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You Can
Create an Exceptional Life
NEW!
An Interview with Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson
Richelle Zizian, Moderator, Hay House: I'll start by saying a special thank you to Louise and Cheryl for joining us today to talk about the upcoming book "You Can Create an Exceptional Life" which releases in September. We're very excited that they've joined forces in what is, in my mind, a powerhouse of a book and it's a wonderful collaboration and extremely practical as well.
So let's go ahead and get started. Linda Joy would you like to start with your first question?
Linda Joy, Aspire Magazine: Sure I would love to. Louise one of the things you really stress in the book is beginning each day -- that the beginning of our day sets the tone for our lives. I'd love for you to go a little deeper into some of the things that we can do, that I can share with the readers that can really implement that, those steps in our life.
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Avoiding
the Parent Trap: How to Change Your Thoughts About Parenting Teens
NEW!
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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Refuel:
Bring Sleep into Your Night NEW!
by Ashley Koff, RD, and Kathy
Kaehler
Life as a mom is a
shapeless blob of happy chaos. ~ Julia Roberts
What your body does from
the time it slips into bed to the time it wakes you up might have more to
do with your energy metabolism than you realize. New findings in sleep
medicine are currently revolutionizing how we think about the value sleep
brings to our lives.
For so many moms we
interviewed for this book, sleep ranked high on the list of priorities.
Chaka Khan calls sleep “the key to a great energy balance”; Julia
Roberts admits that any extra sleep she can get helps counterbalance the
“mom struggle” that naturally accompanies having time thieves running
around her house. Most of us just don’t get the sleep we need. Sleep
deprivation is epidemic. And let’s face it: When we’re sleep-deprived,
moody, and things don’t go our way, we can begin to go down that dreaded
path that ends in depressive thoughts or a full-blown depression.
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What Matters to You?
by Heather Marie Wilson
Planting the seed of
focus in your life involves becoming clear about what your values are.
What matters to you? What do you hold in high regard? What do you respect
and require in your life? What can’t you live without (or with)?
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Self-Respect,
Self-Esteem,
and Self-Worth
by Sanaya
Roman
What is required to feel good about
yourself is not the same from person to person. What you require for
self-esteem is not necessarily what another person requires. It is
important to discover what makes you feel worthy, confident, and happy
about who you are.
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Responding
to the Bullycides: How We Can Stand Up & Honor Their Memory
by Rachel Simmons
It’s been said that once you have a child, you look at the suffering of
other families in a different way. You know what it means to love someone
with your entire being, in a way that you never could have imagined before
bringing your child into your life. In a way, every child becomes your
child.
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Secrets
For Sensitive People To Find Relationships That Work
by Judith Orloff MD
Loneliness gets to some more than others. But why it hangs on isn’t
always apparent when read by traditional medical eyes. In my medical
practice and workshops I’ve been struck by how many sensitive, empathic
people who I call “emotional empaths” come to me, lonely, wanting a
romantic partner, yet remaining single for years. Or else they’re in
relationships but feel constantly fatigued and overwhelmed. The reason
isn’t simply that “there aren’t enough emotionally available people
‘out there,’” nor is their burnout “neurotic.” Personally and
professionally, I’ve discovered that something more is going on.
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Born to be Free
by Dzogchen Ponlop
Rebel Buddha is an exploration
of what it means to be free and how it is that we can become free.
Although we may vote for the head of our government, marry for love, and
worship the divine or mundane powers of our choice, most of us don't
really feel free in our day-to-day lives. When we talk about freedom,
we're also talking about its opposite -- bondage, lack of independence,
being subject to the control of something or someone outside ourselves. No
one likes it, and when we find ourselves in that situation, we quickly
start trying to figure out a way around it. Any restriction on our
"life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" arouses fierce
resistance. When our happiness and freedom are at stake, we become capable
of transforming ourselves into rebels.
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Do
You Have Inspiration Deficit Disorder?
by
Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D
Do
you feel stuck in one or more areas of your life? Do you lack the time to
regularly renew yourself and enjoy your interests? Are you relying on
caffeine, anti-depressants or alcohol to manage your stress and emotional
well-being?
If so, you
might be suffering from Inspiration
Deficit Disorder. An
inspiration deficit occurs whenever we feel unfulfilled or somehow
unexpressed in an important aspect of life – something is missing; a job
we don’t like, a struggle with self image, a relationship we aren’t
satisfied with, are all examples of where we may feel an inspiration
deficit. When we let these deficits persist they translate into,
addictions, bad habits, poor health, and high stress –sadly, most people
have it to some degree and it impacts their health and happiness more than
they know.
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Help Me to Change the World
by don Miguel Ruiz and don Jose
Ruiz
I invite you to participate in a new dream for humanity, one in which all
of us can live in harmony, truth, and love. In this dream, people of all
religions and all philosophies are not just welcome, but respected. It
doesn’t matter whether you believe in Christ, Moses, Allah, Brahma,
Buddha, or any other being or master; everybody is welcome to share this
dream. Each one of us has our own beliefs, our own point of view. There
are billions of different points of view, but it’s the same light, the
same force of life behind each one of us.
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Avoid These 7 Foods
and You're Off To A Healthier New Year
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
1. Canned Tomatoes
The expert: Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University
of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A
The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen
that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems to
heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Acidity -- a prominent
characteristic of tomatoes -- causes BPA to leach into your food.
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The Power
to Never Feel Powerless Again
by
Guy Finley
In one way or another, we
often feel “trapped” by life. If it weren’t true, we wouldn’t
spend as much time as we do trying to “escape” our circumstances.
We’re so involved with imagining and swimming to our own Fantasy Island,
we never consider this important question: what if the condition we wish
to escape were only an illusion that feels
real? How would such a realization change our lives?
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10 Steps to Manifest Loving Relationships by Jason Nelson
Have you ever wondered why you bring the same type of person into your
life or why people leave when they do? It can be frustrating, not knowing
why patterns don't change, even when we want them to. We end up blaming
ourselves or others when relationships stop working and fall apart.
Wouldn't it be helpful if we understood the enigma of chemistry
between people? Understanding what brings people in and out of our life
empowers us to choose who is in our life contributing to our peace, health
and joy. To move closer to our spirituality and find success in our
endeavors, we must strive to embrace the people who are in tune with our
life's harmony.
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How Probiotics May
Stop Stomach Pains, Alleviate Esophagus Problems & Control Stomach
Acid
by Michael Richard Burke, M.A
Louis Pasteur was the Mick Jaeger of nineteenth century science. And,
rightly so.
But, rock star that he was, he made the words "bacteria" and
"bacterial" synonymous with disease. This misconception is
still with us today. The truth is that some bacteria can actually help you
alleviate esophagus related problems, stop stomach pains and control
stomach acid.
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Premonitions and
Spirituality
by Larry Dossey, M.D.,
Spirituality
involves an awareness of being connected with something greater than the
individual ego or self. This "something greater" has
traditionally been called God, Goddess, Allah, Great Spirit, the Almighty,
the Absolute, and many other names. Some consider it as the Universe, or
as a sense of infinite order and beauty. Many individuals prefer to
attribute no name whatever to it. But whether named or unnamed, the
awareness of a connectedness with something greater than the "I"
has been a source of strength and meaning for individuals throughout human
history.
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Co-Creation: Reclaiming What Is
Rightfully Yours Through Love
by William Frank Diedrich
In order to co-create we have to clean up blaming and
resentments. Co-creation is creating using the guidance of your Inner
Being, your Higher Self. Anything you are holding against another is
holding you. Anything you are holding against yourself is holding you.
Power is found in complete responsibility.
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_________________ Addressing
Our Economy With Spirit
by Trish Whynot, D.C.Ed.
The worst thing that could happen to our
economy–and to ourselves—is to allow economics to rule our souls. Joy
feeds our souls and when times are tough or scary, the first menu items to
go are often those that bring us the most joy. Even when these items
don’t cost anything, our tendency is to go into self-deprivation mode.
We tell ourselves that we don’t have time for the things that bring us
joy because we are too busy trying to survive. Our fear says we must
choose between survival and joy. While that may seem the “logical”
solution, starving our souls won’t heal our economy.
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Finding
Peace Amid the Chaos
by
Janice Lynne Lundy
Don't
you just love it when life throws you a curve? Just when you think you can
rest on your laurels, or take a break from life's intensity, you are dealt
another “something” to deal with. Today, more and more people are
being asked to face what may seem like insurmountable challenges: a
diagnosis of a serious illness, job loss, or a divorce, not to mention
children who find themselves drowning in troublesome seas. Add any one of
those to the fast pace of our lives, multitasking a myriad of roles and
responsibilities, and we have a recipe for stress levels that can soar,
taking us into the stratosphere of chaos.
