| Boosting Your Success with Six Easy Happiness Tips |
| In what areas of your life would you like to achieve greater s... |
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| Conversational Negative Self-talk |
| Most people don't even know they're doing it. Throughout the course of normal conversation, they bombard themselves with negativ... |
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| Compassion – A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth |
| The following article is offered for free use in your ezine, print publication or on your web site, so long as the author resour... |
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| Control, Helplessness, and Love |
| During my 35 years of counseling individuals, couples, families and business partners, I have discovered that an important purpo... |
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| Controlling Behavior, Loving Behavior |
| When Zack and Tiffany started counseling with me, they were on the verge of divorce after 16 years of marriage. Neither really w... |
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| Context-Free Living ... Living Without Boundaries! |
| I know by now that you've heard the terms "Debt-Free Living", "Disease-Free Living", or an overabundance of other such coined te... |
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| Constructive Tips About Retrenchment |
| This article provides constructive tips about facing retrenchment and moving on with new career opportunities.
1) Don’t take... |
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| Conspiracy of Silence |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 12, 2004
I'm hoping you can help me with a moral problem that crops up every... |
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| Conjuring Up Sid Ceasar |
| Love focuses attention. When you really love something, you are naturally pouring your interest and appreciation toward the obje... |
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| Conflict In Faith |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 19, 2004
My husband is Jewish, and I am Catholic. That wasn't a problem when we... |
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| Confessions of a Professional Matchmaker |
| Don't make these mistakes when searching for love online!
"I spent my life searching for the perfect woman. I finally found ... |
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| Communications Skills Add Value |
| Want to uncover a success secret that can lead to more hap... |
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| Career Education Options For Working Adults |
| Ask yourself this question: “Do I like what I do for a living?” If you answered “no”, what are you doing about it? Maybe you hav... |
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| Citizens of the Land of Opportunity |
| "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain un... |
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| Community After Tragedy |
| One Friday in November, I began a journey from New Jersey to downtown New York City to visit old work friends. It was my first v... |
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| Commit It To Paper |
| Commit it to paper - You have the idea so therefore you have within you the ability to make it a reality. Admittedly it may not ... |
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| Coming To Your Senses, Again and Again! |
| When we talk about the Enchanted Self we are referring to positive states of mind and body that are unique to each of us. We are... |
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| Come Alive! |
| As many of you know I have a passion for helping people identify their dreams and go after them. What you may not know is that (... |
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| COACHING: When it’s beyond Oprah and Dr. Phil |
| How many more servings of the daytime self-help salad will it take to sooth your appetite? To actually get your life to where yo... |
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| ClutterClearing and Your Authentic Self |
| Have you ever felt so discouraged, your life so out-of-control, the universe so unresponsive to your needs and desires, that you... |
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| Clocks, Seasons, and Cycles |
| Why should you follow astrology? How can people believe that the planet Neptune is affecting our choices and actions here on ear... |
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| Clear Mind, Empty Head?: A Leak In "Mind Like Water" |
| There's a lot of talk in meditation circles about emptying the mind. This is a roadblock for many people. Why? Because it's coun... |
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| Clearing a Path for Happiness |
| In the United States, the pursuit of happiness is a god-given right and Americans have a document to prove it. But I wonder why ... |
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| Cleaned Up or Cleaned Out |
| I need your help. I did a good deed recently, but I was gripped by second thoughts. I want to know if you think I should have do... |
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| Breaking Through Resistance |
| Why is it that every time you start something new, a million and one things get in the way?
You make a goal to lose weight a... |
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| Coping as a Tool of Enchantment |
| Many of my readers write to me about the tensions of everyday life. Not only do people wonder how to relax, but people often ask... |
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| Check Your Frequency |
| From time to time we need to stop during our day to keep our frequency in check. Our frequencies are the ranges of feelings and ... |
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| Cell Phone Abuse. Are You A Victim? |
| Like millions of others, you may be the victim of cell phone abuse. What is cell phone abuse? Let's say you're in a public place... |
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| Challenge the Universe ... Demand your Desires! |
| There have been so many times in my life where I have run into a series of obstacles that never seemed to stop. I could handle e... |
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| Challenge Yourself ... Stretch Your Boundaries Daily! |
| Many times we fall into a sedentary lifestyle because we fear forward movement. We eventually feel as though we've fallen into a... |
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| Chanel Your Prosperity Energy Today |
| Every emotion, wether we classify it as good or bad, has energy. Think about it. Can’t you feel it when you are angry or bouncin... |
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| Change The World |
| It is becoming clear that the way a country or society is, the kind of “psyche” it has, depends on the way people relate to each... |
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| Choose To Be Happy |
| What if I told you that you have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. You would probably say that I'm crazy. 1. I'm no... |
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| Catch-22 |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of February 16, 2004
I have been married for a little over seven years, with one 2-year... |
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| Choosing Our Parents |
| There's a Native American belief that before we are born, we choose our parents. It actually ties in pretty nicely with the rein... |
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| Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life |
| If we are the products of our attitudes then it is important for us to examine our attitudes, both positive and negative, to dis... |
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| Choose Happiness |
| It's a beautiful spring day in Beverly Hills, California. I'm looking out my window at elm trees in full leaf and roses in full ... |
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| Control Your Fear Before It Controls You |
| "Fear Factor" is one of my favorite TV shows. It highlights the courage of the participants to engage in the most fearsome and d... |
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| Cheerleaders |
| This week’s article assumes that you have chosen a goal, dream, or task for yourself. You may or may not have started implementi... |
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| Being Happy |
| How can one be happy? Is it a tough question? To some it may be but not to all of us.
