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Do
You Have Inspiration Deficit Disorder?
NEW!
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.
If you feel the truth in these words, then
I invite you to open your heart and help me to change the world. Of
course, the very first question is: How are you going to change the world?
The answer is easy. By changing your world. When I ask you to help me to
change the world, I’m not talking about planet Earth. I’m referring to
the world that exists in your head. You will not change the world if you
don’t change your own world first. The change begins with you. You will
change the world by loving yourself, by enjoying life, by making your
personal world a dream of heaven. And I ask you for your help because you
are the only one who can make this change.
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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.
2. Corn-Fed Beef
The expert: Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms and author of books on sustainable farming
Cattle were designed to eat grass, not grains. But farmers today feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. A recent comprehensive study found that compared with corn-fed beef, grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), calcium, magnesium, and potassium.
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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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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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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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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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Guilt-Free
Mindfulness
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.
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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.
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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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!
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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Allergy 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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____________________ 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.
FYI - Your life is not meant to be one static pie chart you control! Click
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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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Your Fitness Needs, Milestone By Milestone
by Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H.,
F.A.C.P.
I've worked with thousands of women. Twenty-somethings to 50-plus career women. Anorexics and starvers to bingers and bulimics. Top athletes to women who were so obese that they could barely walk a block. For all of them, a customized fitness "prescription" became an essential part of their self-care.
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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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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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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
feed on each other.Click
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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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____________________ The Power Of Being A Woman
by Allie Ochs
The American Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Little did he know that his quote would sum up the past, present and future of women. He also didn’t know that women would emerge as powerful pillars of society. It wasn’t until the 20th century that American women were allowed to vote and it took even longer until they could say no to sex in their marriages. What lies behind us is the history of women, who paved the way to liberation.
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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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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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Migraines and Hormones - A Natural Approach
by Nicole Bandes
It’s estimated that 40 million Americans suffer from chronic headaches. Headaches are one of the leading causes of missed
work or school. So why is it that so many of us suffer from such annoying and often debilitating pains in the head?
Honestly, there are several reasons.
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Fit
Women! Beware!
by Susan Rutter
Women, according to the U.S. National Institute of Health, are eight times
more likely than men to suffer sports injuries such as stress fractures
and knee and ankle injuries.
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The Mid-Life Challenge: Make
A Plan To Re-ignite Vocational Passion
by Craig Nathanson
Nobody will stop you in the hallway at work to ask if your career provides
meaning and personal fulfillment. Recognizing that something’s missing
in your vocational life and taking the initiative to change must come from
within.
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Illuminating The Workplace
by Rev. Omar Khayyam Yeldell
For every calling there is a purpose. Many times the purpose is befuddled
by our own limitations and prejudices. A very thin line of perception,
separates what is indeed objectively fair on one side, and having our own
way...
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____________________ For The Love Of
Mommy
by Jennifer Ottolino
For most of you being a mother is one of the most wonderful and rewarding
experiences that you will have in your life. It can also be a time when
you feel lost and out of touch with who you are outside of being a
“mommy”. Maintaining an identity outside of your children is vitally
important, not just for you, but for your family as well. So here are ten
strategies that not only keep you connected with you, but also have the
added bonus of being an important life skill to teach your children.
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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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Asthma Friendly Gardens
by Tom Ogren
Recent studies have shown that babies born to mothers who were exposed to
high levels of pollen in their last trimester of pregnancy have a much
greater chance of developing asthma. One of the main keys with asthma
prevention is avoidance.
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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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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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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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How
Tarot And Visualization Helped One Woman Achieve Her Dream
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
Cathy Levine, owner of
Circles of Wisdom in Andover, wasn’t always the spiritual-seeking owner
of a metaphysical store; she used to work as an actuary at an insurance
company. Technical finances, numbers and spreadsheets were her thing—not
energy, crystals and aromatherapy. But that began to change the day Cathy
had her first tarot card reading.
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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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Something More: Excavating Your
Authentic Self
A Continuous Thread of Revelation
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Did you ever see the film National Velvet?
Based on the heartwarming book written by Enid Bangoid, the film starred a
teenage Elizabeth Taylor in her first leading role as Velvet Brown, a
young English girl determined to transform an ordinary horse she'd won in
a raffle into a racehorse. Every time she rides him, she sees herself
trotting triumphantly into the winner's circle of the world's greatest
steeplechase, the Grand National.
