HOW TO CLEAN YOUR DISHWASHER
Clean your dishwasher regularly. Put a cup filled with vinegar or Tang on the top rack. Run the wash and rinse cycles, but not the dry cycle. The acid from the vinegar (or Tang) will remove mineral buildups that can stain dishes and glasses.
There are two basic types of dishwasher detergent. One uses bleach, the other enzymes. Old stained dishes clean better with bleach.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
A Few Simple Tips for Frugal Living
A Few Simple Tips for Frugal Living
By Gabriel J. Adams
With gas prices, housing costs, and many other important things on the rise, it is even more important to live frugally. Frugal living is not just something that you can do from time to time; it is a change in the way you live your life. Many people struggle to make ends meet and pay their bills. Many of these people are living an extravagant lifestyle that they can not afford. If they would try to live a more frugal life, then they would probably be able to get their finances under control. Here are a few ways that you can live a frugal life.
I believe that one of the number one reasons people get into debt is they allow themselves to make too many impulse purchases. Make sure that you only buy things that are a necessity. If something is not necessary, then you need to start a fund and save up money to make that purchase. One of the worst things that a person can do is run up large credit card bills, because the interest will get you deeper into debt before you know it.
Another very important thing that people can do to live a frugal life is to not dine out very often. It is much cheaper to cook at home, than it is to eat out at a restaurant. If you do not eat out very often then you can save hundreds of dollars every month. Eating out less often is also better for your health, which can save you money on medical bills in the long run. Also when you do decide to dine out, make sure that you drink water, because any other drink at a restaurant is outrageously overpriced.
The final tip for living a frugal life is to try to save up enough money to buy your car or your house without financing it. You will pay almost double the cost of a new car or a house in interest if you have to finance the cost. It is very hard to save up this type of money, but if you are watching your spending elsewhere, and you work hard to save the money, then it should be an attainable goal.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
How To Live A Simple Life
In many ways, you probably know how to live a simple life, but do you want to? Many want the complexity and constant drama of their lives. This is something we each have to look at honestly. However, some of us really want simplicity, and some would want it if they knew what it felt like to live more simply and at peace. Here are a few ways to get there.
Just Say No ... Or Say Yes
An important secret to how to live a simple life is to learn to look honestly at how life gets complicated. This may be different for each of us, but there are some common habits we share. One such habit is taking on new responsibilities without fully acknowledging the costs and complexities they add to our lives.
When a man buys a boat, for example, does he usually think about the time he will spend maintaining it and cleaning it? Does he think about the trip to the insurance office for insurance, the necessity to shop for accessories like life-jackets and fire extinguishers? Does he remind himself that boats break down, and he'll have to deal with hauling it someplace to have it repaired? Does he consider the trailer-hitch he'll need, the tarp to cover the boat, the tarp to replace that one when it tears, the bearings in the trailer wheels that will someday fail. Finally, Does he think about the hours he will be committed to working to pay for all this fun?
It isn't about the boat, by the way. There's nothing wrong with owning a boat. With nothing else was going on in his life, all of the above could easily be a part of "the simple life." Hwever, when we don't honestly recognize the role of our own choices in adding complexity to our lives, we take on more than we can possibly handle. As a result, a million exercise devices sit unused in basements while ten million hours are spent working to pay for them. Look honestly at all the costs, and make well-informed choices - this is the first secret of how to live a simple life.
Money Brings Simplicity - Or Complexity
Isn't it simple for a rich man to own a boat? He can just pay someone to take care of it while he plays with his kids. Money can bring simplicity to your life, but it's all in how you use it. This is the second important secret of how to live a simple life.
People use money in ways that overly complicate life, as when they put a down payment on a hot tub that they really don't need. Then they have to work to pay the interest, they have to clean the tub, find a place for it, and have it repaired. Of course, if you are wealthy enough, someone will take care of these things for you. However, if you make $8 per hour, a hot tub will almost certainly overly complicate your life.
If you really want the simple life, the choice then is to make more money, or live a life that is simply supported by your current income. After I paid off the mortgage loan on my first home, and got rid of the car, life became simpler and more relaxing. As I make more money, I can easily add more "things" back into my life, while keeping it simple, as long as I maintain the balance.
