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- Lent 2011--Forty Days to Change My Life: Day 01 - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Daniel ToopsForty Days to Change My Life—Day 01 It is lent. I am not taking about the stuff that gets caught in the screen of your clothes dryer. I am talking about Lent in the Christian tradition. That period of the liturgical year that leads up to Easter. Through various acts of devotion such as prayer ...
Views: 1700(1 vote) - Lessons Learned - Four Years Cancer Free - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Zoe RouthMy colleague Agi asked me recently, "so what have you learned from cancer?" I replied, "I always thought it was about stress - cancer was a lesson on how to avoid stress." But it's become more than that. Cancer has taught me many things. Some I always know and act on. Others I need a kick ...
Views: 1828(1 vote) - Let Nature Guide You - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLiving in the Dominican Republic, I have learned to get used to all of the the little visitors that often come in the night. I try to avoid thinking about them but I regularly see evidence of their visits the morning after and regularly, I cringe. I am a little (okay a lot) addicted to the ...
Views: 657(1 vote) - Life as Art: A Creative Adventure - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2011 from Constance BarrettMost people don't usually approach life as works of art that they create. While we may learn as children that we should have dreams, we are also warned that the outside world (called circumstances, fate, bad luck, etc.) may keep us from realizing them. These warnings, like a knife scraping ...
Views: 1360(1 vote) - 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: 1744(3 votes) - Life Lessons my Grand mother taught me! - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2011 from Justin HansenWhen I was younger my Grandmother had these amazing plaques all over the walls in her hallway, basement and bathroom. They were always full of cute little one line quotes or sayings that were either funny or inspirational in some way. She also had tons of nick-knacks and cute pictures of ...
Views: 2011(1 vote) - Life Without Limits—There Are No Restrictions—Everything is Endless and Abundant - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Cindy L. HerbHow many people believe they have limits? On a physical level, perhaps that has been the case. However, are you really limited from achieving anything, despite what you may currently believe? Why do you believe you are limited? Why are most children so joyous? Could it be that they do not ...
Views: 3303(3 votes) - Limiting Beliefs - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Rebecca EvansIn an episode of the Biggest Loser, the contestants were challenged to run a race. The race wasn’t designed to be a simple undertaking. Each participant was required to wear a special belt. Attached to these belts were weights in increments of the amount of weight they each had lost over the ...
Views: 1965(3 votes) - Live A Clutter Free Life By Going Easier On Yourself - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2012 from Marilyn BohnWhen you are busy getting tasks done but you don’t get it all done are you hard on yourself, thinking you are a failure? Stop being so hard on yourself and start using a planner to help you accomplish more that you want to do guilt free. I lift weights at the gym 5 days a week. My gym ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - Maslow for the Modern World - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is becoming more and more difficult to escape. Phones follow us wherever we go, e-mails ping and blackberries call to us with abbreviations as various TV’s bark for us to “call now!”. Our garages are filled with more cars that take us to more places in less time than we somehow used to ...
Views: 1219(2 votes) - Midlife Women - the 3 Biggest Areas Transitioning Women Struggle With - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Deborah HayesChange…difficult or at least a little scary at any age but for the midlife woman this time in our lives can be very unsettling. The truth is by the time we reach this part of our lives we have become so accustomed to living for other people’s benefit that it can be downright disquieting when ...
Views: 2555(1 vote) - Miracles of positive attitude - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from Devang ShahToday I am going to write regarding positive attitude and how it is must for our well-being. Official source says that there would be 7 main reasons for Eradication of this earth. 1. Earth-Sun distance is reducing 2. Global Warming 3. Pollution 4. Nuclear weapons 5. Eruption of ...
Views: 786(1 vote) - Mom - I Miss you So Much .... - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Abhijit KarAs a young boy school going boy ; my sole purpose in life was to utilize few hours in the afternoon for playing football. However,it was the most difficult task since my mother was very particular about taking rest after school hours ,so that we could freshen up for a great evening in terms ...
