| 131 | Intuition: An Emotional Intelligence Competency Preview: Please feel free to distribute and reprint, including the bio line. Intuition is an EQ competency, that is it's considered something necessary to successful living, and something to be respected and valued. In recent years it has emerged from obscurity, even suspicion. What exactly is intuition? Main Entry: in·tu·i·tion 1 : quick and ready insigh... (more) Published By: Susan Dunn, Coach Submitted: 28 May,2002 |
| 132 | Seven Ways to Access Peak Perfomance Preview: 1. Practice. Obviously if you want to learn to play the piano, you have to practice, but studies show that mental practice may be as important as physical practice. Visualize yourself performing the act you have in mind perfectly, and you'll come closer to it. Mental rehearsal can improve your self-confidence and your attitude toward what you want... (more) Published By: Susan Dunn, M. A. Submitted: 03 June,2002 |
| 133 | 10 Ways to Develop Your Intuition Preview: Intuition is innate to all of us; it's hard-wired. To develop this crucial lifeskill and learn how to trust it takes practice. Here are some ways to do that. 1. Suspend disbelief. 2. Be relaxed and not in a hurry. Nothing grows well when it's rushed. 3. Don't try to use willpower or force. 4. Some people's intuitive ability increases if they a... (more) Published By: Susan Dunn, Coach Submitted: 14 June,2002 |
| 134 | Balance Your Masculine and Feminine Energies Preview: One key to a successful and fulfilling life is balancing your masculine and feminine energies. If you take a look at your typical day, you'll probably notice there are times when you're very action oriented. At other times, you'll notice you're not really doing much of anything, but instead, you're simply being. These two activities - doing ... (more) Published By: Michael D. Pollock Submitted: 20 July,2002 |
| 135 | You Teach People How to Treat You Preview: So often we hear people ask the question, "Why does he/she hey treat me/us so badly?". The honest answer, in most cases, is "Because you let him, her or they!" If that seems too simple an answer, think of it this way. You make a date for lunch with someone new. They arrive twenty minutes late, citing traffic, office hold ups, the weather, their c... (more) Published By: Rhoberta Shaler Submitted: 21 July,2002 |
| 136 | Building the Bond in your Relationship Preview: A bond (relationship wise) is when two people have a connection. Being attracted to each other and sharing common values and interests brought the two of you together as a couple, but the bond has not been set completely. Besides the fact that you have love and care between you, you also need to see whether or not the two of you are friends. Is it... (more) Published By: Alina Ruigrok - www.love-sessions.com Submitted: 07 September,2002 |
| 137 | "Learning From Fido" (or, the real gurrrrus online) Preview: If dogs were teachers we would all learn a great deal about life, love, and work including the internet. I received a simple e-mail message from one of my online friends recently that pointed out some of the traits of dogs which are positive. admirable, and worthy of imitation. For example: Dogs always run to greet you when you come home and t... (more) Published By: Larry Johnson Submitted: 24 October,2002 |
| 138 | A TASTE OF ENCHANTMENT - Accessing Wonderful Memories Preview: THE ENCHANTED SELF is about focusing on your memories, talents, and capacities for joy and happiness. You may not realize that one of your most precious gifts, in terms of accessing joy, is your capacity to utilize your memory in positive ways. All of us seem to know how to use our memories in negative ways. How easy it is to conjure up bad feel... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 15 November,2002 |
| 139 | Ah, Sweet Memories – Part One Preview: Finally! The colors of the leaves are changing, and now all too quickly. As I walk around my neighborhood enjoying the smells of autumn, combined with the reds, oranges and even maroons of some of the leaves, I think once more of all the autumns that have come and gone. Surely for me, it is a special season. How does my memory hold on to this tim... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 15 November,2002 |
| 140 | Ah, Sweet Memories – Part Two Preview: Thank you for staying with me. Last week I shared some colorful autumn stories of my childhood that were truly enchanted moments. This week I hope you will enjoy part two as Emily shares her beautiful story about color and enchantment with us. Enjoy! Featuring the story Prism by guest writer, Emily Doherty "Right brain ... left brain ..." droned... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 15 November,2002 |
