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What Kind of Relationship Do You Have With God?

I was recently on a panel discussion on HuffPost Live about the reality of death and how it can test our faith. We were discussing a post by a teenager named Alice who eloquently expressed her mental and emotional reaction to death and her…
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7 Tips for Talking About Health and Money With Elderly Parents

Not since your conversation about the birds and the bees have you and your parents faced such a difficult conversation. Sooner or later, adult children and their elderly parents need to talk about the parents' medical, financial and legal affairs.…

5 Steps To Finding Your Individuality

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take "NO" for an answer. -- Regina Brett Much of our stress and dis-ease in life is caused by living a life that does not resonate with our own inner truth. We hide from ourselves and…

Enthusiasm: The Fifth Law of Spirit

The beautiful thing about the sequence of the Laws of Spirit is that it so clearly delineates what needs to happen in our hearts and minds to be open to the flow of God's wisdom, love, grace, and blessings in our lives. Ultimately, it leads…

5 Essentials For Breaking Through Your Negative Thought Patterns

Are you caught in a web of stinking thinking, or are your beliefs the bedrock of your success and happiness? If you want to know why you are happy or not, take a good look at your most fundamental beliefs about yourself. Do you believe that…

Cooperation: The Second Law of Spirit

Cooperation, the second law of spirit, is the proverbial wisdom of making lemonade when you have lemons. You might have been in the mood for ginger ale, but what you have is lemons. So either you go to where the ginger ale is and fulfill that…

Acceptance: The First Law of Spirit

Just as there are laws of the physical universe such as Newton's laws of gravitation and motion, there are five sequential rules that govern spiritual consciousness. They are acceptance, cooperation, understanding, loving, and enthusiasm. Each…

3 Steps to Turning Pain Into Progress

Suffering is a valuable thing. Enjoy your life without rejecting problems or suffering... The trick is knowing how to accept discomfort without being caught by it. - Suzuki Rochi One of the quickest ways to improve the quality of your mental…
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8 Guidelines for Communicating With Doctors

When going to a doctor's appointment, just showing up is not enough. There are things you can do to support yourself in getting maximum value from the visit. Many people see doctors as experts who are going to fix them and therefore give over…

Paying Mind to Selective Attention

Did you ever notice how some things really grab your attention but not the attention of others? Or how you edit out the background noise in a bustling restaurant when you want to hear what someone at your table is saying? That's selective attention.…

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