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- The Dohgon 22.5 degree Test for ADHD - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Professor MOmOhADHD is attention deficit hyper disorder. It affects children. ADD is the adult label of conditions that impair people from the self-inner control that shows the maturity for stability. People with these conditions can be very unstable, but the instability varies in degrees of severity. In ...
Views: 1825 - The Elephant in the room….or, at least it should be! - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Ellen WhitehurstLet’s let the elephant stay in the room today since it’s ‘Elephant Appreciation Day,’ especially after reading what Feng Shui has to say about this prosperity attracting pachyderm. According to this philosophy, the elephant is considered a precious animal that symbolizes fertility, strength and ...
Views: 2887 - The Elephant is in Charge - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisI was shocked when I realized how easy it is to get more of what we want in life if we'd just better understand how to harness the power of the mind. And yet, I am disappointed that more people aren’t talking about how the unconscious mind can make or break progress, because it's really in ...
Views: 1130 - The Ethical Conundrum: Animals Killed for Leather Production - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2023 from Wajahat AliIntroduction Leather has been a coveted https://www.jackleathers.com/ material for centuries, revered for its durability, versatility, and aesthetic appeal. It has found its way into a myriad of products, ranging from shoes and handbags to furniture and car interiors. However, the process of ...
Views: 395 - The Extensive Use of NLP - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2012 from Dorothy GloverNeuro-Lingistic Programming (NLP) is used extensively throughout almost every industry with arms that are far reaching, delving into area’s that are varied and at times surprising. The power’s that be have discovered the efficiency of this valuable tool, and are using it to their full ...
Views: 1645 - The F.O.C.U.S.E.D. Individual - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Steve UhlenbrockAs “Individuals” we all have goals; whether they are work related or personal. You may want to have an incredibly productive year in sales, you may want to get some stuff done around the house, or it could be anywhere in between these two goals. Any way you look at it, the F.O.C.U.S.E.D. program ...
Views: 1128 - The Fast Life Grinds: How to Overcome Habitual High-risk Behaviors - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2015 from Anica OaksSome people are naturally drawn to high-risk behaviors. This may involve taking drugs or alcohol, engaging in promiscuous sex, gambling or getting into physical altercations. There are many different ways this tendency can manifest, but all can be dangerous. In some cases, such actions can have ...
Views: 1156 - The Gibbous Moon Phase ~ Problem Solving Time - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Patricia LantzNow the young plant grows steadily toward the Sun and it's maturity. Leaves multiply and bring a living interaction with the environment, while the stem thickens and branches out. Any earlier set backs are now either overcome or adapted to in preparation for the flowering which follows. The ...
Views: 1436 - The Good Idea/Balanced Life - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2013 from Nancy LennertGood morning to all…. This morning I started the day by ushering out a few family members….one by one they left to fulfill their daily obligations. I realize more and more that it is not the “job” we have or where we go; it is what we do with that job and what we do where we go. I kiss ...
Views: 1125 - The Growing Worry of Workplace Stress - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2019 from Paul JozsefWorkplace Stress is becoming all too commonplace within the Canadian workforce. With 62% of workers reporting that work is their main source of stress, it is time to better manage our levels of stress and mental health concerns. One of the most efficacious methods of combating workplace stress ...
Views: 829 - The Habit of being Truthful to Ourselves - by Submitted on May 20, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman Kollam‘Cognitive dissonance’, a psychological term can be said as the reason behind why we lie to ourselves. We may experience cognitive dissonance; we feel an uncomfortable tension too between who we believe we are how we are behaving. Most probably we lie to ourselves mainly on the progress ...
Views: 667 - The Habit Of Changing Our Thoughts For A Positivity Life - by Submitted on May 05, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamWith a place to sleep, food for sustenance and a companion to satiate libido, I am in the group of the vast number of beings that instinctively move in search of these to survive- the animal kingdom. When once the thought of clothing, to hide the nature, comes in, then it is one step into the ...
Views: 545 - The Habit of Developing Gratitude In Life - by Submitted on May 21, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamFriends I have a simple gratitude habit that I have been following every day for the last three years. Now I am going to share it with you. That Minor tragedy The other day I ordered takeout from one of my favourite Indian restaurants. All my family members were there and all have light time ...
Views: 601 - The Habit Of Making Better Decisions - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamDo you ever look back and think whether did you do that? Yes, we all will make bad decisions sometimes like, Taking a job that you are not passionate about. Creation of products that no one needs. Being in a relationship without being infatuated. Buying gadgets that have only a ...
Views: 508 - The Importance Of Good Habits In Daily Life - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamThe way we behave decides what our habits are, and our habits make us who we are as people and individuals. They influence and shape our life a lot more than we realize. Over time, our habits become our routine, and it shapes our daily lives. They are very strongly etched in our brains, and our ...
