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  • The Art of Balancing an Unequal Life  By : Eileen McDargh
    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?
  • How To Make Others Like You  By : Codi Morieta
    One of the basic needs of man is to feel accepted. Knowing this is the secret to establishing and maintaining great relationships with various types of people.

    A number of books, articles and seminars have taken the role of educating people like you on the different ways of associating with people and building lasting relationships with them. There are several things that you can do when associating with other people.

    One of these is to make them feel accepted. Accordi...
  • Career Enhancement Tools For Stress Management  By : Joyce Jackson
    Career Enhancement Tools

    No matter what your career, you will periodically face stressful situations from time to time. Handling stress in the workplace is challenging. Those that manage it well will be top candidates for career advancement.

    Stress management requires skills and techniques. These are learned over time in a work environment or through career enhancement courses.

    The first effective step in stress management is to “carve” away at it a little at a time...
  • Stress Relief - Identifying Stress  By : John Furnem
    Stress relief basic tips. In order to fight stress and decrease stress level in your life you must first identify it and make sure you know your plan to overcome stress, including short terms targets and long term goals.

    The “fight or flight” theory – when faced with increasing stress, a person has two ways to confront the problem, the first is to distance himself from the situation, thus solving the immediate need for stress relief (but not necessarily solving the problem...
  • Montana People: Weird In Their Own Special Way  By : Jenny Harker
    We have all heard tales of strange people living in Montana; the Unabomber, the freedom militias, the poor sods stuck in the Federal Witness Protection Program.

    I assure you the majority of people living in Montana are friendly, polite, are reasonably sane, and will go out of their way to lend a hand to strangers.

    Now, I am a cynical Californian transplanted in Montana. I cannot help but feel suspicious of helpful strangers.

    Oh, the clerk wants to volunteer the use o...
  • Dreamworks  By : Cheryl Hammer
    Sometimes we feel we’re ‘stuck’ in life, and maybe even feel a little confused about what we really want to do in life. It isn’t impossible to figure it out, and one way of accomplishing this is by interpreting our dreams.
  • Journaling For Happiness And Spiritual Well-Being  By : Laura Turner
    Could a journal actually lead one to health and well-being? As both a writer and health enthusiast, this is a question I've given lots of thought to. As it turns out, I'm not the only one. Upon further research, there's been a considerable amount of press given to the idea that your journal could be a path to health and wellness. In fact, Southern Methodist University and Ohio State University College of Medicine studied the effects of creative journaling and found it conclus...
  • Use Meditation To Relieve Stress  By : Chris Impeterelli
    Meditation is a form of alternative medicine that promotes relaxing and mental calmness through the use of controlling or suspending thoughts for a certain period of time. Since meditation involves physical and mental relaxation, it's a great way to relieve stress.

    When some people hear about meditation as a way to relieve stress, they laugh and think it's a bunch of baloney. They think that meditation is not a viable solution to eliminating stress. But research has shown ...
  • Settling  By : Aaron Potts
    Are you settling for circumstances in your life because you are too lazy or too scared to make the appropriate changes needed to force life to live on YOUR terms, instead of the other way around?

    Think you know the answer? Here are a few quick tests that you can take to find out how true you are being to what you want out of life vs. what you are willing to settle for.

    Your Job.

    Why do you work there? Is it the job that you have always wanted? Do you get up every mor...
  • Stress Relief Advice  By : John Furnem
    Stress is a killer, it is a known fact that stress is one of the reasons for heart attacks and many other lethal stress related disease. The bad thing about stress is that it will not only ultimately kill you, it is killing you while its doing it.

    Stress makes a person narrow his perspective, feel lost, lose proportion and the sense of the real things in life, some people get into a chain reaction in which stress is just the cause of more stress, eventually leading these p...
  • Methods To Relieve Stess  By : Gray Rollins
    Jane, a working mother, often feels tense. She feels she has too much to do. At the end of the day, she is drained and frazzled. She feels as if she is being pulled from all sides. Consequently, she cannot meet the demands of her job or her family. She gets irritated over insignificant things and has intense emotional outbursts. Lately, she cannot sleep at night, does not feel hungry, and feels exhausted all the time. Jane is under stress.

