Even You Need to be Mothered

Is it possible to Mother yourself when Mom's not available or nearby? I say yes. I think the best thing your mother can do for you is to teach you how to mother and nurture yourself. But let's face it - it's a skill, a talent and a gift. Doing this kind of self care requires commitment like that of a mother. But as an adult it is the #1 thing you need to become adept at.

This Mother's Day while showering or being showered by attention think of how you can become more self reliant in the self nurturing arena.

Secrets to Get YOU Started on Your Nurturing Journey:

Secret #1 -Reflect: Do you have time to reflect and think things through or are you always harried, frazzled and stressed? Well if you spend most of your days in this anxiety prone state you will not be on the road to long term health.

Learning to slow down and say no to all the distractions which take you away from your true self - your true core - will re-generate and honor your beautiful nature and soul.

Sounds like foreign territory? You must learn to nurture yourself by creating time without pressure (one of my new mottos) and taking the time to give to yourself - even just a little.

Secret #2 - Journal: I love to write I find it a source of grounding, clarity and a place where my imagination can run free. I get to work things out on paper. It's a safe and uncrowded place for me to explore and be as honest as I possibly can with myself. I know you may not find this easy to do and may in fact run from the mere mention of sitting down to write out your deep and most private thoughts. You scream out "I have no time, someone might read it, and I'm not much of a writer." Start with small steps. Remember this is a place to get to know yourself better. To get you started you may want to pick up the classic "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron.

Secret #3 Allow Others to do for YOU: Alert, alert! You can not do it all by yourself! I mean you can but at what price? Do you want to constantly feel rundown while feeling virtuous about accomplishing a feat you had set out to do single handedly? Wouldn't you like to have a team helping you out all the way to the finish line? Did you know collaboration comes very naturally to women and is so much more rewarding. Women actually crave it. Better satisfy this craving that your sweet tooth. Your "team or helpers" will also feel special contributing. They will feel a part of something and have a real sense of belonging. Let them! Let go of any martyr or a saint tendencies. Come to terms with the fact that you are a mere mortal with needs and an ability to ask for help (always!).

Secret #4 Make yourself Important: But don't take yourself too seriously. Don't dismiss any thoughts or ideas you have. Value them all - they are a part of you. The worst thing you can do is attack, criticize or demean yourself in any way. You want to be supportive of yourself at all times just like a nurturing mother would be.

Secret #5 Take a Bath: Nothing like a warm, sudsy, comforting, candle-lit bath at the end of a day that says "I love me"! No I don't mean in a narcissistic way but in a loving, mothering, and accepting way.

The warmth of this simple yet soothing activity will go a long way. You will feel calmer, more relaxed and you will sleep better, too. Your calming brain chemicals, specifically Serotonin and Gaba, will be activated ensuring a deep and restful sleep.

Monika Klein, BS, CN. is an award winning clinical nutritionist and weight loss expert. Monika is the "Compassionate and Practical Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach." Her company, Coaching For Health, offers life transforming weight loss and wellness programs, classes and products throughout the world. To learn more about Monika's services and programs, visit coachingforhealth.com. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

Women: Loving Yourself Is About More Than Looks

Women loving themselves is very important. Although self-love is very important for a woman's happiness, some women have trouble in that area of life. Many women are not satisfied with their bodies, and they worry a great deal about how other people see them. Before women can be fully loved by others, they must first learn to love themselves.

What does it mean to love yourself? Some people may think that it means loving the way their bodies look. If this were the case, most women would not love themselves. Loving yourself is more than just loving the way you look. Women should look deeper inside themselves instead of focusing strictly on the outside of their bodies. It is what's on the inside that counts the most.

Women should take a moment to forget about all the things they hate about themselves. They should quit worrying about the extra pounds they may be carrying or the freckles they may have on their faces. Now, it's time to focus and take a deep breath. Women should take this time to think about all of the things that they love about themselves other than physical traits. Maybe they love the fact that they are kind to others.

Perhaps they have a few special qualities, such as being great with children or helping others. These are the things that matter the most. Once women discover what they love about themselves, they should put those things into action by participating in activities that make them happy, such as joining a choir or signing up to help the needy people in the community. Once women start enjoying life, others will notice that they are happier. When women are happy with themselves, it is likely that others will enjoy their company more.

Now that we have focused on the inside of the body, let's focus on the outside. Yes, earlier we talked about love being more than just what's on the outside, but now that we have learned the ways for women to love who they are on the inside, we need to address the outside as well.

This does not mean that women need to worry about all of their flaws, go on crash diets or get plastic surgery. This just means that women should do special things for themselves in order to make themselves feel better. Regular exercise can make a big difference in the lives of women. Not only will it make them healthier, but they will feel better both physically and emotionally. It is a great stress reliever as well. Yoga is a great exercise option that can help women become more in touch with themselves.

A little bit of pampering is great for women. Taking the extra time to fix their hair or makeup can make a real difference in the way they feel about themselves. Women do not have to wear makeup and fix their hair to be pretty or love themselves, but it can help to make them feel more confident. A nice massage from time to time is great as well. This can help women to relax and unwind at the end of a stressful day. Remember women, loving yourself is easier when you are not too stressed.

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Professionalism in the Workplace

You have to be a professional in the workplace. It is one of the most important criteria used by superiors to evaluate your overall performance. Peers will also judge you according to the professional standards that you demonstrate in the workplace. In fact, professional ethics is very crucial in any corporate environment. It also plays an essential role in your career advancement. You can get hired if the prospective employer finds you to be professional. However, you must note that an employee can also be fired by being unprofessional in the place of work.

Professionalism is not only about wearing suitable corporate attire. You can become professional by practicing the following:

Maintain your mental stability. Keep that temper in check. The last thing you want to happen is to quarrel with your boss and co-workers. Arguments are expected to happen but stay away from getting into conflict with your contemporaries. Avoid the extremes. Do not be too boisterous or very quiet during meetings or company activities. Composure is the key in this environment.

