You Put Your Money? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTalk about a case of regretting doing something nice for somebody. An Israeli woman in Tel Aviv, known simply as Anat (not her real name) only wanted to do something nice by buying her elderly mum a new mattress. Little did she know that her mum, after a bad experience with a bank, was saving ...
Views: 825(1 vote) - The (Unseen) High Cost of Low Prices... Or You Get The Type of Culture and Product You Pay For - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com Authorsby julespieri at Daily Grommet Last summer, I bought two Adirondack chairs. My husband had been talking about wanting this kind of chair for at least ten years. He’d routinely stop the car to test out Adirondack chairs we saw displayed in front of garden centers and furniture stores. ...
Views: 1255(1 vote) - The 150 Myth: You Actually Know More People than You Think - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAll the literature and studies that claim that people can only build relationships with maximum of 150 other people is only half true. The "150" number is often referred to as the Dunbar number after anthropologist Robin Dunbar. As covered in Gladwell's Tipping Point and CommonSenseAdvice: ...
Views: 615(1 vote) - The Bhagavad Gita on Fire & Smoke - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief. No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire ...
Views: 1348(1 vote) - The Bhagavad Gita on Living Your Dharma - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.” ~ Krishna from The Bhagavad Gita Dharma. It comes from the Sanskrit dhri, which means “to ...
Views: 4273(1 vote) - The Books by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Help Me Keep Spiritual Focus - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is terribly easy for me to get all wrapped up in the business of life: how much am I accomplishing, where am I going, and what am I doing? Even though my work is spiritual, it can be easy to get pulled into the craziness of my own problems and the craziness of the problems of others. In the ...
Views: 1694(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) - The Call to Freedom - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI recently visited the lively, beautiful city of Berlin. It was my first visit, and I brought with the visit what the word "Berlin" has meant to me. In my mind Berlin is a city that has lived at the center of extremes. In the 1930's it was a pleasure capitol of hedonistic fulfillment. In the ...
Views: 938(1 vote) - The Challenge of Seeing Challenges: Next is the Most Important Word - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery day, we’re faced with challenge. And the biggest challenge of all, it sometimes seems, is that other people just don’t behave the way that we want them to. This is particularly the case in relationships, in the dance and the interaction and the act of meeting and matching and mirroring ...
Views: 912(1 vote) - The Dalai Lama Is Not Following Me - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've had an ongoing fascination with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama since college. I've studied his life, read his books, and watched Kundun, the breathtaking Martin Scorsese flick about the man whom many consider to be the living reincarnation of Buddha, countless times. I've quizzed my ...
Views: 879(1 vote) - The Dance of Intimacy: Coming Back to Center in a Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAnyone in a long-term relationship knows that the dance of intimacy involves coming together and moving apart. Early in a relationship, intense periods of closeness are important in order to establish the ground of a new union. Just as a sapling needs a lot more attention than a full-grown tree, ...
Views: 525(2 votes) - The Embarrassed Daughter - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNo one likes to feel embarrassed and avoiding embarrassment is one of the strongest social motivations people have. Embarrassment has its positive side by keeping us from doing something that would harm us or others. But over-avoidance of embarrassment can stifle a girl's development of her ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - The Fearless Job Seeker Out of College: Seven Steps to Getting Out of Your Parents' House and into a Career - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo here you are, fresh out of school in the worst economy in decades, thinking you'll be lucky to land a job manning the grease vat at the local burger joint. Don't set your sights so low, says Robin Fisher Roffer, author of The Fearless Fish Out of Water. Be true to yourself and you can find ...
Views: 1380(1 vote) - The Fighting Spirit: What are Don Imus' Chances of Beating Prostate Cancer? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe news came this morning on Don Imus's radio show: the controversial and cantankerous radio personality has stage II prostate cancer. Immediately, friends and supporters invoked the common and combative language of survival. "Don is well-prepared to fight this," his spokesman Matthew Hiltzik ...
Views: 1025(1 vote) - The Four Facets of Optimal Eating - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Part of me wants to go back in time...creating a golden world of fresh food, gorgeous ingredients, wholesome food with flavor. Where people laugh and are really happy as they eat." --Restaurant critic Patricia Wells In Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra writes, “The most significant ...
Views: 1184(1 vote) - The Healing Power of Love - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week my friend, Caroline Sutherland, a brilliant medical intuitive, shares her story with us on how she met her soulmate. When she was 40 a famous astrologer told her that her life” would begin at 60.” Not what she wanted to hear but at the age of 60 she found and married her soulmate, ...
Views: 520(3 votes) - The Heart Healing Power of Love - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAnyone who has ever experienced the grandeur and rush of falling in love will understand the energizing and curative properties that true love has. It puts a bounce in your step and a seemingly endless smile on your face. For me, the sight of my husband still fills my heart with peace and ...
Views: 557(1 vote) - The Heart of Discipline - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAn enraged mom pulls her son into my office. At her wits end with her 10-year-old's acting out behavior at school, she demanded to come into his private counseling session without notice. Across town his dad had a different reaction - on his son's weekend visit, while staying very calm, he put ...
Views: 528(1 vote) - The Importance of Protein in the Diet of Boomers and Seniors - Part I - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe get a bit over excited sometimes educating people about protein. It is not just because we have our own protein product either. There are so many implications to not having enough protein in our diet, particularly as we age, that people need to prepare now or pay the price later. As the ...
Views: 2782(1 vote) - The Lazy Marriage’s Budget - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI married a CPA. At the risk of offending the CPA society, your brains are just wired differently than the rest of us. That is definitely the case with my wife. I consider myself to be fairly good with numbers, and I did well in Math back in school, but I’m not in the league of the CPA. ...
Views: 655(1 vote) - The Most Important Question To Constantly Answer - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBefore our Leadership Retreat last week, I had a conversation with my wise mother where I asked her: "If you had five days with a room full of new-school leaders that were eager to make a greater impact on the world, what would be the one message that you would want them to hear?" Almost ...
Views: 603(2 votes) - The Muses Will Keep Blessing - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust yesterday, The New York Times published an article on how the recession has affected artists. Aptly titled "Tight Times Loosen Artists' Creativity," the article gathers a spectrum of reactions to the current economic crisis from artists who were already struggling and poor to begin with. ...
Views: 825(1 vote) - The Nature of Memory - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWorking with one of my memoir writers recently we found she was having trouble with the chronology of her life story, and she began to bemoan the loss of her diaries. She had, she said, destroyed several of her diaries in a fit of boredom. She’d looked at them, declared there was nothing ...
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