Views: 1036(1 vote) - Morals and Virtues For Every Life - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from Sheri AdamsDid you know that every human has their own virtues they live by? Likely you do. You likely have your own set of virtues/morals: not to lie, to be on time, to be respectful, to show yourself as trustworthy, work hard at your job/school, etc. Did you also know that Christians are the live the ...
Views: 2228(1 vote) - My Grandmother: A Model for Positive Psychology - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantMy grandmom was a model for positive psychology and she taught me a valuable lesson: it’s easier catching bees with honey than with vinegar. I was given the name “Mary” because of her and her devotion to The Blessed Mother. My mother, father, brother, sister and I lived upstairs in her roomy ...
Views: 2482(4 votes) - My Shadow is My Friend - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraBy Kerrie Dancing Butterfly My shadow is my friend. When my shadow appears, so does the opportunity to look inward and discover what illusions, delusions, addictions, attachments and projections are still present within me. When my shadow presents itself, during what seems like the most ...
Views: 2499(1 vote) - My Year of Crazy, Unbelievable Good Luck..... (Was it the Law of Attraction? You Decide!) - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Denise Duffield-ThomasThe last year and a half has been the luckiest and most amazing of my life so far. It also coincided with me experimenting with the Law of Attraction and other well-known personal development principles. In one year, I achieved some almost unbelievable goals and manifested almost £500,000 ...
Views: 1227(3 votes) - No Comparison - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Frances LucasWhen other people do wrong or act in a way that is not pleasing to us, sometimes we feel hurt and want to retaliate or we feel if they can do these things, why can’t we. How many times have we wondered why some people get away with things they do and we don’t? How many times have we tried to do ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - Ohhhh What is like to be an Entrepreneur! A fun anecdote moment. - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2013 from Elise QuevedoThose times in biz life when you want to scream and give up.. Just had one of those!! You know what I mean…Heart racing, eyes popping out… ohhh what is like to be an Entrepreneur! So let me tell you about this moment… I am talking to this great friend of mine over Skype when all of a sudden ...
Views: 1548(4 votes) - On Laundry Lists - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Michael ClearmanAre you a list freak? I have attempted to be one many times in my life but without success. I even bought a fancy organizer to remind me to start every day by making a priority list. Problem is I keep forgetting to open the organizer and fill in the spaces under the “Today’s Tasks” column. You ...
Views: 1264(2 votes) - Only the Strong Survive - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Joan Marie Whelan4 Ways the Manifestation Method can help you Achieve Prosperity There's wisdom in the 1969 hit, Only the Strong Survive, singer Jerry Butler sings “There’s a lot of opportunity out there just waiting for you, but you’ll never succeed if you’ve given up…Only the strong survive, only the strong ...
Views: 1530(1 vote) - Ouch! He doesn't like me! - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Michelle GottliebA very common dilemma that many people face is that we want people to like us. We may even do things that we disagree with, just to be sure that people like us. We talk about this happening with children, but, unfortunately, this is usually something that we do not grow out of. Why is it so ...
Views: 1635(2 votes) - Our Life Struggles - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Our life struggles come in many forms. Some struggles may be regarding money, love, careers or about things we cannot fathom. Our life struggles know no age, race, and religion or where you are located in this vast world. The struggles that we endure in our lifetime might be a cakewalk to ...
Views: 7798(1 vote) - Our Security Blanket - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from CHARLES GLASSMANSecurity is mostly a superstition…Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller The universe is vast beyond our comprehension. Our world seems vast, almost beyond comprehension. Think of the thousands of lives ...
Views: 1803(6 votes) - Our Thoughts Determine Our Reality - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Kelley KremerWe create our tomorrows by what we think about today. If we focus on our problems of the past, then they will inevitably show up in differing forms in our future. If we focus on our successes, then these too is what we will encounter again. Thought patterns are habitual- awareness of thoughts ...
