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AUGUST 2011
Editor's Blog...
Manifesting a Giant at a Josh Groban Concert
In September 2008, my wife,
Melissa, was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she successfully
treated alternatively using a strict raw food cleanse,
supplements, colonics, therapy, chiropractic, massage and as much
fun and laughter as was possible. But that’s another story
altogether, because I’m delighted to say that she’s perfectly
healthy today.
What’s relevant about 2008
in today’s story is that this experience was quite a scare—as
many can relate all too well—and, consequently, it got Melissa
thinking about all the things she wanted to do in life, which for
some reason or another, she had never allowed herself. So she
created what many know today as a bucket list. And on her bucket
list was the desire to experience three concerts with her favorite
musicians: Michael Bublé,
Dave Matthews and Josh Groban.
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Living
Your Creative Vision
by Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW
When you free-associate with the concept of creativity, what arises? Perhaps what you connect to involves turning ideas into reality and plumbing the depths of imagination. Perhaps you think of particular artistic mediums, or of ways of being that entail risk taking, and exploration. For some, creativity is a soulful expression of self in whatever way fully reflects that person’s essence. Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow asked, “The key question isn’t ‘what fosters creativity?’ but it is why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost?” The birthright of the real self is creativity. How can we reclaim this?
The throat chakra, or Visuddha, is the energy center of personal truth and artistic expression. It is where we align our creative expression with our deepest self. The task of our creative identity is authentic self-expression where we let the Self speak. Go within and locate your inner voice of truth, and from that place write about who you are and how you’ve been silenced or in hiding. As you continue with your writing, defend your right to express your truth and affirmatively state what your creative goals and aspirations are. As you endeavor to define and remove the internal and external obstacles that constrict your authentic essence from being expressed, your Creative Vision reveals itself to you. When we break free of shame, critical messages and self-defeating patterns, we make room for living life authentically and creatively. It is here that we embark on the journey of opening up to our creative real self.
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Accepting What Is
by Renee Schroyer
As I sit here in the evening thinking about going to work tomorrow, I am worried about what the next day will bring. I feel discomfort, a knot in my stomach. I'm wondering what surprises there will be to greet me and what challenges I will face. Once I realize I am not in this moment but rather in an inexistent place and time, I turn my attention to this awareness in the moment. I bring in the practice of mindfulness to help me be the observer of what is going on. I notice information coming from conditioned mind telling me something bad will happen and I won't have what I need or know how to deal with it. I notice these thoughts as well as the resulting fear and worry.
Becoming aware of my own conditioning, I see two main themes. First, conditioned mind has a lot to say about how I will perform at work. It scans the past looking for problems and issues searching specifically for difficult circumstances that have been or could be. I get the message that something bad will happen and I won't know what to do. The internal scanner finds behaviors of mine from the past which I suffered over or didn’t handle as skillfully as I could have. Or, it conjures up illusory ideas and projects them onto others presuming to know what others have thought of me or think of me now. It imagines people saying bad things about me because I didn’t get something done on time or I didn’t do it right. Conditioned mind tells the story of how I made a big mistake and I am going to get fired because of it. Next, my family will become homeless because of my poor performance. Even as I write this, it is telling me not reveal these thoughts because someone will think I am weak and I am not good enough. It’s telling me people will think I’m insecure or not confident. I remind myself this is conditioned mind not ME.
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Avoiding the Parent Trap: How to Change Your Thoughts About Parenting Teens
by Dr. John Duffy
It's hard to say how it started.
I know for a fact that we parent teens today with more fear, ego and judgment than calm, confidence and openness. There are countless theories as to why.
Maybe it's a lack of familiarity with their lightning-paced world of
Facebook, texting and YouTube. Maybe we're worried about what other parents will think of our kids, or of us. Maybe the iron fist held more sway a generation back. Maybe we're working too hard to keep up with the Joneses.
Maybe the Tiger Mom is getting to us.
Regardless, the fact stands; once our children cross into the teen years, many of us become jittery, angry, withholding, terribly confused parents. So what's going on here?
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JULY 2011
Editor's Blog...
Seeing God In Everyone We Meet
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What Matters to You?
by Heather Marie Wilson
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The
Prosperity Prayer
by Lynn Robinson
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Refuel:
Bring Sleep into Your Night
by Ashley Koff, RD, and Kathy
Kaehler
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JUNE 2011
Editor's Blog...
The Food--Medication Connection That Saves You Money
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Start Seeing the Good When Things
Look Bad
by Guy Finley
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This
Cooking Oil is a Powerful Virus-Destroyer and Antibiotic
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
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Self-Respect,
Self-Esteem,
and Self-Worth
by Sanaya Roman
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"The pain that you create now is always some form of
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the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On
the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of
the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment,
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your mind."
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