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- Purposefully Lining Up With Happiness in Your Space! - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOur focus this week is How to be Happy! I know many of our family members at Intent are already happy and fruitful. For those who do have happiness challenges, I hope this information is helpful. Ever wondered why unhappiness creeps into your space? I use to wonder how some things manifested ...
Views: 640(1 vote) - The Wheel of Fortune - Picturing Your Good - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Christina WatsonA funny thing happened while I was getting ready for class #5 in my 8-week Prosperity Principles for Wealthy Living class - the topic of which is: I have seen amazing things happen when one puts their heart's desire into this format. One gal - with an intense singleness of purpose - made her ...
Views: 1187(2 votes) - How to Find Love and Happiness at Home Depot - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe recession is making many of us do-it-your-selfers. Happily, this self-reliance is taking the stress out of finding a mate. Forget speed dating! Men and women are meeting at Home Depot or other home improvement centers and ultimately marrying – a few couples have even held wedding ceremonies ...
Views: 614(1 vote) - The "How To's" to Being Happier - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs I sat in my office on a rainy, gloomy day, I found my spirits sinking, my thoughts churning to the list of things to do that day, and I found myself wanting to crawl back in my bed, closing my eyes, and waiting for tomorrow to come in hopes that the sun might then shine. Then I could be ...
Views: 529 - How to Be Happier - Living Our Fairytales - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“I move from wish to wish in my life“ I realized, while in a shower, a couple of days ago. "I wish to do something, to be something, and my life moves in that direction. I wished to become a psychologist for a while, then I wished to become a designer, then I wished to become a freelance ...
Views: 515 - 8 Ways to Kick an Online Rut - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI don't know about you, but to me, June equates to being outside. Weddings, graduations, picnics and parties; its as if we are all coming out of our winter hibernation, basking in the sunlight, and feeling eager for some old fashioned socializing. Yet, is a little blinking screen or buzzing hand ...
Views: 582 - Creating your Vision - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowCreating your Vision; being able to look into your future through a selection of pictures, words, symbols and shapes creates a visualization of where you would like to see yourself, the direction you think you might be going in and the means in which to make it happen. Generating a map of your ...
Views: 1054(1 vote) - Taking Time for Self - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowSetting aside some time each and every day to regroup, re-energize and take a moment for yourself is completely and utterly imperative for your continued success, growth and development on your pathway to greater health, a lighter you and a calmer way of life. You must make time for self to ...
Views: 1368 - Happiness is Available All the Time - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHappiness is a choice. Happiness is available all the time. It’s just a thought away. Think of a time when you were very happy. Perhaps it was the time you saw rainbow, held a baby, fell in love or swam in a tropical ocean. Think of the feelings that flooded your heart – the optimism or the ...
Views: 525(1 vote) - Happier in Love - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." - Victor Hugo Serious scientific inquiry has proven this quote to be true. By all measures of health and well being, the single most significant predictor of ...
Views: 667(1 vote) - Nine Tips for Feeling Happier -- in the Next HOUR. - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat do you do if you're feeling blue because of the financial crisis? Or if you're just having an extremely lousy day? Here are nine strategies that can boost your mood right now in a happiness emergency. In the next thirty minutes, check off as many of the following items as possible. Each one ...
Views: 583(1 vote) - This Week on Intent: Tell Us How to Be Happier - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week on Intent, we want to hear your ideas on how to be happier. What can we all do as individuals or communities to make ourselves happier? We want to hear general principles in addition to very specific action steps. We also want to hear everything in every possible subcategory of ...
Views: 481(1 vote) - Five Effective Keys to Prosperity - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Gerri D Smith“A dream written down with a date becomes a GOAL. A goal broken down into steps becomes a PLAN. A plan backed by ACTION makes your dream come true.” -Greg Reid What do you think about everyday? Where do your thoughts lead you? Do you put actions behind your thoughts and dreams? How can you ...
