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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you love yourelf?
- Learning to love yourself isn't easy - especially if you grew up in an environment that involved abuse, neglect, shame or an emotionally dishonest atmosphere. Most people who experience self-love have had it planted as a seed by someone who accepted them unconditionally at a very early phase in their development. But even those fortunate enough to have had this experience, come to find that self-l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Got play?
- Passion Love Action You! Playing with your own divinity, spirit, heart, and spreading it around you. YES! When I share with people that I'm a play activist, most people look perplexed. Totally cool, I get that. What thirty year old says "I LOVE TO PLAY" while doing kart-wheels endlessly? It's not common, yet it's getting there.Most of us are looking at our lives and sensing someth...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ways to bring play into your life
- 1. roll around in the grass, and don't brush the grass off.2. drive/walk a different way to work, or wherever you usually go.3. wear glitter underneath your work clothes.4. wear a bright orange tie.5. smell a flower fully, and thank it for its beauty.6. smile at stranger.7. go thru the children's aisle in any store and imagine what toy you'd love to play w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting in touch with your inner feelings
- Every disease or ailment, whether it be cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure or something else, has a series of warning signs. In ever case, when we experience an abnormality, we tend to move quickly to do something to get back to normal. Our physical feelings tell us when we're well, and they also tell us when we're not well. If we want to live a long and healthy life we had better pa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Being happy
- How can one be happy? Is it a tough question? To some it may be but not to all of us.Happiness is like a ray of sunlight which warms us and keeps us glowing. We can't live without it and if you think that happiness is a word never to be found in your dictionary think again as here are some simple tips on how to usher the ray of elation to your life.1. SmileWhat easier way is t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You can?t see your own eyes
- My friend called me this morning from her favorite coffee shop. She was taking a break from work. I sensed frustration in her voice. Something clearly was on her mind. After a few minutes of small talk I invited her to tell me what was going on.She took a deep breath and told me that she was once again, dissatisfied with her job, and for that matter ? her life.This information, or sh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you doing what you love each and every day?
- It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day stress of everyday life: deadlines to meet, schedules to keep, unexpected expenses, conflicts to resolve, illness of loved ones, to name a few. Amidst all this, it is easy to for me to lose sight of why I do what I do - my purpose for being. I discovered my passion and my purpose over seven years ago. It was the catalyst for starting my business, The C...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sweeten up your life
- Sometimes life experiences can be like a lemon-flavored Tootsie Roll Pop. Hard and sour on the outside. Soft and sweet on the inside. Take getting dumped in a relationship for instance. Facing life alone can be tough for many people. Yet, there are behind-the-scenes benefits to every predicament! There's even a sweet treat hidden within the experience of losing a lover.You can find the &quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get out those legos
- Many of my clients are working harder than smarter. This is not a put-down of their intelligence. It is a statement about the conventions of the way most of us live and work. Without a concerted effort to step back and take an objective look at how we function day in and day out, we find ourselves subject to old ways of doing things without periodic checkups to see if they are working.The f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - It?s good to be goofy
- To paraphrase a saying my mother liked to use occasionally, "The whole world is goofy ? except you and me. And sometimes I'm not too sure about you!"Rest assured that no matter who we are or what we do, there is at least a handful of people somewhere in this world who are convinced that we're not rowing with both oars in the water. If you've been following along with some of the o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 ideas to jump start your self-confidence
- To begin feeling that first spark of self-confidence within you, try as many of these as you like. It's important to enjoy yourself along the way. Have fun!1. Correctly do 25 pushups, 50 sit-ups, or 1 cartwheel.2. Learn all of the words to a fun new song on the radio and sing it aloud while driving down the road.3. Open up your cookbook to a completely new recipe and learn to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover the 10 golden rules on how to conquer your fear
- We all want happiness and peace of mind. In the search for these blessings, millions of people take "happy pills" which they hope will relieve their tensions and make them feel more cheerful.Pacifying pills aren't cure-alls. Though sometimes helpfull in individual cases, pacifying pills aren't cure-alls for the worry habit. Many of the pills do bring a few hours of apparent relief from worr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How a psychovirus may be destroying your life
- A pervasive sense of low self-esteem, a feeling of unworthiness, is perhaps the most debilitating belief system that you can entertain.If you feel unworthy, you will destroy hope, initiative, and the power to dream bold dreams.The very concept of unworthiness arises due to the power of suggestion. When you give value to negative information about yourself and own it, you allow the &q...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover a momentary miracle
- Each moment is filled with miracles - very special treasures to discover. All we need to do to see miracles is look with a spirit of gratitude.We usually think of "seeing" with our physical eyes. However, when we begin looking deeper than physical sight, we begin to see the perspectives with which we color our experiences. When we take notice of all that we have to be thankful for, miracles...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Joy is sexy
- Joy is sexy because in embracing our joy, we embrace our positive energy and power. Joy is always there, waiting to be reclaimed. It is the bridge between living life by default and embracing life by positive design. Get sexy this week and remember that no one can tell us what to think or feel. Events and other people cannot steal our access to personal joy unless we decide to give up our personal...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 things happy people know how to do
- Ever notice how some people just seem to be able to be content and bounce back no matter what the circumstances? Research shows that this isn't a gift or a talent ? it's a skill that they have developed. Surprised? Well, the real surprise is that you too can put to work their techniques and make your life happier too.1. Happy people cooperate with life.Each person has a destiny to fu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find shortcuts to happiness
- If someone said you could feel inner peace and joy by just deciding to do it, would you believe them? Well, we're telling you just that! Anyone can choose inner comfort, ease or a feeling of well-being by learning simple tools that will teach you how to make these decisions. Here's a taste of one of the 6 Shortcuts To Happiness we teach at The Option Institute and how you can begin to use it now:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who controls your happiness?
