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- A Balanced Mind: One of the Secrets of Success - by Submitted on May 08, 2009 from Dada Vedaprajinananda7000 years ago, or so, Sadashiva, the founder of yoga, said that one of the seven secrets of spiritual success is to have a balanced mind. What does this mean? One should not have a superiority complex, nor should one have an inferiority complex. Everyone knows that a big ego is an impediment ...
Views: 1847 - Now is a New Beginning - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Kidest OMReality is a story you tell or repeat in your mind over and over again. What appears to be your reality, is a mental story, a string of thoughts, playing on loop in your eternal Now. In every one of your Now moments, you are generating an image of your life complete with all the characters you ...
Views: 999 - Swine Flu: Remaining Calm in Cases of Potential Mass Panic - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Isabel KirkLike any other threat to the basic need of survival, the recent Swine flue alert is causing fear in people. While a reasonable fear of death is a normal human reaction to a threat, excessive worrying and paranoia are not. The Swine flu alert can understandably trigger a sudden loss of security ...
Views: 1197 - The Power of Positive Handwriting Quiz - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Derrick Watkins“It’s not what happens to you that will determine how far you will go in life; it’s how you handle what happens to you”. -Zig Ziglar A positive attitude helps you cope easily with the daily affairs in your life. A positive attitude brings optimism into your life, and makes it easier to avoid ...
Views: 2125(1 vote) - Regain Your Emotional Balance in These Challenging Times! - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Lily MarsEven in the best of times, life can be challenging. Sometimes failing health or loss of a job may be at the root of our concerns. Other times it may be smaller things, such as feeling left out, being criticized or feeling judged by others that sends us for a loop. And that’s the focus of this ...
Views: 2240 - ***Don't Let the People You Work with Kill Your Dreams - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2009 from John AOVSomeday you will own your own company, build a fortune in real estate, or head up a major corporation. On that day you will have the luxury of surrounding yourself with people who support you and share your dream. That is someday, but what about today? Chances are that you are working in a job ...
Views: 1031 - Positive Persistence - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2009 from John AOVIF THERE’S EVER BEEN A TIME in your life to be persistent, it’s right now. Now is the time for you and me and all the folks we know and love to wake up every day with the mindset of “Positive Persistence.” FYI ACTION IDEA: Do everything in your power to stay motivated and inspired. Read, listen ...
Views: 2486 - How Thoughts Affect Our Reality - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2009 from Marc FreyA lot has been written about the effects of our thinking on our life. By now many people know that in some way or another our thinking affects our life. We hear things like: “Think positive, there are two sides to the coin, the glass is either half empty or half full”. Does this sound familiar? ...
Views: 7953(1 vote) - The Psychology Behind our Mood and Reactions - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2009 from Michael O'GradyHave you ever started off a day feeling great, then…WHAM…out of no where, you find yourself in a foul mood? You wonder, “What happened to put me in this mood?” You try to point out the last person, place or thing you contacted. But there’s much more to it than that. There is a term used ...
Views: 2417(1 vote) - Know Your Pressure Profile - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from Michael LicenblatDealing with demanding clients, complaining customers or difficult colleagues is often distracting and can leave you feeling drained and irritated. In this frame of mind, you are less productive and have less patience for the clients and people you work with. The key to dealing with ...
Views: 1121 - Laugh, Don’t Laugh - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen was the last time you really laughed? I am not referring to a giggle or a chuckle. What I am talking about is side-splitting, jaw-aching, tears-running-down-your-face, all-out, roll-on-the-floor laughing. If you are like most of us, it has been longer than you can remember. The truth ...
Views: 799 - Learn to Be a Winner - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Les BrownI believe there are three kinds of people. There are winners, who know what they want and understand their potential and the possibilities. They take life on. Next are losers, who do not have a clue as to who they are. They allow circumstances to shape their lives and their self-image. I ...
Views: 1699(2 votes) - Is Your Cup Half Full or Half Empty? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you typically embrace the world? Are you constantly waiting for the storm to arrive, or do you look forward to a day of uncertainty? Do you typically see the good in most situations, or are you constantly looking over your shoulder? I am a firm believer that the lens through which you ...
Views: 2062(1 vote) - Self Help Tips for Improving Your Mood - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Ismini ApostoliDecide once and for all that your mood, your sense of balance and wellbeing are your responsibility. Decide that you are precious to yourself and that you are in charge of treating yourself well. BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND. Decide that you love and honor yourself and repeat this as often as you ...
Views: 1453(3 votes) - The Two Most Important Critical Thinking Skills - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2009 from Steve GillmanThe two most important critical thinking skills are not keen observation nor logic. These help, but both of these come pretty naturally in humans (though we often choose to ignore logic). The skills I am referring to are less common, at least in their fully developed forms. That's sad, ...
Views: 972 - Happiness is Silencing Your Inner Gremlin - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2009 from Christie ClipperWhat’s the loudest voice you will ever hear? The one that comes from within. Ever not accomplish something because you tell yourself I can’t? To that I respond with a quote from Henry Ford, “If you think you can or you think you can’t you are right.” Change is never easy. To change means ...