Views: 2713(4 votes) - How to Program Your Subconscious Mind for Happiness, Health, Riches and More - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Gerri D SmithPublished: 8-21-08 Words: 647 Category 1: Inspirational/Motivational Category 2: Personal Development Keywords: happiness, health, wealth, riches, confidence, self-esteem, creativity, positive, affirmations Description Why would you limit your thinking by settling for lack in any area ...
Views: 2366(2 votes) - You Don't Get to TIVO Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Gladys AndersonThe first book I read by Erma Bombeck was "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits". I was hooked after that. And when her poem, If I Had My Life to Live Over came along, I was even more inspired by a woman who could write such a profound poem after being diagnosed with ...
Views: 1870(3 votes) - 3 simple daily practices to help you live happily ever after - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Ann-Mhayra Aleckson…and they all lived happily ever after. Remember when you were a little child and your head was filled with dreams of Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and beautiful princesses – awakened by a prince’s kiss and spirited away to a land of happily ever after? Or maybe you dreamt of Prince ...
Views: 1774(1 vote) - Tandem skydiving-Easy way to enjoy the thrilling activity - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Joe SteinWell, what can be more adventurous than a freefall of almost one minute form a great height along with spectacular views of landscapes? Skydiving is the only sport that gives you such thriving experiences and off course it is not at all harmful. For the initial skydivers a great start would be ...
Views: 616(2 votes) - What’s your level of “happiness”? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Deborah HayesDo you know what you really want in life? Have you taken the time to really slow down long enough to take stock of just where you are and where you want to go? What do you think of your life as it is? As the years tick by and the roller coaster we call life continues on its nonstop ride it ...
Views: 863(1 vote) - Success with Self-Improvement - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Dr Diana HodgsonThe most important investment you can make is an investment in yourself...an investment which will empower you to be the person you would like to be; a person who can attain all your goals and desires; a person who is more relaxed, healthy, loving, confident, positive, successful, motivated, ...
Views: 1327(2 votes) - Can Being Curious Make You Happier? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my last post, I explored the Top Ten Positive Emotions from the book, Positivity, by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, and asked everyone to make Post-It notes to focus on one positive emotion each day. Thank you to all the readers who responded on and offline -- it was a hit! It seems everyone could ...
Views: 645(2 votes) - Clear Out and Clean Up for a Happier (and more organized) Life - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany of us today have too many things in our homes, too many people to stay in touch with, and too many thoughts racing through our minds. This is the age of just TOO much. But if we could look at the word “TOO” and remove 1/3 if this word and add the words “path” and “happiness” we can ...
Views: 575(2 votes) - Finding Happiness in the Real World - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Aboubakar PefouraFinding happiness in the real world can sometimes seem impossible. Daily frustrations and irritations can accumulate, making life seem less than fun. You might be lonely. You might hate your job. While there are some life events that are difficult to overcome, you can be happy, if you really ...
Views: 873(2 votes) - Finding Long-lasting Love and Happiness - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Aboubakar PefouraWhen you have love and happiness in your life, everything seems possible. What some people don’t understand is that they can easily have those things. First you must love yourself. Second, you must make yourself happy. No one else can make you happy. You are responsible for your own ...
Views: 1018(1 vote) - Past Life Regression – As Entertainment - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Michael JuddI have often been invited to lead a small group of friends in an evening of Past Life Regression. They are looking for an evening of entertainment. Some in the group may believe in reincarnation, others may not. Many times, no one in the group has experienced either hypnosis or past life ...
Views: 1310(3 votes) - Find New Strength in Awakened Attention - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsKey Lesson: Whether for its joy or sorrow, whatever we wish for another person comes true for us in the same moment we make that wish! Imagine for a moment a woman who inherits an antique jewelry box from a loving grandparent. She puts the cherished keepsake on her makeup bureau, next to her ...
Views: 621(2 votes) - Taming the Stress Snake - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from LINDA HENLEY-SMITHSome people must really like stress. I mean, they must like it even if they say they don’t, because they talk about it all of the time and they wear their stress like badges of honor. Just eavesdrop on a conversation between two or more people in an airport or a restaurant during lunch hour. ...
