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ARTArticleMethods To Take Back Control Of Your LifeUnpredictable circumstances in life can make us feel as though the results of our actions are beyond our immediate influence. Events including job loss, death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or even a car accident can leave us feeling helpless: as though the reigns have slipped away from our grasp. Capitalizing on certainty, and regaining control, occurs as a result of minimizing fear and doubt.ARTArticleWhat will You Be This Time? You Have a Choice! Part 6 in the Secret of Success seriesThe fundamental secret of success, as you saw in the previous article in this Secret of Success series, is your choice of what to be.
Every time is different. There's no one answer or even a right answer to this crucial question. It's always: What am I this time? (I am, you are and he is form part of the verb: to be.)
Another Secret of SuccessARTArticleGet A Grip On TimeYou CAN Develop a Time Sensen================================
If you're like most people with ADD, you probably have some kind of challenges around time. You may be late for appointments, or can't meet deadlines, or try to get too much done at once. Strategies to overcome these hurdles should ...ARTArticleHappiness"Happiness is not a destination; it is a method of life." - Burton Hills
Are you waiting until all your goals are completed to be happy? You lose 20 pounds? Your home is immaculate? The kids are doing their chores and getting good grades?
You can be happy right now. Even if you are feeling ...
"Happiness is not a destination; it is a method of life." - Burton Hills
Are you waiting until all your goals are completed to be happy? You lose 20 pounds? Your home is immaculate? The kids are doing their chores and getting good grades?ARTArticleHeart LearningIt had nothing to do with not wanting their help. Rather it had everything to do with learned behavior, of avoiding inconvenience to others whenever possible. “I’ll be fine,” I had assured my friends.ARTArticleHypnotherapy And Self-EsteemAside from the obvious benefits of Hypnotherapy, such as permanent altered patterns of behavior, profound impact on everything from pain control and healing to motivation and success, one of the biggest impacts I have seen hypnotherapy have on my clients is in the impressive increase in their ...ARTArticleManage Holiday Stress SuccessfullyFive Gifts and a Lagniappe
Arlene R. Taylor PhD www.arlenetaylor.org
“I absolutely hate holidays—everything goes into fast forward!” The young woman grimaced, gestured dramatically, and disappeared into the break room.
Further down the hallway, her colleague burst through his office doorway, forehead furrowed, body radiating coiled tension. He paused in midstride long enough to mutter, “Holidays! They’re all the pits!”ARTArticleManaging A Sensory MismatchIf I’d heard it once, I’d heard it 100 times. Same record. Same song. Sure the jacket covers, labels, and package shapes were different, but basically it was the same old refrain: “I’m not in love with my partner any more.”
By way of introduction, the pair had blurted out, “We’ve decided to split up, and we want to figure out why we didn’t stay in love so we don’t make the same mistakes with our next partners.”ARTArticleNo TimeMany clients of mine have busy lives. They think they don’t have time for what matters.
But, it is rarely the lack of time, but how time is used.
Especially if you are feeling overwhelmed, it’s easy to zone out - too much tv, talking on the phone, surfing the net. Instead of ...ARTArticleWhat Are You, since You're Not what you Have nor what you Do? Part 4 in the Secret of Success seriesThe key to real success, as we saw in the previous article in this series, is neither what you have, nor what you do. So what is it? How much time have you invested in contemplating this crucial question?
First Reflect on Your Answer
If you haven't already come up with your answer then please do so, it could change your life. Your successful implementation of this secret of success can only be achieved once you have come up with your own answer. Read that article, and spend as much time as you need.ARTArticleWhat Causes An Anxiety Disorder And What You Can Do About ItHave you often wondered... "What causes an anxiety disorder? And which of these causes do I have control over?"
Here are answers to these important questions.
What Causes an Anxiety Disorder?
There are several factors that can contribute to an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is caused ...ARTArticleYour Answer to What Am I? is Fundamental to your Success. Part 5 in the Secret of Success seriesThe secret of success, as you saw in the previous articles in this series, is neither what you have, nor what you do. To use this secret and change your life you first need to authentically know what you are. Have you spend enough time contemplating the crucial question asked earlier: What Am I?ARTArticleIs Motivation Over-Rated?When to 'Just Do It!'
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Those of us with Attention Deficit Disorder know that our
ADD brain-wiring doesn't respond to what we 'should' do.
Unless we're really interested in a task, we have a pretty nhard time staying focused on it for any ...ARTArticleThe Difference Between Love And Emotional HungerStraight off, real love is love that nourishes the other person, be it a child or an adult. Love supports the other person and encourages the unfolding of his or her personality.
But love can be confused with something else--emotional hunger. And that has little to do with the other person and ...ARTArticleUnderstanding Defensive BehaviorDefensiveness in Daily LifeARTArticleWhat Is Real Love?True love is not only hard to find, it’s also hard to tolerate. Such an idea may seem counterintuitive, but if you ponder it long enough to really get it, it could change the way you think about love.