Views: 4176(1 vote) - Packing Pickles - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDoctors say there is enough salt in one pickle to give us all the sodium we need for a year. I’d like more years, and so I consume fewer pickles. But this is a story I still gnaw on over the years. It is a story my father’s mother told over and over. And over and over. When I was younger I ...
Views: 981(2 votes) - Pain - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghPain Pain; it’s a subject that most of us would rather not hear about. Others less fortunate cannot get out of their minds. Of course pain comes in many forms. Physical pain is the most obvious form. I am not a physician so I will not address the physical or psychological issues ...
Views: 1273(2 votes) - Patience Is A Virture - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Rita HickmanYou’ve done it, I know you have. We ALL have. You finally made that call, sent that email, did that THING and want instant results. Who doesn’t? And when you finally take that chance and put something out there, you want to know that you didn’t screw up. You want to know, “did it ...
Views: 1067(2 votes) - Personal Development and the Normal Mind - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Willie HortonNothing is more frustrating than trying to better yourself and being constantly beaten backwards. Embarking on the adventure of personal development can sometimes seem similar to trying to scale Mount Everest and finding that, every time you make a little progress, you suddenly start sliding ...
Views: 2902(6 votes) - Physical Activity for Stress Management - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2013 from GARTH DELIKANThese days life is busy: with deadlines and meetings and traffic, it is difficult to find time for your own care. You begin ignoring your body, and slowly signs of stress start showing on your body. It becomes all-important to undo the harm and be prepared to confront the consequences. Doing ...
Views: 1401(1 vote) - Planning Well To Manage Our Time - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamMost of the people around us face time constrain issue in their personal or professional life because of the overwhelming amount of tasks. There are people whom I know who belong to the category of “good time management skills”, who can accomplish a ton of their personal and professional tasks ...
Views: 551(1 vote) - Positive, Possibility, Power Thinking - How To Integrate It Into Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Karl GruberPositive, Possibility, Power Thinking – How to Integrate It Into Your Life By Karl W. Gruber I have long been a disciple of the philosophy of Positive Thinking (beginning, of course, with Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in the early 20th. century), and many other great inspirational thinkers and ...
Views: 1594(2 votes) - Purpose in Life: Grounding the Fantasy - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from John Robson"LIFE PURPOSE." Do those two little words throw you into anxiety? They upset me at one time. I felt frustrated and inadequate because I hadn’t figured it out for myself. I feared I was failing at life because I wasn’t doing 'the right thing.’ The personal growth industry has created such a ...
Views: 1323(1 vote) - Questions - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Russell ShippeeWhat am I afraid of? Personally? Financially? ? In business? Family? Relationships? Remember, Ben Franklin said, A few of the things I worried about actually happened.” IF I was not afraid, what would I do? Personally? Financially? In business? Family? Relationships? ...
Views: 1014(2 votes) - Ready, Steady, Die - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Willie HortonAlthough most of my clients are business people, because of my personal development work with young aspiring sports people, I often get to spend quite a bit of time with people who have not yet grown so inward looking that they miss out on the joys of life. The psychological facts are plain, ...
Views: 1639(1 vote) - Real Entrepreneurship is Focused on Creating Positive Cash Flow - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Ben BensonSummary: If you’re a business owner seek out every possible way to reduce your expenses, increase your sales and improve your ability to generate not just one, but many cash flow positions. This is what the most successful business people do to become wealthy. They create or acquire ‘cash flows’ ...
Views: 1703(1 vote) - Redesign Your Reality - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Steven AitchisonI would like to introduce you to something called Redesigning Your Reality and it's all about changing how you perceive the world. This is something that I have learned with NLP and changed it slightly to come up with this concept. Reality Your reality is totally different from my ...
Views: 2003(6 votes) - Regrets: Reliving the Past with a Twist - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from James LeGrandIn all of our lives, there have been circumstances where things turned out differently than we thought they should have when looking back. Regret is when we feel sorrowful for those results and wish that something different resulted. Regret is born from our non-acceptance of what has happened. ...
