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- Dealing With Doubt - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2020 from Lora YoungPeople have their share of amazing attributes. Whether it’s acts of kindness, bravery, courage, altruism, or selfless love, these qualities can make others believe in the goodness of humanity. Self-doubt is a difficult thing to handle, not just because of its cynical nature, but also because ...
Views: 688 - Dealing with Everyday Life Grief - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Isabel KirkWhat comes to your mind when you think of the word grief? Most people think of death. Even if you google it, the listings that come up are related to the emotional response that surfaces from the death of a love one. There is very good information and help out there related to that topic. So the ...
Views: 1565 - Dealing with Grief and Loss during COVID-19 part 2. - by Submitted on May 19, 2020 from Lee OdescalchiWelcome back! It means a lot that you take your time to be here, especially right now when we're all juggling new responsibilities on top of our old routines. We started talking last time about feelings of loss, and I invited you to write down some of the feelings of loss you've been noticing ...
Views: 722 - Dear Dr. Romance: How can we find low cost counseling? - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2014 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I am in a same sex relationship of a year and 3 months. My girlfriend Phyllis and I have a constant communication problem that we want to address. Neither of us are currently working. I do get unemploymnet but my bills out weigh my income. Do you know how we can find low ...
Views: 1751 - Dear Dr. Romance: How do we reorder our brain for positive motivation? - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2014 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I read your article "Motivation And How to Create It (Good Boss/Bad Boss)" and found it very interesting. I understand your point about celebrating and appreciating yourself to motivate your inner potential. However I am confused about how to order my brain for ...
Views: 1317 - Decreasing the Landmines of Negtivity - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2019 from Patricia BrawleyWhy is it we remember, replay, and make up new stories about events in our lives when we felt terrible? Ask someone to tell you about a time they got their feelings hurt and they will readily come up with an event. Ask someone when the last time they felt free, successful, happy and they ...
Views: 846 - Definition: Good Life Living - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteIt's all in the words It's now been proven by science and psychology that the shortest path to success in your career, relationships, and life in general is tied to your command of the most practical words. But how do you know where to look to find "success words" that pay these great ...
Views: 991 - Definition: Life Worth Living - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2008 from Stephanie Ouellette"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." - William James Attitude is everything. I know that you've heard this before and either agreed or disagreed. Either way, you were confirming its truth. Attitude is a filter for everything going into your mind and ...
Views: 2910 - Delays Can Blessings in Disguise by Coach Simone Kelly - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2014 from Simone KellyTake a step back, get clear on what you desire, but don't forget to be grateful for the things we might think are obstacles...the delays. Oh yes, the waiting game that we can't stand playing! Grrrrrrr! Those little 'boulders' on the path of life are just minor obstacles that cause us to slow ...
Views: 1331 - Deliberate Joyful Activities - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2015 from Karen EllerAwhile back when I was doing an appreciation list, I realized that, although thoughts and feelings are of utmost importance (which the appreciation list comprises), we are physical beings living in a physical world and our activities cannot be dismissed. So, along with appreciating, I have ...
Views: 804 - Department of Excuse, Complaint and Withhold - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2011 from John-Robert (JR) ColemanDepartment of Excuse, Complaint and Withhold Here is sure-fire tips on how to rid the Dept of Excuse, Complaint and Withholds! Excuse Dept. If you catch yourself doing any one or more of the forgoing excuses, just elect to turn one of them upside down by either writing a corrective ...
Views: 1138 - Depression: Healing Grief, Suicide, PTSD In Shortest Time - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2008 from Paul RiekerI believe the current popular 'Models' for PTSD, depression and suicide are not accurate, as they are not time efficient. At this time, November 2008 the widely applied and acceptable therapies are not brief, and the disabilities go on for years, if not decades. If the symptoms were relieved ...
Views: 2242 - Designing a New Year of Intention and Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2021 from Rabbi Simon JacobsonRabbi Simon Jacobson of The Meaningful Life Center Guides Us Into Creating Greater Purpose, Intention and Growth in Our New Year “Jewish mysticism contains a concept called bittul (self-nullification), which is suspending one’s self in the moment by being so focused on the present that your ...
