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Taking care of your SELF is a powerful thing. You need to recharge and rejuvenate your life on a fairly regular basis. This is not a selfish act...it is an important daily practice that you should incorporate into your routine. 'LifeHack.org' suggests "12 Powerful Self-Care Tools That You Can't Live Without". So start today and revitalize YOU!

12 Powerful Self-Care Tools That You Can’t Live Without Self-care is one of the most important practices you will ever learn in life. These 12 ideas will get you started on your journey to a more fulfilled and peaceful life.

This is a post that every one should read..."How to Trick Your Brain for Happiness". Also, check out several videos by Rick Hanson as he talks about neuroplasticity, as the brain changes the mind changes and vice versa. What flows through the mind sculpts the brain and changes neural structures. Fascinating stuff, link to it at the 'Daily Good'.

DailyGood: How To Trick Your Brain for Happiness In recent years, we have started to better understand the neural bases of states like happiness, gratitude, resilience, love, compassion, and so forth. And better understanding them means we can skillfully stimulate the neural substrates of those states -- which, in turn, means we can strengthen the...

Sometimes you just need to eat right to feel inspired! Here are 15 quick and healthy snacks to get you on the road to good health and happiness from 'LifeHack.org'.

15 Quick and Healthy Snacks to Help You Stick to Your Diet The added advantage of eating regular small quick and healthy snacks is that it keeps your energy up and will help you stay focused during the day.

I believe it takes 21 days to change a habit, I know because I have done it...use this time to make a huge life change by believing in your self, from 'LifeHack'. It starts with a 100% belief in yourself!

How to Use Your Power of Self To Make Huge Life Changes in 21 Days Do you truly believe in yourself? If not, why? Cody Wheeler discuss how you can unleash your success by using the incredible power of self.

Are you chronically angry? Anger changes your life, holding on to anger reduces your vitality and shrinks your world. Read 10 Life-Changing Facts About Anger, you'll discover untapped energy and the real you, from 'The Daily Good'.

10 Life-Changing Facts About Anger, by Gail Brenner, PhD We all have had our moments of impatience, rage and frustration...but how do these moments affect our lives? Get curious about anger, and you just might discover an untapped well of vital energy that improves your life circumstances and wakes you up to the whole of life. This article offers 10 power...

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Lao Tzu
What are your thoughts?

A Contented Man Instead of complaining at his lot, a contented man is thankful that his condition and circumstances are no worse than they are.

The mind-body connection is immensely powerful stuff, and western medicine is increasingly seeking ways to cultivate awareness of this concept. Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD has been a proponent of mindful based stress-reduction believing that anxiety, depression, addiction, etc. can lead to chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses. He advocates bringing self-awareness to emotions by practicing mindfulness while using treatment options that raise consciousness and achieve peace of mind. Read more about this fascinating topic at 'Harvard Vanguard' by Dr. Eduardo Zaidner.

Achieving peace of mind through Mindfulness | Harvard Vanguard :: Blog There has been a lot of buzz recently in the medical and mental health realms about mindfulness, or bringing self-awareness to emotions and body sensations. The practice of mindful meditation with the goal of cultivating awareness has been part of the Buddhist culture for thousands of years. This c...

Hopefully this will inspire you to give of yourself either financially or by donating your time or talent. 'Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C)' will hold it’s third, live, primetime television fundraiser. Aired on all the major networks and several cable stations, they are donating an hour of commercial free time to promote this deserving cause. 'Help With Cancer' shares more info and please take note that 100% of SU2C's publicly raised funds goes directly into research grants.

Stand Up To Cancer Telethon Friday, September 7th | Help With Cancer.org I’m usually not a big fan of celebrity driven cancer fundraising. Groups can end-up spending a lot to make a little. But Stand Up To Cancer’s goal is to help creative researchers work together and think outside the box. I

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” ~ Buddha ~ Need I say more?
No, but 'Higher Awareness.com' shares a wealth of information.

Meditation -- a must for spiritual growth "Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” ~ Buddha ~ Meditation offers the most powerful way to connect to higher guidance. The term "meditation" applies to many different

Listen to James Van Praagh discuss "Energy 101", you, your body and the energy you put out into the world that affects the environment. Your vibrational resonance pervades the space around us creating sensations that touch multitudes, be mindful of your thoughts, words and deeds, because it flows throughout the universe in untold ways.

James Van Praagh: Energy 101 What is energy? Can you carry other people's energy? One of the world's most renowned and respected spiritual mediums working today, James Van Praagh explain...

Love is the answer, but "The Art of Losing" comes with a price. Captured in time from the loss of a loved one, Kevin Young finds solace in creation by compiling a collection of poems that "speak to his sense of loss". The anthology, "The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing", came out earlier this year. Read more at the 'Daily Good' about this young man's journey of sadness and reconciliation.

The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing After the sudden death of his father, the poet Kevin Young looked for a collection of poems that might speak to his sense of loss. To his surprise, he couldn't find such a collection, so he went to work compiling one. The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing. Young speaking on NPR shares, [Poe...

This is an incredible story I just had to share with all of you music lovers and people in general! Imagine hearing music for the first time at the age of 23. How affirming it is to realize that music does touch the soul.
"Music gives a soul to the universe,
wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination,
and life to everything."
~ Plato ~

Deaf man hears music for the first time, enjoys Sigur Ros and Mozart 23-year old Austin Chapman was born deaf and his hearing aids were only able to provide an awful, distorted sound when it came to listening to music. From his blog: I’ve never understood it.My whole life I’ve seen hearing people