The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born By Robert Schwartz In his groundbreaking first book, Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born, Robert Schwartz brought the idea of pre-birth planning into the mainstream. Now, his brilliant sequel Your Soul’s Gift: The [...]
Tag: self-help
Flip That Thought!
By Angel Eyes We often hear about the power of positive thinking. New Agers, life coaches, spiritual guidance specialists, and the like tout the importance of not dwelling on the negative and focusing only on the positive. However, when we find ourselves going through difficult times we can almost become annoyed with those “preaching” from [...]
Do You Need a Bigger Hammer?
by Cristina Smith Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping. ~ Neal Maxwell The question most associated with a hammer is whether you are the hammer or the nail. That question is a good one in many circumstances. It is often a metaphor [...]
Resistance Empowers What We Resist
By Mary Cook, M.A., R.A.S. Resistance is born of fear. It is not healthy assertiveness and boundary setting. It is not examining, understanding and resolving problems. It is not letting go and letting God. It is pretending that we can extinguish something by pushing it away with negative thoughts. Resisting sadness increases its energies, attracting [...]
Important Motivation Tips for Early Morning Workouts
by Maria Khalifé Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato I don’t believe there is a human being alive today who isn’t interested in maintaining a healthy, shapely physique, but one of the areas where all of us struggle [...]
How To Attract Success
by Maria Khalifé “Work your fingers to the bone and whadda ya get? Boney fingers!” ~ Hoyt Axton I was torn between Hoyt Axton’s song lyrics above and this saying of Lewis Carroll: “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” So I thought I’d share both of them with you because together, they convey [...]
Practicing Solutions
By Mary Cook, M.A., R.A.S. Pain and problems are the bell ringers beckoning us to challenge old beliefs in favor of fresh, new perspectives. Greater grief comes from denying or fighting problems, whereas greater gifts come from psychological development and spiritual practices. Healing requires a commitment to cause no harm to ourselves or others. With [...]
Choosing Mental Freedom
By Maria Khalifé How would you define mental freedom? What does it feel like? What would it take to live your life with mental freedom as your foundation? Do you know what it takes to achieve such self-mastery? If you have not defined what mental freedom means to you, how it feels, what it’s like [...]
Reclaiming Your Spirit
by Mary Cook When our childhood environment contains chronic problems accompanied by denial, we internalize belief systems to protect us from overwhelming pain. When healthy needs, honesty, openness and vulnerable feelings meet rejection or punishment, our original spirits become imprisoned and forgotten. We adapt to our environment which dictates who we are and what to [...]
Success – It’s All A Matter Of Mindset!
by Maria Khalife “The way we see the problem is the problem.” ~ Stephen R. Covey Each one of us has an internal monitor which keeps track of what is going on in our lives at all times. It functions like a judge, a courthouse consultant, and a jury. But sometimes, the interpretation of events [...]
The Challenges of Parenting Teenagers
By Maria Khalifé The young always have the same problem – how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. ~Quentin Crisp Parenting teenagers can be particularly challenging for a parent. On the one hand, you have years and years of cherished [...]
9 Handy Tips for Curbing Your Appetite
by Maria Khalife A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Our appetites come from an inner urge that tells us to enjoy. Food brings enjoyment. So do lots of other things, but in our world today, food seems to have ascended to the priority when it comes to [...]

































