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- Elizabeth Edwards and Us: Lessons in Resilience - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsElizabeth Edwards' new memoir, Resilience, is about to be released in a few days. Her publisher, Broadway Books, says Edwards has written "an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life's biggest challenges." If anyone is qualified to write on ...
Views: 1241(1 vote) - Five Books That Have Changed My Life - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFive Books have changed my life and I would like to tell you about each book and why it was life changing. Wishcraft by Barbara Sher: I read this book years ago and Barbara helped me make many life decisions. As a creative person, with multiple interests and talents, I found it hard to focus ...
Views: 1558(1 vote) - If You Really Want to Avoid Early Aging, Get to Know "DHEA" - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you suffer from mood swings and fatigue? Is your health declining as you get older? Can't keep the "middle age bulge" at bay? If so, you may have low levels of DHEA. As you get older, you may find that you struggle more to maintain muscle mass, feel tired more quickly, or perhaps you ...
Views: 1518(1 vote) - Manifestation Manifesto - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following post is reprinted from the Sounds True Founder's Blog, an insider's look into the world of Sounds True and its visionary teachers and authors, through the eyes of its publisher and founder, Tami Simon. Over the past few years, I have heard more and more people talk about ...
Views: 1080(1 vote) - Michael Jackson RIP: Does Anyone Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery twenty seconds, a heart attack strikes someone in America, killing five hundred thousand a year. That's fifty-seven deaths every hour, almost one per minute. In the United States and many nations, it's the leading cause of death among adults over age forty. The most lethal kind of ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - Motorcycle Maintenance, and age - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPerhaps this is not the first thing that springs to your mind when you read this blog - so let me explain. A dear friend of mine, a fellow motorcyclist, has spent many years now restoring a splendid vintage bike. It is now close to being perfect - with some discrete modern updates - and one of ...
Views: 784(1 vote) - One Key Missing Piece: Early Thoughts on the Obama Plan for At-Risk Homeowners - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am pleased to see the Obama administration attempting – much more aggressively than the Bush administration ever did – to help (3-4 million) at-risk homeowners stay in their homes through a variety of loan modification initiatives and incentives which are designed to lower the at-risk ...
Views: 585(2 votes) - Paper Tigers of Duality - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTwo prehistoric apes stand in the tall grass. One points a finger in a certain direction to alert the other to a crouching tiger that is about to prey on them, as if to say: “Watch out! Tiger!” Language developed from the behavior of finger-pointing. Each word is an attempt to point to and to ...
Views: 735(1 vote) - Qualities, Purpose, Needs: Using the QPN Model to Find Your Life Purpose - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are all blessed with special talents; some apparent and some not so apparent. Some of us appear more gifted than others; none-the-less we are all unique in miraculous ways. We are singers, dancers, scientist, writers, doctors, lawyers, designers, teachers, counselors, actors, entrepreneurs, ...
Views: 615(1 vote) - Rise with the Sun - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Do you know why most people sleep so much?” “Why?” “Because they really don’t have anything else to do. Those who rise with the sun all have one thing in common.” “Insanity?” “Very funny. No, they all have a purpose that fans the flames of their inner potential.” ~ Robin Sharma from The ...
Views: 591(1 vote) - Robin Sharma Interviews Peter Sim From HRnet One in Singapore - vlog - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRobin Sharma is one of the world's leading experts on leadership and personal development. In a ranking of top guru's in the leadership arena that included Jack Welch, John Maxwell and Jim Collins, Robin was voted #2 globally. (source: leadershipgurus.net) "A keen observer of life and ...
Views: 3810(1 vote) - Statement by Grace Rwaramba Regarding Michael Jackson - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following statement is by Grace Rwaramba: June 30th, 2009 “Michael Jackson was an exceptional Human Being. He was gifted, deeply compassionate and brought joy to the lives of so many. He loved his family dearly, and above all, his beautiful children. In addition to being my employer ...
