Self-Development
How to Escape the Victim Trap
January 31, 2012
‘Bad’ experiences can help us develop wisdom and internal wealth. They can also set us on a life path that is more meaningful and fulfilling. Yet victims turn ‘bad’ experiences into a stalker who follows them in the shadows at night, creating a life constricted by fear. Like me, you can become a victim of your own compulsion to help victims. Learn how to escape this trap.
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Are You a Compulsive Caregiver?
September 09, 2011
Like me, many other women in my life are compulsive caregivers. And I have sometimes watched in dismay as they emerged from their caregiving, or attempt to ‘fix’ others, depressed and worse off in many ways, wondering what they had done ‘wrong’.
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Overcoming Self-Doubt
February 18, 2011
Self-doubt immobilizes our actions and retards the development of our greatest potential. For years it stopped me from sharing the writing that was most heartfelt to me, for I was afraid of exposing myself by becoming vulnerable and open to criticism and misunderstanding.
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Ten Keys to Happiness
February 04, 2011
“Happiness is a way of life—an overriding outlook composed of qualities such as optimism, courage, love, and fulfillment… It is nothing less than cherishing every day.” Dr. Dan Baker. I share ‘ten keys to happiness’ that work for me.
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Achieve Your Goals by ‘Changing Tack’
January 20, 2010
Do you know where you are heading on this sea called ‘life’. Perhaps you are trying to sail into a headwind of obstacles that keep taking you off course. Here are five steps to help you take over the helm of your own destiny by learning to change tack.
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Take Off the ‘Shoes’ That Don’t Fit
September 08, 2010
During an exercise at Jerry Jampolsky’s Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon, we were asked to exchange shoes with a partner and try to picture certain aspects of the other’s life and feel or visualise what it was like to walk in their shoes.
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Men can be Free of Anger
August 18, 2010
What it means to be a man has been deeply ingrained within the race memory; a memory built upon war and destruction. I sense that many men today have layers built one upon the other to cover hurts they are not ‘supposed’ to feel.
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Love Ourselves First
August 11, 2010
Today I received a letter from a friend who wrote, “I have no idea what love is… I tend to ‘love’? whoever shows me the slightest affection.” A male client recently revealed his true sentiments about relationships when he said…
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Value yourself and stop being a victim
June 17, 2010
Do you feel like a victim? Here are some simple tips to change the way you see yourself so that others will treat you differently.
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Love Yourself and Change Your Life
June 05, 2010
Several years ago I traveled to the United States looking for a teacher to show me how I could evolve and change my life for the better. When a young man stopped me and asked for 27 cents and how he could change his own life for the better, my answer showed me that the teacher I was looking for was within me all along.
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World’s problems have a personal source
May 11, 2010
In his honest and eloquently written book, “Earth in the Balance”, Al Gore, [former] vice-president of the United States makes an interesting observation:
“The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of an inner crisis that is, for lack of a better word, spiritual…”
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Abundance, not Material Wealth
April 27, 2010
The greatest potential wealth we possess are our many gifts and talents. How we cultivate them determines both inner and outer abundance.
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The Worst Form of ‘Pollution’: Wasted Lives
22 April 22, 2010
Social and health problems escalate each year, defying all efforts to reduce them. Solutions lie within us all, yet who has the courage to look within and make changes that will benefit everyone your life touches?
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