Positive Thought Positive Action Equals ...

Can you name one negative person with a successful life? Every successful person has had either a very positive person behind them or they had a very positive attitude. We need to start instructing or teaching our children the values of goal setting and planting or having a positive attitude. So...

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Passion: Fire In Your Soul

Many people try to hold a raging fire within themselves, but it restlessly and relentlessly gnaws at their core. Some have tried to cover it up with alcohol, numb it with drugs, hide it with shopping, kids, work, or religion, or fuel it with sex. The Baby Boomers looked for eternal youth and to...

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Overcoming Depression

Identifying Depression
Depression, like most mental illness runs the continuum of severity. It can be mild or major. It can last from weeks to months. It can involve anxiety symptoms as well. Depression is primarily characterized by sadness and/or loss of pleasure in nearly all...

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Oprah Show Series: Have You Let Yourself Go?

We can always count on Oprah. If we need a good book, or a good chocolate, shes there with a recommendation and, if you happen to be in the audience, a sample. Perhaps Oprah is at her best, however, when you need a swift kick in the bottom – when you need someone telling it like it is,...

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Night and Day: Choosing Your Reality

There’s nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
– William Shakespeare

The title of this great Cole Porter song –Night and Day – also describes the sometimes changeable nature of my outlook on life.

Example: It...

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New Year’s Resolutions? Don’t Be ...

Have you set resolutions for yourself to accomplish in 2006? Maybe you want to get more exercise, eat healthier, or spend more time with your family. If you’re in business for yourself, maybe you are thinking about hiring a bookkeeper, working fewer hours, or beefing up your marketing...

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Money Can Not Buy You Happiness

I am sure there will be many people who read this article and will think I am rather mad. Quite frankly I do not care. In this article I write about what in my humble opinion are the most importants things in life, health and happiness.

All that most of my friends talk about is...

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Managing My Resistance: Learning to Flow ...

Managing My Resistance: Learning to Flow with What Life Offers

One of the things that interests me most about conflict is the tendency to resist it and the ways in which this resistance causes me to miss key moments, when I might respond with purpose and intention but do not....

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Making Everyday a special day

The same sun, the same sky, the same home, and the same routine. Life is boring. Every day is same. How to carry on from day to day? Why does a week not have seven sundays? Don’t you find yourself saying – ‘I want to enjoy life. I am getting bored with my schedule that never...

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Love Is The Answer (Sounds Trite But ...

Its all about love. It may seem trite to say, but its true. Love is where its at.

What do you want to do in life? It goes easier with love in your heart.
Want better relationships, or a better family life? Make sure love is in your heart.
Trying to do a better job at...

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Looking for Happiness? Stop Looking in Your ...

Weve all heard the clich The grass is always greener in our neighbors yard. What they dont tell you is that his grass still has to be mowed, watered, weeded, raked and fertilized.

The Buddha was the first to recognize that emotional pain can be just as real and debilitating as physical...

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Living with Joy

Living with joy can sometimes be a challenge. When things appear to be going against our will, we tend to experience this as pain, suffering, or that were having a bad day. Recognizing that we are in control of our feelings, and that we have the choice to live in joy, or in fear is the first...

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