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by Joyce & Barry Vissell.

Do you ever feel that other people have less body image issues than you? That other people are more comfortable with their bodies? I hate to burst your bubble, but Joyce and I have never met anyone who is at peace with their face and body, who completely accepts how they look or feel in their bodies.

by Ronald P. Villano.

How bright is your Light Bulb? Do you feel that you even have a Bulb? The good news is that we all have the potential to turn our Light Bulbs on. Full wattage, fluctuating power, or barely lit – all we need to do to begin to brighten our Bulbs is to become...

by Jayne Chilkes.

The “Akashic Records” (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning “sky”, “space” or “aether”) is a term from theosophy denoting a collection of mystical knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. The Records are supposed to contain all knowledge, including all human experience, held within the ...

by Andrea Mathews.

Do you know who you are? I mean, who you REALLY are? Or do you just know the summation of your patterned behaviors, words, thoughts and feelings? Typically we think we know ourselves, and we call our patterns a personality. But often this personality is really just an identity—a mask, costume and role that we’ve lived into for so long that we...

by Norman Monath.

At the outset I would like to convince you that a meaningful book, thoughtfully read, can actually change your life dramatically. By change I mean produce the following effects: program your mind (the way a computer is programmed) so that you consciously and subconsciously take those steps that will lead you to get what you want out of life; lead you from frustration and disappointment to fulfillment and success.

by Joyce Vissell.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What brings me lasting happiness?” It is a good question. A lot of people answer this in the future tense: When I have a lot of money I will have lasting happiness. Or when I find the perfect partner (or make my partner into the perfect partner) then I will be happy..

by Gail E. Steuart and Barry Blumstein.

Society believes that our emotional feelings are a result of our experiences in our environment. In essence: something happened and it made me feel the way I do. This belief, though it is certainly the way it appears, is just the reverse of how it really works.

by Marie T. Russell.

We live in a world of extremes. Extreme wealth, extreme poverty. Extreme hedonism and joy, and extreme fear and pain. Extreme religious devotion, and extreme hatred. And as with everything, the microcosm and the macrocosm are reflections...

The other day I was giving myself a "good talking to" -- telling myself I really need to exercise regularly, eat better, take better care of myself, etc. But of course all this "telling myself what to do" and this "sermonizing" was not getting me anywhere. As with many of us, I still bristle at being "told what to do" -- whether by others or by myself.

by Marie T. Russell. When I went grocery shopping the other day, my grocery bags had the American flag printed on them. Frankly, I'm a little tired and amazed at all the God Bless America patriotism and paraphernalia. Mind you, don't get me wrong! Of course I want God (God/Goddess/All That Is) to bless America? What I'm wondering is don't we want her to bless everyone else as well?

by Marie T. Russell.

One of my favorite lines in the movie "Gone With The Wind" is when Scarlett says "Tomorrow is another day". This line has given me hope many times when the skies of my life were bleak and I couldn't see around the corner of whatever challenge was facing me at the time? I would remind myself, that after all. things always get better eventually.

by Marie T. Russell.

Many of our life lessons come to us through what we might usually call a negative experience, or possibly a negative person, in our life. However, the addition of the term negative to any person or situation is simply a perception, or a judgment, on our part.