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	<title>Magic In Your Mind</title>
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		<title>Solving Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DougWilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been studying the System of Life for some time now. With any study one thing that has to be done is a lot of data collecting. I suppose there are three main areas we can get this data. The first would be watching the world around us.
Watching The World
The World of People &#8211; Watching [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&rsquo;ve been studying the System of Life for some time now. With any study one thing that has to be done is a lot of data collecting. I suppose there are three main areas we can get this data. The first would be watching the world around us.</p>
<p>Watching The World</p>
<p>The World of People &ndash; Watching everything that happens. Listening to everything people say. Reading what people have written. Read some of the Poets, look at the Art, listen to the Music, read what the world shapers say and everything in between. Watch what people do, how they act and react and listen to everything they say.</p>
<p>The Natural World &ndash; Watching nature, plants, animals, the weather, the seasons, the heavens. Then read and look at everything that people have said about the natural world.</p>
<p>The Inner World &ndash; This is the study of life through introspection. Meditation, paying attention to thoughts and feeling. Finding out what&rsquo;s in there and what &ldquo;it&rdquo; is.</p>
<p>The System of Life</p>
<p>Everyone and anyone is completely qualified to remark on the system of life. Everybody knows or has observed something. What I want to look at today is how the Natural World does things. Then I want to ask if we can do things in the same way. If we can &ndash; wouldn&rsquo;t this be the best way &ndash; since we&rsquo;re a part of this natural world?</p>
<p>One thing you&rsquo;ll notice if you watch nature is it does a lot of stuff without any noise. The rain forest was made in silence. I was looking at the tree off the balcony the other day. It&rsquo;s been there all winter apparently idle. Completely silent. Then all of a sudden (overnight) I see a little action on the ends of the branches. The days are getting longer. It knows this and knows that this is the time for a little action on the ends of the branches.</p>
<p>I think this type of work, or accomplishing, or whatever you want to call it is available to us. When I look around at the world of people I don&rsquo;t see much of this silent vibrant accomplishment. What I see are Ants. The industrious Ant has become the model for humans. I have nothing against Ants &ndash; but &ndash; I don&rsquo;t want to be one. What I learned from Ants is, if I keep putting one thing on top of another it will get taller.</p>
<p>There are a lot of people who behave like Tigers. They have adopted the style of a ferocious, gemme that, predator. I really like Tigers too &ndash; but &ndash; are they good role models? Are they all I need to know? Is this how I want society to work? The Tigers rule and the Ants toil? What I&rsquo;ve learned from Tigers is &ndash; there are some obstacles you can&rsquo;t meet head on with a club. Sometimes a geographic relocation is the best solution.</p>
<p>How can I best, &ldquo;Get Things Done&rdquo;?</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t want to be an Ant, and being a Tiger plays as long as you&rsquo;re the toughest Tiger (also a lot of work). How about learning from the tree? Could I do things like that? In total silence? Without all that noise and movement and effort?</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve come to see that this is the best way to get things done. It&rsquo;s the best &ldquo;Earth System&rdquo; I&rsquo;ve seen. Is it possible for we humans to do things in this way? Let&rsquo;s take the chore of finding solutions to our problems. Remember, problems are problems because we say they are. All problems are personal problems.</p>
<p>Over the past few years most of my problems have been resolved while I was asleep. Or, they just popped into my head while I was doing something else &ndash; like reading. What I&rsquo;ve attempted to do is: simply concentrate on identifying the problem. My current personal problem is: I keep &ndash; habitually &ndash; addressing problems as if I were an Ant, or a Tiger. Neither of which I am, or wish to be.</p>
<p>Here is the experiment, the test, to see if this is possible.</p>
<p>What&rsquo;s the problem?<br />
<br />Identify as well as possible what the problem is. Write it down. Leave it alone &ndash; don&rsquo;t mess with it, just leave it.</p>
<p>We can&rsquo;t act like Ants or Tigers and do the test.</p>
<p>Being what we are.</p>
<p>What is my state of consciousness?<br />
<br />Or level of consciousness. Ever notice how no one says make, create or build a higher state of consciousness? It&rsquo;s always something like &ndash; attain, gain (as in gain on or catch up to), strive towards. What I&rsquo;ve come to understand (so far) is that consciousness &ldquo;Is&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s there. It&rsquo;s always been there. We can go toward it &ndash; possibly &ndash; in understanding. Can we go into it. Can we tap in to it, flow with it, be in it &ndash; or not.</p>
<p>Here&rsquo;s something to look at &ndash; Let&rsquo;s raise the level of consciousness in ourselves. What does that mean. Some hear this and think raise as, work to increase, lift, raise like a barn, build and so on. Is this what it says?</p>