Drama Adds Complexity
For a simpler life, have fewer friends. This may sound harsh, but how many friends do you need? Don't get rid of true friends, but don't add people to your life unless there is a real exchange of value between you. We all have acquaintances we call "friends" and yet only tolerate just to "be nice." Do you think it is selfish to say you don't owe anything to these people? Then how selfish is it for them to say you do?
With friends and family, don't get involved in the drama more than you need to. Watch closely, and you'll see that until a person is ready to change, you rarely can help them in any case, neither with words nor with money. Save your efforts for when you truly can help. You weren't born with an obligation to anyone, and it's incredibly selfish for anyone to make such claims on your life. Let the drama swirl around you, but don't get involved in it. This is a crucial lesson on how to live a simple life.
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Daily Motivation: 7 Methods
By Steven Gillman
Isn't a lack of daily motivation one of the biggest problems we face when trying to better ourselves? We often know what to do, or at least the first few steps. But we hesitate, something else catches our attention, or we just don't feel like doing what we need to do.
Want some help? Here are seven ways to get motivated - ways that have worked for others. If you find only one or two here that work for you, you'll be on your way.
Seven Methods For Daily Motivation
1. Create desire. See the rewards of your effort clearly. This motivates many to sign up for get-rich-quick plans. A good salesman can have you living in your imagined dream home in minutes, and you'll feel motivated to do anything to make it real. Learn to be your own salesman.
2. Create pain. In Neuro-Linguistic Programming they teach you to link pain with not acting. An imaginary scene of your wife walking out the door with another man, as you sit there silently - that might motivate you to have that talk you've been avoiding.
3. Talk about your plans. By the time I tell my wife about the newsletter I'm going to write, I'm out of my slump and back at the keyboard.
4. Have a true interest. No interest at all might mean you need to do something else, but if it's just a task you dislike, relate it clearly in your mind to the greater goal. I don't like to drive, but when I remember those mountains I'm going to, I get motivated to drive.
5. Have energy. Caffeine will substitute for health for a while, but one way or another, you need some energy to have daily motivation. Exercise, sleep well, and watch out for sugary foods - the "sugar blues" will kill your motivation.
6. Create the proper mental state. It's hard to be depressed and motivated. Resolve some of your negative feelings, or at least do your important work when you are in a better mood.
7. Take a small step. Commit to raking up one bag of leaves, and soon you'll want to finish the yard. Any small step towards your goals feeds your daily motivation.
Now you have seven ways to self-motivation, but you have to actually use them. How do you get motivated to do that? Oh the irony! You'll have to figure that one out yourself. By the way, here's a bonus motivation method: Humor. Laughter often breaks up the feeling of being overwhelmed that sucks away motivation.
Steve Gillman writes on many self help topics including boosting brainpower, losing weight, meditation, habits of mind, creative problem solving, learning gratitude, generating luck and anything related to self improvement.
Isn't a lack of daily motivation one of the biggest problems we face when trying to better ourselves? We often know what to do, or at least the first few steps. But we hesitate, something else catches our attention, or we just don't feel like doing what we need to do.
Want some help? Here are seven ways to get motivated - ways that have worked for others. If you find only one or two here that work for you, you'll be on your way.
Seven Methods For Daily Motivation
1. Create desire. See the rewards of your effort clearly. This motivates many to sign up for get-rich-quick plans. A good salesman can have you living in your imagined dream home in minutes, and you'll feel motivated to do anything to make it real. Learn to be your own salesman.
2. Create pain. In Neuro-Linguistic Programming they teach you to link pain with not acting. An imaginary scene of your wife walking out the door with another man, as you sit there silently - that might motivate you to have that talk you've been avoiding.
3. Talk about your plans. By the time I tell my wife about the newsletter I'm going to write, I'm out of my slump and back at the keyboard.
4. Have a true interest. No interest at all might mean you need to do something else, but if it's just a task you dislike, relate it clearly in your mind to the greater goal. I don't like to drive, but when I remember those mountains I'm going to, I get motivated to drive.
5. Have energy. Caffeine will substitute for health for a while, but one way or another, you need some energy to have daily motivation. Exercise, sleep well, and watch out for sugary foods - the "sugar blues" will kill your motivation.
6. Create the proper mental state. It's hard to be depressed and motivated. Resolve some of your negative feelings, or at least do your important work when you are in a better mood.
