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- Little Things - by What a week this is going to be, right?
Opportunities, ideas, new ways of looking at things...
You create your Spiritual Success today!
Spiritual Success? This is the success you achieve From following spiritual principles to happiness that lead to your worldly and spiritual success. ...
Views: 817 - Facing Cancer on My Own - by Facing Cancer on My Own by Jill Ayn Schneider (561) 638-8873
In February of 1975, at the young age of 29, I was diagnosed with malignant cervical cancer. I had no pain or other symptoms. Young and seemingly healthy, I listened to my doctor describe something hidden within my own body that had ...
Views: 1107 - It Only Takes a Little Bit of Poison to Kill - by (Excerpt from the New York Times Best Seller "Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the Life of Your Dreams" – By Peggy McColl, Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch)
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I was married to a wonderful man. All my life, I'd dreamed ...
Views: 922 - HOW HAPPY COUPLES STAY THAT WAY - by TIME AND ENERGY TOGETHER
The MOST important trait of all is whether the two people spend enough time and energy on each other. And "enough" is a personal matter to be decided between them. Each couple must work out how much is enough (and how much is too much) on their own.
Some couples have ...
Views: 826 - DEPRESSION: WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT - by BE ANGRY OR BE DEPRESSED
Depressed people are angry people who won't admit it. They tend to say nothing when they should be saying: "Get out of my way!"
Anger is a natural emotion which occurs whenever there is something in your way. We probably get at least a little angry about 20 times each ...
Views: 1025 - DEPRESSION: THE PROBLEM - by WHAT MAKES US DEPRESSED?
We get angry about 20 times a day. If we believe our anger is bad or that it's scary to be angry, we keep it inside. This unexpressed anger wants to get out and it takes so much energy to keep it bottled up that we get tired from all that effort.
Also, since we are not ...
Views: 801 - Feel Safe By "Safing Yourself" - by Everyone feels unnecessary fear sometimes. Some people feel it almost constantly.
When you have this problem, you know you are scaring yourself mentally through self-talk and that you need to stop it. But stopping it can be difficult, so what can you do? You Can Start SAFING YOURSELF Instead! ...
Views: 867 - "Heaven on Earth" Astrology and the Flower Essences - by Heaven on Earth: Healing with Astrology and the Flower Essence Remedies
by Barbara Schermer
Astrological Consultant, Flower Essence Practitioner
The T-shirt slogan, "I'm out of Estrogen and I have a gun" would have been apt in describing my emotional state in the fall of 1996. A particularly ...
Views: 2924 - Don't Blame Yourself For The Shortcomings of Self-Help Programs - by With the start of the New Year and a new millennium, you may consider embarking on a self-help program in a quest to improve the quality of your life.
If you strictly adhere to a "proven" program that has succeeded for others, however, and fail to produce the results you want, you may become ...
Views: 1463 - Don't Blame Yourself For The Shortcomings Of Self-Help Programs - by With the start of the New Year and a new millennium, you may consider embarking on a self-help program in a quest to improve the quality of your life. If you strictly adhere to a "proven" program that has succeeded for others, however, and fail to produce the results you want, you may become ...
Views: 657 - Easy Tips for Faster Reading - by How to get more out of a trade journal/magazine
Tip # 1: Browse and Play
Browse through the publication--frontwards or backwards--so that you get to know what's in it and where it's located. Notice the layout and how the information is presented. Notice the table of contents and ...
Views: 4856 - Steps of PhotoReading at 25,000 Words a Minute - by Excerpted with permission from "The PhotoReading Whole Mind System." Third Edition, ?999.
The demands placed on you as a reader in our age of information are tremendous. The PhotoReading whole mind system can help you meet any challenge. It works with any subject matter and flexibly adapts to ...
Views: 26031(4 votes) - JUST A THOUGHT... - by Few of us are the power-marketer who could sell snow-cones to Eskimos. But, we want to be so we can build a huge pile of a business! And most of us have a lifelong pent-up demand for freedom and success that, once we find NM, we want it all right now! Then, we fumble around trying to figure out ...
Views: 943 - THE GIFT OF ENDURANCE - by When I joined the network marketing business, I didn't realize that I had signed up to run a marathon, did you?! And now I'm realizing that this marathon will probably take a few years to finish! Huh? Say what?
I'm in a big hurry to cross that finish line and claim my prizes, aren't you? I'm ...
Views: 870 - Where Can I Buy Endurance? - by When I joined the network marketing business, I didn't realize that I had signed up to run a marathon, did you?! And now I'm realizing that this marathon will probably take a few years to finish! Huh? Say what?
I'm in a big hurry to cross that finish line and claim my prizes, aren't you? I'm ...
Views: 704 - Relax in Your Own Time and Space ! - by Everyone looks forward to the holidays in the hope of finding relaxation and new experiences. It is surprising, however that many people cannot forget their work when the holiday begins! I know because my friends and I have complained about this in the past. When visiting a cathedral, a castle ...
