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    Life Balance - getting it right

    Getting life balance right is really difficult for me. I find that I am constantly adjusting to the pressures I create with time commitments to family, work, community involvement and then working on getting some time for myself. I constantly prioritise and reprioritise and adjust and although I manage...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 01-06-2009
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    Resolving to Change - the Guide

    I really like this Aliveguide - I think it is really clear and helps describe the how and why each component of a change project is so valuable. This is infact why following the change project system really helps to make the changes you are working on with Aliveworld work and bring about success!. I...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 12-10-2008
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    Who Packs your parachute?

    Parachute.pps Note:This powerpoint is 1.7MB I got this in an email today, this is another expression of what we may take for granted and with some thought we find a sense of gratitude that can be life changing. Enjoy!
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 11-25-2008
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    How to say thankyou in any language.

    I wonder why I omit to say thank you and the moment passes because I can't find the words to express that simple expression. Sometimes it is because I feel shy and insignificant at others I do not want to make a sound and interrupt those I would thank. Here is a short video clip aimed at thanking...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 11-19-2008
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    Movement and laughter

    I was reminded last night, while at at a friends birthday party, how freeing and uplifting it is to dance and laugh. "Going out" occasions for me are often quite formal, where subdued chuckles are common but a full letting go belly laugh is seldom heard. So being at a relaxed party with friends...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 10-03-2008
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    Feeling a stressed and under pressure

    The feeling of having a lot to do and a time frame too tight before I even begin is causing me concern. I know that if everything goes smoothly I can achieve the goals, although it will mean not haivng time to pause between tasks. Knowing that a glitch in one area will mean I need to be even better than...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 09-26-2008
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    Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, and Stress?

    Politics is exciting for many. Now with television, blogging, text messaging, twitter, and other new techi gadgets we can be plugged into it 24X7. It's easy for some to get addicted to it to a point where the body feels tense, we notice irritability coming up, and before you know it you're stressed...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 09-04-2008
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    Building strong communities

    "For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other". Millard Fuller Lets aim for building whole healthy communities. Share your stories and your insights and show how much you care. I really value this space to be able to express how this...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 08-29-2008
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    Happiness and Dung

    Is it really true that people can live in an area with no running water or electricity and dwell in huts made out of dung and be equally as happy as those listed on the Forbes richest 400 Americans? According to leading happiness researcher Ed Diener it is true. He conducted a study of the Forbes richest...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-11-2008
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    1 poem that may just change our life!

    Mary Oliver makes us go hmmmm..... Read this one twice...feel free to click on 'tools' and briefly write down your reaction in your journal. Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-the one who the one who has flung herself...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-06-2008
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