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181. Simplify - and Be Happy By Megan Tough
     People’s lives today are jam-packed with great projects, ideas, to-do lists, errands, things we should do, things we could do, duties and obligations. No surprise then, that many of us feel we barely have time to do the things we have to do (or think we have to do), let alone spare time for fitting in anything extra.Why do we insist on keeping ourselves so busy? We have trained ourselves to believe that to be busy improves our chances of succes…



182. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? By Linda Offenheiser
     Back in the 60's we had the hippies (or flower children) who practiced a doctrine of "make love, not war". Many of them lived in communes where they planted gardens and lived off the earth. They lived simply. A lot of them also lived a lifestyle that included free sex and and a lot of drugs. They peacefully demonstrated against the Viet Nam War (or conflict, as it was called back then). While their basic tenets were sound, they carried things t…



183. How to Stop Attracting Negative People to Your Life By Michael Losier
     Placing your attention, energy and focus on the negative aspects of some people in your life brings you more of the same. Simply put, that's the Law of Attraction at work.When you shift your attention to the kinds of people you DO want in your life, that shift, coupled with your clear desire to STOP attracting negative people into your life, will set the energy in motion for new results to show up. When you shift from what you don't want, to wh…



184. Happiness Is In Our Own Hands By John Watson
     Other people can bring tremendous happiness to our lives but we cannot rely on them alone for happiness. Clinging to people because we think our happiness depends on them can have a disastrous effect on any relationship.Our happiness, ultimately, is our own responsibility and not someone else's.Trisha Goddard runs a kind of Oprah solve your problems discussion group on UK TV. One of her guests, Sarah, aged 25, was worried that her younger boyfr…



185. Common Scents For Emotional Well Being By Samantha Stevens
     Aromatics which include essential oils, perfume, centred candles and incense, have been used for centuries to affect the mind (and also, ultimately, the body) in a positive way. This practice finds its origins in religion and primitive beliefs. Aboriginal Australians burned the leaves of eucalyptus to fumigate an area from viruses. Aboriginal Americans use sage and cedar and the Slavs, such plants as sunflower, pine and garlic peels for the sam…



186. Most of Your Unhappiness in Life is Due to... By Lance Beggs
     I want to share with you today one of those great moments, when you suddenly experience a life changing burst of clarity. When suddenly the answer you’re searching for becomes so obvious – it’s right there in front of you, and all you can say is “Wow! Why didn't I realise that before?”This was the first of several moments of awakening for me, following my breakdown in early January 2005. It happened when I heard the following quote, by Da…



187. Spiritual and Sexual Healing By Alma De La Cruz
     Couple issues such as spirituality and sexuality rank higher than financial reasons as the most affected items of a fumbling relationship. When it comes the moment to point out why a couple needs more intimate vigor, two wrongly things are sure to happen: Women are always blamed, and if both recognize that it’s a male matter, also women blame themselves. Their consequent silent follows a behavior that will never end the cycle if there is no…



188. 5 Keys to Understanding Why Your Life (probably) Sucks! #2 By Graham Hunt
     In Key Reason #1 we looked at how you are working with outdated beliefs. Reason # 2 gives a clue as to why that might be so.Your Capability has outstripped your Cope-abilityHave you ever been in a situation where you think to yourself " I just can't cope any more"? Psychologists' and psychiatrists' waiting rooms are full of such people for whom life has become too much.That is because we choose to live at a level of awareness below that o…



189. Finding True Happiness: Part One By Maurice Perry
     1 Timothy 6:33 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmising, 5 Perverse disputing of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. …



190. How to Be Happy! By Lorraine Pirihi
     How would you like to have at least an extra hour in your day just for yourself so that you can have more fun?Well you can you know, you just have to do the following consistently and you'll free up your time so that you can enjoy more of your life.Look After Yourself FirstExercise regularly and eat healthily. Do the right thing by yourself and you'll have heaps of energy, be motivated,more productive and happier.Surround Yourself with Positivi…



