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- Humor Is Your Best Friend - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2013 from Rita SchianoSeveral years ago I watched a video about comedian Dave Fitzgerald, a two-time cancer patient. In it, Dave discusses his experience with the disease and how he coped. He talks about his decisions and choices regarding treatment options, being involved in one’s own recovery, and keeping a sense ...
Views: 1030(2 votes) - Ascension & Leaving The Matrix of Social Work - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2013 from Zarla LeahI’ve always wanted to help the poor, at least ever since my high school days back in the sixties. Many years later, after having gone through several other careers, I got back into my dreams of doing social work and landed a good job in this field. For quite a while, I was very happy with this ...
Views: 1070 - Humor & Hope - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2013 from Tina TessinaShe was an Italian immigrant in New Jersey, a hard-working, frugal, Catholic single mother who lost her husband in WWII. She spent most days of her life as a “spooler” in a thread factory, retiring just before her job was automated. Her English was good, but she didn’t always catch the finer ...
Views: 1541(2 votes) - Pushing the Pause Button on Life for Productivity & Creativity - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from James Mapes“Learn to pause ... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.” -Doug King, Poet & Educator Imagine that you have a magic remote control so that - when life got too overwhelming or you needed to replenish your energy ...
Views: 1809 - Immensity – A Catalyst for Inner Transformation and Healthy Living - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThere are many factors in life that can function as catalysts for letting the mind undergo fundamental transformation. Those who sense the poison behind the unconscious living soon discover these catalysts and move on to stable inner peace. Most people lead an unconscious living within the ...
Views: 1074(2 votes) - Are You Living on Purpose? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Mike RobbinsI was recently invited to be a speaker for an upcoming online telesummit called The Power of Purpose. While I’m honored to be a part of this program, the invitation had me pause and reflect a bit about my own life and work, and specifically ask myself the question, “Am I living on purpose?” My ...
Views: 1401(2 votes) - Love Letters to Your Life Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2013 from Tracey Farmer"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ˜ Abraham Lincoln In honor of Lincoln's birthday and in celebration of Valentine's week, I came up with a new twist on writing "love" letters. Instead of just writing love notes to my family ...
Views: 1343(2 votes) - 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) - 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: 1817(2 votes) - The Power of Love - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Dr. Jane SimingtonThe Power of Love A number of years ago, while attending the Trauma Recovery Certification training, a teacher who worked with troubled youth remarked that by the end of the year she wanted all the children to know that God loves them. In response, I invited her to ponder if a better ...
Views: 1720(3 votes) - Living the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2013 from Shirley GallupIn this article I want to ruminate around the power of our thoughts, as well as the words we use, to create our reality, which is what the Law of Attraction is about. It doesn't matter it we believe in it, or not, we are all living the Law of Attraction. A quick search on the Internet will ...
Views: 1356(4 votes) - 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: 1846(6 votes) - Expeditions In Faith: Being Conscious In Creation - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2013 from Jennifer UrezzioEvery moment of everyday you are creating something. Often we weigh ourselves down in what we aren't: not good enough, unclear, not loved, etc. What if you viewed the world (just a little more) as if you are an artist and you're painting your way through your day and your life? Would it ...
Views: 1002 - Should You Share Your Bucket List or Keep It Private? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2013 from Morgan K TaylorDifferent people choose to live their lives in a number of different ways, but there comes a time when we all start to realize our mortality. It’s usually at that point where we take stock of our lives and look back at the things we have accomplished, as well as those that have slipped through ...
Views: 937(2 votes) - How to Compose Your Own Bucket List - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2013 from Morgan K TaylorWe all have things that we would love to see or do before we die, yet we seldom ever make any sort of plan to actually accomplish any of those dreams. This is why you should really think about creating a bucket list, so that you have a clear, detailed list of those items that you can check off ...
Views: 862(2 votes) - Trusting the Intuition Rather Than the Merely Rational Mind - The Radial Dive - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranWe have tremendous potentialities in our intuitive region. They generally remain untapped. The Radial Dive helps us bring them into our everyday life. Expansive awareness augments our mental composure and wisdom. The effects of Radial Dive are briefly explored in this article. The vast ...
Views: 1218(2 votes) - Why Cant I Relax? Common Obstacles When Learning to Meditate - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Andrada TodMeditation is very fashionable today, when our stressful life is taking its toll on our existence. We receive information, advice and directions on all levels, telling us what to do, how and when to do it. The biggest problem with all this good advice is that every person is different and what ...
Views: 1014(3 votes) - Re-Structure Your Brain With Mindfulness Meditation and Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2013 from Wanina PetlockMindfulness is a form of meditation that involves focusing on the moment, a sound, or a mantra, non-judgmentally and without reaction, and when combined with brainwave entrainment, a neurological tool that entrains your brain to a specific, consistent frequency conducive to the meditative state, ...
Views: 1626(2 votes) - Self-Belief - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2013 from Charlie MooreSelf Belief Your level of self-belief in not set in stone. We can be flexible and change. Remember you were born into this world with no sense of what you could and couldn’t do. Then the world started to teach you to limit yourself. When you start to doubt yourself, to that negative inner ...
