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- Ending the War: Peace Between Head and Heart - by We have believed a dangerous lie. We have accepted that the head is more reliable and more sensible than the heart. We have believed that should we follow our hearts, our lives will be ruined because the heart only gets us into trouble. We have been well taught that when head and heart are in ...
Views: 928 - Fitness - The Quality Factor - by Spring is traditionally a time for renewed interest in fitness activities. But these days, our enthusiasm is often tempered by a growing uneasiness about the benefits of exercise. Increasingly, we are hearing concerns being voiced about the effectiveness of some fitness programs.
“Are health ...
Views: 706 - THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE - TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF YOUR BODY - by “Stand up straight!?“Pull your shoulders back!?As children, we were told to have good posture. Yet we were seldom taught effective ways to accomplish this. Indeed, we were often not even told just what “good posture?is.
The consequences of this information gap can be seen all around us: stiff ...
Views: 674 - Talking Soul to Soul - by Many of you choose this article to read because you were interested in the title– Talking Soul to Soul. You are wondering what exactly could that possibly mean? Well I’ll first tell you what it is not. It is not communication using mediums or psychics or any third party to contact a person ...
Views: 6381 - Why am I like I am? - by Who among us has not at some point in their lives raised
their arms to the heavens and asked-"WHY, WHY ME?" When ever change or adversity crosses our paths we instinctively want to know WHY. Getting your answer may take you on a quest through a myriad or resources-
physicians, psychiatrists, ...
Views: 941 - Introduction to Hypnotherapy - by INTRODUCTION TO HYPNOSIS
WHAT HYPNOSIS IS NOT
YESSSS, MASSSTERRR!!!
Most people remember the black and white movies of old, depicting some poor guy being “Hypnotized by the evil swami. The victim had bulging eyes staring blankly ahead as he held his arms straight out in front of his body. He ...
Views: 767 - Excerpt from Grow Your Own Love - by There are several steps one needs to take to promote a soul bond between partners. The first, and probably most important, step is to cherish your mate as you would God, for indeed, your partner truly is an element of this Infinite Spirit. Given that we are all interconnected through the bond of ...
Views: 794 - Beating the "What-if" Blues - by Do you find that a lot of your negative thoughts begin with the words "What-if?" Does one anxious thought lead to another and another - only to become a negative spiral of worry? When this happens, you're probably using what-if thinking.
WHAT IS "WHAT-IF" THINKING?
What-if thinking occurs ...
Views: 726 - How To Keep Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Strong In Challenging Times - by Hope, opportunities and possibilities – these are the lifeblood of the entrepreneurial spirit. Yet now, with world events, economic forecasts, and the reality of your own bottom-line your entrepreneurial spirit may be having trouble responding. You may not feel the hope, see the opportunities or ...
Views: 646 - Top 10 Steps to a Healthier Body Image - by 1. Stop Weighing yourself
Too many people allow the numbers on the scale to dictate how their life is going to be or how they will feel for the rest of the day. Been there, done that - throw the scale out!
2. Stop talking about your weight
What you give attention to grows. So if you keep ...
Views: 722 - Top 10 Steps to Improve your Personal Effectiveness - by What would your life look like 1 year from today if you increased your personal effectiveness by just 5%? You can do 5% - everyone can. Here are some field-tested and approved tips for doing just that.
1. Know that you CAN change your life.
For each area of your life(family, career, health ...
Views: 1713 - Critical Mass, XML & The Surprise Twist For e-Marketing - by The free distribution of specialist articles, complete with republishing rights and a carefully crafted bio & resource boxes, are now universally recognized as a powerful, key strategy in building:
- Credibility as an expert within your field.
- Targeted traffic via a contextual linking
- Your ...
Views: 850 - Life Lines - by "The possible's slow fuse is lit by imagination."--Emily Dickinson
Following Emily Dickinson's reasoning, achievement begins with being able to imagine a goal. The Olympian who wins a medal imagined it first, maybe even as a child. It was this vision of the possible that motivated and ...
Views: 676 - Life Lines - by "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."--Winston Churchill
Churchill knew of what he spoke. From birth, he contended with factors that could lead to failure.
He was a stocky boy with red hair who stuttered and had a lisp. He did poorly in school. He ...
Views: 593 - Life Lines - by "The supreme happiness in life is the conviction we are loved."--Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo may have gotten it right. The strong belief that one is loved is life's supreme happiness.
Can you think of anything other than love? Winning the lottery? The lottery can give you a lot, but it can't ...
Views: 711 - BUILDING TRUST IN YOUR LIFE - by Without trust, you can't be willing to sacrifice, cooperate or commit yourself. You want to be appreciated for what you contribute. Building respect for individual differences, where one person can relate to another's interest - even when they disagree - is paramount to developing a respectful ...