7. Take a small step. Commit to raking up one bag of leaves, and soon you'll want to finish the yard. Any small step towards your goals feeds your daily motivation.
Now you have seven ways to self-motivation, but you have to actually use them. How do you get motivated to do that? Oh the irony! You'll have to figure that one out yourself. By the way, here's a bonus motivation method: Humor. Laughter often breaks up the feeling of being overwhelmed that sucks away motivation.
Steve Gillman writes on many self help topics including boosting brainpower, losing weight, meditation, habits of mind, creative problem solving, learning gratitude, generating luck and anything related to self improvement.
You'll find more at http://www/. Self Improvement Now.com
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Tony Robbins - 10 Lessons I Learned From Anthony Robbins
By Chris Knight
Tony Robbins has been an inspiration for millions. Love him and his philosophy or not, it is undeniable that he has had a positive impact on millions of people. He has sold over 30-million motivational tapes, published three best-selling self-help books, more than 2 million people attended his seminars and another 10,000 (including myself) have attended his mastery university in Hawaii. His core products include Get The Edge - Unlimited Power - Date with Destiny - Mastery University and more.
Here are the top 10 lessons that I learned from Tony Robbins:
1) By altering your body's physiology, you can achieve an immediate change of your emotional state. The mind will follow whatever state your physical body is in and not vice-versa.
2) Ask specific questions of yourself (in your self-talk) to direct and control your attention to the various aspects of the human experience. The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of the questions you ask of yourself.
3) Get leverage to create personal change by associating an old behavior with massive pain and the desired new behavior with massive pleasure. Tony is a big believer in the pain/pleasure principles of life and this applies in business as well.
4) When you get stuck, interrupt your limiting pattern by doing something totally unexpected.
5) You can condition your behavior by visualizing it over and over again. This is not exactly unique to Tony Robbins, but he does reinforce this message in all of his products.
6) Goal-setting strategy: Know your end outcome; Take massive intelligent action; Have sensory-acuity to notice if you are getting the results you desire and if not; change your approach; and change *until* you get your end outcome.
7) Create a "Compelling future" by vividly imagining your end result to generate enthusiasm and power within yourself. The past does not equal the future. Find beliefs that support your goals and desires.
8) Youth is Power! This is one of Tony's beliefs. Even if you don't have fancy degrees, your youth can still mean power, flexibility and opportunity for your life.
9) Principles of CANI! CANI stands for Constant And Never-ending Improvement. It's a basic tenet of Tony Robbins.
10) NLP can be useful. NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and there are many NLP undertones in Tony's basic tenets. He went on to morph NLP into his own technology called "NAC" (Neuro Associative Conditioning).
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Tony Robbins has been an inspiration for millions. Love him and his philosophy or not, it is undeniable that he has had a positive impact on millions of people. He has sold over 30-million motivational tapes, published three best-selling self-help books, more than 2 million people attended his seminars and another 10,000 (including myself) have attended his mastery university in Hawaii. His core products include Get The Edge - Unlimited Power - Date with Destiny - Mastery University and more.
Here are the top 10 lessons that I learned from Tony Robbins:
1) By altering your body's physiology, you can achieve an immediate change of your emotional state. The mind will follow whatever state your physical body is in and not vice-versa.
2) Ask specific questions of yourself (in your self-talk) to direct and control your attention to the various aspects of the human experience. The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of the questions you ask of yourself.
3) Get leverage to create personal change by associating an old behavior with massive pain and the desired new behavior with massive pleasure. Tony is a big believer in the pain/pleasure principles of life and this applies in business as well.
4) When you get stuck, interrupt your limiting pattern by doing something totally unexpected.
5) You can condition your behavior by visualizing it over and over again. This is not exactly unique to Tony Robbins, but he does reinforce this message in all of his products.
6) Goal-setting strategy: Know your end outcome; Take massive intelligent action; Have sensory-acuity to notice if you are getting the results you desire and if not; change your approach; and change *until* you get your end outcome.
7) Create a "Compelling future" by vividly imagining your end result to generate enthusiasm and power within yourself. The past does not equal the future. Find beliefs that support your goals and desires.
8) Youth is Power! This is one of Tony's beliefs. Even if you don't have fancy degrees, your youth can still mean power, flexibility and opportunity for your life.
