Self Growth

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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The High Cost of Always Being 'Right'

Rory Vaden | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Self Growth, Positivity, Personal Growth, Conscious Relationships, Ego, Gps-Soul, Social Growth, Emotional Wellness, Personal Growth Development, Personal Development, Emotional Intelligence, Success and Motivation, Healthy Living News
Rory Vaden

After years of coaching successful professionals in a variety of disciplines, I've come to see that when conflicts arise, many of us tend to care more about being "right" than we do about finding the best course of action.

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Sensing Spring: A New Beginning

Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D. | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Meditation, Spring, Self Growth, Relaxation, Transformation, The Spring, Spring Season, Mindfulness, Rebirth, Springtime, Season of Spring, Healthy Living News
Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D.

As spring so fragrantly reminds us, we stand at the threshold of life. We are constantly transforming and therefore capable of wondrous things. To embrace this gift, all we need to do is show up, truly and fully.

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"Is It a Broken Dream or the Dawning of the Rest of Our Lives?"

Holly Sidell | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Rejection, Broken Dreams, Overcoming Fear, Passion, American Idiot Musical, Self Growth, Acting, Coping, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

Good art touches each individual person differently and uniquely. Something that I have hidden deep down inside, covered up, tried to ignore, that has been lying dormant, was awoken.

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Have You Stopped Dreaming?

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Healthy Living, Depression, Spiritual Growth, Self Help, How to Be Happy at Work, Job-Dissatisfaction, Motivation, Self-Help, Job Dissatisfaction, How to Be Happy, Career Depression, Self Growth, Holly Sidell, Self-Awareness, Holly-Sidell, Spiritual Guidance, Women News
Holly Sidell

We may not have the luxury of quitting our jobs. We may not have the luxury of going after our dreams full-time. But we have the luxury of remembering that our happiness is in our hands.

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For the Interim Time...

Miriam Mason Martineau | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Support, Awareness, Growing Up, Feeling, Courage, Bearing, Grief, Interim Times, Waking Up, Enlightenment, Presence, Choice, Vulnerability, Personal Growth Development, Growth and Development, Personal Development, Spiritual Development, Self Growth, Personal Growth, Healthy Living News
Miriam Mason Martineau

I learn to trust that, much like the growth that takes place beneath the earth before a new shoot appears, movement and evolution may rumble below the surface before making an obvious appearance.

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7 Psychological Steps to Heaven

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Self Growth, Spiritual Journey, Transformation, Spiritual, Holistic-Spirituality, Psychology, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Development, Healthy Living News
Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD

Psychology seems to be one of the means people come to seek answers for questions like spirituality and inner peace. There is an innate desire for most of us to have a sense of internal connection to peace that some may call heaven.

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Think Before You Fight With Your Partner

Holly Sidell | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Self Growth, Relationship Advice, Self Help, Relationships, Dating Advice, Personal Growth, Holly Sidell, Love and Relationships, Holly-Sidell, Self-Awareness, Relationship Tips, Love, Women News
Holly Sidell

He hung up. He hung up mean. I didn't know who that person on the line was. And I thought about things that I had said and ways I had reacted, and I didn't know who that person was, either.

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Dating And Facebook: 'It's Complicated'

Holly Sidell | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Fear, Self Help, Relationships, Dating Advice, Overcoming Fear, Facebook Relationship Status, Facebook, Self-Help, Self Growth, Relationship Advice, Mindfulness, Holly Sidell, Holly-Sidell, Self-Awareness, Dating, Facebook Status, Mark Zuckerberg, Spiritual Lessons, Women News
Holly Sidell

I couldn't wait to declare our love for each other by sharing it with the world on Facebook (because how else does one declare their love if not through social media?)! He wasn't into it. I panicked.

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Get Over Yourself!

Holly Sidell | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Self Growth, Self Help, Holly Sidell, Holly-Sidell, Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement, Spirituality, Single Women, Self-Help, Women News
Holly Sidell

I was so filled with joy over what I DO have -- amazing friends and nieces and nephews who just fill my heart with love -- that I didn't have a moment to focus on any perceived lack.

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Letter To My Younger Self

Christopher Meeks | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Self Growth, Personal Growth, Looking Back, Self-Reflection, Parenting post50, Nostalgia, Redroom, Growing Older, Fifty News
Christopher Meeks

I came across a picture of myself in college, and was stunned how much I used to look like my son does now, who's also in college. I wanted to write a letter to my younger self -- or is it to my son? It works either way.