Happiness is like a ray of sunlight wh... |
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| Character or Reputation |
| Character or Reputation. When we see these two words together, we often mistakenly believe that you cannot have one without the ... |
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| Changing Course |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 17, 2003
I'm at my wit's end. My wife of 20 years is leaving me. She said she ... |
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| Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life. Five simple ways to bring more peace and harmony to your life! |
| When you change your thoughts, you change your life. The fastest way to achieve peace and harmony is to change your thinking. In... |
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| Change Your Life For The Better! |
| Are you still hoping and waiting for someone somewhere to come to your rescue, wave a magic wand and instantaneously change your... |
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| Casting Vision |
| One of my greatest loves as a kid was fishing. This love developed quickly because my family owned a little bait shop that was l... |
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| Caste Out |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 29, 2003
I am a 28-year-old Indian lady. I am in love with a 30-year-old I... |
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| Case Closed |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 27, 2003
I met my boyfriend on an online dating service four months ago. Abo... |
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| “Christmas For One: Mental Health Over the Holidays" |
| My dear friend, poet Dessa Byrd Reed, often spends holidays alone as a widow. However, she doesn’t see this, as many people ofte... |
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| Comparison The Great Destroyer |
| In speaking of comparison we need to be aware that we should never compare ourselves to others. No other person has our unique q... |
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| Celebrating the Couch Potato |
| Ah, the couch potato, that icon of American pop culture values. Isn’t that the life? Why would anyone want to exert extra energy... |
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| Chewing On Mindfulness Gum Is Your Secret |
| My grandmother, a feisty and athletic woman in her younger years, was a gum-chewer. She was never without a pack or two of Wrigl... |
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| Build Rapport Through Buzzwords |
| What if I told you that you could be more influential and powerful and all you'll have to remember one simple thing? To persuade... |
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| Citizens Of The Land Of Opportunity (For July 4!) |
| "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain un... |
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| Captain Ahab joins the Canadian Navy |
| Canada’s military has been a long-standing joke for decades. On October 5th, that joke turned deadly serious when a crew member ... |
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| Book Summary: Mind Your Own Business |
| This article is based on the following book:
Mind Your Own Business
A Mavericks Guide to Business, Leadership and Life
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| Call To Action |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of February 3, 2003
I need some advice, please! I've been married to the same man for 1... |
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| Calendars and Personality Type |
| I recently conducted a survey to look at the relationship between an individual’s personality type and his or her organizing and... |
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| By Now, I'm a Expert at Memory Loss |
| I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but I just could not remember what I wanted to write about. This seems to be an incr... |
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| Buyer's Remorse |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 29, 2002
A few months after my divorce I started seeing a friend of my ex-wife.... |
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| Busy Fish: Tips for Changing Your Day from Chaos to Calm |
| Syndicated columnist Dale Dauten recently wrote, “One of life’s great joys that we’ve lost is that of the empty day, a day given... |
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| Busy, Busy, Busy... |
| …busy, busy, busy, busy, busy…busy, busy, bus… OK, slap me with a wet diaper! Enough of that silliness. Most you know what I’m t... |
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| Can You Make a “Torpedo” Out of Personal Junk? How to Optimize What You Have |
| “Junkyard Wars,” a TV series showed two teams of experts c... |
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| Bullseye Interviewing |
| An interview is much like a blind date. You have sweaty palms, heart palpitations, shaky nerves and a preconceived notion of wha... |
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| Balancing Your Work, Family and Social Life |
| Many of us have an image of personal balance as a set of scales in perfect balance every day. But that’s an unrealistic goal. Yo... |
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| Breaking Bonds |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 8, 2004
I am just out of high school, and I have come to realize what I really... |
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| Breaking Even ... When is Enough, Enough? |
| I had the most interesting discussion today with a friend of mine. He and I were chatting about the economy, his job, families, ... |
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| Breaking Your Relationship Pattern Part 1 |
| When you were little, you looked up to your parents. You imitated their mannerisms, words, and actions as you learned about life... |
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| Breaking Your Relationship Pattern Part 2 |
| The first step toward being able to attract and create your ideal relationship is to clear the way for it by eliminating baggage... |
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| Breaking Your Relationship Pattern Part 4 |
| Finally, after all of the hard work you have done completing your past, here is a way to break your relationship pattern.
