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- Eleven Tips to Get Through a Stressful Workday - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesStressed? Finding it hard to cope? Unfortunately, this is becoming the norm. In a recent survey conducted by ACQYR, almost four in five people felt inadequately trained to cope with stress. Respondents felt that their organizations weren’t providing sufficient training and tools to effectively ...
Views: 5800(1 vote) - How I Beat Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Ninety Days - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI have been rail thin, and I have carried more fat than I like to admit. As a collegiate wrestler, I was 4 percent body fat. As time passed into my late twenties, I ballooned to a whopping 30 percent body fat. I felt weak, tired, edgy, depressed, and was haunted by a constant craving for ...
Views: 11066(1 vote) - How to Get More Work Done in a Day - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHow do you achieve employment security in a world where there is no employment security? I start with a question: do you consider yourself to be honest and at least reasonably intelligent? Okay. As an honest, intelligent person, do you, as a general rule, get about twice as much work done on the ...
Views: 1395(1 vote) - Mental Alchemy - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBack in the Middle Ages, alchemists sought to transform base metal into gold. They searched for an elusive substance, the philosopher’s stone, which would bring about this conversion, known as alchemy. However, to initiates of the ancient mystery schools, alchemy was primarily an allegory for ...
Views: 729(1 vote) - Naturopathic Physicians: Doctors Who Understand Health as Much as Disease - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesNaturopathy is essentially an eclectic system of medicine using the most natural and least invasive methods of treating disease. Yet it is not so much a collection of treatment strategies as it is a philosophy of treating. Naturopathic physician Kenneth Proefrock, NMD, says, “What defines ...
Views: 3063(1 vote) - Positive Is Bad, Negative Is Good - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAre you fatigued, depressed, or constantly sick? Negative ions may be of benefit. Sounding like Orwellian doublespeak, the statement “positive is bad, negative is good” is scientifically backed. Hundreds of research articles over the past thirty years have shown evidence that negatively charged ...
Views: 7343(1 vote) - The Secret Link between Nutrition and Behavior: Addressing Intolerance to Food and Your Mood - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you find yourself feeling unwell and can’t figure out why, you may be suffering from a food intolerance. Unexplained fatigue and tiredness as well as brain fogginess, which make it difficult to concentrate or remember, can be linked to eating a food that doesn’t agree with your body. Food ...
Views: 2244(1 vote) - Are You a Walking Time Bomb? - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesSome of you may have read a recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal. It was titled “Medical Ignorance Contributes to Toll from Aortic Illness.” The reporters discussed how all too often, the medical community is incompetent when it comes to diagnosing aortic aneurysms; not enough ...
Views: 5602(2 votes) - ***Personal Awakening by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesTHE PROCESS OF PERSONAL AWAKENING Personal Awakening is a process of unfolding and uncovering. To awaken is to come to know and be more of who you are. It is a deep personal process, and can show you what beauty lies within you and what clouds this beauty from your own eyes. It is called an ...
Views: 2999(8 votes) - Becoming a Person of Integrity - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIntegrity is a value, like persistence, courage, and industriousness. Even more than that, it is the value that guarantees all the other values. You are a good person to the degree to which you live your life consistently with the highest values that you espouse. Integrity is the quality that ...
Views: 7911(27 votes) - Man vs. Paper Clip - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesMy patient Bob told me his story: “Look, Doc, all I did was bend over to pick up a paper clip. Wham! I was down on the floor, sucking wind. The pain in my lower back was so intense, it brought tears to my eyes. Just breathing caused excruciating pain. I don’t even want to remember what happened ...
Views: 1650(3 votes) - Naturopathy - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThis article focuses on alternative medicine therapies: what they are, why they are, and what difference that should make to you and yours. There might be some who do not know much about naturopathy and the alternative medicine therapies it employs. Wisdom dictates that you contact your ...
Views: 2840(1 vote) - Taking the Bully by the Horns - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesBullies are people we deal with 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They’re our coworkers, neighbors, acquaintances, strangers, and, yes, even family and friends slip on their bully masks from time to time. (Some more than others!) No matter who, where, or why, bullies can make you feel miserable and ...
Views: 1201(2 votes) - The 10 Assumptions That Kill Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOne of the biggest factors affecting whether or not a person will fail or succeed at any particular endeavor is the belief he holds in his mind when he embarks on it. My experience as a life coach is that most people have a remarkable knack for making assumptions about their goals that are just ...
Views: 1424(2 votes) - The Buteyko Breathing Method: Physiochemical Rebalancing or Psychospiritual Practice? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesTo meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. —Eckhart Tolle As contrary as the title may sound, the Buteyko breathing method is actually a very simple set of tools and techniques used to correct chronic patterns of ...