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The
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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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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Women in World Leadership: An interview
with Sister Jayanti
by Carol Bedrosian
Jayanti Kirplani is the Director of the
Brahma Kuamris World Spiritual Organization, London and is based at their
Global Cooperation House in London, UK. The BKWSO, headquartered in India,
is an international family of individuals from all corners of the world
that seeks to bring out the best in people through offering courses in
meditation, spiritual and moral values.
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In Search Of The Feminine Archetype
by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D
I often wonder what the world
would be like if women were in charge of
it instead of men. It would definitely be an altogether different place.
Moreover, it's hard to escape the sneaking suspicion that it would
probably be a far better place too.
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Real Fitness for Real
Women: A Unique
Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman
MY STORY
by Rochelle Rice
I grew up in front of the
mirror. I was a dancer from the age of three, and with each passing year I
watched myself more and more critically, scrutinizing my young form for
imperfections. As my body began to develop in adolescence into a real
woman's body, I felt completely alienated by the changes of maturation: I
hated my widening hips, my developing breasts, the curves that seemed to
have softened my form almost overnight.
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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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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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Find a Quiet Corner: A Simple Guide to
Self-Peace
Introduction
by Nancy O'Hara
I used to wish my life away. I lived my
life thinking ahead to the next thing—the next day, when I had a date
with so-and-so and wouldn't that be nice; the next job, because I hated my
current one so much; the next year, when I was planning to take that great
vacation which held the promise of changing my life; the next prince
charming, who would rescue me from my life because the last one was really
a frog and I was meant to be saved.
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Angel
On My Shoulder: An Autobiography
by Natalie Cole and Digby Diehl
Singers are often asked about their musical
influences, and for someone with a famous musician for a father, this
question is one of the most common. But when people ask me if my father
sang for me as a child, they seem disappointed by the truth: He never sang
us romantic ballads like "Mona Lisa."
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The Illustrated Discovery Journal:
Creating a Visual Autobiography of Your Authentic Self
Authentic Style
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
One of the truths I learned on my Simple
Abundance journey is that you cannot begin the search for
authenticity, you cannot embark on a spiritual path within, and not see
it reflected on the outside. We're talking about style, fitness, and
beauty. Girl talk. Sister stuff. Soul speak. Chick concerns. The eternal
question: How do I look?
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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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Fibromyalgia
by Ron Stock, R.Ph.
Fibromyalgia
is a condition that affects primarily women in their young adult years.
Its symptoms include specific pain points throughout the body that are
critical for diagnosis. This pain is of unknown origin and can be
accompanied by a headache, insomnia, irritable bowel and indigestion.
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The
Traumatized Heart
by Linda
Marks
When I was sixteen years old a stranger tried to rape and murder me. I was
walking home at night past the Brigham's restaurant where I had my second
job, as a stranger came out of the shadows and tried to strangle me. I
tried to fight him with my physical strength, but he was 6' 1" and I was
just a 5' 6" teenage girl, no matter how physically fit I was.
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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.
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The Ugly Side Of Beauty
by Judi Vance
For ten long years, Judi
Vance, author of Beauty to Die For - The Cosmetic Consequence has
been voicing a conflicting account on the safety of cosmetics. Her latest
endeavor is an Internet community, Cosmetics - Are they worth the risk?
The publisher sponsored Web site allows Vance to continue her quest to
educate on the subject of cosmetic risks.
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If Men Could Talk: Here's What
They'd Say
Men Are Difficult ...let me count the ways
by Alon Gratch, Ph.D.
Men are difficult. On the surface, they
often seem distant and elusive. Or loud and obnoxious. And when you try to
get to know them, it often gets worse—they can become defensive and
impenetrable. Indeed, unlike women, who are generally open with their
feelings, most men find it extremely difficult to open up to others. But
when they finally do, they invariably reveal a dramatic, bold, and
amazingly vulnerable inner self.
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What
Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your
Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to Fifty
Premenopause
as a Life Cycle
by Virginia Hopkins, John R. Lee and Jesse Hanley
You're only in your mid-thirties and you
absolutely do not want to hear the word "menopause" applied to
you, even if it is "pre" menopause. You're not there yet. You're
still young, you haven't even had kids yet for heaven's sake, or your kids
aren't even out of grade school.
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Mitten
Strings For God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry
Dailiness
by Katrina Kenison
We have become experts at documenting the
lives of our children. From the instant my sons made their first
appearances in the delivery room, they have been the stars of our home
movies and our favorite photographic subjects. But the most precious
moments of my family's life are not the ones illuminated by birthday
candles, Christmas lights, or amusement park rides, and they cannot be
captured on film or tape.
