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Empowering Choices: Overcoming the Beggar Mentality

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Written by: Alan Cohen

Begging or Choosing? The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It

Recognizing the power of choice can transform overwhelming decisions into exciting opportunities. By understanding that each choice reflects a person's true self and potential, one can shift from a mindset of struggle to one of empowerment. This perspective allows individuals to embrace their co-creative role with the universe and make bold decisions that align with their desires.

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Are You Running Your Life on Shoulds and Fear of Rejection?

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Written by: Maggie Craddock

Are You Running Your Life on "Shoulds" and Fear of Rejection?

The bummer about 'shoulds' is that when we are dominated by them, we are also dominated by the fear of being rejected or abandoned in some way, because that's the core emotional fear that activates many of them. These ongoing fears leave many of us drained and exhausted...

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Slow Down, Stop Rushing, and Celebrate Life

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Written by: Susan Smith Jones

Slow Down, Stop Rushing, and Celebrate Life

People are in such a rush these days, living on the fast track. Talking fast, eating fast, moving fast. What a difference from sixty years ago. Did you know you'll probably do more in this year with appointments, people to meet, places to go than your grandparents did their entire lives?

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Hieroglyphics, The Word of Gods, Magic, and Power

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Written by: Normandi Ellis

Hieroglyphics, The Word of Gods, Magic, and Power

Words are magic. Thoughts create actions that manifest forms. No matter what language you are using—English, Chinese, or the language of hieroglyphs—thoughts are things.

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Where Have All The Hunter-Gatherers Gone?

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Written by: Thom Hartmann

Where Have All the Hunter-Gatherers Gone?

New advances in anthropology and paleontology have answered one of the most vexing questions about the Hunter/Farmer theory: “Why is the leftover Hunter/ADHD gene only present in a minority of our population, and where have all the hunters gone?”

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Is What You Do in Alignment with Who You Really Are At Your Core?

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Written by: Carol Ritberger, Ph.D.

Is What You Do in Alignment with Who You Really Are At Your Core?

Each event in our life builds off other events emotionally so that they create our core themes. Every perception, drama, trauma, relationship (both the good and bad ones), fear, belief, success, and failure are rooted in our core themes. They're all just waiting for ...

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Little Kids Prefer Fractal Patterns From Nature

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Written by: Jim Barlow

Little Kids Prefer Fractal Patterns From Nature

By the time children are three years old, they already have an adult-like preference for the visual fractal patterns common in nature, report researchers.

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Too Busy to Live? How to Reclaim Your Time and Joy

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

Busy, Busy, Busy... Why Are We So Busy?

Do you ever feel like you're running on autopilot? This eye-opening reflection explores why we're so busy—and how to reclaim time, joy, and presence.

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Living Your Truth and Your Evolutionary Calling

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Written by: Kim Chestney

 Living Your Truth and Your Evolutionary Calling

When you live your truth, you know who you are, and you own it. The person you are inside and the person you are to the world are one and the same. You are no longer reluctant or afraid to stand for what you really are.

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How To Find Harmony Within Life’s Toughest Moments

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Written by: John Payne

How Can We Transform Our Perspective of Negative Conditions?

Are negative experiences truly bad—or are they hidden gifts from your soul? This article helps you shift your perspective on adversity and discover deeper meaning.

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The Why and How of Successful Affirmations: Manifesting the Ideal Through Practice

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Written by: Dhyani Ywahoo

The Why and How of Successful Affirmations: Manifesting the Ideal Through Practice

Affirmation is a skillful means for transforming energy, and it begins with the deletion of negative statements about self and others. A negative statement freezes one in time and space without room for harmonization. Affirmations need to be unambiguous, simple and clear statements of one's intentions.

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A New Way of Belonging: Calling Forth the Best in Every Person

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Written by: Eileen Workman

A New Way of Belonging

The level of hunger for “belonging” being expressed by a large number of white Americans today reflects a primary drive all people feel to belong to a family, a tribe, a social group, or a welcoming community system.

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Something Wonderful Is Happening

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Written by: Will T. Wilkinson

Something Wonderful Is Happening: What Can You Do?

News, by definition, is mostly bad. If we believed only what we read, heard, and watched on mainstream news and through social media, we’d become convinced that our world is in the worst shape it’s ever been and that human beings are a woeful species doomed to imminent demise.

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Losing Our Appetite For Struggle and Reclaiming Our Divine Birthright

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Written by: Gail E. Steuart and Barry Blumstein

Losing Our Appetite For Struggle and Reclaiming Our Divine Birthrigh

Since we originated in the essence of infinite and unconditional love of self, you may be wondering, then, "How did we end up stuck in this experience of life as a struggle?"

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Always and Never: Two Extremely Powerful Words

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Always and Never: Two Very Powerful Words

'Always'. 'Never'. These are probably the two most powerful words in the English language. Even more powerful than yes and no, since saying yes (or no) applies to the moment or subject at hand, while saying 'always' or 'never' sets the tone for everything to come. The two words can...

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Afraid of the Unknown: How Important Is Change In A Person's Life?

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Written by: Stuart Wilde

Afraid of the Unknown: How Important Is Change In A Person's Life?

Naturally we are scared to move into the unknown because our personality relies a lot on the symbols, psychological structures, and associations we develop. We become comfortable in a society, and with a group of people -- work mates, family, and friends. However, embracing change is a matter of giving away or letting go of old traits.

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Working in Harmony with Life-Force Energy

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Written by: Suzanne Worthley

Working in Harmony with Life-Force Energy

As humans, everything we do requires energy. We need energy each morning to open our eyes, get out of bed, and plan what we’ll do next. From our first month in the womb to our ending days, our bodies use this energy to keep life flowing. You can think of this energy like fuel and your body the vehicle.

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Why Are We Here? How and Why We Use Social Media

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Written by: Sarah Love McCoy

Why Are We Here? How and Why We Use Social Media

Why are we here? Ha! I know it sounds like one of those belly button gazing type questions that gets us analyzing ourselves into a corner. But what I mean by "Why are we here?" specifically is looking at our use of social media.

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The Silver Lining: Reflecting on 2020's Challenges and Opportunities

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Written by: Ora Nadrich

The Silver Lining: Reflecting on 2020's Challenges and Opportunities

We all can't wait to be done with the year 2020. Looking back over all the challenges this year brought to people both in the U.S. and across the globe, we're not likely to feel much fondness for the previous 12 months. And yet, we may find some positive aspects...

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Two Paths and Five Ways to Increase Joy

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Written by: Jude Bijou

Two Paths and Five Ways to Increase Joy

Whether you describe the way you feel as jubilant, happy, elated, ecstatic, or euphoric, the underlying emotion is JOY. Joy is an emotion. It's so lovely to feel this emotion and to tell the truth, it's been a while since I've...

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The Matrix Is Already Here: How Social Media Promised To Connect Us, But Left Us Isolated, Scared and Tribal

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Written by: Arash Javanbakht

The Matrix Is Already Here: How Social Media Promised To Connect Us, But Left Us Isolated, Scared and Tribal

While the algorithms and my brain kept me scrolling on the endless feeds, I was reminded of what digital marketers like to say: “Money is in the list.”

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