Views: 1464(3 votes) - 37 Ways to Make A Difference to Yourself and Others - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Anolia "Leah" Orfrecio-Facun“Making a difference” is not just a scheduled event or activity, but a moment anytime when a person finds it in his/her heart to do something good, to care or to share, or to make a voluntary contribution to another individual, a community or our society. When we consciously give or do ...
Views: 5174(2 votes) - BESIDE STILL WATERS: A Metaphysical Interpretation of Psalm 23 - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Nancy Detweiler“BESIDE STILL WATERS: A Metaphysical Interpretation of Psalm 23” Nancy B. Detweiler, M.Ed., M.Div. www.pathwaytoascension.com We are living in a very intense period in our human evolution, during which vast changes are taking place within ourselves and on our planet. We may feel ...
Views: 7358(5 votes) - The Secrets of Compete Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Bill SullivanWhat is happiness? Can Science tell us? Are there any examples of complete happiness in history? Is complete happiness just bliss without sorry at all? We will explore these questions and more. We will see clearly how to obtain complete happiness, the only way. Have you ever wondered ...
Views: 1076(1 vote) - How Do You Define Yourself? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jeffrey SchoenerIf I were to ask your mother about you, how would she answer? Would your best friend answer in the same way? How do you think others perceive you? Are you smart, tall, easy going, hot tempered, and foolish? Are you a doctor, a lawyer, a student, a housewife? Who are you? What do you do? ...
Views: 3162(3 votes) - Self Improvement: How Come So Many Individuals Don't Pay It The Respect It Deserves? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Ishmail DownesI'm a self improvement strategist, and if I'm honest with you, I'm embarking upon my on small personal battle... this will become HUGE if I get my own way. Self improvement, or personal development, has got to be the MOST critical thing in life, PERIOD! I mean, everything you say or do is ...
Views: 1297(1 vote) - The 5 Most Destructive Limiting Beliefs and What to do About Them - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Kimberly EnglotA limiting belief is something that you falsely believe to be true about yourself and it prevents you from moving forward. A lot of the time you don't even realize that you are operating under false, limiting beliefs since they just seem natural. Many times you would make a decision because it ...
Views: 1305(1 vote) - 4 Ways To Identify And Eliminate Automatic Negative Thoughts - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2009 from Kimberly EnglotHow we think about life determines how we feel about life. If you want to spend more time happy, peaceful, and content and less time angry, resentful, and stressed-out you have learn to be aware of your thoughts and deal with the negative ones when they creep into life. Negative thoughts ...
Views: 5664(3 votes) - What is the Authentic Self? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2009 from Kimberly EnglotInner wisdom, truth, authentic self, intuition, life joy…all of these refer to the same thing: the voice inside your heart, mind and “gut” that guides you quietly, clearly and truly. Your authentic self is completely supportive of you, but you will surely notice when you’re not listening to ...
Views: 1222(4 votes) - The First Step to Understanding the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Cindy .HolbrookThe simplest way to understand what The Law of Attraction is that your thoughts create your reality. Everything you are right now is based on your thoughts in the past. The first step to making the Law of Attraction work in your life is to understand your thought patterns. Both your ...
Views: 2096(12 votes) - The Basis for Helping Others - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: It has been years since my husband died and I've done so very well. Yet, now I find that I'm stuck between wanting to move forward and just wanting to reach him and be there forever. Not long ago I met someone who lost their wife a lot earlier than I lost my husband. I found ...
Views: 622(3 votes) - Top 10 Habits of Happy People - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Cindy .HolbrookHappy people have a different way of thinking and doing things. They maintain a positive attitude about people, things and life in general. They interpret the world that they live in differently than the average person. Happy people generally have the following habits that express their ...
Views: 5013(5 votes) - How Many Times Do You Smile A Day? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA few years ago, I stopped to complement a 20-something friend who seemed to smile more than most people. His response startled me, and offered me a new path to follow. "When I wake up each morning, before even opening my eyes," he said, "I start to smile. I know that if I wake up smiling, ...