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What
Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia: The Revolutionary Treatment
that can Reverse the Disease
An Invitation to Join Us and Find
Your Way Back to Health by R. Paul St. Amand, M.D. and Claudia Craig Marek, M.D.
Having fibromyalgia means many things
change, and a lot of them are invisible. Unlike having cancer or being
hurt in an accident, most people do not understand even a little about
(this illness) and its effects, and of those that think they know,
many are actually misinformed.
—J. M., Texas
It can start off quite subtly: a bit of
muscle pain, along with some generalized aches and stiffness...
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Every
Woman Has A Story: Voices, Many Lessons, Many Lives, True Tales
Women and Friendship
by Daryl Ott Underhill
The Circle of Decades
Cay Randall-May, PhD.
Circles fascinate me. Our lives are full of
them, from a baby's teething ring to the rims of granny's reading glasses.
The circles that have changed me most were formed by people holding hands.
The "circle of decades" at my friend Carol's croning ceremony
will always be in my memory, like a safety ring tied to the side of a
boat. In case of near drowning, I'll toss it out and use it to stay afloat
until the storm subsides.
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Where Two Worlds Meet: Home Birth and
Hospital Working Together
by Linda Marks
My worst fear was going to the hospital.
Pregnant at last at age 36 and preparing for motherhood at 37, I wanted
everything to be conscious, natural and easy. As a body-centered
psychotherapist who had seen first hand the emotional artifacts of the
schizoid wound, ever so prevalent in our culture, I wanted to avoid
prenatal and birth trauma in even the smallest ways.
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The Breastfeeding Book:
Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child Why Breast Is Best
by Martha Sears, R. N. and William Sears, M. D.
IN THE EARLY DAYS of learning to breastfeed, there may be times when you
feel like tossing in the nursing bra and reaching for a bottle. You may be
tempted to believe those advisers who suggest that formula feeding is
easier or just as good. Or you may worry that you’re "not the type
of mother" who succeeds at breastfeeding.
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The
Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful Foods, Supplements, and Drugs
That Can Combat Breast Cancer
by Robert Arnot, M.D.
For decades, breast cancer has stood alone
among major diseases, because its victims lacked even a single practical
preventive measure with which to protect themselves. In most epidemics,
we've had the power to defend ourselves: vaccines for the flu, lowered
cholesterol for heart disease, smoking cessation for lung cancer, lowered
blood pressure for stroke, and safe sex for AIDS.
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Menopause
by Ron Stock, R.
Ph.
I am frequently asked this question [about
natural alternatives to estrogen] or one
similar to it. Simply put, menopause is the cessation of menstruation. It
is a time when the ovaries have no more eggs. The absence of an egg
producing follicle results in a significant drop-off in estrogen and
progesterone levels. This decrease leads to hormonal imbalances that can
cause some uncomfortable symptoms.
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Emotional Safety: A
Cornerstone For Healing
by Linda Marks
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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How to Get Pregnant with the New Technology
: A World-renowned Fertility Expert Tells You What Really Works, What
Doesn't, and Why
How Does the New Technology Work?
by Sherman J. Silber
Solving Seemingly Impossible Infertility Problems With The New
Technology
In the mid-1980s I saw a lovely woman who
had undergone surgery by a well-meaning gynecologist for severe pelvic
adhesions (scarring) caused by previous infections. (Nowadays if I were to
see a woman with such severe adhesions in the pelvis, I wouldn't even
attempt to try to solve her problem surgically, but would go straight to
in vitro fertilization [IVF], a relatively simple, outpatient procedure.)
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Menopause: Change At Mid-life
by Linda Marks
The period from conception
to birth is the first profound journey for the human soul, the one by which spirit joins
matter and enters the world. Men and women's lives are marked with many psycho spiritual
passages. Being born, coming into sexual maturity, assuming the adult role of
man or woman, pregnancy,
giving birth, menopause and death are
all significant life passages rich with change and meaning at both inner
and outer levels.
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Menopause:
Change at Mid-life (Part 2)
by Linda
Marks
This article is the second in a two part series. The first article
addressed the physical and medical aspects of menopause. This article
focuses on the emotional and spiritual issues that emerge as women pass
through the "change of life." The article draws from interviews
with four women about their experience and two professionals: menopause
educator Pat Rackowski from Dorchester, MA and family practice physician
Camilla Parham, from Lincoln, MA.