It is important to communicate properly with everyone in the office. Be direct but courteous. Refrain from being too emotional when you interact with colleagues or managers. Besides, this can only reduce your interpersonal capabilities. Concentrate on the subject during discussions.

Stay smart! The clever employee knows what should be done and how to do it. Remember that working hard is not enough. Being smart means that you fulfill the expectations of your supervisors.

Respect works both ways. Have a high regard for the organization, your managers and co-employees and you can be sure to get the same degree of esteem from everyone.

Do not dress too informally or shabbily. Most companies implement a strict dress code so make sure to follow regulations.
It is not right to make unsavory comments or jokes that will hurt somebody's feelings. Never refer to personal appearances, ethnic groups, gender or religious practices.

Never lie or be insincere. Dishonesty will not only lead to termination. It can ruin your image forever. Once you get dismissed for cheating, you will find it difficult to look for another good job. Besides, regaining the trust of other people is hard to achieve.
Controlling your behavior is also necessary. There is nothing wrong in being confident but do not go beyond this. Arrogance has no place in any organization so better watch out for this attitude.

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How to Stop Feelings of Unworthiness From Sabotaging Your Dreams

I seek strength, not to be greater than another, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. ~P.D. Cast

Of all the elements that form the comfort zone, unworthiness is without question the most insidious.

Unworthiness is that shadowy deep-seated belief that creeps into our minds and tells us we are undeserving and not good enough, inadequate and fundamentally flawed. Unworthiness serves as a shield to insulate us from risk, chance and the unknown.

Some of us may already be aware of certain limiting and negative beliefs we have about ourselves. These we can learn to heal and change. The real problem goes deeper... it's the unconscious self-doubt and unworthy feelings we accept about ourselves.

The unworthiness mantra is "Don't try it, don't even think about it."

Without realizing it, we allow unworthiness to sabotage us in a hundred different ways, using endless justifications to keep from reaching for our dreams. For the sake of shielding ourselves from even the remote possibility of having to face our own fundamental inadequacy... we will do whatever it takes to just not think about it.

We repeatedly second guess our choices; falling into endless mental reruns picking apart what we could or should have done differently; over time finding it harder and harder to make definitive decisions that will enable us to move forward.
We avoid testing (or exposing) ourselves by allowing days, weeks and years to go by as we focus on the daily minutia of life and tell ourselves we'll get to the big important stuff as soon as we're 'caught up' or when the 'time is right.'
We use our responsibilities, especially to others, as shields to prevent ourselves from trying something new.

While there's a lot to be said for gratitude, there is a BIG difference between appreciating all the good things and people in your life and choosing to settle for less because you don't believe you deserve or are capable of more.

A few months ago I received a heartbreaking note from a reader who wanted to share with me why she had just unsubscribed from IGG. She went on to explain that while she enjoyed the articles and found them inspiring they also depressed her because she found herself focusing on all that she could never have or be in her life. "A lot of people have it worse than me, so I just need to stop dreaming and be grateful for what I have now."

How to Resolve Feelings of Unworthiness

Be willing to challenge beliefs about yourself: Begin by exploring the 'why' behind negative self talk. Make a positive statement about yourself such as I am a loving person or I deserve to achieve my dream of (fill in the blank). Then focus on any negative or contradictory thoughts that pop into your mind about your declaration. A personal journal is a great tool for this exercise. The more specific you can be with your statement, the greater the likelihood you'll be able to uncover those sneaky unworthy feelings.

One step at a time: Once you begin to identify unworthy thoughts or triggers you can start gently stretching the limits of your comfort zone. Be willing to try different strategies and don't be discouraged if you have to keep at it for awhile. These feelings of unworthiness have likely been with you for decades, so be kind to yourself, celebrate small victories, and be patiently persistent.

Let go of the past: For some reason, at some point in your life you came to the conclusion that you were lacking. Maybe you were bullied as a kid, or maybe you made a mistake... maybe it was a real whopper of a mistake and now you're stuck mentally rerunning the experience and what you could or should have done differently. It's time to let it go. The longer this has been going on the tougher it will be to clear it from your mind, but meaningful change always begins with a decision and in this case it's up to you to choose not to give those thoughts the energy they require to remain an active part of your life.

Risk change: The thing about unworthiness is over time it becomes a comfortable companion and it is awfully tempting to stay with what's known rather than risk the discomfort of change, rejection or even failure. Focus on your dreams and find a purpose that is important enough to motivate you to muster the strength and courage to step into the unknown and be free of what's holding you back.

Be willing to ask for help: Sometimes feelings of unworthiness stem from a major life change or a traumatic event. As valuable as self-directed personal growth exercises can be, it's important to understand that asking for help is not a weakness. Even the most courageous and successful people from time to time need a helping hand to move forward.

Sometimes the space between where you are and where you want to be can feel like a massive distance, but the truth is even the most self-confident among us will experience doubt from time to time. We may not be able to completely avoid it, but we can become more resilient by developing a strategy that enables us to effectively conquer feelings of self-doubt and unworthiness. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

How to Stop Fighting With What Is?

Often times we struggle with the outcome of a certain situation or are not happy with the results after our life time of immense efforts. The disappointment may be with our achievements, our expectations, our relationships or even our health!

Are you struggling to accept what has happened in your life?

Time and time again we resist with "What Is" and refuse to accept the bleak reality (that we face day in day out) and willfully hope that things are different.

Do you feel trapped in this vicious circle of struggle and non acceptance?

Frequently well-meaning friends, family encourage us to think positively. Are you tired of self-help gurus time and again saying, "Live Life aggressively." "Stop complaining and take charge of your life today!"

Lets be honest, the above phrase does not stir any positive emotions or motivates us optimistically. Instead we are deeply disappointed from the entire endeavour we have attempted in insistently fighting with the on-goings in our life; in other words we have forcefully denied reality.

Do you feel extremely exhausted but are afraid to give-up? You so badly want things as how it used to be, but do not know how to make that happen? You neither have the energy to continue nor have the faith to give-up.

Most times, when we are so afraid to stop and relax, and believe that if we stop trying, we will fail, that's when it's best to STOP forcing the issue. It's okay to Let Go.