| 141 | Designing A Life - We Each Get The Chance Preview: The Enchanted Self is all about living and then telling and retelling the stories of our lives to get the most positive juice from them. This often means taking pain and misfortune and turning it into meaning and even eventually a metamorphosis of pleasure. One example of designing a fulfilling life comes to mind. This is the story of a part of ... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 18 November,2002 |
| 142 | Disenchantment All Around -- America under Siege Preview: I can only imagine that many of you are in shock, as I have been also this week. Today, listening on the radio as I drove, I heard it reported that 'Andy' supplied many American flags down by what was the World Trade Center. When asked about his donated flags, he simply said, "I save people, I save their spirits." I think that he captures what has... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 18 November,2002 |
| 143 | Enchantment in a 5 and 10-Cent Store Preview: The other night as my mind was wandering, at perhaps 3:00 AM, I had a lovely encounter with the past. I was remembering some wanderings of late childhood. I was about ten or eleven and the magic journey was a bus that took me downtown Bridgeport. The first part of the magic journey was just waiting for the bus all by myself. I felt very grown-up... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 18 November,2002 |
| 144 | Break-ups: How To Survive Them Preview: The loss of a relationship can be incredibly hard - you can feel so much pain. There's not only the grief from losing someone important in your life, but the pain of seeing your hopes and dreams of a future life together disappear as well. Sometimes this is the hardest part - having to totally readjust your view of how you saw your life unfolding ... (more) Published By: Kali Munro, M.Ed. Submitted: 22 November,2002 |
| 145 | Beginning to Reclaim My ENCHANTED SELF – Part 2 Preview: Thank you for staying with me as I continue with part two of this excerpt from The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy. This section concludes the way I began to reclaim my own Enchanted Self. The third unwrapping came when I needed major surgery, an emergency hysterectomy. I found myself able to permit women to nurture me through this emergency i... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 26 November,2002 |
| 146 | PRACTICAL STEPS TO ENCHANTMENT – Part 1 Preview: In other weeks, you have learned many ways to get in touch with your personal enchantment. In this article, I would like to share several personal stories of enchantment with you. Kay's happiest moments as a child were with a pencil and a sketchpad or watercolors. Her life as an adult has been very stressful: difficult teenage children, and a mar... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 26 November,2002 |
| 147 | PRACTICAL STEPS TO ENCHANTMENT – Part 2 Preview: This is the second article sharing little case studies with you about people who have discovered successful ways to get in touch with their personal enchantment, i.e. positive states of well-being uniquely suited to them. Often times they pulled from their own past experiences positive parts of themselves to rebirth and give new life to. Having f... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 26 November,2002 |
| 148 | Beginning to Reclaim My ENCHANTED SELF – Part 1 Preview: Please stay with me as I share this excerpt from The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy over two weeks with you. This section reveals the way that I initially began to reclaim my own Enchanted Self. My enchanted self was beginning to emerge, unpeeling as an onion is unpeeled, layer by layer. This is important because I think so many of us shy awa... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 26 November,2002 |
| 149 | Relationship Guide - Bringing Out The Best in Your Relationship Preview: Relationships bring out the best and the worst in us. Here are some ways to bring out the best in yours: 1. Focus on yourself. Do things to increase your self-awareness, like how you behave in relationships. It can help to stay aware of patterns, reactions, feelings, beliefs, and triggers (from your childhood and previous relationships) that aris... (more) Published By: Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist Submitted: 29 November,2002 |
| 150 | Excerpts from THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy Preview: In my years as a psychologist, I have come to believe that most people seeking psychotherapy are unhappy not only because of earlier hurts and traumas, as well as present frustrations and problems, but because they cannot access earlier happy moments often enough. Resulting in not being able to experience enough positive states of well-being. It i... (more) Published By: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Submitted: 03 December,2002 |