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Oh, That Filthy Lucre!
One of the most glorious sites I have seen lately is the view to the Pacific Ocean from the garden and vineyard of the Getty Villa in Santa Monica, California. It is a spectacular place, with sculpture, antiquities, pools, gardens and the complete re-creation of an...
Stop Using the Economy as an Excuse!
Leaders are using the economy as an excuse on a daily basis. Don't believe me? Just ask your managers why now it's okay to lay-off those employees who haven't come close to meeting their performance objectives over the past several years. Perhaps your company could...
Four Simple Steps to an Unshakable Foundation for Success (Even Now)
You don't have to immerse yourself in the negativity of the news to know that something big is happening, and it's not a "correction" either. It's a full blown shift-quake - and I believe this shift is a good thing - but it has created a tsunami of fear. The modified...
Five Steps to Your Soulmate
Many people manifest their soulmate within seven days of my workshops. Why is this? The work opens something in them has impeded their progress toward love. Culled from the exercises we do in my love workshops, the following steps will help you to remove any blocks...
Getting to Yes: Uncommon Sense for Parents
It's important to say yes to a child whenever possible... Teach children ever-increasing possibilities, not ever-decreasing ones. -MARIANNE WILLIAMSON A few days ago my four-year-old son asked me if he could do a craft project-I was in the middle of tidying the house...
28 Days To Change A Habit
In this article I will show you a simple, but incredibly powerful method of making permanent changes to your habits. It is widely accepted by physiologists that generally it takes about 28 days to change a habit. This means that you must live consciously for 4 weeks,...
Quantum Jumping: How Burt Goldman Went from Amateur Photographer to the Photography Hall of Fame in 6 Months
Burt Goldman, known as "The American Monk," is a most remarkable man. Burt is over 80 years-old, and when most people his age are alone, sick and miserable (or dead), he's going through a renaissance period in his life, and he's showing no sign of slowing down. For...
Moving Free® With Mirabai — If I Have Low Bone Mass Does That Mean Osteoporosis?
Nearly 30 years ago when I was in school, I wrote an exercise physiology paper on exercise and osteoporosis. At that time there wasn't much research available. But even then, the studies I found on tennis players, astronauts, and bed rest pointed in the direction that...
Where to Stay in Bangalore, India
After having spent a week in an ashram in Rishikesh, India, in what I call "monk furnished", where the toilet seat fell on the floor every time you sat on it, and the monkeys woke you up at 3 a.m. by running across the ceiling, and the mosquitos thought that you were...
Teen Success in Challenging Times:Practical Tips on How You Can Help Your Teen
These are challenging and disruptive times for all of us - wars, the environment, the economy - and our kids, particularly teens, are being affected, as well. Everywhere they turn there is talk of how bad things are and they take it in. Teens may give the appearance...
Tips to Make Every Day a Good Day
What Are You Thinking? "What I think about, I bring about. The thought of success will foster success. The thought of love will foster love. The thought of security will foster security. What am I thinking about today?" This quote, question and philosophy is taught by...
Time for a spring cleaning with the yoga principle of Saucha (physical and mental purification)
"When your body is cleansed, your mind purified and your senses are controlled, you experience the joyful awareness that enables you to realise your inner self." - Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 2-41 Hatha yoga is often misunderstood to be a cult of the body. However, whilst...
Heart Attack Symptoms: Why Are So Many People Using These Internet Search Words to Find Help?
Heart health expert Dr. Carolyn Dean talks about how you can improve your heart health, avoid heart attack and live a healthier life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) causes about 1 out of every 5 deaths in the United States and in 2009, according to the American Heart...
Focus on Emotions
"I forgive, I forgive, I forgive," says a recent client whom I will refer to as Sue. She was telling me how her life changed after she began forgiving the people in her life who had wronged her. "I did the work that you recommended, which was to write letters of...
What next? Answer: Take action — The who, why, how, when, and where of effective action
What would you life look like if you stops procrastinating, stopped making excuses and started taking action on your dreams? There are few things in life as agonizing as knowing you have a passionate purpose - a reason for being exactly who you are at this exact...
