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- Obama's Call to the Faithful - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPresident Obama's superlative speech at Cairo University will be much analyzed. It was, as expected, an address that was rational, intelligent, eloquent, and fair. In stark contrast to George Bush's catch phrase, "clash of civilizations," Obama made every effort to weave common threads between ...
Views: 578(2 votes) - 5 Most Important Natural Health Tips for Diabetics - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMaintaining normal blood sugar levels is a fundamental requirement of a healthy life, and your body’s failure to do so, as is the case in diabetes, can lead to severe complications, and early death. Today over 7 percent of adults and children in the United States have diabetes. One third of ...
Views: 577 - How Do We Feed Vegetarian Kids? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor different reasons, significant numbers of kids are choosing a vegetarian diet. As I recently discussed on Good Morning America and GMA Health (watch them here), a vegetarian diet can be an extremely healthy nutrition plan for a child as well as an adult. I wanted to follow-up those pieces ...
Views: 577(1 vote) - Three Mother's Day Celebrations - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOn this morning's walk, we (three dogs and I) were joined by my daughter who walked alongside us with her bicycle. She was heading to work. I was carrying a box of compostable materials down to the recycle bin at the bottom of the hill. The dogs were sniffing new spring wildflowers and marking ...
Views: 577 - When It Comes to Being in the Flow, I Think I am a Barnacle. - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI realized lately that I am a barnacle. I find things I like, such as people, activities, ideas and possessions, grab on and settle in. On one level, I know I should be flowing with my energy and interests, or being in the flow of my life. The act and art of being Human is reflected in the verb: ...
Views: 577(3 votes) - Be Like Water - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a theme that runs throughout the Tao Te Ching and it is to Be Like Water. This is a potent metaphor that I have been reflecting on recently. There are many incredible attributes of water, but there are two in particular that I want to highlight for helping you live a peaceful and joyous ...
Views: 576 - Leap Before You Look - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn our American culture it has been taught for a long time that the important things are outside of us…that we are meant to compete, achieve and bring home more goodies than our neighbor. This outlook on living has been going on for so long that it has actually become considered a bold and ...
Views: 576 - Living Like Water (Part II) - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsContinuing along with the theme of flowing like water, I wanted to share the following excerpt from the book "I AM THAT" by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. In the book, a questioner is asking Maharaj (an enlightened master) how to achieve freedom or liberation. Maharaj says "Inertia and ...
Views: 576(1 vote) - One More Message on Wellness: Share Your Opinion With Others! - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs our theme on Intent.com this week is defining the meaning of wellness, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for each and every one of us to articulate our own personal definition of what wellness means to us. This is the first important step in changing ourselves for the better. This ...
Views: 576(1 vote) - Should You Go to Work if You're Feeling Sick? - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn regular times, many argue they can’t “afford” to get sick. More so in a recession, many will rather go to work sick than miss their pay even if this means that they may get sicker at the job or that they may get other people sick at work. Sometimes, parents send their sick children to ...
Views: 576 - The Heart Knows, The Heart Heals - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe heart is your great communicator. It communicates with all the parts of your body, and with your brain. It communicates with the outside environment, picking up signals through its electromagnetic field, especially emotional responses. Your senses—sight, sound, smell, taste and feel—tell ...
Views: 576 - The Power of Gray: Six Succulent, Winning Ways to Power Up - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI consider myself an optimistic person. When I was a very little girl the movie Pollyanna hit the screens and I loved it, and I took it in on a cellular level. Pollyanna starred Jane Wyman (Ronald Regan's ex-wife), Karl Malden (one of the most dynamic actors of all time), Hayley Mills (loved ...
Views: 576 - The Silent Chef Speaks - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAnyone who has worked in the food service industry knows what a hectic, fast paced life it entails. Those who have started their own restaurant know that it can be an all consuming process that requires 24/7 attention. Recipes and menus need to be created, systems developed, staff trained, walls ...
Views: 576(1 vote) - 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: 576(1 vote) - World Malaria Day 2009 - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne year after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a call to provide all malaria endemic countries with universal coverage of malaria control tools by the end of 2010, an unprecedented effort to combat malaria is under way. Impressive gains have recently been realized, as 40 percent of the ...
Views: 576 - Dealing with the Past Can Only Happen NOW - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI had just taken a book I was packing for a trip OUT of my suitcase, feeling that I needed a break from anything "heavy" and needed to just have some pure R&R. The book is called "Unattended Sorrow." I came back to my desk, intending to post on Intent about the subject of sleep, something I am ...
