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- Mindfulness and Love In Your Role As A Caregiver - by Mother Teresa said, "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into doing it. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving."
Your intentions in caring for your loved one are very important. If you have been thrown into this role, there most likely wasn't enough ...
Views: 856 - Breaking Through Your Own Denial of Death As A Caregiver - by It appears to me that how we cope with grief is directly related to how we look at our own mortality or death. Death is not something we like to focus on. But in reading so many books on death and dying by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross and Stephen Levine, it has become evident to me that the more ...
Views: 1927 - Birthing And Deathing - by The phenomenon of life presents many similarities in the process of birthing and deathing. 'We come into this world alone and we leave it alone, ' is perhaps the biggest reality we must face as caregivers. This is nature's life cycle. While there is so much preparation for a birth, why is it ...
Views: 1537 - Train Hard and Count your calories - by Has it been a while since you have made a real difference in your physique? Are you twelve weeks out and prepared to give up some of that muscle that you created all winter? Want to know the about the ultimate growth supplement?
Food and calories, there is it, the answer plain simple and ...
Views: 770 - The Amazing Amla Berry - by Of all the rasayanas -- ayurvedic formulations revered for their positive influence on the overall physiology -- Amalaki is considered one of the most potent and nourishing. The Charaka Samhita says, "Amalaki is the best among rejuvenative herbs."
The Amalaki is a moderate-size deciduous tree ...
Views: 4029 - Uncover Your Exercise Potential - by Marla prided herself on her rigorous routine, running five miles daily. When she reached her early thirties she started to feel exhausted, couldn't sleep at night, and discovered that her skin was showing signs of aging.
Marla was exercising too much for her health. After consulting an ...
Views: 814 - Dealing with Day-to-Day Stress the Ayurvedic Way - by These are truly stressful times we live in. Body, mind, heart and spirit are all subjected to the ravages of day-to-day stress. Worries about security, economic difficulties, emotional trauma-stressors like these can take a toll on health and longevity if not addressed in a timely fashion.
To ...
Views: 1041 - Eating Right, the Ayurvedic Way - Tips for Good Digestion - by Many people in today's fast-paced world suffer from everyday digestion problems such as gas, bloating, stomach pain, constipation, heartburn, and fatigue after eating. Maharishi Ayurveda provides simple solutions to these common complaints by considering not only what we eat but how we consume ...
Views: 3298(2 votes) - From Herb Forest to Research Lab - The Story of a Powerful Ayurvedic Formulation - by There is a beautiful narration in Indian mythology that serves as the perfect analogy for how Amrit came into being. The story is called "Samudra Manthan"-The Churning of the Ocean-and this is how it goes. Once, in ancient times, humanity was steeped in suffering. The Devas and the Asuras, the ...
Views: 2108 - Ayurveda -- 5,000 Years Young - by Ayurveda, the ancient system of holistic healing from India, is justly enjoying a widespread resurgence in popularity today. Savvy, health-conscious individuals all over the world are taking more responsibility for their own health and well-being. The old adage "prevention is better than cure" ...
Views: 1217 - Allergies: What You Can Do - by Millions of people cringe when they see flowers start blooming in spring each year, because they know they will soon be fighting spring allergies. According to recent statistics, allergies are assuming epidemic proportions in the United States, with up to 30% of adults and 40% of children now ...
Views: 1078 - The Urge to Transformation - by We are changing--we have got to change. We can no more help changing than leaves can help going yellow and coming loose in autumn.
D.H. Lawrence
God helps those who help themselves. And since few human beings experience abiding inner peace or fulfillment, most of us are involved in improving ...
Views: 851 - Bridging Two Worlds - by Our awareness resides, moment to moment, in either the conventional or transcendental realities. Each of these realities has its own truths. From a conventional view, illness is a misfortune and death is final. From a transcendent perspective, illness (or any adversity) is a perfectly natural ...
Views: 775 - Bridging the Worlds of Flesh and Spirit - by Notice how our awareness resides, moment to moment, in either the conventional or transcendental realities. Each of these realities, or states of awareness, has its own truths. It is certainly true from a conventional view that illness is a misfortune and that death is final. Yet from a ...
Views: 798 - Authenticity in the Midst of Chaos: Assisting the Anxious Class - by Just look at all the downsizing, right-sizing, loss of productivity, layoffs, severance packages, re-organizations, information overload, neglected families, stress, and workplace violence - it's CHAOS! But, wait. There's also re-direction, re-born family values, educational access, easy to find ...
Views: 1297 - Authentic Success: Your Way - by A More Effective Way
I own a stack of self improvement books ten feet tall. Achievement seminars I've attended number in the dozens. I had been trying to improve myself since the second grade when Mrs. H. burst my young bubble. Although I went on to fourteen more years as a star pupil, I never ...
Views: 745 - Art of Motivation - by Just yesterday a small business owner called my office, his voice rather hopeful when he asked, ¡°Jane, do you have some sort of video I can show to my employees to get them motivated?¡± A couple of key things about motivation that this and every manager should know are: you really can¡¯t ...
