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- Unlocking The Diary, Letting the Light Pour In - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am about to invite you into my life in a way I have never done before. I am unlocking my diary and posting excerpts every few days in succession. Warning: This post is direct as it came from my actual diary…. it is even often extremely challenging for me to re-read. I share it because my ...
Views: 530 - 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 - God's Dictionary: Poverty - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Intent.com Authorspauper = poor This is one of the greatest fears of human beings: poverty. Our current worldwide economic meltdown is exacerbating this fear mightily. I’m not sure we in the West really know what true poverty is. There are those in this world—many—who live on less than a dollar a day. Some ...
Views: 529(1 vote) - Greeting the Divine Spirit: Bowing - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBowing is a universal gesture of respect and reverence. In many cultures, it is the predominant form of social greeting, and most religions incorporate it into their rituals of worship. In many cases, bowing signifies not only respect but also an acknowledgment of the shared divinity between the ...
Views: 529(1 vote) - No -- Just Say It - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOnce you've tamed your inner-guilt monster, you are ready to welcome that most wonderful of words into your vocabulary. We're certain you barely use it. But it's a potent combination of two letters that could routinely save our sanity. Go ahead. Say it. You know the word we mean. NO. Are ...
Views: 529(1 vote) - The "How To's" to Being Happier - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs I sat in my office on a rainy, gloomy day, I found my spirits sinking, my thoughts churning to the list of things to do that day, and I found myself wanting to crawl back in my bed, closing my eyes, and waiting for tomorrow to come in hopes that the sun might then shine. Then I could be ...
Views: 529 - What 75 outrageous things are you willing to do by March of next year? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGloria Steinem, iconic feminist and author of Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, turned 75 yesterday. At a recent celebration of this landmark birthday, she asked people to do 75 outrageous things in the cause of justice and on behalf of others this coming year. What 75 outrageous things ...
Views: 529 - Drink Yourself Beautiful! - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRadiance can emerge from each and every one of us. In order to allow it to do so, we must first provide a sanctuary from modern day assaults. Providing a much-needed sanctuary is actually inexpensive and result-oriented, a fact that is sometimes shocking to even the most impatient and monetarily ...
Views: 528(4 votes) - Is Infertility Really a Disease? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne out of every six couples trying to conceive will experience difficulty achieving their dream of starting or growing their family. It might be something that you’re currently experiencing. If not, simply look at couples around you and certainly you will know or suspect someone who is silently ...
Views: 528 - Is Your Fat, Your Fault? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Intent.com Authors111,000 people in the U.S. die each year from obesity related illnesses. It is one of the leading preventable causes of death in our country. Considering that 66.3% of us are overweight, and 32% fall into the category of obese, this is a major public health issue. I have covered some of the ...
Views: 528(2 votes) - 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) - Tough Times and Saviors - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am one of those people that believe everything happens for a reason. Obviously spirituality is my passion or I would not have spent so much of my life, three years at Emory getting an Masters of Divinity, and four years getting a doctorate in Spirituality. All of my education, training and ...
Views: 528(1 vote) - What is Karma Really? - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow does it work? Traditionally, it is taught that karma is simply the law of cause and effect, the fruits of past actions and little more is said about its mechanism and workings than that. Subsequently, much misunderstanding and vagueness has arisen and continues to be perpetuated. It seems ...
Views: 528 - 7 Money Saving Tips that Improve Your Health - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo save money you can start making deposits in your health savings account immediately. This means thrifty disease prevention instead of costly treatment. With less money to spend you are more likely to engage in creative improvising. Creativity immediately counteracts stress and a sense of loss ...
Views: 527 - Get Tantric, Burn the Ships & Get Rich - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy’s ...
Views: 527(1 vote) - Thoughts in Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I'm new to meditation and have trouble getting into the gap between my thoughts. It seems that every time I try to meditate, thoughts keep running through my head. I can't make them stop! What can I do to still my mind so that I can enter the gap between my thoughts and begin ...
Views: 527 - Good Health Not Found in "Secrets" - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt never seems to end. One celeb after another endorseing the next best "secret" revealing the way to great health or a hot body or weight loss. And if it is not an endorsement, it's a book or video proclaiming a near magic transition from the way you are now to a whole new you virtually ...
Views: 526(1 vote) - All My Mothers - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHappy Mother's Day to all the wonderful, nurturing women in the world! i think we are all mothers in some way. We give birth through our creativity and our caring. We garden, feed the birds, volunteer, parent our pets. There is an intuitive sense of care-taking that just comes with being a ...