<p>The way I&rsquo;ve come to understand this is that raising this level is much like raising the level of a lake. Any analogy will work as long as we see consciousness like water. How do we raise the level of water, say, in a barrel? I picked this because in this case we control the water, or the consciousness. We just pour in the water. The level was what it was &ndash; and now it&rsquo;s this. The similarity in any analogy we choose &ndash; Lake, barrel and so on is &ndash; there has to be a place for the water.</p>
<p>If we keep putting water in a barrel and it will flow over the top and fill any spaces that are available on the ground. Keep pouring and a lake will form. Keep pouring and the lake will rise until it flows over the hills and starts to fill the places available on the other side.</p>
<p>Like water, consciousness will fill any place available. We only need to make the place. Consciousness is always being poured. It &ldquo;Is&rdquo;, and it is abundant. It will fill, automatically and without effort on our part, any place available to it. In fact &ndash; effort fills the place that consciousness would naturally fill if we got rid of effort. This is my opinion &ndash; after much watching and testing.</p>
<p>Effortless Solutions</p>
<p>Which leads us again to our test &ndash; our experiment.</p>
<p>Putting our Problems to Bed<br />
<br />Now that we have clarified our problem as well as possible we will sleep on it. Remember that Rain Forest which was made in silence? That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re going to test. Can the solutions come out of us, or through us, effortlessly? So effortlessly that we can do it in our sleep? Everyone has woken to an answer at one time or another. What I do is try and make this the rule. Instead of the occasional boon I&rsquo;ll make it my natural everyday process for accomplishing things.</p>
<p>Every night will be a little Winter. Every morning will be the Spring and the life I created will burst forth on the scene.</p>
<p>Consciousness will do this for me. All throughout the history of mankind we&rsquo;ve heard the wise directing us to the light. There are countless stories using light, and water, to represent consciousness when delivering messages and spiritual instruction. This is not mistake or happenstance. There are properties in light and water that hold the key to life itself.</p>
<p>Here is a really good video to watch. I&rsquo;ve put a segment on this page (below) with a link to the full video:</p>
<p>The Primacy Of Consciousness</p>
<p>I&#8217;m writing about life and addictions at <a href="http://www.dgswilson.com/">DgsWilson.com</a> and <a href="http://www.dgswilson.com/wp/">Addiction Help Blog</a>, about life and what&#8217;s going on in society at the <a href="http://www.dgswilson.com/wpsite/">Watching The World Blog</a>, and health stuff at <a href="http://www.dgswilson.com/">The Self Health Blog</a></p>
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		<title>The Best Ways to Stop Smoking - Cold Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeeDobbins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To quit smoking cold turkey, you need to make a clean break from cigarettes. Once you decide to quit, tell yourself that you have had your last smoke and don&#8217;t spend any time feeling sorry for yourself. Quitting cold turkey is more about your mind set than anything else so once you start to see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To quit smoking cold turkey, you need to make a clean break from cigarettes. Once you decide to quit, tell yourself that you have had your last smoke and don&#8217;t spend any time feeling sorry for yourself. Quitting cold turkey is more about your mind set than anything else so once you start to see cigarettes as a bad habit instead of a reward, then you will be half way there to kicking the habit for good.</p>
<p>Most people tell themselves that they will quit when they are ready; this is really just another way of saying that it&#8217;s going to be too hard. They promise themselves that this is their last packet, that they&#8217;ll quit after the holidays or next week or next month or next year. This is only a way to ease the guilt of smoking but it doesn&#8217;t get you any closer to quitting.</p>
<p>So, don&#8217;t make promises to yourself that you don&#8217;t intend to keep; quit smoking cold turkey right now and never have another cigarette. Tell yourself that you don&#8217;t smoke anymore and keep repeating it until your subconscious mind believes you. Now destroy all your cigarettes; cut them up, break them into little pieces, stomp them into the dirt. Don&#8217;t leave yourself any cigarettes for &#8220;just in case&#8221;, and enjoy the destruction of the ones you have.</p>
<p>Without ready access to cigarettes, it will be easier to resist the urge to light up; unfortunately family and friends who smoke may not be all that easy on you. Unfortunately, those around you who smoke don&#8217;t really want you to succeed; it will make them look bad to themselves, so beware of saboteurs. You must be strong and not cave in when someone tells you that one more cigarette &#8220;won&#8217;t kill you&#8221;.</p>
<p>To succeed at quitting cold turkey you must keep making positive statements in your head (or even out loud, if that helps). Statements like &#8220;I am a non-smoker&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;m glad I don&#8217;t smoke anymore&#8221; are really positive messages to get into your head. Remind yourself how healthy you now are and how much extra money you have to buy whatever you want.</p>