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Solving
the Mystery of Breast Pain
by Dixie J. Mills, MD, FACS
Breast pain is a universal
concern for women of all ages in Western industrial countries. Because we
have been taught that pain means something is wrong, most women jump to
the conclusion that it must be cancer. However, breast cancer has few
warning signs and pain is rarely a symptom of the disease.
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Crossing
To Crone
by Suzanne Hill
In November of 1995, I journeyed to Egypt
with a group of nearly 200 men and women. When I returned to my home on
Cape Cod, after two weeks of visiting temples, pyramids, tombs and sacred
sites, and doing rituals along the way, one of the first actions I was
moved to take was to rewrite my will. In fact, I was driven to accomplish
that task as soon as possible.
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The
Good Girl's Guide to Negotiating: How to Get What You Want at the
Bargaining Table
by Leslie Whitaker and Elizabeth Austin
I wrote a New York Times
bestseller.
I got paid $12,400 for it.
Don't let this happen to you.
As a sadder but wiser woman, I'm here to
tell you that there's nothing like making a bad deal to inspire you to do
better the next time. Since I made that perfectly awful deal, I've
mastered some valuable lessons about negotiating. And I'd like to share my
learning experiences with the many women (perhaps even you) who are in
danger of repeating some of the mistakes I made.
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Bosom Buddies
by Rosie O'Donnell, Deborah
Axelrod, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Tracy Chutorian Semler
What's A Normal, Healthy Breast?
A "normal, healthy breast" comes in many different shapes,
sizes, and colors. In fact, I'm not a big fan of the word
"normal," as there is such great variability in what's
"normal," as well as what's healthy. Normal for you may be quite
different from what it is for other women; and, for that matter,
"normal" changes throughout your life cycle, as the breast goes
through a wide variety of changes I'll discuss in this chapter.
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Good
Daughters: Loving Our Mothers as They Age
The
Culture: Some Things Have Changed
by Patricia Beard Why is it so difficult to be a good
daughter to an aging mother now? Partly it is hard because of the changes
in the culture that our generation has made. As Victoria Secunda writes in
When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends, "Women who today
are in their thirties and forties probably have even less in common with
their mothers than any two generations of women in history."
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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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Menopause Manners for Men
by Valerie Otto
If over 30 million women are going through
menopause, think of what the men are going through!
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Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real World
First and Foremost: Pinpoint Your
Passion
by Maria Shriver
Be honest with yourself about
it. really think about what you're interested in. What you enjoy, what
captures your imagination and gets your brain going. What YOU want to
do—not what you believe your parents or your teachers or society or your
four brothers think you should do.
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Women Returning Home to Mother Earth
by Florence Gaia, RN, M.Ed.
Not far from the white topped peaks of the
Continental Divide we walked round the bend of a wide grassy trail and
stepped into the bright summer light of a Rocky Mountain meadow. My breath
caught. The beautiful sight ahead took me to another time 150 years or
more ago: grass as high as your hip, four tipis with strips of colored
fabric fluttering from pole tops, a large council tipi in the north corner
of the meadow, a small moon lodge tipi at the south end, and a big fire
pit in the meadow's center.
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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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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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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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When Money Isn't Enough:
How Women are Finding the Soul of Success
by Connie Glaser and Barbara Steinberg Smalley
"My entire life is work," she
admits. "In my quest for success, I have neglected family and
friends, and when I look at who I've become, I don't particularly like
what I see. All of my hard work and the tangible rewards it's brought me
have not given me the joy and peace of mind I thought they would. Sure, on
the outside, I appear successful. But I keep wondering, "Is
this all there is?'"
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You
About Breast Cancer: How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life
by John R. Lee, M.D., Virginia Hopkins and David Zava, Ph.D.
Why is modern medicine going
nowhere in its attempts to treat breast cancer? Our research has found
that the answer to this question lies primarily with the politics of
medicine, the cancer industry, and the industries that create the
pollutants that contribute to breast cancer...
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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.
The citronella candle hadn’t done much good, but the two women ignored
the bugs. They were determined to enjoy the lilac-scented breeze and the
starry sky. Carol figured she was paying the price. To her surprise,
though, there were only a few bites and they weren’t where the itching
was. It was intense and generalized, making her want to dig at her skin
with her nails.
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No More Hot
Flashes...And Even More Good News
by Penny Wise Budoff
No More Hot Flashes and Other Good News was
a New York Times best-seller in 1983. That was a special thrill for me,
for it meant my theories about women and their health care were on target.