Views: 4297(2 votes) - Your Best Defense Is a Progressive Offense: The Lymphatic System – The Heart of It All - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe foundation of all good health lies within the function and operation of an individual’s lymphatic system. Those pesky nodes, when stressed out, will swell in your neck, especially behind the ear, and will make it impossible to swallow. The lymphatic system, according to the Microbiology ...
Views: 2202(1 vote) - Your Brain in the Modern World - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe stress that accompanies our lives can, at times, overwhelm us. Sadly, we are coping with stress by becoming a nation of addicts. According to a 2002 survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, there are nineteen million drug users, sixteen million heavy ...
Views: 2328(2 votes) - ***Create Uplifted Images, Intentions and Actions - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesUPLIFT YOUR LIFE The holiday season is a rich time of year. We celebrate with those we love, and we delight in the closeness of friends and family. Does your holiday business give you the same warm feeling, or has it become a chore? If so then, it’s time to revitalize your way throughout the ...
Views: 2087(7 votes) - ***Blessings for Life by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesCELEBRATE THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE Recognize and acknowledge the people and circumstances that bring you joy, comfort, support and wisdom. Blessings are not wrapped up in money or material goods. Blessings are the flow of support and generosity that embrace your life. A kind word can be a ...
Views: 1759(5 votes) - ***Why Most Change Programs and Improvement Initiatives Fail - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days." — Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and pioneer Many team and organization change and improvement efforts are lost or badly bewildered. Decades of studies have consistently shown that 50–70 percent are failing. There ...
Views: 1343(8 votes) - ***Cultivating Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOver the last two decades I have consulted to, provided workshops for, and delivered keynote presentations on leadership to a variety of restaurant chains and individual restaurant managers. I continue to be surprised by the general confusion between management and leadership. Managers push, ...
Views: 1347(38 votes) - ***A Checklist for Changing Me to Change Them - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The cruelest lies are often told in silence." — Robert Lewis Stevenson, 19th century Scottish poet, novelist, and essayist We can't build a team or organization that's different from us. We can't make them into something we're not. Failing to follow this principle is the single biggest ...
Views: 1320(24 votes) - ***Balancing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Change Processes - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Grass-roots change presents senior managers with a paradox: directing a 'nondirective' change process. The most effective senior managers in our study recognized their limited power to mandate corporate renewal from the top. Instead, they defined their roles as creating a climate for change, ...
Views: 1283(15 votes) - ***Changing Me to Change Them - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We must be the change we wish to see in this world." — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader who developed the practice of nonviolent disobedience that forced Great Britain to grant independence to India in 1947 I can think of all kinds of ways to change our kids, my ...
Views: 1286(30 votes) - ***Successful Change Flows from Learning, Growth, and Development - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Leaders in learning organizations are responsible for building organizations where people are continually expanding their capabilities to shape their future — that is — leaders are responsible for learning ." (his emphasis) — Peter Senge, The Leaders New Work: Building Learning ...
Views: 1157(15 votes) - ***Balancing Technology, Management, and Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." — Alfred North Whitehead, 19th century British mathematician and philosopher As Achieve (my first consulting company) was working with our Clients to implement Toward Excellence (the cultural change ...
Views: 1373(35 votes) - ***Manage Things, Lead People - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHigh-performing teams and organizations balance the discipline of systems, processes, and technology management on a base of effective people leadership. Here are some keys of the key distinctions between the two: The Management-Leadership ...
Views: 1871(35 votes) - ***From Phase of Life to Way of Life - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us." — G. K. Chesterton, British author, Fancies Versus Fads Marti was driving through her neighborhood to work one morning when a genie ...
Views: 1275(14 votes) - ***Growing at the Speed of Change - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows — it must grow; nothing can prevent it." — Mark Twain, American author and humorist Change happens. We can't control much of the world changing ...
Views: 1106(14 votes) - ***Timeless Leadership Principles in a Changing World - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. A truth is something that everybody can be shown to know and to have known, as people say, all along." — Mary McCarthy, author and critic I write these words as I sit in ...
Views: 1408(34 votes) - ***Growing the Leader in Us - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"For what we've discovered, and rediscovered, is that leadership isn't the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It's a process ordinary people use when they're bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen." — ...
Views: 1342(25 votes) - ***Healing Patterns by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHEALING PATTERNS AND CREATING HARMONY As you participate with the energies flowing through your world, remember that this is a time for change. Many dramas are being played for your benefit. Whether these dramas are in your personal life or within the global arena, you are working within these ...
Views: 2289(5 votes) - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 2) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We should take care not to make the intellect our god. It has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It cannot lead, it can only serve." - Albert Einstein There's not a lot we can do about the processing power between our ears. For the most part, we're stuck with whatever ...
