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Empowerment

Beyond Positive Thinking: Turning Self-Doubt Into Self-Confidence

Many of us are taught that the way to increased confidence is to erase the negative thoughts from our minds. We’re trained to block negative thoughts, and only think positive ones. But stopping negative thoughts only creates an imbalance in energy. It denies what is real, and creates false positives. 
Negative thinking does not cause self-doubt. [...]

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Awakening to Your Inner Wisdom

What is spiritual guidance? How can we find our own source of inner wisdom? How do we know when our intuitions are true? 
Each one of us was born with an innate inner wisdom that guides our lives and serves as an inner measure of personal truth. Inner wisdom is that part of us which is [...]

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You know quite well,
deep within you,
that there is only a single magic,
a single power,   
a single salvation . . .
and that is called loving. 
Well then,
love your suffering.
Do not resist it, do not flee from it
It is only your aversion that hurts,
nothing else.
~  Herman Hesse ~

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Healing From the Inside Out

Begin at the place where you find yourself. Are you struggling with a life-long desire for weight loss? The ups and downs of depression? A new injury? Are you pretty healthy, doing okay? Recovering sobriety? Or keeping it together while caring for a sick, elderly, or in need family member? The important point to remember [...]

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How to Strengthen Your Ability to be Decisive

If you find that your will to choose is not fully developed, you feel out of control. If you have not learned to use your free will, you feel fragile and vulnerable. If you were brought up to obey others while denying and disowning your unique personal choices, you feel lifeless. If your will is [...]

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Choice and Empowerment

When we’re in the middle of a difficult experience or uncomfortable life situation, it often feels as if we can’t move forward. We feel trapped in feelings of doom and gloom, unable to motivate, or unsure of which way to turn.  
However, no matter where we are in life there is always a fork in the [...]

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Will is Your Ability to Choose

Often, we live our lives without making conscious choices for ourselves. We accept the circumstances of our life, taking whatever comes along. One day we wake up and realize we’ve been living a life that doesn’t feel authentic. We’re not happy. We keep doing what we think we should be doing to get by, yet [...]

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The Power of Choice: Using Will to Create a Happy Life

When we’re stuck in the middle of an unhappy or undesirable life circumstance, it often feels as if we don’t have any choice at all. We feel trapped in a corner, or imprisoned in our unhappy bodies or lives.
 
However, no matter where we are in life there is always a choice about how we [...]

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When Are You Going To Live Right?

Do you allow yourself to live in a way that is right for you? Do you follow your intuition, trust your body, and engage in actions that increase the overall meaningfulness of your life? Over the next days be curious as you increase awareness of your life and your actions. Allow yourself to be truly [...]

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10 Books that Inspire and Make You Happy

There’s a new trend in psychology with a specially coined phrase called bibliotherapy. This refers to the basic premise that reading is a healing experience. Of course, every reader already instinctively knows that reading is a form of personal therapy. Self-help books can help improve our mood, show us new ways to release emotions, provide [...]

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