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For someone who has never walked inside a hoarder's home, but has a some idea of what it might look like once they walk through the front door, it is more times than not more troubling than expected when they finally get inside. How can this person acquire so many items to a point of endangering ... Views: 2304
When I pulled at my notebook computer from under my bed after a truly needed nap, I knew that my topic for my weekly blog was going to be on intention. Without further ado I went right to dictionary.com and typed in the word “intention”. The definition is as follows;
an act or instance of ... Views: 2294
The fall season is a time when things change. It’s also a good time to continue to get more balance in our work and life.
Have you seen the life balance wheel? You identify areas of your life important to you, and rate them anywhere from 0 to 10. All-encompassing balance can include areas ... Views: 2278
Celebrating Mother's Day and mom's birthday at the beach was a gift my mom, my sister, and I gave ourselves each year. It was a Mother's Day tradition for many more years than I can remember.In 2001 we started a new tradition.
Mom’s three year journey with lung cancer had taken a toll on ... Views: 2278
Having realized just how harmful negative thoughts can be, many people tend to express interest in knowing how they can stop such thoughts. Thus, a question typically put across to counselors by their clients is ‘how do I stop negative thoughts.’ It is not a very easy question to answer, when ... Views: 2276
I have had the pleasure of working with and hanging out with both types of women. I don’t particularly like the word weak, so I will use the term; temporarily weak. I have pondered about both of these types and I tried furiously to come up with a common denominator. So this is how I broke it ... Views: 2268
This article discusses binaural beats, what they are, how they work, and how they can help you.
Binaural beats seem to be growing in popularity in recent times. Binaural beats, or brain entrainment, are created by the brain when two different tones are played at the same time to each ... Views: 2267
Hello super human, lets talk for a moment.
Think about these thoughts as they relate to you and then we will discover if you really are a super hero, or if you have super hero potential.
Your level of wealth does not define you. Your looks don’t define you. Your job, success, house, or ... Views: 2264
Health problems and symptoms, with the possible exception of pure genetic disorders, carry a signal to change our lives. Even the flu tells us to rest and take Vitamin C. The message can be as obvious as, “get better shoes,” if our feet hurt, or it may be hard to decipher. It can relate to an ... Views: 2256
Cinderella - What a Story!
I used to be a rescuer. I would find a damsel in distress and save her. That made me a hero, didn’t it? You’d think so. But, after a little counseling for a broken heart and lost marriage, I could see clearer and got the picture. It seems that the rescue mission is ... Views: 2236
The human tendency to adapt as life changes swirl around us, or to stand pat by holding to the past even when doing so is self-defeating - begins when we are infants. Our personality patterns, values, attitudes, expectations and all the rest jelled when we were deciding who we are, what life is ... Views: 2231
"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us." - John Dryden
A coaching client was recently talking to me about her struggle to establish a regular meditation practice. She asked me how in the world I ever got to the point where I am right now - meditating for an hour or more each ... Views: 2223
I wanted to talk about that moment of desperation. In that moment of desperation, there comes a change, an inner change. Some people do not welcome change, they are resistant to it. Some people are just too comfortable with the way things are; they can only see the negative side to making a ... Views: 2216
Charles Darwin discovered that we are basically primates. However, scientific discoveries carried on in the end of the twentieth century prove that the truth about the human nature is more complex than what he had believed.
The biologist and behaviorist Konrad Lorenz and other ... Views: 2212
If you’re tired of taking one drug to alleviate one symptom and five more drugs to eliminate the five new symptoms the first drug cures, and so on . . . then it’s time for you to take the responsibility and start acting as your own advocate for your better health.
I’m not suggesting that you ... Views: 2211
The news is bad. Few are the days when any positive announcements are made. Job losses are announced by the thousands in many countries. Even if you turn the news off, the negativity still confronts you from everywhere. Many people are walking around with high levels of fear, anxiety and panic. ... Views: 2173
“Have you Decided to Be Happy?”