Re... |
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| Break And Move Beyond The Length Of The Chains |
| "Never let fear, procrastination or the longing for approval from others to take possession of your mind, they become self-forge... |
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| Budget the Luxuries First! |
| Strictly speaking, his advice was preceded by another Heinlein maxim as well. "Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay ca... |
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| Building the bond in your relationship. |
| A bond (relationship wise) is when two people have a connection. Being attracted to each other and sharing common values and int... |
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| Build a Storehouse of Energy and Resiliency |
| Did you ever feel like your "get-up-and-go" got up and deserted you? Has a stressful situation left you feeling drained and unmo... |
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| Breaking Your Relationship Pattern Part 3 |
| Do you want to put to rest the people and situations from your past so they do not interfere with your current and future relati... |
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| Bureaucracy in Peru! |
| This article is from the pen of a New Zealander currently living in Lima, Peru.
I have never experienced anything like this!... |
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| Believe In Yourself And Become a Winner: Lessons from Hollywood |
| A while ago I made it a point to watch the movie "Legally Blonde."
Not just for the bright, chirpy and eminently watchable R... |
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| Body Language |
| Body language is fascinating. People rarely recognize how much information they give off and how noticeable it is to the human e... |
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| Big Wave Mindfulness: Surfing For A Connectiton |
| Surfing is mindfulness in action. Riding the biggest waves is an all-out, fully-present-or-die-trying proposition.
Thanks to... |
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| Bigger Fish To Fry |
| Last month I was on another adventure, fishing Dog Lake in Northern Ontario. That trip really brought home to me the power of th... |
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| Be Your Own Best Friend |
| What does being a "best friend" mean to you? I imagine that just about everyone is or has been a best friend to someone in their... |
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| Be Thankful for What You Have Got |
| Did you know that the 911 equivalent in the UK (999) now has call waiting? I hope that you never find out for yourself.
Have... |
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| Be A Change Master! |
| The person who masters change, masters happiness.
The best way to thrive in today's ever-fluid, volatile world, is to become... |
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| Beyond Her Grasp |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 22, 2004
I am a woman, 42, who three years ago married a wonderful man who ... |
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| Beware the Shopping Mall Monster |
| Like me, you’ve probably been offered a fair old number of these by now...
..and, if you’re like most people, chances are yo... |
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| Better Health and Happiness for Your Baby: |
| The design of your home has an amazing affect on the health and well being of your baby. If it is in harmony with nature, it wil... |
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| Belief, Designed For Life! |
| Liam says to Joe; “where is your God now, when life can be made in a laboratory”?
Joe says to Liam; “it couldn’t have happen... |
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| Book Review Karmic Relationships |
| Karmic Relationships: Healing Invisible Wounds
Charles Richards, Ph.D.
Jodere Group
P.O. Box 910147, San Diego, CA 9... |
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| Catholic Voters Need to Rethink Morality |
| If Catholic doctrine calls for the sanctity of all human life, then why is it that church leaders implicitly endorse Republican ... |
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| Belly Dancing for the Midlife Soul Part 2 |
| Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance, says, “The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmon... |
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| Being an Emotional Victim |
| None of us like to think of ourselves as victims. The term "victim" brings to mind a pathetic image of a person who is powerless... |
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| Been There, Done That |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 12, 2004
Fourteen years ago I was divorced from my second wife, her idea. I'll... |
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| Bedroom Treason |
| Direct Answers - Column for the week of March 22, 2004
Just a note to ask if there are other married women and men who are h... |
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| Becoming Excellent Outsmarting Racism |
| Thinkers know better than to be racist. It's generally understood that racists are, well, not thinkers. It's not that racists ar... |
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| Become a Babe Magnet without Surgery or Drugs! |
| "I'd like to find a partner who dances. Do you?" my profile on Match.com asked. My now-husband Drew... |
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| Beauty, Gratitude and the Open Heart |
| “…beauty on your earth is a shadow of the beauty of our heaven, and it’s a bitter thing to have a blindness for beauty on earth,... |
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| Barriers to Prosperity |
| An odd but frequent barrier to prosperity is the belief th... |
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| Bamboozled |
| Here’s the scenario: Julie, a hardworking secretary, lent money to her good friend Ray; $1300 to be exact. Ray had just moved to... |
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| Career Search from Within |
| Seeking meaningful and fulfilling work can become a discouraging, confusing and overwhelming journey. Beware spending too much t... |
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| Care And Maintenance Of The Human Hard Drive |
| The human brain is very much like a hard drive. If you stop to think of it, they are both filled with billions of tiny bits of i... |
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| Benefits To Having An Education |
| If you look back to the 70s and 80s, many people were able to get by without even having a high school diploma. You could get a ... |
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