Views: 525(1 vote) - Happiness is Available All the Time - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHappiness is a choice. Happiness is available all the time. It’s just a thought away. Think of a time when you were very happy. Perhaps it was the time you saw rainbow, held a baby, fell in love or swam in a tropical ocean. Think of the feelings that flooded your heart – the optimism or the ...
Views: 525(1 vote) - Ten Things I Learned About Connection from President Bill Clinton - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLove him or loathe him, you can't deny that Bill Clinton is a masterful connection artist. I've seen him in action many times, and he's a wonder to behold. How does he do it? How can he connect with people who despise him, and within a few minutes have them laughing, hugging, and listening ...
Views: 525(1 vote) - The Dance of Intimacy: Coming Back to Center in a Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAnyone in a long-term relationship knows that the dance of intimacy involves coming together and moving apart. Early in a relationship, intense periods of closeness are important in order to establish the ground of a new union. Just as a sapling needs a lot more attention than a full-grown tree, ...
Views: 525(2 votes) - The Life Force Diet: The Key to Health & Wellness - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDid you know that there is a nutritional factor missing from almost everyone’s diet? No, it’s not protein, water , carbs, fats, vitamins or minerals. The missing factor is enzymes. Yet, virtually every function in your body relies on enzymes to function properly. No wonder so many people are ...
Views: 525 - Quickly Get into Great Shape for Summer - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe calendar says spring and a feeling of imminent dread creeps into your heart as your mind imagines a beach with a beached whale and you are the whale. You make plans for a marathon run into the water and will stay there until it is time to leave. How will you ever remove the layers of clothes ...
Views: 524 - You’re a Mess of Contradictions. How Very Beautiful - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman Soon after we met, my man and I were getting ready for a party. “I’m not good at parties,” I warned him. “What?! You’re like the public-speaking power chicklet.” “Noooo. I’m the ...
Views: 524(2 votes) - Awakening a Living Universe with Visionary Duane Elgin: Exclusive Interview - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur daily lives are usually so busy we hardly have time to reflect on the bigger picture of our lives. Thankfully, visionaries like Intent Voice Duane Elgin remind us of the biggest picture possible that we can all invest the time to meditate on: the future of humanity and the universe at ...
Views: 523 - Mistkes...Msitakes....Mistakes are Essential - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor pioneering fathering author Will Glennon, a dad’s biggest challenge isn’t mastering the “proper” way to change a diaper or teach your kid to read. The biggest challenge is to set aside obsolete attitudes about a father’s role and to begin fathering from our hearts. That means becoming ...
Views: 523(1 vote) - The Stimulus Plan - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one’s self on the earth is not a hardship but a pastime- if we live simply and wisely.” Henry David Thoreau Franklin D. Roosevelt is most famous for his statement “there is nothing to fear but fear itself.” He uttered these ...
Views: 523(1 vote) - What Is Health? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA 32-inch waist, bulging pectorals and arms bicep-pregnant—that was me in 1990. I worked out twice a day—for an hour at noon, lifting weights, and for an hour at night, riding an exercise bike and doing pull-ups. I was in the best shape of my life—better than when playing football or training in ...
Views: 523(1 vote) - What to Do When Something is New and Challenging - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you ever tried to do something new and realized that it was A LOT harder than you thought it was going to be? Because while I was doing yoga with a friend of mine this weekend, I helped adjust her yoga pose and she blurted out: "This is much more difficult than the way I was doing ...
Views: 523(2 votes) - On Moral Responsibility: I'm Sorry I Screen Your Calls - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"The answers to our problems don't lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of ...
Views: 522(1 vote) - A Spiritual Defense of Nadya Suleman: Mother of Octuplets - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt’s almost like witnessing a stoning in Afghanistan. When news hit that a single mother was giving birth to Octuplets, the first rocks were tossed. Then, with each subsequent revelation about Nadya’s life, the stones came fast and furious. Some are disgraced with the fact that she’s not ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - Bodymind: Love Your Immune System - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring is a time when we can easily catch a cold. Your immune system is one of the most complex and important systems in your body as it recognizes foreign substances, such as viruses or bacteria, and prevents them from doing you any harm. But it is also highly subject to being influenced by ...
Views: 521 - Morning Motivation: When You Are Excluded or Rejected - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn A New Guide to Rational Living, Dr. Albert Ellis proposed ten irrational thoughts that stand in the way of our happiness. Here is the first irrational thought: “You must – yes, must – have love or approval from all the people you find significant.” What if this irrational thought were ...
