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- "Hello, How Are You?" is a Trick Question. Do You Know the Right Answer? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2007 from Dr. Kathy Joyce AbbottPeople usually get this answer wrong when they first start out trying to think positively. We did. We Attract What We Say The universal law of attraction says that we attract to us whatever we say. So, if our answer to the simple question, “Hi, How are you?” is something like “okay,” – that ...
Views: 1886 - Goals and Expectations; Personal Lessons and Revelations Working with an Autistic Child - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Stephanie AltIn the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Albert Schweitzer In relationships, both personal and professional it’s important to be conscious of our goals and expectations. It’s also a good idea to honestly assess the present and the past. How ...
Views: 1883(6 votes) - Affirmations - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsAffirmations do work! Often people give up on affirmations after a few weeks as they feel that they are not working. I often describe an affirmation as being like a seed. You have to be patient, nurture it and cherish it, until it blossoms into what you desire. Often you can’t see the seed ...
Views: 1881(7 votes) - Stop Worrying: 8 Tips to Eliminate Worry & Achieve Success - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Matthew TooneWorrying feeds fears and doubts. Worrying wastes time and consumes energy. Worrying weakens ambition and breeds inaction. Worrying will cripple our confidence, faith, and ability to reason. Worrying kills the ability to think big and reveals an inability to control one’s thoughts. Worrying is ...
Views: 1881(8 votes) - Achieving SUCCESS Even While You Sleep Through Visualization (Part 1 of 2) - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2015 from Darren O ConnellYour subconscious mind is at work all the time, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. While your conscious mind will shut down temporarily when you go to sleep, the subconscious mind will continue to work on, even while you are sleeping. You can understand and believe that ...
Views: 1880(2 votes) - The Death Of Limitations - The Birth Of Possibilities - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2014 from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)MoStory Posted bt Dr. MO One day all the employees of a large company reached their head office and when they walked through the front entrance they saw a big notice board on which was written: “Yesterday the one person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We ...
Views: 1879 - The Best Anger Journal - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Dr. Carl Robinson112558 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. Carl Robinson Publishes a Journal for Addressing Pervasive Anger A decade of successfully touching lives in trainings and sessions inspires his new book PLANO, Texas – (Release Date TBD) – Dr. Carl Robinson, honorary consular diplomat to the Congolese ...
Views: 1877(1 vote) - Catastrophe? Or Inconvenience? - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from MONICA FRANKListening to the weather forecast one frigid day, I realized how much we are influenced by the catastrophic thinking of the media. The weatherman reported, "The weather has brought more misery to the St. Louis area." Certainly, the weather was causing problems that day. An ice storm caused ...
Views: 1876(20 votes) - 5 Steps to Your Best Year Yet - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2023 from Debra BurdickIt is always exciting to see how current brain research and brain imaging techniques prove why psychological and spiritual techniques work in our lives. It turns out that our brains don’t really know the difference between whether something is actually happening in our lives or whether we are ...
Views: 1874(9 votes) - The Commitment to Heal - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen the essence of your life, which is consciousness, connects to something, a commitment is formed. A superficial level of commitment happens when your consciousness connects to the thoughts of something and you are just left committed to your own mind. The most common example of a deeper ...
Views: 1874(3 votes) - TOP TEN REASONS to CELEBRATE 2017 (Even if “Send in the Clowns” is the inaugural theme song) - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2017 from joan pancoe“Don't you love a farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you'd want what I want sorry, my dear But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns Quick, send in the clowns Don't bother They're here” Dear One, Happy New Year! As 2017 begins, I’ve ...
Views: 1873(1 vote) - Self Improvement – the catalyst for a better life - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Ade AdenekanSelf improvement cannot just be a matter of academic exercise by the erudite scholars in the ivory tower but an inevitable phenomenon for anyone no matter the social or economic station of life and whichever way one looks at it this is an inevitable catalyst for crossing the threshold of poverty ...
