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- Wishing well? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2017 from Rick HansonLately, I've been wondering what would be on my personal list of top five practices (all tied for first place). You might ask yourself the same question, knowing that you can cluster related practices under a single umbrella, your list may differ from mine, and your practices may change over ...
Views: 1029 - Women and the Art of Play - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Phyllis GoldbergWe all know about the importance of play for the emotional growth and development of children. It can enhance their imagination, increase social skills and boost self-confidence. So why don't we place more value on play for ourselves? According to a recent study by the Families and Work ...
Views: 1316 - WORDS ARE WICKED - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2017 from William CottringerWORDS ARE WICKED By Bill Cottringer “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends,” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. For over 50-years now, I have worked in criminal justice as a law enforcement officer, prison warden and a security manager, and ...
Views: 1344 - Words That Live On and Touch the Soul - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from John Carinci(taken from my book) "It was September 18, 2007, a normal Tuesday in the lives of many millions of people. But on this date a computer science professor, Randy Pausch, Ph.D., gave what is now known as “The Last Lecture.” It actually was the professor’s last lecture, given at Carnegie Mellon ...
Views: 1235 - Worldview and Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2017 from Smith Publicity“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.” ― Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) The Optimum ...
Views: 1890 - WRESTLING WITH THE ULTIMATE CONFLICT: CONTRADICTORY PARADIGMS - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from William CottringerWRESTLING WITH THE ULTIMATE CONFLICT: CONTRADICTORY PARADIGMS By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “The only way you become aware of the intrinsic paradigms that guide your thinking are when they come in open contact with their opposites.” ~The author. I am sorry but I am not going to ...
Views: 1255 - Yoga - The Life Breath Of Generations - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2012 from Ken FieldsYoga is generally considered to be a set of physical postures; often a class to which millions of people throughout the world go to stretch this way and that. Yoga, however, is a much grander philosophy which encompasses not just physical health but mental well-being and spiritual ...
Views: 1677 - You already know this, don't you? - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2014 from Krysti TurznikWe all want more. More for ourselves. More for our families. More for our lives. We want the ability to have more, be more, discover more, and do more. We want this life to be as full and enriching as we can possibly imagine it to be. Greater than that even. We know intuitively that ...
Views: 1076 - You Are Enough - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2014 from Mike RobbinsI had a powerful conversation with my counselor Eleanor a while back about insecurity. She said to me, "Mike when you're feeling insecure, it's important to understand which aspect of yourself is feeling insecure. The child within you is asking, 'Am I getting enough?' The adolescent within you ...
Views: 1470 - You Are Enough! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2021 from Charles HeinekeFor most of my life I sought to earn my sense of self-worth from others. That seemed to be the way the world worked. I sought approval from those "over me," those whose approval seemed necessary, or at least helpful, to moving my life forward. But there were so many different, often conflicting, ...
Views: 1239 - You Are Not Who You Think You Are! - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Wayne KehlWe all wake up each morning with a personal vision of ourselves. We look in the mirror and see ourselves staring back, with bleary eyes and messy hair. When we see the way we look, we immediately set about improving our appearance. We shower, shave, wash, comb our hair, put on makeup if we are ...
Views: 1221 - You Are Specially Made! - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2013 from Ronald RossThe first and most provable difference between you and everyone else on the planet is that no one is constructed like you. Your body is different from anyone who has ever lived or will ever live – different on the inside and out. A whole new science called biometrics is dedicated to the ...
Views: 1082 - You Are, More Than Enough - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Michael Sean Symonds:From birth we are conditioned into believing we need to be somebody. We are taught and indoctrinated into the belief that we need to be somebody that does something, thinks something ~ to get something that will lead us to the promised land of happiness. We are brainwashed by family, ...
Views: 1045 - 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: 4677 - You Can Heal Your Memories When You Choose To - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2014 from Frank HealyMany people define themselves by their past. If you had physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in the past you are angry, depressed, anxious, resentful, mistrusting of people and can't do anything about it, it's just the way it is. However, more people now are discovering that you choose how you ...
Views: 1614 - You Can. No matter what you thought before. - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Christoph NiederstadtYou Can. No matter what you thought before. by Christoph Niederstadt You probably watched The Secret? It's all about the Law of attraction and how it works. And it's all very inspiring. I watched it may be 60 times during an unemployment period. At the Time it filled me with great hope, that ...
Views: 713 - You Don't Have To Be Brilliant In Order ToSucceed Greatly - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2015 from John Carinci“You don’t have to be brilliant to have brilliant ideas and outcomes” At the age of nineteen, a Russian, Igor Sikorsky, almost had a working model of the first helicopter. By the age of forty-nine in 1940, Sikorsky’s successful VS-300 became a model that others based theirs on, and Sikorsky ...
Views: 1085 - You Never Get Frustrated - Do You? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2012 from George ThomasIf you’re anything like me, you’ve put thought energy and effort into a project, only to be disappointed that the results were not what you wanted. Here’s a tip on what may have ‘gone wrong’ and how a revised perspective can help. You’ll find this added understanding invaluable. As with ...
Views: 1616 - Your "Power" is in Positive Thinking. - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Nicholas LimWhen I was in secondary school, my father introduced me to positive thinking and having a positive attitude. He insisted that I read all the books by Norman Vincent Peale who was the progenitor of Positive Thinking (1952). Although it did not kick in at first, it did eventually after a few ...
