Archive for February, 2010

Is Chivalry Dead?

What does it mean to be chivalrous? Do you know? Are you chivalrous? IS there even a place in today’s world for this behavior?
I think there is.
Chivalry means gallantry and politeness and courtesy toward women.
It means exuding self confidence, but also compassion and empathy for others. While a chivalrous person might be richer, smarter or […]

Improve Rounded Shoulders - Five Tips Based on the Alexander Technique

People often complain about rounded shoulders. There are many fitness exercises for correcting this problem but the Alexander Technique perspective is a little different. Exercise is important, but no matter how many corrective strengthening exercises you do, posture is mostly the result of postural habits and how you perceive your body. The following tips can […]

Creating Balance in Your Life

If you find that the balance in your life is out of balance a few re-adjustments in your bathroom may be the cure. Your bathroom is where you go to relax and to feel at ease with a long soak in the tub. This is a place where you can finally get away from the […]

Calming the Restless Mind

All times of loneliness, confusion and restlessness come for a powerful reason—so we can stop our usual way of being in order to discover where true strength, connection and understanding lay. These difficult times are actually a gift, removing us from preoccupation with that which is not important and causing us to embark upon a […]

Coping With Stress and Anxiety After the Earthquake in Haiti

The news about the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is heartbreaking and the vivid pictures tragic. As in grieving any loss, the people of Haiti have been experiencing a wide range of emotions. Initially, many were grateful for surviving the catastrophe. But now they are dealing with the realities of all they have lost […]

How To Gain Confidence - A Small Change That Will Make A Big Difference

If you are keen to learn how to gain confidence quickly, then you need to focus on finding areas where small changes can be easily made that translate into big changes in your confidence. This is the smart way of building your confidence.
People look at confidence in different ways, but one useful way to think […]

How To Gain Confidence - A Quick Way To Boost Your Confidence

I don’t know if you’ve been there. I certainly have. It’s when you feel like you can’t do anything right. It’s when even simple things seem hard. It’s when life seems to be going so bad that you can’t believe it. This is around the time that you start losing confidence in yourself. This is […]

How to Find Your Burning Desire to Succeed

Do you have big dreams and goals you want to accomplish? If you are reading this, then the answer is most likely yes. You may have been highly motivated when you started to work toward what you wanted, but now your motivation has waned or even disappeared completely. Perhaps you have not even been able […]

What is Intuition, And Can You Cultivate it ? Part One

What is Intuition, and can you cultivate it? Part One
The subject of these articles will be “intuition”. So first let’s look at a definition of intuition: Intuition definition: 1- immediate apprehension by the mind without reasoning, 2- immediate apprehension by a sense.
Now if we examine these two definitions we can see that they are self-contradictory. […]

Unarmed Self Defense Moves

If you find yourself caught without pepper spray, a stun gun, or any other self defense device, you’ll have to resort to unarmed self defense moves. While this should never be done if you have a better alternative, unfortunately violence does happen, and it can catch you off guard. If it happens to you, you […]