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Archive for February 2010 – Page 3

Never Dessert Yourself

By Arlene
Monday, February 8th, 2010

by Maike Jaeger…

blog100208_maikeI was turning 30, eating one whole box of chocolates a night. It finally became obvious to me that this was not a way to live, but a way to die. I cried when I realized that. It was a horrible shock. But I made the decision then and there that it didn’t matter how many people in my life had given up on me or I had given up on, that the only thing that really mattered is not to give up on myself.

I had yo-yoed my weight through vigorous exercise, only to gain back all the weight I had lost with such hard work. That changed, though, once I realized that the problem was my mind, not my body. I decided to find out more about how to influence my mind to tell my body to shed the weight for good. Read More→

Categories : Featured Articles, Miscellaneous
Tags : self esteem, self love

Do You Need to Have a Brick Thrown at You?

By Arlene
Saturday, February 6th, 2010

by Author Unknown…

blog1002_brickA young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door!

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Categories : Miscellaneous

We Are Not Whole Without Our Shadows

By Arlene
Thursday, February 4th, 2010

by Connor R Sullivan…

ezine100203_shadowLight defines what we see. Light is the energy that reveals the world in front of us. Whether it is street lighting, store lighting or bathroom lighting, we depend on it to find see what is around us. In order to progress lighting is used to illuminate the path. What often get neglected are the shadows. Without shadows, without contrast, the world becomes flat and depth perception becomes impossible. The same is true of our internal lives; the shadows are part of what make up a personality. It is our shadows selves that often Read More→

Categories : Featured Articles

11 Tips for Surviving Winter Blues

By Arlene
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

by Helen Flynn…

ezine100203_bluesThere is a scientific basis for feeling more depressed from November to March. We get less sunlight; we tend to be less active, and often may catch more colds and even the flu. How can we fight the blues if a trip to the Caribbean is not in the budget?

1. Be grateful. I remember years ago waking up to my clock radio playing the news. I used to think as I faced some difficult days “Gorbachev is facing a worse day than I am.” (Later I learned to program my wake-up to classical music – a much more positive way to start the day.) It is so easy to wake up and think about all the problems of the day ahead. It often takes a conscious effort to be grateful. Read More→

Categories : Featured Articles
Tags : appreciation, gratitude, joy, self help, winter

How to Find Joy in Your Life

By Arlene
Monday, February 1st, 2010

by Sean M Kelly…

According to the actor Morgan Freeman in the film “The Bucket List” the Ancient Egyptians believed that when you arrive at the gates of heaven you are asked two questions and your answer to these questions determines whether you are admitted. What were the questions?

1. Have you found Joy in your life?
2. Has your life brought Joy to others?

Are these great questions? Absolutely! Let’s think about the first one – have you found joy in your life? But first how do you define joy? For me its an absolutely fantastic emotion where we feel totally present, passionate, fearless, nothing needs to be added or taken away, we are there, everything feels totally fantastic and we feel we are exactly where we are meant to be in this life. Read More→

Categories : Featured Articles, Relationships
Tags : joy, life purpose
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