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- Morning Motivation: Your Destiny Is in Your Own Hands - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI teach an Organizational Communication course at a local university, and one of the topics we discuss is the power of words. It is easy to get into a habit of telling ourselves and other people what we “have” to do, as if our true desires have somehow been denied or defeated by life. Here are ...
Views: 595(2 votes) - Pledge Allegiance to the Present: Just One Bite of Just Eating - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou've heard this before: when you eat, just eat. To just eat, and not let mind wander, is a lot. But why should you just eat and not read a newspaper or watch TV? After all, it's just eating. But it's not just eating! Mindful eating is a commitment to being present, it's eating in real time. As ...
Views: 595 - 9 Spiritual Ways to be Green - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. If you use candles in your spiritual practice, start using soy candles. Unlike paraffin candles, soy candles do not use petroleum and do not increase the CO2 in the atmosphere. They also last longer than regular candles. 2. Include the Earth in your daily prayers. When you are praying for ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - Earth Day: Love this Planet - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEarth Day, which started in 1970, was originally much more emphatic than anything we’re likely to see these days. For example, thirty-nine years ago demonstrators poured oil over the sidewalk at the Department of the Interior, in Washington, to protest oil spills. Then the focus was pollution. ...
Views: 594 - Finding the Innocent Within - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAt a recent workshop I took a group through a simple visualization exercise that produced unexpectedly pleasing results. In almost every case the participants took the exercise as an opportunity to go back in time to access some more innocent, or at least simpler, part of themselves. This was ...
Views: 594 - Spring Cleaning for Earth Day - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes we underestimate the power of spring cleaning. After all it’s just one more thing to do along with taxes, trying to stay on an exercise regimen or plan of healthy eating or dealing with economic concerns or rising stress levels, there may be more seemingly important things to get done. ...
Views: 594 - The Ecology Around You: Finding Nature in Your Neighborhood - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBecause both cities and tightly packed suburbs offer wildlife bountiful nooks and crannies in which to hide, it can be difficult to spot the animals that live in our midst. Many thrive among paved streets, sidewalks, buildings, parking lots, and high-rises. There are animals in abundance ...
Views: 594 - The Secrets of the Super Goji Berry - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you had your goji berries today? Personally, I love adding 1-2 tablespoons of dried goji berries to power up my morning smoothies. Natively grown in central China, this reddish-orange fruit commonly referred to as the goji berry is actually the wolfberry, Lycium barbarum. Packed with ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - Why Meat from Mammals is Risky - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA study of more than 500,000 Americans over 40 shows that those who consume the equivalent of at least a hamburger a day have a 30 percent increased chance of dying during the next 10 years, mostly from heart disease and cancer. Cold cuts, sausage and other processed meats also increased the ...
Views: 594 - 5 Reasons to Love the IRS - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt’s tax time. The filing deadline is this week for those who don’t opt for an extension. How many people have you heard cursing the IRS in the past month? I’ve lost count. So here for your contemplative pleasure are five reasons to love the IRS. 1. People The IRS is an organization ...
Views: 593 - Change Your Mood in 70 Seconds! - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLearn this quick exercise, and when your mood falls down, pick it up fast. This whimsical yet spiritual exercise really works! Whatever problems you have on your mind be they personal or world problems: they can be more easily solved when you are in a better mood. The HappyU Exercise Get ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Does Bad Economic News Equal Good News For Women? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe administration sees green shoots appearing in the economic data. We share that optimism. But we're focused on the arrival of a different color -- we see a pink lining in this recession. In the midst of all the fiscal gloom, the stress over stress tests, there is a part of the population ...
Views: 593(2 votes) - Hope, Humor, and Oprah - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“I felt guilt, shame, I was crying...I mean when you can’t provide for your family anymore…” Those were the words of Michael, a 50-something man on today’s Oprah show who, with his wife, had to move out of their home and into what used to be their office, after their business crashed. That ...
Views: 593 - 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) - Learn From This 12 Year Old! - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWell folks, what I can tell you is that you are in for SUCH a treat this week! I've recently been back in touch with some high school friends through Facebook (of course). One friend, Keith Cendrick, CLEARLY has a special daughter named Rachel. This dynamite 12 year old, as you are about to ...