When we allow ourselves to relax and let go... God's Grace catches us.

Letting go of the struggle, and relaxing in your well-being is the ONLY thing we can do. Life need not be a struggle.

Power of Acceptance

"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden

Acceptance is the first step that leads towards transformation or a slight change in the condition at hand. When we struggle with the moment we will struggle with the entire universe. Accepting whatever life brings to us, subdues all the obstacles down. Accepting this moment as it is enables us to activate our inner most strength to bring about transformation, which otherwise lays dormant. Acknowledging and not struggling takes the power away from the obstacles and shifts the power towards our state of being which in turn allows access to creative change. Acceptance loosens our focus or attention on the problem at hand, and turns our mind to sieve through to a creative solution. Whenever we shift our focus, we always attract a different condition i.e. an answer or a first tiny step towards an astounding solution. Acceptance helps to reduce stress and worry. The power of Acceptance renews our severed connection with GOD.

Power of Surrender

"Let go off the illusion of control. It will happen when it's ready. You need to believe and nurture your dream and believe in it and it will fulfil its destiny.

You must believe."

Surrender follows after Acceptance. If we try to surrender any event, circumstance, situation, difficult relationships, problematic conditions without accepting them for what there are or for their "Is ness", we will be creating a lot of resistance and conflict and will not be able to fully surrender. Instead after Accepting or affirming, we then surrender it to the higher source to find us a solution or an answer, we would be able to tap into the Universe's reservoir of many productive solutions. If we act upon our internal thoughts and images or visualisation, we generate a reaction. Surrendering without questioning, but total release or hold will let us to open doors to our most inner powers. Not controlling the results enables GOD to intervene and give us miraculous results. Witnessing any actions that we do without the need to judge, control or expect will net amazing results, which we sometimes call magic!

Power of Surrender is felt when we have total faith in God's well-being for us, our own faith in our abilities and total loyalty of our life's script or blue print.

It's vital to know how we are feeling, as negative emotions indicate or alerts us that we are in the process of manifesting something negative. If we stay in the negative thinking for a prolonged period we create a mind-set to think negatively all the time. Knowledge of why we create this negative pattern, creates awareness. This awareness empowers us to find creative solutions as easy as how light disperses darkness!

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Light, Love and Joy always, Divya Vinai Shah, TSF Visionary & Founder, The Soul Frequencies. thesoulfrequencies.com/nodes-of-being. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

10 Ways To Feel Great About Your Goals Today!

What kind of goals do you have right now? What would you like to happen in the important relationships in your life? What do you want to achieve in your career? What do you want to accomplish just for yourself?

What kind of goals do you have for the next week or so? How about the next few months? And the next few years?

Having life goals - big and small, in the near future and ones that last a lifetime - can feel amazing. Goals are a great way to bring direction to your life, to revitalize your motivation and to nurture your sense of purpose.

More than this, defining your goals can be an amazing way of nourishing relationships with others.

When you talk about your goals with someone you trust and care about - and they share theirs in turn - you can build deep levels of empathy and connection.

And, of course, some of the most rewarding goals we achieve in life are those that we accomplish together with loved ones - sustaining a compassionate relationship, nurturing a fun, loving home, bringing a new life into the world.

Yet just as our life goals can give us the opportunity for great happiness and success, they can sometimes feel a little daunting. After all, the higher you set your goals, the more challenging they tend to be.

So how do you sustain a great positive attitude towards the goals you have set for yourself? How do you ensure that you rebound from any setbacks with your motivation revitalized?

Read on to find out more.

The tips in this article can help you feel great about your goals. See how much more positive you can feel about what you'll accomplish in your life when you explore this new approach to your life goals.

Think of some of your life goals now - any goal, big or small - and explore the steps below.

Ways You Can Flourish

1. Acknowledge Just How Great It Is That You Have Life Goals

It may sound obvious, but one of the easiest ways to re-energize your enthusiasm for your goals is to recognize that you have them in the first place. After all, it's sometimes easy to get used to the resources, skills and accomplishments we acquire through life. Each success can blend into the natural landscape of our lives, unless we take a moment now and again to remind ourselves what we have achieved.

And creating your own life goals to work towards is a success in itself - you've given yourself direction, motivation and purpose.

So give yourself a few moments to acknowledge that simply generating your own life goals is a great achievement in itself.

2. Focus On Your Outcome

Our most rewarding goals are often our biggest, and therefore the ones that can sometimes feel far away. You can revitalize your motivation by releasing any thoughts of how you will get there, the steps you will take, the decisions you will make - and simply relax for a few moments to focus on what it will feel like when you have accomplished your goal.

How will you feel different compared to now?

What will achieving this goal do for your confidence?

How will achieving this goal affect your important relationships?

3. Focus On Progress By Focusing On The Closest Steps

For goals that sometimes feel daunting or far away, remind yourself of the simple formula for success - if you are making progress towards your goal, your goal is getting closer, and if your goal keeps getting closer, it's only a matter of time before you achieve it.

You can do this easily by focusing on two things - the step you have achieved, and the step you are about to achieve. Think about them now, and the steady pattern of successful progress that these steps represent.

4. Remind Yourself Who You Are Doing This For

Any goal will be easier to achieve when you are clear about why you are doing it. And a big part about being clear is knowing who this goal is for - you.

You have chosen this goal because it will make a tangible positive difference to your life. Of course, because of the important relationships in your life, successfully achieving your goal will also positively affect many other people, but it's important to acknowledge that success comes more easily when you are clear about why this is the right goal for you.

5. Celebrate The Uncertainty Of Having Your Own Life Goals

Like any aspect of life which has yet to occur, life goals come with inherent uncertainty. Are they the right goals? Will you achieve them? Will achieving them be all that you wished for? What will you aim for next?

Rather than attempting to disregard this sense of uncertainty, why not embrace it? After all, as fulfilling as it is to achieve your goals, success also represents a kind of finality.

Uncertainty is simply an opportunity for you to make choices, and in doing so express who you are. And isn't that kind of positive uncertainty just another name for excitement?