Views: 1886 - Using Metaphorical Tools - by In my coach supervision group, an ADD (attention deficit disorder) coach who has ADD and vision challenges made the statement "I can't see how to use drawing with my clients." The following exercise can be used by the coach for herself and with any client who tends to "interrupt" their movement ...
Views: 1395 - A Path by the River - by As a journalist and reviewer in the field of contemporary spirituality I receive an almost daily deluge of books and other media that promise me accelerated enlightenment, total wellness, and sure-fire, karmically sanitized methods to achieve personal wealth and power. If even a fraction of ...
Views: 1294 - Reincarnation and karma in the Bible - by Generally speaking, people are unaware that there are definite references in the New Testament that unequivocally imply reincarnation. In fact, many ask why, if the subject of reincarnation is so important from the religious point of view, there is so little mention of it in the Bible.
One ...
Views: 2382 - Benefits of Biofeedback - by Biofeedback is a safe, powerful, non-drug intervention. It is often a learning process which helps you gain control of your body's responses to stress, anxiety, physical strain and emotional stimuli. Being a learning process, it also requires time, a consistent schedule of treatment sessions, ...
Views: 9824(3 votes) - Emergencies -- How Organized and Prepared Are You? - by Being organized is frequently about saving. It's about saving time saving money and saving those things that are precious and important to you so you will readily have them when you want them in the future.
How prepared and organized are you to save those important things when an emergency ...
Views: 1040 - Reclaim Your Independence - by Each year we celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day, in the most magnificent ways! With beautiful parades that involve the whole community, elaborate picnics and amazing fireworks this day has become one of the Nation’s greatest holidays. And while it is very important to look back and ...
Views: 812 - Go Fly a Kite - by Done anything fun, lately? The past few days I’ve been walking around in a stressed daze: busy, busy, busy. Sound familiar? I’d been struggling a little with a segment of a personal coach training I’m developing. As I was throwing ideas back and forth, I heard my daughter’s laugh outside. It was ...
Views: 918 - 6 Easy Time Tips - by You are definitely not alone if you are feeling a need to simplify and organize your life. Many people easily spend 20 minutes a day looking for things. That is 122 hours a year – 5 entire days every year. You are bombarded with information from every direction, with 150,000 books and 10,000 ...
Views: 905 - "Organize to Simplify" Monthly Financial Checklist - by 1. Select a monthly or twice-monthly date for handling all paperwork, and to meet your financial obligations. You may find this works better if you select one day a week and stay on top of things that much better.
2 Gather all supplies and equipment before you sit down to deal with the ...
Views: 1043 - AUTHENTIC SPIRIT _ SUCCESS THE AUTHENTIC WAY! - by I own a stack of self improvement books ten feet tall. Achievement seminars I've attended number in the dozens. I had been trying to improve myself since the second grade when Mrs. H. burst my young bubble. Although I went on to fourteen more years as a star pupil, I never forgot the way she ...
Views: 800 - News & Commentary on the Modern Spiritual Search - by On a sunny Saturday in Santa Cruz, California twenty years years ago I experienced one of the most instructive disappointments of my life. It began with signing up for a workshop with a mystical teacher whom I knew only through his books and the glowing reports of a friend who had spent a few ...
Views: 1123 - Acne: Common Illness May Be Increased By Usage of Antibiotics for Acne - by According to experts based in last researches, the usage of antibiotics for acne may increase common illness or diseases, what it was demonstrated by an experiment in which a group of individuals that was treated with antibiotics for acne for more than six weeks (all of hem were volunteers). ...
Views: 914 - Music For Tragic Times: Tuning In to Recovery - by I was fortunate to be with family, though far from my home in Los Angeles, when tragedy struck last week. An old friend pulled me aside at the end of that long day when we were raw with terror. "Do you know what I did this morning, after I saw the news, to cope?" asked Bonnie. "I turned off the ...
Views: 1463 - Narratives and Neural Winds - by Narratives and Neural Winds
Ó 1996 by Sharon G. Mijares, Ph.D.
(Originally published in Somatics: Journal of the Mind/Body Arts and Sciences)
The inner being of a human being is a jungle.
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Views: 1562 - Mythological Messages from the Body-Mind - by Narratives and Neural Winds
Ó 1996 by Sharon G. Mijares, Ph.D.
(Originally published in Somatics: Journal of the Mind/Body Arts and Sciences)
The inner being of a human being is a jungle.
Sometimes wolves dominate,
sometimes wild hogs.
Be wary when you breathe!
At one moment vicious qualities ...
Views: 2020(1 vote) - Climbing The Internet Kilimanjaro - by If you stretch your imagination a little you might be able to picture St. Peter, sleeves rolled up, still processing the millions of poor souls that were liberated by KGB thugs. Tortured to death, multitudes revealed their innermost thoughts.
Duly recorded, these secrets now lie buried under ...