Views: 1651 - How to Live a Happy Life – Part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2013 from Ovidiu DotWhen we ask ourselves, our friends, family, colleagues and so on, every individual will answer differently to what it means to be happy. Some want wealth, others want love, knowledge, health, peace, challenge and so on. Everyone will say what they think they lack the most at that moment; in ...
Views: 1637(1 vote) - The Journey into Oneself – Its Salutary Effects on Our Daily Life - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe journey into oneself is characterized by self-awareness and the eagerness to understand the basis for our unhappiness. It gives us the opportunity to transform ourselves into beings of unqualified compassion, deeply interested in leading a vibrant life. Turning the attention on one’s own ...
Views: 1240(2 votes) - The Resiliency Route to Authentic Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2013 from Nan HendersonEvery day of life, everyone draws upon what researchers call the innate capacity for overcoming adversity: Resiliency. When dealing life's small hassles, such as getting stuck in a traffic jam or diffusing an argument with a coworker, or making the necessary arrangements to take care of a ...
Views: 770 - CCC - Competition, Competence and Cooperation - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2013 from Rohit KheraThe word "competition" evokes various uplifting images. It might be the images of sportsmen and athletes performing marvelous feats of strength, agility or endurance. Or you might visualize corporations increasing their efficiency and innovating newer and better products or services; as they say ...
Views: 890 - Resiliency - do you have it? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Cheryl CharronIt’s clear that sooner or later good things and not-so-good things will happen to you. Now we tend to not worry when good things are happening because we feel great, feel loved, believe we’re respected and so forth. Yet, when ‘bad’ things happen we often discover that we don’t know how to ...
Views: 1270 - 6 Ways to Keep Your Relationship as Fresh and Exciting as Your First Date - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Sulagna DasguptaHave you been in a stable relationship/marriage for quite some time now? In that case chances are you’ve experienced those relationship ruts when you seem too familiar and same old to each other with nothing new to offer. A long and steady relationship often puts us into an everyday rhythm ...
Views: 888(1 vote) - Why Do I Procrastinate - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from David SamuelMany people are hindered by procrastination, and have no idea why they do it. There doesn’t seem to be any logic or reason as to the cause of putting things off, but it is almost impossible to get the simplest task done. My theory is that the problem lies in the aspiration of perceived ...
Views: 1751(2 votes) - How are You Steering Your Life? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Debbi DickinsonFrom what viewpoint are you looking at your life? Are you looking in the rear-view mirror or are you looking through your windshield? Looking through your rear-view mirror is viewing life with chains of the past. Some of these chains may be limiting beliefs that were drilled into your head ...
Views: 1187 - The Laid-back Attitude – A Salutary Aftermath of the Near Death Experience - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranMost of the times, our life gets complicated by our own attitudes. To meet life’s challenges without being agitated is not an easy thing to do. In this connection, we learn something about the nonchalant disposition in life from the Near Death Experiences. When we listen to the scores of ...
Views: 1944(3 votes) - Are you happy? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2013 from Cheryl CharronWhat makes you happy ? Truly, genuinely and authentically happy? Is this state of happiness easily reproduced every day or just sometimes? You can be in a state of happiness everyday if you would like to be. Your overall state of happiness is based upon how you perceive your past, present, ...
Views: 1221 - Communicating Effectively – Keeps our Goals on Target - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2013 from Larry CraneCommunication is probably one of the most important aspects of being human and accomplishing our goals. Communication is more than just speaking or writing. Communication is for the purpose of engaging our senses in a manner that communicates information. Communication exists in many forms. ...
Views: 1477(3 votes) - BECOME AN IMAGINATION EXPERT - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from James Mapes“What you do is create a vision of what you want to be and then live into that picture as if it were already true.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger The word “imagination” has always resonated deep within my soul. In my imagination, I can go anywhere, be anyone and accomplish anything. As a child, I ...
Views: 2450(2 votes) - The 5 Everyday Mindsets of Self Sabotage - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Doron AlonSelf sabotage is by far the number one activity that derails our lives. Sure, other people and events can come around that will derail us, but more often than not, we are our worst enemy. Often self sabotage appears subtle, it infects our thoughts so seamlessly that we do not even realize we are ...
Views: 1982(2 votes) - Your Relationship with Your Mind - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Joeel A. RiveraHave you ever finished an argument or conversation, only to realize five or 25 minutes later that you are still having the conversation in your head? Have you ever experienced someone saying something to you that triggers an emotion and you were left wondering where your reaction originated? Why ...
Views: 1196(2 votes) - The Benefits of Therapy for Handling Stress - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Joe TherapistStress is the body’s reaction to any change in life that requires a physical, mental, or emotional response or adjustment. Stress is a normal part of life. You can become stressed by any situation, thought or conversation that causes you to feel angry, anxious, frustrated, or even nervous. ...
Views: 1100(2 votes) - Expressing Gratitude Is More Than Saying Thank You - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Marla EnhelderGratitude is many things to many people. It is wonder; it is appreciation; it is looking at the bright side of things; it is abundance; it is thanking someone; it is “counting blessings.” It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented. The average person often ...
