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ARTArticleTime-prove Easy Strategies to Improve Your Mood. Part 4 in the Bad Mood seriesWhat gives you joy? How do you take your attention away from feeling unhappy? What do you enjoy doing? Which activities give you a rush, or maybe even just get you to smile inside? When you have an urgent need to get out of a bad mood, how do you stop your self sabotage? Anything which works to got you out of a bad mood can be used to lighten your mood, it could even change your life .ARTArticleWhy Diets Don't WorkI love peanut butter. As a kid, I used to eat it out of the jar, spoon first. Although I grew out of the spoon phase, I still love it with bread and honey, with chocolate and in nearly any candy bar. What I never did know about my love for peanut butter, is that it made me feel sick. I was so ...ARTArticleA Little Exercise Can Increase Productivity - Walk or Bike with Your PetSo many of us who work full-time don’t feel there is enough time during the day to exercise. Studies show that daily exercise improves our mood and our ability to focus. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the tasks and the stresses of the day, but the costs may be lowered effectiveness and productivity. Spending just 10 minutes a day on something as simple as stretching or walking briskly can cancel out the negative effects of stress on the brain.ARTArticleBurn Calories, Dump Stress, Boost Immune Function - Without Sweating=Time Magazine wrote, "... Tai Chi is the perfect exercise ..." While serving as the Tai Chi Expert at DrWeil.com, I learned that best selling author and acclaimed naturopathic physician, Andrew Weil, suggested that poor breathing habits are at the root of many of our health problems. This was ...ARTArticleClinical Needs AssessmentsAs the Director of Admissions for a residential treatment center for over seven years, I learned the hard way why initial assessments are crucial. I have found it to be essential from the inception of a clinical relationship to have as much information and as broad an overview of your new client ...ARTArticleFeeling Down? What to Do to Control your Mood. Part 1 in the Bad Mood seriesDo you have complete control over your mood? You like to think you're a positive person, yet some days do you find that you're just in a bad mood? My mother used to call this getting out of bed on the wrong side. Now I don't know that the side of the bed has anything to do with it, but bad moods do happen. If this can apply to you, then this series of articles will overcome your self sabotage.ARTArticleHigh Blood Pressure and Tai Chi TherapyWay back in 2003, the journal of Alte ative and Complimentary Medicine's Oct. 9th issue reported a study finding that Tai Chi "could decrease blood pressure and results in favorable lipid profile changes and improve subjects' anxiety status. Therefore, Tai Chi could be used as an alte ative ...ARTArticleInspiring Examples to Motivate You. Part 3 in the Portia Nelson seriesThe previous articles in this series explained how Portia Nelson's awesome poem, Autobiography in Five Short Chapters, identifies some of the difficulties in overcoming challenges in life, which she calls holes in the sidewalk. Illustrations can be very helpful, so let's look at some conduct in the various chapters. Chapter One The primitive revenge cycle of killings by what can only be called socially unaware although often educated individuals. There are numerous ongoing cases in many societies, fortunately less prevalent in the West.ARTArticleResolve to Be Different in 2009About to make a new year resolution? Before you do, stop and think about the resolutions that you made last year and whether you achieved them. If not, then here's some advice on achieving all that you want in 2009. When I was asked to write an article about resolutions for January 2009, I ...ARTArticleShould One Take Live or Online Anger Management Classes?There are some fundamental differences between live and online anger management courses. These differences are both in the delivery of the programs as well as the techniques used to teach the material. The first thing to consider is whether or not an anger management class is the appropriate ...ARTArticleT'ai Chi in the Information Age - Ancient Cure for Modern ProblemsAccording to a twenty-year study by Kaiser Permanente, between seventy and eighty-five percent of illness is caused by stress, meaning that in the U.S. alone stress is costing us about one-trillion dollars per year in healthcare costs. Since most absenteeism is due to stress, US business is ...ARTArticleThe Transformative Work of GriefHelen Keller has said that “the only way to get to the other side is to go through the door.” This is certainly true in the work of transforming grief into healing and growth. This process involves allowing ourselves to feel the intense emotions of grief – sadness, ...ARTArticleA Seven Layer Healing ProcessCombining the context of the Inner Child with the methods of the Emotional Freedom Techniques provides you with perhaps one of the most empowering avenues for healing those “yeah buts” which will sabotage your best efforts to succeed. Keep in mind it is not the intention of our ...ARTArticleAnatomy Of LonelinessHave you ever been lonely in a roomful of people? Have you ever been perfectly content all alone? Most people would answer yes to both questions and yet a number of the same people complain of painful chronic loneliness. What is loneliness? Why are some people troubled with it so much more than others. How can we help children understand this difficult and painful emotion and what can be done about it? Loneliness is a feeling, not a fact.