<p>Think of ways to reward yourself for quitting; use rewards as often as you need to keep to your resolve to quit smoking cold turkey. Put what used to be your cigarette costs into a clear jar so you can track how well you are doing.</p>
<p>When you make the decision to quit smoking cold turkey, you will be in for a few rough weeks as the toxins and nicotine work it&#8217;s way out of your system. But, if you can tough it through, it will get better. Many people find success when using stop smoking aids - either those prescribed by their doctor or found over the counter. But you have to be careful about which ones you use as some of them may not be right for you and others can even be harmful.</p>
<p>Did you know that people who use quit smoking aids have a much higher chance of stopping smoking? If you are trying to gain the <a href="http://www.website-articles.net/addiction/benefitsofquittingsmoking.html" title="http://www.website-articles.net/addiction/benefitsofquittingsmoking.html" target="_blank">http://www.website-articles.net/addiction/benefitsofquittingsmoking.html</a> cold turkey, there are many aids that can help but you have to be careful to choose the one(s) that</p>
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		<title>Gaining Others&#8217; Respect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MargaretPaul,</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We all want to be respected by others. And, we would all love to have control over whether or not others treat us respectfully. Is this realistic?
Nigel, one of my clients, has a lot of confusion about this issue. He believes that people, especially his wife and children, &#8220;should&#8221; be respectful to him, and he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all want to be respected by others. And, we would all love to have control over whether or not others treat us respectfully. Is this realistic?</p>
<p>Nigel, one of my clients, has a lot of confusion about this issue. He believes that people, especially his wife and children, &#8220;should&#8221; be respectful to him, and he gets very angry when they treat him disrespectfully - which they often do.</p>
<p>What Nigel has failed to understand - which is what led him to seek my help - is that others are often a mirror of how we treat ourselves.</p>
<p>Much of my work with Nigel has centered around becoming aware of the many ways he disrespects himself and what would be respectful to himself.</p>
<p>EMOTIONALLY:</p>
<p>* He often judges his own feelings, discounting his feelings and telling himself that he &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t&#8221; feel this way.</p>
<p>* He often ignores his feelings, staying focused in his head instead of his body, and turning to addictions, such as sugar and TV to numb his feelings.</p>
<p>* He sees himself as a victim of others&#8217; choices, making others responsible for his feelings rather than taking responsibility for his own pain and joy.</p>
<p>PHYSICALLY:</p>
<p>* He often stays up late watching TV, disrespecting his need for adequate sleep.</p>
<p>* He often grabs junk food, not taking the time to eat well, disrespecting his body&#8217;s need for good nutrition.</p>
<p>* He doesn&#8217;t take the time to exercise so he is out of shape, disrespecting his need for a strong and healthy body.</p>
<p>* He dresses poorly, even to the point of wearing socks with holes in them, and often wearing dirty or wrinkled clothes, disrespecting his inner desire for clean and appropriate clothing.</p>
<p>ORGANIZATIONALLY:</p>
<p>* He is often late, disrespecting his inner desire to get places on time and not be stressed about it.</p>
<p>* His desk is often a mess, disrespecting his inner desire for order in his life.</p>
<p>FINANCIALLY:</p>
<p>* He does not balance his checkbook and is often overdrawn at the bank, much to the distress of his wife.</p>
<p>* While he makes plenty of money, he doesn&#8217;t save anything, creating an inner sense of insecurity.</p>
<p>* He often uses money to try to control how others feel about him, disrespecting his own inner worth by trying to buy others&#8217; approval.</p>
<p>RELATIONALLY:</p>
<p>* He often care-takes others rather than saying no when he means no, and yes when he means yes, giving himself up to control others, completely disrespecting his own feelings and needs.</p>
<p>* He often explains and defends, trying to control others rather than standing in his own power.</p>
<p>SPIRITUALLY:</p>
<p>* While he believes in God, he takes no time to nourish himself spiritually.</p>
<p>* He does things in business that he is not proud of, not respecting himself enough to behave with integrity.</p>
<p>These are just a few of the ways that Nigel has learned to disrespect himself. Others, seeing or sensing his disrespect for himself, naturally treat him with the same disrespect with which he treats himself. Rather than becoming angry at them, Nigel is learning to see them as a mirror of his own inner system. Each time his wife or children, or anyone else treats him disrespectfully, Nigel is learning to go inside and see how he is treating himself.</p>
<p>As a result of this, more people are treating him respectfully. While there will always be some people who are consistently disrespectful to everyone, Nigel is finding out that others do change in response to his changes. He is also learning to respect himself enough to disengage from others when they are being disrespectful to him.</p>