Views: 521(5 votes) - Recession of the Thousand Days - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI watched "Anne of the Thousand Days" yesterday, the story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. I actually listened to it more than watched it, I was preparing dinner, TV was on at the other end of the living room. Anne just gave birth to a girl and the terrible drama resulted. I thought: this ...
Views: 521 - Technology for Women - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI had a great meeting with a client yesterday. She’s a lady who needed help with creating an email campaign for a women’s group she is establishing. We talked for about two hours. She explained to me how her idea of a woman’s group came about, what it is going to accomplish, what is its ...
Views: 521 - The Bluff - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPublished in The Broomfield Enterprise, 7/15/07 My two youngest children are 11 months apart. The close proximity in their age, as you can imagine, creates an added layer of chaos and conflict in our home. My five-year-old son is in a constant state of proving that he is older, bigger, ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - The Embarrassed Daughter - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNo one likes to feel embarrassed and avoiding embarrassment is one of the strongest social motivations people have. Embarrassment has its positive side by keeping us from doing something that would harm us or others. But over-avoidance of embarrassment can stifle a girl's development of her ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - What I Learned From My Wedding: Part 1 - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. You can’t control anything, or how I learned to love the rain We had chosen the venue for the view. We were to be married in a state park up in the Berkeley hills with a gorgeous view of the mountains in front of which we would be performing the ceremony. The week before we started ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - It’s a Beautiful Day. Don’t Miss It! - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring inspires creativity and thinking outside the box. For gardeners, Mother’s Day heralds the planting season symbolizing the cycle of life and new possibilities. It is a bittersweet time as some things have died in the garden; similarly some people have died in our lives. But even at the ...
Views: 520 - Should Women Avoid Men to Lower their Risk of Heart Disease? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAn unhappy marriage predisposes women to metabolic syndrome (the risk for obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke) according to a study by University of Utah psychologists (American Psychosomatic Society); by the way the unhappily married men in the study are just fine. Apparently, when ...
Views: 520 - The Healing Power of Love - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week my friend, Caroline Sutherland, a brilliant medical intuitive, shares her story with us on how she met her soulmate. When she was 40 a famous astrologer told her that her life” would begin at 60.” Not what she wanted to hear but at the age of 60 she found and married her soulmate, ...
Views: 520(3 votes) - Are You in the Right Conversation? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI woke up this morning with an extremely profound realization that I would like to share with you because if you "get it", there's a distinct possibility that this little piece of knowledge could completely and totally change your life forever. OK.....are you ready? Because in order for ...
Views: 519(1 vote) - Mother's Day, Redefined - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis Sunday Michelle Obama will spend her first mother’s day in the White House. We don't know much about the surprises planned -- other than that they will almost certainly involve her two daughters, her happens-to-be-President of a husband and a dog named Bo. Yes, she already gets a fantastic ...
Views: 519(1 vote) - Personal or Private? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"The more I write about who I am, the more I share myself with others, the more present as who I am I become, more centered, more grounded" I told my friend yesterday. We talked about writing books about our own experience, writing of sensitive stuff, embarrassing stuff, private stuff. I ...
Views: 519(1 vote) - 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 - A Circular Autopsy of Absorption - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsKnut Hamsun wrote: "My soul broods. Mechanically I walk over to a tree, pull my cap low over my eyes and lean with my back against the tree, hands clasped behind my neck. I gaze and think, the flames from my fire dazzle my eyes, but I feel nothing. For some time I stand in this meaningless ...
Views: 518 - Conference With Your Spirit: A Great Way to Recharge Your Batteries - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou were born with an incredible gift – one that is so beautiful, so profound, so magnificent that words can only barely begin to describe it. This gift is the spark of infinite wisdom that lives within you. It is that part of you that is eternal. It is the core of who you are, and yet it is ...
Views: 518 - From Self Care to Self Destruction to Self Care at Last - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBy now, with all the self help books, classes you have taken, TV shows you have watched, specialists you have seen, information you have gathered, and diets that you have been on, you know what constitutes “self care”: a balanced diet, healthy lifestyle, exercise, adequate sleep, meditating, ...
Views: 518 - We all have Two Minutes a Day to.... - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHi Everybody, Today is Hump Day...interesting! Growing up I really never understood why I heard adults always saying this on Wednesday, but now I do. I catch myself saying it to my kids. I guess Wednesday for most is finally the day where you are back in the swing of the week. You have ...
Views: 518 - Wellness Means Turn On Your Inner Light - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRemember when you woke up filled with enthusiasm, eager to begin your day, savoring each vibrant moment? How long has it been since you felt vital in that way? If a photo were taken of you at this moment, would you smile for the camera or look nervous and serious, uncomfortable that the picture ...
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