Personal Growth
247 Articles & Excerpts
Part 1
The 7 Systems of Balance: A Natural Prescription for Healthy Living in a Hectic World by Paul J. Sorgi, M.D If you're familiar with some of those dreary feelings that just won't go away-anger, confusion, frustration, tension and sadness-this breakthrough book is for you and those you love. These are some of the feelings we experience when we're out of balance
Chapter 7
The Magic of Forgiveness: Emotional Freedom and Transformation at Midlife, A Book for Women by Tian Dayton, Ph.D. Unconsciously, we're all writing the story of our own lives. It's important that we unearth the details of our unresolved pain, tease out the meaning that we've made of the events of our lives and share our stories with others.
Body and Soul
Gossip: Ten Pathways to Eliminate It from Your Life and Transform Your Soul by Lori Palatnik Mastering the gift of speech serves no purpose unless you realize that you are not just a body, but also a soul. If you believe you are simply a body, put down this book and do whatever you want, as long as you don't get caught.
Intentions
Change Almost Anything in 21 Days by Ruth Fishel, M.Ed. Intentions set into process every aspect of your life. - Gary Zukav. Change begins with the intention to change. In the Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav gives us the following example of intending to change your job.
GENIUS: A Personal Definition
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds by Harold Bloom I have avoided all living geniuses in this book, partly so as to evade the distractions of mere provocation. I can identify for myself certain writers of palpable genius now among us: the Portuguese novelist Jos?
Making an Inner Connection for Decision Making
For many years I would meditate about a decision, receive an answer, and say to myself, I already know that and think that I was not getting the right information. I was one of those people who always made simple things difficult.
Introduction
It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction by Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D. To grow up and out of a painful, dysfunctional past and all its leftovers - feelings, memories, pain, confusion, anger, fear, and persistent dysfunctional relationship patterns- may seem like a miracle, too wonderful to be possible.
What Is Genius?
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds by Harold Bloom In employing a Kabbalistic grid or paradigm in the arrangement of this book, I rely upon Gershom Scholem's conviction that Kabbalah is the genius of religion in the Jewish tradition. My one hundred figures, from Shakespeare through the late Ralph Ellison
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.
The Magnetic, Attractive Power of the Mind by Remez Sasson The power of mind draws certain events, circumstances and people into our lives and repels others. In this respect it resembles a magnet. Just look at the people around you. Some pass through certain events and circumstances, while others pass through
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
Life Is Ever Changing : Keeping The Geckos by Leslie Karen Lobell, M.A. Sometimes life calls on us to make a little attitude shift. Why not go with the flow, instead of fighting the tide? Life is ever changing, bringing us new lessons every day. Life calls on us to make little adjustments, changes in perspective, all the time
Wake Up, Sister. It's Your Turn
A Weekend to Change Your Life by Joan Anderson Recognize That You Are Lost. A full life requires cultivation. The minute we take our hands off the plow, fail to reseed, forget to fertilize, we've lost our crop.
Self
The Quiet Voice of Soul: How to Find Meaning in Ordinary Life by Tian Dayton, Ph.D. We hear the word soul in song lyrics and read about it in books and poems--it has been analyzed and scrutinized by songwriters, poets and researchers throughout history. Though soul may seem mysterious, it is hardly inaccessible.
BE: Identity and Character
Healing the Heart of Conflict: 8 Crucial Steps to Making Peace with Yourself and Others by Mark Gopin, Ph.D. Who we are as individuals has everything to do with how we get along with others. Step One prompts us to ask ourselves, What inside of me is contributing to this conflict, and what do I have to gain from it? Being able to see yourself as you are can be
If you Believe
Changeweavers: A Pathway to Spiritual Renewal by Maida Berenblatt, M.S., Alena Joy Berenblatt Who are you? Where have you been and where are you going? How much do you understand of the motivation behind the way you think, feel and behave? How are you different from the other people in your family?
Opening to Life
Everyday Enlightenment: The Twelve Gateways to Personal Growth by Dan Millman It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it. - W. Somerset Maugham. Road Map: The First Key to Transformation
The Power of Being a Woman by Allie Ochs The American Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Little did he know that his quote would sum up the past, present and future of women.
Chapter One
The Tao of the Ride: Motorcycles and the Mechanics of the Soul by Garri Garripoli Balance goes beyond the ability to not topple over. I see so many people seeking balance who are caught in the duality trap-viewing life as an either/or predicament-falling over or not falling over. I liken it to my initial bike-riding experience.
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
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