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Happiness is, in some ways, the ultimate pursuit in self-improvement. Unlocking greater happiness can transform your life in more ways than just changing your mood. As you begin to experience a positive life you will find motivation comes easier, self-esteem grows, and that you will become a ... Views: 1265
Yesterday was the last day of my 46th year and I kept hearing as much in my mind. As the thought continuously made itself known to me, I decided to revel in the fact that an ending and therefore a beginning was taking place. I looked at my surroundings as though this was the last time I would ... Views: 1407
I’ve always found this word “selfish” intriguing. It’s such an empty word by itself yet there are so many loaded meanings and emotions to it. An artificial word, yet a powerful label.
To be labeled “selfish” is not a nice feeling for many of us so we would do whatever it takes to avoid being ... Views: 2191
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It's Just a Shoe! - by Kate Bares-Johnson, Founder: The Center for Well Being of Austin, Tx
Are you one of those people who feels a bit anxious when things get really, reaaaaaallly good? Do you habitually cover your proverbial head, waiting for the other shoe to drop? Ugh. Don't you just hate that? It's one thing to be awake and aware that the unexpected does and will occur, but to go ... Views: 1245
In order to apply the concepts of balance and self-control in your present life, you should first consider this: Did you choose the situations you were born into?
Did you have any say in who your parents were, the kind of home you grew up in, or the circumstances that shaped you genetically, ... Views: 2492
The Luminosity of Your “Sparkling Soul”
Perhaps you, like many, have heard the old familiar proverb that “The eyes are the window to the soul” which is really nothing new; however, I am taking it one step further to say that the heart must then be the doorway. Since we are living during ... Views: 3237
Your body is a phenomenal piece of work. Not only does it carry you through your days in this world, it has functions that you rarely think about or perhaps don't even know about.
Your Body, the Living Pendulum
For example, did you know that you can use your body as a pendulum? Not only is ... Views: 1735
Your boss, “would like to talk to you for a minute”. Your spouse isn’t talking to you at all. It’s 5am and you’re not looking forward to your stressful day. How do you know you’re stressed? You feel slightly queasy, a little hot or cold, your shoulders tense up, maybe your intestines feel weak. ... Views: 1230
Passage
By Martin Brofman
(from Anything Can Be Healed – Findhorn Press)
Each of the chakras is like a lens through which you choose to interpret events in the outer world. You always have the choice as to whether you will interpret these events through the filter of Security, Sensation, ... Views: 1653
Conscious Parenting or Entering a Spiritual Parenting Journey
Parenting IS the most difficult job in the world. The Journey of Personal Development magically enfolds in front of the Parents that are at all times asked to increase their capacity to Love, and Understand this complex matrix of ... Views: 1778
There is nothing more important to us than our relationships because without them we wouldn’t be the person that we are. The people we share our world with have great value for us. Even when they may not seem to agree with the way we think or who we are. They are providing us with contrast and ... Views: 1216
We all experienced a sadly familiar sense of shock and horror when we read or saw that two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Of course, it’s too early to know what or how or why; at this point, it’s all about images and anguish, sorrow for those on the scene and shock ... Views: 1568
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Death and Taxes - by Dr. Kyre Adept, Director of ART of Integration
Oooh, it’s that inevitable time of year again… not death, hopefully, but taxes. In the US, most people’s taxes are due on April 15th, so it’s a good day to stay away from the Post Office.
We all have an ambivalent relationship with taxes in particular and taxation in general. We want the ... Views: 1641
What do you think you're here for? Did you just randomly turn up in existence, or is there a seeper purpose to your being alive?
What I'm going to say may sound controversial to the unitiated. My view is that your life's mission is to love yourself. Further, to learn to love what you have, ... Views: 1669
When I was a child I was very good at football and baseball. Since it was the seventies, and while women’s lib has began to change things for those of us of the female persuasion, little league was still off limits to me. It would be another few years, before I ever saw a girl playing on an ... Views: 1286
The Truth About Energy: Mind, Body, Spirit
Energy is the source of all life. It is what we are all made of!