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The World Needs A Man's
Heart
by Heather Fraser
"By and large, these days men suffer greater deprivation than women,
because women are allowed to play the power game, but men have been
blocked from expressing their femininity" - Richard Rohr,
author, A Wild Man's Journey
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_______________________ Condition Yourself to Love Unconditionally
by Mary Jo Shaffer
Even in the healthiest of relationships, opportunities abound to find fault, criticize or "tweak" the other person no matter whether we are talking about a mate, a child or a friend. Most of us were raised in an environment where rather than focusing on the positive, we were taught to zoom in and dwell on the negative. Breaking that habitual way of thinking is a matter of conditioning our minds to refocus and learn to love with abandon, without any requirements, without any rules and without any limitations.
Here is our list of top ten ways to condition yourself to love
unconditionally.
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Beyond
Self-Image
by Christopher R. Edgar
A few years ago, I was fixated on overcoming what I saw as my
“negative self-image.” Basically, the problem was that I wanted to
do certain things I thought would be enjoyable and fulfilling, but I
was afraid of doing them. I wanted to start my own business, make more
of an effort to meet people, take up more “extreme” sports, and so
forth, but I would feel anxiety when I’d contemplate doing those
things, and would find myself holding back.
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Changing
the Focal Point of Our Lives to the Present Moment
by Alice Gardner
Something totally
unprecedented is happening right now—spiritually,
culturally and technologically. Oprah Winfrey has offered her massive
media presence to the movement of spiritual awakening in our world and
has created a huge ten-week online web-cast classroom with Eckhart
Tolle. Together they are teaching Eckhart’s new book, A
New Earth, point-by-point, chapter-by-chapter.
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The Evolution of a Soul Mate
Relationship
by Kimmie Rose Zapf
Purpose of Your Life
The whole purpose to be on this earth
plane is for your soul to evolve and go back to the light from which
it came. In order to do this you must experience “Love” and let go
of any fears. We are joined in from lifetime to lifetime by
“helpers” with whom we refer to as “Soul mates”. There are two
types of Soul mates: Companions and Karmic. I will explain those
later. First we need to explain your soul’s purpose.
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___________________ Our Seven Spiritual Gene Sets
by Meredith L. Young-Sowers
Just as physical DNA can be turned on and off by attitudes, beliefs, nutrition, and environment, the same is true of our spiritual DNA—it too can be turned on and off. Our spiritual DNA is activated when we are living in accordance with our true Self—such as when we are attentive to our choices; when we strive to find ways of compromising, seeking solutions to problems that used to send us over the moon; and when we hold back anger and rage until it calms—and we calm—and find a wiser way to proceed.
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Boundaries Protect Who We Are
by Tim Murphy
The
human life is precious. Many of us have gone through adversities in
life that have given us the false impression that we are less than, or
that we don’t belong. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
There’s a purpose and a plan for your life. Because you are worth it
– you need to protect yourself with boundaries.
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You Can Do What You Love
by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
You are a special, unique person, and you have a meaningful
contribution to make to the world. Every person is born with a
purpose. There is a reason you are here; you have a role to play that
no one else on the planet could fill. The special contribution you
came to make is your life’s work. When you are doing that work, you
are following your higher path, and your life will be filled with
increasing joy, abundance, and well-being. Finding your life’s work
allows you to create abundance and money easily. The job or activities
that are meant to be your life’s work involve doing what you love
with your time and energy. When you love what you do, you feel alive,
happy, and fulfilled. You radiate joy and draw many good things to
you. You can make money doing work that you don’t like, but it will
take more effort. Not liking what you do with your time and energy
diminishes your flow of abundance; loving what you do brings abundance
more easily and effortlessly.
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The Path of Unconditional
Happiness
by Michael A. Singer
The highest spiritual path is life itself. If you know how to live
daily life, it all becomes a liberating experience. But first you have
to approach life properly, or it can be very confusing. To begin with,
you have to realize that you really only have one choice in this life,
and it's not about your career, whom you want to marry, or whether you
want to seek God. People tend to burden themselves with so many
choices. But, in the end, you can throw it all away and just make one
basic, underlying decision: Do you want to be happy, or do you not
want to be happy? It's really that simple. Once you make that choice,
your path through life becomes totally clear.
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The
Power of Laughter
by Keith Varnum
When’s the last time you had a good laugh? Take a moment to relive
the good feelings that come with real laughter.
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Truth About Happiness: An Interview With Michael Bernard Beckwith
by Arielle Ford
At the heart of the desire for money, fame, and power is a deep
longing for happiness. While Amazon.com boasts more than 200,000
titles on the subject of happiness, it appears that Americans are
still searching for it. In the new film LIVING LUMINARIES (On the
Serious Business of Happiness), filmmakers Michael Lasky and Larry
Kurnarsky illuminate the path to human happiness by presenting
concepts about living in the now, as well as, providing thought
provoking ideas about consciously choosing love, gratitude, honesty,
forgiveness, patience, and kindness. The film follows a young seeker
as he interviews an A-list of swamis, shamans, rabbis, ministers,
Tibetan monks contemporary thinkers and best-selling authors such as
Marianne Williamson, don Miguel Ruiz, Eckhart Tolle & Michael
Bernard Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center
in Los Angeles. Beckwith, who is also one of the stars of THE SECRET,
has had a busy year with appearances on Oprah, Larry King Live and
many other national TV shows. We recently caught up with him to
discuss his thoughts on LIVING LUMINARIES and the subject of
happiness.
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Falling Out Of Religion and Into The Arms Of God Part
ll
by Dr. Trish Whynot
My most
important pursuit in this life has been to authentically love. Not a
small task and it has required the extensive exploration of my
relationship with Divine Love. In my reflections on this pursuit, I
have witnessed how amazingly God has orchestrated the fulfillment of
my desire. I have been divinely guided and led back to my religious
upbringing and my relationship with God as part of the process.
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Why
Being Authentic is So Difficult
by Peter G. Vajda, Ph.D,
C.P.C.
Why do we find ourselves struggling so often to be who we really are?
Why is it so challenging to show up authentically? Why do we wear
masks, and assume personalities of actors that hide our True and Real
Self? What brings us to be fake and phony so much of the time?
The kicker is that everyone is born authentic. What happens is that,
beginning with childhood and moving through adolescence and into
adulthood, we spend countless minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and
years separating from our innate, authentic, natural and spontaneous
self. And, along the road, we become confused. “Who am I, really?”
becomes the operative question.
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Honor The Feminine In Us
And In Others
by Stephen Ruppenthal
One day this past winter, I decided to take in a talk on the Buddhist mother of compassion, Kuanyin. Interested people, and not only women, flooded out the doors of the bookstore where it was being held. I asked myself, why do other talks barely fill the room while this one has a line flowing out onto the street? A good guess might be that people are sick of living in a world in which masculine aggressiveness and control have run roughshod over more feminine qualities like love, patience, or a feeling for healing and harmony. I believe many more people wish that qualities like gentleness, tenderness, patience, receptiveness, closeness to nature, and the readiness to forgive were more valued in our world. Let’s start right now with five ways all of us, men and women alike, can honor and cultivate the qualities of our feminine side.
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Reviving the Wonder
of Parenting
by Maggie Reigh
“I don’t get it,” sighed one exasperated parent. “Sometimes I
wonder where the wonder went in this game of parenting! I mean, I was so
excited to be a new mom, so full of enthusiasm, love and dreams about life
and living. I felt so blessed… But countless sleepless nights, mountains
of diapers, endless power struggles and discipline hassles have dampened
my enthusiasm – not just for parenting, but for life. I feel like I’ve
lost my sense of me – of who I am in the midst of it all.”
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Trying
To Avoid Anna Filaktik: A Day In My Life With A Deadly Allergy
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com editor
Having once lived in Los
Angeles, Melissa and I love to return now and then for a visit. The last
time we were there, we stayed in a quaint little condo in Santa Monica
that was within walking distance of a cool outdoor shopping area called
the Third Street Promenade. And within this grouping of hip stores are
several restaurants, including one that I particularly like called Johnny
Rockets--a 1950’s style hamburger joint that unintentionally almost
killed me. We were vacationing with our two nieces, ages 15 and 17,
and the four of us sat down at a table outside the restaurant that
overlooked the vacationers and street musicians. After ordering a #12
hamburger with fries, I decided to get a chocolate malt to really set the
mood. And this is where my problems began.
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Love it or Lose -- Passions and
the Quest for Meaning
by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson
Much is said today about the importance of
loving what you do, but most people simply don't buy it. Sure, it would be
nice to do what you love, but as a practical matter, most people don't
feel they can afford such a luxury. For many, doing something that really
matters to them would be a sentimental fantasy based on wishful thinking.