191. The Doer's Guide To Being By Jamee Tenzer
     Nothing is working, what should I do? Have you ever had that unsettling thought? What happens when you wake up and nothing seems to be working in your life? There is no immediate crisis, but you feel “out-of-step.” Now, because you are a “doer”, you will begin to take a mental inventory of your relationships, job, family and personal life. You will be checking to see what has changed. What has caused the life that was fine yesterday, to l…



192. Letting Go of Anger and Awaken to Life's Grand Aventures By Kerry-Ann Cox
     Anger can make us feel good and enlivened for a little while. When we are angry we are often feeling self-righteous, critical, judgemental and we have someone to blame for our own problems.However, anger can easily turned to hatred and this can lead to us doing and saying things we really did not mean to. It can also drain our vital energy and leave us feeling drained and washed out. Long term anger is likely to have a detrimental effect on …



193. Why Do We Feel Happiness? By Nick Arrizza, M.D.
     Although many for us strive for happiness in our daily lives to think of it as only a goal is I feel missing the true power of this very important emotion.In order to understand what I mean by this let me suggest a short exercise. For a moment think of a place that you would like to visit that you have never experienced before. Now imagine yourself in this place. As you do this notice how you begin to feel inside.If this is truly a desirable de…



194. Simple Pleasures: Ingredients to Feed Your Spirit. By Nancy Bishop
     "When we do something we love, again and again, our life comes to hold the fragrance of that thing. ~ Wayne MullenCold air slips through the cracks in my doorway and around my windows. My cats lie curled up in balls; asleep on plump pillows. They hibernate most days now and only awaken from their dreamy slumbers for bites of kibble. They are unaware of our troops in the Middle East or our economy problems here at home.What sustains you during t…



195. Don't Let Life Happen to You By David Meyer
     Don't Let Life Happen To You It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. - Marcus Aurelius (121-80 AD, Roman Emperor, Philosopher) It's hard to believe that we are nearing the end of another year. As I write this, snow is falling in Colorado, the makings of a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner are in the kitchen, and our newspapers are filled with holiday ads. The end of the year always tends to be a …



196. Conditions of Happiness: Happy vs. Unhappy - Do We Have A Choice? By Annette Colby
     Everyone is in the process of seeking greater happiness. We are each involved in the search for feeling good inside our bodies. What may come as a surprise is in the midst of a binge, anorexia, bulimia, or other addiction process, happiness is essentially at the core of what is being sought. The individual is experiencing some feeling of unease in their emotional state and physical body and is attempting to seek an alternative state of feeli…



197. Outrageous Living: Be Willing to Give Up Something By Deb Melton
     "One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it" Sidney HowardSeveral months ago a woman in her 50's contacted me for coaching. She was a fan of the Starting Over show with Rhonda Britten and was inspired to hire a coach because of the changes she saw in the women on the show. She wanted her coach to encourage her and give her assignments so she could move past her fear and stop worrying all the time about …



198. Follow Your Bliss By Dawn Fields
     Gail was a quiet, shy, young lady. She has been quiet and shy for as long as she could remember. As a child, every time her mother introduced her children to someone, she would always introduce Gail as the shy, quiet child.Gail had one sister and a brother and both of them were outgoing and quite sociable. Gail, on the other hand, kept to herself and found it quite difficult to make friends. But that didn’t bother her much. She didn’t really ca…



199. Could Your Thoughts Sabotage Your Happiness? Take This Quiz And Find Out By Marla Sloane, Ph.D.
     Women are conditioned to be people pleasers. Women are taught to be “nice” even if that’s means comprising their happiness, and often times that is exactly what happens. We have a tendency to do, and say things just so the other person’s feelings don’t get hurt. How many times have you wanted to say something, but thought, you can’t say that, they might think you’re too harsh, or unpleasant. Times have changed, and now women are accepting their…



200. Love is All You Need By Phil Gerbyshak
     Boiled down to all of our essence, all we really want is to be loved...by our spouses, by our family, by the people we work with, by everyone. The key to being loved by all of these people is actually quite simple: love yourself first!So how do you love yourself, why don't we love ourselves and why is this all you need? Let me start with the last question first: why is all we need to love ourself first? We need to accept ourself, to love oursel…



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