Views: 593 - Let Nature Guide You - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLiving in the Dominican Republic, I have learned to get used to all of the the little visitors that often come in the night. I try to avoid thinking about them but I regularly see evidence of their visits the morning after and regularly, I cringe. I am a little (okay a lot) addicted to the ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Resolutions Revisited - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn 2009 I resolve to stop yelling at my kids. That is precisely the New Year’s pledge that Marion Budnick broke the first week of the new year. It wasn’t that she didn’t have positive intentions. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to end the yelling. It wasn’t even that she wasn’t sincere ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Spring is in the Air, But How Are Your Allergies? - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring offers us an opportunity to appreciate the renewal cycle of life. It’s a wonderful time of year. Spring also brings its downside amongst the daffodils – humidity, mold and dampness. My background as an allergy-testing technician in the Pacific Northwest revealed important clues about ...
Views: 593 - The Power of Positive Intent: A Medical Reason to Hope - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have been impressed by how much negative sentiment there is out there about the current global economic crisis. The front page of the New York Times over the weekend had a huge picture of a couple grieving the change in income of a man who was earning $60,000/year who is now earning $12/hour ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Treasures From Our Past: Inner Child Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDeep within each of us lives the child we once were. For most of us, our inner child lies hidden beneath the layers that we've put on in order to become adults. In our rush to put on grown-up clothing and live adult lives, we may have forgotten the wisdom and innocence that we possessed when we ...
Views: 593 - Update Your Thinking about Menstruation - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith one new book and one new film out on menstruation, My Little Red Book, and Period: The End of Menstruation? respectively, women are being given an opportunity to update their thinking on a subject that still creates anxiety in the public. To add my voice to the discussion, here is what ...
Views: 593 - What Everyday Objects Help You to Reinvent Your Day? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere are a few things you can find around the house help you lower your stress and reinvent your day. Here goes! Alarm Clock Set your alarm clocks to remind you to go to bed! Set it 15 minutes earlier than your normal bed time for a week. Many Americans sleep account is overdrawn -- start ...
Views: 593 - Your Challenges Are a Gift - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I chose to step into the process of making my first yoga DVD earlier this year, it sweetly reminded of how my life's challenges have brought me my greatest gifts. In 1996 at the age of 24, I was seeking a way to become more of myself when I was presented with a huge challenge and gift -- a ...
Views: 593 - Benefit From Your Frustrations - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes I think that our frustrations can truly be our best friends... lets face it, our frustrations gives us buisness ideas, news worthy ideas, product ideas, etc. So, what is your frustration telling you today? Really listen, what is your frustration calling or urging you to do, to say, to ...
Views: 592(1 vote) - Birds... an apology - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA few days back I wrote about the robins nesting right next to the backdoor of my house. At the time I thought they’d been spooked by all the activity and left. It turns out I was wrong. I’d made some comments about how, they, like us, tend to keep on doing things as always in the face of ...
Views: 592 - Father's Day is Coming Up! This Week on Intent, Share With Us Your Father-Related Advice - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs all of you should know, Father's Day is this Sunday. In celebration of this special holiday, we want to ask all of you here on Intent.com what father-related advice and resources you have to share with the rest of the community. Do you have a list of special father-daughter bonding ...
Views: 592(1 vote) - Fitness and Fashion? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe MTV episode of True Life: I Hate My Large Breasts just aired where I made a cameo offering lady an alternative to surgery. You can see me speaking with her about the fact that she just needs confidence and working out can help that. There are some scenes of us working out as ...
Views: 592 - Food as a Reflection of Self-Love - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs I thought about an interesting topic to discuss for this week’s blog, I decided to come back to one of my (and hopefully your) favorite topics…food! And I’m not simply referring to the tasty treats we put in our mouths. Equally important are the ways we nourish ourselves on a primary level. ...
Views: 592 - Hard Learned Lessons From Bad Days - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all have days from time to time when it feels like the world is against us or that the chaos we are experiencing will never end. One negative circumstance seems to lead to another. You may wonder, on a bad day, whether anything in your life will ever go right again. But a bad day, like any ...
Views: 592 - How Your Style Affects Your Dreams - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen people talk about style, they often mean fashion. Lady Gaga has a stylist. The Jonas Brothers have a stylist. You don't need a stylist. You just need to know what your style is. By style, I mean the way you approach work and life. Are you an outgoing person? Are you on the shy side? What ...
