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- How to Build Business Relationships Fast - by Solid business relationships rarely occur instantly as a result of a short initial interaction between two parties. They take time to develop. Use the following strategies to speed up your ability to cultivate strong and lasting business relationships.
Remember and use people's names
If you ...
Views: 1335 - Living Without Regrets - by When you approach my front door you can't help but notice the bright white awning with green lettering that reads "No Regrets Apartments". An energetic, friendly and eccentric woman owns my building, it is the theme by which she lives her life. She has lived in the same neighborhood all her ...
Views: 733 - Boundaries, why are they needed? - by Imagine a child who lacks ownership of his own life, has no self-control, and lacks respect for others. If these were the qualities of your son, how would you feel for his future wives?
Yes, wives is plural, this is one major reason we need to set boundaries for our children – their future. ...
Views: 968 - Boundaries- Why Are They Needed? - by Imagine a child who lacks ownership of his own life, has no self-control, and lacks respect for others. If these were the qualities of your son, how would you feel for his future wives?
Yes, wives is plural, this is one major reason we need to set boundaries for our children – their future. ...
Views: 13028(1 vote) - Emotional Support for Line of Duty Death Survivors - by Editor's Note: This article has appeared in the Los Angeles Firefighter magazine, Responder magazine, the BackUp (Law Enforcement CD-ROM), and the Police Stressline.
The headlines report the grim news of yet another "fallen hero". The death of a firefighter or law enforcement officer who ...
Views: 1759 - Keys to Problem Solving - by "The problems of the world today are so complex that even teenagers don¡¯t have the answer"
Feeling stressed and worried? Many people are these days, but don't let worry consist of just 'spinning your wheels'. Focus your anxiety and find solutions! First list all your worries, then organise ...
Views: 735 - Stress and your weight - by "I'm putting myself on a strict diet. I'm not going to eat between snacks"
"Lose 30 pounds in ten minutes!!" scream the banners and book titles. "The miracle way to guaranteed weight loss!! The bad news? There are no quick fixes for being overweight - or for the stresses of modern life. ...
Views: 656 - Stress is a Laughing Matter! - by "We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh!" William James:
Laughter is great stress medicine. Like intense exercise, it increases brain levels of calming substances such as serotonin and endorphins - it's natural prozac! Feeling tense and uptight? Hold the valium, ...
Views: 699 - How to Worry-Write - by "The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater their power to harm us" - Voltaire
Worry today is almost an epidemic - about 60% of patients consulting their family doctor have anxiety as the cause of their distress. We certainly have a lot to worry about, but perhaps we worry too much. ...
Views: 964 - High School Stress - by High school years should be a great experience, but many demands and rapid changes can make them one of the most stressful times of life. Students today face increasing amounts of schoolwork, a rapidly changing curriculum, assignment deadlines and exams; they worry about selecting careers and ...
Views: 21354(4 votes) - Happy Families - by ¡°Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family...in another city!¡± George Burns
Many people rate work as their main source of stress, but for some, the routine of work is actually relief from the stress and chaos of their home life. This is especially tragic because the home ...
Views: 1370 - Dealing with Work Overload - by "I have a very flexible boss. He lets me come in anytime I want before 9 and leave anytime I want after 5". (Source unknown)
These days many employers are demanding a boost in productivity -which usually boosts employee stress levels as well! How can you avoid burning out when your workload ...
Views: 3330 - The Stress of Difficult People - by "They call him a wit. They¡¯re half right!". Obnoxious, nasty people - they're a big part of our stress load, at work or at home. They might be a boss, a customer, co-worker, neighbour or spouse. Any peaceful workplace or family can be disrupted by one person with a grudge, a mental illness, ...
Views: 717 - After the Terror - by As we now are only too aware, "stress' sometimes means a lot more than just feeling uptight or upset about everyday life. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) is a very unpleasant, sometimes disabling problem which often affects those who experience or witness horrific events as well as ...
Views: 642 - How to Relax - by Talk your way out of a stressful situation
"I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!" - Anon
Poor communication causes huge amounts of stress - families are miserable, marriages break up, doctors and ...
Views: 659 - Reduce Stress...Communicate! - by Talk your way out of a stressful situation
"I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!" - Anon
Poor communication causes huge amounts of stress - families are miserable, marriages break up, doctors and ...
Views: 828 - Active Waiting - by We are impatient people. It is difficult to wait for answers, solutions, times to change, the winds to shift, to get our heart's desires. We all know the angst of hoping the significant other will propose marriage, waiting for the wedding day, the college diploma, the job offer to come, the ...
Views: 5116 - On Being A Conscious Single - by Unfortunately, being single today is not easy. Understatement, I guess in light of the many single ads, books, services and options which attempt to address this life status. There are two fundamental problems here. One, it is difficult, for a number of reasons, to be at peace with being single. ...