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How
We Become Who We Are Not
by Richard
Moss, MD
We are not born, in essence,
American, French, Japanese, Christian, Muslim, or Jew. These labels are
attached to us according to where on the planet our births happen to take
place, or these labels are imposed upon us because they indicate our
families’ belief systems.
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One Magic Strategy for your
Relationship
by Susan Page
Whether you are in a
happy time with your partner right now or experiencing stress, there is
one powerful, easy strategy you can use by yourself to create a more
pleasant atmosphere in your home, almost instantly! At the same time, this
new tactic will begin mending the chronic issues that recur between the
two of you over and over. I call it a Loving Action, and, like all the
Loving Actions I teach, it is based on universal spiritual principles, or
Spiritual Partnership.
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Happiness
as a Priority
by Richard Carlson, PhD
It’s
always been interesting to me that the average person (go ahead and ask
them), spends ten times (or more) the amount of time watching television
than he or she does even considering happiness.
In fact, in one pole that I conducted, not a single person out of
more than 30 people admitted to spending even one second thinking about
how they might go about becoming happier! Some
of these people spent anywhere from 2-7 hours a day in front of a
television set, yet not one minute contemplating what could amount to the
most important question of one’s life—how can I be happier?
One of the first rules of any venture is that in order to get
somewhere, you need at least a general idea of how to get there and, at
very least, where you are going!
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Falling Out Of Religion and Into The Arms Of God
by Dr. Trish Whynot
I have always desired to know God—to have a personal, living, breathing relationship with my Creator. At the same time, I didn’t even know what God was. My religion taught me that God was this omnipotent being outside of myself; someone up there who was looking down at me, watching my every move. I was taught that God is some supreme being who judges me for the way I live my life, and in the end decides if I am worthy to enter into the gates of Heaven or banished to the fires of Hell.
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The
Eight Choices to Reducing Fear and Finding Contentment as You Age
by Dr. Stephen Ruppenthal
We live in a world that is obsessed with looking beautiful and young, and
maintaining perfect health well into our older years. But youth is short.
As we gradually age, panic can set in as the increasingly inescapable loss
of our physical beauty fills us with fear. Once we pass our early
thirties, most of us aren't as attractive as we may have once been and our
vitality begins to slip away. We realize how much less frequently people
notice us and smile at us on the streets—and when they do look, it
isn’t with admiration or appreciation but with something else. As
the inevitable truth sets in and we are faced with this loss of youth, all
of us a profound fear that we will be left behind.
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Sleepless In
America
by Joan Borysenko
If you don’t get enough sleep, it’s hard to be kind, keep your
priorities straight, and just keep on keeping on. Yet, in a 24/7 society
where you can order everything from underwear to tents from mail-order
houses in the middle of the night, sleeplessness is becoming endemic.
It’s been cited as the nation’s number-one health problem. We’re
sleeping, according to the experts, 20 percent less than our peers did a
hundred years ago.
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___________________ Find Your Center and Reach Your Goals for
2007
by Stephen Ruppenthal
The
New Year is a time to wipe the slate clean. With heartfelt zeal, we can
earnestly make a new start. As the great Zen master Suzuki-roshi used to
say, we contact what is called the beginner’s mind, a real hope for
keeping new resolutions about ourselves. Of course it’s great to post
such resolutions in your office or on the refrigerator, keeping them right
before you as you strive for personal change. But if you really want to
stop being late or to cease yelling at your husband,
your willpower will flow more constantly if you find your inner
center and practice the new pattern of behavior from your heart. Since
change is so hard, particularly in areas where we have shown considerable
weakness, here are five helpful ways to find our center within ourselves
and hold fast to the new behavior we want in the New Year:
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The
Most Important Dimension of Human Existence
by Eckhart Tolle
We’re
here to find that dimension within ourselves that is deeper than thought.
This teaching isn’t
based on knowledge, on new interesting facts, new information. The world
is full of that already. You can push any button on the many devices you
have and get information. You’re drowning in information.
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Are Secrets Spoiling
Your Spiritual Life?
by John Howard Prin, LADC
As an addictions counselor, I often see people who want to grow
spiritually but who are using addictions as shortcuts to their goals. Over
the years I've identified two major conditions that persons trapped in
addiction claim for staying addicted: boredom and misery. These misguided
folks persist in heavy drinking, compulsive shopping, internet
pornography, shoplifting, eating disorders, and more in order to achieve
the mood change from negative emotions that they seek — in order to
escape from their boredom or pain and achieve what feels like a spiritual
high. Unfortunately once the high disappears, what is left is shame,
guilt, remorse, and disapproval from the important people in their lives.
This tends to lead to secrecy. Avoiding the shame, guilt, and remorse is a
whopping challenge in itself and failure, or refusal to even try, is rife.
About one-third of the clients whom I see actively steal hours away from
their public lives, including home and work lives, to indulge in their
hidden addictive habits — secretly attempting to reach transcendence
from reality.
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Hopes & Dreams: A Critical Ingredient In The Lives Of Caregivers And Their Loved Ones
by Vicki Rackner
It’s human nature to hang onto two basic hopes – the hope of overcoming illness and the hope of delaying death. However, in many cases the reality is that your loved one faces a steady medical decline, a life-threatening illness or impending death.
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___________________ The Healing Continues: What Do I Do Now--After Substance Abuse Rehab?
by Abhilash Patel
Having gone through alcohol or drug rehabilitation is a major undertaking. Congratulations. Now you might be wondering several things. Where do I go from here? What do I do with my new life? What are the best strategies for staying clean and sober? The information in this article answers all of these important questions. It comes mostly from the experts: people, like you, who were once in a treatment center and have been in recovery for many years. Additional information has also been contributed from professionals that have helped recovering alcoholics/addicts after the alcohol or drug rehabilitation process.
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Creating
Positive Change: There Is No Beginning Too Small
by Anne Firth Murray
Have you ever had the feeling while reading
a newspaper, listening to a lecture, or sitting around a dinner table
talking with friends about current events, that “Something ought to be
done about that”? Or perhaps you have felt appalled by an injustice of
some sad event and thought, “What is to be done?”
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The Biggest Mistake Men Make in
Relationships
by Helene Rothschild
“I don’t understand,” said Don. “My business is going well. I’m
a good provider. I give my wife and the children everything they want. We
live in a beautiful house and we drive expensive cars. Last winter I took
the whole family on a trip to Mexico. I don't fool around with other
women. I do play golf every Sunday with the guys. But a man needs some
recreation. I don’t understand why I seem to do so well at work, but
when I come home I feel like a failure!
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Battling an Eating
Disorder: When Bulimia Becomes a True American Idol Sized Problem
by Abigail Natenshon
In a People Magazine article, American Idol contestant, Katherine McPhee
disclosed that she has secretly suffered from bulimia for the past five
years. It was her success in television’s American Idol competition that
inspired her to come forward and get help to recover from her
life-threatening eating disorder. Katherine, a vocalist who at her worst
point was self-inducing vomiting up to seven times a day, claimed that she
realized her bulimic behaviors were “equivalent to taking a sledgehammer
to her throat” and brought herself to treatment.
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Glorious Living! Guidelines For
Mastering The Art Of Contentment
by Steve Morris
We live in a consumer driven society. Studies show consumerism is up and
it is not likely it will slow. Bigger, better, faster. We aim to buy the
latest model plasma TV, the fastest designer car, the biggest house,
latest phone, computer or MP3 player and almost instantly the model we
have strived so hard to possess gets superceded and the process repeats
itself.
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Finding Fulfillment at Midlife: The
Second Chance Career
by Diane Randall
For more than twenty-years, Carla’s primary focus was working her way up
the corporate ladder in the Human Resources department of a large publicly
traded company. Day after day she worked hard to meet the demands of her
superiors and colleagues, until one morning she woke up with a sickened,
sinking feeling in her stomach.
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Parent In-The-Box or
Parent Out-Of-The-Box: A Guide To A More Meaningful Parent-Child
Relationship
by Dr. Trish Whynot
The parent-child relationship is rich with opportunities for healing and
growth. These opportunities become apparent when the relationship is
viewed from outside the box. It is hard for me to find words to describe
the awe and wonder that can be experienced from parenting
"out-of-the-box." It is a whole different world out there!
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The Drama of Being
Human
by Rev. Deborah Johnson
When you choose your humanity as your primary identity, the choice is way
too small. Yet when you must fully incorporate the notion of yourself as a
spiritual being into your humanity, you get overwhelmed by it all. Your
spiritual nature appears to eclipse your frailties, idiosyncrasies,
quirks, and preferences—the things you identify with as being uniquely
yours in your humanity.
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The Masks We Wear:
A Major Cause For Misdiagnosis
by Bob Olson
Although this article relates to
depression, the valuable lesson taught applies to all illnesses, issues
and aspects of our life.
