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Resistance to Loving

Resistance to Loving by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the last 35 years, and I am the author/co-author of eight published books on relationships and emotional healing. In the cour...

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Grow Carnivorous Plants with Conviction

In high school, my music teacher taught us that if you are going to make a mistake, do it with conviction.What he meant by that was that if our mistakes sounded sheepish and tentative, we were most likely playing sheepishly and tentatively, which rui...

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Lawns, Gophers & Moles

Lawns, Gophers & MolesThomas OgrenA few gophers can tear up a nice lawn in short order. Even if you’re a complete animal lover, you won’t want the gophers in your yard. After they destroy your lawn they’ll start eating the roots and killing you...

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Limiting Beliefs - How to Break Through the Barrier

Circus trainers used to tie a chain around a baby elephant'sankle to stop it from escaping. The chain would be connectedto a tall spike which was hammered deep into the ground. As a baby, the elephant was not strong enough to pull out the spike,...

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Success at Work People Skills Dealing with New Ideas

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Chewing On Mindfulness Gum Is Your Secret

My grandmother, a feisty and athletic woman in her younger years, was a gum-chewer. She was never without a pack or two of Wrigley's Doublemint gum. She wasn't a snapper or bubble-blowershe viewed that as highly uncivilized. Grandma kept he...

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Two Very Forgotten but Crucial Words - Thank You

Thank you wonderful words that we all love to hear but forget to say. Do you write thank you notes? I remember when I was a child my Mother always made my brother and I write thank you notes to our friends, family, and each other. I recall thinking ...

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Lessons from Hurricane Fabian

My friend, Sue Johnston, MBA, ABC, is a certified EQ coach living in Bermuda. She just sent me an email about hurricane Fabian – the worst hurricane to hit the island of Bermuda in 50 years.She wrote about how terrifying it was to know it was comin...

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What I Learned From A Parakeet

I want to tell you about the lesson that I learned from my parakeet.Yes, I did say that I learned something from a parakeet. I suppose thatit is possible that I have too much time on my hands. Moving on... My parakeet is named Yazzie. Yazzie is Navaj...

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It's All Very Good

So there they were. Thousands of years ago. Walking aboutthe Garden of Eden in complete freedom. Naked and unashamed. It was Paradise. Literally. The word Eden issynonymous with "paradise" and is related to a Hebrew wordmeaning "bliss" or "delight."I...

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