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Free Yourself from Fear Forever
As I walked into the personal growth workshop, the facilitators asked me what I hoped to gain from the weekend. I knew that answer. I desperately wanted to release my fear. I was afraid of what other people might think, what other people might do, conflict, losing...
FITNESS MATTERS: Staying Strong In A Weak Economy
No need to remind anyone about the tough economic times we're facing in our country. It's hard to go through a day without being confronted by it one way or another. The impact is universal, and the hospitality industry is no exception as business and leisure travel...
Trigger Point Therapy
Research by Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons, authors of The Trigger Point Manual, has shown that trigger points are the primary cause of pain at least 75 percent of the time and are a factor in nearly every painful condition. Trigger points, a type of muscle...
How to Create New and Empowering Habits in 21 Days: Change That Lasts a Lifetime
Can You Create a New Habit in 21 Days? "Fake it 'til you make it." We've all heard the cliche for approaching something that seems out of reach. There may be some method to the madness of that approach. But have you ever given much thought to what it takes to bridge...
Celebrating Life- The Art of Living – Be There
On my bathroom vanity I have a small ceramic sign that's propped up by tower of special rocks that I purchased a number of years ago which reads "Celebrate Life." I bought it to remind me to take joy in the everyday simple pleasures. So many times I find myself living...
5 Easy Steps to Attracting Wealthy and Prosperity Into Your Life
Do you often find yourself surrounded by everything that you don't want and the more you try to remove yourself from what you don't want, the more you seem to attract it? Do your expenses always seem to be higher than your current income? Are you barely surviving...
The Holy Grail of Happiness
The promise of happiness and contentment can feel very allusive, yet it can be found in the one thing that many people resist: regular exercise and healthy habits. Think about it, of all the people you know who is the most upbeat, energetic and content? I have found...
Resting in Awareness – The One Solution in All Problems
In this day and age of high technology we are swept away by the wave of new gadgets and multi-media, ushering in an unfathomable amount of choices. Didn't we have enough choices before? Now surely we have enough to fill our hearts, our minds, and our bodies. If it...
Create Your Own Big BANG!
We are all staring down the barrel of the same reality--the clock is ticking and no matter how you look at it, there's but one quarter left in this calendar year. You must consider the remaining 100 days of this year as a now-or-never opportunity to finish the year...
How to Live Like a Millionaire Before You Are One
Popular belief is that you need to make big money first and then that allows you to buy the great lifestyle. And, of course, lots of money buys lots of things. But, it's equally true that by consciously designing your life before you have all that cash, you can start...
Redefining "Enough" – Shifting from Unpleasant Fullness of the Body to the Pleasant Expansion of the Mind
Portion control, the good ol' divide (the portion) and conquer (overeating) approach, is not without merit. But what if you redefine the portion size from how many mouthfuls you can have to how many mindfuls you need to feel full, if you shift your attention from a...
The Shift from Duality to Relationship
Duality is a part of our lives and has been for generations - perhaps since the beginning of time. As such, we are all well steeped in the Game of Duality and know how to play it well. The Game of Duality says that this is right and this is wrong and gives us all the...
Moving Free With Mirabai – Test Your Fitness IQ
Test your fitness I.Q. today. It can greatly increase your longevity. If you haven't been physically active or done regular exercise for a while, it may be hard to know what to do. Fitness Self-Quiz (answers at end) 1. What is the number one killer disease of women?...
The Art of Remembering and Interpreting Dreams
(Adapted from "Emotional Freedom" by Judith Orloff, M.D.) At different times in my life, I am a physician, a teacher, a friend and an author, but being a dreamer is what I value the most. Whatever I am doing, I always hear my dreams echoing in a distant underground...
Not to Follow "Cool"- Following Your Solar Plexus Instead!
Life has always gone in phases and fads and looking back at what was once our intense desire or fascination becomes laughable - indeed my recollections of a house full of home brew kit stewing nicely on the boiler and my home-made ginger beer exploding on top of the...