Views: 569 - LIFE LINES - by "The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."--Elisabeth Foley
Much has been written about friendship. That's because friendship is fundamental to our species' survival. Its roots are biological and tribal. But friendship also has ...
Views: 611 - LIFE LINES - by "But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."--Benjamin Disraeli
What's the most determinative influence on anything that exists? The sun? air? heat? gravity?
It's time. Existence is bracketed in this not-understood phenomenon. Arguably, the key ...
Views: 808 - Your Challenge is to Achieve ! - by Several years ago I read the book "The Achievement Challenge - How to be a 10 in Business". The authors, Don Beveridge Jr. and Jeffrey P. Davidson outlined ten specific activities and personality traits hat will help you reach that goal. In this article, I've given examples for each of these ...
Views: 681 - LIFE LINES - by "Life is difficult.... Once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."--Dr. M. Scott Peck
"Everybody hurts sometime," the song says. It's the human condition. We get differing advice on ...
Views: 821 - Traits of Effective, Respected, and Liked Leader - by A truly energizing leader acts as a catalyst - the one who ultimately gets people going. They move others out of their comfort zone by believing in them and providing the support those people need to take risks. This person can raise the passion and enthusiasm of others so they want to take ...
Views: 14419(14 votes) - ONE DAY, SOMEDAY, TOMORROW - by How do you change a thought, how do you live into a new thought, how do you embody a new thought? The starting point is waking up to the current thoughts; then consciously making choices about the thoughts we have and creating a new thought pattern, a new habit of thinking. Here's one story:
I ...
Views: 1712 - Act as If - by We can only control our attitude and actions. Each of us has a choice each minute, of each hour, of each day, how we will think and act. The bottom line - “what we give out will surely return, be wise” Try a smile or kind gesture. It only takes a moment and will show results immediately. ...
Views: 577 - Time Surfing - by Live in the moment. Stay in the present. How many times have we all heard that advice? But the truth is, most human beings are either having thoughts about something that just happened or something that is about to happen in their life. Those thoughts might be from a few seconds to a few ...
Views: 737 - FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (from the book, Words of Life) - by There are many types of communication we can share to develop a stronger relationship with family members. Each relationship is unique and has special features. We may choose to share special branches with specific members of the family. The extended family is also important.
1. With whom can I ...
Views: 685 - I Can! - by I was taught at a young age that "there is no such word as 'can't.'" I ingested that and even friends and family commented that I was willing to "try" anything. Later in years, I learned that there is no such thing as, "try." I either "will" or I "won't!"
Preceding the outer action is an inner ...
Views: 827 - Put Your Hound Dog Out of His Misery - by “You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, just a'cryin' all the time.?Who hasn't heard Elvis belt out that rock and roll classic, but did you ever consider the hidden meaning behind those words? Clearly this was a song about the long-term effects of a negative attitude, and the hidden implication is, ...
Views: 725 - Go Around the Mule - by One of the most exciting activities you can involve yourself in is goal setting. The future is bright and filled with endless possibilities, and by carefully planning a set of actions and milestones you can achieve nearly any goal you commit yourself to.
After you make your plan, the first few ...
Views: 1042 - Trauma, Loss, & Bereavement - by Loss, disappointment, failure, and grief are normal and natural accompaniments of the human experience. Bereavement, the response we have to grief and loss, is also familiar to most of us. Little has changed in terms of the emotional response to the pain of loss across the centuries. There are ...
Views: 4336 - Brotherly Love - by We are concerned with your understanding relevant to these concepts you term "brotherly love". Therefore, we shall examine the elements and the nature as our consciousness is capable of understanding.
The term is applied in a poor manner within your language. Certainly, man must seek the ...
Views: 964 - The Energy of Feng Shui - by As we enter the 21st Century we will become increasingly aware of our need to live and work within a harmonious and balanced environment. By raising the energy of a space we can bring about fundamental change in our lives, allowing us to move forward and experience a more positive, healthier and ...
Views: 1106 - Disappearing Act - by Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. ...
Views: 1086(1 vote) - Don't Block the Flow - by It is a child-like state that results in having one’s self-worth dependent on external validation. It’s about living from the outside in, molding oneself to fit around others’ lives instead of directing the course of one’s life from internal clues, hopes, dreams, wisdom, and power. . . The ...
Views: 1405 - Imprisoned by Messages - by It is a child-like state that results in having one’s self-worth dependent on external validation. It’s about living from the outside in, molding oneself to fit around others’ lives instead of directing the course of one’s life from internal clues, hopes, dreams, wisdom, and power. . . The ...