Over the years, No More Menstrual Cramps and Other Good News (1980) and No
More Hot Flashes and Other Good News (1983) have been considered classic
books on women's health, helping to create the basis of the women's health
movement. Indeed, a number of medical schools have assigned both books as
required reading, and many universities today use the books in their
Psychology of Women classes. Departments of radiation therapy and many
physicians have also used the books for patient information.
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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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Feathers Brush My Heart: True
Stories
of Mothers Touching Their Daughters' Lives After Death
by Sinclair Browning (Editor)
I am fifty-five years old. I have had
broken bones, had stitches, given birth, lost my father when I was eleven,
had a home burn to the ground, been divorced, lost close friends, and
buried all of my grandparents as well as my ex-husband.
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____________________ Kathy Smith's Moving
Through Menopause: The Complete Program for Exercise, Nutrition, and Total
Wellness
by Kathy Smith, Robert Miller (Contributor)
Every twenty-nine days for the past thirty
years, my body has faithfully prepared itself to become pregnant. Two of
those occasions resulted in the births of my daughters. The other
four-hundred-plus times have provided a kind of vital pulse throughout my
adult life. A steady internal rhythm, dependable as the seasons.
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A Treasury of Miracles for Women,Angel In The Intersection
by Karen Kingsbury
It was the last day of school and Melba
Stevens was waiting with fresh-baked cookies for her seven-year-old son
Mark to come home. She sat in a chair by the window and thought about the
conversation she'd had with the child that morning.
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__________________ Cancer Schmancer
by Fran Drescher
I think I need to start at the
beginning of my whole health crisis and catch you up to the day I finally
got diagnosed. I say "finally" because it took forever—more
than two years and eight doctors—before one of them decided to give me a
D&C, which stands for "dilatation and curettage," whatever
the hell that is. Basically, it's when they scrape tissue from the uterus
for biopsy. In the end, this was the only test I needed to find my cancer.
Because I was atypical for contracting uterine cancer, at each turn in the
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__________________ Female and Forgetful: A Six-Step
Program to Help Restore Your Memory and Sharpen Your Mind
by Elisa Lottor, Ph.D., N.D. and Nancy P. Bruning While
scientists debate the subtleties of the categories of memory loss, women
march through my office with a litany of complaints. Often the first thing
they notice is that they are forgetting names of someone they've just been
introduced to in a business or social situation. This is one of the most
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Miscarriage And Self Blame
by Ellen DuBois
Who could I blame for this? Did I do
something wrong? Did that glass of wine I had before I even knew I was
pregnant somehow hurt my baby? Did that slip on the ice have anything to
do with it? What about the cigarettes I smoked? Or, or, or…
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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. And suddenly I made much more sense
to myself.
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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 Hormone Solution: Naturally
Alleviate Symptoms
of Hormone Imbalance from Adolescence Through Menopause
by Erika Schwartz, M.D.
Menopause is not a pause. While menopause literally means
"cessation of menstrual periods," for most women it defines the
most traumatic part of their lives. It forces them to confront the
inevitability of aging. It is not a glorious transition; it is not a time
when women feel free and empowered.
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____________________ Behind
the Smile: My Journey Out Of Postpartum Depression
by Marie Osmond, Marcia Wilkie and Judith Moore, M.D.
From this angle, you can see right up my
skirt.
I learned at an early age how a young woman
protects her image. If she's "sitting like a lady," no one can
see up her skirt.
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Back: A Woman-to-Woman Guide
by Jami Bernard
Chemotherapy and/or radiation
therapy are two types of treatment commonly given to breast-cancer
patients in addition to surgery. The surgery physically removes the tumor,
while the chemo and radiation kill off stray cancer cells that may still
be lurking in the area or have traveled through the lymphatic system
to other parts of the body. If you have picked up this book, then not only
are you preparing for chemo and/or radiation treatments, but you are also
exhibiting extraordinary literary taste, and for that I congratulate you.
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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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__________________ The Natural Hormone Solution
by Henry C. Sobo, M.D.
Synthetic female hormones are among the most widely prescribed medications
in our country today. They are prescribed most often at menopause for
symptoms such as hot flashes, but also as a preventive measure against
osteoporosis. In younger age groups they are prescribed for other hormone
related problems. There are many side effects associated with hormone
therapy (just look at the package insert) and there are also great
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Coping With Menopause Naturally
by Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc.
