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How To Clean Out the Clutter in the Closets of Your Heart and Mind

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Written by: Astrid Fitzgerald

How To Clean Out the Clutter in the Closets of Your Heart and Mind
We cling to so many things without which we believe we simply cannot be happy. Some of us find it difficult to part with objects and mementos of the past, and many of us are pack rats to one degree or another. This may seem like an innocent habit, but the clutter in our minds and hearts...

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The Safe Place: Why The Present Is A Place Of Peace

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Written by: Sandy C. Newbigging

The Safe Place: Why The Present Is A Place Of Peace

I would often say that I felt there was a party happening somewhere, but I wasn’t invited. Can you relate to that feeling? When with other people, I would pretend to be happy. I would pretend to have a good time. But inside, I felt a separation and a sadness that I couldn’t shake off. In short, I always felt I was missing out...

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Surrendering To Love Even in the Midst of Negativity

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Written by: Sanaya Roman

Surrendering To Love Even in the Midst of Negativity
To surrender to love, you will need to pay attention to any of your own emotions, moods, or thoughts that might lead you to act in less than loving ways. You may need to surrender pride, a sense of self-importance, or the need to have your way, to...

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Assignment Awareness: Stretching Beyond Our Comfort Zones

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Written by: Deborah Tyler Blais

Assignment: Awareness and Stretching Beyond Our Comfort Zones
In an eight-month workshop, which I went on to lead, we asked ourselves four questions each day. What did I notice that had nothing to do with me? What did I do today that I respect myself for? What did I do to help another person today (anonymously if possible)? What bothered me today, if anything? The assignment was to stretch beyond who you normally are.

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This Reminder Brings Out Flexible Thinking In Kids

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Written by: Alison Jones

This Reminder Brings Out Flexible Thinking In Kids

Reminding children of their many roles—friend, neighbor, and daughter, for example—can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking, research finds.

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Saints and Soulmates: Francis and Clare of Assisi

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Written by: Barry Vissell

Saints and Soulmates: Francis and Clare of AssisiAs we write in The Shared Heart, "The real soulmate is a state of consciousness, not a person." That being said, there can also be an outer soulmate, or life partner, an ancient connection with another soul where the primary purpose is serving together, blessing the earth together, more than simply loving one another.

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I Am This -- I Am That: The Path of Limiting Beliefs

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Written by: Vincent Cole

I Am This -- I Am That: The Path of Limiting Beliefs
Each time you have told yourself, I am this, or I am that, you kept yourself limited. You have conformed to a particular way of thinking and a particular way of acting in the world. You have restricted yourself to a certain code of behavior, dictated not by true desire of the heart, but by outside influences.

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The Difference Between Healthy And Unhealthy Love

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Written by: TED

In a talk about understanding and practicing the art of healthy relationships, Katie Hood reveals the five signs you might be in an unhealthy relationship -- with a romantic partner, a friend, a family.

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Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom

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Written by: Ivy Brashear

Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom

There have been times in Hannah Adams’ life when she’d been confused about her body and birth control. Sex education in middle and high school in mountainous eastern Kentucky was severely lacking, she says.

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7 Ways To Build Your Child's Vocabulary

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Written by: David Dickinson

7 Ways To Build Your Child's Vocabulary

If you want your child to have a rich and fulfilling life, one of the best things you can do is help build your child’s vocabulary.

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The Why And How Of Sleep Training For Your Kids

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Written by: Ryan Anderson and Hannah Ford

The Why And How Of Sleep Training For Your Kids

For thousands of years, mothers have sung lullabies to help their babies and children fall asleep.

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Feeling Cranky? Here's How To Feel Good, Even When You Don't Want To!

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Written by: Lynn Grabhorn

Feeling Yucky? How To Change It To Feeling Good, Even When You Don't Want To!Nothing is more important than feeling good, and it doesn't matter beans how you do it. If standing on your head in Times Square will do it, terrific. If smelling newly cut wood will do it, grand. You know when you're there; you can't miss it. Whether it's just a decision to feel good in the moment...

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The Three Apes and Three Core Human Needs: Safety, Satisfaction, and Connection

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Written by: Marc Lesser

The Three Apes and Three Core Human Needs: Safety, Satisfaction, and ConnectionI have always found it interesting and surprising that in Joseph Campbell’s model of the hero’s journey, the second stage after “the calling” is “refusing the call.” In stories, the hero will get a clear calling but then immediately be filled with doubt, hes­itation, or outright fear.

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When Teaching Kids About Money, Teach Them About Giving

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Written by: Alexis Blue

When Teaching Kids About Money Don’t Forget Giving

One of the most valuable lessons parents can teach their children about money might be how to give it away.

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Heart Wisdom: Your Heart Always Knows What Your Mind Forgets

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Written by: Shai Tubali

Heart Wisdom: Your Heart Always Knows What Your Mind Forgets

How can we achieve any sense of knowing with so many contradictory thoughts running around in our mind?

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Is It Normal For Girls To Masturbate?

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Written by: Melissa Kang

Is It Normal For Girls To Masturbate?

Is it normal for girls to masturbate and are there any health consequences?

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7 Steps to Unconditionally Accept Yourself: A Prerequisite to Loving and Accepting Others

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Written by: José Stevens, Ph.D.

7 Steps to Unconditionally Accepting Yourself: A Prerequisite to Loving and Accepting OthersRemember that the goal of this teaching is to facilitate the lessons of unconditional love and acceptance. There is no possibility of accomplishing this toward others if you have not first learned how to unconditionally accept yourself. Here are seven steps to lead you in that direction...

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Mothers Explain How They Navigated Work And Childcare

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Written by: Carla Pascoe Leahy

Mothers Explain How They Navigated Work And Childcare

Over the past few decades of Australian life, government policies have gradually offered more support to working mothers, particularly through childcare subsidies and parental leave.

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Marijuana Increases Odds Of Couples Feeling Intimate

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Written by: Bert Gambini

Marijuana Increases Odds Of Couples Feeling Intimate

For couples who frequently use the drug, episodes of marijuana use increase the likelihood couples will experience “intimacy events,” according to new research.

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What I Love Most About You...

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Written by: Joann Davis

What I Love Most About You... How often do you tell the special people in your life exactly what it is that you love most about them? How often do you identify what's good about your spouse, lover, children, sisters, brothers, dad, mother, uncles, aunts, friends, and colleagues -- and actually put it into words so there can be no doubt?

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The Spirit in All Things... and the Entire World

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Written by: Nancy Windheart

The Spirit in All ThingsIt may surprise you to learn that things that we typically think of as “objects” or “things” have consciousness, spirit, a life force or intelligence that can be felt, sensed, and communicated with. We know through quantum physics that there is intelligence, consciousness, and awareness in and through everything…

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