6. Share Your Goals

A shared journey can make any potential obstacle surmountable, and make you feel like you can rebound from any setback. So share your goals with the people in your life. You will forge stronger bonds of empathy as they share their goals, you will find your motivation revitalized and the people who know you best will be able to help you to acknowledge your core skills and resources, and even give you tips for the way forward.

7. Remind Yourself That You Can Change Your Goals If You Want To

We all define our goals based on what we know at the time. Yet the world and our own lives never stand still. Things evolve. And your goals can evolve too.

It's important not to confuse purpose and resolve for stubbornness. If you feel that a goal you have been working towards is genuinely no longer right for you, maybe it's time to take a fresh look at things. After all, you can be sure that your unconscious mind will become aware of this kind of unease very quickly, and make it increasingly difficult for you to achieve goals that you are not wholeheartedly committed to.

The ability to change your mind and refine your goals in response to a changing world and your evolving life is a sign of strength, not of weakness. Just as you can embrace the sense of uncertainty that having life goals brings, you can look on each new day as an opportunity to positively reassess your goals.

8. Give Yourself Plenty Of Life Goal 'Rest Stops'

If you were embarking on a thousand mile road trip, you wouldn't attempt to do this on your own in one go, would you?

So apply the same principle to your life goals - which, after all, are an important kind of journey in themselves. Schedule regular intervals when you will free yourself from all aspects of your life goals. This means that, during these times, you will not only not actively work on your goals, but you free yourself from even thinking about them.

The duration of your life goals 'rest stops' are up to you, but you can experiment with scheduling a particular hour off during the day, or any time after 9pm, as well as longer rest stops like a whole week every month or so.

Notice how revitalized you are when you return to focus on your life goals after one of your 'rest stops'. You'll see the opportunity for fresh perspectives and novel solutions that you may have missed before.

9. Remember That You are More Than Your Goals

Goals are important for a full and fulfilling life. Achieving your goals can be one of the most amazing feelings. Yet you will always be more than your goals. When you remember this, you will ensure that your happiness comes from more than your goals, too.

10. We All Encounter Setbacks But Only Some People Choose To Have Failures

A setback is simply a 'check in progress'. Something didn't work out the way you expected. Your outcome was not as positive as you'd hoped. The important thing to remember about setbacks is that everybody experiences them.

Yet what transforms a setback into a failure is how you respond. If people instantly respond - or react - to a setback with a sense of doom and gloom, a feeling that things are suddenly out of their control, then they are setting themselves on course for failure.

If you recognize a setback simply for what it is - that you have only been 'set back' a little, you will see opportunities to revise your approach and get back on the road to success.

As you come to master this distinction between setbacks and failures, you'll have mastered one of the most important skills for flourishing.

Happy flourishing. Dan. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

No Children, No Hope

Right now this statement may resonate with some of you, and may seem completely foreign to others, but here it is: believe it or not, in this humble "writer's" opinion, we're all born geniuses. Genius-hood is native to us as humans; we just manage to "forget" this genius as we become socially conditioned.

Those humans popularly regarded as "Geniuses" have done nothing more than simply held onto their childish perspectives; their whole world being brightly coloured by their inquisitive minds and their ability to see opportunity where stumbling block presents itself.

Some of the greatest minds on Earth offer some support of this statement.

Call to mind that classic image of Einstein poking his tongue out at the camera. Have you ever looked in his eyes, or have you only focussed solely on the tongue? Look deeply into his eyes, the spark of child-likeness shines out like an eight-week-old puppy first discovering dirty socks.

Another fine example was Mozart. Now, if you can get past the hideous laugh bestowed, rightly or wrongly, upon this prodigy in the movie "Amadeus" by the dude who played Cool's dad in Parenthood, there were truths ridden throughout this film - didn't it strike anyone that Mozart was perhaps a little, well, childish?

Child-likeness is akin to genius - with minds and hearts young enough to not be dictated to by structure. The very structure that generally leads people to becoming grumpy, stiff old codgers who keep complaining about, "The youth of today".

You are really as old as you feel. It's that simple.

The beauty about this is that it's not just confined to people; it's indicative of an entire concept - the concept of youth; that of being too fresh to be crushed by the weight of structure. This extends to younger companies making ideal partners in communications for example... especially ones in Alexandria who will be re-locating to Redfern early next year. And ones called Heard, coincidentally enough.

You see, we've all been around the advertising block a few times, and we all have stories about how long-established structure and stale culture ensures that creativity remains well and truly strangled, and things are never really going to change, because no one ever had the balls to TRULY shake things up.

Well, we're in the formative stage, where we're frequently calling upon our vast collective experience of all aspects of our jobs, learning from the things we felt didn't work, and incorporating the things that did. We're creating a new company, a new way of working with each new day, and the results are astounding. (*Insert scene of looking wistfully into the clouds, eyes with soft focus, with wind gently blowing hair and a single-note piano composition evoking thoughts of hope and joy).

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What's in Your Pie Chart?

So school is about to start - and you might be thinking of getting things in order. September is always the time of year we get to evaluate where we've been so far this year and how we want to end our year. After the summer of letting some areas of your life get off track you may want to start paying attention again. You might want to start measuring things again. How about how you spend your time, energy and focus?

I have had several of my clients reviewing just that. What are your priorities? Is it work, meetings or volunteering more than you'd really like to? Don't get me wrong making contributions to community or organizations you belong to is a wonderful thing to do. But you need to ask yourself - is the time you are spending in these areas eroding or enhancing the balance in what you want to have in your life? Do you go to meetings rather than taking time for fitness, making healthy meals or closing your eyes for 10-20 minutes when you come home from work? If you aren't doing any of these latter things than you must learn to take things off your plate. Stop saying yes to everything and start saying yes to you 1st.

I have seen so many struggle with their health and weight simply because they are doing way too much. So that's why I am recommending a way to look at important categories in your life by creating a Pie Chart - a visible representation of where you spend most of your time and effort on a daily basis. Many are surprised, even shocked to discover that they may only eke out 2-5% for themselves. Could that be your story, too?