Views: 591 - Despite of praying to God, why do i still feel uneasy due to my negative thoughts? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2020 from Dada Bhagwan1.No, no, we don’t have to get afraid of negative thoughts. 2.We do not have to come into any kind of suffering either, for it won’t help us get anywhere. 3.Rather we must maintain awareness when such thoughts arise. 4.The moment negative thought for some third person arises in our ...
Views: 402 - Detox Your Life - by Submitted on May 31, 2014 from Tina TessinaMany of my clients come in with complaints about personal habits that feel toxic in their lives. Just as you can detox your body when you’re feeling sluggish, it’s also possible to detox your emotional life. Here are some of the most common ways your life can back up on you, and how ...
Views: 1337 - Develop a More Positive Outlook in Life through Subliminal Messages - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. It’s perfectly okay to worry about something sometimes. After all, there are just things that you cannot control, and the uncertainties of the outcome can leave you with very tensed nerves. However, you should avoid becoming a worry wart—that ...
Views: 723 - Did You Really Choose To Be Here? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from Ken FieldsI have often heard from some, as you may have too, that you chose to be here, on this planet, at this time, in the circumstances you find yourself. And why did you choose to be here? To learn lessons. Do you believe that? If so, I am going to suggest that you are misinformed. You did not choose ...
Views: 1494 - Did You Truly Choose This Path? - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2017 from Rick HansonThe human body has about 100 trillion cells (plus another ten quadrillion microscopic critters hitching a ride, most of them beneficial or harmless). Each one of your cells has aims - goals, in a sense - controlled by its DNA: cells conduct processes aimed at particular functions, like building ...
Views: 1045 - Difference between Invention, Innovation and creativity - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2020 from Shehbaz MalikInnovation comes in many forms. Unfortunately, the term is often confused with an invention. However, an invention is not an innovation, but innovation is an invention. Quite confusing. This article will create clarity in the different terms that are not the same but are related to each other: ...
Views: 2063 - Diffusing Frustration - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Valarie RochaDo you ever have days where it seems that despite your best efforts you constantly run into a brick wall with relationships, situations or your creative cycle gets thrown out of whack? Frustration is an emotion that triggers stress that can lead to anger that is self inflicted or allowed by ...
Views: 972 - Disconnecting From Fear, Hate and Discontent - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Corey SondrupEverywhere we go, we are bombarded by pictures and images that continually broadcast emotions and feelings of fear, hate and discontent. Watch the news along with all the garbage on television, read the newspaper, or better yet, listen to talk radio. All it takes is watching and listening for ...
Views: 2165 - Discover The Richest Mans Powerful Secrets - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from David Ford“Did You Know That Impossible is Just a Word In The Richest Mans Vocabulary” Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn’t fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn’t dreamed of being the home ...
Views: 1348 - Distance Work with Reiki - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Mary WinslowDistance Work with Reiki After being attuned to the 2nd level, a Reiki student becomes a “Practitioner.” Being attuned is sort of like an initiation. The Reiki Master uses the breath and symbols drawn with the finger both in the air and also on the initiates head during the attunement. ...
Views: 1223 - Divinely Selfish- Personal Care in the World of the Healing Practitioner - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2014 from Linda HellerWhen you work with and support others, do you experience: Feeling drained? Do you desire them to "get better"? Do you take on one more client because there is no one else? Are you attached to them making progress? When I first heard the expression Divinely Selfish- I experienced a lot of ...
Views: 1916 - Do Freely - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2024 from Rick HansonMost people spend most minutes of most days doing one thing after another. I sure do. Typing these words is a kind of doing, as is driving to work, making dinner, brushing one's teeth, or putting the kids to bed. For all the "labor-saving" devices of the past 50 years - dishwashers, phone ...