Views: 1075(1 vote) - Stop Fighting - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI hadn't realized, but I was fighting things most of my life. It still happens, but I'm learning now that life can flow easily if we stop fighting. That's where peace is found. What do we fight? We fight what happens to us, what other people say about us, we fight our own thoughts or ...
Views: 562(1 vote) - The Choice to Feel - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently, a friend of mine named Renee was driving her seven-year old son home from school, and she was preoccupied with worry. She had a lot of bills to pay and was having difficulty making money. Her husband had been ill and unable to work, so they’d fallen behind on their mortgage. This was a ...
Views: 829(1 vote) - The Hidden Danger of Affirmations - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany prominent self-help books have advised people with low self-esteem to recite affirmations like, “I am beautiful,” or “I am worthy of love.” However, I grew suspicious of these affirmations and throughout the years observed that they didn’t work for my one-on-one clients or my workshop ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - Thoughts Determine Our Outcomes - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs Napoleon Hill says in the opening chapter of his book, "Think and Grow Rich," thoughts are things. In other words, our thoughts determine our outcomes. Whether we realize it our not, we believe this statement on a conscious or subconscious level. It's most apparent in the everyday phrases we ...
Views: 582(1 vote) - Today's Astrological Forecast: The Relationship Zone - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsVenus, the Planet of Love, turns retrograde today, a six-week event that only happens once every two years. The area of our lives that will be affected most? Our relationships! This is true for everyone, but it's doubly so for anyone with Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn prominent in their ...
Views: 679(3 votes) - What's Your Favorite Breakfast Food? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave an interesting question you would like to pose to the Intent community? Write up a question, add a brief description, and don't forget tag your blog post QOD. It just might be featured for a future Question of the Day! Though I love my sleep, I love my rare mornings when I wake up ...
Views: 568(1 vote) - A Mother’s Day Message of Hope - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following poem posted recently on the Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors Support Community is about defying odds, debunking the myth of prognosis, and maintaining hope and faith in the face of a terrifying diagnosis. More fundamentally, though, it illustrates a daughter’s unbounded love for her ...
Views: 1111 - What Do Men Really Want? - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've been seeing many articles about "what men want?" The themes are typically: food, sex, laundry, etc. Now, I certainly don't claim to know what all men want. I don't think any woman, or man for that matter, really knows such a thing. It implies all men are the same and have no capacity ...
Views: 1129 - "Allowing Yourself to Relax" - a Misguided Duality of Relaxation - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen listening to a recording of guided relaxation, have you ever felt annoyed by the following prescription: “Allow yourself to relax…” “Allow?!!! If I could allow myself to relax, if it was that simple, then why in the world would I allow myself to be stressed in the first ...
Views: 911 - "Eat, Pray, Love" Your Way to Closer Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring has sprung, and many of us are slowly moving out of hibernation and feeling ready to get outside. This luring translates to relationships as well. With the bad news of the recession pounding, we need to surround ourselves with positive, upbeat people to help us shift gears, focus on the ...
Views: 700 - "Expect the Best" - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSure, we’ve all heard it a thousand times… “Expect the best!” But does positive thinking really work, or is it just some cliché? It really works!! You’ve gotta use this phrase correctly, though. Keep reading to find out how… The thoughts you think and the mental images you picture in your ...
Views: 806 - "Grandma, Are You Old?" - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe took two of my grand daughters to Friendly’s for supper and some ice cream. We asked them to choose from the Kids Menu, and my husband and I, both over 60, picked items on the Senior Menu. WHAT a bargain! However, I did not bargain for the conversation that followed with one of the ...
Views: 1241 - "I Want To Go Home" - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGhar jana hai - I want to go home - are three words that I heat twice yesterday. Simple words that could have been said innocuously by anyone. But in this case these three anodyne, words took on a whole new meaning as they were mouthed by what one may call homeless souls. The first one to ...
Views: 891 - "I'm so glad we have a smoker in the White House!" Oh, really??? - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“I’m so glad we’ll have a smoker in the White House!” That’s what a nurse exclaimed in my presence at a dinner party last December, a month before President Obama’s inauguration. I kid you not. A nurse. And obviously a cigarette addict. It’s a good thing I hadn’t had a glass of wine, or ...