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes- The 8 Tools of SuccessAs one of the recognized leaders in the field of anger management, we continually get asked what makes a quality anger management program and what can a client expect to learn? Anger management classes are designed to teach skills in a variety of areas to improve interpersonal and internal ...ARTArticleConventional and Authentic Knowledge, the Powerful Difference. Part 5 in the Personal Power seriesConventional Knowledge The previous articles in this Personal Power series discussed some differences between the logic of the outer world and the intuition of the inner world. You've seen how something can be both right as well as wrong, rather than either right or wrong. This resembles the difference between conventional and unconventional knowledge. Conventional knowledge you put into words with your educated consciousness, one thought at a time. It's acquired from outside, learned in universities, no experience required!ARTArticleCriticism: How To Make It Work For You.Giving and accepting criticism gracefully can be a tricky business. Many a friendship or family relationship has foundered on thenshoals of major, minor, or even anticipated criticism. Performancenevaluations at school or work are minefields of misunderstoodncriticism. What makes criticism ...ARTArticleDiscover the Satisfaction of Seeing How It All Fits Together. Part 7 in the Personal Power seriesThe effort you put into overcoming your self sabotage increases your personal power. If you allow the self sabotage mechanism to win, you feed it - which improves its inner strength and decreases yours. So whenever you just know you should do something, that's a great opportunity to increase your personal power. Take it!ARTArticleDon't just Agree, Make Sure You Understand. Part 6 in the Personal Power seriesThis Personal Power series has explored some crucial distinctions. You've seen how personal power grows rather than being increased from outside. That gaining experience is a big secret of success. Just knowing about something won't change your life. The lasting benefit you gain by investing your time and energy into a new perspective is an increase in your personal power. Your Unleashed Inner Wisdom ARTArticleEasy Ways to Renew Your BodyThe body has been likened to a temple – you must care for your own body with the same reverence and devotion that worshippers do when they care for their temples and churches. This devotion to yourself may feel strange and selfish, but it is just the opposite: only when you are healthy ...ARTArticleFrom Childhood Wounds to Lessons of the SoulIn this time of great spiritual expansion many of us are remembering and opening up to the multiplicity of our being. We are discovering that just as we have more than one wounded child within, we also have more than one lost or wounded aspect of our soul. Those pursuing a spiritual path are ...ARTArticleGet Started with MediationMeditation is actually a spiritual practice, and one that you can use anywhere. Nad it is a practice that creates inner peace. Inner peace, of course, is not tangible. But is a spiritual par t of our existence, which is reflected in your character and outlook on life. Self transformation and ...ARTArticleHealing the Inner Child's Need to SabotageInspired by the popularity of the movies, ‘The Secret’ and What The Bleep,’ which reveal the Laws of the Universe to the adult within you - Cathryn Taylor invites you to take this process one step further. She encourages you to share this ancient wisdom with your Divine Inner ...ARTArticleHow to Put An End to Sleepless NightsAre your worries keeping you awake at night? Do you find yourself tossing and turning in the early hours, unable to switch off and stop your mind flying round at 150 mph? Loss of sleep means your concentration, productivity, enjoyment of life and health are compromised as we need periods of ...ARTArticleHurrying And WorryingA discussion about worrying and anxiety on a recent talk shownpointed out an interesting paradox. Most folks reading thisnarticle are healthier, safer, and wealthier than people have beennat any time in the world's history, and yet research indicates ansignificant increase in worrying and ...ARTArticleIf it Isn't Your Fault, Why are You in the Hole? Part 2 in the Portia Nelson seriesThe first article explained how Portia Nelson's outstanding poem, Autobiography in Five Short Chapters, identifies some of the difficulties to overcoming challenges in life, which she calls holes in the sidewalk. Each situation you encounter can help you gain the inner power to overcome future challenges. The secret of success is to realize that life doesn't just give you personal power without effort, instead it brings you situations in which you can develop the personal power you need. And you can also decline and stay where you are.ARTArticleIs 2009 Really Going to be Different for You?When I was asked to write an article about resolutions for January 2009, I wondered what I could write that hasn’t already been said. And then I thought, ‘I wonder how many people made resolutions last January and how many people actually achieved what they set out to do?’ ...ARTArticleListening to Advice: Yeah-But SyndromeSo you’ve just ended a phone conversation where you were looking for some concrete help, and now you feel frustrated! Thinking back on it, you realize that “yeah but” was repeated (by you) at least three times. You want advice, yet the conversation took turns that didn’t feel satisfying. When we listen, and what wells up and out is “yeah, but” this may signify a warning that some boundary is being impinged upon. That though, may not be bad. Here is a short list of warnings that may indicate stop or move ahead:ARTArticleMarriage a la Tom Cruise?Today in the paper there was an article about Tom Cruise and Kate Holmes getting divorced. This news, in and by itself, wouldn't have been very surprising, given the high rate of divorce in Hollywood. What was unusual about it, however, were its circumstances. The reporter speculated that the reason for this divorce was possibly a wedding contract Kate Holmes and Tom Cruise had signed at the beginning, stipulating that they would be married to one another for a period of five years. Apparently now the five years are up, so the contract becomes null and void.ARTArticleMass Insomnia is a Symptom of Economic CrisisForbes reported a survey that found that since the economic stress hit America, over 90% of American workers are now suffering regular insomnia. Sleep loss increases the risk of heart attack, it lowers the immune system’s resistance to infection, and it aggravates mood disorders, increasing ...

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