Category: Spirituality
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AFFIRMATIONS: Helpful or Harmful?
Affirmations Can Be Effective Affirmations have been proven to be very effective as shown by studies such as the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience where it states that participants who maintained self-affirmation were “motivated to maintain a positive self-view, … restore self-competence, … showed increased activity in key regions of the brain’s self-processing … [and Read more
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The Chain of Command for Your Success
Who’s in Charge of Your Life? “No one has power over you unless you give it to them, you are in control of your life and your choices decide your own fate.” ~ Anonymous There is a chain of command that determines your success. Indeed, several conspirators clamor for control, all very cunning in their Read more
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Are Mind and Brain the Same?
Does the Brain Produce the Mind? What is the real you? When your body is lying in the morgue, brain within, will you have ceased to exist? The concept of “self” has inspired much thought and debate among people for hundreds of years. The fact that human beings are complex and stand apart from the Read more
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Emotions & Feelings: What’s the difference and how to control them
Managing Your Emotions and Feelings Do you ever feel like you are not quite in charge of your inner life? Do you imagine a miniature “mad scientist” sitting at the helm, laughing maniacally at every melt down? Don’t worry, there’s hope! Putting that bully in the backseat where he (or she) belongs can be done Read more
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10 Questions for Finding Yourself
Free Your Brain to Find Your Purpose “You must know yourself to grow yourself.” —John Maxwell Did you go off to find yourself only to come back still lost? Yeah, me too. With no map, it’s hard to find what it is we’re looking for. So here are a few things that will get us Read more
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Find Your Core Values
Values are Our Guideposts in Life “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” ~ Roy E. Disney Our personal core values are the guiding principles that shape our actions, decisions, and behavior throughout life. Identifying and understanding our authentic core values can help us live more intentional and fulfilling lives. Once Read more
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Turn Your Dreams into Reality
Coach Yourself: The Rocking Chair Journal “The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.” ~William Wordsworth Our life will go in the direction of our strongest thoughts. Studies are numerous that support this truth, but it only takes an observing eye to see it’s a self-evident concept. People Read more
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Lovingkindness Meditation
Calm Down While Lifting Others Up Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) is intended to develop feelings of goodwill and warmth toward others. It has been found to quickly increase positive emotions and decrease negative ones, decrease pain and migraine headaches, reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress, increase gray matter in the emotional processing areas of the brain, Read more
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Find Your Life
Find Your Life The young girl gazed at the small, clear box in fascination. She had heard the stories all her life. Her mom had gotten the box from her mother and she got it from hers. She was the fourth generation to receive the heirloom, but the seed inside was still in perfect condition. Read more
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8 Beliefs That Will Keep You Stuck
… and What to do About It! Beliefs drive behavior. If you want to change what you do, you have to change what you believe! Do any of these sound familiar to you? Belief # 1 I assume I will grow. On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.The supermarket Read more