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From Breaking Up and Bouncing Back: Moving On to Create the Love Life You Deserve by Samantha Burns, LMHCTwelve Incantations for Purpose, Power and CalmNOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING RIGHTSEEKING PEACE- What “Impossible Dream” Are You Dreaming? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2013 from Judy WidenerHas this ever happened to you? You chose a New Year's resolution, but you didn't know where to start, so you never got started. Your elusive desire became impossibly unattainable. When your habit is to focus on what's missing, your process of goal setting will entail gathering up a bunch ...
Views: 1651 - Are You Making the Most of This Season? - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2013 from Judy WidenerLast week, I stood on my back porch, watching the snow fall. No matter how many times I see it, I'm always struck by how magical this act of nature feels. Peaceful. Quiet. Lovely. Winter is a sacred time of the year. Our modern culture has collapsed the introspective potential of winter into ...
Views: 1684 - Be The Master of Your Emotions - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Michael BroderDo you find that at times your emotions get the best of you? What do you usually do when you feel that you’re on the brink of a “meltdown”? Maybe you turn to someone else to console you or maybe you self medicate with drugs, alcohol or something less obvious like overwork. Perhaps at some point, ...
Views: 1785 - It’s Passion That Blurs the Lines Separating Work and Play - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Michael BroderAccording to Forbes in 2012 only 50% of adults reported being satisfied with their jobs. Job dissatisfaction can greatly increase levels of anxiety, depression and stress. If this speaks to you, there are a variety of reasons why you may be dissatisfied with your job— ranging from disappointment ...
Views: 1650(1 vote) - Who Are You In The Big Scheme Of Things? - The Interconnectedness of All Life - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Nicola GraceExcerpt from the book www.DiscoverWhatYouAreHereToDo.com, by Nicola Grace - The Mission Mentor Our society has taken a predominantly separatist view of life where we tend to look at everything as separate moving parts that don’t have any relationship to each other. While there are ...
Views: 2228(2 votes) - Be As Smart As Einstein in 4 Simple Steps - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from Judy WidenerWhen Albert Einstein died, there was much anticipation about what the autopsy of his brain would reveal. Scientists speculated that his brain was significantly larger or more dense that normal. So they were confused and disappointed to discover that Einstein's brain was actually slightly smaller ...
Views: 1995 - The Formation Of Belief - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from John AllanThe Formation Of Beliefs We organise our beliefs in a number of ways and create those beliefs through learning and recognition of symbols or representations that are stored in conscious and subconscious memory. Our belief about a particular represented fact, then, is the stored ...
Views: 1994 - 5 Ways to Improve Your Social Life As an Adult - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from Michael BroderEvery milestone in your life comes with meeting new people. As you get older, it can be harder to make and maintain friendships than it was when you were a kid. As a child, you were probably surrounded by peers at school day after day. Perhaps you were involved in activities where you could ...
Views: 2787(1 vote) - How is Breathing Like Thinking? - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2012 from Judy WidenerYour lungs and your brain have one thing in common: they both run on autopilot unless you take conscious control of their activity. Your breathing happens automatically. But if you decide to take a deep breath, the automation stops. As long as you're thinking about breathing, you'll have ...
Views: 1574 - Discover the Benefits of Mindfulness - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2012 from Michael BroderDo you sometimes find yourself thinking more about past and/or future things than what you're doing in the present? If so, you might be missing much of the beauty the life has to offer. Perhaps, you're not performing daily tasks to the best of your ability or it might be that you're very ...
Views: 1364 - Acting As If You Already Are - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Rick GettleLearning How To Act As If - You Already Are © By Rick Gettle Excerpt Article From: Succes Academy "Successercising - Successful Living Course Series" - Course #14 Actors Do It For A Living A Good Actor Can Get Paid Twenty Million Dollars Just To Act As If They Were Someone Else In A ...
Views: 1755(2 votes) - When the Servant Becomes the Master - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Judy WidenerThe liver that you were born with will be essentially the same when you die. Not so for your brain. It's the only organ that evolves throughout your lifetime in ways that are unique to you, based on the thoughts you think. Your greatest challenge is to figure out how to master it, then use ...
