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    International Literacy Day September 8th

    While many of us support literacy projects year round, International Literacy Day provides an important opportunity for us to recognize the vital role literacy plays in our communities and the world. I encourage you to use this day to launch new literacy initiatives in your community or consider working...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 09-07-2008
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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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    In an age of disconnection, here is a tip how to get connected!

    Here is a national research study I conducted a few years back that had excellent results to get connected and create more meaningful moments in daily life. This was done for a minimum of 5 minutes a day, for 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Choose an object, either tangible or intangible (e.g., family heirloom...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-29-2008
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    Quote on Personal growth - Change!

    Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth." Peter McWilliams , Life 101 This quote really appeals to me at a personal level, until I accept that there is a need to make a change I remain stuck. The same notion of acceptance applies in another...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 08-18-2008
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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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    We are each working on our own path forward.

    The journey to creating a lasting change involves a number of situations and challenges, some are humorous, some are confronting, but we each use what we believe in to keep part of us anchored to what we know to make the journey. "Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on 08-02-2008
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    Job and life giving you ADD? Some resources to try today!

    When having trouble juggling all our responsibilities at home and work, many people will try and pull it together by focusing on tried and true time management techniques. While time management can be helpful, in this day and age we need to also really consider attention management. Yes, it's our...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 07-28-2008
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    Work ranks as #1 stressor for people, tips on what you can do now!

    A recent poll conducted by Elizabeth Scott,, M.S., Stress Management Consultant, found that the top stressor for people is found at work! So what can we do? Here are some more tips from Mindful Healing on how to practice to reduce stress through the workday: As the workday begins, slightly slow down...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 07-24-2008
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