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Raising emotionally intelligent kids (and companies) with appreciative...
I have been interested for a while in a concept called appreciative inquiry. I came across it at work and the concept sounded simple, yet a little scary. Let me explain.The simple part is that...
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What Would You Do if You Knew Nobody Would Judge You?
Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid; courage means you don't let fear stop you: Bethany Hamilton A few years ago I developed my own first mission statement. The term mission statement sounds...
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Live your life like its a holiday . . .
How many times have you sat at work, or at home, and dreamed of your next holiday? Maybe you have planned to go somewhere local, the beach or the mountains, or maybe a resort overseas . . . Your...
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Dear Future Me . . .
A few years ago, I completed a course about living and managing my life with purpose. To be honest I can't remember much about the course now except for one life-changing session. And that was the...
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Mindfulness and the Single Raisin
There is certainly a lot going on and being talked about on the subject of mindfulness. I have to admit when I first heard the term it didn’t quite make sense. Like isn’t everyone “mindful” . . . on...
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Say Yes and it will all work out . . .
I loved the film “Yes Man” starring Jim Carrey (playing the role of banker Carl Allen) who starts the film as an intensely lonely man with low self-esteem after his divorce with Stephanie, who he is...
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Bananas the Happy Food !!
You know how people say, “you are what you eat”. So I decided to do some reading on this topic and clicked on a great article about ripe bananas (of all things) from the “Power of Positivity” site. I...
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The Plastic Bag Girls . . .
Today I listened to an inspirational TED talk. Melati and Isabel Wijsen go to the Green School in Bali. I visited the adjoining Green Village only a couple of weeks ago and so I pricked up my ears....
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Seretonin and the Happiness Foods
According to Wikipedia, Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Biochemically derived from tryptophan, serotonin is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract, blood platelets, and the central...
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Six Minutes a Day to De-Stress and Relax
If I said all it took was ten minutes a day to de-stress and relax you would probably think this was yet another “get well quick” scheme requiring minimal effort and instant results. And I would have...
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Ten of the Most Inspirational Movies You Will Ever Watch . . .
Here are some inspirational movies I think you could consider watching. I stress these are movies that I like and rate. I tend to like movies that are more down to earth, less Hollywood and more...
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Four Simple Feng Shui Changes You Can Make To Bring More Energy Back Into...
The website fengshui.about.com describes Feng Shui as“. . . an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the...
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You know all those “seven things you must do to change your life”? Ignore...
I have been observing what it means to be happy for many years now. And one thing I have noticed of late is the veritable plethora of articles and blogs claiming the road to happiness, contentment,...
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3 of the Best Free Online Planning Tools to Help Achieve Your Big Audacious...
You have two choices to achieve your big audacious dreams. Plan, or not plan. Not planning means being mindful and aware of your goals. Acting and being in accordance with the important things you...
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Five Methods to Overcome "Inspiration Block" that Actually Work . . .
The American author H Jackson Brown Jr once said “Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.”Well that’s all very well. But if you are anything like me, the actual...
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Am I judging myself . . . ?
I promised myself to write regularly..... well that word regularly is about right. Every 3 or 4 months? In that sense I am doing well.... What is keeping me from writing more often then? Like once a...
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Being brave . . .
All my life I have worked. A “grafter” – that’s me. Focused, dependable, pretty well liked at work’ enjoying my job and the intellectual stimulation it provided. I liked the people I worked with and...
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Forget About the Future . . .
Are you someone who thinks a lot about where you are heading, what you will be become, who you will be with, where you will live . . . ?I do. I think about this sort of stuff all the time. And there...
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Being generous makes you a happy person – but only if you go about it the...
I think I am a giving person. And I definitely get a kick out of doing something for others. Simple things like getting up early, doing the shopping and making breakfast for my family so they can get...
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Saving the Street Kids of Cusco, Peru: The Incredible Jolanda van den Berg . . .
Jo and I have put our life in New Zealand on hold and embarked on a year of adventure, to seek out what is truly meaningful out there in this big wide world. Cusco in Peru is our current home -...
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