From the category archives:

Empowerment

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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Attitude And A Better Future

Tuesday marked in a historic moment in United States history as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President. Despite political party preferences, we can all agree that the event can only be described as significant. President Obama brings a message of hope over fear and unity of purpose over conflict and fear. Watching [...]

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Your Attitude Makes a Difference

Have you heard the phrase “attitude is everything”? Indeed, your attitude determines the quality of your life.
Your attitude can have a great impact on your level of success, including how you deal with challenges and obstacles. It’s your attitude that determines the path you take as well as the eventual results that you see in [...]

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Activate the Untapped Power of Your Imagination

What role does imagination play in your life? How does it relate to the problems you want to solve?
 
imag•i•na•tion (n) creative ability to confront and deal with a problem; resourcefulness.
 
Imagination isn’t structured thoughts or a visual picture of what you want. It is an experience of wandering anywhere your heart and soul choose to go. [...]

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