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- 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: 599(1 vote) - The Love Response--what it is - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen you live in the Love Response, you live a life filled with more balance, love and joy. Why? When you experience fear, anger, worries, anxiety, physical illness or anything else that is unpleasant, the physiology of your mind and body shifts into negative. What do I mean by ...
Views: 599 - 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: 598 - A Prescription for Energy-Deprived Parents - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy Review of a Two-Day Energy Medicine Workshop with Donna Eden and David Feinstein Here is something to consider for your conscious parenting toolkit: Energy Medicine, by Donna Eden. By following Donna’s suggestions and working with your body’s meridians, chakras and other subtle energies, ...
Views: 598(1 vote) - Abraham Maslow’s Self-Actualizer - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization... It refers to man’s desire for self-fulfillment, ...
Views: 598(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: 598 - 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: 598(3 votes) - New Years Evolution - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery January, after your judging mind puts you on trial and finds you guilty for your flaws--too fat, too poor, too messy, too lazy, you begin your self-improvement projects. Gritting your teeth you swear--I will lose wt, save money, clean out my closets, hit the gym. Change is so effortless in ...
Views: 598(1 vote) - 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 ...
Views: 598(1 vote) - Do You Have Fat Genes? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe have identified the fat gene! It is not just a gene but it’s a gene with a variant. It’s called the DRD2 gene. The variant that is heavily associated with obesity, alcoholism and addiction is the A1 allele. I believe that our ability to look at genes, which is relatively new, is the key ...
Views: 597 - Four Rocks to Grasp in Life - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe coffee shop a few blocks from my house recently closed. On nights when I wanted to have a couple of hours to get some writing done, I would pack-up my laptop and head to this inspirational sanctuary. It never really occurred to me I would arrive one night and find it closed. Likewise, ...
Views: 597(1 vote) - 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: 597(1 vote) - I Would Go With the Flow... If I Could Only Find It - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf this is the Law of Attraction, it doesn’t feel so good. I wish I could say it feels good to be home, but some days, re-entry is a b#&*h. When we left Florida yesterday afternoon, it was a balmy 75 degrees. When we got out of bed at home this morning, it was four. That’s right, 4 ...
Views: 597 - 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: 597(1 vote) - One-Pointed Desire - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy children are in their teens. They both have a desire to fulfill their dreams. My son wants to be an airline pilot, and my daughter wants to be a chef. They are making plans for school to achieve these dreams. Each step of the way will be challenges to overcome and discipline to make their ...
Views: 597 - What Are You Working On? Part 1 - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe other day I was asked by one of my clients, “So, what are you working on?” I took in a deep breath and replied to her, “Me”. She nodded then smiled and said knowing who I am, “Of course you are doing that, but what else are you working on.” She wanted to know what sort of project I was ...
Views: 597 - Four Symptoms of Wonderful Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week, I met with a wonderful young man who wanted to talk about falling in love one day. It was a tough subject for him. He was brought up in very typical circumstances and had therefore developed a belief that relationships are difficult, imperfect, full of compromises and require a bit of ...
Views: 596 - Iran and the Paradox of Paradise - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo someone outside the Muslim world, the ideal of a pure Islamic state looks like a reactionary form of repression. The contradictions between a modern state and one based on the Quran, a divinely inspired document from the seventh century, are simply too great. The issue of theocracy comes ...
Views: 596 - The Power of Trust - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen it is all said and done, when you have done your work, done it well, and “tilled the soil” of your success, one thing remains: To trust that the “what” you have done will bear fruit. Trust is an inner knowing and a “focused surrender” that things will work out. Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Views: 596 - The Soul of Humanity - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI believe in angels. The word angel means messenger. Everything that exists is a manifestation of one being, and it manifests through messengers. Messengers deliver the will of the one being, and the supreme messenger is light. Light is alive, and it carries the message of life all around ...