Views: 1087 - Your Body - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2021 from Rick HansonAs a kid, I was really out of touch with my body. I hardly noticed it most of the time, and when I did, I prodded it like a mule to do a better job of hauling "me" - the head - around. This approach helped me soldier through some tough times. But there were costs. Many pleasures were numbed, ...
Views: 476 - Your Empowering Days for August, 2011 - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2011 from Ellen WhitehurstInside the first two days of August, Mercury the Messenger, the planet that governs all things related to communications, goes on vacation until the end of the month. Now, I don’t know about you, but How I Spent My Summer Vacation (so far at least) is pushing water up a lazy river. People. ...
Views: 1575 - Your Greatest Tool in Self Evolution: Appreciation - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2013 from Paul SmitLooking for appreciation within a field of fear is often hard to do. The reason for this is that focus on fear takes prevalence within one’s attention and the outcome of that is forgetting to place any attention on appreciation.Appreciation is of utmost importance as it is in truth, one’s utmost ...
Views: 917 - Your Inner Beliefs- Are They Serving Or Sabotaging? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Rhod JonesIf I asked you whatinner beliefs you hold deep within your mind will you be able to answer with any accuracy? If you couldn't, then don't worry, this is a question that many people have difficulty knowing the real answer to. To find out what are the true inner beliefs you have stored away ...
Views: 2671 - Your lbs May Prevent Stress and Negativity - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2015 from Michael MantellDid you know that most of the people you know, including yourself very likely, find it easier to work than to enjoy free time? Becoming successful, it seems, trumps developing happiness. This is what Shawn Achor relies on when he writes about the “Happiness Myth,” namely the myth that hard work ...
Views: 1271 - Your New Anti-Anxiety Morning Routine - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2013 from Dennis SimsekDid I ever tell you how much I dreaded that morning feeling? The feeling of having to get up feeling tired, groggy, and having to battle through another day with the unlimited symptoms that anxiety brings. I felt like I was always in a never ending tennis match with no changeovers to take a ...
Views: 1930 - Your New Start Begins Now - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2023 from Rita RockerSo what happens when we need a new start? How do we actually get through the amazing transformation our Creator has for us, going from that caterpillar to becoming the soaring, beautiful butterfly? You are definitely not alone in the unpleasant struggle. A metamorphosis is defined here in a ...
Views: 422 - Your PMS? Not for long with this new approach! Ten Steps to Master and Heal your PMS! - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Pauline HouleIn our modern society, we more and more see bullet point articles. We want to cure everything with the ‘miracle pill’ and the new gadget. At times we are blessed with such discoveries; other times, one more guru is born with the latest miracle cure. When it comes to PMS, I have ...
Views: 1166 - Your Renewable Energy - by Submitted on May 21, 2013 from Tina NiesAre you fueling your life and passions with “renewable energy”? Renewable Energy is considered to: be energy generated from natural resources; or energy that is replenished at the same rate it is used; energy coming from sources that can be replenished; or even energy produced from inexhaustible ...
Views: 1461 - Your Self-Talk Can Make You or Break You - Focusing on the Negative and Mind Reading - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteThere are so many ways that your self-talk can add to your life or subtract to it. In this article, I’ll explain two types of mind games your self-talk can play with you: focusing on the negative while discounting the positive as well as mind reading. Let’s start with focusing on the negative ...
Views: 6752 - Your Self-Talk Can Make You or Break You - Predicting a Negative Outcome and Overgeneralizing - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2020 from Vivian HarteSince your self-talk affects everything about your life, what you learn in this article is crucial to your growth toward high self-confidence. Have you ever said any of these to yourself? • I can’t do it. • I’m so stupid! I can’t do anything right. • I’m afraid to speak up at ...
Views: 7604 - Your Ultimate Guide to STD Testing in Singapore - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2020 from Engr AhmadSexually transmitted diseases, or STDS, refer to infections that are passed from one person to another via sexual contact. These diseases are transmitted when there are physical contact between the genitals of one person and the mouth, eyes, anus, and/or genitals of their partner. The most ...
Views: 564 - You’re More Resilient Than You Think - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from M.J. Ryan“I can’t handle this,” Susan cried, contemplating her daughter’s dwindling college fund. I know how she feels. When I think of the changes I’ve had to deal with in my life—having to lie flat in bed for a year due to back pain, going through a devastating breakup, dealing with the financial ...
Views: 1641 - `No Man is an Island’ – Revisited! - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2018 from Ron ParkerYou have heard the phrase – No Man is an Island – and like most of us, it sounded good to you. It was true as much as we thought about the many times we have tried to do something and then found we needed help. However, once we analyze that a little more closely we can conclude that ...
Views: 954 - “P” Point Power - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2023 from William Cottringer“P” Point Power by William Cottringer, Ph.D. Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. ~Aldous Huxley. Earlier on in my correctional career, an MIT math genius, Herb Gross, introduced me to an obscure engineering term, which he called ...
Views: 416 - “The Greatest Living Miracle In The World – IS YOU!” - by Submitted on May 20, 2012 from John Carinci“The Greatest Living Miracle In The World – IS YOU!” YES, YOU - are the greatest living miracle in the world! No one else in the world has your exact eyes, hair, fingerprints, personality, or DNA. The odds of your being born into the specific person and personality you are have been ...
Views: 1741 - “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”… Really?? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2015 from Suzanne St. John SmithWe’re about to head into what is likely your busiest time of the year, and yet songs joyfully remind us that it’s THE most ‘wonderful’ time of the year. Most people wouldn’t agree. Expectations for the holiday season seem to grow exponentially each year, but in reality, all you need to do ...
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