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ARTArticleLiving a Balanced LifeLiving a balanced life has almost become a fashionable thing to do. Between work, fitness, intellectual stimulation, entertainment, planned relaxation and healthy eating it seems that we have identified all the right ingredients for a healthy and balanced life. While doing all “the right things” ...ARTArticleLosing Mum and Pup by Christopher BuckleyLoss of those we love is our most painful reality. In Christopher Buckley's newest book, Losing Mum and Pup, we come to journey with him in the aftermath of both his parents dying within less than 11 months of one another. We come to understand, more deeply, the forever ache of that loss.
The ...ARTArticleLove & Relationships: The Love TestLove must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it. ~Katherine Anne Porte
n When people say "I love you," what do they mean? Perhaps they are referring to their strong emotions, or to a physical love that is passionate and lustful. How often is it a deeper love-a love that is ...ARTArticleMake Your New Year's Resolutions Work In 2009We are at the end of yet another year, which has been particularly challenging for many of us. As usual we have learned many ways of how not to do things and naturally intend to do better next year. As we know, when we do the things we have always done we will get what we always got. Simple, ...ARTArticleMaking a DifferenceMaking a difference can be difficult and it can be easy at the same time. It is difficult when we think “What could I possibly do to make a difference. I don’t have much to offer?” It is easy when we just lend a helping hand wherever we see an opportunity to do so and in whatever way we can. ...ARTArticleMarriage Advice - You need a planMarriage advice is a dime a dozen, but yet divorce seems to be growing daily. The problem for most couples is that they do not know what to do with all this information when they are in they are faced with a marriage predicament. One way to change this is coming up with a plan. In the same way ...ARTArticleMay is National Mental Health Awareness MonthAnxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorder in the United States and probably the world. It affects millions of men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds. Anxiety disorders cost more than $42 billion a year, almost one-third of the country's $148 billion ...ARTArticleMental Health: Self Help Works!Self help is a viable option in many cases of metnal health difficulties and disorders. In fact, whether someone gets professional help or not, self help should and must be a part of the healing process if there are going to be long-term gains in mental healing.
If we go to a doctor and lay ...ARTArticleNumber One Reason for Developing an Eating DisorderHundreds of people have asked me why someone develops an eating disorder. Of course many issues are involved, but from my exploration of this field over the years, I have concluded that there is one outstanding theme that runs through every person with an eating disorder whom I have encountered. ...ARTArticleOur Own LimitationsThe limits to what we can achieve are mostly the product of our thinking. Limits are often self imposed because we either think we cannot do a thing, or because someone told us we cannot do a thing and we chose to believe it.
How many people do you know who could truly tell you what your ...ARTArticleOvereaters Anonymous, A Professional’s PerspectiveFor well over the past two decades, I have had the privilege of being professionally involved with people who suffer from many types of eating disorders - compulsive overeating, bulimia, binge eating disorders, as well as some forms of anorexia. Very often I’m asked whether joining OA and ...ARTArticlePassive-Aggressive BehaviorHave you ever felt confused when speaking with someone? He or she might be smiling but you were uncomfortable by how they were acting? Well, it might be a passive-aggressive behavior you are experiencing. Passive-aggressive behavior is a manner of interacting with others in passive ways as, ...ARTArticlePlan For Retirement By Taking Care On Your #1 AssetYou have diligently saved and put money into your 401K or IRA planning for that magical day when you can retire. And now it looks as if the bottom has unraveled from your dreams. The market has gone bust and so has your vision of a happy retirement in the near future. You will have to tighten ...ARTArticlePractical Steps to Increase Your Success ConsciousnessEspecially in the western world millions of people of average intelligence and education started with nothing and were able to create successful lives. In terms of success, background and education are not deciding factors. Your ability to continuously focus your mind on positive thoughts, ...ARTArticlePractice Tonglen Meditation and Go Beyond Experiencing CompassionOne of my favourite meditations is tonglen. Those of you who are familiar with it will know that tonglen is a compassion meditation. Briefly, this meditation consists of breathing in suffering and then transmuting it to light on the exhale.