Interestingly, the concept of energy offers multiple meanings and presents various types. The most basic definition states that it is the vehicle for creating a reaction, motion or ... Views: 1006
Self-esteem is a way of thinking, feeling, and acting that implies you accept, respect, trust and believe in yourself. Self-esteem means that you have confidence that you can fulfill your deepest personal needs, aspirations and goals. It comes from within where you see yourself as a worthy, ... Views: 1531
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To reduce stress - by Angela Schulz-Henke, Success and Business Coach
Only those who manage to bring structures into his/her everyday life, are thereby reducing negative stress, which is otherwise inevitable.
No structures or chaos bring long term trouble with other family members and also attract disease by itself. Such missing structures lead to lack of ... Views: 1379
The Self: An Evolving Constant
A true yet perplexing paradox of self is that it is an evolving constant. It is that stable sense of constancy yet it also embodies an undeniable fluidity over time. This irony captures the Self in its most fundamental dualism. It may be an understatement to say ... Views: 1241
Our Personal Development Journey
Self Realization Journey is a most amazing Journey we will ever embark on.
It never ends and it is always successful because an invisible driver (our soul) directs the Journey.
Our commitment to grow as spiritual beings is always beautifully ... Views: 4024
We all lead busy lives. No doubt. The problem with living busy lives is that we forget, sometimes, about the living part.
Part of living is in the everyday interaction. It’s seeing the person whose eyes you avoid as you walk down the street, or the waitress who served you, the person who ... Views: 1569
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Valuing Values - by John G. Johnson www.nlpsuccessbydesign.com
Anne Marie worked hard to finally secure her coveted, hi-profile dream job, one which had glamour, power, and prestige attached to it. The job gave Anne Marie the ability to influence the direction of politics and policies in the USA and around the world. It also kept her at the office until the ... Views: 1461
The Tree Embraces Its True Nature
The secrets of creation may be found within the infinite wisdom of a tree.
A tree can teach us much more than we may even come to know. When we are challenged by situations that seem insurmountable to us, the tree provides a gentle comfort through its ... Views: 931
We often confuse our emotions with what we think they are as opposed to what they really are. This misinterpretation of our feelings to the opposite will keep us limited as this process most often interprets a wise emotion or intuition as a weak emotion or fear as we try to identify and explain ... Views: 1387
Like The Tree, Root Deeply In Yourself
To visualize a tree is an amazing image. It comes in so many distinctive forms and has a broad range of unique characteristics. The Cherry Blossoms, the Apple Blossoms and the Pine trees are all part of Mother Nature’s tapestry. You may simply see green ... Views: 1199
If you are throwing your hands up in the air with what to do for your troubled teen, you may want to consider the summer boot camp option. These programs have been specifically designed to support, guide and create structure and limits for a child with behavior problems. Additionally, these ... Views: 1833
When the psychological energy elements are in the helter-skelter form, they lack the synergistic effect. Healthy mental transformation can take place with synergism. Our noisy mental state, lacking polarization, fritters away the energy.
Let us consider an iron piece before and after ... Views: 1582
Now that all the “end-of-the-world” fear mongering and marketing is behind us, we can step into 2013 with greater clarity and purpose. Granted, this is just the beginning of a new cycle in the calendar of our New Humanity, and it may not be possible to foresee how it will all unfold, but as the ... Views: 1327
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At nine years of age, I was going to a summer camp and having lots of fun. One day we to an outdoor swimming pool, and I just laughed it up, splashing and maneuvering my around.
It wasn’t until I got home that night that I noticed I had huge sun burns all over my ... Views: 1904
Your Sparkling Soul: The Heart of God
Did you really think that you can plan your life out? You may certainly go ahead and try to. It makes sense to me to make every effort to do so, though sooner or later you’ll need to surrender to a much bigger plan at play. The higher power/ God ... Views: 1243
You are a beautiful, radiant being. You might not always feel like it, but you are! Each of us is a unique creation, full of beauty, strength, creativity, and goodness. One of the many miracles of life is that we each have amazing qualities that set us apart from everyone else.