Views: 592(1 vote) - Know How Good You’ve Got It - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhy is it that what someone else has usually seems to look, taste, feel, sound and smell better than what we have? For example, I notice that I illustrate this point a lot when I’m dining out with my husband. Although I usually like what I have, the dish he orders always seems to look and taste ...
Views: 592(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) - How the Natasha Richardson tragedy can help you heal - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Life is precious.” "Life is often unfair." "Unthinkably horrid things happen to good and bad people alike." Trite and hackneyed as those statements may be, what else can one say upon hearing that a young mother, wife, daughter, beloved friend, and brilliant stage and film actress died ...
Views: 591(2 votes) - Learning From the Big Picture: Cycle of Life - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs we walk through the world, the people we encounter appear so different from one another. We see babies, old men, pregnant women, and teenaged boys. We know couples on the verge of marriage and lonely widows. We interact with toddlers and the terminally ill. As different as each person seems, ...
Views: 591(1 vote) - 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 - 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) - 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 - 5 Reasons It's Okay to Lose Your Job - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou lost your job? Oh my god. You suck at life. I'm kidding. Really, really kidding. If you've lost your job, whether as a result of the recession or not (I'll get to that), you are not alone. Which brings me to the top 5 reasons it's OK you lost your job. 1. So did everybody ...
Views: 590 - How to Find Happiness in Four (Not So) Easy Steps - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI live in Los Angeles, which may well be ground zero for spiritual movements in the United States. Many such groups got their start here, and the diversity of faiths and movements is impressive—from old to new, sincere to shady, truly elevating to downright toxic. People engage in all manner ...
Views: 590(4 votes) - Morning Ritual: Taking Hukams - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDuring my time spent living in an ashram many years ago, I learned about taking "hukams" (which means "divine order") from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib which are the compilation of writings that the Sikhs consider their living guru. I have expanded my taking of hukams to included any ...
Views: 590(2 votes) - 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) - How the Credit Card Companies Are Taking Your Credit Away - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDid you know that the credit card companies are now reviewing credit lines and if your income is down, they can reduce your credit. You may think you are secure, but then get a letter in the mail telling you that the amount of credit available to you has been reduced. Or if you apply for ...
Views: 589 - How to Harness Your Bounce: 9 Steps to Avoid the Tigger-Method of Finding Your Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following article was first published on The Positivity Blog on December 29, 2008. I used to be very Tigger-like. I’d get a new idea in my head and it would be the answer to all my ills and BOING! off I’d bounce – until I realized that I really didn’t like the idea at all. So, I’d get a ...
Views: 589(1 vote) - Paper or Plastic is Not a Choice! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo yesterday, I was in a Trader Joes market and was commenting to my friend who was checking out with me that all stores no matter what kind should not offer bags or at least charge big time for them. This would force people to bring their own. Some countries are doing this, and some states ...
Views: 589(2 votes) - 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) - Top Five Tips for Handling Emotional Eating and Cravings - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe connection between food and mood for humans is generally immense. We eat to celebrate; we eat if we feel sad; we eat to ‘reward’ ourselves; we eat because someone gives us something and we feel ‘obliged’. Ironically, we rarely seem to eat simply to fuel the physical body. Yet we tend to so ...
Views: 589(1 vote) - Try The Breakfast Experiment - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany people have a love/hate relationship with breakfast. You either love your morning cereal or eggs with toast or you are totally bored with the typical breakfast options. Some people get so sick of their morning meal that they just skip it and wait until lunch or even dinner to eat. Study ...
Views: 589(1 vote) - Make it a Summer of Self-Discovery! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI can't believe it is the beginning of June! Summer is just around the corner and I bet your weekends are filling up quickly! Likely with weddings, barbeques and reunions... Have you booked in any time for yourself? Remember back to January when we were all creating our New Year's ...
Views: 588(3 votes) - Playing with Possibility - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my pursuit of leaders who play well, I happened upon one who literally plays well every day as a musician and conductor of the Boston Philharmonia. I am entranced by Benjamin Zander's philosophy of looking for possibility in every situation and in every person we meet. His book, The Art of ...
Views: 588(2 votes) - Pregnancy Decisions - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Seven years ago I met my current husband, I was a single mother with a daughter of 16 years old. When we were dating I did tell him that I don't want any more children, and he agreed to it even though he didn't have any kids. After we got married he changed his mind and said he ...
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