Personal Growth

The Power of Negative Thinking
by Remez Sasson
For some reason, most people find it easier to think in a negative way than in a positive manner. It seems that some effort is needed to think positive thoughts, whereas negative thoughts come easily and uninvited. This has much to do with education

Developing Will Power and Self Discipline
by Remez Sasson
Most people admire and respect strong individuals who have won great success by manifesting will power and self discipline. People in all walks of life who with sheer will power, self discipline and ambition have improved their life, learned new skills

The Inner Dialogue
by Remez Sasson
Do you talk with yourself? When we hear people talking aloud with themselves we consider it weird. But have you noticed that all people, with no exception, talk silently with themselves? This, we do not consider odd or weird. If someone hurts you in

Let’s Be Rational
I'm Sorry
by Jay Krunszyinsky
Are you a rational or irrational thinker? You may want to believe you are a rational thinker, but you find that you are the eternal pessimist, able to see only the half-empty glass in many situations you face. You are a rational thinker if you turn

She is constantly putting herself down
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
I have fallen in love with the most wonderful woman. My problem is that she is constantly putting herself down. She's not happy with her weight, her looks or her brains. She says things like, I'm so fat, I'm so ugly and I'm so stupid, all the time.

Karma : It Is All About Attitude!
by Joseph Ghabi
Why do we really need the experiences that we have to deal with in our day-to-day life? Does anyone know who can answer my question? Somehow, at heart I do know and understand the answer to this question. However, I have no discipline to do something abou

Transformation Through Action
The Transformation Handbook
by Jan Maizler, MSW, LCSW
The core of transformation by action is the profound self-challenge that comes with recognizing our fears, realizing the costs of having avoided those fears, eliminating our fears against them, facing them, and conquering them. Our reflexive reaction

Making Changes That Stick
by Theun Mares
Anne is typical of many who want to alter their lives in profound ways, but find that they are unable to make these changes last. Is there a remedy? Yes. The secret to long-lasting personal change lies in understanding what change is all about, as well as

Grief Work Transformation
The Transformation Handbook
by Jan Maizler, MSW, LCSW
Loss is an experience that affects us all at various times during our lives. Our society tends to deal with loss the same way it deals with death and dying - as a painful event to get over rather than as a natural process that can cause growth

On Choice, the Mental Spectators, Social Relationships, the Problem of Oughts And Getting Command
by Terry Rich Hartley, Ph.D.
Like it or not, we are all gladiators. We go to sleep and wake up in a social arena from which there is no escape. Challenge upon challenge confronts us, walls restrain us, and a mob of spectators mocks, sneers or cheers us. Each and every day brings new

Take Command and Gain Freedom
by Terry Rich Hartley, Ph.D.
Bookstores are brimming with self-help books, so you're probably wondering what this book has to offer that others don't. The answer is that my approach is not just a variation of other books; it is fundamentally different. Look in any bookstore and you'l

Tyrants Of Self-Concept: Ruling The Rulers
by Terry Rich Hartley, Ph.D.
Like it or not, we are all gladiators. We go to sleep and wake up in a social arena from which there is no escape. Challenge upon challenge confronts us, walls restrain us, and a mob of spectators mocks, sneers, or cheers us. Each and every day brings new

My Concept
by Joseph Ghabi
From my own personal experiences with relationships I believe in a concept that I have been working with, at least in my mind's eye, which is to give generously of yourself in your relationship. Always do what you can for your partner to make him or her

Receptive To Bliss: Creating An Uncluttered Mind
by Debora Myers
Empty Your Mind - Go ahead, just try it. To become receptive to bliss we must gather and then dump all the clutter, static and mental lint that clings to our mind. It's kind of like cleaning out your closet in the fall to make room for the new

Reality Check!
by Joseph Ghabi
What makes us all different from each other is one main factor, that is, the place where we grew up and in respect of that, all of the knowledge and understanding that we accumulate from our parents, our culture, and our religion.

How old are you?
by Joseph Ghabi
Some of us might hear from time to time that we are Old Souls. I remember when I was told this for the first time. It sounded great, even without understanding the deep essence and meaning of it. That expression did not feel strange to me for one reason

Ten Tips for Setting (and keeping) Life Changing Resolutions
by Toni Coleman, LCSW
It's time for that annual ritual of making (and breaking) our New Year's resolutions. There is something about the idea of being able to start over that motivates us to pause (at least briefly) and reflect on our lives as they are, as well as how we

Dear our beloved crying planet...
by Joseph Ghabi
I read an article last week in The Gazette, a local English paper here in Montreal. It was titled Time is running out and was written by Peter G. Brown. He is a professor in the school of the Environment at McGill University. Professor Brown emphasize

Leaving the Sure Behind
by Crystal Woods
I'm realising more and more these days there is a huge gap (chasm, really) between knowing a thing and living that knowledge. You know how it is - you read heaps of self-improvement books, you go to all the seminars and listen to people saying look

A Man of Iron Will

Life is too short and precious not to devote energy to chase your dreams. What moves me most about the Ironman experience are the forces that inspire anyone to undertake this tremendous challenge, and all that transpires as a part of that process.