Views: 900 - The Importance of Self Esteem - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Shelley HarrisSelf-esteem is a term used for the way we think and feel about ourselves. It's the key to either success or failure. The direction of your life will depend on your self-concept. It's a fact that successful people have healthy self-esteem and respect themselves, while those that struggle with ...
Views: 1235 - The Lazy Man's Way of Smashing Bad Habits and Regaining Total Control (1 of 2) - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2010 from Harry Warman--------------------------- HAVE YOU GIVEN UP ON LIFE? --------------------------- How many times have you tried to break bad habits, and after several attempt just "thrown in the towel"? How often have you promised to change a compulsive behavior, only to find the difficulty of change is ...
Views: 1171 - The Lazy Man's Way of Smashing Bad Habits and Regaining Total Control (2 of 2) - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Harry Warman-------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT YOU CONSISTENTLY HARBOUR IN YOUR MIND CREATES YOUR LIFE -------------------------------------------------------------- Through the power of your mind, working through your senses, you have the ability to accept or reject ...
Views: 1361 - The Many Layers Of The Mind - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from David SamuelWe have spoken of the many layers of the totality of our being in previous lessons, and now we shall explain how each one has its own mind. There is the mind of each of the physical senses, the mind of discrimination of good and bad, the mind of thought and creativity, the mind of the soul, and ...
Views: 1314 - The Meta-Learning Series: Do you know how to learn? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2015 from Lucas ThomasEducation is becoming very, very expensive. Even worse, it is not actually teaching any viable job skills that the workplace wants. As for most jobs you’re hired for; require on the job training and have nothing to do with the degree you have. A good example is my friend, Mike. Mike ...
Views: 1449 - The Meta-Learning Series: Is This Your Style? (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2015 from Lucas Thomas#2: Learn-to-Learn (Part 1 – Active and Reflective Learning Techniques) After figuring out your learning-style last week, it’s time to learn the different techniques that work best for you. *Note – Techniques used by each style can work and be useful to the other styles. Just because one ...
Views: 1320 - The Narcissist Loves His Narcissistic Personality Disorder - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2014 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The narcissist can get better, but rarely does he get well ("heal"). The reason is the narcissist's enormous life-long, irreplaceable and indispensable emotional investment in his disorder. It serves two critical functions, ...
Views: 1804 - The Negative Attention Addiction - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2007 from VicToria FreudigerHow to Break your Kid’s Brat Habit It seems that we need anger awareness and age-appropriate choices to help our kids successfully manage their anger. A young child's unique and awesome personality is suddenly taken over by what seems like an alien being. Did you ever consider that acting out ...
Views: 10544 - The News is Too Bad for Children to Watch on TV - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Vincent TreacyThe early evening TV used to have a watershed called the Kiddies Truce on BBC TV. Children were expected to go to bed a lot earlier. Those days will never come back but there are serious issues to discuss about the subject material to which children are now being exposed from an early ...
Views: 1766 - The Ocean of Consiousness - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from Rhonda SimpsonWhen we find ourselves swimming through the Ocean of Life, sometimes riding waves, other times going under, we need to become aware of the collectiveness of the energy within the ocean of who we are and how it all contributes. Many times it’s been said that it’s hard to maintain that ...
Views: 895 - THE ORIGINAL SIN part 1( loss of innocence) - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2017 from Emperor Harvard(THE ORIGINAL SIN) part 1 ......THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE .... ( genesis 3) One of the greatest things to observe is the innocence of a child. Children are simply pure, having a rare form of peace and joy. However, as they grow, there comes dents, which start as little misgivings but grow ...
Views: 1408 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1256 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1291 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1301 - The past can power your present, if you let it. - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisThe past can power your present, if you let it. I would like to make you aware of an amazing aspect of your brain using the following example: You are driving your car early in the morning. You have to run some errands and visit a store, which is about 45 minutes from your house. While ...
Views: 1372 - The Perfect Way To Mindfulness - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamMindfulness is a beautiful and magical word that is powerful and has the ability to help us to be more focused, happy and it does have lots of other qualities with positive effects. If you have not heard of this word, you might get the wrong idea. The perfect idea of mindfulness can be called ...
Views: 432 - The Power of a Smile - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Csilla MoffatIt is always my intent to smile: to smile at a stranger passing by; to smile at anyone that I make eye contact with; to give unsolicited smiles. "A smile confuses an approaching frown" . When I smile I suddenly find my body relaxing and everything easily falling into place. Smile. It is, ...
Views: 1013 - The Power Of Anticipation - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Gina GardinerAs we rush about frantically preparing for the holiday season we all have a sense of anticipation. Love Christmas or loathe it those of us who live in the Western world are affected by it. Anticipation has many guises. For little children there is the wide eyed wonder as twinkly lights and ...
Views: 1052 - The Power of Habit - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2020 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamHabits frame one's life way more than we probably realize. Habits are strong and the human brain clings to them. Every person has many habits. Habits are an important part of an individual. They grow stronger and become more powerful with the passage of time and slowly turn to an automated ...