Views: 2855 - The Man on Top of the Mountain Did Not Fall There - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2009 from Mercedes Oestermann van EssenWell, that is pretty obvious, I guess. For everyone knows that in order to get to the top of the mountain you will have to either walk, climb, or have a helicopter drop you off. In other words, some form of action will be required from you. No action, no results. That's all there is to it. ...
Views: 7967(1 vote) - Flourish in the Face of Change - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2009 from Lisa BrazeltonFLOURISH IN THE FACE OF CHANGE OVERCOMING FEAR IN TURBULENT TIMES Today, many of us have been forced to look at our life and current financial position closely, due to the uncertainty of our economy, the instability of our financial markets, and the unrelenting pessimism of media coverage. ...
Views: 1040 - Thought Patterns You Want to Adopt and Drop - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2009 from Marc FreyResearch by leading universities in the field of cognitive and behavioral science proves the existence of so called “automatic thoughts”, i.e. thoughts that come to mind involuntarily and effortlessly as an automatic response to certain stimuli. These are the thoughts that ultimately determine ...
Views: 2298 - Shades of Ego: Secrets Revealed - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Ken LaDerouteTo function in the world we need ego. Ego is your sense of individuality or awareness of the self. In the psychological sense, the ego’s quality is self-organizing, mechanistic and neutral. This simple awareness of self is required, and serves a valuable purpose. The subtle ego is with us ...
Views: 2183 - Creative Intelligence: The Solution to Limited Thinking - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2009 from Tony CucksonAs a storyteller interested in the creative process I was interested in an article I read on the web about the idea of becoming linear thinker rather than a circular thinker. The writer was inviting us out of a habit of circular thinking into a more forward-looking way of living life. In ...
Views: 1932 - 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: 1629 - ***How Can We Build Enchantment Into Our Lives? - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinI remember when I was a child how much I loved my grandmother Rose Silverman's things. They were not just the functional plastic items, earthenware and stuffed sofas that most families had when I grew up. All of the furniture and things in her apartment were 'alive' with romance, magic and ...
Views: 2095(3 votes) - ***Moving Toward the Promised Land - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinPersonal freedom is essential for happiness, for mental well-being and to feel comfortable as an Enchanted Self - someone able to access positive states of meaning again and again, while living a life of meaning and purpose. In the past I have talked about the Exodus from Egypt as a metaphorical ...
Views: 1836 - ***A Positive Psychologist Takes Her Hand to Fiction and the Result is a Win-Win for Everybody - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinWhy would a psychologist take her hand to fiction? Of course because I want people to overcome adversity and live a life worth living, filled with positive emotions. But even more specifically to my own disposition, I am a kind of visionary in the sense that I am always looking for new ways ...
Views: 1823 - 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: 2140 - 3 Key Mental Strength Secrets For Success - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Gregg SwansonYou hear it every day, not matter what the current economic situation, “they” say “If only ___” you fill in the blank. I hope you are not one of those people, I don’t think so otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this article. Think about this…why is ...
Views: 1161 - The Principles Of Success : "The Winning Edge" - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2008 from Craig LockCategory (key words): Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, Positive Thinking and Positive Psychology (enough there now, craig!) Web Sites: http://www.myspace.com/writercraig and http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/craig_lock.html ...
Views: 4570 - ***The Enchanted Self, That's Each Of Us! - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinIn my years as a psychologist, I have come to believe that most people seeking psychotherapy are unhappy. This is not only due to earlier hurts and traumas, as well as present frustrations and problems, but because they cannot access earlier happy moments often enough. The unfortunate result is ...
Views: 1662 - You can cultivate your listening - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2013 from Samantha AmitI have just returned - in one piece, from a Vipassana silent meditation retreat. Vipassana mediation encourages one to go deep within. This is done through silent sitting, with no movement and our eyes closed. Vipassana accommodates personal growth through intense listening. The ...
Views: 4478 - ***We All Need A Dose Of Inspiration The Hatpin - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinWe all need a sense of wonder and mystery in our lives. Sometimes a fast paced adventure movie or a good mystery read will satisfy that urge inside of ourselves. But sometimes we need to reach into the past and see that all through the centuries people have reported strange phenomenon, and of ...
Views: 1891 - ***Positive Fingerprints And Shadow Prints Of The Mind - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinThis article contains an excerpt from my book, THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy. The message is so important to all of us attempting to overcome adversity and to live a live of meaning and joy. I hope you enjoy the following and please try the exercise that follows. Time continues to ...
Views: 1837 - ***Saving: A Soldier's Love For His Family - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinTo overcome adversity and live a meaningful life that contains within it many opportunities for happiness is a healthy human goal. To get there it is important to practice two behaviors that help to make life the greatest joy ride of all. These two behaviors are staying connected and taking ...