Views: 945 - 7 Helpful Tips To Immediately Increase Your Confidence - by 1.) Ask yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” Too often, we place excess importance on potential problems. We all have a certain amount of energy so let’s apply it to creating extraordinary relationships, advancing our careers and meeting our goals INSTEAD of wasting that energy ...
Views: 33780(7 votes) - 7 Helpful Tips To Immediately Increase Your Confidence - by 1.) Ask yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” Too often, we place excess importance on potential problems. We all have a certain amount of energy so let’s apply it to creating extraordinary relationships, advancing our careers and meeting our goals INSTEAD of wasting that energy ...
Views: 1016 - Stages of Soul Growth - by The evolution of the soul is a mysterious and glorious affair with life. The souls ultimate goal is and has always been to attain enlightenment. Enlightenment is a work in progress with different developmental stages influencing it. When a person understands the energies as well as the stages of ...
Views: 7412 - Shamanic Healing & Soul Retrieval - The Journey to Wholeness - by Shamanism is an ancient tradition of knowledge of the unseen that is cross-cultural. It is thought to predate all known religions and philosophies. While shamans do not have a fixed dogma or religion, they do believe in the web of power that sustains all life. According to shamanism, all things ...
Views: 1544 - Being spiritual - by I've been thinking a lot lately about being spiritual. Years ago, it was a real dilemna for me to understand how one can be successful in a very practical world and maintain one's spiritual integrity at the same time.
Then I gradually came to see it - we are all spiritual 24 hours a day ...
Views: 848 - Are You Happy? - by Are you happy? This question is likely to bring either a defensive response like `Of course I am!’ or a bemused reply of , `No, should I be?’
Happiness is such a simple, natural concept and yet it seems so hard for the average person to attain. ,ost os us are really bad at being happy!Why on ...
Views: 634 - What is detachment - by Count the number of times you got emotionally involved in something against your will and better judgment. How many times have you got angry, frustrated or disappointed? How many times have your moods swung high and low? Each time you told yourself that next time you will stay cool, and yet each ...
Views: 6416(1 vote) - Feelings, emotions and creative visualization - by Most of you have probably heard or read about creative visualization. Some of you have may have tried it too. The idea is that by concentrating on the mental image of an object, it is possible to attract it. Circumstances, events, and behavior can also be influenced and changed by the power of ...
Views: 1158 - Papal Supremacy - by Referring to the doctrine of Papal Supremacy the Catechism notes in paragraph 882, “the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." ...
Views: 1515 - The Secret to Successful Self Improvement is "Self" - by From friends and colleagues who want to quit smoking to people I know in drug rehab, one thing has been constant in their quest to achieve their goal, that is their personal commitment. Personal commitment or convincing one's self that this is what you really want is not easy. It is very ...
Views: 805 - Looking Back Helps Us Move Forward - by I find the end of a year to be a time of reflection. For me it is important to formally "complete" the year that is closing so that I can set my intentions for the year that is before me.
I like to sit in the quiet of my living room, a candle lit, some quiet music in the background, a pad of ...
Views: 818 - Purpose of Life on Earth - by We are here with the purpose of learning and improvement of our soul, why then so materialistic, so much ambition, it dosen't matter what we want money and power,even if we need to step over the head of others,that is our World since THE CREATION OF MAN,we believe that we are better than others, ...
Views: 929 - In This Time of Sorrow - by As a career and life coach in Sacramento, California, I have clients calling me with questions about how to cope with the multiple tragedies we’ve shared as a nation. One of the best ways to cope is to give blood or donate money if you are able. Besides giving something to those in need, it is ...
Views: 823 - Do You Measure Up? - by This past weekend, I happened to be watching a dog competition on a cable network. How cute the dogs were, I thought, as they pranced around for the judges. Their teeth were inspected, and their shapes were matched against the ideal body type for those of their breed. Now, I have nothing ...
Views: 1188 - Today, Tomorrow and the Tomorrow After That... - by During the events of last week, I, like you, have experienced many emotions -- horror, sadness, anger, gratitude and deep concern for the brave and generous men and women who are doing the difficult work that must be done.
To those who have lost family and loved ones, I express my deepest ...
Views: 555 - Make a Place for Your Illness and Put It in Its Place - by "A place for everything, and everything in its place."
That may be a fine idea if you're eyeing the clutter on the living room floor, or a pile or two of old magazines and catalogues collecting dust in a corner. But what has it got to do with coping with illness? Plenty.
Illness is never a ...
Views: 623 - How to Create Positive Mind Whispers - by It's difficult to heal when negative thoughts control you. Here's what you can do to turn them around.
Mind whispers. Do you have them? Most of us do. You know--that little voice in your mind that whispers praise, encouragement and satisfaction, or criticism, self-doubt and fear. You can learn ...