Views: 1901 - Want To Know "How To Be A Millionaire?"-- Part 2 - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from John SeayHow to be a millionaire requires revising your old money blueprint that is housed in your subconscious mind. Your old money blueprint is the result of the information or "programming" you received when you were growing up. I remember how my mother and aunts and uncles would say things like, ...
Views: 1411 - Create Traditions that Sizzle, Not Fizzle - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2012 from Judy WidenerHas this ever happened to you? You're knee deep in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, when you have a flash of inspiration: you want to start a new tradition with your beloveds. But when you share your idea, you only get scowls in response. Your vision of an evening of hot cider and ...
Views: 1525 - just for Today - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Carl Tuchy PalmieriJUST FOR TODAY 1. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that “most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals. 2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, ...
Views: 1917(1 vote) - For a Stronger Relationship, Resolve Your Conflicts - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Michael BroderNo two people can agree on everything, but disagreements or arguments in your relationship don’t have to end with one or both of you angry or in tears. Here are some suggestions to make the bumps in your relationship a little less difficult and more satisfying. Create a code word -Very rarely ...
Views: 1197(1 vote) - Don’t Let Your Expectations Do You In - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Michael BroderWhether your anger stems from road rage, your relationship, your job, or anything else in your life, the underlying cause might be the same. It’s easy to blame the driver who cut you off, your partner, or your boss for “making you feel angry”, but it’s your expectations that are probably the ...
Views: 1275 - Don’t Let Your Expectations Do You In - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2012 from Michael S. BroderWhether your anger stems from road rage, your relationship, your job, or anything else in your life, the underlying cause might be the same. It’s easy to blame the driver who cut you off, your partner, or your boss for “making you feel angry”, but it’s your expectations that are probably the ...
Views: 1075 - What is Mensa - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2012 from Lisa LongportWhat is Mensa? Mensa is a society of people who have abnormally high IQs, sometimes referred to as the Genius Society. These are the people you knew in high school and college, and you may have been one yourself, that simply excelled intellectually in nearly every aspect, and who enjoyed ...
Views: 1456 - It's Your Time Now - A Guide to Living Your Life by Design - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2012 from Marquita HeraldWhen was the last time you took an honest look at the life you’re in today? Does your life represent a path you’ve chosen for yourself? Is it based on your dreams and created by decisions you’ve made about how you want to live each day? Or did you simply happen into your current life as a ...
Views: 1732(1 vote) - The Surprising Power of the Placebo Effect - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2012 from Judy WidenerOne gap between your capabilities and the repetitive tasks that can cause you discomfort over time relates to the placebo effect. You’ve heard of the placebo effect: a percentage of test subjects get better when they’re given a sugar pill. The reverse can also happen. The nocebo effect causes ...
Views: 1466 - You Really Do Learn By Osmosis, Sort Of - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Judy WidenerWe've discovered that heredity is no longer synonymous with genetics. As a mere 4% of your DNA, genes are way overrated. Epigenetics, one of the hottest trends in scientific research, is trying to figure out what the other 96% is doing. Epigenetics studies how your genetic expression is ...
Views: 2416(1 vote) - You Know Only 4% Of What You Think You Know - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2012 from Judy WidenerIt's 2012. In the past hundred years, we've figured out a lot of what makes the world tick. We've nearly snuffed out diseases that wiped out millions in the past. We've learned how to fly. We're feeling pretty smart. But there's so much we don't know yet. For instance, only 4% of the universe ...
Views: 1422 - ***Gallup Pollsters are Not Business Consultants - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Doug StaneartEvery few years a new training fad will become very popular and be all the rage, but these fads are often short lived. The fads are typically introduced to the business world by a charismatic speaker or a well publicized book, but they all have a single aspect in common -- the results that they ...
Views: 9252(3 votes) - Change Your Life in 30 days - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2012 from Harry JamesAre you ready to change your life and become the person you want to be? There are many reasons why you may want to change your life. You may want improve your relationship, suffer from confidence issues, feel under-valued at work, want to change careers, quit smoking or lose weight. Whatever ...