Views: 1871 - Acronyms for Awareness, Part I: Fear - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Lene StJohnI have decided to write a four-part article based on acronyms that have helped me in my journey. In the height of the “self-help” phase of my life, I learned a few acronyms that have become major transitional learning tools that have benefited me to a fuller awareness of who I was really meant ...
Views: 1867 - Self Esteem - How Does One Acquire and Maintain It - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Sarah HongerlootSelf-Esteem – How Does One Acquire and Maintain It – By Sarah Hongerloot © Sarah Hongerloot March 2011 It is no secret that self-esteem is a pervasive problem in society with much of it stemming from negative childhood experiences, i.e. verbal/physical/sexual abuse. I, for one, am no ...
Views: 1867(3 votes) - Choose Your Thoughts Carefully - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaWe hear that our thoughts are powerful in metaphysical, new-age circles these days. They have the power to shape the course of your life, determine your destiny, and even have obvious physical effects on your body. The quality of your thoughts can either make or break your life. It is ...
Views: 1865 - The Not-Enough Consideration: How To Overcome - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2015 from Susanna KearneyThis blog is part 2 of "The Mother Connection" blogpiece, and is a part of Susanna’s book. It’s impossible today for any of us to not be triggered around our own “enough-ness,” given how much our culture uses this very concept to demonstrate and than sell to us what we need to feel ...
Views: 1864 - Create “New Beliefs” For Greater Success - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from John James Santangelo PhDSuccess is NOT about goal-setting. If it were we’d all have EVERYTHING we want! It’s about creating new beliefs that create new behaviors to produce the goals you want. Can you relate to this: when I was an 8 yr old child, my father said to me; “You’re so lazy.” Now I’m sure he didn’t mean ...
Views: 1863(2 votes) - Your Present Has Power - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Lora MorrowYesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have -- so spend it wisely. - Kay Lyons The world--your world, my world--is composed of only three time zones: past, present, and future. Focusing your mind exclusively on the past or the future will get ...
Views: 1863(7 votes) - How listening to music can help healing - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2013 from Adele TheronMusic is – The art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. Music is an incredible aspect of life that is quite often not recognised of it true potential and value it holds. According to an article on “Mail ...
Views: 1859(3 votes) - How to Get Anything You Want Out of Life! - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Rob AdelphiaThis is just one small, but impactful, excerpt from my own eBook: How to Get Anything You Want Out of Life…And, More! Even if you never purchase the eBook, read this section again and again. Read in its entirety. You really can achieve your goals. You really can accomplish more than you ...
Views: 1859(2 votes) - Redesign Your Reality - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Steven AitchisonI would like to introduce you to something called Redesigning Your Reality and it's all about changing how you perceive the world. This is something that I have learned with NLP and changed it slightly to come up with this concept. Reality Your reality is totally different from my ...
Views: 1859(6 votes) - The Search for Inner Peace - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2012 from Jo Anne WhiteWhen people were asked to rate what’s most important for them to have in their lives, inner peace scored as one of the highest ranking goals. Yet, for many, it’s difficult to achieve inner peace consistently. There are moments when we feel its presence and the all-inclusive calm it brings. ...
Views: 1859(2 votes) - Perception Creates Reality - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Traci BrosmanIf you believe you can do it, you can. If you believe you can’t, you won’t. How do you see your reflection? Is it distorted in the ripples of a wave? Is it clear as in a quiet body of water? Is it completely opposite as in looking at a mirror? How you see yourself in relation to your world ...
Views: 1853(6 votes) - Awaken Your Potential - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2008 from Mark BlackPsychologists performed an experiment where they put a pane of glass in the middle of an aquarium full of water. They then added two fish to the tank. One fish was the natural predator of the other. They put the predator on one side of the glass and the prey on the other. What happened next ...
