Letting Go

Open to Change

Wendy Strgar | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Challenge, Fear, Change, Healthy Relationships, Grief, Gps-Soul, Emotional Wellness, Openness, Flexibility, Openness and Growth, Openness to Experience, Healthy Living News
Wendy Strgar

The only way to open to change is to give up our resistance to it. This letting go is the easiest and hardest thing in the world to accomplish. The power of opening to the present moment and letting things be what they are is a simple act, and in many ways a great relief.

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Opening Up to Letting Go

Wendy Strgar | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Marriage, Surrender, Wendy Strgar, Laura Munson, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Divorce, Emotional Wellness, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Wendy Strgar

Lacking emotional intelligence is the norm in our culture, and it is common behavior to hold our relationships hostage to our internal dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Tragically, it is too easy to buy into rejection and accept the blame.

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Saying 'No' To Negativity

Dori Hartley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Positive Thinking, Getting-Rid-of-Negativity, Healthy Lifestyle, Bad Attitude, Happiness, Negativity Positivity, Optimism, Emotional Wellness, Negativity, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Dori Hartley

Just the other day, a dear friend of mine wrote me a note letting me know that he was gravely concerned about what he perceived to be my undeniably positive attitude towards things in general.

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Inquiring Into Surrender And Letting Go

Ellen Davis | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Consciousness, How to Surrender, Spirit, Gps-Soul, Emotional Wellness, What Is Surrender, Surrender, Anxiety, Control, Healthy Living News
Ellen Davis

The thing about holding on, letting go, and surrender is that when we fully realize our oneness with all, there is nothing to hold onto and nothing to let go of -- it is all here and all one.

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Letting Go

Charles Scott | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Marriage, Job Loss, Parenting, Life Transitions, Management, Personal Growth, Life Tips, Gps-Soul, Personal Development, Emotional Wellness, Happiness, Control, On Letting Go, Healthy Living News
Charles Scott

As we travel through life's phases, we must let go of so much. And I don't think it gets easier with practice. But maybe just accepting that eventually we will have to let go is the secret to living a full life.

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Letting Go - All Too Soon

Maryam Zar | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Motherhood, Women's Rights, Self Growth, The Developing World, International Aid Organizations, Child Marriage, Girls Education, Girls Empowerment, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Maryam Zar

This year, a handful of countries are considering fiercely debated bills that would ban the marriage of girls under the age of 17. This horrific practice exists in almost every corner of the world where there is poverty or lack of education.

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Step Into True Wholeness

Guy Finley | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Purposeful Living, Letting Go, Conscious Living, Mindfulness, Being Whole, Fearlessness, Meditation, Spirituality, Becoming-Fearless, Religion News
Guy Finley

We need to see, and agree that what we seek already lives within us, and we within it.

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Life After Divorce: I Pledge the Following

Stephanie Penn | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Women's Empowerment, Divorce, Sister's Acquiring Financial Empowerment, Safe, After Divorce, Moving-on-After-Divorce, Moving On, Self Love, Self-Help, Divorce News
Stephanie Penn

I decided it was time for me to make a change. Although I revisit my angry thoughts regarding my ex-husband, I don't dwell on them too long and I've instituted a personal pledge.

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When Your Loved Ones Hold Your Life in Their Hands

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Terri Schiavo, Advance Care Planning, End of Life Decisions, Healthcare, Family, National Healthcare Decisions Day, Advanced Care Directives, Death & Dying, Advanced Care Directive, Healthy Living News
Janice Van Dyck

National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) falls conveniently every April 16 so you can deal with the difficult matters of death and taxes all in one week. NHDD is one day when we're asked to put our own discomfort aside and think about the loved ones we leave behind.

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The 5 Stages of Household-Repair Acceptance

Deborah Gaines | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Denial, Acceptance, Deborah Gaines, Suburbs, Daily Life, Accidents, Homeowners, Household Repair, Fifty News
Deborah Gaines

There went the money I was putting aside for a family vacation. And what about retirement? That $1,000 was the only thing keeping me from a lonely, penurious old age.

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Act Three -- Life's Great Finale

Randi Gunther | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Joyful Aging, Innovative Thinking, Act Three, Letting Go, Memory, Mindfulness, Happiness, Fifty News
Randi Gunther

It takes only one goal to change that whole process: the unwavering commitment to spend every remaining day of your life rediscovering something new.

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Watch Stevie Nicks' First-Ever Acting Gig On 'Up All Night'

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Letting Go, Stevie Nicks, Video, Maya Rudolph, Christina Applegate, Up All Night, Tv Replay, Reality-Free, Nbc, TV News

According to ABC News Radio, it was Stevie Nicks herself who made her guest appearance on "Up All Night" (Thu., 9:30 p.m. ET on NBC) this week happen....