Those of you who practice Buddhist teachings will ...ARTArticlePsychology and Feng ShuiThe famous Swiss psychiatrist, Carl G. Jung, said what we deny, fear or don’t address consciously will visit us as fate. I agree and believe, too, if we don’t manifest our intentions, we will manifest our fears.
Many people believe therapy is about resolving a crisis or healing a traumatic ...ARTArticleQuantum Leap Healing through CommunityAre you someone who has experienced loss? Do you find yourself grieving alone or suppressing your feelings altogether? If so, you may be afraid of burdening friends and family with your grief. Or, perhaps you feel like no one understands what you are going through, so you hide your deepest thoughts and feelings of loss.ARTArticleRelationship Breakdown Cause and EffectWhy is it that so many relationships end in divorce? The statistics will vary across the globe from as little as 5% in Macedonia to as high as 68% in Belarus. Regardless of the figure the emotional impact, stress, family split and the monetary heart aches it creates is never pleasant. Yet as a ...ARTArticleRelease Stress and Heal from Negative Life PatternsWe live in a holographic Universe where everything reveals itself in patterns. Our life relationships may exhibit negative patterns. These are usually the biggest stresses in our lives, and the hardest to overcome. They keep repeating themselves, until they cause too much pain and we feel that ...ARTArticleRelief After Loss?I have talked with countless people who have felt a relief when their loved one died. Relief their loved one was no longer in pain, relief that they didn’t have to visit that nursing home anymore and all it entailed, relief that their loved one is “in a better place.”
However, the partner to ...ARTArticleSelf Confidence and How to Increase ItA healthy level of self confidence and self image is not only necessary, it is essential for any kind of success we seek achieve. Only when you’re comfortable with who you are and confident in what you can do, will other people believe in you and your abilities. This applies both to your ...ARTArticleSelf Diagnosis: Do I have an Eating Disorder?The American Psychiatric Association's selected criteria for substance dependency [aka addiction] appears below. The author speculates the same criteria may be used to determine whether an individual suffering from Anorexia, Bulimia, or Binge Eating Disorder displays the same characteristics. Listed below are the [7] criteria per the APA committee and task force for Substance Dependency. Can you identify some [or all] of these characteristics as it relates to your relationship with food or behaviors related to eating and/or dieting such as exercise, etc.?
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When human rights activist Terry Waite spoke in support of Gary McKinnon, the noted Pentagon hacker, it made quite a stir in March 2009. Waite is a former Beirut hostage, imprisoned for four years in Lebanon in the 1980s. Waite told the press that ...ARTArticleSuccess Enablers and BlockersResearch by leading universities in the field of cognitive and behavioral science proves the existence of so called “automatic thoughts”, i.e. thoughts that come to mind involuntarily and effortlessly as an automatic response to certain stimuli. These are the thoughts that ultimately determine ...ARTArticleSupport Your Need After Quitting An AddictionHave you quit drinking, smoking or binge-eating and then fallen “off the wagon?” Maybe it’s because you haven’t had the kind of support system you need after you quit?
I quit drinking over 21 years ago now. A friend of mine just asked me the other day if I ever think of drinking anymore. So I ...ARTArticleSurviving Grief and Loss During the HolidaysThe words to the song “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” don’t ring true for everyone. If you’ve recently suffered the loss of a loved one, the holidays can bring sadness and dread to an otherwise cheerful season. n
As a funeral service veteran, I’ve ...ARTArticleSwitch Off the Box and Get Rid of Your FearsIt is easy to be swept away with panic and fear in the face of the recent happenings. Just watching the news every day feels like being mauled. The energies are frantic and you hardly have time to catch your breath.
Of course those of you who are fifty or older will remember quite a number of ...ARTArticleTeaching Adolescents to Self-Gove
Using Their Core ValuesThe teenage years are an exciting and sometimes trying time in human development. It is normal and natural for teens to begin pulling away, pushing limits, trying to stand on their own. Many teens realize the power of free will and begin to exercise this in earnest during these years. This is ...ARTArticleThe 35+ Male Life Changing DecisionWell, if you have made it into the 35 plus club you can testify to having travelled a journey. Most of us have probably experienced multiple jobs, have married and created the nuclear 2.3 child family. Yet what is it for the majority of males that they feel a sense of emptiness or seem like we ...