Views: 596(1 vote) - Too Busy to Create an Intent - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOk - I admit - I am a workaholic. At least I am sure busy all the time. Not sure if it is always productive but I never really stop until I hit the proverbial wall! Don't get me wrong - I love the things I do and who I connect with face-to-face and on line. But where is the ME in all of ...
Views: 596(4 votes) - Relationships and Money: What Promises Do You Make (and Break) About Spending? - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI used to work with a couple, the wife of whom habitually overspent. Considering their lines of work—an attorney and a CEO—they had plenty of money. However, they had an agreement that she would not overspend, and each month, she did. With some observation, it came to light that the wife liked ...
Views: 595 - Waiting for the Spring - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe goal of making a relationship sustainable should not just be to stay, but rather, to find and cultivate the places in the relationship that are worth staying for. Re-imagining your commitment into a healthy curiosity about the mystery of the other person and allowing for the ebb and flow of ...
Views: 595(1 vote) - 10 Small Ways Intent Has Changed My Life: A List - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere at Intent.com, we are bombarded with tons of great advice from great people. How many of them actually stick in your head and become a permanent part of your everyday life? Here are ten small things I started doing from being a part of the Intent community. I hope they also inspire you ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - 8 Ways to Kick an Online Rut - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI don't know about you, but to me, June equates to being outside. Weddings, graduations, picnics and parties; its as if we are all coming out of our winter hibernation, basking in the sunlight, and feeling eager for some old fashioned socializing. Yet, is a little blinking screen or buzzing hand ...
Views: 594 - An Unprecedented Human Emergency - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToday we face an unprecedented human emergency. We are at the crossroads of a new evolutionary moment in the history of humanity, we have the power to construct and nurture or to destroy and be callous, the technology to heal and support our fellow beings, or to live a life of wastefulness and ...
Views: 594 - Calcium -- The Best Ways to Get it in Your Diet - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCalcium is a tricky beast: -- If you get over 250% of your recommended daily allowance, your body can OD on it. -- If you don't get enough, your bones, teeth and muscles will suffer. -- You can only absorb up to 60% of your recommended daily allowance at a time -- You need Vitamin D to ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - Meditate Like The Beatles - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two remaining members of the Beatles, Transcedental Meditation helped stabilize their band. (Read more about it here.) They will be performing at a concert on Saturday to raise funds for the David Lynch Foundation, an organization dedicated to ...
Views: 594 - Nine Tips for Feeling Happier -- in the Next HOUR. - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat do you do if you're feeling blue because of the financial crisis? Or if you're just having an extremely lousy day? Here are nine strategies that can boost your mood right now in a happiness emergency. In the next thirty minutes, check off as many of the following items as possible. Each one ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - The Key to Staying Connected to Family and Friends - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we’re stressed, women release the hormone oxytocin, according to Dr. Laura Cousin Klein, Assistant Professor of Bio-behavioral Health at Penn State University. This hormone encourages us to “tend and befriend” rather than reacting as men do, by “fight or flight.” It’s simply written in ...
Views: 594 - 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: 594(1 vote) - 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: 593 - Green Your Home Tips - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSeemingly innocuous objects—from toys, to plastic containers, to cookware—in your home or workplace may be hazardous to your health. For example, plastics used in common household objects can disrupt the sexual development of baby boys. The culprits are chemicals called phthalates, found in ...
Views: 593 - Top Trainer Tips: Walking 4 Weight Loss - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI really do love to walk, because you can walk anytime, anywhere, and it’s FREE—my favorite four-letter word. There is nothing that clears and works my mind and body more than an invigorating power walk at the beach in Santa Monica pumping my pink 2 pound dumbbells. Did you know that walking ...
Views: 593(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: 593(1 vote) - A Tale of Two Tea Minds - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn China and Japan there is more to tea than leaf and water. China’s Taoism and Japan’s Zen Buddhism infuse a meditative sensibility that quiets the mind and soothes the soul. I vividly remember the moment I was introduced to the Eastern idea of “tea mind.” It was during a visit to the ...