<p>Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is a best-selling author of 8 books and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding? healing process. Ready to join the thousands who have healed their pain and discovered their joy? Learn Inner Bonding now! Click here for a FREE <a href="http://www.innerbonding.com/welcome">Inner Bonding Course</a>, and visit our website at <a href="http://www.innerbonding.com">www.innerbonding.com</a> for more articles and help. Phone Sessions Available.</p>
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		<title>How You Can Learn to Love Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EmilyTaggart</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to love anyone else, you have to learn to love yourself first. There are many forms of advice about how you can learn to love yourself, some that is good and other things that you have to take with a grain of salt.
One of the most important things about learning to love yourself [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In order to love anyone else, you have to learn to love yourself first. There are many forms of advice about how you can learn to love yourself, some that is good and other things that you have to take with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>One of the most important things about learning to love yourself is that you have to take time for your own needs. You have to really soul search, and be realistic about who you are. You also need to know that if you are feeling helpless, or worthless, this is counter productive. No matte what the circumstances are, or what you have done, it isn&#8217;t anything that can&#8217;t be forgiven in one way or another. If you have been hurt in the past, abused perhaps, that is preventing you from loving yourself, then you need to find some help, and learn to let this go. It wasn&#8217;t your fault, and you have nothing to be or feel ashamed of.</p>
<p>You also need to have a positive self image of yourself as well. This means that you should find the things that you are really good at, and improve on them. It also means that you need to change your mindset about how you feel about yourself, and one way you can do this is look yourself in the mirror every morning and tell the image you see there that you love them, and they are a good person. This may seem a little awkward at first, but it is important to improve your self esteem. The image we have of yourselves is often quite different than the one that others see, and ours is usually more negative. Only you can change this, and telling yourself in front of the mirror is a good start.</p>
<p>Play up your successes and when you do a good job at something, pat yourself on the back for it. Focus on all the positive things you do in your every day life, whether it is holding down a job, and going to school at the same time, or helping someone less fortunate than you are. Do the best you can at every task you do, and make sure you acknowledge this. Don&#8217;t let doubts and negative feelings get in the way of your goals, and always tell yourself if you do make a mistake that it is just a learning experience, and not a set back.</p>
<p>By learning to love yourself, it will make a big impact not only on your life, but the lives of everyone around you as well. You will have more confidence, and self esteem, and this will rub off on others, and they will definitely start to perceive you in a different light. People will want to be around you more, look up to you more, and you will find that special person that makes your life complete. By loving yourself, you can love other people for who they are.</p>
<p>There are many other tips on how to learn to love yourself. You can find many of these online, on an abundance of different self help websites.</p>
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		<title>Are You Fulfilled? It Starts by Being Grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SeanHarbison</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you wake up in the morning feeling as though something is missing from your life? Do you find yourself thinking that life just hasn&#8217;t turned out the way you expected? Do you keep looking for that illusive something that will make you happy? Do you look around you and feel as though there should [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you wake up in the morning feeling as though something is missing from your life? Do you find yourself thinking that life just hasn&#8217;t turned out the way you expected? Do you keep looking for that illusive something that will make you happy? Do you look around you and feel as though there should be something more to life? If so then you are not alone. You are one of the millions of people who feel unfulfilled or mild depression.</p>
<p>The good news is that you can change all that starting today. It will take some effort, but you can lead a happier and more fulfilled life starting right now. In fact, you have already begun by taking the time to read this article. You are admitting to yourself that you want to live a happier and more fulfilled life and are willing to make the changes that are necessary to achieve that goal.</p>
<p>It starts by learning to be grateful for what you do have. For those talents and abilities that you have been given or worked hard to achieve, for those people in your life who care about you, for your health, and for all those little things that you have been taking for granted.</p>
<p>What do you have to be grateful for?</p>
<p>You are probably asking yourself what do you have to be grateful for. You might even be thinking such thoughts as &#8220;I don&#8217;t have the job I really want.&#8221; or &#8220;I can&#8217;t even afford a vacation&#8221; These things may even be true but, by focusing on all the things you don&#8217;t have you are overlooking what you do have and that is a big part of why you feel the way you do. You need to change your focus and start looking at what is good in your life.</p>