Views: 852 - "We All Speak Arabic" Memorial — Cultural Healing for Iraq - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs of this writing, it looks like the war in Iraq is winding down. So as we prepare to leave, I feel strongly that for all we have destroyed, and for all we have tried to build back up in the way of security and infrastructure, we also need to try to reconstruct some cultural interiors in ...
Views: 935 - #1 Universal Relationship Law: Healthy, Happy People Tend to Relate, Date, and Mate Other Healthy, Happy People - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs the Radio Love Psychic on the nationally renowned KXRK Radio From Hell morning show, I use a few sneaky tricks to get the quick, accurate reads on the callers. The first is that there are some unchangeable, immutable Universal Laws regarding people’s connections with each other. The next is ...
Views: 912 - 'Are You a Bookie?' The Path to Deeper Wisdom... - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA bookie, in this case, means anyone who loves books and book-clubs - not the kind of bookie who takes bets at a racetrack. I imagine one can be both, so we’ll exclude no one, especially as the event is designed to encourage those who have book clubs or are thinking of starting one to talk about ...
Views: 664 - *** Are You Addicted to Fear? Learn How Not to Be! - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you don't make it your business to overcome fear, you better believe it'll try to overcome you. Most people are subservient to this emotion though they may not know it. I define fear as the emotional response to danger, perceived or real. What underscores fear in all its permutations is the ...
Views: 768 - 10 Possible Answers to the Question “Why is God Laughing?” - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com Authors(Author’s note: for a more legitimate, useful answer to this question, please read “Why is God Laughing if there is So Much Suffering?” by Deepak Chopra and order the book on Amazon here) Just read the “25 things” Facebook meme from the ghost of Oscar Wilde Wasn't paying attention; turned ...
Views: 651 - 10 Quick Energy Boosts in Mind, Body and Spirit - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am not a health expert--or any expert for that matter. Nonetheless, in celebration of this week’s theme on keeping up your energy, here are my personal tips on energizing your mind, body and spirit. MIND Meditate: Two works in particular inspired me to finally integrate meditation into my ...
Views: 1723 - 10 Signs You Need A Detox From Wellness: A List - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. You don't remember the last time you actually read through an entire book that is completely devoid of bullet points or chapter summaries. 2. You have lost the ability to understand advice from friends unless it incorporates at least one nature-themed metaphor. 3. You were already on ...
Views: 493 - 10 Spiritual Ways to Approach Money - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Make Peace with your Financial Past What is your money history? Take time to write about this in your journal. Write whatever comes to mind, no censoring. Make time to reflect on your past actions with money and make peace with it. No matter what it is. Where you see flaws, forgive yourself. ...
Views: 3713 - 10 Tips for Being the Best You Can Be - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat do Susan Boyle, Paul Potts and J K Rowling all have in common - apart from they happen to be British? Their success did not come about overnight, or easily. Not for any of them came instant fame, and recognition in the spotlight. "The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and ...
Views: 823 - 10 Tips to Find Balance - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTop Ten Tips to Find More Balance in Your Busy Days 1. Steal Five Minutes – wherever you are! The next time you have five free minutes, grab it and do nothing. Get to a meeting early and sit quietly; try to forget that extra load of laundry; take a short walk; breathe deeply; pause. Being ...
Views: 590 - 10 Tips to Raise Your Energy By Being Thankful - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Dr Wayne W Dyer Recently, I have been looking at the magnificence of the human spirit that lives within each one of us. I do not think we fully appreciate this precious resource that we each carry. If we did, we would ...
Views: 2376 - 10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMother Earth is smiling, gurgling, and burping on Earth Day. She’s barely a teenager, as planets go. How great we are celebrating our precious Blue Planet. She is on loan to us. As caretakers for future humanoids - Challenge #1: Honor our Earth, EVERYDAY with mindful acts of kindness. Here ...
