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- Living the Good Life - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghIt's Time to Live the Good Life Now it’s time to go to school; Creative Family Lifestyle Design School, to be exact. What is Creative Family Lifestyle Design? It is you taking charge of the direction of your life. It means making your life work for you. The 2nd Secret to Living the Good Life ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - NIYAMA - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanI am very excited to be able to offer the teachings of Yama and Niyam to everyone. If you have an interest in yogic philosophy and how you might incorporate these teachings in your life to help you with the challenges that arise on your spiritual journey, then I strongly suggest you read my new ...
Views: 1386 - What Are You Settling For? - by Submitted on May 16, 2022 from Alice LandryYou may be aware of the process of the law of attraction and the notion that our thoughts create our reality. However, are you really using this practice to your advantage? If you unconsciously live in autopilot mode, you could be repeating the same dialogue in your head and with those you ...
Views: 1386 - What is life’s purpose? - by Submitted on May 09, 2013 from Janet Perez EcklesLast Wednesday, my dear friend and I stepped into a nice hotel nestled in the busy part of Miami, near the airport. She put a large gift basket in my hands. “I think they left this for you.” What a lovely surprise! And on the night table was a stand with a copy of my new release, Simplemente ...
Views: 1386 - Learn to Do Nothing on Purpose: Simple But Powerful Mindfulness Exercises can Change Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Mark LeonardHow about making a real change this New Year. Learn to do nothing on purpose. Yes, learning to sit on your butt for a few minutes each day just watching the sensations of breath in your body could be all that you need to do to change your life for the better, in ways that you could never have ...
Views: 1385(1 vote) - Love Your Haters, They Need It! - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2014 from Simone Kelly“People warn me, when you’re on top, there’s envy.” – Hate Me Now (Nas/P.Diddy) It’s an unfortunate truth we all have to face at some point in our lives. At times people will not be on your side, they may slander you behind your back, smile in your faces as a friend and have a dart board with ...
Views: 1385 - Stress-Busting Yoga - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Gurutej KhalsaI have some hope fillers. They are stress busters. They are Guru dust. They will allow you to become your own Guru. Guru literally means one who takes you out of darkness into the light. If you want more light, more hope, more connection. Take this action and do these. They are my gift to ...
Views: 1385 - What Difference If Any Could Carrying a Personal Attack Alarm Make to My Safety? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from GARTH DELIKANBuy one and if possible go on a course and learn how to use it or better still book me for a two hour workshop within your company at a time to suit you, usually the lunch hour or immediately after work or if you get enough friends and colleagues together we could arrange a workshop. There’s ...
Views: 1385(2 votes) - 3 things every 20-something year old should know - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Sindy SackvilleIf your age falls somewhere in the 20’s scale, then this article is for you. There are many like this one out there that give you advice on love and life, so I decided to jump on the bandwagon and pitch in some of my very own suggestions seeing as to how I actually am a 20-something girl - it ...
Views: 1384 - Is there a Correlation between Being a Successful Professional Woman to Having a Successful Intimate Relationship? - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2013 from Doron GilWomen seem to be more emancipated than ever before. Many of them have well-paying jobs, highly-respected positions and credentials, and can support themselves financially. All these empower them to go on dates feeling good about themselves and acquire the “expertise” necessary to determine which ...
Views: 1384 - Men must know eight Need Privacy about women's - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Ann Yang1. The first pair of shoes is more memorable than the first kiss. A survey shows that 92% of women remember the first time with their own money to buy the shoes, regardless of the brand-name shoes, or buying the discounted goods on the street, but they recall the name of the object of their ...
Views: 1384 - Override Human Imprints - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Cheryl PetersenGrandma made me smile. Almost one hundred years old, she was lucid and bright as we caught up on the family news. Then after a bit, Grandma paused before thoughtfully telling me, “Cheryl, our human minds make us stupid, so pay attention and don’t follow its impressions, follow Love and wisdom.” ...