Views: 1852 - Ten Things People Don’t Know about Therapy - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2013 from Tina TessinaI recently had a first session with a client who said, about halfway into the hour “Wow. I like you. I’m surprised.” I laughed, but I knew what the client meant. As a psychotherapist in private practice, I encounter a lot of people who waited far too long to come in for counseling because they ...
Views: 1845(6 votes) - 2018 Winter Eclipse Forecast: TOP 10 REASONS TO BE EXUBERANTLY OPTIMISTIC GOING FORWARD - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2018 from joan pancoe“If everything seems under control, you’re probably not moving fast enough.” MARIO ANDRETTI To view on my website and see all images and activate all links: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=122 Dear One, Happy New Year! As 2018 begins, I’m ...
Views: 1843(1 vote) - Bouncing Back After a Divorce or Rupture - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Ligia HoubenI f you are going through a divorce or a romantic break-up you may be experiencing many emotions....from anger, fear, disappointment, hopelessness toward the future, sadness, to grief (this emotion sometimes is not recognized, but it can be real). In many cases divorce is not a devastating loss, ...
Views: 1842(9 votes) - Creating Sacred Space for Everyday Tasks - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2012 from Rachel AndrewsOne reason why rituals have been connected and used by religions throughout history is because of their effectiveness at focusing power. Taking a predetermined set of steps and using the same instruments each time the ritual is performed streamlines the energy and allows the participants to fit ...
Views: 1842(3 votes) - ***Staying Positive in a Negative World - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2018 from Judi MoreoWhen the nightly news is filled with the major tragedies of today, it is very hard to stay positive and upbeat. Even if these terrible things weren’t done to us or to someone we love, they still affect us. They are all around us. They are being done to people who are like us, who have ...
Views: 1840 - Living Dangerously - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Willie HortonAre you living dangerously? If you're "normal" and research indicates that at least 96% of us are, then, in fact, you're not really living at all - you're simply existing. What passes for your life is in fact an ongoing automatic treadmill of habitual, reactive self-fulfilling prophecies. You ...
Views: 1840(1 vote) - How Do You Navigate the Meadows and Mudfields of Self-Growth Advice? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2012 from William CottringerBy Bill Cottringer “Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.” ~Lawrence Clark Powell. Having been a reader and writer of the self-growth industry for over 5 decades now, I think I have something to say that needs saying. It all began with my serious reading and ...
Views: 1837 - How Do You DO Happiness? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Paul DaltonIn one of my personal development workshops I get my students to close their eyes and imagine, in vivid detail, one of their happiest memories, and to fully re-living it in that moment. It is amazing to witness the instant transformation in their facial expressions and body language as their ...
Views: 1836(6 votes) - Is your life significant or important? - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2010 from David ThompsonSignificance and Importance. The words resonate with meaning. Yet each one has a very different connotation when it comes to human relationships. Significance is defined as representing someone or the expression of what one is. For example, on the day you were born you had NOTHING but a ...
Views: 1831(12 votes) - VENUS DIRECT SPRING FLING: How to Activate Your Pleasure Body under ALL Conditions - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2017 from joan pancoeto view in your browse and enjoy all the images: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=115 “The Whole Universe Is My True Personality.” Anonymous Zen Master Dear One, On April 15, pleasure-loving Venus stationed direct conjunct wounded healer Chiron in sensitive ...
Views: 1830(1 vote) - Perspectives verses Perceptions - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Sherry AnsharaPERSPECTIVES VERSES PERCEPTIONS Perception is the reception and deception of your conception! Good grief, what does that mean? It means that when you have a perception about your Self, some else, or some situation, you can deceive your Self because you don’t always have the facts. The ...
Views: 1828(1 vote) - “Understanding how context moves us and an over dependency on content sucks as a means to being Mindful” by Kenneth Silvestri - by Submitted on May 26, 2013 from ken silvestri“Understanding how context moves us and an over dependency on content sucks as a means to being Mindful” By Kenneth Silvestri, May, 2013 (Excerpted from my forthcoming book Living Systemically: How To Make Your Life Better) “The major problems in the world are the result of the difference ...
