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Self-Image NEW!
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.
I used to think this meant my unconscious mind had an “image,” or
perception, of me as someone who didn’t or couldn’t do those
activities. My mind, I believed, was refusing to allow me to act
inconsistently with that image. I didn’t know how I’d developed my
self-image—maybe it was genetic, a childhood event, not enough Vitamin C
in my diet, or something else—but the fact remained that it was there.
Thus, I was focused on finding a way to improve my self-image—to
convince my unconscious mind to view me as someone capable of taking up
the challenges I wanted to face. If I did that, I thought, anxiety would
no longer keep me from achieving my goals.
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Guilt-Free
Mindfulness
NEW!
by Sue Patton Thoele
Mindfulness is being aware of yourself, others, and your surroundings in
the moment. Well-known mindfulness teacher, Jon Kabat-Zinn, defines
it this way Mindfulness means paying
attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and
nonjudgmentally. I also like to think of mindfulness as the art
of inhabiting your own life
with kindness and acceptance.
When first entertaining the idea of practicing mindfulness in a conscious,
committed way, I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, I absolutely
believed that I would love the peace of mind and sense of balance that
those who practiced mindfulness seemed to enjoy. On the other hand, I
groaned inwardly at the thought of adding yet another guilt-inducing
"should" to an already full schedule. Two different things
tempered my concerns and helped me make a wholehearted commitment to the
practice of mindfulness. One was noticing how calm, accepting, and
humorous people were whom I knew practiced mindfulness regularly. I wanted
more of that appealing equanimity and joy. The other realization was a
semi-embarrassing "Duh!" Instead of making mindfulness a
guilt-inducing chore, I could simply choose to make practicing mindfulness
a joy and celebrate each small step taken.
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Changing
the Focal Point of Our Lives to the Present Moment
NEW!
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.
Eckhart has a wonderful
way of saying inspiring things using such plain language that we can all
relate to no matter what our spiritual or religious backgrounds might be.
This has meant that Oprah and Eckhart’s massive media presentation is
appealing to unprecedented numbers of people around the world and breaking
new ground technologically through the numbers simultaneously
participating. No matter which religious or spiritual vocabulary we
usually use, through this online class millions of people are connecting
with the message in this wonderful book about awakening to our life’s
purpose and creating a new earth.
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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.
Those
of us, who’ve allowed our self esteem to go down hill, must realize it
can’t stay down there. To begin to enjoy life the way it was intended we
all need boundaries to protect that life.
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My Wife’s Triumph Over
Uterine Fibroids
by Steven Hefferon, CMT, PTA, CPRS
There’s
nothing quite like sitting down on a crisp fall Sunday morning to write
about my wife’s uterus. I suppose I could have written something generic
about the topic of uterine fibroids, but I prefer to write personal
stories about true-life experiences that have the potential to inspire and
motivate readers.
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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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I
Have a Body: Health for Your Body, Serenity for Your Soul
by Lisa Barstow
The Buddhists tell us that we have a body but we are not our body, a mind
but we are not our mind, an ego but we are not our ego. I wish that I had
heard this fifty years ago, but at age eleven I was stressed about budding
breasts, a period that was my big present on my birthday that year, and
trying to please my dear thin mother who could already see that I wasn’t
built like a Vogue model.
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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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The 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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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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_______________________ Authenticity
by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
What is authenticity? We may not know how to define it, but we certainly
know it when we see it. In fact, when we are in the presence of an
authentic person, many of us can even feel it in our bones. We gravitate
toward people whom we perceive as honest, real and sincere. We love women
who radiate warmth and that "down to earth" feeling. We gather
around the people who can "tell it like it is" and laugh at
themselves in the process.
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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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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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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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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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Exercises For Busy Moms: 4 Quick, But Effective Exercises To Keep Busy Moms Strong
by Tracey Mallett
We all know how difficult it is to stay in shape and find time to exercise - but most especially for women with babies or small kids. There’s the sleep-deprivation factor, no time and priority changes. So what are the fitness options for busy Moms?
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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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Self-Breast Care for Women
by Katharina Wehrli
Modern living has brought much progress in many areas, but this progress didn’t come without a price. People have lost their sense of communal belonging and organic wholeness. The rapid changes that are currently taking place on the planet impact on their psyche with increased stress. The feminine qualities of nurturing, emotional cohesiveness, and inner security are gone as well.
