Principles are important to us all. We know we want to be treated with respect, treated fairly. We may take them for granted until someone hurts us by failing to live by principles. Then we fully realize how important they are. So living by principles is an imperative for a decent society, and it’s time […]
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Inner peace can be ours when we learn to walk in victory and face challenges in life with confidence. It is a matter of faith development, and it is a lifelong process. None of us ever “arrives.” That means we don’t do things perfectly, but we can see our progress and our improvement, and notice
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Realize your identity, your great worth as a loved child of God. This gradual transformation in how you feel about yourself connects with Strategy 7, Embrace Your Humanity. Accepting your flaws and feeling loved as a child of God EVEN WITH those flaws develop together. We gradually feel safe to let ourselves be known, and
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“Embrace Your Humanity” means we accept and actually love our human condition and human needs, and we become strong enough to see and work on our weaknesses and faults. It is a courageous journey. It is a matter of strength and bravery. We start working smarter, not harder. Part of this involves stepping into a
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Toxins are a serious threat to our physical and emotional health. But taking action is a great anti-depressant! We control what we can, we exercise the power of the pocketbook as consumers, we work for REAL environmental change rather than bureaucratic fraud, and in the meantime, we refuse to stress about the rest. It’s not
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Exercise seems like a low priority for many of us, but the cutting edge research might blow your mind with all the ways that you benefit. When you move your body, you improve your gut microbiome, heart rate, heart strength, blood sugar, your overall response to carbohydrates and thus your insulin response, your immune system,
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Healthy food can improve your life in ways you might not imagine. Every disease, every physical pain or symptom, and much of our emotional pain can be helped, partly or completely, by consuming healthy food (and don’t forget exercise). The cutting edge of scientific research is now proclaiming the effect of healthy food on not
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Active listening or reflective listening (what I prefer to call Reflective RESPONDING) is well known in the field of communication and interpersonal relations, but it is taught to only a very small percentage of the American public, and even then, it is often not taught well. In my opinion, it is not enough to explain
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Agree and establish common ground before discussing the ways you disagree. Create good will and a more respectful, collaborative atmosphere. Even when you think you DON’T agree, chances are you are rushing to zero in on the point of disagreement and failing to broaden your perspective to recognize the more general ideas where you agree.
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I-Statements have a transformative power that might surprise you. They offer you emotional healing and a humble self-confidence in addition to reducing conflict with others, and much more. Some people have not been taught to use I-Statements naturally and with humility, so they sound robotic or tend to generate a negative reaction. The secret is
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