Views: 587 - 10 Ways to Power Up Your Energy - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1.) Give someone you love a big hug. Giving my husband a big hug in the middle of a stressful, fatiguing day is an instant energizer for me. 2.) Drink a large glass of water with freshly-squeezed lemon juice. Over 80 percent of people are dehydrated and one of the symptoms is fatigue. ...
Views: 753 - 11 Tips: Transform Your Home into a Safe Haven - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn these times of economic upheaval, it’s tough to keep stress levels down. Most of us know some ways to keep stress in control; eat right, get plenty of sleep, exercise, meditate. But, did you know that making your home a safe haven can also be extremely beneficial? The other day, Oprah had ...
Views: 775 - 14 Lessons in Leadership I Learned from My Dad and President Obama - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis year, my Dad celebrated his 90th birthday. In December, he and my mother celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. I have a younger brother and sister. We are a very loving family. Dad went to school to train as an officer in the British Royal Navy. As a young man of 20, he went to serve ...
Views: 579 - 17 Best Ways to Nurture and Grow Your Relationships - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following 17 tips offer guidance on how to nurture and grow your personal relationships and how to be your best self so that loving, healthy relationships are possible. Arm yourself with the tools that can help you avoid making self-destructive choices. Write down the following in your ...
Views: 1143 - 21 Ways to Celebrate Life - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWho better to suggest how to celebrate life than one for whom life is no longer on this earth but whose perspective is eternal. And so it was that Ways to Celebrate Life came to be. My son Josh was struck by a car and killed at age 15 ½ in 2002. My profound grief was tempered by a blessing. Josh ...
Views: 950 - 3 Simple Questions And 1 Powerful Phrase That Can Save You Thousands Of Your Hard-Earned Dollars! - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMost of our purchases, whether it’s a nice dinner out, a new pair of shoes, or a flat-screen TV, aren’t made because we actually need the stuff... We buy the majority of stuff, simply because we want to feel better. You might shop for clothes to fill the void when you’re sad, buy the ...
Views: 518 - 3 Steps to Take If #5 Plastic Leaching Has You Worried - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I think of plastic #5 , a polypropylene, commonly used for yogurt containers, syrup bottles, ketchup bottles, caps, straws and medicine bottles, I think of my mother going into a fit of recycling rage, ranting about the fact that we couldn't recycle plastic #5 in our area. But the real ...
Views: 743 - 4 Ways to Feel Renewed This Spring - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring is in the air (or at least the weather in the South East of England WAS showing Spring is in the air when I decided to write this post!) so how do we "Spring Clean" our lifestyles? By deciding what it is that you want, assessing where you are, and then cutting your own path to get ...
Views: 681 - 40 Days of Peace: 3 Suggestions for Starting Peace Now - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI was pleased to hear from Ode commenter Tim Collardey. He’s written a new ebook about peace called If Flowers Can Grow in Alaska... Creating a More Peaceful World One Person at a Time. His website is www.walkthepeace.com. His free ebook asks the seminal question of the spiritual life: do I ...
Views: 856 - 5 "Deep" Books To Awaken You... - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is paradoxical: No matter how many books you read about awakening, you won't experience awakened consciousness using the part of your mind that's doing the reading! Some of the best books I've read on Awakening help the reader get beyond the "self" and integrate aspects of that expanded ...
Views: 1915 - 5 Father's Day Gift Ideas: Give Him the Opportunity to Change the World - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis Father's Day, give your father the opportunity to change the world. Donate a tree in his name. Give resources to his favorite charity or volunteer organization. Allow him to choose which third-world entrepreneur he wants to give a micro-loan to. Show your Dad what a hero you think he is! ...
Views: 1215 - 5 Instant Energy Boosters for Busy Lives - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRather than racing through the rest of your life running on empty, or slugging down a supercharged, sugary energy drink, recharge your mind, body and soul with 5-minute Renewal Rituals™. In a matter of minutes you’ll be recharged and ready to face the rest of your day. People often ask how I ...
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