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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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    Why check off my practices daily?

    Most of my practices are reasonably subtantial and I don't forget about them -- which doesn't mean I always do them daily or as required! However, I have one practice that is quite simple and small (yet significant) and I can easily forget it. But when I log on to check off my more major practices...
    Posted to Ivan's musings (Weblog) by Ivan Sokolov on 08-09-2008
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    What makes you happy?

    What makes you happy? Latest research suggests science is catching up with the mystics Family and Friends Meaning in Life Long term Goals According to psychologist Professor Ed Diener there is no one key to happiness but a set of ingredients that are vital. First, family and friends are crucial - the...
    Posted to Skip (Weblog) by Skip on 08-08-2008
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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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    relieving gout pain

    I found the single best short-term solution to the joint pain I have been having probably caused by early symptoms of gout: drinking 6 to 8 large glasses of water a day each with half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda dissolved in it. Within only three days, the intense pain I was having in my big toe...
    Posted to Ivan's musings (Weblog) by Ivan Sokolov on 08-04-2008
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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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    Can our brains be mindful?

    There has been a tremendous amount of research that has come out in the last 5 years studying the effects of mindfulness on the brain. Everything from linking mindfulness to the area of the brain that promotes positive emotion to increased memory. There continues to be research that links it to reduced...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 07-31-2008
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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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    Is the Blackberry/Internet infringing on your life? 3 Ways to get control now!

    In an age where business is supposed to be available 24/7, many of us have become really attached to our internet-enabled extensions that keep us connected at all times. As a Psychologist in Los Angeles and co-author of Mindful Solutions for Addiction and Relapse Prevention , I hear about couples getting...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 07-25-2008
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