Many women are searching for an effective natural approach to relieving
their menopausal symptoms because of the recent negative findings of
hormone replacement therapy (HRT). On May 31, 2002, the National
Institutes of Health stopped a major long-term clinical trial of the risks
and benefits of combined estrogen and progestin before the trial was
completed. Due to the increased risk of breast cancer, coronary heart
disease, stroke, and blood clots, it was determined that HRT's risks
outweigh its benefits.
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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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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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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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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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Crystal Clarity:
How To Expose The Hidden Obstacles Lurking In Your Subconscious
by
Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
I had been struggling with an issue for about seven years that
I was beginning to think I might never overcome. So I went to see a
counselor named Dr. Trish Whynot who specializes in personal
transformation, self-healing and self-empowerment. I wrote an article
about Trish a couple years ago and have since gained a deep respect for
her gifted abilities. I’ve recommended her to many friends and
colleagues who have since experienced incredible results from her
services. Hence, I decided to see if she could help me with my
issue.
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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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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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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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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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The Skinny On Skin Care
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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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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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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Hair As Nature's Health Barometer
by Jonathon
Phillips
Does our diet, nutrition and lifestyle effect the health of our hair
as well as our bodies? The answer is a resounding yes.
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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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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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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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Stress, Anxiety,
And Strong Black Women
by Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett
Whether it is discrimination, prejudice, or another stressor, Black women appear to handle stress somewhat differently from men or white women. Men are more likely to do battle with whoever or whatever is causing stress, or they simply remove themselves from the situation...
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The Ayurveda Approach to a
Healthy Menopause
by Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.
Menopause: It's About Balance
The medical community is quickly evolving
its understanding of menopause. Following the abrupt, early halt to the
HRT portion of the Women's Health Initiative last July, due to findings
that Hormone Replacement Therapy's risks outweighed its benefits,
headlines now read "Menopause is not a disease, but a normal part of
life." Hormone "replacement" therapy (HRT) has become
simply hormone "therapy" (HT) in recognition of the fact that
replacing estrogen is not natural and brings dangerous side-effects,
rather than the fountain of youth once touted.
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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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Chinese Medicine For PMS
by Farah Khan
Many women have resigned themselves to the monthly emotional and physical
roller coaster that their menstrual period brings. Psychological symptoms
include weepiness, moodswings, irritability, anger, and depression.
Physical symptoms can include bloating, cramping, backaches, breast
tenderness, food cravings, headaches, acne, and digestive problems.
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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...
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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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Friends Help Us Heal, Succeed and Connect to Our Feminine Spirit
by Rev.
Laurie Sue Brockway
Good friends help us express our true selves and find our path in life. They hold up a mirror that shows us who we truly are … and they encourage us to be more than we think we can be!
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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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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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For Juicy Women
An Interview With Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
Webster's dictionary definition of a crone is "a withered old woman." Does a woman have to look like a crone to be one? Warts on nose?
This is not what being a crone is all about--at all! Another name for a crone would be "inner wise woman" or "wise and compassionate elder"--the development of which grows through life. "Crone" is ageless though she develops mostly in post-menopausal women. Crone is what a woman is in her psyche and not what she is expected to look like.
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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,
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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.
First,
lets look at what functional actually means.
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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...
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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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The New Children
Have Arrived: Caring For Your Indigo Child
by Julie Rosenshein, LICSW
Many have asked; what or who are these Indigo Children and how can I help
my child, my grandchild, or the student in my class who seems to be one?
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Alternatives to Cosmetic Surgery
by Debbie Mandel
The untimely death of writer Olivia Goldsmith, author of the First
Wives Club, from plastic surgery highlighted the risks associated with
our narcissistic addiction to looking forever young. Is being beautiful
and youthful through surgical intervention worth dying for? Extreme
makeovers are popularized by the media...
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Estrogen And Progesterone Treatment
As An Alternative For Hormone Replacement Therapy
by Jeannine Virtue
A
Dec. 30, 2003 Associated Press article stated that about one quarter of
women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy because of its risks
wind up resuming HRT because of menopause misery.
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Losing The “Baby
Fat”
by Nicole Palacios
Baby has been here for some months now and is cute as a button, but you
still have this extra roll around your midsection, or a little something
around the hips. Isn’t all the extra fat supposed to just melt away
after the baby is born? All the books tell you that breastfeeding will
help you regain your figure, and once you’re running around after your
active little one, you will shed those last few pounds. How can you regain
your pre-pregnancy body once and for all? Let’s see…
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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
sex we are seeking to experience our true whole self.
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