Views: 1681(1 vote) - Can Thinking Really Make You Smarter? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2012 from Judy WidenerThere's an exciting new field of scientific study. It's called contemplative neuroscience, or self-directed evolution. In a nutshell, it looks at how your thoughts affect the size and functioning of various brain structures. It's one more way science is proving that the thoughts you're choosing ...
Views: 3869 - Top 10 Keys To Self Help Success! - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2012 from Joey PoltorSo I said to myself, I want to create something with such paramount value that people love me, my wife and my company. Here it is: How many people in the world do you think are just 'content' in their lives? Most people, for lack of statistics, are NOT happy in their lives. They take pills ...
Views: 2100(3 votes) - What Smoker Type Are You? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Daniyar AhaIf you are a smoker, you are a minority in the world. Out of 7 billion breathing, approximately 1.3 billion are doing it just like you—through burning tobacco leaves. Almost anything that is a billion is a lot. This is especially true about actual people, like you, who walk around this ...
Views: 1192(1 vote) - For a Less Stressed, More Peaceful Holiday Season, Start Now! - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2012 from Judy WidenerWould you like to feel more calm, focused and balanced this holiday season? The holidays start in 90 days. That's plenty of time to pre-create what you want to experience during the time of year that celebrates loving connections. How would you like your holidays to be? Are the holidays ...
Views: 1555 - Buying Lists and Booming the Leads - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2012 from Linda MentzerSoaring up the sales is not that easy task for any marketers until and unless your sales pipeline filled with usable leads. If you’re doing your own lead generation campaign, then it’s cool, no problem! But are you satisfied with you leads and are those enough to keep your campaign going. Not ...
Views: 1322 - How to turn “Easy Does it” into Do it - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from WEE DILTSWhy easy does it works; It’s the old adage haste makes waste. Each day nature gives us a great example of easy does it as slowly, the sun rises every single day. Learn from this to go gradually, pace yourself Agnes Repplier: “It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not ...
Views: 1435(4 votes) - How much of a Plan do you need to be successful in business? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2012 from Gavin TonksHow much of a Plan do you need to be successful in business? Author Gavin Tonks I am a small business mentor and have work-shopped over 2000 entrepreneurs in how to take the steps to owning your own business. 20/11/2010 Much is said about business plans and planning, and many business ...
Views: 2437 - A Simple Doctoral Dissertation Example For You Assistance - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2012 from Rose TylerFollowing is a PhD dissertation example that details the sections and contents of the doctoral level dissertation Copyright Dissertation Page: Put this page in the pretext section; however, do not give any page count to it. The Certification Page: It is the page that includes an approved ...
Views: 1346 - Why are some dogs very aggressive and attack without provocation? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Desmo BossWe have all either seen or have been told by friends and acquaintances of the occasions when an attack has taken place by an aggressive dog, only a few days ago one of my grandchildren was bitten by a neighbour’s dog who had dug a hole underneath the dividing fence of our neighbour’s garden. As ...
Views: 1143 - Is it that trusting dog and do pet owners consider their dogs an equal part of the family? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Desmo BossI’m looking look out of my window this morning as I’m writing this article and witness a neighbors pet a beautiful Springer Spaniel who is allowed to wonder around in a neighbors garden in all weathers – at this exact moment of writing this article the weather and has been high winds and strong ...
Views: 1072 - Understanding why one dog barks in the early hours of the morning. - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Desmo BossI live in an area where there are many dog owners – and I have a pet dog, and many dog owners in my community own more than one dog and yet of all the dogs within the local community there is only one dog who continuously bark throughout the day and night and on a regular basis this particular ...
Views: 1212 - The Smart Way to Leverage Viral Behavior - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Judy WidenerYou know that yawning is contagious. And have you ever noticed that when someone nods their head, you'll nod, too? It's because your brain is wired to watch someone move, then mimic that movement as if you were making it. You have special neurons in your brain dedicated to monkey see, monkey ...
Views: 1492 - The Best Ways To Figure Out What You Would Like In Everyday Life - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from James BradiganWhat do you really want in life? Quite a few people have difficulty in responding to such query. When questioned what they really want or what their goals in life are, most people are uncertain. They dillydally in their decision, barely giving any thought about what they desire in life. ...