<p>Start by making a list, as silly as this sounds it really does help and you will be surprised at how many things you have that you can be grateful for. When making your list it is important to keep your focus on the positive. For example, instead of thinking that you don&#8217;t have the job you really want, focus on the fact that you have a job. If you don&#8217;t think that is something to be grateful for then try thinking of all the people right now who are unable to find work of any kind.</p>
<p>Once you have your list, post it where you can see it and read it every single day. Really think about each item on the list and how lucky you are to have those things going for you and how that makes you feel. It will begin to change your outlook and help you to feel more fulfilled right now.</p>
<p>Being grateful doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t make changes</p>
<p>Being grateful doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t make changes. In fact, feeling more fulfilled allows you to focus on what you can achieve rather than what you haven&#8217;t. When you feel more positive about your life you have the ability to move forward and to achieve more than you ever thought possible. What is even more important is that you will enjoy each step you take towards even more success.</p>
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		<title>Smoke Deter-Independent Consumer Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaggieMalone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To tell the truth there is a lot of stuff I went through to help me get rid of my smoking habit but there was hardly any one thing that really worked. In fact, after so many bad experiences I had almost given up until I happened to read about SMOKE DETER.(If you would like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To tell the truth there is a lot of stuff I went through to help me get rid of my smoking habit but there was hardly any one thing that really worked. In fact, after so many bad experiences I had almost given up until I happened to read about SMOKE DETER.(If you would like more user reviews and expert analysis on Smoke Deter,you can click the link below.) I felt that this product had something different to help me out with and I went ahead to check out on the independent reviews section about this product which had a lot of positive points to share with me.</p>
<p>As a divorcee and a single mother of two(My ex husband is not the father of my son, but is my daughter&#8217;s father. Our relationship was built on lies and deception that I&#8217;ve just found out about after the divorce. My ex is a big loser who doesn&#8217;t want to pay child support to help his child. We are battling with courts, attorneys, etc. and I am sick of all the stress and frustration. I have never picked good men in my life and I know I need to find a way to change that pattern, so it does not keep happening. ), life has been bitter and hard for me most of the times. This had been eating up on my energy and even before I knew it my smoking habit started creeping up on my life. I used to smoke even before my divorce actually took place, but after the trauma I used to look at it as a way to help me get rid of all the tensions draining me out. I was able to relax myself and decided to look out at my life ahead with shut eyes. But I was shaken up to reality when I read how bad second hand smoking could be for my two kids. Even they started to complain how my habit was actually killing up their personal life. This is when I decided to throw smoking out of my life. But try hard as I might, I could not do anything to help me out.</p>
<p>My first attempt was going to the local pharmacy and trying to quit smoking using the readily available nicotine patches and gums. However nothing really worked. I then tried my hand at all products seen online and much to my dismay, all of them simply meant a waste of money for me. Then finally when I heard about the SMOKE DETER spray from one of my friends, I felt hope in my heart. Though there are also pills available, I decided to try out with the SMOKE DETER spray first. I just had to spray this liquid oral medicine below my tongue &ndash; two sprays, thrice a day &ndash; and within no time I had evident results in me. I no longer had to rush around for that much missed puffing habit. Though it was hard for me during the first month, as days passed by things got so good that now it is almost a year since I have touched a cigarette!</p>
<p>Maggie Malone is a proud user of the Smoke Deter. After using it for over a year, he has been more than pleased with the results.If you would like to read more user reviews and expert analysis on Smoke Deter, you may like to visit these pages &#8212;><a target="_new" href="http://www.greenstopsmoking.com/productreview/supplement/smokedeter.htm">Smoke Deter</a> and <a target="_new" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Smoke-Deter-Review---It-Really-Helps-Me!&#038;id=3813154">Smoke Deter</a></p>
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		<title>Bye-bye Man Boobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllenYesru</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not fun to have boobs when you are a man. To make the matters worse is that men with boobs really do exist. Living with man boobs is very difficult to deal with especially now that fitness and having a beach-ready body is the in thing.