Here are 3 Simple Tips on Creating Your Pie Chart To Reflect What You Truly Want:

Tip #1 Get out of vagueness - Being vague about important things in your life can be a killer. There's no clarity or sense of direction living this way. If you do, you most likely don't have much of an idea as to where you are at all. This strategy (or lack of) can be compared to not writing down what you eat when you want to lose weight or keep your weight in check. You are not conscious of what is really happening. In order to become more aware and make necessary changes you must have some form of measurement. Remember you can't change what you don't measure. What do you spend your time, focus and energy on during your day?

Tip #2 Making choices - After you've identified what's in your Pie Chart - it's time to determine where you'd like to spend more time and focus and where you'd like to spend less. Perhaps you don't want to be in work mode 24/7. Or how about reducing some of your PTA activities.

Again, only if these activities are cutting into some of your own self caring personal time do you want to make different choices - modify a little. If you are not sleeping well, eating on the run (most of the time) or becoming more irritable with loved ones it's time to make some changes re-vamp your Pie Chart.

Tip #3 Have Fun - Yes, even determining what is important can be a fun, and certainly revealing assignment. You can have fun creating a new Pie Chart for Your Life. Suspend reality for a moment and think what could be possible in your future. Could you carve some time for date night with your spouse more often, have a massage 2x/mo or go to the theater to see a play every 3 months or so.

Plan for a trip to a place you've always wanted to go to. Whatever you choose know that it will take some time to integrate less of the "have-to's" and more of the "want to's" into your life. Have fun with this process.

(c) Monika Klein

Monika Klein, BS, CN. is an award winning clinical nutritionist and weight loss expert. Monika is the "Compassionate and Practical Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach." Her company, Coaching For Health, offers life transforming weight loss and wellness programs, classes and products throughout the world. To learn more about Monika's services and programs, visit coachingforhealth.com. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

Tips To Getting Your Life In Order

Personal development can do a lot for a person, one thing being to establish order from chaos in a life that seems to have gotten completely out of control. Many things can pull you in different directions and get your life off-track; it's all up to you to get it going in the right direction again, and the following tips will help you to do that.

List things that are not going right. If there are toxic people in your life, bad habits holding you back, or you've just been dealt a few hard blows from fate, write about them. Writing will help you put them in perspective and brainstorm solutions. Identify everything you are not pleased with, no matter how long your list gets.

Counteract every problem with a solution. What are you going to do about each of these things holding you back and causing you problems? Map out a plan to throw a counter-punch back at everything. Reorganize your time to compensate for the extra work ahead of you, and make a point of resolving issues; you will never get anywhere if you don't.

List your priorities. Aside from things weighing you down at the moment, what is most important to you in life? What are you hoping more than anything to achieve? This is your list of ideal goals and where you truly want your program of personal development to take you. The sky is the limit if you are prepared and if you believe you can do it.

Write out strategies toward achievement. Do you need extra courses in business to reach your goals? Maybe a life-coach who can talk you up and into the lifestyle you've always wanted? Whatever will facilitate your success, write it out like a simple "to-do" list and place it in a highly visible location.

Reward yourself along the way. After the first few accomplishments, you have a lot to be proud of. Getting a life back in order is no easy task, nor is sticking to your life's plan! Provide yourself with small rewards like a weekend spa trip or that entertainment system you've been wanting. If a budget is involved, give yourself the gift of "me time" or guilt-less enjoyment of something that serves no other purpose than rejuvenating and exhilarating you.

Rinse and repeat. Once you are on track with life's goals, you've got to set new ones. As you reach each one, think about the next accomplishment you should be reaching for, and set yourself up for success with it. Again, writing things down can give you a very good perspective and means of formulating a plan. If ever you find yourself losing control of life, quickly re-examine everything and fight to get it back!

When life is out of control, we just can't be happy or really accomplish much of anything outside of the basic eating and sleeping routine. Get your life back in order and take control over your destiny; the longer you put if off, the harder it will be!

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Being A Surprisingly Romantic Bachelor, Does It Really Matter?

Whether you're single or together with your sweetheart, what we'd be talking about today would be rather focused on helping guys like you make the most out of relationships. Though, life has a plethora of aspects to mention, it's always love that matters the most for it gives meaning out of everyone's lives - which is enough reason why learning to keep your girl hooked up to you is a must. So, if you are on the same boat here with the purpose of knowing how to make your girl happy, stay faithful and tend to give you what every man would want from his lady, you will need to take action for the stuff that are considered to be the fundamentals.

The first key to a successful relationship is to be a man of romance - full of surprises. There are guys who practice it during early parts of their relationships, but stop doing so in the long run. On another note, there are others who never really get the point of it and would rather not do anything at all, which slowly dries out their women out of boredom. Think about it; what's the point of dating a girl without even having the thoughtfulness that would make her filled up with joy? Metaphorically speaking, women are just as fragile as plants: keep them watered for vitality - keeping them lively - for their own survival.

Also, you don't really have to break the bank in surprising your beloved woman. Just remember to always be consistent with it. To help you with that, there's one thing that you need to bear in mind at all times: Make a weekly reminder within your e-mail account or with your handheld phone. Ever week should have at least one act of thoughtful romance for your girl and don't overdo. Otherwise, the feeling of surprise on her end won't be there anymore since it has become a routine. Just like using up skills in an RPG game, give some cool down time before you execute the next move. Another thing you should know is that you should not make an obvious pattern. For instance, don't always do it every Friday or any certain day every week - make things random and that will make her excited all the time.

Some wonderful ideas for romantic acts are actually the simplest ones. A good example would be to lead throughout a dark hall where there's actually a candle-light table setting on an end for you two to dine. Another one would be to slip a note inside her office desk before she gets to the office, telling her to look back where she can sight a bouquet of flowers by the window pane. It can be anything really and for a quick source of simply marvellous acts for true romanticism, you can do a Google search.

As soon as now, start making plans on how to surprise your girl. You only live once and so does your girl, which means you have to take advantage of every chance to make your girl the happiest she can ever be.

