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Taking Responsibility

Taking Responsibility

One of the most important principles of personal development is that you take 100% responsibility for your life.   It’s important to understand what responsibility is, especially in relation to blame.   What does it mean to take responsibility for your life?  ...

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Listening to Your Inner Voice

Listening to Your Inner Voice

The other day I attended an unusually hot Bikram yoga class. Somewhere in the middle I needed to lie down, as my heart felt like it would burst. While lying there, staring up at the ceiling, I suddenly had a voice inside me speaking words told to me long ago by my...

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Dealing with an Envious Friend

Dealing with an Envious Friend

Have you ever gotten that long awaited promotion or new job, shared it with a friend whose response was: “Oh, that’s nice.” Or worse yet says, ”What was wrong with you that you couldn’t get it sooner?” Or maybe you’ve returned fresh, filled with tranquility and joy...

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Alone but not Lonely

Alone but not Lonely

It was a chilly day, the wind whipping across the water as we stood out on the deck of a ferry crossing Milford Sound in the south island of New Zealand. She, a stranger, held out her camera to me and asked that I take her photo. I was careful to capture the crisp...

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Cultivating Self Love

Cultivating Self Love

“In order to be able to truly love another person, a person needs first to love oneself, in the way of respecting oneself, and knowing oneself (e.g. being realistic and honest about one's strengths and weaknesses).” – Eric Fromm Hi Friends, For anyone who’s ever been...

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Science of Inspiration

Science of Inspiration

Inspiration is derived from the Latin word inspirare, which means, “to breathe into.” To inspire achievement, action, a breath of infinite possibilities is passed from one individual to another. Inspiration hasn’t a singular effect, but raises the dreams of others as...

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