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Mar 4th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles
by Kevin Rush…
If you find yourself asking, why am I always tired, the answer could lie within your own personality. There is a difference between graciously helping out where you’re needed and being obsessed with people pleasing. People pleasing behaviors can lead to feeling tired to the point where you can’t please anyone. Here are [...]
Tags: approval seeking, people pleasing, Relationships
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Mar 3rd, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles
by Mary Tucker…
Ever noticed the meaning you assign to people, their actions, their words, even the way they “look” at you? As humans, we believe that we just ‘know’ what a simple expression another person makes means. We are certain that our interpretation of the world is not only correct, it is the only one!
I [...]
Tags: ego, meaning, perspective, projection
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Mar 1st, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles
Author Unknown…
It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often [...]
Tags: Relationships, Story, time
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Feb 27th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Spirituality
by Gaylena Collins…
Beliefs are one of the most powerful creators in your world, they determine what you experience moment to moment and are most powerful in the moment. When you are present, not thinking about the future or the past, you are able to create your next moment as awesome as the beliefs that create [...]
Tags: beliefs, change, reality
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Feb 25th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles
by Craig Harper…
In some of my workshops, I run a short activity which provides the audience members with an immediate and practical example of how and where we focus our attention and energy - and the potential consequences. It’s a pretty simple process used by plenty of facilitators.
How it works:
I ask my audience to spend [...]
Tags: focus, perspective
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Feb 24th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles
by Dr. Michael J. Duckett…
Most people want to go somewhere with their lives but they are not willing to leave the comfort of their miseries.
A better life is an unknown life factor for many people. If we do not understand how to achieve a better life, we find ourselves compromising for a less than adequate [...]
Tags: change, comfort zone, focus, motivation, perspective
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Feb 18th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Spirituality
By Tonya Williams…
I spent my entire day with my husband at a wellness and prevention clinic in Charleston, SC yesterday.
Having worked in mainstream health care for many years, I must admit that I was completely taken back when the doctor asked my husband, “Do you have any difficulty in just being?”
Now, as a nurse, I’ve [...]
Tags: being, meditation
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Feb 17th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles, Personal Growth
by Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.…
Don’t we all wear masks at one time or another, pretending that everything is OK? There are many reasons people may act out this charade. It’s not uncommon to hide personal pain, because putting it on display for all to see can be embarrassing and even destabilize relationships. Yet studies show that [...]
Tags: affirmations, challenges, Personal Growth, self help
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Feb 16th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Featured Articles, Relationships
by Michael Fehlauer…
1. Be accepting - In dealing with the subject of relationship tips, an important principle to remember is one of acceptance. The greatest mistake we can make is not recognizing the difference between acceptance and approval. It is one thing to approve of something; it is another to accept someone.
We approve or disapprove [...]
Tags: allow, friendship, Relationships
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Feb 15th, 2010 |
By Arlene |
Category: Relationships
by Courtney Long…
“Why should I take care of myself? I thought I was supposed to put everyone else’s needs first. And isn’t self-care selfish?”
Self-care is an often misunderstood concept. Taking care of yourself does not mean neglecting everyone else in your life. And BIG NEWS-self-care has nothing to do with being selfish or a “bad” [...]
Tags: self love, Spirituality
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