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Imperfect Sinner

'The integrity of the upright will guide them' (Proverbs 11:3)

Are you good at berating and generally beating yourself up? Or do you leave it to others to chastise and point out your failings? As a young woman I was very confident and I believe fairly infallible. It isn't that I was arrogant, just that my parenting instilled a healthy and positive self-esteem, and I didn't think I was particularly imperfect. I was aware from going to Sunday school and church that man was born in sin, and that we needed to be aware of our sinful nature. I learned about the seven deadly sins, which are lust, gluttony, greed, laziness, wrath, envy and pride, and was aware that I needed to avoid these things. Essentially however, I did not feel I needed to criticise my own behaviour or that I regularly needed to identify my faults and punish myself accordingly.

As I grew to adulthood and had differing emotional experiences, such as losing my first job or being ignored by some young man who I liked, I learned emotional pain and how to deal with rejection. One of the main reasons someone will blame themselves or believe they are at fault is if they are emotionally scarred. They may then beat themselves up in a variety of ways. For instance they may do something extreme like becoming a lesbian or a nun if the object of their affection does not reciprocate their affections. Fortunately I took a more balanced approach and instead of beating myself believed that it was his bad luck; and simply moved on to the many other young men who were expressing an interest in dating me.

Not everyone takes things on the chin in the same way, and some may look for reasons to chastise themselves or believe that they have done something for which they should be penalised or punished. Inevitably this is not the case and good thinking is the better way forward rather than finding fault with yourself. This is a healthy way of looking at things however our life experiences are such that the attitude of siblings and partners, often encourage us to believe the worst of ourselves. For example you're so lazy couldn't you have done that for me or pointing out what they think is some other deficiency in your character.

I remember quite vividly the first time that someone indicated that they thought I was pretentious and not a very genuine person. I was mildly shocked that I was presenting in this way and took a step back to re-check my personality. It is, I believe always good to listen to fault finders; if only so that you can refute their views. Fault finders come in all sizes, shapes and ages, and range from ordinary people through to prominent officials. Sometimes you can be so caught up in your own importance that you fail to recognise your own imperfections. Having assessed this implied deficiency in my character I am pleased to say that it was the observer's perception that was at fault.

A final thought is that we are all imperfect and may have several character traits which other people are less than pleased with. If that is in fact the case some religious insight might prove useful in providing a basis or foundation for understanding our imperfections. We ultimately have to gain some understanding of our own characters and often use our internal barometer to identify the right and wrong of a situation. Additionally we are socialised into knowing the expectations of society; and have an understanding that we would be penalised if we did something wrong. I believe it's better to roll with the punches rather than metaphorically giving ourselves a severe thrashing.

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Top 5 Ways to Increase Your Staff's Productivity

Increasing business productivity is important in sustaining a profitable business. Encourage teamwork and collaboration among your staff by having a coaching and mentoring program. Interact with your staff more often and value their suggestions to make them feel appreciated. Read on to know more ways on increasing your employees' effectiveness.

Offer Training Programs to Employees

Offer enough training programs to both new and long-term employees. Develop a training program for new staff with specific goals. Visit the training frequently to ensure that new employees are learning important skills. Schedule regular refresher courses for your staff, and train them when implementing new procedures or software. Develop extensive training programs for staff at all levels, and do not allow your staff to engage in work activities until they complete the programs.

Create an Environment Conducive to Work

Create a peaceful work environment and maintain open communication to boost staff efficiency. Allow your staff to give suggestions when reorganizing procedures and updating office policy. Listen to their complaints and pay attention to the problems going on in the workplace. This lets your staff feel important in the success of the company. Offer rewards for suggestions that increase efficiency and save business costs. Allow your staff to have a flexible work schedule so they have time to handle personal matters.

Implement a system to help employees deal with office disagreements. Those who are not doing their job can decrease business productivity and affect the morale of others. Employee morale has a significant effect on company productivity. Listen to their complaints and pay attention to the problems going on in the workplace. Give your staff an option to report problems with co-workers. Take necessary action and reprimand employees with bad behaviour. This can decrease the dissatisfaction of hardworking employees, and raise business efficiency.

Reward Employees for Effectiveness

Reward your employees for increased productivity. Rewards do not need to involve salary increases to be effective. You can offer them a free lunch at a fine restaurant, a free concert ticket, or an employee of the month certificate. Promote competitions for the rewards between teams and employees.

Implement Flexible Schedules

Requiring your staff to stick to rigid schedule regardless of job function is not great for their morale and your company productivity. Having a flexible work schedule can build loyalty and encourage employees to accomplish more tasks.

Establish Business Mentoring and Coaching Programs

Corporate mentoring and coaching can boost your staff's retention. Employees who participate in these programs often develop skills that bring increased value to the organization. Make your employees more engaged and motivated by having programs that can boost your business's overall performance. These programs help you build and align the capabilities, processes, attitudes, and talent needed to implement your chosen strategy more effectively.

Any business must build their brands around networks and business partners. They form certain groups to help sustain and support each other. Strong connections can give important management advice to advance your financing, prices, terms, and condition from business suppliers. Connections are excellent sources for customer referrals and establishing a good reputation.

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Debt And Depression, You Are Not Alone, Find Understanding And Support

Debt has become one of the major problems of many families worldwide. Failure to repay debt on time negatively contributes to the credit rating of a person aside from the fact it ruins family ties and relationships.

There have been lots of warnings about getting debt as it may cause greater economic and financial difficulties later on. But as the promise of instant luxurious life lingers on, many people are still encouraged and lured to take out loans which they regret later on. From a small amount of loan, it can grow into a 5 to 6-digit debt which you may find difficult to repay later on.

People who are surrounded by mountains of debt are usually plagued with lots of notices and letters from lending companies regularly. This makes their life even miserable. In the long run, it may cause the onset of depression which when left unaddressed can lead to suicide. In fact, more and more people are committing suicide due to their inability and difficulty in repaying their debts on time.

What Are The Most Common Symptoms of Depression Caused by Debt?