Gynecomastia is the medical term for man boobs. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not fun to have boobs when you are a man. To make the matters worse is that men with boobs really do exist. Living with man boobs is very difficult to deal with especially now that fitness and having a beach-ready body is the in thing.</p>
<p>Gynecomastia is the medical term for man boobs. This is a condition that enlarges a man&#8217;s chest like that of a woman. It is hormones that cause this, especially on puberty.</p>
<p>40 to 60% has this condition. Most grown up or adults retain their man boobs because of gaining weight or getting out of shape. Obesity certainly would make your man boobs prominent.</p>
<p>Though the percentage of having this condition is high, it does not mean that there is nothing that can be done. Certainly, there is a remedy or treatment for man boobs. You just have to know how.</p>
<p>A lot of modern scientific breakthrough and technologies, like laser treatment and surgery, to take your man boobs out. Though, these methods are really expensive, and quite scary too. You may still opt to get rid of your gynecomastia the natural way, fast.</p>
<p>Being conscious and aware of your diet is one key to making your chest manly. Your eating habits that made you fat must be checked and changed. It is now time for you to get back in shape by dieting and get rid of your man boobs.</p>
<p>Whoever said you have to starve yourself? As a matter of fact you can eat as much as you want. The catch is you have to really know what is best for you, what makes you fit, and avoid those that will make you fat.</p>
<p>Replace what you eat with a high protein diet. This will replenish and replace the lost calories and nutrients from your low carb diet. The best benefit of this is that it increases your metabolism and it does not stack up starch and other fattening substances in your body.</p>
<p>Exercising is the most practical and healthy way to go to lose your man boobs. Sweat it out and lose weight! Losing weight equals leaner body equals no more man boobs!</p>
<p>Start a habit including routine exercise. This means that you have to really move and sweat. You may do it at home or on your extra time, just do it daily.</p>
<p>Most men having such condition go under the knife. This is the fastest way to go, but this can be really costly. If you are still considering the natural way to go, then you have to follow these tips.</p>
<p>Watch what you eat! One of the two best ways to get rid of man boobs is diet. Diet does not mean that you have to starve yourself.</p>
<p>You can eat and never go hungry while on diet. Put the break on high fat, high carbohydrate diets. It means enough of rice, pasta, and other fast food menu.</p>
<p>Replace what you eat with a high protein diet. This will replenish and replace the lost calories and nutrients from your low carb diet. The best benefit of this is that it increases your metabolism and it does not stack up starch and other fattening substances in your body.</p>
<p>Exercising is the most practical and healthy way to go to lose your man boobs. Sweat it out and lose weight! Losing weight equals leaner body equals no more man boobs!</p>
<p>It does not mean that you have to enroll and kill yourself in the gym. This man boobs grew or was retained because of sedentary lifestyle or a lifestyle that has less activities other than eating unhealthy foods. Incorporate exercise in your daily routine like walking, jogging, taking the stairs, and of course a proper routine exercise in the comforts of your home.</p>
<p>Get all the information you need here <a href="http://howtogetridofmanboobshelp.com" title="http://howtogetridofmanboobshelp.com" target="_blank">http://howtogetridofmanboobshelp.com</a> . If you want your man boobs gone fast then try killer chest work out .</p>
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		<title>Should You Strive For Perfection, Or Choose Excellence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RoyEakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When trying to improve any area of your life, you may sometimes find that you have the tendency to try to be &#8220;perfect&#8221;. Some people hold the belief that if you do not go all out and try to become the best, then it is not worth the time or effort. Holding yourself to a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When trying to improve any area of your life, you may sometimes find that you have the tendency to try to be &#8220;perfect&#8221;. Some people hold the belief that if you do not go all out and try to become the best, then it is not worth the time or effort. Holding yourself to a high standard is fantastic, but there is a thin line between high standards and perfectionism. In this article I will explain the drawbacks of pursuing perfection and why choosing excellence is the right choice in most situations.</p>