Views: 1828(2 votes) - Be Proactive About Your Healthcare; Breast Cancer Awareness - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Stephanie AltA friend sent an amazing story to share, in which she describes trusting her gut feelings in regard to breast cancer and her health care. It is another testimony to the importance of being proactive, honoring your instincts rather than acting on impulse out of fear. The month of October is ...
Views: 1827(5 votes) - Who Or What Is Controlling Your Perception? - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Chris HaletskyA little History: The following discussion relates to concepts and ideas that are meant to enhance and support any Self Improvement efforts or programs you may be involved with. Throughout your recorded past, the Ego has been referred to in many ways and always to my knowledge as a low ...
Views: 1825(3 votes) - How To Have Bullet-Proof Confidence - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from tracey steinbergImagine how amazing you would feel if you had bullet-proof confidence every day of your life? You can with my 3 step plan! Here are a few ways to give your self-esteem a boost and help get you on your way. AWESOME COMPLIMENTS - If you receive a compliment take it at face value. So, if your ...
Views: 1822(3 votes) - Identifying the Toxins in Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Tim ReynoldsMercury in the fish, toxins in the air, poisons in the hand sanitizers, steroids and antibiotics in my meat, chlorine in the water, fluoride in my toothpaste, even my cell phone is transmitting electromagnetic garbage that may kill me. It seems that everywhere we turn we are told about the ...
Views: 1822 - Getting over the issue of Jealousy - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2013 from Larry CraneIf you haven’t yet recognized this fact, nothing good comes from being jealous. Jealousy is a deep-rooted emotion in the realm of pride. Jealousy damages relationships. Reasons for being jealous include: thinking we can’t have something… believing we aren’t good enough… lacking confidence ...
Views: 1821(4 votes) - Sometimes - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Sometimes we women just need a break every now and then. Sometimes if the smallest chore is done for us, it will totally make our day. Sometimes a compliment will carry us through a hard day. Sometimes when we face a challenge we have the self confidence that we need to conquer it. Sometimes ...
Views: 1818(9 votes) - Increase Mind Power - 7 Tips for Creating Greater Success - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2012 from Lorna AtkinsonAre you still dreaming of your ideal life? A life of prosperity and abundance? Health and fitness? Achievements? Accolades? Or spiritual peace? Whatever your mind can dream of, you can attain it if you increase your mind power and consciously direct it with a bold mindset, discernment and ...
Views: 1817 - Hold On.. Or let go... - Part I - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Larry CranePurging things out of our life by cleaning out closets, the garage, or filing cabinet are always wonderful ways of moving forward. In choosing to clean out areas of our life, we are deciding that we can be free of those unwanted items. We may choose to donate or sell some of our things or ...
Views: 1815(2 votes) - How can I feel better about my body, even though I’m not yet at my goal weight? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Joy BufaliniWhat are your thoughts on being grateful for you body as it is RIGHT NOW? It probably seems easy to imagine being grateful if you had the body like "so and so" or you weighed "x" amount. But appreciating even those problem areas of your body – your legs, your stomach, your arms? How is that ...
Views: 1812(4 votes) - The Delights of Sandplay Therapy - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Rosalind L. Heiko, Ph.D.We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell Developed by Dora M. Kalff of Switzerland, Sandplay has become more popular throughout the United States since ...
Views: 1812 - The Masks We All Wear - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Phyllis GoldbergDon't we all wear masks at one time or another, pretending that everything is OK? There are many reasons people may act out this charade. It's not uncommon to hide personal pain, because putting it on display for all to see can be embarrassing and even destabilize relationships. Yet studies show ...
Views: 1812 - Wellness Over Illness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Marc ShulmanIn last weeks NY Times magazine, an article written by Daniel Carlat, M.D., entitled Mind over Meds http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25Memoir-t.html?pagewanted=1, raises the hotly debated issue of the value of psychotherapy versus the value of psychotropic medications for treating ...
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