- Where does happiness fit on a scale of 1 to 10 in your life?Is that a silly question? Who's in control of your happiness??Well, if you want to maintain continued happiness in light of difficult moments then start by identifying your thinking. Often this means that some of the way you think about certain things may need to change.Change is difficult for many people, especially ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Conversational negative self-talk
- Most people don't even know they're doing it. Throughout the course of normal conversation, they bombard themselves with negative self-talk. Even people who are aware of the power of their words seem to miss some of the most commonly used derogatory comments that are made towards ourselves in the course of normal conversation. While plotting out goals and dreams we remember to stop ourselves from ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Shhhhh?
- Like enough of the noise awready! Geesh, people?No, I'm not talking about the sometimes nearly overwhelming noise pollution that goes hand in hand with living in a big city. Traffic sounds, horns, sirens, airplanes, construction noises. I'm not even referring to the eardrum-shattering volume of the concert and bar bands ? or the door-vibrating music coming from our kid's rooms. Not even the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seven strategies you need to know about strengthening your self-esteem
- Did you know that your life's success in all areas is directly related to having a healthy self-esteem? You've heard the cliché "You are what you eat." Many would also argue that "You are what you think."Nathaniel Brandon, one of the most notable psychologists on self-esteem put it nicely: "There is no value-judgment more important to man-no factor ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Flow as in flower
- The seeds you sow determine the crop you reap. This is pretty common knowledge. Knowledge, unfortunately, is only productive in its application, not in its accumulation or ownership.We desire peace but sow seeds of violence and are surprised when violence is the crop.We desire abundance but sow seeds of limitation and are surprised when lack is the crop.We desire meaningful li...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 25 happiness quotations
- "There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all."--Anonymous"Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response." -- Mildred Barthel"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." -- Ingrid Bergman"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving; make every day a holiday and celebrate just living."...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Inner peace
- Are you content and at inner peace?Or are you insecure and filled with worry?Imagine your life with more inner peace. Imagine it as fully as you can. Would you feel better about yourself and your life? Your answer may be a resounding yes, but it's not always clear how to obtain this inner peace. How do we gain inner peace when things are seemingly not going our way? Many famous saint...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Emotional baggage
- We all have them. It has many faces. We carry them around us, We store them in the remotest part of our brain, in the deepest chambers of our hearts.We have them in our extensive database of memories. Some are so close to the heart, it brings out tears at the slightest provocation. Others may feel anger, very deep resentments and may exhibit anti-social or antagonistic behaviours .Shadows f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eleven keys to success and happiness
- 1. Mend a quarrel Seek out a forgotten friend and tell them how much you enjoyed them once and that you wish them peace.2. Dismiss Suspicion Take a risk of getting hurt and replace that suspicion with Trust.3. Write a Love Letter I don't mean a mushy one. Write someone and tell them how much you appreciate them in your life and the joy they brought you at your last meetin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Colors: how do they make you feel?
- One of the most important colors in advertising is the color blue. Calm, comforting, soothing, and peaceful are all feelings evoked from this color. The color blue is also often used in a smooth way, many night clubs and upscale stores will use this color to provide a sense of an icy ambiance and a cool feeling. When you touch blue you can feel the calmness yet smooth and cool feeling that it give...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - True happiness
- Most people look outside of themselves as the cause of their unhappiness or frustration. After all, wouldn't life be practically perfect if the significant people in our lives would simply do things the way we want them to or do what we think is best for them? Actually, this is the kind of thinking that perpetuates the misery!I agree that most of today's unhappiness centers on important peo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness versus pleasure
- We are a pleasure seeking society. Most of us spend our energy seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. We hope that by doing this, we will feel happy. Yet deep, abiding happiness and joy elude so many people.There is a huge difference between happiness and pleasure. Pleasure is a momentary feeling that comes from something external ? a good meal, our stock going up, making love, and so on. Plea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Guess who else has a problem with confidence?
- When I tell you what I heard you'll be able to laugh at what you believe is your own lack of confidence.I couldn't believe it. Sunday, in a queue, in my local food-store an Olympic athlete stood behind me, chatting to another Olympic athlete. I looked at the contents of my shopping cart and wondered, which item I could get them to autograph! That is until I overheard them talking?You...