Views: 109 - Do People Ever Make You Mad? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2017 from Rick HansonAs the most social and loving species on the planet, we have the wonderful ability and inclination to connect with others, be empathic, cooperate, care, and love. On the other hand, we also have the capacity and inclination to be fearfully aggressive toward any individual or group we regard as ...
Views: 980 - Do Something GREAT Every Day! - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2019 from Paul HannigWant to change how you feel right now? Ask yourself, "what can I do great today?" Think about it. What's the one great thing that you did today? Perhaps it was some great insight that you got from meditating or a newsletter etc. Maybe you did something to help someone else. Did you contribute ...
Views: 970 - Do Unto Others (Or Not!) - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2008 from Nancy ShufordI don't know about you, but if someone finishes that sentence with, "as you would do unto yourself," I'd run screaming from the room! Why, you ask? Have you seen the way people treat themselves? Here's a case in point. I was home over the Christmas holidays to visit my mom. And, everyday I ...
Views: 848 - Do You Bear a Grudge? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2017 from Rick HansonGoodwill and ill will are about intention: the will is for good or ill. These intentions are expressed through action and inaction, word and deed, and-especially-thoughts. How do you feel when you sense another person taking potshots at you in her mind? What does it feel like to take potshots of ...
Views: 1058 - Do you believe in love? - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2015 from Rick HansonTake a breath right now, and notice how abundant the air is, full of life-giving oxygen offered freely by trees and other green growing things. You can't see air, but it's always available for you. Love is a lot like the air. It may be hard to see - but it's in you and all around you. In ...
Views: 1098 - Do You Care? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2015 from Rick HansonCompassion is essentially the wish that beings not suffer - from subtle physical and emotional discomfort to agony and anguish - combined with feelings of sympathetic concern. You could have compassion for an individual (a friend in the hospital, a co-worker passed over for a promotion), ...
Views: 1075 - Do You Care? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2017 from Rick HansonCompassion is essentially the wish that beings not suffer - from subtle physical and emotional discomfort to agony and anguish - combined with feelings of sympathetic concern. You could have compassion for an individual (a friend in the hospital, a co-worker passed over for a promotion), ...
Views: 997 - Do You Got To? - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2016 from Rick HansonWe're pulled and prodded by financial pressures, commuter traffic, corporate policies, technology, advertising, politics, and the people we work with and live with. As well, internal forces yank the proverbial chains, including emotional reactions, compelling desires, "shoulds," and internalized ...
Views: 1055 - Do You Think Opposites Attract? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2023 from Marcia Naomi BergerIf you think opposites attract, think again! Just about everyone believes that opposites attract, but they don’t. Yet many relationship experts write that people seek partners whose traits complement their own. THE OPPOSITES ATTRACT MYTH It’s a myth that opposites attract, states Matthew ...
Views: 409 - Do you want it all? - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Charlie MooreDo you want it all? Most people do but just don’t know how to go about it. They are either too lazy to go after it or just don’t care anymore. Wouldn’t you love to have all the money you ever needed, a great relationship, a beautiful home or homes, having a career that you love and ...
Views: 1552 - Does Being Optimistic Pave the Route to One's Happiness! - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2018 from Thabet Sava HassanFollowing my daily routine of scanning through venues of the media to become aware of the latest in current affairs, I began to acquire an empathetic feeling toward those who tend to complain endlessly about their misfortune while painting a bleak picture of the future. Most publications, ...
Views: 1071 - Does It Feel Safe With Other People? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2016 from Rick HansonWe all know this fear. You're walking down a street, someone you don't know comes toward you, and there's a second or more of wariness, scanning, apprehension, and tension or bracing in the body: a barely conscious assessment of possible threat. Or you step into a meeting with people you know ...
Views: 960 - Does Rahu indicates 2 marriages? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2021 from Sri TulasiRahu in the fourth house gives extramarital physical relationship sometimes though, depending on other planets. In the fourth house, it may cause problems for/with the mother. It will decrease the quantum of Sukh(joy and pleasures) in life even if life is successful in all aspects. Rahu will ...
