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- The Hard Facts on Drugs - Inhalants - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesInhalants are well recognized as being one of the most used and destructive drugs amongst children, teens, incarcerated people, and institutionalized people. An inhalant can be a gas, aerosol, or solvent, which is breathed and absorbed through the lungs. Most commonly used inhalants, which are ...
Views: 3914 - The Hard Facts on Drugs - Oxycodone - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThis particular drug has had devastating effects on people’s lives, causing deadly addictions, and very severe physical dependencies to it. Developing an addiction from this drug can happen in many different ways: Doctor prescription for long-term pain management Doctor ...
Views: 2226 - The Most Important Meetings You’ll Ever Attend Are the Meetings You Have with Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou are your most important critic. There is no opinion so vitally important to your well-being as the opinion you have of yourself. As you read this, you’re talking to yourself right now. “Let’s see if I understand what he means by that . . . How does that compare with my experiences? I’ll make ...
Views: 592 - The Mouth-Body Connection: Oral Health Equals Body Health - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOral Health Impacts General Health Bacteria in plaque around teeth are related to the plaque in blood vessels that can cause high blood pressure, heart disease, and risk for stroke. Pregnant women with gum infections may be seven times more likely to have a baby born prematurely, and there is a ...
Views: 2546 - The Paradox of Forgiveness - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesTo forgive or not forgive? Your decision could affect your health and the quality of your life. Studies prove that people who choose not to forgive have more stress-related illnesses, lower-functioning immune systems, and increased likelihood of heart disease than people who forgive. A ...
Views: 1372 - The Passion Principle: How to Become an Expert Millionaire - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesPassion: A strong, barely controllable emotion, a strong enthusiasm. Many things will help you on the road to success, but nothing will make you put one foot ahead of the other more than passion. Information does not guarantee success. If it did, everyone that grew up with a set of ...
Views: 1728 - The Power of Appreciation - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou hate your supervisor. There—you finally said it. You’ve been pussyfooting around it (and her) for long enough now. That’s it, you’ve had it! Let the truth be told—you hate your boss. Your reflection in the mirror scowls back at you. You sigh, stop waving your toothbrush around, and stick ...
Views: 1265 - The Power of Ignorance - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesKnowledge is power. How many times have we heard this one? It’s one of the battle cries of our society. It’s an idea so obvious, so undeniable, that few ever give it a second thought. We don’t just seek knowledge, we worship it. Even Socrates, a wise man if ever there was one, said, “There is ...
Views: 3716 - The Power of Small - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesRoutinely, I rise out of bed before the birds and watch the sunlight flood my office every morning. See, I love this time of day, but what I don’t love is being rudely rousted out of a deep sleep before my normal rise-and-shine time, and every day, for the past few months, I have been. I sleep ...
Views: 957 - The Root Cause of All Cancer - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMy childhood memories are filled with feelings of desperation as I listened to my mother’s screams, emergency doctors coming and going from our house. In fact, every day, the first thing I did when I came home from school was run to my mother’s room to check that she was still alive. She had ...
Views: 1736 - The Secret Power of Giving - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou can get anything you want out of life if you see that enough other people get what they want. –Zig Ziglar In the 30 years I’ve been studying self-improvement I’ve seen this principle proven time and time again. I’ve been most successful myself when I find out what other people want and then ...
Views: 659 - The Secret to Healthy Weight Loss and Unlimited Energy - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor many years, I have seen the equation diet + exercise = weight loss. Let me explain the problem with this equation. Can you imagine trying to sit on a three-legged stool that had one leg missing? Missing one third of the parts will cause you to fall short of your intended outcome every time. ...
Views: 760 - The Single Cause and Cure for Any Health Challenge - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat if there was a single cause of all health problems? What if there was something you could do about it daily? Unresolved stress is the root cause of all health problems—it can kill you. However, stress itself is not harmful—it can be good for you, as long as you recover from it. For ...
Views: 2792 - The Yeast-Fungus Link to Most Modern Diseases - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs a lifelong student and advocate of natural healing and alternative medicine, I have read, studied, and tried almost every diet ever published. But the diet I found to have by far the most power to heal is called the yeast-free diet. This is the diet that cleans, renews, and restores the ...
Views: 5990 - Thinking Outside the Box: Your Coffin - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesNutrition is a vital part of good health, and with the current epidemics of obesity and heart disease being experienced in the United States, Americans need to begin “thinking outside the coffin” to prolong life and avoid early disease or death. The following are some quick tips on how to ...
Views: 1131 - Three Simple Mind Tricks for Attracting Wealth - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you ever wonder why you don’t have enough money in your life? I can guarantee that your problem stems from your thoughts about money: somewhere within your mind are specific beliefs that are blocking its flow. In this short article I cannot begin to delve into the many subconscious reasons ...
Views: 4159 - Transforming Dreams, Creating Goals - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat is the difference between having a dream and having a goal? A dream is a goal without legs. It is a wonderful thing to have and can be the guiding passion of your life, but unless you give it the legs to move, getting there is going to be very much a matter of luck. To transform a dream ...