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The Spiritual Similarities Between Steve Jobs And George Harrison

Douglas LaBier | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Success, Steve Jobs, Common Good, Midlife, George Harrison, Adulthood, Spirituality, Steve Jobs Lessons, Healthy Living Mind, Self-Growth, Consciousness, Happiness, Steve Jobs Death, Materialism, Healthy Living News
Douglas LaBier

Both Jobs and Harrison embody different yet similar ways in which all of us can grow and develop towards becoming more fully human. You know when you're on that path -- your inner-self recognizes it.

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14 Ways To Bring Positive Change In Your Life

Carrie Wiatt, M.S. | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Energy, Self Growth, Self Empowerment, Empowerment Advice, Empowerment Tips, Positivity, Life Changes, Life Balance, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Carrie Wiatt, M.S.

In all my work inspiring people to choose enlightened lifestyles, I've found that change is contagious. See how embracing growth can empower your best self in mind, body and spirit.

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Why Am I Here?

Holly Sidell | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Depression, Self Growth, Self Help, Self-Awareness, Get-Over-Feeling-Stuck, Spiritual Living, Spirituality, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

Do you ever feel like you are wasting your life? Wasting your talent? Wasting your time, or all of these things, in a job, relationship, or a situation you are in?

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What Do You Know to Be True?

Holly Sidell | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Self Help, Mindfulness, Holly Sidell, Mind, Self-Awareness, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

I got home last night and there was a UPS Express letter package waiting for me. I wasn't expecting anything. There was no return address, only a li...

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My Mind Is Set?

Holly Sidell | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Indecision, Self Growth, Holly Sidell, Focus, Self-Awareness, Life Direction, Confusion, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

One of the affirmations for this month's intenSati class is "My mind is set." We say it while we run in place and criss cross our arms in front of us...

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Are You Self Actualized? Here's How You Can Tell

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Self-Improvement, Self-Esteem, Self-Actualization, Self-Help, The Giving Life, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD

Self actualized people have a healthy relationship with reality and are more comfortable with it and do not deny it. They accept the good and bad as parts of the same spectrum where one is in balance and the other out of balance.

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When Things Don't Go the Way We Want Them To

Holly Sidell | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Letting Go, Self Growth, Change, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Love and Relationships, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

No one likes change. Especially when it is completely unexpected. But when it happens, should we be so quick to run from it? Sometimes our reactivi...

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Excuse: I'm Too Tired to Live My Passion

Holly Sidell | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Living Your Passion, Self Growth, Self Help, Excuses, Exhaustion, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

Lately, I've been tired. And my body has been heavy, sore, and stiff. I haven't had the energy to write, and it's taken all the adrenaline (and some...

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It's Not Fair! Why Don't I Get What I Want?

Holly Sidell | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Self Help, Getting What You Want in Life, Holly Sidell, Getting What You Want, Self-Awareness, Holly-Sidell, Self-Improvement, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

One of my best friends from high school came into town with her husband from Northern California so we could all meet their new baby boy. So I went o...

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How Are You Showing Up in Your Life?

Holly Sidell | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Showing Up for Life, Self-Growth, Holly Sidell, Self-Awareness, Holly-Sidell, Self Improvement, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

"Whoa! You are perfectly capable of doing this on your own," my yoga teacher said in much surprise as she came to adjust my twisting triangle pose. I...

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Passover: What Are You a Slave to in Your Own Life?

Holly Sidell | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Self Help, Self-Awareness, Pesach 2011, Spirituality, Passover, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

Sundown Monday marks the beginning of the Passover holiday. Many people across the world will be commemorating this holiday differently; some celebra...

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We Are All Great Gurus

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gurus, Self Growth, Self Help, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

I remember when Gwyneth Paltrow won the best actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love many years ago. I was still an actress at the time, and I hung on ...

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Where Are You, Right Now?

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self Growth, Self-Awareness, Living in the Moment, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

I have been finding myself lately not feeling well, having low energy, always seeming to be battling some sort of cold or sore throat, which is not no...

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Use Your Life

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Failure, Self Growth, Self-Improvement, Holly Sidell, Self-Help, Los Angeles News
Holly Sidell

I woke up on the morning of my 30th birthday with the phrase "use your life" screaming at me in my head. "Use your life." The past 3 years since the...

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