Views: 584 - Does Worry Wake You Up? 5 Simple Ways to Help When You Can’t Sleep - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2014 from Pat LaDouceurI can’t sleep,” Shelly said. “I mean, I don’t have much trouble falling asleep. But then I wake up at three in the morning and can’t get back to sleep.” For Shelly, it started with a combination of a fast-paced job and the hormonal changes of pregnancy. While those things started her insomnia ...
Views: 1556 - Does Your Culture Support The Positivity Inside You? - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2014 from Dr. Mona AeyshaPositivity is a universal trait and a common factor to enhance our well being over all over the world. Every day we learn about positivity and try to adopt it as much as possible in our day to day life. We love to be called as positive parents, couples, children and positive members of our ...
Views: 1572 - Dogs at College: How Furry Friends are Changing the College Scene - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2014 from Susan CampbellThe average college student leads a very busy life. There are deadlines, homework assignments, and during finals week, a lot of flash cards and study notes to memorize. What if there was a healthy way for college students to unwind and let go of some of the stress that comes along with post high ...
Views: 667 - Don't Be Intimidated - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2023 from Rick HansonHumans evolved to be fearful since anxiety helped keep our ancestors alive. Consequently, we are vulnerable to being alarmed, manipulated, and even intimidated by threats, both real ones and “paper tigers.” This vulnerability to feeling threatened has effects at many levels, ranging from ...
Views: 350 - Don't be that guy... - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2017 from Andy KayYou know how in every comment section online there’s always that one guy who’s bitchy and moany about whatever the subject matter? Yeah, don't be that guy. Often, there’s more than one. (Lookin’ at you, YouTube!) And of course, girls do it too, but they tend to be more passive-aggressive, ...
Views: 998 - Don't Beat Yourself Up - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2023 from Rick HansonA previous JOT - admit fault and move on - was about our relationship with other people. This JOT applies the same practice to ourselves. Most people know they have less than wonderful qualities, such as too much ambition (or too little), a weakness for wine or cookies, something of a temper, ...
Views: 289 - Don't let your future be dictated by your past... - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Sue TrotterPast experiences do shape our world view. Things we learn, often as children, keep us safe and teach us how to get along in the world. They also help us to form our view of the world and our beliefs about ourselves, other people and the world in general - we call these core beliefs. These ...
Views: 4792 - Don't Quarrel - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2023 from Rick HansonIt's one thing to stick up for yourself and others. But it's a different matter to get caught up in wrangles, contentiousness, squabbles . . . in a word: quarrels. Similarly, it's one thing to disagree with someone, even to the point of arguing - but it's a different matter to get so caught ...
Views: 365 - Don't Rain On The Parade - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2023 from Rick HansonLet's say you've had an interesting idea or moment of inspiration, the thought of a new project, or felt some enthusiasm bubbling up inside you. Your notions are not fully formed and you're not really committed to them yet, but they have promise and you like them and are trying them on for size. ...
Views: 364 - Don't Take Things Personally... - by Submitted on May 19, 2015 from Vishal PandeyLearning how to not take things personally is something we can all benefit from. I mean, who doesn’t want to be more centered & resistant to all the meaningless criticism (constructive ones are good). Here we will look at the general attitude & behavior of your critics and ways to deal with ...
Views: 1054 - Don't You Think It's Time? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanI’ve noticed lately more than ever that giving is considered virtuous. The more you give, the better you are. So guess what we all do? We give and give and give even more. I am certainly guilty of this. I love to give. I love working with others who also have generous spirits. It feels good to ...
Views: 1419 - DON’T HAVE A “DIRTY MIND” – THINK THINGS THROUGH INSTEAD - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Bruce WrightThere is a certain four-letter word that is only used to describe a woman, and the last three letters of the word are: ___ U N T What do you think the word is? Be truthful now, what is the first word that jumps to your lips? Hmm. Really? Is it a word that describes the woman who is ...
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