Happiness is a state of the mind. Therefore one must decide to be happy. It is an emotion that can be controlled. However, the focus should not be limited to if one obtains tangible things. For example, I will be happy if I get a house, a car, or a higher ... Views: 2169
"Is My Child Too Young for Counseling"?
Children, like any of us, have troubles and worries. Sometimes their troubles and worries are bigger than they know how to express or manage.
A child may have experienced separation or divorce of their parents, the loss of a loved one or even ... Views: 2146
(Proverbs 14:30)- A calm heart is the life of the fleshly organism, but jealousy is rotteness to the bones.
We have all seen the destructive effects that jealousy can have. It often brings emotional and physical harm. In fact, people have even died because of being victims of jealous rages. ... Views: 2139
The Art of Follow Through: Stop Putting it Off!
Why do some people seem to be able to accomplish so much while others allow obstacles to block them, or they procrastinate and never finish what they start or dream of starting?
Surely those who succeed know some things that others don't. Or ... Views: 2118
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has on many occasions ruined peoples’ lives by destroying relationships as well as putting them out of employment. Consequently, we should be prepared and strive to control it so that the lives of our beloved ones can be spared.
There is no single method ... Views: 2106
What causes an individual to feel a sense of not belonging in the family unit in which they lived and enjoyed before?
Both young people and adults sometimes feel alienated although no one person might have specifically caused it. It is usually a combination of factors such as their early ... Views: 2098
It comes as no surprise, but stress isn’t good for you. Well of course, you knew that already but the question for most people is how to tame it. Here’s a secret I discovered: In actuality there is no such thing as a ‘stress thing’ outside of us. It is our interpretation of the events in our ... Views: 2091
Celebrating Mother's Day and mom's birthday at the beach was a gift my mom, my sister, and I gave ourselves each year. It was a Mother's Day tradition for many more years than I can remember.In 2001 we started a new tradition.
Mom’s three year journey with lung cancer had taken a toll on ... Views: 2083
I can’t escape it, it’s in the news every day, and it fills my counseling office. Yesterday, the news told of a four-year-old who was shot to death by his own father, because the father was jealous of his divorced wife’s new relationship. "O, beware... of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster" ... Views: 2081
Until the last 10-15 years, scientist believed that our brains were essentially hardwired and we were not able to change them much over our lifetime. More recent research has proven without a doubt that we do have the ability to change our minds; that in fact we can actually change the neurons ... Views: 2071
Throughout the ages our population has survived a number of wildly different epidemics. From smallpox to cholera, an epidemic of various infectious diseases on this human planet is nothing new. But an epidemic can also happen in a variety of forms, it doesn't just have to be a deadly disease. ... Views: 2065
Every action is preceded by thought. So often when we want to make positive changes in our life, we focus on the behavior we wish to eliminate. We tell ourselves that we are not going to smoke, overeat, curse, drive recklessly, procrastinate or we focus on a multitude of other ills we need to ... Views: 2064
Oh, boy----Presidency of Barack Obama
44th President of the United States
Barack Obama being sworn in as President of the United States.
See also: Timeline of the Presidency of Barack Obama
The Presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009 when he became the ... Views: 2063
“There is a wisdom of the head, and…a wisdom of the heart!”
Charles Dickens, Hard Times
“Where my heart lies, let my brain lie also.”
Robert Browning, “One Word More”
“It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason.”
Blaise Pascal
There is a new trend these days ... Views: 2062
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One of the companies I worked for brought in external consultants to assist us in shaping a new strategy to grow the business. One of the exercises we undertook was to get an understanding of what drives us to ... Views: 2045
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to perform your best when it really matters?
Consider these situations:
14-year-old Luis wants to finish his math assignment, but spends all morning in class staring out the window.
