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- Cosmically Conscious with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Warms My Heart - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes we feel a “spiritual high.” I had one this week through one of those supposed coincidences, that many of us feel are not really coincidences. Here is it the first week my new book Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World is available in bookstores. My husband, God bless him, ...
Views: 584 - Paper Towels in Your Bathroom Space? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOk, this maybe out of the box thinking, but at least consider it. Using paper towels in the bathroom helps save on laundry, and reduces germ transference. My Mom sometimes leaves out those nicely decorated hand paper towels in the guest bathroom during holidays. They are so pretty you almost ...
Views: 929 - How to Celebrate a Lily Day - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsConsider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he ...
Views: 809 - Dolphin Sounds and Telepathy - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany frequently ask about dolphins and dolphin sounds. Dolphins have the ability to send and receive sonic frequencies of 180,00 cycles per second. That is 10 times faster than humans can perceive--human hearing ends at about 16,000 cycles per second. Dolphins have the ability to project ...
Views: 4650(1 vote) - Just Like My Child - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMore and more we are learning that we live in a global community. We see how much what happens in other communities, and other countries, has an effect on our own lives. And because of the internet and ease of travel, it's easier for us to reach out and help people around the world. I ...
Views: 1174 - How Do You Overcome Fear in Your Daily Life? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I heard the high-pitched cry outside the window, I felt some alarm, so stepped outdoors to listen again. To me, the cry sounded like the raspy voice of a woman in distress. Because I live on the side of a mountain that has road and a lookout view point high above the house, I worried that ...
Views: 811 - Going Platinum - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast night I caught a couple minutes of a show I’ve never seen on a channel I don’t remember - a sort of musical biography of Kid Rock. My first memory of this guy was how hard he made my best friend Greg laugh to the words of I Got One For Ya. Very irreverent (both of them). Although I ...
Views: 845 - Integrating Our Many Selves - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHuman beings are multidimensional creatures. Our identity is made up of the sum total of our many traits and values and our character. Each of us possesses within us many different selves. There is the adult part of ourselves and the childlike spirit that resides in each one of us. There is our ...
Views: 847 - "Tomorrow, Though, is Another Day" - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have decided to write this post in regard to our current "economic situation" that our world seems to be suffering from today. On my health and vitality blog, with my personal clients, and in my home with my family I have tried to steer clear of this subject as a whole as it is my sincere ...
Views: 937(1 vote) - Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Substance Abuse in America - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTim Ferriss, the author of "The 4-Hour Work Week" has posted some interesting stats on his blog about work and American life. 63% of all employees want to work less, up from 46% in 1992. 26% of adult Americans report being on the verge of a serious nervous breakdown. 40% of workers describe ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - Jamming Home Made Pet Treats - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany times pets are our best friends. I have personally had two mixed breed dogs that lived over 22 years old, 1 cockatiel and I am now with my first cat Midnite. Midnite is a rescued cat who came to me full of fear. Free spirited, fully clawed and not always friendly but I know he loves me and ...
Views: 737 - Insomnia and Melatonin - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWorking with a lot of clients who are struggling with trauma and histories of abuse, anxiety and insomnia are constant problems. Many people have been prescribed medications such as Ambien, Sereoquel or one of the other mood stabilizers for sleep. Many of these medications have been found to ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - Money Saving Tricks - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen it comes to money saving I see it as simply cutting down on the non-essential things in life. However, there is one things that we can all cut out of our monthly expenditure's but it's still very much "essential": - Our gym membership / exercise budget. Ok, now here, I do need a favour ...
Views: 722 - What is Vitality and How Do We Build it? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBefore I get into a description of what vitality is, and then how we can improve and build this in our lives, I want to pique your interest first: To achieve any goal in your life - weight loss, improved health, lowered blood pressure, ideal cholesterol (ANY-goal) - you must have abundant ...
Views: 492 - Target Goes Au Naturale - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe already know that Target has heart. And whether you keep it a secret or brag to your friends, you love the sensory overload of the affordable accessory meets trendy staple meets unnecessary housewares, one-stop shop. Nevermind SuperTargets, with their in-house grocery stores, Starbucks and ...
Views: 826 - You Have More Support Than You Know - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"God's the kind of guy you can trust," was my friend John's advice on a particularly bleak autumn morning. At the time, I probably gave him one of those oh-please-do-you-think-this-is-going-to-help-me-pay-my-bills looks. Sure, he could trust the Universe. He had a beautiful wife and a great ...
Views: 732(1 vote) - He Likes Me -- Doesn't He? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTimes have changed. The days of Rhett Butler telling Scarlett O'Hara he didn't give a damn are long gone. That's a shame in some ways. At least it made dating simple. Nowadays, guys try to be considerate in an attempt to not hurt your feelings. His miscues make it hard to know whether he's ...