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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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Learning to Let Go
by Amy Hassinger
I started practicing yoga nine years ago because I wanted to look sexy. I
bought B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, and taught myself the asanas,
following his suggested courses in the appendix. Within a few months of
regular practice, I could see and feel the results. I was strong, limber,
and best of all, my stomach was flat -- a state it hadn’t enjoyed since
puberty. I was an immediate convert.
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Let
There Be Light: Change The World With A Light Bulb
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
Each of the 50 trillion cells in our body
is its own entity, its own ecosystem, its own Earth. As we are consciously
attuned, we can implement healthy changes embracing “E” Consciousness
(Energy Consciousness). Whatever we do in fuller harmony towards the
planetary body, we do to our own body and every body. When our
consciousness is more fully lighted, we can better appreciate that light
bulbs extend our days. They provide time for restorative recreation in all
our many types of human activities.
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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! NEW!
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? NEW!
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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Allergy Season: How to Cope NEW!
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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____________________ Fishing for Better Health: The
Benefits of Fish and Other Food Sources High in Omega 3 Fatty Acids
by Susan du Plessis
According to the American
Heart Association (AHA), stroke is the third leading cause of death in
women. Every year an estimated 97,000 American women will die as a result
of stroke. Statistically, every 53 seconds stroke will victimize someone
in America. Of an estimated 600,000 stroke victims each year about 160,000
die as a result. There is, however, an easy way to drastically reduce
these statistics.
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Rejuvenating
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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Understanding Breast Cancer: Tips
For Wellness
by Dr. Rita Louise
Our body is made up thousands of cells that differ in size, shape and
function. Controlled by our DNA, each cell is programmed to perform
certain tasks and after a specified period of time - die. This is normally
done in an orderly manner. However, if our cells are exposed to
carcinogens, viruses or ionizing radiation, for example, the DNA can
become damaged creating havoc with this once orderly process. Said another
way, if the rate of new cell growth in the body overcomes the rate of cell
death, tumors can develop. If these cells invade and destroy surrounding
normal tissues, the abnormal cell growth is considered to be cancerous.
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Devotion: One Mother’s Perspective
by Deborah Shipley
As I gently wake in the morning to the sun’s first subtle peek through my dark bamboo shades, I turn onto my left side and a smile
quickly overtakes the corners of my mouth. My senses are filled with my precious child, peacefully slumbering, and perhaps dreaming
of a day filled with new discoveries and adventures. Moments such as these offer me a sense of contentment that all is perfect in
the moment.
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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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Grow a Balanced, Empowered Self
by Charlene M. Proctor, Ph.D.
Generating woman-power to overcome inevitable everyday problems, or perhaps deeper issues of self-love, acceptance, or forgiveness, is about knowing the spirit-power within at an intimate level. The word empowerment means power put into action. When you reach the point of empowerment, you operate from an unfathomable sense of spiritual balance, a profound knowingness that you are composed of the All and are able to use it in the real world. It's impossible to generate self-love or put any spiritual principle to work
until you fully embrace all aspects of who you are. Loving self is about loving spirit. Your power to effect change and cope is your inherent spirit-power put into action.
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Rawsome Beauty: Luck of the Draw or Within Reach of All?
by Tonya Zavasta
All of my life, I wanted to be beautiful. In today’s society, it is more acceptable to insist that you are “beautiful on the inside”, unfortunately, those of us on the outside are not seeing your insides. Wanting to be beautiful is now criticized as being shallow. I’m sorry but I would rather be perceived as shallow than hypocritical because I find it impossible to believe than any women is content to be less than she can be.
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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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Fight for Your Right to Breastfeed
by Andy Steiner
When Ola, a thirty-two-year-old artist from New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood, describes herself as "stubborn," here's a hint of pride in her voice. If she weren't so stubborn, she says, she would've given
up on breastfeeding early on.
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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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Holistic Approaches
To Fertility And A Healthy Pregnancy
by Karlo Berger
Having a child can be all too easy for some people, and painfully difficult to impossible for others. Fortunately, there are many alternative approaches to fertility to try alongside even the most invasive fertility treatments. However, it important that all caregivers involved—conventional and holistic alike—are aware of what each other are doing so as to maximize the chances of a safe and positive outcome.
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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." Click
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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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