Views: 608 - I'm Not Crazy. I'm Just Not You! - by Has anyone ever told you that you were crazy for trying something or thinking something, or even doing something? What they are really saying is that what you are doing is something they would never do, therefore it must be crazy. Not true. It simply doesn't work for them. They are merely ...
Views: 762 - Guilt Feelings - by I guess there isn't one person who hasn't experienced feelings of guilt and some people carry a constant, deep engraved guilt feelings regarding this aspect of their life or another. Guilt feelings are often related to as a negative emotion - but what are they, why do we breed them in ourselves ...
Views: 7353(1 vote) - A Powerful New Therapy for Relief From Trauma and Intrusive Memories - by EMDR, a powerful new therapy modality, is becoming more widely used by therapists, as more and more people have experienced its ability to help them change painful emotions and self-limiting beliefs. With this modality, people are finding that they don't need years of psychotherapy to get the ...
Views: 3795 - EMDR: A Powerful New Therapy for Healing Emotional Pain - by EMDR was developed 13 years ago to deal with the after effects of trauma. It was used and tested mostly on Vietnam Veterans who were suffering from intrusive memories from the War. Since then, it has become increasingly popular due to its ability to move the process of psychotherapy along at a ...
Views: 5130(1 vote) - Menopause Management - by As little as fifty years ago, this title would have been useless. Nobody needed menopause management! The "why" is crucial for today's women to understand.
As an example: My grandmother died in her sleep the month before I was born, in 1945. She was forty-three years old! Now, I can look at ...
Views: 1219 - Managing Menopause - by As little as fifty years ago, this title would have been useless. Nobody needed menopause management!
The "why" is crucial for today's women to understand.
As an example:
My grandmother died in her sleep the month before I was born, in 1945. She was forty-three years old! Now, I can look at ...
Views: 784 - Hypnosis - by HYPNOSIS
What is hypnosis? The dictionary defines it as "a state of concentrated attention where the subconscious mind is able to take suggestion without censoring the material with the conscious mind." The definition itself suggests that an environment for change is created in this process. ...
Views: 821 - LIVING WITHIN YOUR BOUNDARIES - by When you are mowing your back lawn, where do you stop? At the boundary line. You don’t usually mow your neighbours back lawn as well. People need to learn boundaries in their own lives too. When not to take on other people’s anger, their problems and responsibilities.
In their book, ...
Views: 1345 - First in The Line - by There has to be one in every family - a first born child. And it’s a pretty good spot to be in most of the time. As a child you were probably the first to get all the best privileges, like staying up later than your sibling (s), and the most pocket money. But it can also be a hard position to be ...
Views: 1100 - A New Way to Conquer Addictions - by Anyone who’s tried to quit smoking knows how very, very hard it can be. Even when you really want to stop, cigarettes sneak up on you and the next thing you know, you’re inhaling. Or worse, you realize that you just smoked a cigarette and put it out without even noticing.
For many, stop-smoking ...
Views: 1008 - A Winning Formula - by A Winning Formula
G+L+T+F=PJI. In mathematical formulas, that which is on the left side of the equal sign is the same as, or equivalent to, that which is on the right side. The key is to know the value of each symbol. Now I’ll spell this one out to clarify. Gratitude + Love + Trust + ...
Views: 599 - Attracting Healthy Relationships - by I have often said that there is no one in my life that I don’t want there. In consideration of the thousands of people that I’ve encountered over the past half century, I’m pleased to report that no one who chooses to come around me is abusive, resentful or parasitic. Of course, it wasn’t always ...
Views: 698 - Transcendending through Meditation - by In 1980 John Pronchik, who graduated from Penn State in 1978, was a stressed out electronic engineer burdened with work pressure and health problems stemming from a back injury as a result of a motor cycle accident. "I felt I was losing my grip," he says, "and found myself drinking more in order ...
Views: 1069 - The Art & Science of Meditation - by Let me begin with a bold assertion. We were not put on this planet to suffer. We were not born to make mistakes. Life is in our hands and “the choices we make dictate the life that we lead—to thine own self be true”. It is our ignorance of life that is at the basis of our mistakes and suffering. ...
Views: 873 - GO FOR THE GOALS WITH A PASSION TO WIN! - by People who exercise self-reliance are self-starters. They begin each day with a plan of action prepared the night before. They have set their goals and objectives. Their attitudes are generated by initiative and motivated by a heat of passion to win.
By Contrast: A procrastinator offers ...
Views: 823 - About self-help - by Are we all talking about the same thing when we talk about self-help? I don’t think so.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines self-help as follows: “The act or an instance of helping or improving oneself without assistance from others.” Note: “without assistance from others”. This is very ...