Our
Masks Confuse Our Family And Friends
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The Power Of Touch: A Basic Human
Need for Health and Healing
by Linda Marks
“The impersonality of lie in the Western world has become such that we
have produced a race of untouchables. We have become strangers to each
other, not only avoiding, but even owarding off all forms of 'unnecessary'
physical contact, faceless figures in a crowded landscape, lonely and
afraid of intimacy” ~ Ashley Montagu, from Touching: The Human
Significance of the Skin
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Depression
- How To Know The Difference Between Normal Depression & Major
Depression!
An Interview with Bob Olson
author of Win The Battle and How To Beat Depression
In
this interview, John Michaels interviews Bob on the subject of depression.
This interview was
excerpted from How To Beat Depression! A Private Interview / Seminar With
Bob Olson, the new ebook for depression sufferers and their supporters.
John Michaels: Today we welcome Bob Olson,
author of the book, Win The Battle: The 3-Step Lifesaving Formula To
Conquer Depression And Bipolar Disorder. He is also the author of a
new ebook, How To Beat Depression! A Private Interview / Seminar With
Bob Olson. Bob has a strong message for people suffering with
depression, and I’d like to jump right into our interview by asking:
What is it that has you so fired up, Bob?
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What Does Unconditional Love REALLY
Mean?
by Janice Lynne Lundy
We all want to be loved. If the truth be told, we long for love and will go to great lengths to have it in our lives. We also have some pretty grandiose ideas of how it should show up and what it should feel like. Notice the word "should" here. It tells us a great deal about how we REALLY feel about love.
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Season: How to Cope
by Ben Lynch
The sun’s warmth bursts forth flowers and pries open leaf buds.
Spring’s beauty is welcomed by all except those prone to allergies. A
release of histamine triggered by allergic substances causes a runny nose,
itchy eyes, post-nasal drip and congested head. Reducing histamine is what
needs to be done, and most likely, a run to the store for an
over-the-counter anti-histamine is what occurs. While this may work for
the short term, it does not address the cause of allergies.
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Why
Skin Care Is Not Enough
by Cynthia Rowland
Staggering amounts of money are spent daily on cosmetics and skin care products that promise to lift, firm and tighten our faces. How many of us use a product for just a few weeks before purchasing yet another product? Do we jump from item to item because we really don’t see a visible improvement and we feel disappointed in the results?
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We Are All Swans: Sexual
Self Image in the Real World
by Linda Marks
Whether by accident, illness, aging or the cards life deals you any time
from birth onwards, at some point in life many of us face obstacles to
sexuality. As our culture creates “reality” TV shows like “The
Swan,” in which fundamentally healthy and able-bodied people go to great
lengths to be made over as culturally defined sex symbols, the very real
challenges to sexuality many people face remain invisible and unspoken.
These include:
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Keep
Your Cool with This Stress Reduction Tool
by Tracy Togliatti
It isn’t easy keeping your sense of peace when everyone and everything
around you is going crazy. Short of completely isolating yourself from the
whole world, within a perfectly peaceful environment, what do you do? This
article is going to explore quite a few tools that will help you formulate
your very own Stress Reduction Plan. This plan will help you keep your
cool even when those around you are losing theirs, and quite possibly
blaming it on you!
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What Pharmaceutical Companies
Don't Want You To Know About Herbal Medicine!
by Danny Siegenthaler
Herbs or medicinal plants have a long history in treating disease. In
traditional Chinese medicine, for example, the written history of herbal
medicine goes back over 2000 years and herbalists in the West have used
“weeds” equally long to treat that which ails us. We are all familiar
with the virtues of Garlic, Chamomile, Peppermint, Lavender, and other
common herbs.
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Sex or Love on Valentine’s Day?
by Allie Ochs
Valentine’s day is just around the corner. Diamonds, chocolates, romantic getaways and sexy lingerie make it difficult to decide how to show your love this year.
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February is for the
Self-Valentine Treatment!
by Karen Dahlman
Aaah yes, the month of February is upon us. What comes to mind? Visions of
red hearts, chocolate and flowers? Romance, love and a significant other?
February is synonymous with Valentine’s Day. The day when another
special someone treats you and you treat this special person, and remind
each other of the romantic love you are fortunate to share together.
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Sex And Health Naturally
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Our physical and psychological makeup is influenced by the sexual
imperative far more than most of us realize or wish to admit. Entire
systems of psychoanalytical therapy (e.g. Freud) are based upon the
premise that we are primarily sexual creatures.
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How Bad Is Your Breath? 14 Simple Tips For Reducing Mouth
Odor
by Dr. Rita Louise
Bad breath, morning breath, breath odor or halitosis are all terms used to describe a noticeably unpleasant odor exhaled on the
breath. Halitosis is not a problem by itself, but it can cause concerns in our interpersonal relationships.
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Banish Your Lower Back Pain
Permanently Without Drugs or Surgery
by David Petersen
(Be sure to consult with your doctor before beginning ANY new exercise
regimen.)
It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population will suffer from
low back pain at some point in their lives. The condition accounts for
millions of dollars in medical expenses and lost work time and is often a
perpetual misery for the sufferer. Recent evidence indicates that many
cases of lower back pain can be permanently treated without medical
intervention or drugs using exercise and flexibility. This article aims to
provide some very basic information on LBP (lower back pain) and offer
helpful tips to individuals on dealing with the condition themselves.
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Falling In Desire, Landing Whole
by Trebbe Johnson
We call it falling in love.
When you think of it, though, love is actually the place we land in—if we’re lucky. What we fall through, in the first wild, sweet flush of a romance is desire, and it’s a thrilling ride with ups and downs of fascination, curiosity, joy, and passion. It is possible to resist this exhilarating plunge, but few choose to do to.
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After Divorce: 7 Ways to Rediscover Your True Passion
by Joanie Winberg
Going through a divorce is a very challenging time in a person’s life. It is hard to adjust to being single again, as well as living “out of the habit” of being married, especially if you have been married for many, many years.
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To Our Politicians From a Spiritual Working Stiff
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Frankly, I still have difficulty with the labels, conservative and liberal. Those who know me have never been able to pigeonhole me. I relate to Kierkegaard's observation: "Once you label me, you negate me." In truth, I am a working stiff.
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Finding Balance - In
A Stressful World!
by Karen Ann Dahlman
Is it possible to live a balanced life?
Living a balanced life may conjure up images of balanced scales, being a
“superhuman”, feeling even-keeled and in control. We perceive it to
mean symmetrical, composed, stable and poised. The collective belief
is that if you equally attend to all facets of your life, and if you
maintain your composure while doing so, you will find the nirvana of
balance within your life. This is a great myth, yet a perceived road map
to many for finding balance.
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Getting
Unstuck Via Your Higher Self
by Debra Fentress
Have you ever had those times when you feel like you're up against the
wall and don't know what to do? There just doesn't seem to be any way
around an obstacle? In NLP (Neuro ling-guistic programming), we call these
"stuck states" or "stuck no options." Not a fun place
to be. It's like being in a pit so deep you can't see over the sides.
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Evolving the
Soul-Centered Relationship
by Linda Marks, MSM
Our idea of what we want in love relationships is evolving. Once, a stable
partner with a steady job who could share the tasks of daily life and
provide companionship through both good times and bad times was enough,
and even something to be grateful for. In cultures where men and women
were paired off in arranged marriages, love, sexual-spiritual connection
and soul partnership were not part of the discussion the parents of the
bride and groom engaged in while negotiating the marriage contract.
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Medical Testing:
Health By The Numbers Doesn't Work
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Perhaps one of the most insidious dangers in modern technology is medical
testing. Although it would be nice to be able to visit our doctor and get
all hooked up with electrodes, inflatable cuffs, probes, needles and
catheters and have a read-out telling us exactly how we are working and
where there is a problem, that is a myth, not the reality.
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Taoism and Sexuality
by Rachel Carlton Abrams, M.D.
Taoism is a spiritual tradition that embraces our sexual desire and uses
it within our bodies as a force for healing and spiritual growth. Desire
is a rich and potent part of our human experience. The Taoists think of
desire, called sexual energy or jing chi, as part of our life energy, or
chi. To be passionate is to be full of chi. The English words
"desire" or "passion" connote a feeling of yearning
and fervor that includes sex, but they also reflect our strongest feelings
about life. When we are passionate about anything--our family, our work,
our spirituality, an important social cause--we are investing our chi in
this experience. Our passion is what moves us to action and ultimately is
what gives us joy. We are passionate about the things that matter most to
us.