9) Principles of CANI! CANI stands for Constant And Never-ending Improvement. It's a basic tenet of Tony Robbins.
10) NLP can be useful. NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and there are many NLP undertones in Tony's basic tenets. He went on to morph NLP into his own technology called "NAC" (Neuro Associative Conditioning).
Need inspiration? Surf on over to: http://InspiresYOU.com/
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Unplug Your Life: Short-Circuit "Infowhelm" and Recharge Your Life Energy
By Barbara Schiffman
Do you
* spend hours surfing the Web, answering e-mails, instant messaging, or blogging?
* take calls on your cell phone no matter where you are or who you're with?
* listen to tunes or podcasts on your audio player from breakfast to bedtime?
If you answered yes to at least one of these questions but often feel wired, frustrated, exhausted, or overwhelmed, you may be suffering from "infowhelm." I've coined this term to describe being overwhelmed by the abundance of information and stimulation in our constantly busy and plugged-in lives.
It's no surprise that many people feel infowhelmed today. Marketing expert Dave Lakhani reports that we receive more mental and visual stimulation in one day than our great-grandparents in 1900 absorbed in a year. The constant demands on our attention by advertising, music, movies, the Internet, and other people have increased dramatically since the 1950s, while TV has also evolved from a three-channel world to a 200-channel universe.
Time Magazine's 2006 "Mind-Body Issue" (January 16, 2006) notes that e-mail and cell phones may make people more productive, but they also "drive us to distraction." We spend too much time "frazzing" (doing frantic, inefficient multitasking with the delusion that we're getting things done) and "screen sucking" (wasting time online) according to psychiatrist and ADD expert Edward Hallowell, author of CrazyBusy and Driven to Distraction. Many people are also addicted to "infosnacking"-randomly nibbling bytes of news, e-mails, and Web information throughout the day-which was 2005's Word of the Year per Webster's New World College Dictionary.
I realized that I suffer from infowhelm after I avoided checking my e-mail for nearly two weeks. When I finally and reluctantly went online, it took a whole day to wade through them. My experience was recently echoed by law professor Rosa Brooks in her LA Times op-ed essay about her love-hate relationship with e-mail (January 13, 2006). Rosa once thought that e-mail would "bring absent friends closer and enable us all to communicate so much more efficiently, quickly and deeply," but she's now inundated with over 200 e-mails a day, mostly spam and lawyer jokes sent by friends who incorrectly think that she enjoys them.
In addition to answering e-mails only when I feel like it, I try to control the tsunami of information by choosing to keep my cell phone off unless I'm expecting an urgent call. Cell phones are great for emergencies and while traveling, but interaction by computer and cell phone has replaced the art of talking with people face-to-face. Our conversation styles have become fast and furious as people rush around chatting on their cells, but they seem unaware that others don't enjoy listening to their one-sided conversations. This is also true of iPod™ addicts who ignore the people around them while listening to their favorite tunes.
Our attention spans have also diminished due to online chats and the preference for brief e-mails. In Driven to Distraction Hallowell points out that in 1994 Americans were beginning to exhibit ADT, or attention deficit trait. This is similar to ADD but only makes people frantic in certain situations or places-like at the office for stressed-out corporate executives or at home for exhausted stay-at-home moms. Being interrupted by the demands of others or by high-tech devices also drains our adrenaline and locks us into a state of fight or flight.
Our obsession with high-tech toys and tools seems to have unbalanced our lives instead of giving us more freedom and time to enjoy ourselves. By plugging in we've lost touch with the natural world of our slower-paced but less-overwhelmed ancestors. We're now paying the price of choosing "high tech" over "high touch" in deeper levels of anxiety and a continual sense of being off-balance. By listening primarily to loud sounds through our iPods and cell phones we've stopped hearing the natural symphony of wind, birds, and crickets. By focusing on TV, computers, and cell phone screens we've stopped gazing out windows to watch the world around us or the clouds drifting by.
Unfortunately, our sense of infowhelm is likely to increase as commercials are beamed to our iPods and cell phones in the near future. Then, we won't even be able to turn off the flood of unwanted messages . . . unless we unplug!
I don't advocate trashing our computers or tossing our cell phones away forever, but I do urge you to seek the right balance of high tech and high touch for your life before it becomes even harder to stop and smell the roses or gaze at the moon.