Views: 3859(3 votes) - How to Harness Your Bounce: 9 Steps to Avoid the Tigger-Method of Finding Your Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following article was first published on The Positivity Blog on December 29, 2008. I used to be very Tigger-like. I’d get a new idea in my head and it would be the answer to all my ills and BOING! off I’d bounce – until I realized that I really didn’t like the idea at all. So, I’d get a ...
Views: 590(1 vote) - Where is Home? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhere is home? That’s a good beginning for all of us. In fact that is the beginning, when we first realize that there’s something missing, something lacking. We don’t know what it is. It’s a mystery. Yet we have this sense, there’s a kind of awakening to what we could call spirituality, or ...
Views: 687(2 votes) - What Spirituality Means to Me: 5 Steps to Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor the new seeker, the variety can be bewildering; to the skeptic, proof of frivolity. They can’t all possibly matter, and they can’t all be right at the same time now, can they? Faced with all these choices, spirituality can be a daunting concept. What does it really mean to be ...
Views: 2318(3 votes) - How to Find Happiness in Four (Not So) Easy Steps - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI live in Los Angeles, which may well be ground zero for spiritual movements in the United States. Many such groups got their start here, and the diversity of faiths and movements is impressive—from old to new, sincere to shady, truly elevating to downright toxic. People engage in all manner ...
Views: 590(4 votes) - I Wish I Was Wayne Dyer - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Robin RobertsI wish I was Wayne Dyer all Zen about letting children find their own way. Then maybe I would be able to resist sending my neighbours children to bootcamp while they were not looking. I wish I was Oprah able to talk about my bowel moments without fear of being asked for my senior’s card. I ...
Views: 1843(3 votes) - The Surefire Way to Stress Relief, Rejuvenation and Lasting Life Balance - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2009 from Ed McDonoughAs a Personal Development Life Coach and Life Balance Expert, I am often asked "In this fast paced world we live in, what can I do for stress management? How can I consistently unwind, relax, revitalize my energy and bring more harmony into my life?" Although there are many ways to reduce ...
Views: 1205(3 votes) - Breathe! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraI am sure you have heard the phrase “just take a deep breath and calm down.” This common technique of breathing to calm one’s self is more powerful and significant than one might think. Fully imagine yourself in each of the following situations. With each one, enact your experience with a ...
Views: 1275(3 votes) - Be Nice! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Amy PearsonI’m a mother of 17 month old twins. I take them to an indoor play gym once a week at the local community center. Toddlers, I’m learning, hit, pinch, bite and scream. I often observe them subjecting each other to this behavior in the hopes of obtaining exclusive access to that coveted piece of ...
Views: 690(2 votes) - Know Yourself and Live a Fulfilled and Happy Life - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Doran RoggioWhat does it mean to know you? To truly know you is to love yourself. The perception of who you are brings you into an accord with the universe, which leads to a fulfilled and happy life. Knowing yourself does not mean you intellectually understand everything about yourself. All creation is ...
Views: 808(1 vote) - Success - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Michelle GottliebWhat makes you a success? Is it the size of your house? The type of car that you drive? Is it the success that your children have? Is it how long you have been married? Is it the amount in your bank account? There are no right or wrong answers. There are answers that society encourages us to ...
Views: 1249(2 votes) - The Mathematics of Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Hara TaicherAdd appreciation and gratitude to your every day. Enhance the world around you with your smile. Smiling creates endorphins which send feel good messages to the brain. It's healing to you and those who receive it. Subtract any grudges you've been holding on to. For they reside ...
Views: 2133(3 votes) - Remedy for Dis-ease - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2009 from Judi MoreoIf you’ve been listening to the news lately, you may have come to the conclusion that the outlook at the moment is bleak. You may be caught up in the gloom and doom, hopeless mind set that is more contagious than a flu pandemic. There are some things you can do to help prevent the spread of ...
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