All of us have been wounded in some way, either by early love relationships ...ARTArticleWhy No One Can Have It AllA few times this summer I have come to think about the challenging job of raising children and how parents share that work and balance it with the demands of paid work. As I noted in an earlier post, I attended a college reunion earlier this summer. Most of my classmates have grown children by this time. A couple of conversations turned to the complications of sharing child rearing. One woman professional remembered that her husband was totally unwilling to leave work when a child got sick at school or day care.ARTArticleAre You Enabling Addiction In The One You Love? The Role of EnablerUnfortunately, many times, a loved one actually is enabling addiction through their well intentioned desire to help the addict or alcoholic. How does this occur?
Consider the role of the addict; their intention is to continue the using behavior at all costs. What better way to continue that ...ARTArticleDoes What you Have or Do make you Successful? Part 3 in the Secret of Success seriesAlong with most everyone, you want to be more successful. Yet success means different things to different people. The old adage suggests success is fame and fortune, and fame can indeed be seen as success.
It's even been speculated that the man who vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà statue in 1972 saw notoriety as fame. He's spent some time in a mental hospital!
Some see success in athletic or academic prowess, others in political or economic power. Success in carnal pursuits can be very tempting while beauty is also alluring.ARTArticleHow the Power of Context can Supercharge your Results. Part 1 in the Secret of Success seriesWhy are their Results so Different?
"What makes the difference in the results they achieve?" asked the instructor. She'd told us to assume two identically trained and equally capable lawyers have set up shop in opposite corners of the same town's main intersection. The woman lawyer has a thriving business, whereas the man barely makes a living.ARTArticleIs Someone Else Making You Fat?Can your friends and family make you fat? You might think so after reading about a study that created news headlines recently. The study about The Spread of Obesity in Large Social Networks was released in the New England journal of Medicine in late July. Its lead author is a physician at ...ARTArticleUnderstanding How You May Be Enabling Addiction in Someone You Care AboutThere are many people who suffer from addictions, and in some cases their loved ones actually enable the addiction because they want to help. Sure, you want to help the one you love to overcome addiction, but you definitely to not want to enable the addiction any further.
Take a minute to think ...ARTArticleYou'll Face the Consequences, so Beware of Believing Others. Part 7 in the Change My Life seriesAchieving anything needs personal power which comes by increasing your awareness, as we saw previously in this Change my Life series #6. So how do you become more aware?
Start Noticing
Start by noticing more. The more you notice, the more you realize there is to notice. As the brilliant Nobelist Albert Einstein observed, "the more we know, the more existence turns out to be mysterious. The more we know, the less we know and the more we become aware of the vastness."ARTArticleYou're Unique, so why try to Duplicate Another? Part 2 in the Secret of Success seriesYou do all kinds of things which are necessary in your life. Yet one thing remains common and that is your consciousness, a golden thread running through all your actions. Your body changes and your actions change, but you're there unchanged.
When you change your context by increasing your awareness, improving your knowledge, and investigating your beliefs, your actions change yet your consciousness remains.
MistakesARTArticle*** Bring Out Your Inner Genius!Dr Michael Masterman here, author ofn The Speed Reading Secret and President of Accelerated Learning, Inc. And I want to start by letting you into a secret...
You may not know it, but if you're reading this you have in your possession a calculating device far more powerful than even the most ...ARTArticle10 Ways to Ease Anxiety And Reduce StressAnxiety attacks aren't always composed of sudden, debilitating bouts of depression, melancholia, and worry like some people would have us think. As a matter of fact, anxiety and stress is at it's most troubling when it creeps up on us slowly, in the course of our daily lives. Instead of being a ...ARTArticleAnxiety reduction strategiesAnxiety reduction strategies:
Anxiety, whether it be generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks, OCD, phobias, or any other anxiety issue, can be hell. Let's not beat around the bush - it robs you of so much, it can limit your life and start to control the way you think and the way you live.rARTArticleDistinctions lead to Clarity, Clarity gives you Power. Part 6 in the Change My Life seriesThe value of goals, of knowing where you're going, was discussed in article #5 in this Change my Life series. And most people start by wondering what they should do, what should they change.
Change is vital because unless you make a change in your life, nothing will change in your life. You do need to change something, although a focus on changing what you're doing often misses a crucial point.
The Vital IssueARTArticleDon't be Right, be Effective! Part 3 in the Change My Life seriesYou are right does not necessarily mean the person arguing is wrong! It just means they see things from another perspective!
Each person's context is different, because their parents, education, religious upbringing, and experiences are different. Along with their acceptance of social attitudes, political indoctrination, falsifications, etc. as well as both their and others' mistakes...ARTArticleHoly Grail of HappinessThe promise of happiness and contentment can feel very allusive, yet it can be found in the one thing that many people resist: regular exercise and healthy habits. Think about it, of all the people you know who is the most upbeat, energetic and content?
I have found they are primarily the ...