But sadly, ... Views: 935
Getting Past An Uncomfortable Comfort Zone
Have you ever wondered why some people are able to successfully make change, yet many others cannot? This has remained a great mystery to many. Perhaps you have taken that moment to reflect and ask yourself this same question? I’m sure we all have ... Views: 989
One of the trends I dislike in our culture is the reluctance of people to take responsibility, or to respond with care to each other. In my counseling practice, I hear a lot of self-justification, mind-reading, defensiveness, blaming and complaining; which is why relationships, friendships, ... Views: 1688
I was talking with Jill a few weeks ago and she was saying that the crystals she had to help her sleep weren’t working. With a little further conversation and enquiry I soon deduced why. If you, like Jill, are having trouble sleeping, waking tied and far from refreshed, it may well be worth ... Views: 2749
Many of you are expressing that this start of the year of the snake has been a very important time for soul searching and experiencing breakthroughs of profound awakenings, and alongwith this comes recognizing the depth of resistant patterns that have been sabotaging your abilities to manifest ... Views: 1463
As we go through life handing the bumps and bruises that we all get a taste of, there’s a learning curve. Of course, the very way that we do handle that stuff determines how tough it’s going to get. Learn the lesson, it gets easier. Keep doing the same stuff, and the lesson continues until ... Views: 1330
Conscious Discernment:Distinguishing Your Values
The essential foundation for distinguishing who you are begins with recognizing, appreciating and honoring your prized individuality. Although this may sound simplistic, it is highly significant because oftentimes we are conditioned to give ... Views: 1843
I am getting older. Of course this is true for everyone, but it arrived for me so suddenly and I was a little unsure of how to be the best host to this arrival. I realized I am entering my Elder years and am now embracing the changes. My own parents gone and my children young men and women with ... Views: 1808
Sometimes we cling to the strangest things… including some weird and destructive ideas about ourselves that can be self-fulfilling.
The most common of these is the pride that many of us take in our past suffering. I’ve done it myself many times, and so have you. There’s probably only a ... Views: 1502
Where is the Sub-Conscious Mind Located?
Most people know that the root cause for our struggles is in the sub conscious mind. We all are aware that we have a conscious and a sub conscious mind and the sub conscious mind is the powerful one of the two. Most of the time we are on cruise control ... Views: 3667
Do you want to enter the gates to heaven? We have all seen the images of the pearly white gates that lead us to the heavens. We have all heard the myths about an angel weighing our souls, judging us based on passed life experiences and our future intentions. If we have been good, then we are ... Views: 1842
DO YOU KNOW…..
‘What IS’ is ONLY ever in that very moment, unless you prolong it!
Do you know that every single feeling you have is first created by a thought you think?
Every state of mind you have, whether happy, sad, depressed, angry or content begins on a thought level
Thought ... Views: 987
We as members of the baby boomer society have seen great icons leave this world. We grew up with these icons, we watched them grow up on television, and they were such an important part of our daily life.
It is hard for us to imagine Jamie Lee Curtis advertising for Activia, or Henry ... Views: 1782
It’s time you took learning into your own hands.
Learn something new-like a new language- or go back and learn it better this time. Teach yourself how to make anything, from crafts to cars. Watch the experts and learn their ways. Listen to a story of success and take a lesson.
You teach ... Views: 1860
Moving towards a particular journey or traveling to a particular destination is like experiencing a great pleasure. But before embarking on any journey, it is always good to follow certain tried and tested tips in order to experience a pleasant journey. Some helpful tips while traveling ... Views: 1073
Recently, I read a post on another blog about what the writer sees as one of the challenges of relying on the wisdom of Guides in Spirit.
To paraphrase, it says:
The biggest problem happens when someone starts depending solely on a psychic source, like their team of Spirit Guides. They ... Views: 1290
We all need reminders of the strengths we have. And we can cultivate resilience by embracing these three directives: by knowing what you have, by knowing who you are, and by knowing what you are capable of doing.
-- What You Have: strong relationships and connections to others, structure and ... Views: 1697
Each of us has a considerable capacity for strength. And while sometimes it is easier to embrace being a victim of circumstances, that role removes the obligation to change. Resilient people do not let adversity define them. Instead, they rise above adversity—poverty, abuse, neglect violence, ... Views: 1103
Facial Speak
I've been watching the Jodie Arias Death Penalty trial for the past three weeks. For those of you who aren't familiar with this case, here is a little information about her.
Jodi Arias, 32, is accused of first degree murder in the death of her former boyfriend, Travis ... Views: 1584
One day I was quoting David Carradine on my Facebook – “If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” Some people were puzzled and asked, “What does it mean?”
Likewise, in my ever first Video Blog, I said something like, “You are not a person with wisdom. You are the wisdom.” It seems to be puzzling ... Views: 1713