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What is the Meaning of Life

A young man in search of enlightenment had traveled to Tibet at great expense and more than a little consternation amongst his family and friends. It was a week before he was allowed to speak with a red-capped administrator of the Dalai Lama's ...

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Teach Phonemic Awareness in 5 Minutes a day

Phonemic Awareness, or Phonic Ears, are the child’s ability to actually hear the sounds in a word. This is the first step in learning to read. Much of the new research says that teaching children this skill can really help the child learn to read!...

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Tips for Encouraging Children To Write

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Ordinary People Can Get What They Want

Johanes Tot is an ordinary nineteen year old young man. He works at HP in a non-technical, non-professional job. He graduated in May from Benson High School, where he ran track and cross country.He's much like you and me. But, let's dig a l...

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Three guiding principles of courage and it’s development

Three guiding principles of courage (and it’s development)By Tracy BrinkmannI have come under the personal belief that everyone is a leader to someone. Whether that someone be an employee (or thousands of employees), your spouse, a child or at the ...

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Wishin and Hopin

I like a good challenge now and then. A couple of weeks ago I took on Mother Nature in a test of wills. I attempted to clear two feet of snow from my driveway through the power of positive thinking. I also used deep breathing, relaxation techniques, ...

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The Art Of Balancing An Unequal Life

Study the best seller lists of the past few years and you'll notice titles that range from Peter Lynch's "Beating the Street" to Thomas Moore's "Care of the Soul: How to Find Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life." This juxtaposition c...

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The Benefits of Emotional Intelligence

While we all, at some level, understand that we’re motivated by pain and pleasure, it’s amazing how we can learn, especially in our Western culture, to ignore the concomitant fact that moving toward pleasure makes us feel good, and is good for ou...

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A Zen Look at Dating & Religious Beliefs

You’re dating and your religious beliefs are different. How much difference does this make?The answer is: Another person’s religious beliefs are important to you to the degree they’re important to you. This may sound like begging the question, ...

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An Excerpt from THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy

The women I interviewed caused me to look at my clients in new ways. As Proust states, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." I discovered many aspects of enchantment in my clients as I began to...

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