Views: 802 - Playing Dead: How to Survive Like the Hero in the Binghamton Massacre - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe massacre in Binghamton boggles the mind and breaks the heart. The sadness is only matched by the lunacy of the rampage. What happened inside the American Civic Association is also a reminder that in the most terrifying and tragic situations, ordinary people are capable of the most ...
Views: 817 - 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) - 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) - The Tree of Knowledge - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have another question. Tree of Knowledge in Christianity: So Adam and Eve symbolically eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and then they saw they were naked. Since I was a young girl I have been searching for Truth. I equate truth with knowledge. Then this new thought ...
Views: 560 - 5 Tips for a Homegrown Garden-- Money Saver or Not? - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAt a luncheon in Beverly Hills, all the ladies were jabbering about the rising costs of food and especially fresh vegetables and fruits. We decided to set up a challenge; who could grow the best garden and serve the best salad at our next luncheon! The race is on- in a matter of a few weeks we ...
Views: 800 - Being Helped by Hidden Hands - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMoyers: “Do you ever have this sense when you are following your bliss, as I have at moments, of being helped by hidden hands?” Campbell: “All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time--namely, that if you do ...
Views: 749 - Manu: Destined to Remind Us of Who We Are - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe power of intent is enormous. Call it prayer, deliberate creation or healing, directing one's energy with a clear intention is what shifts manifested reality with ease and elegance. This universal law is most easily accessed when the intent arises as a natural gesture from our Being, with ...
Views: 658 - Creativity or Inspiration from Divine Consciousness? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat is the difference between creative expression and a true contact with Divine Consciousness? This is a fascinating question to ponder, but a question that deserves the attention of all of us who are either creative and/or claim to have inspirations filled with Divine Wisdom. The answer to ...
Views: 1242 - The Closure Complex: Thinking in Categories, Eating in Categories - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou’ve heard of the “clean plate club.” Some of us grow up with moralizing parents who instill an eating ethic of wasting no food. But there’s more to this than just cultural programming. The “clean plate” syndrome, at least in part, has to do with how our minds work, with our minds’ reliance on ...
Views: 1003 - Caffeine Helps Athletes Feel Less Pain When Exercising - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsResearchers at the University of Illinois report that 300 mg of caffeine (the amount in four cups of coffee) reduces muscle burning during intense exercise in both regular coffee drinkers and in those who do not drink coffee at all (International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise ...
Views: 969 - Learned Self-Reliance: The Negative Effects of Spoiling Children - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsParents are moved by instinct to love, nurture, and provide for their offspring. Because our children are so much a part of us, we want to see them blissfully happy. Also, our own desire to be liked, materialist pressures, and a fervent wish that our children have everything we lacked as ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - Delightful Contradiction: The Healthy Burger - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile no longer a vegetarian, I haven't eaten red meat since age 9. To be honest, I don't really remember what a burger tastes like, but judging from its fan base, I gather it's pretty damn good. The following recipe is pretty damn good too; it even has the endorsement of my guy, a card-carrying ...
Views: 983 - Garden of Intentions: Tend to Yours - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring is in the air! The natural cycle of the spring season brings fresh new energy. Spring is the time of new beginnings and new growth. The days are getting longer, the ground is thawing, the trees are budding, the birds are singing. It is easy to feel the excitement of this spring ...
Views: 645 - 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 - The Purrrfect Rx for a Broken Bone! - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is nothing more comforting to me at the end of a long, hard day than collapsing on the coach and cuddling with Bernie, my big, fuzzy, marmalade colored Maine Coon Cat. I thought I would share another positive benefit to spending time with your fuzzy loved one on your lap. Did you know ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - Gluten-Free Life Force Biscuits - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThese super healthy biscuits can be whipped up in under 10 minutes (plus only 20 minutes cooking time). Mix together: 2 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour or other gluten-free flour 2 Tbsp. organic brown sugar 1 tsp. baking soda Add the following ingredients to the flour ...
Views: 1101 - Find Your Own Puppy Love by Dating with Your Dog - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsElisa Baxt recalls one of her first dog dates with her boyfriend; it was on a beautiful spring day, and she and Scott were having lunch at an outdoor cafe, eating salads, and sipping lemonade. Next to them was Elisa’s three-and-a-half-year-old chow-lab mix Cody, chewing on a special order carrot ...
