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How To Break Through Difficult Situations That Life Presents To You
Below are five ways to break through difficult situations. By all means they are not the only five ways, but they will give you a good foundation. 1. Evaluate if you can do anything to make the situation better: It is important to take a look at the situation and...
Seven Ways To Release Anger Out Of Your Body
Anger is a feeling of powerlessness. However, within your anger is a tremendous sense of power, purpose, passion and meaning because when you feel angry, it's because you wanted to do something and you were blocked from doing it. People usually think of emotions as...
6 Key Personal Traits Of A Successful Investor
Key Trait 1 Be Persistent, And Never Give up As you begin your investment career and try different things, you are going to experience some disappointments and some set backs. This is a given so expect it to happen at some point. Try to understand that this is normal...
Five Absolute Essentials For Making It As A Copywriter
I've been writing copy for about 20 years. I started as an intern. I wrote and researched articles and made $15 a day. Needless to say, I brown-bagged my lunch. Today, I live in Paris. Our Left-Bank apartment has floor-to-ceiling windows that swing open to a balcony....
Why Make All The Mistakes When We Can Learn From Others
There are tried-and-true networking techniques that are so simplistic they seem that they cannot be really effective. Many times, we try to re-evaluate, improve upon and complicate them. An experience I had once while on vacation reminds me of how we try to make some...
The Happiest Time Of the Year? Life Coach Gives Tips For Surviving Less Than Perfect Holidays
For all the promise of joy, peace and harmony that comes with the holiday season, the reality for millions of people is that the season is anything but a celebration. For many, it's a reminder of lost loved ones, personal disappointments and dreams left unfulfilled....
Can You Ever Break A Bad Habit For Good?
Bad habits are what make us human, but there is always room for improvement. While it is impossible to be flawless, the lesser the flaws are the better it is. Bad habits are often not only a source of discomfort for us; they may annoy others as well. One should always...
5 Secrets To A Great Relationship
Brenda Wade is the President, CEO and founder of Heartland Productions, Inc. She's also the producer, host and writer of the PBS television pledge special, Power Choices which aired nationally. She also hosted the nationally syndicated television program Can This...
The End Of One Relationship Can Mean The Beginning Of Another
It's only natural that you would not want a relationship to come to an end. As a general rule, people don't like things to change too much and a relationship ending can represent a pretty big change that you are now going to have to deal with. There is much to be said...
What Is Enlightenment?
People from the Orient are acquainted with the term "enlightenment." People from the West are more acquainted with the term "awakening," but both terms describe the same thing. So what is "awakening" or "enlightenment"? In the Western tradition, Abraham Maslow was the...
How To Rise From Failure In 5 Simple Steps
Want to know how to rise from failure? Then this article is for you. When you are dealt with a devastating blow, you need to get back up. It isn't always easy, but it's possible. And while there are harsh lessons along the way, the reward at the end of the road is...
Living The Writer’s Life
Can someone like me really live The Writer's Life? The writer's life can mean many different things to many people... but what does it look like to you? Is it about Having more control over your financial future ... Spending more time with your family ... Having more...
Childhood Stories Can Be Clues To Your Next Career
When you were seven years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? Believe it or not, taking this nostalgic journey back to a simpler time may be exactly what you need to begin the career defining or career transition process. Why? Because your instincts at that...
High Blood Pressure: Is Your Child At Risk?
"High blood pressure in kids? That's what my grandmother has!" Nearly 2 out of 3 American adults have unhealthy blood pressure. Hypertension, or high blood pressure (HBP), cuts off nearly 5 years from an average person's life. It is more common beyond middle age....
Ten Secrets To Making Love Last
Because love is an emotion, many of us think that love will just carry romance along through its own momentum. This is a tragic misconception. Here's why: love is an emotion, and emotions are the result of automatic, subconscious appraisals. We experience many...