Views: 575 - Future Chimp - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA report in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology chronicles the adventures of a Santino, a chimp at Sweden's Furuvik Zoo. Apparently the 30-year-old chimp began evidencing some aggressive behavior eleven years ago when he was 19--about the time chimps, in their maturity, seek to ...
Views: 575 - The Importance of Focus - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are many distractions in the world. This would be a good day for you to focus. Focus on your needs, as well as, the needs of others. Keep the needs of yourself and the needs of the self in balance. You will notice that you and others have this need to keep life in balance. There is a ...
Views: 575(2 votes) - Six Tips for Keeping School-Day Mornings Calm and Cheery - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI had a major insight about the challenge of keeping our school-day mornings moving along smoothly and peacefully. Here’s the insight: I was focused on chivvying my children along. Wrong! I needed to worry about ME. When I work on my own habits, mornings are much easier. Here are some tips ...
Views: 574(1 vote) - Speed of Eating and Fullness: The Waiting Game Solution - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile the disappearance of hunger is almost instantaneous after you start eating, the arrival of pleasant fullness takes some time. The less you eat during the time that it takes the stomach to notify your brain that it is full, the less you will overeat. The solution is obvious: slow ...
Views: 574 - 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: 574(2 votes) - Thinking and Speaking with Love - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen we think positively and speak lovingly, everything changes. If we understand that everything is simple and tell our loved ones how much we care for them in time, it follows that our relationships will be truly harmonious and full of love. But unfortunately, much of the time, it is only when ...
Views: 574(3 votes) - Do you have a story to share? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy main intent and maybe even raison d’etre is to help you discover your most authentic, happy, and compassionate self. Toward that end, I’m seeking stories of people who’ve become under- or unemployed since the economy avalanched. I want to hear what they (you/us) want others who remain ...
Views: 573(2 votes) - Moving a Single Muscle - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have no particular aversion to exercise. As a matter of fact, I rather enjoy it! The obvious problem is once you stop exercising for any period of time it is difficult to jump-start the process again. You know you have let your wellness level suffer. You know you will have to work very hard ...
Views: 573(1 vote) - Smaller Can Most Definitely Be Better - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m just back from a delicious, envigorating, visit to Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Mass. Suzanne Strempek Shea (whom some of you may know from her exquisite writing in Sundays in America and Shelf Life, amongst other things) had arranged for me to give a talk on the six archetypes, and to ...
Views: 573 - It's All About You! - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsConscious parenting means taking better care of ourselves, so we can take better care of our children. I had three unplanned hours to myself the other day. It was rather strange. A family friend had just pulled out of the driveway with boys in tow, on their way to a baseball game. I ...
Views: 572(1 vote) - Spring Renewal: Today is the Day! - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsToday is the day when any thoughts you might have for Spring renewal are especially powerful, because today is also a new moon. The new moon is always an auspicious day for new beginnings. So, today is the first new moon of Spring--what a great day for starting something new! According to ...
Views: 572 - Swine Flu Survival: The Science of a Single Sneeze (and Three Simple Ways to Protect Yourself) - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA single sneeze propels 100,000 droplets into the air at around 90 mph, landing on door knobs, ATM keypads, elevator buttons, escalator railings, and grocery cart handles. In a subway station at rush hour, according to British researchers, as many as 10 percent of all commuters can come in ...
Views: 572 - Healthy Family: How to Make Your Children Flu-Resistant - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust when you thought cold and flu season was over... Two Christmases ago, we were unhappy participants in the rampaging outbreak of Norovirus. My older son picked it up in Orlando, presumably among the masses at Disney World. As he proceeded to “share” it with me, his brother, my parents and a ...
Views: 571(1 vote) - The Distraction of “God” - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have read a number of your books, including "How to know God". Let me say, I had a conventional Protestant upbringing, but I soon rejected the "prison of social conditioning", as you call it, and became an evolutionist and agnostic. Whenever I hear the word God, I see the old ...
Views: 571(1 vote) - The Mirroring World: We Are Like Nature - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNature is a mirror, inspiring and teaching us, deepening our sense of belonging in the world. Wherever you look, you can see that our patterns and the patterns of the natural world are the same. You can find this resonance in every form, from molecules to plants and animals and to planets. We ...
Views: 571 - This Week on Intent: Tell Us How to Eat Healthier - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week on Intent, we want to hear your tips, tricks and advice on eating healthier. Should we plan ahead our meals? Is it a matter of preparing ourselves emotionally when the munchies strike? Whether you keep a food journal or you simply want to share some healthy snack recipes, we want to ...