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Parenting as a
Spiritual Path
by Gloria Deckro
The step into parenthood is an initiation in the truest sense of the word
— a huge leap into the unknown. We suddenly find ourselves with 24-hour
a day responsibility for another human being who is totally dependent on
us. As the task unfolds we discover that we are called upon to be teacher,
provider, disciplinarian, healer, spiritual guide and friend. Our children
test us, they call on us to face unhealed baggage from our own childhood,
and they inspire us to dig deep for resources that we never knew we had.
Ultimately our mission is to support and guide them to the point where
they can leave us and move on. As Kahil Gibran says to parents in his book
The Prophet, "Your children are not your children. They are the sons
and daughters of Life’s longing for itself…You are the bows from which
your children as living arrows are sent forth."
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Opening Up To Love After Being Hurt
by Natasha Munson
After you have been hurt in a relationship, the worst thing you can do is
keep yourself in an endless cycle of relationships. You have to take a
breather between relationships. That time in between is necessary to let
go of any anger and release the baggage. No one, besides a therapist,
wants to deal with you and your problems.
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Facing Your Fears As An Adult Returning To School
by Matt McAllister
In case you hadn’t noticed, career colleges aren’t just for learning a vocational trade anymore. Nowadays, career colleges can help you obtain a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or even Doctorate Degree in just about any field of study, or they can even help you simply brush up on skills you might already have on your way to earning a certification or Associate’s Degree. So while some career schools might still specialize in vocational trades like auto body repair, masonry or hair styling, the majority of today’s career colleges are designed to help working professionals meet their career objectives.
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The Truth About Hair Loss: Causes
& Alternative Treatments
by Dr. Rita Louise
It is normal to shed hair every day and the truth is we loose between
100-125 hairs on any given day. Hair that is shed falls out at the end of
growth cycle. At any given time 10% of our hair is in what is called a
“resting phase” and after 2-3 months resting, hair falls out and new
hair grows in its place. Some people, however, experience more hair loss
than is normal.
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Are You Neglecting
This Important Investment? Friendships Among All Ages
by Royane Real
When I was twenty-two, I was befriended by a woman named Doris who was
thirty years older than I was. Although Doris was then a fifty-two year
old woman, she did not feel it was inappropriate to befriend me. She did
not operate with the social belief that she should choose her friends only
from people her own age. We became very close friends and remained so
until her death at the age of eight-two.
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Loving Without Losing
Yourself
by Allie Ochs
You are in love and it feels wonderful. This love is different and you are
prepared to do anything to make it last. To prevent this ship from
sinking, you work hard to steer this relationship into a safe harbor. In
the process, you lose yourself and your romantic relationship becomes
all-consuming!
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Other Side of Sacrifice
by
Trish Whynot, D.C.Ed.
As
always, my intention is to raise awareness. I ask you to stand next to me
and view experiences from a new perspective. If what I suggest makes sense
to you, wonderful, and if not you may want to tuck it away for
consideration at a later date or discard it. The choice is always yours.
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Discover Your Ideal
Mate, Perfect Career, Life's Destiny, Health Forecast & Past Lives
From A Top Astrologer
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
If you have never had your astrology chart
done, you are probably not aware of the enormous benefits astrology can
provide in the most important areas of your life. Astrology can help you
find your ideal mate by giving you insight into your romantic
compatibility with people. It can help you discover your perfect
career by shedding light on your strengths and natural
abilities. It can help you with health
issues and even predict potential concerns that might be coming
your way to either prevent them or know what to keep an eye on. It can
help you choose the best time to make travel
plans, contract negotiations
or invest money. And
astrology can give you immense insight into your emotional
issues that can be useful in alleviating suffering, improving
family relationships, and overcoming beliefs that may be holding you back
in life.
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Energy
Healing Benefits Of A Massage Alternative Put To The Test...
Results Surprisingly Positive!
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
You’d think the editor of a holistic magazine would be knowledgeable
about things like shiatsu, reiki or polarity, but nobody can really
understand something until they have personally experienced it. Now that
I’ve experienced a bodywork session that utilized all three of these
modalities, I’m unexpectedly hooked. All my previous misconceptions have
been shamefully proven wrong, and I now understand why people are using
their lunch hours to relax and rebalance with an energy bodywork session.
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Accept The Inspiration, Take The Next Step: How
I Was Inspired To Start Running
by Dan Britt
I am not a marathon runner; I'm not even an experienced runner. In fact,
I'm a professional drummer, and I am a new runner. In the drumming world,
I learned firsthand that I should try to stand on the shoulders of giants
- the legends that paved the paths. Well, I found that to be the case in
the running world as well. And here are "my" three giants, who
each have paved some sort of unique path for me:
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Menopause
Manners for Men
by Valerie Otto
If over 30 million women are going through
menopause, think of what the men are going through!
Menopause is not what it used to be. Women are approaching this time of
life differently—the new outlook is energized as most women are healthy
and become free of many past identities and responsibilities. A
natural option like Oöna is one I know many women will find valuable in
dealing with the bothersome symptoms at this time and I’m hoping to see
more women incorporate another valuable and natural ally crucial in making
this next stage truly exciting—our men! But we can’t do it
alone. So based on our completely unscientific research, here are tips I
hope our better half will find useful.
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The
Secret To Eliminating The Root Of Your Problems: Physical, Social Or
Financial
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
Every
few years, I stumble upon something so powerful and enlightening that it
rocks my world, totally changing my perception and understanding of life.
Recently I had one of those rare life-altering experiences. I couldn’t
wait to get home and write about it.
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The Prostate Cancer Protection Plan: The
Foods, Supplements, and Drugs That Could Save Your Life
A Nutritional Disease
by Robert Arnot, M.D.
Men in Japan and China have up to 90 percent
less prostate cancer than American men. That's an astounding statistic.
Ninety percent! Most men I talk to are at first surprised at the huge
disparity. Their second reaction is to sort of shrug and say, "It's
in the genes, nothing much you can do about that." But that's where
they're wrong.
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Brain Longevity: The
Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory
The Cortisol Connection
by Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth
The Cry of the Wounded Boomer
My first patient of the day tried to settle
into his chair, but he was so tense that he just teetered on the edge of
it, his arms clamped to his sides. He was a block of rigid muscles and
right angles.
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The Anger Mantra
by M. Dennis Paul, Ph.D.
Two monks were traveling down
a road beside a river. They came upon a woman sitting on the bank with her
head in her hands and tears streaming down her face. One monk asked what
was troubling her and she responded that her child was on the other side
of the river, alone and afraid. She told the monk that she had lost her
way and could no longer find a shallow crossing. Immediately, the
monk invited her to sit on his shoulders and he carefully forded the
river, depositing her on the opposite bank. She thanked him with a big hug
and ran off to find her child.
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I Don't Feel So Good...What Do I Do
Now?
by Deborah Post
You wake up. Roll over. Check the clock.
Groan. Roll back over and lay staring at the ceiling while you check in
with your body. "Blech." Something's not okay. But what is it?
You run a quick scan over the body for a sensation of what's not right.
While running a body check if you find a pain here, a spasm there,
dizziness, or fever you can begin to experience your feeling as an
illness.
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The Green Man
by John Kalb
Today we are experiencing the re-emergence
of the goddess culture. Everywhere women are awakening to their intuitive
power and reclaiming a position of leadership lost long ago. For men, the
question now becomes, how can we react to the call of the Goddess in our
lives? Whether in a new relationship to Gaia, or in a personal
relationship, what changes must we make in how we relate to the feminine
in order to move into a balance with the Goddess?
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Emotional Safety: A Cornerstone For Healing
by Linda Marks
While multitudes of theories and
techniques to facilitate healing abound, in nearly fifteen years of
clinical practice I have found one element to be most fundamental. In
order to create an environment where emotional, physical and spiritual
healing can take place, emotional safety is a cornerstone.
Emotional Safety: What Does It Mean?
Emotional safety can be best understood
through experience. Try the following exercise to think about what
emotional safety means to you.
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The Heart of Survival: Cancer and the Spiritual Path
by Linda Marks
Everyone has a story. And as we develop
intimate friendships, move beyond the professional into the personal with
co-workers and as helping professionals, have the privilege of listening
to the deeper truths of those who walk through our doors, we discover the
courage, strength and power of spirit that underpins many of our lives.
Cancer is a modern day epidemic. It is complex, multifaceted, scary and
only partially understood.
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Fathering As A Career Path: The
Emergence of The At-Home Dad
by Linda Marks
Many of us, baby boomers or those born
before the boom, grew up in homes that were emotionally fatherless. Roles
for men and women were clear. Dad was the breadwinner: off to work in the
morning, gone all day, and too tired at night for much of a conversation
as he relaxed reading the paper or in front of the TV.