Views: 892 - Bungy Jump to Internet Success - by Thin air and the occasional wisp of water vapor from the majestic Victoria Falls fills the 111-meter gap that separates the swirling waters of the Zambezi and the steel-girded bridge spanning the river.
A similarly tenuous and invisible medium, vision and determination, bridges the gap ...
Views: 792 - Thousands Enter Internet Wilderness Daily - by Ever wondered what it feels like to walk alone through the African bush in the midday sun? If you remember the first time you surfed the Internet, you will have a good idea.
Not long after you begin you are totally disoriented, take the wrong turns and are not sure where to go, or how to get ...
Views: 745 - Out With The Hype, In With The Business Model - by The Internet, 2002!!!
Will it bring us a sound business model?
Yes!
During 2001, two simultaneous and drastic changes took place on the Internet. Thousands of unprofitable websites closed down and the business philosophy of “FREE” changed to “PAID”.
Economic reality has forced webmasters ...
Views: 791 - Using the Internet to Find Health Information - by The Internet has opened many doors for people with a multitude of information swirling around, waiting to be accessed & downloaded. While a sizable amount may be deemed junk by those unfamiliar with the net, anyone must agree that there is a ton of good as well out there. A key area of good net ...
Views: 1003 - Life Cycles And Saturn - by Astrology: Life Cycles & Saturn -- The First Seven Years (BABYHOOD/CHILDHOOD)
Throughout life, right from our earliest years, we come under the influence of the planetary cycles, particularly the challenging seven-year-cycles of Saturn; these cycles influence our physical, mental and emotional ...
Views: 1461 - The Essence of In-Depth Psychology - by The best psychology frees us from emotional and behavioral problems. It teaches us about a hidden, inner agenda that works against our best interests.
In a sense, we have to become smarter, or more conscious, so that we don’t unknowingly participate in, or contribute to, our own failures and ...
Views: 1176 - Is this the perfect business for someone in recovery? - by Have you kicked the habit? Are you working and living a twelve step program. If so their may be a business just for you.
If you have been working a twelve step program you are probably pretty good at listening. If you have a little recovery time under your belt you are probably good at sharing ...
Views: 923 - How to use an excuse! - by Every article you've ever read on excuses has probably been negative. I am going to show you how you can use an excuse to buy you some time and change your life.
Over six years ago I walked into my attorney's office and explained to him how my life had become a mess. I had gone from early ...
Views: 723 - PREVENTING RELAPSE BY ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS THROUGH PERCEPTION THERAPY - by If relapse prevention techniques work, then why do so many addicts and alcoholics relapse?
This is the question that we have been asking ourselves for the last 40-50 years, with no concrete answers being provided. We hear only that addicts relapse due to their disease, weakness, environment, ...
Views: 6439 - Success in Recovery - by A little over six years ago I used to spend my days trying to feed a $200+ per day cocaine and alcohol habit. Then on June 1st, 1994 I left my old life of alcohol and addiction behind and anyone can do the same.Here is the process I used.
1). Since I was dealing with a medical as well as a ...
Views: 932 - In search of the meaning of life - by Have you ever wondered why you were born? How you would feel if you were a man instead of a woman? Or a woman instead of a man? Why you are drawn into certain relationships and experiences? Why bad things happen to good people? Or what happens after death?
These are questions nobody seems able ...
Views: 681 - The Deeper Sides of LIfe - by Some people care about them, some don't. Which are you?
Some people are drawn to looking at the deeper aspects of life. Many are not. Some people are more thoughtful about their lives. They look for meaning and purpose. Maybe they think about the path their life has taken and where they want ...
Views: 979 - Self Employed women May Have LESS Stress Than Women in Corporations - by Women tired of hitting the glass ceiling might find that the ground floor holds less stress and more opportunity. A new study on executive women finds that those who are self-employed are less stressed than those who aren't.
A pair of researchers at the University of California at San Diego ...
Views: 1041 - America’s Tragedy: The Leaders Challenge - by As the country struggles with the tragic events of the past week, leaders everywhere are struggling to make effective decisions. Our office is working overtime, taking phone calls from leaders and employees in search of direction for themselves, and for their teams.
Now, more than ever, we ...
Views: 838 - Do You Want to Impress Others? Then Don’t Talk …Listen - by Recently my friend Michelle was concerned about a professional conference she was planning to attend with her husband, a veterinarian. She has no background in veterinary science, so she did not think she would be able to effectively communicate with the people at the conference. I asked her why ...
Views: 809 - To Be An Effective Leader, Do A Check-up From The Neck Up - by Before we can effectively lead anyone, we must take an introspective view of ourselves. We must do a check-up from the neck up. We must be certain that the thoughts and attitudes we hold are in alignment with the role we perform.
Check Your Vision
As a leader you need to have vision of what ...
Views: 663 - Instant Rapport: The Key To Sales Success - by Did you ever meet someone with whom you just clicked? Someone who was so much like you that you practically knew what he was thinking? How comfortable did you feel with that person? Did you trust him? Chances are that you have very high rapport with that person.
Rapport means harmony between ...
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