Stress & Personal Development: When Navel-Gazing Turns Nasty!

It would be logical to assume that any personal development work we do would help us manage our stress, rather than cause more of it. In reality, however, this isn’t always the case, and this article covers why this can be, as well as what to do about it.

What Was The Best Part Of Your Day?

More than crafting picture frames and holiday scarves we are crafting memories that I hope he will cherish his whole life. And I hope that I am teaching him that gifts from the heart mean much more than gifts from the wallet.

The Importance of Receiving

Receiving is just as important as giving. It sets the flow of abundance and helps others to attract their good as well. When you refuse to ever receive you can be robbing someone else the chance to give. Even science has shown that your health may depend on your ability to receive.

Unknown Angel

Love and compassion from a small stranger healed my broken heart. That little boy was my angel, my unknown angel.

10 Lessons Cancer Taught Me

The positive lessons learned from a journey through cancer.

Listening to and Understanding Your Feelings

I think that listening to your feelings is one of the most powerful and under-rated skills for empowerment and self development. Our feelings are part of the language of our inner guidance. Sometimes pesky, sometimes hot, sometimes fun, sometimes funny, sometimes exhilarating — feelings speak volumes in a single impulse.

Receive To Give

Sometimes in order to give something to someone you have to allow yourself to receive something from it. Discover this powerful secret for giving a wonderful gift to someone.

Her Daughter Needs Help

Best-selling author, keynote speaker, and President of Customersatisfaction.com, Dr. Gary S. Goodman, recalls an encounter that reminds him to really listen to what people are telling him.

10 Reasons To Be Thankful To Be In Business Today

This Thanksgiving and all year round, it makes business sense to connect with what about your business bring out the glow of gratitude in you.

Why Be Diligent?

We know it takes diligence in order to succeed in anything. Whatever it is that we put our minds to accomplishing, we must do it with diligence. With diligence however, comes the things we don't like to hear. Such as pain, trouble, hardship, and even suffering. What is worth your diligence?

American Churches - Inspiring or Entertaining

Once while traveling rural Alabama some years past I decided to visit a local church for the mid-week Wednesday night service. I can’t remember the name of the little town I was in but I will never forget that church and what happened there. It was a true experience but to this day I still think that what I found there is what church is all about.

Who Do You Need to Be in 2006?

Have your New Year’s resolutions faded yet? What’s really important to work on in 2006? What will make a difference? Read this before you choose your next weight loss plan.

Battling Loneliness

Visiting senior veterans has me thinking about the battles that everyone must fight.

Faith and Trust: In Daddy's Arms

What do you do when the waves come crashing in? When life is overtaking you? Learn a simple truth from a little girl and her Daddy.

Aging Skin is the Least of Your Worries

Someone once said: “A lot of people who look forward to an eternity of peace don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Saturday afternoon.” It seems to be generally accepted by a lot of people who are getting on in years, that if only they can save enough money for retirement, they’ll finally have that time of relaxation they’ve been looking for. Anyway, that’s what a friend of mine thought.