The concept of high tech/high touch was originally posed by author and researcher John Naisbitt in his 1982 best seller Megatrends. According to a Publishers' Weekly review, "Naisbitt sees Americans trapped in what he calls a 'Technology Intoxication Zone,' and he urges people to unplug their laptops long enough to rediscover the simplicity of starry nights and snowfalls, and remember what it means to be human." I emphatically agree. As a life balance coach, I invite you to unplug long enough to regain your balance by recharging drained energy at least once a week.
How? Try spending face time with people you care about. If you can't get together in person, at least call them instead of e-mailing-even if you must use your cell phone. Listen to their voices, and let them hear yours. You can also balance infowhelm by tuning in to nature. Walk on the beach, or take a hike in the woods. Notice the moon's phases each month as it evolves from new to full and back again. Treat the new moon as a time of new beginnings; at the full moon, stop and review how far you've come since the last new moon, then reflect on what you want to accomplish before the next one.
Also, tune in to the earth's seasons plus the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. We forget that the natural energy of the world and our lives flows in cycles and that each natural element helps balance the others. Our energy flow is not just mental or "on" all the time like the Internet. Humans weren't designed to be plugged in to machines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We need regular downtime to rejuvenate, relax, and recharge.
I've found that tuning in to natural energy patterns is especially effective as an antidote for infowhelm. When we unplug for a while, we can remember how to move at a more peaceful pace-to communicate with more emotional depth and to pay attention to what we see and feel. Imagine how energizing, balanced, and peaceful our lives can be if we all consciously tune in to each other and the world around us again!
Barbara Schiffman is a life balance and personal evolution coach in Burbank, California. Her EvoLuminus Coaching tele-classes, workshops, and guided meditation CD Kits include “New Moon. New Beginnings,” “Life Energy Tune-Up,” and “The EnergiFlow Process.” Barbara’s also published in Inspiration to Realization, an anthology of women’s wisdom. For information, call (818) 846–3043 or (800) 306–8290, e-mail fullspectrum@charter.net, or visit http://www.barbaraschiffman.com.
Her article above is one of 101 great chapters that can be found in "101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life." This powerful compilation book with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, and Denis Waitley contains 101 chapters of proven advice on how to improve your life.
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Do you
* spend hours surfing the Web, answering e-mails, instant messaging, or blogging?
* take calls on your cell phone no matter where you are or who you're with?
* listen to tunes or podcasts on your audio player from breakfast to bedtime?
If you answered yes to at least one of these questions but often feel wired, frustrated, exhausted, or overwhelmed, you may be suffering from "infowhelm." I've coined this term to describe being overwhelmed by the abundance of information and stimulation in our constantly busy and plugged-in lives.
It's no surprise that many people feel infowhelmed today. Marketing expert Dave Lakhani reports that we receive more mental and visual stimulation in one day than our great-grandparents in 1900 absorbed in a year. The constant demands on our attention by advertising, music, movies, the Internet, and other people have increased dramatically since the 1950s, while TV has also evolved from a three-channel world to a 200-channel universe.
Time Magazine's 2006 "Mind-Body Issue" (January 16, 2006) notes that e-mail and cell phones may make people more productive, but they also "drive us to distraction." We spend too much time "frazzing" (doing frantic, inefficient multitasking with the delusion that we're getting things done) and "screen sucking" (wasting time online) according to psychiatrist and ADD expert Edward Hallowell, author of CrazyBusy and Driven to Distraction. Many people are also addicted to "infosnacking"-randomly nibbling bytes of news, e-mails, and Web information throughout the day-which was 2005's Word of the Year per Webster's New World College Dictionary.
I realized that I suffer from infowhelm after I avoided checking my e-mail for nearly two weeks. When I finally and reluctantly went online, it took a whole day to wade through them. My experience was recently echoed by law professor Rosa Brooks in her LA Times op-ed essay about her love-hate relationship with e-mail (January 13, 2006). Rosa once thought that e-mail would "bring absent friends closer and enable us all to communicate so much more efficiently, quickly and deeply," but she's now inundated with over 200 e-mails a day, mostly spam and lawyer jokes sent by friends who incorrectly think that she enjoys them.