Views: 571(1 vote) - To Hold Hope In My Heart - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy intent this week: To hold hope in my heart! Every week I write a prediction- based on the energy of the coming week- and include a message, like a poem to stimulate meditation . This week’s prediction was rather long- so I’ve left out the meditation- you can find it all at my blog on ...
Views: 571 - A Step in the Right Direction - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYogi Berra is one of the most popular and beloved baseball players of all time. In addition to winning ten World Series rings and being inducted into the Hall of Fame, Yogi Berra is well known for his poignant, yet often confusing sayings. “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”, “When you come to a ...
Views: 570 - It Takes Two Healthy Joyful Whole People to Make One Healthy Joyful Whole Relationship - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is an American myth that two halves can come together in a loving relationship and become whole. However, contrary to cultural myths, close intimate relationships are not additive, where one half plus one half equals one. Close relationships are actually multiplicative. It is the whole ...
Views: 570(4 votes) - 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: 570(1 vote) - Breastfeeding Part II: Sexual or Spiritual? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I read a passage in Ina May Gaskin’s book that suggested that breastfeeding can be a sexual experience I nearly fell out of bed. Sexual? Was she kidding? I felt as though nursing was one of the least sexual experiences. I had heard women say that breastfeeding was physically pleasureful. ...
Views: 569(1 vote) - Inside the Brain of a Mother - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA mother’s love is a unique and powerful force of nature. With built in benevolence, understanding and sharing, a mother’s love is extremely special. Any child who has been graced by a loving mother would attest to this as being one of the most influential factors in creating a happy life. ...
Views: 569(1 vote) - Mississippi Shining: Good News for All - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe election of James A. Young as the democratic candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi, is the living proof of the Taoist adage, "Furthering through Perseverance." In 1964, in Philadelphia, three civil rights workers who were in Mississippi to register black voters were murdered. ...
Views: 569(2 votes) - No More Bedwetting: Secrets of Success with Imagery for Kids - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWet bed again! How many mornings have you reached your child's bedroom hoping for a dry bed. Just this once. And instead, the sheets are soaked. You expected this at 3 or 4 or 5 years old, but not at 7 or 8 or 12 or 13, or even older. And how embarrassing for your child after all this time. ...
Views: 569(1 vote) - Obama Pledges Summer Jobs: 600,000 of 'Em - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis morning thousands of Americans who otherwise envisioned themselves pounding the pavement and collecting unemployment checks this summer received some good news: With the aid of Vice President Biden, President Obama unveiled the Roadmap to Recovery, an aggressive extension of the Recovery ...
Views: 569 - 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: 569(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: 569 - Dreaming Your Inner Light Into Reality - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHoovert was a child who, due to reject, fell right down into the bowels of the earth; down there where drugs like ‘bazuco’ and crack cocaine are kings of the darkness because they are the only foundations able to support the torture of being forced to live in a sewer. And as if such conditions ...
Views: 568 - Meditation: Open Your Heart - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI think a lot of people have learned to close their heart in order to protect themselves from all of the negative news in our world and from getting hurt in relationships. Closing our hearts certainly can be one way to cope with difficult and sad events. Putting up your walls of protection can ...
Views: 568 - When Mom is Just Too Busy - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI received an email from a dear friend this morning, asking why I haven’t posted recently. What can I say, I’ve been busy. Lots of stuff going on. It hasn’t all been bad stuff... some of it was really good. Still, I have once again fallen prey to the over-scheduled, over-stressed lifestyle that ...
Views: 568(1 vote) - Why do we wander? to escape, to get lost, to be found, or to discover? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhy do we wander? What triggers hearts, minds, feet to roam? Do we go away to find fresh satisfaction in the return? Or do we stray to escape, to get lost, to be found, or to discover? I do a fair amount of roving myself. My ostensible reason is usually a bone-deep hunger for warm rushing ...
Views: 568(2 votes) - Effort and Understanding: Having It Easy - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur lives are an exercise in facing challenges. We dream the grandest of dreams as youngsters only to discover that we must cultivate copious inner strength and determination in order to meet our goals. Our hard work does not always yield the results we expect. And it is when we find ourselves ...
Views: 567(2 votes) - Expanding Their Vision: Nine Ways To Help Others Awaken to Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Living by your values allows you to become a positive source of inspiration for others. Don't hide; express yourself and embrace life without reservation. By simply being yourself, you can help the people in your life see how one person can make a difference by being a living example of ...
Views: 567(1 vote) - How to be Happier...by Working for Free! - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI'm sure many people will read a bit of what I have to say and quickly discard it. And why wouldn't they? Our lives are SO busy and there is SO much to do...how would I ever find time to VOLUNTEER? And how could that possible make me a happier person? The answers are simple and are two ...
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