Aside from their debts, people who tend to borrow a lot still have a lot in common. They share a number of symptoms such as the following:

Feeling of guilt, hopelessness and helplessness when thinking about debt
Being intolerant and irritable with other people especially when talking about debt
Lack of motivation or interest in doing some particular things
Trouble in formulating decisions especially when it comes to repaying debts
Constant pessimism
Poor self esteem and low self-confidence
Suicidal tendencies
Change in appetite
Lack of interest to engage in sexual activities
Unexplained pains and aches
Loss of interest to engage in hobbies
Difficulties in dealing with people at home and in the workplace
Reluctance to participate in social activities and endeavours

What To Do To Fight Off Depression Caused by Debt?

According to research, around 9 out of every 10 people who are facing serious debt issues actually suffer from mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. According to experts, depression is pretty normal to people who are confronted with high amount of debt. While some people are lucky enough to pull themselves out of this burdensome condition, there are others who are having a hard time dealing with it, which pushed them to commit suicide.

Running to Family Members and Friends

If you are in a troublesome financial difficulty right now, you are not alone! Many people had been on your shoes before they have managed to overcome their condition, moved on and succeed. Thanks to their friends and families!

Confiding your financial issues with your friends and families can help you feel better. You will need all the love and support they can give in overcoming your situation. In some instances, they can even help you formulate ways on how you can generate money to repay your debt. In situation like this, shame and embarrassment should be less considered. It cannot help you in finding solutions to your problems.

Call a Crisis Hotline

There are definitely lots of hotlines to call if you found yourself amidst depression due to the failure and inability of repaying your debts. If you are unsure about confiding your problems with a psychologist, therapist or a counsellor, calling these hotlines is definitely beneficial. They are expert at dealing with your problems and it is such a relief to divulge your problems with them. They can also help you in finding effective ways on how you can resolve your problem successfully. You don't have to reveal your real identity if you don't want to but you can get a lot of support and helpful advices from them.

Join Support Groups

There are lots of online and social support groups which can help you in finding solutions to your problem. Many members of these support groups have also been on your shoes before so there's really nothing to be embarrassed about. You all share the same experiences and from them, you will definitely learn your lessons.

More often than not, people who are suffering from depression due to massive amounts of debt feel that they are alone in their struggle. Lack of support from their environment usually triggers them to resolve their problems all by themselves, by committing suicide.

Be There!

If you love a friend, be there for him or her. More often than not, people who regularly receive with utility bills, notices and letters from lending companies have poor judgment. They cannot think logically which may trigger them to contemplate suicide. Listen to his problems, talk to him and support him. This is one of the best ways to keep his spirit up and prevent him from considering suicide as a solution to his problem.

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Making a Personal Development Plan

Many people want to try to improve themselves in a variety of ways, but they often don't know where to start. Perhaps you have a laundry list of traits that you'd like to change about yourself, and it's simply overwhelming before you even start? Truthfully, if you made only a few changes, you could see a drastic improvement; it's really not necessary to change everything about yourself. Instead, you need to create a plan which prioritizes and organizes your personal goals. By prioritizing your goals, you end up with a manageable plan of just a few items and will avoid the burnout that comes with trying to do everything at once.

The first thing you need to do is to write down your "need to change" laundry list. Putting these items down in black and white helps you when selecting which items to prioritize, as you will be sure you haven't forgotten anything important. Once you have your list, you should sort the individual goals into groups, putting similar goals together. For example, you might have a "physical appearance" group which includes getting a more flattering haircut, becoming more physically fit, and changing your diet. You might also have an "emotional responses" group which includes being overly aggressive in social situations and reacting badly to constructive criticism. Continue this process until you have sorted all of your goals. Try to avoid having categories with only one item in them, as the entire point of the exercise is to reduce the number of discrete tasks in front of you, not to simply rename the goals.

Once you have sorted all of your goals into larger categories, you next need to rank those categories. Start with the category which you feel needs the most work. This is not necessarily the one with the most items in it; instead, it should be the category which most affects your day to day life. Continuing with the example above, it is likely that the emotional response category affects your life more than the physical appearances category does, since an inability to accept criticism could affect your professional or academic life as well as your personal life. The emotional reactions category would then be given the highest priority and placed at the top of the list.

Now that you have determined which categories of goals are the most important, you need to develop a plan for executing them. Don't create a plan for all of the categories just yet. You want to take this process one step at a time. Instead, break down the ultimate goal of the category into smaller and more manageable tasks. This does not mean that you break your category back into the separate goals. Instead, it means looking at the overall picture of the category and trying to improve on that. Again using the example above, we wouldn't break down the emotional responses category to aggressive behavior and a response to criticism again. Instead, you would break this goal into action steps that change your emotional response to situations. Both aggressive behavior and a poor response to criticism stem from having an inordinate amount of anger at an otherwise benign situation, so you would want to focus on techniques to control and reduce your anger. You should not make a plan for the next category on your list until you are satisfied with the progress on your first item.

By prioritizing your personal development goals, you take an overwhelming task and make it manageable. You cannot do everything at once. Changing one trait at a time means you'll see real progress, and be a better person in no time. If you are looking for development in your career, you should also look into business internship. Providing useful self development, self empowerment and self esteem tips and reviews online.

The Web You're Weaving

There's a fascinating relationship among Twitter, your brain and the world. Billions of tweets, texts, posts, emails, and phone calls have one thing in common: they're neural signals in the global brain. We've already seen how quickly and profoundly social networks have altered the global brain. Each tiny tweet, at a larger level, is shaping the next global identity, a "we" that everyone can have a powerful voice in.

Over the past two years, social media has played a major role in ousting the rulers of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Facebooking and tweeting has been instrumental in the civil uprisings we've witnessed in Syria and Bahrain, along with protests in Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia and a half dozen other countries.

The direction of our whole planet is being shaped in countless ways by our global community of thinkers and talkers. Folks simply telling their friends what's on their minds. Sharing their joys and sorrows, but also saying I don't like the way this going, and If this were to change in this way, things would be better for me and my family.