Views: 1264(1 vote) - If Only - by There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
· Napoleon Bonaparte
The week in which the World Trade Center was attacked was one of incomprehensible loss for many. Hour upon hour, I watched television and ...
Views: 1196 - On the Wings of Joy - by Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of influence.
· Ábdu'l-Bahá
Linda Popov tells the story of her child opening a Christmas present while the ...
Views: 733 - Symbols, Images and their Alleged Victims - by We must travel in the direction of our fear.
--John Berryman
[It] has to do with how we connect to one another as human beings. For me the spiritual path has to do with that journey from the fearful places in myself to the loving places in myself. God is love. God is the love inside of us. ...
Views: 1956(1 vote) - Here's A Quick Way To Double Your Affiliate Check - by What I will tell you next is one of the secrets that could *double* the amount of money you now earn from affiliate programs.
Doing this simple thing will remove the mental block that is preventing people to buy from 'affiliates'.
Are you interested in finding out more ?
The results of my ...
Views: 811 - Little Known Way To Gain Trust, Drive Traffic To Your Site And Generate Instant Sales - by The short story I'm about to tell is responsable for thousands of dollars in sales. Are you interested ?
I was watching a show on TV today when the station suddenly displayed a little circled white 'P' in the botom-right of the screen (signalling something was to be advertised)
The hosts ...
Views: 684 - Stop Giving "Free E-books" Away ! - by Read carefully because this short article is going to give you some good money making ideas.
Two days ago I received an email from the chairman of SmartBiz Publishing UK, Anthony.
He visited my site and noticed something interesting.
Instead of 'Free eBooks' I was giving away 'Free ...
Views: 878 - Here's A Quick Way To Double Your Affiliate Check! - by What I will tell you next is one of the secrets that could *double* the amount of money you now earn from affiliate programs.
Doing this simple thing will remove the mental block that is preventing people to buy from 'affiliates'.
Are you interested in finding out more ?
The results of my ...
Views: 671 - Promoting Balance in Your Daily Life - by It can be a real challenge to stay balanced with the busy lives we lead today. We're not only trying to juggle our work and home lives, but somehow we manage to find time to exercise, eat right, maintain important relationships, and enjoy our social lives. With all this stress, it's important to ...
Views: 1220 - When Laughter Beats the Stress - by One the most effective ways to fight stress is laughter. Humor, jokes, or a good laugh make you forget or reevaluate the most gloomy and stressful moments. It has been scientifically proven that laughter helps to alleviate physical and emotional pain. Even doctors tell us to keep our spirits ...
Views: 719 - Your Aromatic Horoscope: April, 2001 - by Create your own special aromatherapy blend developed especially around your monthly horoscope. Use these recipes to enjoy more energy, more laughter, and less stress this month.
Each recipe should be made by pouring the oil essences into a 10ml bottle, and adding vegetable oil to fill. ...
Views: 1210 - Learn to Release and Recharge Your Energy - by Winter is almost over and it is time to prepare yourself for the first rays of sun! It's time to come out of hibernation, pack away your heavy clothes and say goodbye to gloomy days.
Recharge your mood and start this new season with renewed vigor. Energy, happiness and a positive outlook are ...
Views: 1330 - Overcoming obsessive thought patterns - by Modern society conditions you in many ways to fit a
certain "normality" ;
whatever it concerns your private or professional life: being in a
relationship, having a family, succeeding in your carreer and/or
attaining
financial
comfort, etc...But when you don't suit in this social preconceived ...
Views: 1815 - Aromatherapy to Overcome Your Financial Fears - by For many people, the menacing and overpowering awareness of their financial state is enough to keep them awake at night. And it's no wonder, since we spend so much of our daily lives doing mental accounting of our finances, paying bills, and watching our paperwork pile up. This financial anxiety ...
Views: 1063 - Aromas to Improve Your Work Commute - by Think your career is stressful and exhausting? Perhaps it's more than your workload that's causing you undue stress. If you have a lengthy commute to and from the office, there's no question it can wreak havoc on your nerves. After all, most commuters spend a large fraction of their days sitting ...
Views: 1144 - Aromas to Heal a Broken Heart - by Too often people write off break-ups as just another page to turn in the book of life. There is some truth in that, but break-ups should be taken a bit more seriously. After all, this is the end of a relationship. And this loss can be as painful as losing a loved one in death. To heal it takes ...
Views: 1807 - Light Your Lover's Fire! - by If your love life needs a little spicing-up, spend a lustful evening with your lover indulging in the following aromatic creations. After all, these sizzling summer months are the perfect time to unleash passion, abandon yourself to pure desire, and reveal your sensual side! These aromatic ...
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