Views: 2134(2 votes) - Life Coaching + Happiness - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Lori Lynn SmithDo you think happiness is a state that only a few can achieve? Does Happiness feel like an unending quest that you find yourself on? I believe that a person has never reached true success if he has never felt real happiness. So many people think that happiness only comes after the ...
Views: 1615(3 votes) - Tips on Being Happier Beginning Today - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Larry CraneHere are several things that you can easily do to begin feeling happier each day. You will be as happy as you decide to be. In deciding to do nothing, that is exactly what you will accomplish — NOTHING. Your life is, and always will be, a reflection of what you are holding in mind. Involving ...
Views: 1499(4 votes) - 5 Ways to Jump-Start Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2013 from Irina Morrison5 Ways to Jump-Start Positive Thinking You become what you believe, it really is that simple. What you believe is what exists for you but before the belief comes a thought. Your thoughts will direct your actions and determine paths of your journey. It takes time to train your brain to filter ...
Views: 1437(5 votes) - Pretty Close To Wonderful - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Michael Brady“Welcome to Ross Stores, how are you?” I said. “Fine, How are you?” She replied. She was asking out of habit not because she cared about the random loss prevention guy. So I replied like I do with everyone. Pretty close to wonderful! That one sentence started what seemed like a 20 ...
Views: 1117(4 votes) - The New Year—A Blank Piece of Paper Awaiting Your Inspiration - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Kathy GottbergAs a writer, it’s easy for me to imagine each New Year as a blank piece of paper awaiting my inspiration. But when you think about it, that metaphor actually works for everyone. Every year we all have the potential to start over with a story—our personal story for sure—and any other story we ...
Views: 1133(3 votes) - Forgiving Self - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierForgiving self is a simple yet powerful jewel for self discovery. The act of self forgiveness helps us to let go of the past. This is essential as we enter our new beginnings in the year 2013. The Oxford English dictionary defines forgiveness as such: “to grant free pardon and to give up all ...
Views: 1509(3 votes) - Positive Thinking to Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Sharon StilesSome days it seems that everything and everyone is against you. You start off by spilling coffee down your clean shirt, then you can't find your keys, every traffic light is red, everyone around you is in a bad mood and you're glad when the day is over. On other days, though, it seems that ...
Views: 1222(2 votes) - Why conformity is killing you - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Gracie LakeIf you are not happy with your life right now, it’s because you have conformed. Conformity is when you align your attitudes, beliefs and behaviors with those around you. Trying to fit in may be killing you - and your dreams. By spending all your time trying to fit in and please people, it's ...
Views: 1155(4 votes) - ReNEW for the NEW Year: 5 Easy Rules to Change Your Life. - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from JoAnne Ceccarelli-EganDuring the four weeks before Christmas, I try to prepare emotionally and spiritually for the Sacred Holiday. As is my custom, I practice new constructive behavior with the hope of incorporating them permanently into my life. This year, my goal was to immerse myself more fully in the present ...
Views: 1182(2 votes) - VARIOUS MOVEMENTS AND AGITATIONS SEEN FOR WOMEN’S AWAKENING - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaEfforts have always been made for women’s awakening and freedom. Since this question arose regarding human rights these sparks were seen in many countries of the world. The medium may have been some female, yet this forest for engulfed the entire world. As a result of this at least today she ...
Views: 1122(1 vote) - Achieving Success The Quick And Easy Way - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Greg FrostAchieving success the quick and easy way requires learning about different aspects as well. Mostly, this depends entirely on oneself. Your ability to motivate yourself and push towards success or achievable goals, will determine how much success you have in life. It is crucial that you learn how ...
Views: 712 - The Movement Away From the Conventional Neurology – A Radical Departure - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranOn this planet, we all go through stressful lives. In order to free ourselves from that situation, we have to look well beyond the conventional neurology. That departure can be quite interesting as it paves the way to freedom. People adopt different paths in their effort to find peace and ...
Views: 1167(2 votes) - The Formation Of Belief - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from John AllanThe Formation Of Beliefs We organise our beliefs in a number of ways and create those beliefs through learning and recognition of symbols or representations that are stored in conscious and subconscious memory. Our belief about a particular represented fact, then, is the stored ...
Views: 2000 - A Eulogy: Daniel K. Inouye: A Story of Overcoming Adversity and True Leadership - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLERSenator Daniel K. Inouye: A Story of Overcoming Adversity and True Leadership [A Eulogy to a True Legend in the United States Senate and a U.S. War Hero Called Home] By: Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. This article offers an insight into the essence of the kind of a man and leader that ...
Views: 2757(37 votes) - ***Healing - An Excerpt from Nurturing Wellness through Radical Self-Care: A Living in Balance Guide and Workbook - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2012 from Janet NestorI have chosen to share a philosophy of healing that was defined for me a year or so ago during meditation. This new way of thinking is going to change your life and the lives of those you love and cherish. You’ll change your self-talk and change the way you interact with members of your family ...
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