13-year-old Kayla loses her homework almost every day. It’s usually at ... Views: 2036
Treating depression naturally.... One of the reasons people might prefer to deal with it this way is because they hate to take medication. Others may have tried this medication before and found it did not work or it had bad side effects. It is also a good idea to take natural things because ... Views: 2030
Are there some things you’ve been wanting to change about yourself, perhaps for a long time? Every time you think about how does it feel? You don’t need to kick yourself or be demoralized. There are many things that make behavior change a struggle, the first being that we may not know the ... Views: 2027
Avoid being road-kill on this super charged super highway called life in the 21st century. There is an increase in the amount of information and activity that bombards us on a daily basis and there is no sign of a slow down. In fact, we can feel its exponential growth. It is time to take charge ... Views: 2023
He made me do it!
There’s a battle going on and by the time you get to the next room something is broken and two kids are angry. After a bit of detective work you figure out who did what. The problem is that the usual suspect is blaming bis brother for his own bad behavior. . .again!
He ... Views: 2015
Medical record review is an important process that helps to understand the various aspects of a case. It becomes especially significant with regard to medical litigation. Insurance companies have to deal with a number of personal injury cases. In order to settle medical claims related to these, ... Views: 2013
Cause and effect are but two sides of thought; and Spirit is both Cause and Effect. Prayer is its own answer. Now, if the one who prays only partly believes, then there is a tendency to set an idea in motion; if the next day he wholly doubts, this idea must be wiped out. In dealing with Mind, we ... Views: 2004
It only takes six minutes for your brain to start entraining.
Brainwave entrainment is a natural phenomenon that occurs when your brainwaves fall into step with an outside stimulus, usually sound and/or light, changing its dominant frequency to match that of the stimulus' frequency.
It ... Views: 2003
What’s character building all about? Ever heard someone say, “I earned my degree at the School of Hard Knox.”? As a parody of higher education with respect to life, many have achieved inner wisdom and greatness by overcoming the perils of life through sheer willpower and ... Views: 1999
Ever been stuck in a situation or a problem but not known how to get out of it? Life throws us lots of different hurdles and hiccups along the way and people disappoint us and we disappoint ourselves. But our biggest mistake is not when we first make that mistake, because our past can determine ... Views: 1999
“Are You ‘Normal’ and Hate Learning?”
• 1. Me: “Normal is the opposite of Abnormal, right? Dictionary.com defines ‘normal’ as Average-Ordinary-Common. Add: mediocre & second-rate.
• Normal makes you Defensive toward Change, Improvement, and expanding your Comfort-Zone.
Are Bill Gates, ... Views: 1994
Over recent years, I have come to realize that the complete elimination of fear is unlikely. There was a point, not too long ago, that I believed I could learn to get rid of fear and then life would be grand. Well, not exactly. I still have fears, but guess what? Life is grand anyway.
... Views: 1993
I believe we can change the way we think and as a result of that we can change the way we eat. We can learn to eat better.
This can be seen as a chicken and egg situation. You know, which comes first, the chicken or the egg.
I look at it this way. Whether or not it's the chicken or the ... Views: 1989
Zen habits are beneficial for everyone because everyone needs balance, peace and efficiency. Zen is simply a word that traces back to the idea of meditation, but is more commonly understood in vague terms of eastern balance, oneness and serenity. Zen habits are not strictly connected to eastern ... Views: 1984
We all have had differences of opinion in our lives. But what happens when someone makes a comment that offends you? Or when you have a different way of handling a situation? Or worse, someone you care about is mad at you and they withhold communication?
In dealing with this type of ... Views: 1983
Cigarette smoking has an odd mind around it in society that I would like to address. If we look at why people are trying to quit then we understand that there is an addiction associated with the activity. It is not necessary for anyone to consume cigarettes in any larger quantities than coffee, ... Views: 1973
You’re sitting in a crowded restaurant for a work party. You know some of these people, but that doesn’t matter. Feeling your sweaty palms and shaky limbs, you start to think of the questions always plaguing your thoughts in every social situation.
What will they think of me? What if I do ... Views: 1973
“The Secret of Speed Reading”
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“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The way you treat other people is a reflection of your own attitude. You cannot expect to sustain a positive attitude by acting negatively toward others. Even if your ... Views: 1969