Views: 592 - 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: 592 - March 19, 2009 Best of the INTENTERNET: Cheap, Sleep, Tweet - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCHEAP Here are three links to keep your savings happy--in honor of this week's theme on saving money, being frugal, and hoarding those greenbacks like squirrels hoarding acorns for the coming winter. A sobering article from The Huffington Post reminds us that however tough these economic times ...
Views: 592 - Mastering the Five Powers for Joy and Peace in Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Path of Constructive Life is a paradigm for happy, healthy and prosperous living. It teaches that the source and path of a peaceful, healthy life of universal harmony lies in the constructive engagement of each person with Mother Nature. Natural conditions provide for the health of all ...
Views: 592 - Staying in the Present - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Being in the present moment to moment is not easy ... I pray ...meditate...and believe that the universe supports me...but when I’m angry my mind will not stop going to past and future...I know better ...please tell me how you give your problems up to the universe to solve and stay ...
Views: 592(2 votes) - Ten Tips on Where to Put Your Money NOW - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOK. The financial panic seems to be over. No major investment bank has followed Lehman Brothers into that good night. AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are totally, hopelessly bankrupt, but Uncle Sam is fully committed to keeping the zombies shuffling. And while some (many?) of America's banks are ...
Views: 592(7 votes) - 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: 592(1 vote) - Are You Suffering from the Impostor Syndrome? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you live with a chronic case of self-doubt? Do you feel like you don’t deserve your success? You might have the impostor syndrome which is a real, psychological disorder. While men can have this syndrome, it affects mostly women. The impostor syndrome involves feeling unworthy, like a fake; ...
Views: 591(1 vote) - Communicating with Nature - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA little tid bit of information I read on Facebook today sparked this blog. A friend reported he had seen his first Colorado Rattlesnake on a popular trail out here. I commented, congratulating him, offering to show him more. He replied that the snake was very unhappy because people were ...
Views: 591 - Counting Experiential Calories - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPut aside this annoying business of counting nutritional calories for a moment and ask yourself: what else am I getting out of this eating moment? How is my Mind being enriched? A Nutritional Calorie is a unit of energy. The job of a Nutritional Calorie is to fuel your Body. An Experiential ...
Views: 591(2 votes) - Ideas Are Tools - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo often people will ask me after I've shared a leadership concept with them: "Great. Now can you give me some tools to apply that idea?" I'll most certainly agree that tactics that create results are ever so important. But may I equally suggest that sometimes, the very idea is the tool. A ...
Views: 591 - Separate Your Personal Life from Your Personal Finances: Claiming Your Life Back from Busy - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy friend tipped me off to a great practice last week. She and her husband schedule weekly business meetings to discuss the business of the family. They divide their lives into three sections—family, marriage, and fun—and they approach each topic separately. For family stuff, they arrange the ...
Views: 591(1 vote) - The Do's and Don'ts of Spring Renewal - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn celebration of this week's theme on spring renewal. DO: Yoga classes at your local community center DON’T: Naked morning jogs DO: Picking up litter and recycling DON’T: Painting over freshly-tagged gang territory DO: Listening to the sweet twitter of birds DON’T: Excess ...
Views: 591 - What Gives You Hope? 7 Guaranteed Ways to Find Hope - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOkay, I can’t absolutely guarantee it, but I can share from recent experience during some seemingly hopeless times a few things that have shored up my faith and hope, and have made me smile through tears. 1. Find a yellow daffodil about to bloom and enjoy a one-minute reverie. 2. Close ...
Views: 591 - Morning Motivation: American Idol and the power of choice - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe day of American Idol’s season eight finale has finally arrived, and avid fans around the country will be eagerly waiting to find out if their votes will crown Adam or Kris the new American Idol. Adam is the formidable rocker who remained true to his own inimitable style throughout the ...
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