Views: 1114 - You and Your Doctor--It Takes Two to Tango - by You may not think of your relationship with your doctor as a dance, but it is. When you and your physician are in step with one another good things happen. Your doctor listens to you, makes a diagnosis and offers information about your condition and its treatment. You feel free to ask questions, ...
Views: 713 - The Office Bully: What's a Co-Worker to Do? Part II - by You're on your way to work. You feel tightness in your chest, a knot in your stomach and tension in your shoulders. You haven't even stepped foot in the office and already there's physical chaos in your body! You're aware of the dread you feel, and of of how nervous and jittery you are. You ...
Views: 10847(3 votes) - The Office Bully Part III - by Workplace bullying is a silent epidemic in corporate America. Studying anti-social behavior isn't new. It has been researched and evaluated widely over the years, and continues to be studied by psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, behaviorists, criminologists and educators. More recently, ...
Views: 3474 - The Office Bully Part I - by The Office Bully: What's a Manager to Do? Part I
Pauline A. Salvucci, M.A.
Sometimes they resemble a pit bull on a bad hair day. Cross their path at the wrong time and you'll receive a tenacious bite in the form of a scalding tongue lashing. At other times their relentless criticism and ...
Views: 2192 - Finding Forgiveness - by "Reconciliation or Revenge"
When the ash begins to settle,
the tears dry upon our face,
The time to go inside ourselves,
in search of our Lord's grace.
Dear God,
It's me and I have but one question to ask you. You alone are aware of the truth on both sides of this tragic affair. Our ...
Views: 1095 - Healing Yourself and Others through Positive Action - by With the shocking news of the terrorist attacks on America it is easy to be negative and feel down about the world today. The safety we once felt living in America, far away from the political and religious conflicts of other countries has now been demolished. The terrorist attacks make people ...
Views: 923 - Identifying Our Individual Needs - by Identifying Our Individual Needs
by Kevin Ryerson © 1997
Unless we can clearly define our needs, we can't fulfill them or communicate them to others. The best way to identify our needs is by meditating on them. If we calm ourselves and reflect deeply on the eight needs, any need that isn't ...
Views: 1538 - New Centre for Truth and Art, London, UK, invites members - by An Invitation to join Open Space, a new home for Truth and Art, London, England
“Emptiness is the way forward, and the way back, and the way in, and the way out. Emptiness is where we arise and where we disappear.”
Open Space is looking for more members prior to its launch. It seeks to focus ...
Views: 986 - Excerpt from Look 10 Years Younger, Live 10 Years Longer: Seven Secrets of Robust Mature Men - by 1. Take Care of the Body
Twenty years ago, young adulthood was considered to be between the ages of 18 and 22. A recent Gallup poll delivered the newly emerged range of young adulthood as between 18 and 40! We're definitely living longer and staying youthful for more extended periods. This quiet ...
Views: 1557(1 vote) - Making Mistakes and Redefining Success - by One of the most common reasons we don't set and achieve goals is our fear that we might make a mistake. We want to be guaranteed that we will succeed before we step out and take any risks. Yet in waiting for this elusive guarantee we overlook a basic truth: mistakes are the way we ...
Views: 694 - Communicating Our Power - by Women in the United States today have more freedom and power than ever before. Not only are the laws on our side in seeking to eliminate gender-based barriers, but serious inroads have been made into the Old Boys?Club in many areas of our professional and social lives. However it takes a long ...
Views: 779 - On Writing about Fear - by “These are days full of loss and pain, of suffering and sorrow. But they are not days of waste.” These are the words of the Reverend Leslie D. Weatherhead (The Will of God), spoken in 1944 in the midst of World War II, but they could not be more relevant today, as we go about our daily lives in ...
Views: 2513 - Seek and Beware of "Divine Emptiness" - by Megan walks into my office after several months of hard work in her individual and group therapy. Her brow is furrowed. She looks confused. No, she actually seems to be in pain. If I have learned nothing else in my years as a psychotherapist, I have learned not to jump to conclusions by ...
Views: 921 - Something for the Fearful Flyer - by What do you say to the person who is afraid of flying and whose livelihood depends on traveling great distances? The truth is most of us are afraid of flying to one degree or another, ranging from mild discomfort to intense dread. Let us assume that you have a fear of flying that falls somewhere ...
Views: 909 - Daily Decision - by Most any self-help book will tell you, in one way or another, that “self love is the key” – the key to happiness, the key to a positive self-image, the key to good mental health. Most self-help books convey that message clearly. They vary, however, in how well they teach the reader how to ...
Views: 812 - Earning Your Own Respect - by Be careful to not become so caught up in getting ready to live that you forget to live.
Imagine a football team that becomes so involved in planning their strategy for the big game that they forget to leave the locker room to go on the playing field, or the student who never applies the ...
Views: 610 - What Self-Forgiveness Is - by A common fear – and criticism of self-help psychology – is that self-forgiveness is a snazzy, politically correct, socially acceptable way of letting ourselves off the hook by avoiding accountability and personal responsibility. This is absolutely not true. In fact, the more powerful and ...
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