Views: 1384(2 votes) - When A Crisis Strikes…People Helping People - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Karin VoloMany times we tend to focus on the differences between us—and that causes all sorts of problems. If we focused on how much we have in common, it would be easier to understand each other and have compassion. The Dalai Lama said it so well when he stated we are humans sharing an experience on ...
Views: 1384 - Y Is For Yahweh - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Sara DillingerWhen I was serving four churches in and around Great Bend, Kansas, I frequently saw a car with a vanity license tag that read “Yahweh”. While I never met the owner of the car, I often wondered if it was intended as a touching tribute – along the lines of “God is my co-pilot” - or if it was ...
Views: 1384 - Baby Caring Tips For New Mom in Hot Summers - by Submitted on May 30, 2017 from sandeep KumarSummer heat is one thing that all of us want to avoid. Given the scorching heat wave all around the entire aura and mood is kept at stake and people tend to find solace in summer chillers. Extreme heat causes innumerable health problems like dehydration, cough, stomach illness etc and hence ...
Views: 1383(1 vote) - How to Beat the Best at Their Own Game - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghHow to Beat the Best at Their Own Game The Power of Focus on Demand The following is a reprint of a guest post that I did last month at the Bold Life blog. Just in case you didn’t catch it there, I thought you might enjoy it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everybody wants to win. ...
Views: 1383(1 vote) - How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2013 from Sonny JuliusThe best way to get a good night’s sleep is the alternative and natural way, not the prescription drug way. You will learn how you do this right here but first let’s see what many people try to get a good night’s sleep. A recent study found that 90% of Americans suffer from too little sleep. ...
Views: 1383 - The impact of technology on our life, living and working - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2020 from Shehbaz MalikThe speed at which technology changes our lives is almost impossible to comprehend. It feels a bit like dancing on a volcano that can erupt at any moment. But especially in a positive way, because in the future we will become (healthier) older, the world is cleaner, we are more prosperous and ...
Views: 1383 - Complete the Year Consciously - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Mike RobbinsThese few days before the start of the New Year have a magical and sacred quality to them. I appreciate the lull in activity that often takes place this week and the opportunity we have to reflect back on the year that is ending, as well as to create new possibilities and intentions for the ...
Views: 1382 - Find Your Destiny - Should Men Over 50 Bother? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2012 from Michael EcuyerI am becoming more convinced that it is crucial to find your destiny in life. Once you discover your God-given destiny, then you must pursue it until you get your breakthroughs. By definition, your destiny is something bigger than you. It isn't something you can come up with on your own. It's ...
Views: 1382 - Police Militarization: the Sign to Flee the Cities Given by Christ? - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2014 from Richard RuhlingSummary: Christ’s warning in Matthew 24 was understood by early believers as military force, and their fleeing Jerusalem in obedience spared them the siege and destruction by Titus. But the warning was not only for Jerusalem, but “the end of the world,” Matthew 24:3,15. Obama promised ...
Views: 1382 - The Power of Desire Without Attachment - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from Mike RobbinsFor many years I've had mixed feelings about my wants and have been a bit confused about the true power of desire. While I know that desire is an essential piece of the manifestation process, I also know that focusing a lot of my attention and energy on what I want has caused a great deal of ...
Views: 1382 - Who You Is & Who You Ain't - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2011 from Rachel Grant"Between the ages of twenty & forty we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our duty to outgrow and the necessary limitations of our nature beyond which we cannot trespass with impunity" ~W.H. ...
Views: 1382 - Worrying - by Submitted on May 15, 2014 from Womens Recreation, Inc.When you worry, it uses up so much energy. Too much worrying paralyzes your ability to move forward. Think of worrying as a big black bottomless pit. Each time you worry about something, you take another step down into this pit. It is up to you how much time you spend there. Everyone ...
Views: 1382 - Failure -- The Bumpy Road to Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Harry Connor JrFailure is an interesting taskmaster. It either wearies us, or it empowers us. Without the lessons failure brings, the successes will be few. John Keats wrote, "Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what ...
