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It's Time to Surrender to the Joy of Your Soul

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Written by: Belinda J. Womack

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Surrender to the joy of your soul and discover the mission of your life. Learn how aligning your ego with your soul’s purpose brings fulfillment and peace.

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Five Easy Ways to Increase the Joy in Your Life

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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Are you ready to increase joy in your life? This article offers five easy ways to boost happiness, from engaging in joyful activities to making simple lifestyle changes. These tips will help you experience more joy in life.

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Is Being of Two Minds The Cause of Good Fortune or Tragedy?

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Written by: Normandi Ellis

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The concept of "Two Minds" delves into the dual nature of human consciousness, where thought vibrations play a pivotal role in manifesting good fortune or tragedy.

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Is Our Deepest Wound Our Birth Trauma?

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Written by: Tim Read

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Birth trauma impacts our psyche but expanded states of consciousness can help heal these deep wounds. Revisiting your birth experience can have deep transformative power.

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From Struggles to Success: Turning Challenges into Victories

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Written by: Nicola Amadora PhD

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Turning challenges into victories is possible for everyone. Discover practical steps to overcome life obstacles, transforming struggles into success and personal growth. Learn how to harness your inner strength and resilience to face adversity head-on and emerge victorious.

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Change Your Life with the 15-Minute Method

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Written by: Sam Bennett

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Is it possible to change your life in just 15 minutes a day? Absolutely! Using the 15-Minute Method, you can make significant progress on your goals by dedicating just a small amount of focused time each day. This article explains how daily effort accumulates to create amazing accomplishments, whether it's writing a book, learning a skill, or clearing clutter. Discover the power of the 15-Minute Method and transform your life today.

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Removing Roadblocks: When People Make Life Hard

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Written by: Chloe Panta

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 Overcoming roadblocks doesn't have to be hard work. In this article, learn how changing your beliefs can transform your life and lead you to success. Discover simple steps to re-examine your beliefs, release limiting thoughts, and adopt a positive mindset. With these techniques, you can overcome any obstacle and create the life of your dreams.

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The Path from Fool to Spiritual Warrior

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Written by: Matthew Wood

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The shaman’s journey is a long and winding road. We imagine a goal but when we get there, we find something else. One thing we find is another goal.

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Feeling Stuck? Discover the Science of Moving Forward

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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Have you ever felt stuck in your career, where you live, or in relationships? Adam Alter, NYU psychology professor and author of "Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most," offers insights into overcoming these periods. His research reveals that 99% of people experience stuckness, often due to life quakes or the Plateau Effect. He suggests breaking goals into smaller parts, celebrating small victories, conducting friction audits, and embracing failure to get unstuck. Persistence, exploration, and reframing obstacles as growth opportunities are key strategies. Feeling stuck is common, but it doesn't have to be permanent. 

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Can I Do This? The Fear of Failure and The Power of Intention

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Written by: Stu Crum

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In life, we are often faced with challenges that make us question our abilities and capabilities. The initial moment of pause where we ask ourselves, " Can I do this?" is a common experience shared by many.

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Becoming the Best Version of Yourself by Cultivating Empathy

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Written by: Judith Orloff, M.D.

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 It’s never too late to tip the scales toward compassion and goodness. A lack of empathy has helped get us into this personal and global predicament. Reclaiming it will help get us out.

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Off the Hook: Embracing Simplicity

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Written by: Cate Montana

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Embracing simplicity is probably one of the hardest keys to embody because we've been trained to believe that the more complicated something is the more important and valuable it is.

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How To Discover your Personal Strengths

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Written by: Erin Rachel Doppelt

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At Columbia, I took a life-changing positive psychology course with Dr. Dan Tomasulo. Of all the brilliant topics I studied, I found learning about personal strengths to be transformational when it came to healing understimulation and living a nourishing life.

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What Could Make Your Life Extraordinary?

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Written by: Selina Maitreya

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When I ask my students: Why is a healthy life important? What would a new romantic relationship bring? How would you benefit from a meaningful career? The answer is always the same: “I’d be happy. I’d stop worrying. I’d be at peace.”

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Solutions R Us and We R Solutions

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Written by: Will T. Wilkinson

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Problems. They’re everywhere. In our personal lives, in the world all around us. Who’s got solutions?

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Do I Really Have a Green Thumb?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

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These days, when people see my garden or the fruit trees in my yard, they often comment that I have a green thumb. That's because they see the abundance of produce in my garden.

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Coming Home: Welcome to the Next Chapter of Your Life

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Written by: Sydney Williams

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While I knew I had learned a lot about myself on this trip, I also knew there was a lot of work ahead of me. This was a big step in my healing journey, and I knew it wasn’t the last.

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We Live in Diabolical Times

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Written by: Wolf-Dieter Storl Ph.D.

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We live in diabocal times. The word diabolical truly fits; it comes from the Greek diabállein (to set at variance, to set against). We really do live in times when what used to be ordered is jumbled, contentious, confused, and chaotic. It is happening at all levels...

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Something Needs to Be Done: Progress or Shared Ecology?

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Written by: Trevor Griffiths

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The more I looked into the subject of life’s capacity to heal and renew after divisive setbacks, the deeper and wider my view had to grow. This discovery took me through regions of knowledge I knew nothing about—yet. I had to explore them.

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Deal with Your Shadow and Other Negative Forces (with video version)

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Written by: Cate Montana

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One of the most powerful things you can do is a personal clearing of your own energy field. The following is an energetic clearing that Robin Duda, the soul alchemist I've been working with from Santa Fe, has supplied

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A Guide To Staying Creative Without Burning Out

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Written by: Agata Lulkowska, Staffordshire University

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Paradoxically, the more passionate and responsible you are, the more likely you are to burn out since you’ll be unwilling to stop at times of being overwhelmed, not wanting to make others pick up the slack.

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