Views: 1246(24 votes) - ***Change Management Can Lead to Rigidity and Resistance to Change - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Today's successful business leaders will be those who are most flexible of mind. An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait. . . Leaders will have to guide the ship while simultaneously putting everything up ...
Views: 1340(19 votes) - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLeadership deals with the world of emotions and feelings. It is more of an art than a science. Like artists, leaders have the ability to share their vision of the world. Leaders influence our perceptions and help us look at situations in new ways. These skills – and the leadership principles ...
Views: 1205(28 votes) - ***Change or Be Changed - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesGeorge was 53 when he had his first attack. He'd smoked for almost 40 years, was badly overweight, had an extremely high fat diet, and handled stress poorly. This warning shocked him into joining a smoking-cessation program. George and his wife also learned about healthy eating and improved ...
Views: 1285(15 votes) - ***A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Organizations should be built and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. If someone's doing their job...they should know their job better than anybody. They don't need to be 'empowered,' but encouraged and left alone to be able to do what they know best." — Henry ...
Views: 1217(6 votes) - ***Accept What Can't Be Changed and Change What Can Be - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself." — Robert Bennett, U.S. ...
Views: 3230(4 votes) - ***Divorce Support While Your Children Are in School - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA number of things can shake up a person's life, but divorce is definitely one of the biggest. Whether you initiated it or not, dealing with the aftermath takes a great deal of emotional fortitude. Most people start to identify themselves in conjunction with their spouse, especially after ...
Views: 1611(2 votes) - ***How Positives Changes for the New Year Can Help You Rebuild After Divorce - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhy do we make New Year’s resolutions? Because we desire change for the better. But, for those dealing with divorce, resolutions may offer much-needed hope for the future. Resolutions are meant to give us a boost and promote positive change. However, if you think back to your past resolutions, ...
Views: 896(2 votes) - ***The Beginning of Time by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesENDLESS MOMENTS Each moment is a new beginning. The universe is endlessly creating new moments and new aspects. Each "now" of the universe, of the Great Goddess Mind, is an infinite expression of new beginnings. The expression of moments is sometimes held within the focus of time. This leads ...
Views: 2026(6 votes) - Feel Alive! Thrive with the Cross Crawl - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you ever feel uncoordinated and out of balance? Or do you find it hard to focus and comprehend new information? Are simple tasks, such as reading, writing, and listening, overwhelming? Is it impossible to lose weight? Are you unable to heal? Have you lost your motivation? What’s going on? ...
Views: 6937(2 votes) - ***Less is More . . . More or Less by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLESS IS MORE The quote “Less is More,” written by the poet Robert Browning in 1855, inspired architect Mies Van der Rohe one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture and Buckminster Fuller inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist. They saw this quote as a ...
Views: 2368(6 votes) - ***Aligning in Harmony - Meditations With Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesALIGNING IN HARMONY TO ACCELERATE HEALING There is a so much upheaval on our world right now. Humanity is working through war, hunger, poverty and enslavement and working to remove those patterns from our world. The Aligning in Harmony meditation is created to change the focus and move energy ...
Views: 1876(4 votes) - ***Breaking Out of Our Mental Prisons - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. And there were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which ...
Views: 1394(2 votes) - ***Change Checkpoints and Improvement Milestones - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"When you arrive at a fork in the road — take it." — Yogi Berra, major league baseball Hall of Fame player and coach Many paths lead to higher performance. The high performance route is individual and unique for every person, team, and organization. There is no one or best way. What works for ...
Views: 1118(2 votes) - ***Change is Life - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Weep not that the world changes. Did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep." — William Cullen Bryant, 19th century American poet, critic, and editor "I hate all this change. Why can't things just stay the same?" Dirk shouted angrily at the TV news anchor. He threw ...
Views: 1128(2 votes) - ***Choosing Our Poison or Choosing to Let Go - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"The sword of attack is always held backwards. We think we're holding the handle, swinging our blade at the world. In truth, though, we're gripping the blade and waving about a harmless handle. The harder we fight, the deeper we cut ourselves." — Dan Cavicchio, Gardens from the Sand: A Story ...
Views: 985(1 vote) - ***How to Save Your Sanity During Life Transitions - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLife is full of changes and transitioning from one stage or position to another is a natural part of daily living. Unfortunately, some of those changes -- like divorce, job loss, or the death of someone close to you- are imposed on you most often by circumstances beyond your control. What more ...
Views: 1077(1 vote) - ***New Year, New Career: Dealing with Career Transition Over the Holidays - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe "holiday season" defines the time that extends from Thanksgiving to New Year's, where all we seem to do is eat, drink and be merry. Just what is it that makes the holiday season so special? It's a combination of things, really. The concept of giving is but one reason. What other time of ...
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