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Why Yoga Works
by Dr. Don Glassey
The word yoga means to "yoke" or
"unify", to bring together so as to identify one's awareness
with the one Consciousness commonly referred to as God. Yoga procedures
include specific practices designed to remove limitations that cloud
awareness from the direct experience of God or Samadhi.
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Every Day I Love You More: (Just Not Today):
Lessons in Loving One Person for Life
by Nancy Shulins
IT WAS SIXTEEN years ago tonight, January
29,1985, when the big, bearded man in the dirty beige parka picked me up
for our first-ever date. It was a cold Tuesday evening, although we
pretended it was Saturday, a little trick we perfected during the years I
worked week-days and he worked nights and weekends.
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The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts
Happy Marriages
by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
Do They Exist?
ON A RAW SPRING MORNING in 199l, I shared
my earliest thoughts about this book with a group of some one hundred
professional women—all friends and colleagues—who meet each month to
discuss our works in progress.
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Gay Astrology: The Complete Relationship
Guide for Gay Men
by Michael Yawney
What makes a gay astrology book different
from a straight one?
The question is a good one. After all, an
astrological sign is what it is. Should it not be the same for anyone, gay
or straight?
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Impotency: Herbal Alternatives
by Ron Stock, R. Ph.
Dear Mr. Stock
I want to ask your professional opinion
about a challenge I've had for the past couple of years. I am 47 years
old, in good health, happily married and am happy in my working, family,
loving world. I am having a difficult time performing sexually at times. I
wonder if you could recommend some herbs to help get the flow of blood out
to my extremities so that I'd be able to maintain an erection a little
longer. I appreciate your attention to this matter.
Sincerely, J.R. East Sandwich, MA
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A Father’s Pride
by Bob Olson
When I lost my father in 1997 to lung
cancer, I was blessed with a most unexpected gift. It was a gift that I
had not known I wanted, but when I received it, I immediately realized how
important it was to me. It is a simple gift that any father can give to
his son at any time in his life. I hope that any father who reads this
story will be inspired to keep giving this gift as often as possible.
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body
Connection
by John E. Sarno
I have never seen a patient with pain in
the neck, shoulders, back or buttocks who didn't believe that the pain was
due to an injury, a "hurt" brought on by some physical activity.
"I hurt myself while running (playing basketball, tennis,
bowling)." "The pain started after I lifted my little girl"
or "when I tried to open a stuck window." "Ten years ago I
was involved in a hit-from-behind auto accident and I have had recurrent
back pain ever since."
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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing
the Pain
by John E. Sarno
Pain, disability, misinformation,
fear—that quartet has plagued the Western world for decades and the
plague shows no sign of abating. Back, neck and limb pain are rampant, and
statistics indicate that the epidemic is spreading. Disability in American
industry from low back pain continues to increase year by year.
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The Art of Balancing an Unequal Life
by Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE
Over the
past years, two books appeared repeatedly on the best seller list: Peter
Lynch's "Beating the Street" and Thomas Moore's "Care
of the Soul." This
juxtaposition captures the dilemma facing all of us in the business world.
How does one swim with the sharks, squeeze the margins of an
angst-filled financial world, and still lead a life of wholeness in
spirit, mind and body?
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Poisonous Chemicals Are In Skin &
Hair Care
by Marcus Maldonado
Each and every day millions of Americans are unknowingly exposing
themselves to dangerous, toxic chemicals. Some of these chemicals are
absolutely, without a doubt known to be cancer causing. While other
chemicals are not linked to cancer, they have been shown to contribute to
hormonal disruptions, headaches, allergies, depression, chronic fatigue,
learning disabilities, hyperactivity, and irritability. You are very
likely a victim of this dilemma and have been so since childhood.
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Believing It All: What My Children
Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly, Toast, and Life
PEDAL STEEL
by Marc Parent
There's a country station on. The sound is low. Except for an occasional my
heart breaks ...or still miss her...the soft drone of a pedal steel
is all that comes through. I like the sound of it to distract from the
clicking of my fingers against these keys. I'm in a small, renovated room
of an old barn. A fan sits in the far corner, blowing air over a heater to
keep the warmth from crowding against the ceiling. It's the last weekend
of February—one of the warmest on record — and it seems the leaves
coaxed from their buds by this false spring might have to fight to make it
to September.
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The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
by Edward Hooper
Frozen in time: 1959
Let us take a moment in time. Let us freeze
it. Let us watch as the crystals form, as it becomes translucent. Let us
mount it on a slide and lift it carefully to the microscope stand. Using
strong light and mirrors, adjusting the focus, let us see what can be
seen.
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Making Sense of Your Symptoms
by Jacquie Hale
Have you known somewhere inside that
physical symptoms like tennis elbow or coronary artery disease are
actually messages from your Inner Wisdom. Symptoms are pointing the way
for you to make a correction in the direction of your life. You can find
theories to support this assumption in Traditional Chinese and Ayruvedic
Medicine, as well as Native American traditions. Better yet, you can find
what a symptom means to you by simply searching your own life for clues.
Symptoms are your body's wake up call!
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What Our Children Teach Us: Lessons In
Joy, and Awareness
Attention
by Piero Ferrucci
I like the first three or four. But after a
while I get bored. There, in the middle of the play park, I let my mind
wander; I become inattentive.
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The Skinny On Skin Care
by
Nancy Zare
Do you suffer from chapped lips, cracked elbows, chafed cheeks, and
blistering scabs? You’re not alone. Cold weather and indoor heating can
take a toll on your skin. Skin is the first barrier against the harsh
climate of New England, and so it requires extra care this winter and
spring.
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Hair
As Nature's Health Barometer
Jonathon
Phillips
Does our diet, nutrition and lifestyle effect the health of our
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Going It Alone: The Path of
Single Parenting
by Linda Marks
... As someone who was just
doing what needed to be done, I was aware of how stressful my life felt at
times. However, I rarely stepped back and saw the picture of reality
Helena was painting. Far more poignant was the larger reality that many,
many people - women and men alike - face these very challenges each day in
a society where nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. How many
parents live with incredible stress - both inner and outer - as they
juggle countless pieces, trying to keep everything together, creating the
best life they can for themselves and their children, but probably not the
life they imagined having when they were a little girl or little boy?
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Dr. Patrick
Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer
by Patrick C. Walsh & Janet Farrar Worthington What is the prostate? The prostate is a
small, and probably expendable, organ. Men can live quite comfortably
without it. The prostate's biggest job, as far as we know, is to provide
part of the fluid that makes up semen. But even this contribution does not
appear to be crucial for reproduction—which is why some scientists think
the prostate's main role may be to safeguard the reproductive tract from
infection in the urinary tract. (In fact, its name in Greek means
"protector.") It is not a vital organ. Thus, the major
importance of the prostate is not what it does, but what goes wrong with
it—the problems it causes to nearly all men who live long enough.
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Childhood Sexual Abuse And The
Chakra System
by Lesley Schneider
Much has been discussed and written about the effects of childhood sexual
abuse on the physical body, the emotional self and the psyche. I would
like to approach the effects of abuse on the spiritual self and offer some
techniques to begin healing that part of ourselves, bringing our
experience of, and reaction to life closer to present time.
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What Your Doctor May Not
Tell You About Migraines: The Breakthrough Program that Can Help End Your
Pain
When You Wish You'd Just Die
by Alexander Mauskop, M.D. & Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Over 25 million Americans
suffer from migraines. Twenty-five million people crippled by nausea,
intolerance of light and sound, sweating, double vision, bright spots
before their eyes, numbness and tingling in the face and hands, confused
thinking, slurred speech, weakness of the limbs, diarrhea, chills,
sometimes auras, and always pain—that horrible pain that never seems to
end. Some people consider themselves lucky if the terrible pain vanishes
in a mere four hours, for migraines often last ten hours or more. And some
throb on for three or four days!
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__________________ How to Save Your Own
Life: The Savard System for Managing-and Controlling-Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D. and Sondra Forsyth
The itching began in the middle of a humid
summer night. Carol Watkins bolted upright in bed, flicked on the light,
and checked for mosquito bites. She had spent the evening on the deck of
her condo, sipping a margarita and talking nonstop with her dearest friend
about their new status as divorced single moms...
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Totally
Private: Answers to the Questions Lovers Long to Ask
Women's Bodies
by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
Dear Joan,
Okay, I'll come right out with it. I'm fat. I'm about fifty pounds
over-weight, and although I keep trying to slim down, it never seems to
work out. My husband loves me the way I am and wants to make love often,
sometimes with the lights on. I'm embarrassed by the way I look and I want
to make love in the dark. Now he's gone further. He wants me to buy some
sexy lingerie and I just can't deal with it. Please help me. ~
Mandy
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___________________ Family Outing
by Billie Fitzpatrick and Chastity Bono
As a child, I always felt there was
something different about me. I'd look at other girls my age and feel
perplexed by their obvious interest in the latest fashion, which boy in
class was the cutest, and who looked the most like cover girl Christie
Brinkley. When I was thirteen, I finally found a name for exactly how I
was different. I realized I was gay...