    Many people who are under stress ...
  • Mental Muscle Memory  By : Edward Mills
    When I was actively training at the Karate Dojo, every workout included time spent repeating individual techniques over and over and over and . . . well you get the idea. We would stand in a circle and count off by tens and twenties, punches, chops and kicks, as the Sensei and senior students came around correcting our form. During one of these sessions, a senior student explained the concept of Muscle Memory and why it is important to repeat the movement so many times.

    M...
  • Initiation: Taking Your Life To The Next Level  By : Edward Mills
    This past Sunday I had the privilege of welcoming back a group of women at the completion of their initiation process. After 10-months of weekly meetings – discovering their wounds and their gifts, exploring their scary edges and their hidden joys –these women left Wednesday evening for the culminating weekend of ritual and celebration.

    And on Sunday afternoon, their community welcomed them back. As they walked under the archway and into the circle of friends, I could see,...
  • 10 Relocation Tips To Keep Yourself Centered When Your World Is Spinning  By : Cathy Goodwin
    Ten tips for happy relocation (across town and around the world)

    Relocation is stressful because you change more than your address. You'll begin to navigate a new way to be a spouse, parent, friend, lover, choir member, PTA officer, and more.

    Here are ten tips to a help you tune in to your inner compass when your world is spinning.

    1. Ask, "Who am I? What do I need to be happy?"

    The secret to a successful move depends on how you answer the question, "Can I still...
  • Living The Dream --- Yours Or Theirs?  By : Kim Olver
    I know people in my life who when asked how are things going, will reply, “I’m living the dream.” Can you say the same? If you could, what would it mean?

    As far back as Sigmund Freud, psychologists have been saying that there are two major areas in a person’s life---love and work. When you are “living the dream,” you will be able to say that you have found satisfying work and are fulfilled in the relationships you share with the important people in your life.

    Now, I ask...
  • How To Nurture Your Goals And Dreams  By : Wendy Betterini
    One of the most powerful things we can do for ourselves is make a conscious effort to nurture our goals and dreams. After all, isn't nurturing care what makes everything grow? Think of the nurturing energy you provide to your children, your pets, your spouse, and even your own personal development. Without nurturing care, living things will die.

    Our dreams and goals are certainly living things, breathed into being by our own thoughts. It is vital to nurture them and encour...
  • How To Manage Your Holiday Stress  By : Kim Olver
    Are you plagued by holiday stress year after year? Do you feel as if you are a victim in all of this? Do you believe that you are the ONLY one in your household who is contributing to the success of the holiday?

    Let me share with you some ideas for making the holidays manageable. I used to literally make myself nuts during holiday time. I was married to a man who thought his contribution to the holiday was simply to show up, eat his fill and then watch television in the li...
  • Personal Alchemy: Three Steps To Positive Transformation  By : Laura Turner
    Lately, I've become intrigued by the idea or process of "alchemy." Funk & Wagnall tells me alchemy is a transformation, "a change in nature, form or quality." So how to take charge of your own personal alchemy? For me, it's about changes and transformations of mind, body and spirit. Therefore, in this article I've outlined three of my favorite ways to approach personal alchemy on the path to wholeness and health.

    Step One: Dissect A Past Transformation:

    It's easy to fee...
  • Stop Dreaming (Day-Dreaming) And Start Living!  By : Ashley McCracken
    Learn how to create the life of your dreams. Stop Dreaming Start Living
  • Pampering For The Working Professional: Ten Tips For A Balanced Work And Social Life  By : Maryse Mignott
    Health experts worldwide resoundingly agree that workers in all labor categories must maintain a balance between their work and social lives. The dangers of more or over work and less socializing cannot be emphasized enough especially for the Londoner. The advantages to having an active social life are many. Finding a healthy balance between our work and social lives is not always easy but some efforts towards developing that balance can assure we stay productive on the job a...
  • Becoming A Student Of Life  By : Wendy Betterini
    One of the habits that has served me well throughout my life is keeping the mind-set of a student. I've always had an insatiable curiosity about a wide variety of topics, and I'm usually reading several books during the same time period. I've read about some really fascinating things, like quantum physics, and some really cheesy things, like romance novels. Truth be told, I've enjoyed them all!