Views: 568 - Feeling stuck - by When you're stuck, you are like a black hole. You feel like you have no energy. In fact, you're holding a lot of energy, but it stays trapped inside.
So how do you find within yourself the resources you need to unleash this energy, get unstuck, move on with your life, and grow? You notice, I’m ...
Views: 944 - How to Be Happy All The Time, No Matter What - by Psycanics: The Physics of Spirit
HOW TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT
Law: The basic motivation of all human behavior is one´s own happiness. Happiness is a positive mental and emotional state almost all the time. People seek many things in life, but what they really seek is happiness. ...
Views: 2643 - Are You Using the Right Word? - by Papalou has received several emails with bad spelling. I have also noticed several ads in ezines with misspelled words. Being an old school teacher, (You didn't know that, did you?), my eyes have been trained to catch a misspelled word. I'm sharp as a tack! Now, there I go bragging again. Oh ...
Views: 835 - Strategies for Passing the Urine Drug Test - by Strategies for Passing the Drug Urine Test
Dr. Beverly Potter
Strategy: Abstaining
Abstinence is a legal strategy in which all prescriptions*, over-the-counter medicines, and recreational drugs are avoided prior to testing. The duration of abstinence--called the "detection time"--depends ...
Views: 4101 - Soothing the Worrywart - by Soothing the Worrywart
Dr. Beverly Potter
Worrying is good because it helps you to anticipate danger before it arises, identify - possible perils, come up with ways to lessen the risks, and rehearse what?ou plan to do. But there are some people, worrywarts, who get?tuck in identifying ...
Views: 594 - COMMON SIGNS OF BURNOUT - by COMMON SIGNS OF BURNOUT Dr. Beverly Potter
Negative emotions
It's normal to feel frustrated, angry, depressed, dissatisfied or anxious occasionally. But if you're caught in the burnout cycle, you usually will experience these negative emotions more and more often, until they become ...
Views: 1223 - Powerful Goals Are Magnetic - by Powerful Goals
Powerful Goals Provide A Target
A goal is a target to shoot at. It is a result toward which effort is directed. It is an outcome to be achieved. Usually a goal is a statement of what you want to achieve, but goals can also be unstated and implicit. Goals focus your efforts ...
Views: 969 - A Painful Reminder - by "Black Thursday" was the headline that splashed across my province's newspapers recently. It was the day the government announced major job cuts in the public sector. My little city was one of the hardest hit.
Many people who were certain they had "job security" experienced a major jolt of ...
Views: 745 - Avoiding "Comparison Tripping" - by Have you ever found yourself looking at what other people are doing and achieving, and then comparing yourself to them so that you end up feeling inadequate?
This is called "comparison tripping" and it's one surefire way to erode our confidence. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. We may ...
Views: 1351 - Transcending: Turning Pain into Poetry - by Writing poetry based in personal experience gives us a chance to focus on small, manageable pieces of past events and transform them into art. When we turn our painful memories into poetry, we remember our experiences, validate them and examine them from a new perspective. As we write, we ...
Views: 1781 - Eating Disorder Recovery and Guided Imagery - by Guided imagery and other methods that reach under the conscious thinking mind can be useful in helping people recover from eating disorders. People with eating disorders often have secrets from themselves. These are secrets about which they have little or no awareness.
Guilt, shame and severe ...
Views: 1186 - Wounded America: Structured Intervention for Teachers - by The abrupt and shocking attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by terrorists has left many adults and children feeling sad, frightened, bewildered and helpless. How can teachers help their young students feel more secure, more stable and capable of positive action?
Providing ...
Views: 1027 - Wounded America: Action Steps for Caregivers - by Before you reach out to help others, please look to your own emotional condition. No one is immune to the pain and horror of terrorist attacks.The people around you may be suffering and needing help. Yet, you also have experienced an emotional trauma.
Consider these suggestions for preparing ...
Views: 787 - Eating Disorder Early Recovery: "How Do I Begin?" The 84,000 Ways - by Eating disorders are reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and other countries. The disorders affect both genders, people of all ages and ethnicities. Eating disorders reach into any education level, professional achievement position, and social status. They jeopardize careers, ...
Views: 811 - The Basics of Eating Disorder Psychotherapy: How it Works - by I am a psychotherapist in private practice. My job is to help make the unconscious conscious and support people as they learn to live with greater awareness of themselves and the world.
When people with eating disorders come for their first appointments they have a lot to say. Some know it and ...
Views: 1516 - Bulimia/Anorexia and Compulsive Overeating:When Family and Friends Don't Get It - by Often a person with an eating disorder covers her pain so well that even when she tells the truth about her suffering, people don't believe her. They think she is exaggerating, overreacting, in a mood that will pass.
She can look so good or so happy that people who love her and think they know ...
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