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Narcissism And The Male Heart Wound
by Linda Marks
Disconnection is both a personal and social
disease in today's world. With it come the afflictions of addictions,
depression and narcissism in epidemic proportions.
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____________________ Recipe For A Healthy
Relationship
by Alina Ruigrok
First off, it is important to ask yourself
what you consider a real relationship to be. You need to understand what
your needs and desires are from another person, and what you are willing
to give them. This way, you can see early in your first dates, if you wish
to continue and work towards a future together, and if the other person
feels the same of course (both sides count).
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The Yale
Child Study Center Guide to Understanding Your Child: Healthy Development from Birth to Adolescence
by Linda C. Mayes M.D.& Donald J. Cohen M.D.
The decision to become a
parent is momentous. It will affect your life more than almost any other
decision you will ever make. It will engage you in a lifelong
enterprise—shepherding and nurturing one or more human beings from birth
to adulthood. And it will affect how you think and feel and change who you
are in both your own eyes and those of others. Yet, in making this
decision, you probably didn't think of it in this way at all.
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Happiness vs. Peace
by Lisa Hepner
It’s a new year;
traditionally, a time for reflecting on the past and preparing and
planning for the upcoming year. Although, I have learned from
reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, that nothing is more important
than the present moment.
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- Protect Your Prostate With
Soy
by Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc.
With much attention on how soy can help women, many men wonder if it can
help them too. The answer is an overwhelming yes. Besides
helping fight heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes, soy
appears to have a positive effect on male hormone-related cancers, like
prostate cancer. In fact, a recent study of Seventh Day Adventists
in California found that men who regularly drank at least one cup of
soymilk a day, reduced their risk for prostate cancer by 70 percent.
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Nutrients and Dietary Effects on the Hair and
Scalp
by Jonathon Phillips
In a world accustomed to popping a pill for every aliment from the common
cold to headaches, latest medical findings reveal physiological aspects of
diet; nutrition and lifestyle provide the link in the battle against hair
loss and obtaining hair health.
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Eight Simple Anger Management Tips
by David Leonhardt a.k.a. The Happy Guy
"The other night I ate at a real family restaurant. Every table had
an argument going."
One of the biggest obstacles to personal and career success is anger.
When we fail to control our anger, we suffer several blows:
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Your Everyday Life Is Your Spiritual
Life
by Marcia Sacks
Most of us are not monks or nuns, living a life of quiet contemplation. We
are 'householders.' That means we are out in the world with our families,
our work, and our communities. Therefore our spiritual path must
incorporate all this.
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You
Can Conquer Depression And Bipolar Disorder
by Neal David Sutz
Author of Kick It With Gusto
If you had asked me, only
eight months ago, if I thought I would get past the madness my life had
become, I would not have responded with a definitive, “Yes.”
At that time, I was in the grasp of an illness unlike anything I
could have ever imagined.
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Check Your Symptoms -You Might Be A
Cyberchondriac!
by Susan Rutter
It begins as fatigue. Sluggishness, some dizziness in the middle of
the night, plus wicked ingestion after meals. A few times, he
practically faints getting out of bed.
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Integrating
Spirituality & Sexuality
by Linda Marks
Take a look at the world around us and it
becomes readily apparent that we are living in a time of simultaneous
convergence and deconstruction. As there is a resurging interest in
spiritual practices in many circles, there is also a breakdown in the
patriarchal, hierarchical church structures. The specter of clergy sexual
abuse intermingles with a worldview promulgated by the church about the
nature of relationships and sexuality that no longer has meaning for
people today—men and women, young and even middle-aged. The gender roles
we were raised with have broken down and blurred...
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Surrendering To Yourself: You Are
Your Own Soul Mate
by Iris Krasnow
Friends come and go, loved ones die, jobs shift, children leave home. The
only person you can count on to go the distance is you. So, we all must
develop immense soul power and self-love, so that when our worlds come
unraveled, our selves will remain intact and strong. Because when all else
fails, we still have ourselves, and selves that are grounded in truth and
self-acceptance are spiritually indestructible.
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Humble Pie
by Juanita Hinds
It is our birthright to achieve a simple kind of reflection that opens us
up to higher aspects of our spiritual self. Humility is one
essential attitude that is needed for promotion of inner spiritual
harmony. Any self-conceit, whether nurtured by arrogance,
intelligence, wealth, status or the praise of others, is an obstacle on
the path. Genuine humility is not posturing it requires a constant
willingness to deny oneself, to be self analytical, and to be open to
direction even when it differs from one's own preconceived ideas.
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Cancer Care 101: Treating the Illness, Treating
the Person
by Dr. Martin L. Rossman
In cancer care there are two complementary goals of treatment. One, the
usual medical goal, is to kill cancer cells and tumors, or reduce their
numbers and their ability to grow, reproduce, and spread (metastasize).
The other, perhaps best called the healing goal, is to support the
well-being and resistance of the patient. Here I use resistance to stand
for all the mechanisms, known and unknown, that protect us from the
development and dissemination of cancer.
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Homeschooling
for Success: How Parents Can Create a Superior Education for Their Child
by Rebecca Kochenderfer, Elizabeth Kanna, Robert T.
Kiyosaki
Joanne is six years old. She will spend the next eleven years in
compulsory classrooms-eleven more years in classrooms that don't teach to
her personal learning style. Classrooms that are distracting, crowded, and
often boring. Classrooms that will do little to encourage her love of
learning. Classrooms where her intelligence, interests, and talents will
most likely never be recognized, much less nurtured.
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____________________ The Fairness Of
Office Politics: Integrity And Political Motivation!
by Edward Toupin
I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics
in corporate America. Employees say that their managers "lie" or
issue "personal attacks" against them. Indeed, based on the pure
ideals that we are taught as a child, this might appear to be the case.
However, the corporate culture is not the "real world" in which
we live out our personal lives. Each corporate culture is its own world
with its own rules and reality. To understand this, one must understand
the directions and desires of this world and learn how to best adapt to
achieve the vision and mission of the corporation.
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An Essay On Parenting
by Judith Wright
We are raising a generation of little
addicts, and most parents don’t realize the scope of the problem or how
they’re contributing to it. I’m not suggesting that most of our
children are becoming drug addicts or alcoholics. Instead, they’re
falling into “soft addiction” routines that rob them of the time and
energy to pursue more meaningful activities.
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Take Control of Your Metabolism: Quick Tips
for Increased Muscle Tone, Faster Fat Burning, and Energy Levels Like a 9
Year Old!
by Jesse Cannone
So many people are talking about how slow their metabolism is and why they
need to start taking the latest diet supplement scam yet they don’t even
understand how the human metabolism works. So before I even go into how to
speed yours up, I want to first go over some of the basics.
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Fail-Safe Ways To Shatter A
Strength
Plateau
by Frank Klesitz
Training Frequency
Aggressive strength training for several weeks takes a toll on your neuromuscular structure. To allow time to heal and time to GROW, it is best to reduce your training frequency. For example, if you were to train the chest three days per week, reduce the frequency to twice a week. This will allow for ample time for your muscles to fully repair. With a fully functional neuromuscular structure, you can engage a greater intensity during your workouts.
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Real Muscle Real Fast!
by Jesse Cannone
Adding muscle seems to be a mystery to most, yet if you pick up a copy of
any fitness or bodybuilding magazine and you’ll almost always see a
headline like this: “Gain 15 Pounds of Muscle in 6 Weeks.”
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The Danger of Lack
Programming
by Randy Gage
So why might you not be accepting all the abundance that is meant for you?
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Why Don't You Just Leave?
by Melanie Teegarden
As I sit here, there is a student in my office. This seventeen-year-old boy is under my supervision until I can send him home. He beat his girlfriend with a metal belt buckle last night. Today, he insists that they were just "playing around." His girlfriend was in the hospital last night, having stitches put into her scalp. She is angry at me for sending him away. She insists that they had a misunderstanding, that it was actually all her fault, that he didn't mean to actually hurt her. I have heard this so many times that I don't have energy left to argue with it. I just tell her I'm sorry, and I send him away. I try not to glare at him as he sits there. I try not to look at him at all. She is sixteen years old, and she is carrying his baby, and he beat her with a metal belt buckle. And I am tired, so very tired of this same story.
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____________________ Meaningful Coincidences: How You
Can Tap Into The Magic Of Synchronicity
by Jill Wellington
While I was a television news reporter for
eighteen years, running down stories about everything from government
scandals to house fires, I had coincidences so remarkable, my co-workers
dubbed it Wellington Luck. I
had it almost every day, and totally relied on it.