Views: 734 - The Power of Perception - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2015 from Jacob KorthuisYour perception creates your reality, but what creates your perception? Every new experience is filtered through your core beliefs, your personal past, and unique emotions. Even your mood impacts how your reality looks at any given moment. No 2 people exist in the same perception of reality and ...
Views: 1251 - The power of pleasure - by The subject, or rather the "Kingdom of Pleasure", has always interested me a lot. When I look back over the many years of my enchanted life, I can clearly see that my decisions to choose the paths of pleasure have been wiser and more powerful, not to mention that they are completely more ...
Views: 172 - The Promise Of Your Problems - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2015 from Gina CharlesProblems are like the little paddles in a pin ball machine, that influence and guide the ball one way or the other. If the paddle hits the ball just right, it can propel the ball in an advantageous direction. You’re the little ball, and your problems are the paddles that guide you one way or the ...
Views: 1159 - The Quest for God and Vegetarianism - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2013 from Fakeer Ishavardas"If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it." - [Albert Einstein] Plainly and simply, at least as far as past and present gurus, yogis, free mystics and enlightened beings of India such as Buddha, Mahavira, Rama, Krishna, Saint Kabir, Guru Nanak, Vivekananda or ...
Views: 1485 - The Resiliency Route to Authentic Self-Esteem and Life Success - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Michelle MalinoskiA controversy has developed about what is known as "feel-good" self-esteem. At the heart of the controversy is the assertion that making oneself or someone else feel "special" by using methods such as looking in the mirror and saying "I am somebody," doesn't do any good, and may do harm. One ...
Views: 1258 - The role and quality of product prices in marketing - by The 21st century is an era of marketing and every brand wants to be as close to its customers as possible. You encounter so many marketing campaigns daily, most of which are meant to attract new customers or create a specific brand image. The role of marketing in sales and success for any ...
Views: 159 - The Secret to Sustaining Change and Preventing Relapse - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Julie Donley“I don’t understand; I use [a diet system] to lose weight and am generally very successful, however, as soon as I come off the diet and start eating regularly, I gain the weight right back. This has happened three times now. What am I doing wrong?” This is the sad the story of relapse. You ...
Views: 1319 - The Thoughts You Keep Can Lift You Up or Bring You Down - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Kimberley CohenIt can be challenging to maintain a positive outlook when you are in the midst of negative situations and/or people. With the increasing costs of living, natural disasters, wars, company closures, lay-offs, divorces, illnesses, addictions and adultery, to name just a few, it can put a real ...
Views: 1739 - The Tragic Events in Norway - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Vincent TreacyLike many people I was watching the television in disbelief last night and this morning as the full horror of the outrages in Norway have unfolded. Is it my imagination or do these events seem to be happening more regularly around the globe? Evil is evil wherever it manifests itself and this ...
Views: 1550 - The Truth About Being A Yogi - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Youngbear Roth"…The old avatar looked up, slowly waving his hand in front of my face. He gazed into me, deeper than anyone had ever been allowed. Not a word passed between us in those brief moments he read my soul as he read his own and knew a stranger as he knew himself. The unanimity this man felt with ...
Views: 1130 - The Truth About Stress - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Pat LaDouceurStress has a bad rap. Stress can create problems, to be sure. Some of the more common ones are include difficulty concentrating, trouble with focus and memory, moodiness, frustration and overwhelm. There are physical symptoms as well – low energy, headaches, trouble with digestion, aches ...
Views: 1514 - The Ultimate List Of 30 Good Habits - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEvery day you make choices. Those choices create your thoughts and actions. Your thoughts and actions develop your habits. And your habits define your life. If you examine many of the activities of your day, you will see they're actually good and bad habits you've developed over the ...
Views: 465 - The Ultimate List Of 30 Good Habits - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEvery day you make choices. Those choices create your thoughts and actions. Your thoughts and actions develop your habits. And your habits define your life. If you examine many of the activities of your day, you will see they're actually good and bad habits you've developed over the ...
Views: 426 - The Warrior Within - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Nadege LewisWhy is it that we have a hard time fulfilling our promises that we make to ourselves? When we say that we are going to do something, especially something that changes a habit, we make the same promises again and again. Is it because we had no intention on fulfilling the promise in the first ...
Views: 964 - There Is Nothing Quite Like CLARITY - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2013 from Paul SmitClarity is the ability to see reality from many perspectives. Reality becomes single-minded when one views everything from just their perspective. One’s perspective is the very truth one holds about self and all that self has experienced in this lifetime. Every perspective is unique even ...
Views: 1248 - Things You Need to Know About Autism and Children Mental Health - by Submitted on May 05, 2019 from Farrukh KhurshidIf you believe you might suffer from Autism, it is necessary to be mindful of its signs and symptoms. People with autism frequently have restricted interests and take part in repetitive behaviors. It's possible that there's not a single cause for autism but that there are plenty of factors ...
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