In addition to answering e-mails only when I feel like it, I try to control the tsunami of information by choosing to keep my cell phone off unless I'm expecting an urgent call. Cell phones are great for emergencies and while traveling, but interaction by computer and cell phone has replaced the art of talking with people face-to-face. Our conversation styles have become fast and furious as people rush around chatting on their cells, but they seem unaware that others don't enjoy listening to their one-sided conversations. This is also true of iPod™ addicts who ignore the people around them while listening to their favorite tunes.
Our attention spans have also diminished due to online chats and the preference for brief e-mails. In Driven to Distraction Hallowell points out that in 1994 Americans were beginning to exhibit ADT, or attention deficit trait. This is similar to ADD but only makes people frantic in certain situations or places-like at the office for stressed-out corporate executives or at home for exhausted stay-at-home moms. Being interrupted by the demands of others or by high-tech devices also drains our adrenaline and locks us into a state of fight or flight.
Our obsession with high-tech toys and tools seems to have unbalanced our lives instead of giving us more freedom and time to enjoy ourselves. By plugging in we've lost touch with the natural world of our slower-paced but less-overwhelmed ancestors. We're now paying the price of choosing "high tech" over "high touch" in deeper levels of anxiety and a continual sense of being off-balance. By listening primarily to loud sounds through our iPods and cell phones we've stopped hearing the natural symphony of wind, birds, and crickets. By focusing on TV, computers, and cell phone screens we've stopped gazing out windows to watch the world around us or the clouds drifting by.
Unfortunately, our sense of infowhelm is likely to increase as commercials are beamed to our iPods and cell phones in the near future. Then, we won't even be able to turn off the flood of unwanted messages . . . unless we unplug!
I don't advocate trashing our computers or tossing our cell phones away forever, but I do urge you to seek the right balance of high tech and high touch for your life before it becomes even harder to stop and smell the roses or gaze at the moon.
The concept of high tech/high touch was originally posed by author and researcher John Naisbitt in his 1982 best seller Megatrends. According to a Publishers' Weekly review, "Naisbitt sees Americans trapped in what he calls a 'Technology Intoxication Zone,' and he urges people to unplug their laptops long enough to rediscover the simplicity of starry nights and snowfalls, and remember what it means to be human." I emphatically agree. As a life balance coach, I invite you to unplug long enough to regain your balance by recharging drained energy at least once a week.
How? Try spending face time with people you care about. If you can't get together in person, at least call them instead of e-mailing-even if you must use your cell phone. Listen to their voices, and let them hear yours. You can also balance infowhelm by tuning in to nature. Walk on the beach, or take a hike in the woods. Notice the moon's phases each month as it evolves from new to full and back again. Treat the new moon as a time of new beginnings; at the full moon, stop and review how far you've come since the last new moon, then reflect on what you want to accomplish before the next one.
Also, tune in to the earth's seasons plus the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. We forget that the natural energy of the world and our lives flows in cycles and that each natural element helps balance the others. Our energy flow is not just mental or "on" all the time like the Internet. Humans weren't designed to be plugged in to machines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We need regular downtime to rejuvenate, relax, and recharge.
I've found that tuning in to natural energy patterns is especially effective as an antidote for infowhelm. When we unplug for a while, we can remember how to move at a more peaceful pace-to communicate with more emotional depth and to pay attention to what we see and feel. Imagine how energizing, balanced, and peaceful our lives can be if we all consciously tune in to each other and the world around us again!
Barbara Schiffman is a life balance and personal evolution coach in Burbank, California. Her EvoLuminus Coaching tele-classes, workshops, and guided meditation CD Kits include “New Moon. New Beginnings,” “Life Energy Tune-Up,” and “The EnergiFlow Process.” Barbara’s also published in Inspiration to Realization, an anthology of women’s wisdom. For information, call (818) 846–3043 or (800) 306–8290, e-mail fullspectrum@charter.net, or visit http://www.barbaraschiffman.com.
Her article above is one of 101 great chapters that can be found in "101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life." This powerful compilation book with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, and Denis Waitley contains 101 chapters of proven advice on how to improve your life.
*** If you purchase just one copy of their new book today, you will also receïve $1,500 worth of valuable bonus gifts. To see this special book package, please visit http://www.selfgrowth.com/ezinearticles.html
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