Views: 1381(1 vote) - Tips to Ensure a Secure Home - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2010 from GARTH DELIKANMake sure your house or flat is secure and always secure outside doors and if possible fit barrel locks top and bottom. If you have to use a key, keep it in a safe place away from the door, where you can find it quickly in an emergency – you may need to use the door in the event of ...
Views: 1381 - Embracing Life After Lolss - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Allen KleinLEARNING TO LAUGH WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE CRYING Article summary: The 5 steps for fully embracing life after a loss: Losing, Learning, Letting Go, Living, and Laughing Losing Losing a loved one is not easy. I know — I have had many losses in my life. The one that made the most impact on my ...
Views: 1380(1 vote) - Holiday Season... A time for Gratitude or Unsolicited Advice/Ridicule - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Tricia DyckaThe Holiday Season is a wonderful time for us to reconnect with our family and friends. We might have seen some of them just yesterday, and for others, many months or years have passed. We gather together enjoying a variety of delicious foods and beloved company, hopefully sharing a peaceful ...
Views: 1380(2 votes) - Hope for a New Generation - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Susan DykesThe freedom that we enjoy, we take for granted. We travel without end from one city to another, from one state to another, from one border of the United States to another without thought of restriction. We can visit most any store, whether it be grocery, drug, gas station or food chain most ...
Views: 1380(2 votes) - Spinning Your Wheels - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2015 from Womens Recreation, Inc.You take two steps forward and then something happened leaving you feeling like you have taken a giant step backwards, don’t give up. If you have tried something numerous times and have gained no ground, don’t give up hope. On some days it might feel like you are spinning your wheels, like ...
Views: 1380 - Family Leadership 101 - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghFamily Leadership 101 Leading Your Brood Are you your family’s leader? Whether your answer is yes or no, this post is focused on you. Why does leadership matter? Well, first let’s consider the following questions. Is your home just a collection of people going separately about their ...
Views: 1379(3 votes) - I Just Want a Simple Life - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Catherine PulsiferIt was one of those days when you felt like winter was almost over. The sun was shining, there was no wind, and it actually felt a bit like spring! It was not a day to stay in the house. So, we went for a drive to a friend's house. While there, our friend's mother came over. As she came into ...
Views: 1379(2 votes) - Learning From Violence - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Louise Rouse"Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes light" Jean Giraudoux Searching for the right words to shed light after the tragedy in Tucson, I remembered a book I wrote after the Columbine Shootings, titled Another Parent For Love a book on answers for ...
Views: 1379 - "The Divine Setup: How Our Perceptions can be Painfully Wrong" - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2018 from Barry and Joyce VissellSometimes our perceptions can get us into trouble. What appears so clearly to be our reality may not be real at all. Or it may be partially correct, but not the whole picture. We humans have a tendency to interpret our partial experiences as the whole truth and ignore other people's partial ...
Views: 1378 - Dr. Romance Happiness Tip: What Is A Dysfunctional Relationship? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2017 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: Unless you're completely out of touch with any media, written, audio or video, you have been bombarded with words like "dysfunctional relationship", "codependency" and "toxic family system". You may have noticed that there's a lot of information available about these ...
Views: 1378(1 vote) - The Night of the Long Knives - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Wayne HarrisonThe Night of the Long Knives Some of you who know me personally from my home area, will know that throughout my life as a 'career idiot', i was involved in knife violence, including being stabed in the chest & back myself. One such incident stands out among the rest, both in terms of frenzy, ...
Views: 1378(1 vote) - An Upside to the Downturn: One Psychotherapist's View - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Abby SeixasOne of my favorite cartoons from The New Yorker shows two mice with two exercise wheels side by side. One mouse is running frantically around his, while the other, sitting still on the edge of the wheel, says, “I had an epiphany.” The cartoon speaks to the territory I deal with all the ...