Views: 988 - Chocolate and Boundaries (It's Not What You Think) - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast night, my children and I were chatting at bedtime and the topic of boundaries came up. "Do you know what a boundary is?" I asked my 6-year-old son. He answered that it was like a fence and people can't touch you when you don't want them to. I thought that sounded pretty good for a ...
Views: 548(1 vote) - Letting Go of Intention - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been trying to manifest my desires and getting nowhere. I have always believed in positive thinking and last year read the law of attraction and thought that took positive thinking a step further. I can't get it to work for me. I have tried to keep my thoughts on what I ...
Views: 2200 - Ten Steps to Being a Menopause Goddess - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn a recent dance class I attended, the teacher (a 30-something) instructed everyone to put their hands at the level of their chest. She demonstrated this by placing hers a few inches below her collar bone. Half jokingly, I said, "Where they are now, or where they used to be?" Everyone over 40 ...
Views: 1001 - Change a Life in a Heartbeat - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI sat in on a class this week that discussed the amount of time it takes to beat stress in our lives. Turns out, as you probably already know, a single heartbeat. Literally though. It takes just a single heartbeat to begin to bring us more into what is termed as a coherent heart rhythm. ...
Views: 704(1 vote) - The Power and Perils of Fear-Based Thinking - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI write a Tuesday column for the Huffington Post. In my most recent column about “Why rational thinking is not all it’s cracked up to be?” a reader commented that my example of a paranoid client was not a good one as paranoia is not rational. I did not say that it was, but used it in the ...
Views: 3288 - When You Give, Do You Expect Something in Return? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPerhaps you’ve heard this parable from the East: While visiting the temple one day, a young seeker approached a Zen master to ask him a profound question, "What is the difference between Heaven and Hell?” There is none, the master replied. “Really?” said the seeker incredulously, “I don’t ...
Views: 3657 - Seven Tips for Sparking Your Creativity - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’ve read a lot of advice about how to spark creativity. Everyone’s creativity takes a different form, however, so the advice that works varies a lot from person to person. For example, I put a lot of pressure on myself to be efficient and productive. One of my struggles is to allow myself to ...
Views: 693 - Homelessness By the Numbers - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRaise your hand if you've ever seen a person who you thought was homeless. I can see that all hands are up! I'll be 61 years old this week and when I was young, the situation was not as it is now. In my youth, the vast majority of people who were homeless were men. There were very few women ...
Views: 1013 - Focus on the Good: Raise Your Vibration - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEverything in the universe is made of energy. What differentiates one form of energy from another is the speed at which it vibrates. For example, light vibrates at a very high frequency, and something like a rock vibrates at a lower frequency but a frequency nonetheless. Human beings also ...
Views: 1067 - The Waiting Game - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am 32 and single. I have great things in my life - career, family, friends, house, car, dog. The problem is I find myself "waiting" for the next phase which, for me, feels like getting married and starting a family. I feel constant pressure and like time is ticking away which is ...
Views: 893 - Furry Pets – What Lies Beneath the Surface - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEveryone loves a furry pet. Imagine the comfort that a cat or dog can bring. But lying beneath the surface, regardless of how furry and nice, pets can harbor critters that can cause big health problems. Parasites can be a big problem when it comes to cats and dogs. I don’t mean to be graphic, ...
Views: 646 - A Trail of Bloody Footprints - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAt dawn last Sunday, on my way down from a hill above Bogotá called Monserrate where I had been doing my daily meditation, I was surprised to see recent bloody footprints mixing with the dew on the grass. The flame-red marks grabbed my attention, and contrasted with the pure, transparent ...
Views: 529 - Vegan Keema Masala - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTraditionally, this dish is made with ground chicken meat, but the ground faux is just as good. I add a bunch of root veggies so I don't need to make a separate vegetable dish. 1 lb vegetarian ground “meat” ½ head garlic, minced 2 T ginger, minced 3 T olive or canola oil ...
Views: 1016 - Intention, Consciousness and the New Science - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpecial thanks to Rajesh Hariharan for sending me the clip that enabled me to delve more into this. When temples were constructed a certain ceremony was followed. Yantras with Mantras and adequate, appropriate as well as concentrated meditation and recitation of shlokas was a very important ...
Views: 1502 - Our Furry Familia - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWinston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get…..we make a life by what we give.” Our furry familia innately demonstrate this life lesson to us daily. They show up to heal us and to teach us life lessons, by giving, giving, giving. From them we have much to learn. For ...
Views: 702 - What the Buddha Might Say to Michelle Obama - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor the first time in history our First Lady has attended a Passover Seder in the White House, as the President honored the Jewish people. For the previous week she electrifyed Europe with her warmth and her fearlessness in showing that she cares. She is adored wherever she goes for one simple ...
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