In the past, the print and TV news provided our only connection to the struggles of the oppressed yearning to breathe free. Now, anyone in Morocco can instantly send and receive messages to and from the global brain. We have an immediate, direct connection to their personal heartaches and hopes. No reporter needed.

The aspect of this global metamorphosis that I find most exciting is that average folks like you and me can affect the global brain simply by engaging in our normal behavior: having conversations. We no longer have to rely on organized political parties or religious leaders to create the social change we long for.

We've discovered DIY social change via the global brain. A brain so powerful, it's toppling traditional barriers like religion, nationalism, and politics.

As this stream of messages on social media continues, it's reshaping each individual brain, too. Regardless of how little or how much each of us paid attention to the recent Arab spring, we've all benefited from the surge of powerful, positive energy emanating from that part of the world.

That's the thing about positive energy. It expands. It builds power. It's unstoppable. What started in Tunisia is spreading rapidly. A rising tide lifts all boats. And as one of the most creative and optimistic societies on the planet, America's tapping into that positive energy, big time.

This powerful new wave of energy is palpable to some, but for most of us, it's subtle. We commonly hear it characterized in the Western media in capitalist jargon: increased consumer confidence, lower unemployment and a strengthening economy. But the meaning is the same. Our unemployment rate is about a third less than Europe's 12%.

When people feel more powerful, they become more optimistic. More willing to take chances. To open or expand a business. To find more meaningful work. To move. To buy a home. In short, to follow their passion, wherever it leads them.

As they're following their passion, they're sharing their journey. The highs and lows. The relief and satisfaction they feel when they land that better job. The frustration they feel about holes in public policy that delay their move. For example, some won't leave an unfulfilling job simply because of the affordable health insurance provided by their employer. So they'll tweet about the health policies that would make their lives better.

Their journey is also shaping the global brain. We've grown weary of the years spent in lock down, scared of terrorism and financial upheaval. Fear as a primary motivator goes against human nature.

Throughout our history, we've proven that we thrive best when we feel free to be creative. To connect with each other based on offering our best. And working together to make our communities, our country and the world a better place for all of us.

It's never been easier to change the world. I think we're going to continue to see government, corporate and social policy swayed by loose networks of unaffiliated individuals just doing what comes naturally to them: chatting with friends. And clicking "share".

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Why Do Some People Leave a Mark in Our Lives?

Some people leave our lives and we do not even feel their departure while others only become acknowledged briefly, yet they leave a huge mark upon us. It's not with the quantity of time that we spend with them or the number of times we meet, but perhaps you'd meet someone only once and they leave a mark on you.

Words are the strongest weapon because a simple word can make you happy, a small compliment or a little bit of inspiration is what does all the magic. It's not that the people who leave a mark on you know a lot, but rather all they do is speak frankly, open their minds and hearts and allow you to feel the warmth of their heart before anything else. It is never the amount of rude knowledge that leaves a mark on you, although sometimes knowledge itself is the most influential aspect of any person.

Most of the time, knowledge works like magic, and magic in definition - of course, aside from any mythological though and in pure philosophy - is merely understanding of methods and tools from the shallowest point to the deepest one. With that being said, it's initial that you understand that merely the psychological knowledge is what makes someone so understanding of different topics as people with more psychological knowledge will tend to read the people they meet without too much effort and they would not be doing that knowingly, but rather their subconscious works on that matter on its own.

While some people leave a positive mark on our life, others tend to leave pain. But either situation should be utilized. If you are left with negative feelings towards someone because they hurt you, whether it was related to your personal or professional life, you should have deeper understanding of the situation and just because you might have gotten fired or dumped or treated in a bad way by someone, it does not mean that life stops there and then.

And when someone influences you in a good way, you should reach an understanding of exactly what they have done and instead of just living happily with what they have done, you should learn how to do the exact same thing, of course, without setting a mental barrier that you have to do it in the exact same way. A motivational speech does not require the same personality, but change is usually good and while you might not have the powerful ability of giving out a speech to motivate someone to do something in order to get one step closer to their goal, you still remain influential.

You should not ask why this person or that set a mark in your life but you should ask yourself how; how to get rid of the bad mark that hurts your reputation or how to keep that mark alive. It's of the utmost importance that you do not simply let things go when they are powerful but come to an understanding of every single situation you are appointed to.

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How to Differentiate Yourself From Other Job Seekers

When it comes to searching for a job, your unique skills can help you snag a well-paying job. Industries such as information technology and accounting are growing faster than the national average. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), IT jobs and accounting jobs will grow by 32% and 16% respectively through 2018. However, this does not mean that jobs in these industries are easy to get. Therefore, here are some tips to give you an edge over other job seekers.

Acquire Skills in a Hot Niche

With specialization at the work place becoming the norm, becoming an expert in a certain field is surely the way to go. If you love crunching numbers, you can opt to specialize in portfolio compliance. Figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that a top specialist in this niche earns as much as $139,350 every year in salary and perks. The average salary currently stands at $85,240, while the lowest earners take home $44,080. Another hot niche in accounting is expertise in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. On the IT space, hot careers include cloud computing, big data analytics, and data security.

Internship

If you cannot find a job straightaway, consider taking up an internship. This will help you sharpen your skills as you seek out potential employees. A survey carried out by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that 70% of interns get job offers. In comparison, 80% of students who skip internship often do not find a job immediately after graduating. Employers who participated in the survey said the experience gained during internship plays a big role when recruiting new staff members. Therefore, you should take the initiative to find internship openings.

Do Not Solely Depend on Recruiters

Sending out your resume to recruiting firms does not mean that you can rest on your laurels. Think about this, a survey carried out by Right Management found that 40% of jobseekers find work through networking. This shows that you need to do more than spend time on job boards. Reach out to friends and industry professionals who can help you find work.

Even if you are a graduate or a professional with years of experience under your belt, differentiating yourself from other jobseekers is important. Look for careers that pay top dollar in your industry and fine tune your skills accordingly. Also, do not shy from taking unpaid internship. This will help you improve your chances of finding work. In addition, make networking a top priority.

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