Views: 1865 - ***Life, The Greatest Ride Of All - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinLife is the greatest roller coaster ride we will ever take. The ups and downs, the unexpected changes, the twists and turns, are all a part of living. The roller coaster ride of life can be miserable and uncomfortable or exciting and rewarding. Our states of mind and body are key factors in how ...
Views: 1784 - Election In These United States - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Karen KillianAs if we didn't have enough junk in our inboxes every day, now for the next two months, we have the barrage of political cartoons. Some are silly, some vicious, some are intelligently satirical, and some are just stupid. But to me, not one is particularly good for us. We live in an energetic ...
Views: 630 - ***How Can We Build Enchantment Into Our Lives? - Part 2 - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinI invite you to read about how Rebecca Trelfa put beauty, meaning and form into her home. Her story is different from my story about my grandmother and how her things have enriched my life, as each of ours stories are different. Don't forget, you have a story, too! Building Enchantment By ...
Views: 806 - ***Sometimes Furnishings are the Gateway to Enchantment - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinI remember when I was a child how much I loved my grandmother Rose Silverman's furniture and her household goods. They were not just the functional plastic items, earthenware and stuffed sofas that most families had when I grew up. All of the furniture and things in her apartment were 'alive' ...
Views: 839 - ***The Pleasures Of Grandma’s Memories - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinEach season requires special behaviors and activities on our part to optimize for ourselves living a purposeful and happy life. We actually have to practice our positive emotions, just as the champion tennis player practices her swing. We have to try to use our mental capacities as fully as ...
Views: 1037 - Turning Roadblocks into Opportunities for Creative Change - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2008 from Gisele MichelIf you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ...
Views: 1453 - Cooking as a Spiritual Practice - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2008 from Don MiltonCooking as a Spiritual Practice Most people like to eat good food and not many of us want to engage in the process of preparation and clean-up. I can speak from experience because this was my approach for most of my life. I was raised in an ethnic family and community where many activities ...
Views: 3503 - ***Remembering A True 'Enchanted Self' - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinOver my lifetime I have never tired of watching Lucille Ball in action. Oh, what ecstasy in my childhood to finish a dreary Monday by watching Lucy come to grips with her life in hysterical ways! She gave me courage to believe as a little girl that one could overcome adversity,have a life ...
Views: 848 - ***Designing A Life - We Each Get The Chance - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinAs we pass through the Seven Gateways to Happiness again and again and become a true Enchanted Self, we see that life is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from our stories. If we know how to 'juice' the richness out of life, ...
Views: 757 - Crazy Ideas Can Be Valuable - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2008 from Steve GillmanSometimes it is just fun to create and share crazy ideas. For example, I recently read about one man's idea to give away free gas. The catch was that there were remote-controlled paintball guns with cameras on them, connected to a web site on the internet. People would pay to fire paintballs at ...
Views: 684 - ***The Communal Sharing of Enchantment - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinOne of the ways that we overcome adversity and live a life worth living, experiencing lots of positive emotions and staying mentally well is by being open to the concept of mentoring. Mentoring and learning from each other is much more that taking a course or explicitly giving someone advice ...
Views: 837 - ***Life Writing: One Facet Of Living An Enchanted Life - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinThere was a time when I too, was a child. The future of being a Positive Psychologist for Women was not even a dream on the horizon. But even as a child, like you, I wanted to be happy. I wanted to live a life worth living and to feel good inside. I might not have had the sophisticated ...
Views: 997 - ***One More Way To Be Happy In The Now- Dreaming Of Department Stores - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinOvercoming adversity and creating a happy life sometimes requires great work on our parts. Sometimes to live a life worth living and to experience more positive emotions and to have a sense of mental wellness we have to climb mountains in terms of efforts to feel good. But thankfully, for most ...
Views: 1005(2 votes) - 7 Ways To Attract Money - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2008 from Tim RyanWhilst there is certainly more to life than money, neglecting to pay attention to it's importance will soon catch up with you. Some people say "Money isn't important" " I don't care about money" and such like, well I'm pretty sure your supermarket care about your money, your car dealer, your ...
Views: 1770 - Five Ways To Help Your Child Resist Peer Pressure - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2012 from Jeni HooperWanting to be popular and accepted by others is a need that goes deep; it may be hard wired as part of our evolutionary survival strategy. We automatically seek out a safe space and a social group where we feel relaxed and accepted. Children are more vulnerable than adults and their need for ...
Views: 2115 - Who Me? Empowered? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Patricia MorganWe were all excited to have signed on for Yes, You Can! an empowerment program developed by Dr. Charlotte Kasl, the creator of The 16 Steps. Her concept of empowerment is aligned with resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity. Kasl’s empowerment model is designed to support ...
Views: 1067 - Spare Me Some Change - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Patricia Morgan“Time for a change of scenery,” we told ourselves before arranging for a trip to Maui. Most of us have said something like, “I’ve changed my mind,” “I’ve changed my heart,” “You’ve changed.” “We have a change of ...
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