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The Maharishi Ayurveda Approach to Beauty and Skin Care
by Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.
“Every person is born perfect. Inferiority is a mistake of the mind, a
cloud covering the light. Dissolve the clouds by observing a balanced life
with healthy habits. Nourish your mind and body. Connect with your own
inner self. Celebrate your own magnificence and your beauty will always
shine through.” ~ Dr. Rama Kant Mishra, renowned Ayurvedic
physician and dermatologist
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____________________ Meaningful Coincidences: How You
Can Tap Into The Magic Of Synchronicity
by Jill Wellington
While I was a television news reporter for
eighteen years, running down stories about everything from government
scandals to house fires, I had coincidences so remarkable, my co-workers
dubbed it Wellington Luck. I
had it almost every day, and totally relied on it.
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The Maharishi Ayurveda Approach to Beauty and Skin Care
by Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.
“Every person is born perfect. Inferiority is a mistake of the mind, a
cloud covering the light. Dissolve the clouds by observing a balanced life
with healthy habits. Nourish your mind and body. Connect with your own
inner self. Celebrate your own magnificence and your beauty will always
shine through.” ~ Dr. Rama Kant Mishra, renowned Ayurvedic
physician and dermatologist
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How To Manage
Your Mood With Food
by Susie Cortright
Here's a meal-by-meal guide to eating for energy and managing your mood
with food.
Breakfast
Eating a good breakfast boosts your concentration and revs your energy,
particularly in the morning when you may need it most. Without breakfast,
you're more likely to make that second pot of coffee by mid-morning.
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The
Functional Training Craze
by
Jesse Cannone
In the past few years
I’ve seen a huge transition in the fitness industry.
More and more people are using functional training, and some argue
it’s the only way to train. The
purpose of this article is to give people an understanding of what
functional training is, and what it does and does not do.
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Healing
Urinary Tract Infections Naturally
by Dr. Rita Louise
A urinary tract infection is an infection of the kidneys, bladder or
urethra. In most cases, it is brought on by the introduction of the
E. Coli bacteria into the urethra. This can cause inflammation or
infection. For example, when this bacteria travels up the urethra to the
bladder, it is the #1 cause of bladder infections. While the E. Coli
bacteria is the most common cause of urinary tract infections, bacteria
can also enter the urinary tract via the blood stream that feeds the
kidneys and cause an infection. It can also be introduced through the
insertion of medical instruments such as a catheter.
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What
Your Doctor May Not Tell You About™ Colorectal Cancer: New Tests, New
Treatments, New Hope
The Truth About Colorectal
Cancer
by Mark Bennett Pochapin, M.D.
Life is going to throw you a few curveballs. One day
you could suddenly find out that someone you know, someone you love, or
perhaps even you, has been diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum,
referred to together as colorectal cancer. Understandably, you're shocked
and confused; if you are the one who is sick, you may simply be unable to
absorb the frightening diagnosis. What does it all mean? How serious
is this? Is the dire diagnosis a death sentence? How could this happen to
me?
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Stopping
Time
by Keith Varnum
Six hundred feet straight down! Nothing to break the fall. I've got to
switch channels. I don't like my chances on this station. Infused with
youthful caprice, I mused to myself about my predicament. Enjoying the
intense body rush of imminent danger, I was torn between prolonging the
joy-terror and searching for an escape from my imminent demise.
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Lasting Love: The 5 Secrets of Growing a Vital,
Conscious Relationship
by Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., and
Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
Five Secrets of Lasting
Love
Here's the bottom-line truth we discovered
from our decades of work with couples in long-term relationships: People
can endure long-term relationships in many ways, but they will only thrive
if they do five things. In other words, you can grow older with your
partner in many ways, but you will only grow closer and more creative
through the steady practice of five actions.
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Tips Guaranteed To Illuminate Your
'04
by Trish Whynot
This article is intended to illuminate your experiences, expand your
perspectives and bring up some questions as to what is really going on in
your life. Do not accept what we (my higher self and I) say merely because
we said it, accept what makes sense to you and tuck the other
possibilities away for future contemplation.
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Is It Loving Or Is It Selfish?
by Dr. Trish Whynot
My intention in this newsletter is to assist you in bringing to
consciousness, your beliefs around being loving and being selfish. I hope
to help you bring to awareness what you may be doing unconsciously.
Behaviors and beliefs around love that were learned in childhood will be
expressed automatically as adults. As you bring beliefs to conscious
awareness, you can explore them to see if they make sense to you. Then you
can either consciously choose to continue with them or do some healing
around your experiences with these beliefs, and change them into something
that reflects your definition of loving.
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Cutting Cholesterol Naturally
by Dr. Rita Louise, Ph.D.
When most people think of
cholesterol, they think of the waxy fat-like substance that is found in
many of the foods we eat. Often
feared, the truth is that cholesterol is needed by the body for a number
of different things. For example it
is used in the manufacture and maintenance of strong cell walls, it is
critical for hormone and vitamin D production, it even is used to coat the
nerve cells in the body.
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Local Honey, Health
and Allergies
by Tom Ogren
As one who makes his living by writing about allergies and asthma I am
often asked about the potential health benefits of using local honey.
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Understanding The Sexes
by Robert Elias Najemy
Although each gender tends to express itself quite differently, most
philosophical teachings agree that the soul is neither male nor female. As
souls, we incarnate into a gender in order to learn through that
experience. Through our experimentation with the various qualities of each
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6 Steps To Decoding
And Zapping A Zit
by Naweko San-Joyz
Typically when a zit pops up on your face, you first response is “How
fast can I get rid of this thing?” This situation can accelerate to a
nightmare if your visage is canvassed with pimples that seemingly
reproduce faster than bunnies. There is a simple way to take the
frustration out of an unwelcome colony of zits and permanently supplant
them. It involves a bit detective work that will prove to be more potent
than any acne treatment that you’ve tried in the past.
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What Is A Holistic
Practitioner?
by Jennifer Shapiro
Holistic Practitioners are holistic healing professionals with a gift in
one or more areas of healing. From bodyworkers to homeopaths to
hypnotherapists, the term holistic practitioner has become one that is
often challenging to describe or understand. Hopefully this article will
provide you with some clarity on what a holistic practitioner is and how
to find one that meets your individual needs.
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Reviving The Feminine - A Journey
Toward Balance
by Dr. Trish Whynot
This year my focus has been on
integrating some new desires into my life, along with a balanced schedule
that will support them. In the midst of this process, I realized that at
the root of balance lies our relationship between our inner-masculine and
inner-feminine. When they are working in partnership, we are in balance.
Imbalance can emerge as ill health, unsupportive relationships or
financial hardships. As I looked back on health, relationship and
financial issues I have had in the past, I saw that the issue of imbalance
was at the root of them all.
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____________________ Happiness and Work: Your Life Depends On It
by Craig Nathanson
Early one morning, Robert awoke, made his wife of 41 years some banana
bread, took out the garbage and called to cancel a doctors appointment
scheduled for the next day. He wrote a note to remind his wife to pick up
the dry cleaning. All things considered, it seemed like a normal day.
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Are
You A Sleepwalking Zombie?
by Royane Real
Do you get enough sleep? Chances are you don’t. Many people living in
modern industrial societies suffer from a chronic, and worsening sleep
deficit.
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____________________ On Developing Resiliency
by Asoka Selvarajah
Life is tough.
Of that, there is no doubt. Buddhism actually teaches that the essence of
the unenlightened life IS suffering. This is the truth of it. Nobody has
it easy. Neither pauper nor king, neither bacterium nor whale - all suffer
to a greater or lesser extent, and all are subject to that ultimate
suffering we call Death. Life feeds on life. People, it would seem, often
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Happiness
by Swami Sunirmalananda
What is Happiness?
What is happiness? Happiness is a pleasant feeling in the mind. I eat a
sweet. It brings a pleasant sensation to my mind. I hear good music that I
like. This brings a pleasant sensation in mind. I call all this happiness.
When, again, I eat the same sweet, and hear the same music when a tragedy
has occurred in my life, I don’t enjoy it. If my relative has passed
away, and if someone plays the same music that I like most, I will say:
‘Stop it! I hate this!’ The same music fails to bring joy and
happiness.
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Recreating
Yourself
by Skye Thomas
So it's time for a change. You've taken that hard look in the mirror and
you've decided that who you are is not who you want to be. Or perhaps
you're standing at a fork in the road and where you'd like to go requires
that you make some changes...
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Rediscover Your Childhood:
Possibilities
by Phil Keoghan with Warren Berger
When it comes to childish possibilities, there are almost too many to
choose from. If you're looking for some little starters -- things that are
easy to do and will begin to get you in the right frame of mind -- flying
a kite is an old standby...
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