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281. Conversational Negative Self-Talk By Skye Thomas
     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 saying statements like "I can't," "I'm not go…



282. The Secret to Happiness By John Neyman, Jr.
     Over 214 million dollars were spent on the internet last year to find meaningful relationships. People all over the globe are looking for happy and fulfilling relationships. Yet, obviously most are not finding it. Why? What is wrong?The problem is in the goal or objective. People are driven to find happiness. They will do just about anything to try and get it. Yet, they don’t find it. Herein is the problem, happiness is always a by product of …



283. Happiness-Marriage-Love-Divorce-Suicide-Peace Within-college By Judy Arline Puckett
     Too many of us seem to think that there should be 24-7 happiness in our life, so when there is problems in a marriage the temptation for affairs and divorce is there.But where ever we are in our life, in or out of love, single or in a long term relationship or marriage, there is no 24-7 happiness.There are happy moments to cherish and to hold us through the trials. Society has lead us to believe we should be happy and beautiful at all times …



284. Find Shortcuts To Happiness By Beverly Haberman
     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:Being GratefulTake a few moments to sit with your…



285. Balance, Order, & Beauty By Kathryn Bechen
     “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” Annie DillardIt’s true. Each and every small choice we make every day about how to live in the world adds up to a lifetime of happiness, misery, or somewhere in between. The good news is that while there are many things we can’t control, like terrorism, there are many things we can, including our attitude. By choosing a personal lifestyle that includes balance, order, and beauty, we can bet…



286. The Secret to Staying Centered and Happy in a Troubled World By Junod Etienne
     Many of us are probably so used to crisis in the world that it has become a natural part of our mental scenery. We’ve grown accustomed to living in a world where acts of bitter conflict, unrest, and inhumanity are everyday things, and their constant contradiction with our essential values almost seems normal.But are we really aware of the effect that these daily messages have on our minds and attitudes, on our inner life? How do we deal with ou…



287. Self Confidence, Happiness, and Posture By Allan Cowley
     Our use of body posture plays a key role in how we feel. When we are feeling "down", our bodies show this by hunching the shoulders, we stare at the floor, our heads hang forward. When we are seated we tend to be slumped rather than relaxed. Our walk is more of a shuffle, speech is slow and quiet.Compare this to how we feel when on an "up". Shoulders back, eyes forward, head held high and so on.Do the following exercise yourself and notice the …



288. Who is a Compassionate Listener? By Dr. Linda Miles
     It is difficult to become a good listener who both validates the pain of the other, while maintaining the ability to look at themselves. Each person must listen compassionately to themselves and each other.Within many relationships, rather than engaging in compassionate listening, many couples polarize. One partner is the voice of reason, the head, while the other partner is the voice of emotion, the heart. These patterns often create communica…



289. A Purpose Driven Life By Ken Donaldson
     When your life purpose is directing your life, you carry out your life on purpose, rather than accidentally ( gives a whole new meaning to “an accident waiting to happen”).You live with intention and direction.You know who you are and what is important.Decisions are made easier and boundaries are more clear.You know what does and does not work for you.You have clarity about your values.You have a vision, goals and action steps to direct your li…



290. Flower - A Joy Forever By Dipak Chatterjee
     It was the wee hours of a Saturday morning. My 6 year old climbed on top of us, just to make sure that we don’t waste this beautiful bright morning, lazing around after a tiring workweek. We got the hint soon enough and soon it was a din of suggestions, turning downs, what ifs, and where tos…however soon we managed to narrow down and stop at “what time do we start”. Well the plan of the day, was to visit a beautiful flower show in PA. There was…



291. Love Yourself First – I'm Happy. You're Happy. We're All Happy! By Claire Raikes
     As a teenager growing up reading 'Blue Jeans' and 'Jackie', it occurred to me that just one piece of advice was the answer to all the problems in a teenaged girl’s world: Love yourself and everything will be fine. Problem was, I didn’t really ‘get’ what that meant. By 16, I’d worked out that it was all to do with self-acceptance and being happy with who you are. But that’s not the whole story, is it? The penny finally dropped a couple of ye…



292. About Happiness and Fulfillment By Jard DeVille
     During a FULFILLMENT seminar, at the University of Arizona for the Affiliated Women’s Clubs, a charming and successful woman unintentionally made our point about success, satisfaction and happiness. Catherine Hendricks spoke about several major problems that are caused by living too secular a life-style in this period of swift, destabilizing and often disconcerting change. Catherine lamented;I’m one woman who did everything well. I stayed out…



293. How To Make Your Own Happiness By Alan Detwiler
     Happiness comes to a person when it is caused by something, such as the person achieving a much-desired goal. Happiness also comes when the person recognizes something of value - seeing children playing together joyfully makes the parent happy. Happiness can be caused by expectation of future good fortune, as the happiness of a couple in a romantic relationhship. Happiness has causes. It can be had by anyone who is able to bring about and recog…



294. What The Bleep Are You So Happy About? By Dawn Breeze-George
     Could you stand to have a lot more happiness in your life? I’ve tried all kinds of self-help techniques and have suddenly found much more happiness and fun than ever before. It’s fast, it’s easy, and you can see results within a week. I was inspired by two sources: the movie, “What the Bleep Do We Know,” and the Laugh Doctor, Dr. Cliff Kuhn. To find more happiness, let’s take a look at FUN vs. FRUSTRATION.Amazing revelations in the movie,…



295. King Solomon's Mind By Jerry Boone
     "Don't you understand, everything in this life is meaningless," cautioned the old man."Meaningless? Everything? Surely not!" responded the young man in disbelief.Smiling the old man continued, "I know, I know, because I've seen it all. You name it, and I have done it. I not only did it, but I did it in a big time, kingly fashion."I denied myself nothing, nothing at all. But looking back on it now, I tell you, none of it really amounted to a hil…



296. Forgive to Succeed - I'm Talking to the "You" Behind Your Eyes By Delano Garner
     If your blood is still pumping through your veins, you very likely have some forgiving to do. When you truly forgive, you serve yourself much more than you serve the person you are forgiving. What I mean here is this. Forgiveness is great for the other person, but it’s absolutely critical for us. We don’t really move on with our lives until we fully and completely forgive. Unfortunately for some, they live their entire lives in a state o…



297. Self-Love = Positive Self-esteem! By Dorothy Lafrinere
     Self-esteem issues seems to be one of the strongest emotions that challenge many women today. It has become a woman's first worry when she awakens, and her last worry before she sleeps.It is said that we are all born with a natural self-esteem, but through the worlds concerns about power and control, we have been trained to worry about what others think of us and how we can please them. We have forgotten how to love ourselves and treat our…



298. Why We Have Problems? A Coach Debates By Thei Zervaki
     As a coach, I often ask myself the question why human beings have problems. With the exception of terminal diseases, serious illnesses that are REALLY life-threatening situations and serious stuff, we do have problems for a number of reasons I will present below. But first of all, allow me, I will have to replace the word problem by “challenge” or “barrier” as used in the coaching jargon. Problems do not exist in the coaching world! However, ch…



299. Happiness - A Choice You Must Make By Josh Hinds
     Over the course of my life's journey I have come to realize that happiness is much more something we must choose then something that simply comes and goes according to random events or obstacles that are thrown our way in life.In the past I found myself under the illusion that if I attained certain goals, or succeeded at certain things then happiness would follow - which in the short term I'll concede that it often did.The problem with this is …



300. Seven Strategies You Need to Know About Strengthening Your Self-Esteem By Carol Dickson-Carr
     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 more decisive in his psychological development & motivation than the estimate he passes on h…



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