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Is It Real Love Or Just Infatuation? 7 Things You Should Consider

Sheryl Paul | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Romantic Love, Letting Go, Infatuation, Real Love, Engagement Anxiety, Wedding Transition, Marriage, Marriage Anxiety, Marital Difficulties, After the Wedding, Weddings News
Sheryl Paul

Romantic Love is, most simply put, infatuation. It's based on the model of longing for someone that you can never completely have, and it's this longing that then becomes mistaken for real love.

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The Toughest Part Of Being Mother Of The Bride

Sheryl Paul | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Mother and Daughter, Wedding Arguments, Mother Anxiety, Mother of the Bride, Engagement Anxiety, Weddings News
Sheryl Paul

The beauty and challenge of motherhood is that as tightly as you would like to hold on to your precious one, you continually need to let go.

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Ode To Adolescence

Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Growing Up, Change, Teens, Raising Children, Motherhood, Parenting, Family, Parents-Teens, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Janell Burley Hofmann

We are crossing over. You are my baby. But I cannot carry you now. You walk alone into a new world. I want you to linger here, but you constantly push. You will change.

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Please Meditate: Revealing Love

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Heart, Guided Meditation, Anahata, Valentines Day, Valentine's Day, Meditation, Love, Chakras, Meditation Techniques, Video, Guided Meditations, Meditation How To, Meditations, Healthy Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Please join me in a guided meditation to release the impediments in your heart, revealing the love that is within you and longing to be realized.

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Step Four: Letting Go to Let in God's Light and Love

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Christianity, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Twelve Steps, Step Four, Recovery, Religion and Recovery, Letting Go, Step Four of Recovery, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley

In clearing away our own baggage, our ego, our obsession with self, we can open ourselves to God's power to work wonders in us.

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In These Halls

Brandy Ferner | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Public Schools, Montessori, Preschoolers, Preschool, Parenting, Schools, Denver Public Schools, Kindergarten, Back to School, Parents News
Brandy Ferner

I do realize that just as these halls have the possibility of dimming my son's light, they also have the possibility -- and actually the intention of -- brightening my son's light and of giving him confidence, coping skills and pleasant memories.

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Letting Go, Part 67

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Empty Nest, Parenting, Children, Parents, Young Adult, Teens, Parents News
Susan Stiffelman

I'm excited for my son to leave. I don't mean that literally; a part of me would like nothing more than for him to live at home and go to college down the road. But bigger than that is the undeniable feeling of joy that I get from watching him step further into his own life.

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College Choice: Why Are We So Obsessed With Our Kids' Decisions?

Deborah Gaines | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Helicopter Parents, Parenting, Teenagers, College Selection, College Choice, College Acceptance, Fifty News
Deborah Gaines

Why does part of me believe that this one decision -- where my kids attend college -- will make or break their future lives?

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Confronting the Past

Elissa Kravetz | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Confronting Your Bullies, Confrontation, Bullying, Anti-Bullying, Letting Go of a Grudge, Letting Go of the Past, Impact News
Elissa Kravetz

While I did not find my friend, my eyes did stumble on someone. They stumbled on HER. The girl who was my one time best friend while growing up, only to turn and create months and months of misery for me. The girl who I've thought about for the past 20 years, but who I haven't seen since high school...

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Thoughts On Letting Go

Jeanine Celeste Pang | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Life Advice, Love, Fearlessness, Overcoming Fear, Love Advice, Christmas Tree, Women News
Jeanine Celeste Pang

Why are we afraid to let go of something which could not be grasped in the first place?

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Loving and Letting Go

Roger Housden | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Generosity, Loving, Love, Poetry, E. E. Cummings, Poems, Love Relationship Advice, Love Advice, Love Poetry, Love Poems, Healthy Living News
Roger Housden

The greatest gift of love is the gesture of open arms -- let come what comes -- not because you don't care, or because you hope to steel yourself against pain, but because you care so much that you are helpless to do anything else.

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The Dark Night of the Soul

Guy Finley | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Surrendering Your Self, Rebirth, Immortal Soul, Starting Over, Self-Realization, Self-Transformation, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Guy Finley

It's really quite clear: Nothing created lives outside the laws of this grand cycle of reciprocity.

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Money Conflicts And The Incredible Lightness of Being 50

Deborah Gaines | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Relationships, Money, Family, Money Fights With Parents, Money Fights, Mother Daughter Relationships, Family Lending, Paying Back Debt, Fifty News
Deborah Gaines

Always difficult, interactions with my mother enter a special circle of hell when we talk about money. She's a child of the Depression, sure that every dollar she spends brings her a step closer to living on the street. I'm a struggling single mother, and by my standards, she's loaded.

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