    It occurred to me the other day that it doesn't matter what I'm learning about,...
  • A Science Breakthrough That Could Change Your Life Forever  By : Maranda Mann
    Ever think the world is out to make you fail? Do you think that “If you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all ? “
    Wrong!
    You make your own luck and your own failures and successes.
    Are you one of the positive ones who think “Everything happens for a reason!” ?
    Good for you! You are correct! Well, sort of...
  • Love Your Body, Love Your Self: Nurturing Body Acceptance  By : Laura Turner
    Is it idealistic to believe that everyone can learn to love their body? This became a burning question as I set out to write on this topic of body acceptance. Why do I muse about this subject? It's been said that writers write what they wish to know. And when it comes to loving my body - it's been a constant, lifelong process.

    That said: Here's what I know (or want to know) about loving the body we've been given. The process begins with acceptance. And to accept one's body...
  • The Strength Of Beliefs And Their Impact On Success  By : Matthew Hayford
    Have you ever heard the expression, "if you don't believe you can do it you can't"? This holds true for business especially since many when beginning a new venture have some inherent doubts that can ultimately be the undoing of the business before it even has the chance to begin.

    Our beliefs have a significant impact on how well or how poorly we do in any endeavor. This is even more powerful in the world of business because many of us have had various beliefs instilled upo...
  • Need A Boost In The Self Improvement Area?  By : Sandra Stammberger
    Choosing the right personal development program is going to change your life. If you are ready to take a step in the right direction and make a positive change then you need to start looking into some good self improvement courses. Actually, there are several proven strategies that can be used to help us be successful in our efforts to improve an aspect of our lifestyle.

    You can learn everything that you need to know about being all that you can be with a good personal dev...
  • Giving To The Poor Brings The Greatest Blessings  By : Dr. Jay Snell
    The genuinely poor, what about them? Did God make provisions for them? If so, do we have a part in these provisions? Are there blessings attached that will accrue to us if we fulfill our part in what the Bible directs us to do concerning the poor?

    Are there Scriptures to guide us here? Yes. Look at the Scriptures below. They show the pattern for dealing with the needs of the poor.

    Deut 15:7-11
    7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy ...
  • Work/Life Balance: Making Every Day Sacred  By : Wendy Betterini
    So many of us rush blindly through our days, fall into bed exhausted, and wake up the next morning to do it all over again. For many of us, our lives are composed of millions of meaningless moments, all strung together - perhaps with a sprinkling of sacred moments mixed in. I'm sure you can think of a few sacred moments in your own life. Maybe your marriage, the birth of your child(ren), or perhaps a heartfelt moment of connection with a good friend. These are the moments whe...
  • Four Facets Of Work/Life Balance  By : Wendy Betterini
    I recently came through a week of very hard work, chaotic energy and long hours. As I reviewed my goals and progress for the week, I realized that I couldn't remember much of anything that happened during that week. It was all a muddled blur in my mind, one day blending into the next. I do believe that hard work is good for us. However, if we don't also include periods of rest, quiet contemplation and recreation, what are we working so hard for? We must also make time to enjo...
  • Work/Life Balance: Forming Healthy Habits  By : Wendy Betterini
    A habit is an action or series of actions that we perform in a subconscious manner. We don't have to consciously think about doing these things, they seem to happen on their own. Habits can be good or bad, depending on how they enhance our quality of life, or detract from it.

    Have you ever driven home or to work and then had no recollection of the ride? Or have you taken the wrong exit off a freeway because it's the one you usually take, when in fact you had intended to ke...


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