Views: 1015 - The Surprising Genetic Link to the Fear of Public Speaking - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Judy WidenerIn numerous famous surveys, the majority of people say that their only fear greater than death is public speaking. It's understandable that the idea of speaking in front of a group will expose the holes in your self-confidence. In my observation, most people have confidence issues in several ...
Views: 3216 - An Intense, Burning Desire Propels Evil People, Too! - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from John Carinci“Evil people, dictators, mass murderers, and some master thieve shave used the same principles that the truly successful employ. They, too, are driven toward a goal. Some are extremely successful at achieving great fortunes, or mass killings and destruction, which in their world is considered ...
Views: 1770 - 5 Steps to Freeing Yourself From Chronic Stress – Permanently! - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Judy WidenerBecause it taxes your physical resources, your body's built-in stress response is intended to be brief. You've heard that chronic stress experienced in relationships or jobs is linked to serious illness like heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity. Indeed, unchecked stress can cut up to ...
Views: 3309 - Self Talk – It’s ASTONISHINGLY Powerful - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Oli HilleI have very few regrets in life, but one of them is that I did not realize early in life just how incredibly POWERFUL words are. Words spoken out loud. Words spoken to yourself. Words spoken over people. Words you hear. Words you read. Words you assimilate as a child and as you are ...
Views: 3472(3 votes) - How Do I Change my Life? How do I Go on The Fascinating Journey of Self Discovery, and Discover the Life I was Meant to Live? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Jan AshbyHow do I change my life? You start with yourself. You change from the inside. Ultimately, this will reflect outwardly and will serve to improve things in your life - such as your relationships with others. And other things will begin to change, as well. Such as an improvement in your ...
Views: 2107(1 vote) - We're Human Beings, Not Beads - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Judy WidenerI recently heard a famous self-help guru insist that balance is impossible, so we must give up the idea that we can have it. With all due respect to my esteemed colleague, I couldn't disagree more. He defines balance as a state where nothing is happening. He's referring to the motionlessness ...
Views: 1457 - Parker Hallam has a unique writing style which is different from other writers - by Submitted on May 24, 2012 from Parker HallamsOnline writing has gained popularity among readers since this is one medium which offers information within seconds. You can explore internet to know about right career opportunities. Lots of companies are taking the online route to promote their products. There are writers who have mastered ...
Views: 946 - Can’t Do It? - by Submitted on May 21, 2012 from John CarinciCan’t Do It? I’ve often heard the phrase used for athletes and musicians, “They were born with natural talent.” I know that some people can sing better than others and some can play baseball better than many others. Granted, some people are born with physical advantage that may be better suited ...
Views: 1386 - Mind Control Stories: How to Get What You Want - by Submitted on May 20, 2012 from Greg FrostSome people may think that mind control stories fall in the same category as fairy tales, but this is not the case because they serve more purposes than just amusement. These stories are applicable to everyday life, and they are so real. But only a good number of them are fictions. In fact, ...
Views: 2060 - “The Greatest Living Miracle In The World – IS YOU!” - by Submitted on May 20, 2012 from John Carinci“The Greatest Living Miracle In The World – IS YOU!” YES, YOU - are the greatest living miracle in the world! No one else in the world has your exact eyes, hair, fingerprints, personality, or DNA. The odds of your being born into the specific person and personality you are have been ...
Views: 1739 - 8 Tips for an easy, stress-free and pain-free move - by Submitted on May 09, 2012 from Karin StewartMost people see moving as a difficult project, a painful endeavor fraught with problems, sometimes even an overwhelming project. Moving doesn’t have to be difficult, though. Yes, it is a large project that requires some organization, but I’ve moved ten times in my adult life so far, and I can ...
Views: 1433 - Do You Fall Into The Trap of Irrational Thinking? - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Judy WidenerI recently ran across a word I haven't heard for a while: irrational. Like so many terms coined by psychiatry, it's been misunderstood and misapplied. I used to think that someone who behaved irrationally was crazy. Not so. A thought is irrational when it's illogical or unreasonable AND ...
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