Views: 1377(2 votes) - Bible Code: Economic Trouble, Misunderstanding the Wedding Parables, No Free Elections or Rapture - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2015 from Richard RuhlingSummary: The Alpha & Omega Bible Code supports the Exodus [from bondage] as the primary model for all three wedding parables. That model is not about a rapture. Killing babies is one of a dozen parallels that the US has to the greatest nation at the time of the Exodus. Martial law brings plagues ...
Views: 1377 - How can you overcome fear? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Nina BagnallFear was taken from the Greek φόβος,phóbos, meaning ‘fear’. Although classed as one of the negative emotions. It can have some positive value. After all because we are human, it is necessary to have both positive and negative emotion, to enable us to feel. Fear is distressing, a sensation ...
Views: 1377 - How to Decrease Your Carbon Footprint - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2013 from Debbi DickinsonSometimes I hear the funniest lines that I just need to share. I have a girlfriend that talks a mile a minute. She is high-energy and has a mind that collects LOTS of facts and data points that she can retrieve at a snap of a finger. The result is that with a given topic you can receive a ...
Views: 1377 - How to Eat Clean for the Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Christine EstersThis is the time of year where juicy turkeys, delicious desserts, and tempting starchy foods will be calling your name. Visiting family and friends doesn't help either. Each home you visit, there will be tables filled with cakes, pies, sweets, alcohol and enough food for a king. While it’s ...
Views: 1377 - The Power of Acceptance - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Mike RobbinsFor much of my life I've struggled to accept certain things about myself, others, and life that I don't like. Being someone who is committed to change and transformation, the idea of "acceptance" has often seemed weak, wimpy, or like an admission of failure or powerlessness to me - although I ...
Views: 1377(4 votes) - Domestic Violence - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2014 from Womens Recreation, Inc.October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but in light of all the recent publicity I decided to write about it now. A few years back I wrote a 4 part series, you can go to Blogs and then Domestic Violence to find the articles, they are broken down by the following categories: The ...
Views: 1375 - Dr. Romance on Getting Along With Each Other - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2015 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance reflects: One of the things I'm very grateful for in my life is the opportunities I have had to travel and see the world. When I see a world in turmoil: earthquakes, war, terrorism, famine, political upheaval, inflation, human rights violations: I think not of the ...
Views: 1375 - Release Expectations - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2016 from Womens Recreation, Inc.We all hold others in high regard. When we give all of our love and devotion, we expect others to live up to the same expectations. When we call others to catch up or to show our concern, we expect the same when we are going through things as well. When we reach out, you shouldn’t have any ...
Views: 1375 - THE SITUATION FACED THE WORLD OVER DOUBTLESSLY IS VERY EXPLOSIVE IN NATURE - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThis is the story of misuse of scientific attainments the more it is becoming advanced wherein joy is less and sorrow/anguish rule the roost. This trend has just not stopped and in fact day by day it is spreading its vicious net everywhere. Till date all harm faced, all problems undergone are ...
Views: 1375(1 vote) - Generation ‘Lost’ - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Ilya TeslerWe live in a world where you can educate yourself on any topic you choose, within seconds. You have a question? Google it and get your answer, simple. In fact, it’s a little too simple. Once upon a time you would need to open a dictionary to learn the correct spelling of a word, go to a ...
Views: 1374(1 vote) - Still it keeps saying—I’m not dead, not dead. - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadDon’t think like that. Only in the chamber of seeking and getting Will I stand; Will you be just kind enough to render me an account? How much of genius each one possesses I’ll note it down accordingly. Is it possible, alas? To slice and slice over again-- Lighting a fire it has been ...
Views: 1374 - The Sentient Beings that could one day have Rights - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2015 from Christopher EvansIt was Charles Darwin that said, "Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equals". Recently in Thirsk, a town in the north of England, workers at an abattoir were caught on secret camera abusing and taunting the animals in their care. They were filmed as they ...
Views: 1374 - The Spirit of Christmas - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Just the word Christmas can warm your heart and put a smile on your face. For some it is a time of year that they have come to dread. It is the loneliest time of year for many, and a joyous time for many more. But the true meaning of Christmas is not about what lies under the Christmas tree ...
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