Views: 2196(1 vote) - Relapse - It Happens (But it Doesn't Have to Be the End of the Road) - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Judy HerzanekWhat do you do if your loved one relapses? "It's the same old story, the same old song and dance." -Steven Tyler/Aerosmith The above bit of lyrics, from a song by Aerosmith is a good analogy for an addict that chooses to try some more "controlled using" (better known as ...
Views: 4488(4 votes) - Remembering and Rebirth - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2011 from Mark EarlixEverything that we go through in our lives is meaningful. Everything we have experienced is important, though not everything is necessarily there to do homage to or dwell upon nor to try to work it out again and again... Until we finally give up to the next dilemma. What is needed will ...
Views: 1817(1 vote) - Rescuiing a Generation - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghMy mom had a dream when she was young. She wanted to be a surgical nurse. Mom grew up as a middle child in a large family. Her family lived in the boonies and had little money. Her dad was a boat captain and was away all week. All of the children worked hard to take care of what little they ...
Views: 1235(2 votes) - Return The Magic To The Holiday Season - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2009 from Lynne JenrowChristmas as a child included many things, mostly it was magic. Of course, this was prior to learning that Santa Claus wasn't the guy in the white beard and red outfit. Rather it was Mom and Dad playing as Santa. I remember the discovery of the real Santa. It was one of those significant moments ...
Views: 1303(1 vote) - Ride the Waves! - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Cynthia Christianson,There is a couple I know who I really like being with. Their deep commitment to each other's well- being is very clear as they interact with each other. I feel calm, safe and relaxed with them. I like to ride that wave with them. I have a friend that brings out my quirky sense of humor. We ...
Views: 1582(1 vote) - Sacred Feminine Power: Why You Must Get Out of Your Own Way - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Domenica PapaliaWe are busy. We have careers. We have families. We have chores that need to be tended to and friends who want our support. We have bills to pay, meals to cook and children or pets to take care of. In the fast-paced rhythm of our daily lives, it is easy to overlook our own well-being, and in the ...
Views: 1032(2 votes) - Seeing Sense in the Here and Now - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Willie HortonIf your life isn’t all that you want it to be or if you’re unhappy with yourself – what you think is going on has nothing to do with reality! Decades of research prove that the normal subconscious mind quite literally makes up your reality for you. This personal version of reality has absolutely ...
Views: 1708(1 vote) - Self-Betrayal is the Most Horrific Betrayal of them All! - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2012 from Doron GilYou probably tend to think – like most people do - that the most horrific betrayal of all is a person’s betrayal of his/her partner. After all, this is what you have been brought up to believe since childhood – from books and movies you have seen; from newspaper reports you have read; from TV ...
Views: 6093(2 votes) - Sexy Lengerie- the main trump of women - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from hen markFor whom women dressing up? For whom she wears all these elegant, charming, audacious luxurious lingerie? Energetic modern woman understand perfectly that under the outerwear is a secret weapon of seduction and subordination of the men, which is practically mean- total control over ...
Views: 3312(2 votes) - Simple Tips for An Amazing Life - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamAs human beings, we have to live in this world till the end of our life, to put it another way till our death. If we study or observe our life or the life of our family members or colleagues for that matter anybody in this society we can find a variety of things in relation to the way we live. ...
Views: 459(1 vote) - Simplify Your Plate and Simplify Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Daniela Magozzi“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”-M. K. Gandhi Have you ever heard anyone say: “I wish I felt more rushed and my everyday decisions were more complex. My life is way too easy!” I didn’t think so. One of the biggest blessings in disguise for me that came from having chronic ...
Views: 1223(2 votes) - Skydiving! Some Fears Are Definitely Worth Facing - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2010 from Richard FastThe alarm was set for six … as if that was necessary. I was awake long before, in fact, I’m not too sure I even slept. Today is the day I’m going to face a bad fear – which by my definition is simply a fear I want to overcome – a fear of skydiving. With a two hour drive ahead of us, ...
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