Views: 649 - Two Negatives Must Always Make a Positive! - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLearned life experiences move us forward rather than back. As you grow forward, you become a more rounded individual, and even with ups and downs, good events begin to happen. It’s the things you learn as you move forward that help to shape your future for good. Since I’ve experienced the move ...
Views: 803 - Unplug Your Life: Short-Circuit “Infowhelm” and Recharge Your Life Energy - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you * spend hours surfing the Web, answering e-mails, instant messaging, or blogging? * take calls on your cell phone no matter where you are or who you’re with? * listen to tunes or podcasts on your audio player from breakfast to bedtime? If you answered yes to at least one of these ...
Views: 1996 - Using Self-Talk to Overcome Adversity - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhile living on this planet, you can count on one thing: adversity. Sooner or later, something is going to upset your applecart. The good news is that no event can add up to the end of the world unless you say so: adversity is inevitable and presents itself to test your inner strength and ...
Views: 1512 - What Does Feeling Have to Do with Healing? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBeliefs, Payoffs, and Effects As a society, we reward illness. Think back to when you were a child. When you were sick, you undoubtedly received special treatment from Mom and Dad. You got to lay in a warm bed while you should have been standing outside waiting for the bus on a cold morning. ...
Views: 839 - What Is in Our Foods? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesNever, no never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. —Johann Christolph The influence of nutrition exceeded that of any other health measure, including medical intervention. —Thomas McKeown We all will agree that our health is the most important aspect of our success in all areas of ...
Views: 725 - What Makes You Different? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat makes you different? It’s a good bet you’ve been asked this question before. Prospects, hiring managers, and people with influence frequently ask this question when making a buying or hiring decision. Each day, we are bombarded with opportunities, advertisements, messages, and people ...
Views: 1082 - What’s on Your iPod™? The Power of Music to Transform Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you want a life of greater ease, balance, happiness, and prosperity? Of course you do! So why does it seem to take so long for our dreams and desires to manifest? The answer lies within. Deep within us are subconscious beliefs that contribute to our actions, our responses, and thus to the ...
Views: 1030 - What’s the Matter with Mind over Matter? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI truly believe that your thoughts create your life, but I don’t think that your thoughts are easy to change, at least, not by your own will. What you truly think about yourself, you perceive nonverbally before you are three years old. Trying, as an adult, to think positively when your gut feels ...
Views: 885 - Wholeness - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSpiritual consciousness means that when the intellect affirms the Divine Presence the whole consciousness feels the meaning of what the intellect has affirmed. –Ernest Holmes Spiritual consciousness often sits on the sidelines of our lives, waiting for us to come to it in our moments of ...
Views: 840 - Why You Can’t Lose Weight - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesPart I—The Hormone Connection It is time to bring the science of weight loss out of the Dark Ages and apply a new understanding of hormones and their impact on metabolism. In 1995, a hormone called leptin was discovered. This hormone is the one that tells your brain to burn fat for energy. ...
Views: 2903 - Yes, Virginia, There Is a Secret to Happiness - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIs there a secret to happiness? You probably are expecting me to say that no, there is no secret. While it is true that there are many factors that affect our happiness, I believe that there is one secret that determines whether those factors will work for you, and that is the secret to ...
Views: 640 - You Are Your Own President - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCongratulations! You are the president of your own nation, and it’s called Imagination. This particular nation is the driving force behind your life and is the underlying factor of your future. You have an enormous responsibility as President of this nation. You must always focus on the future, ...
Views: 1183 - Your Golden Hour: How to Jump Start Your Day in a Positive Way - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you spend your precious first waking hour? If you find yourself checking your e-mail, gulping your coffee, reading the paper, or watching the news, you are not alone—this has become standard for many harried workers today. We believe that your first waking hour of each day is your Golden ...
Views: 2215 - Your Most Powerful Tool for Change - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAh, today is a wonderful day. It’s a great day to be alive—to learn, to give, to grow, and to achieve your dreams. Did you notice that? Those statements? They are statements of belief and of conviction—of affirmation. I also call them self-instructions because that describes what they do: they ...
Views: 856 - Your Passion and Your Dreams Can Make You Money - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA lot of people talk about owning their own businesses, working for themselves, or “going out on their own” in the small business world. Few people actually take action to establish a business, and an even smaller number of people sustain a small business past five years. As I talk with ...
Views: 890 - Your Strata Zone - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYour skin is your largest organ and a part of your immune system, containing a variety of nerve endings, sensitive to your environment, providing an excellent barrier against viruses and pathogens, regulating body temperature (by dilating blood vessels for heat loss or constricting blood vessels ...
Views: 1214 - “Follow Your Bliss” Myths - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe saying “follow your bliss” was made famous by a book of the same name. People have generalized that statement to mean many things, some of which are inaccurate, so I thought I would give you the real skinny on this topic and dismantle some old myths. Let me start by saying that I think it ...
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