<p>Perfectionism is a personal philosophy of demanding perfection from yourself and accepting nothing less. In most cases, a goal of perfection is unrealistic at best and impossible at worst. This is because perfection often can not be concretely defined and is subjective. For instance, can the perfect body be defined? Ask ten random people to define the perfect body and you will most likely get different answers from every one of them. While there are scientifically supported methods of determining attractiveness and health (such as waist to hip ratio, body mass index, and features like strong jawlines in men), you would be hard-pressed to find universal agreement as to what would constitute the perfect body.</p>
<p>There are exceptions to every rule, and in this case it is no different. In a few specific situations the pursuit of perfection is feasible and almost a requirement. At very high levels of competition where the slightest advantage can be the determining factor, those who are able to hone their craft to perfection are often victorious. An example of this would be Olympic athletes who have a set routine to perform. If they are able to pull off a flawless performance, a medal is pretty much guaranteed.</p>
<p>Another situation when someone should strive for perfection is if there are other people&#8217;s lives at stake. A definite example that comes to mind would be surgeons that perform major operations. One mistake could not only cost the surgeon his career, but also the life of his patient.</p>
<p>What it all boils down to is making efficient use of your time. Let&#8217;s say you are writing an article or creating a website. Is it better to spend tons of time trying to make it perfect, or does it make more sense to make it excellent and then move onto other projects? Let me be clear, I&#8217;m not saying you should churn out lots of low quality work. The fact is you can only edit and polish your creation so much until you hit the point of diminishing returns.</p>
<p>The biggest downfall perfectionists experience is all of the good things they miss out on by neglecting the other parts of life. This is seen many times in men who spend all of their time and effort on their careers; they find it very difficult to meet and date women because they neglected their social skills. Life is so much more enjoyable and fulfilling as a well-rounded individual that is excellent in multiple areas of life.</p>
<p>To attain excellence in multiple areas of your life, it is necessary to find the methods and strategies that produce the best results for you. What has worked best for me is focusing intensely on one area of my life until I achieve the degree of excellence I desire, and then move on to my next goal. This approach works best for me because I thrive when focusing on one thing, whereas someone that is better at multitasking might find a different approach to be best.</p>
<p>Life is way too short to waste it by striving to be perfect in just one small facet of your existence. Choose to live a full and rich life. Choose excellence.</p>
<p>Roy Eakes is dedicated to helping you live a happier and more successful life. Visit his <a href="http://lifelessonsblog.net">Life Lessons</a> blog to read more inspiring and motivational articles.</p>
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		<title>What to Do When You Are Grieving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertoSedycias</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Grieving is not a nice feeling. It can make you feel like your insides are being torn around. It may seem impossible to move on with your life. But there is hope. There are ways to get through the grieving process so that you can become a stronger person and stay connected to the people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grieving is not a nice feeling. It can make you feel like your insides are being torn around. It may seem impossible to move on with your life. But there is hope. There are ways to get through the grieving process so that you can become a stronger person and stay connected to the people you love.</p>
<p>Losing someone you love might have happened in one of two ways. Either his passing was expected or not. Both ways do not matter in the way you will grieve but will affect the way that you initially felt when you found out that the person was gone.</p>
<p>If you had no idea that your loved one was going to pass, then your initial reaction might be shock. The kind of shock that leaves you wondering if you`re dreaming and if what is happening is real. Often people in this stage cannot process the information properly and cannot function in general.</p>
<p>When a loved one passed away and you knew that it was going to happen, you will still be shocked but will believe it in a way. Knowing that someone is dying can give you the room your mind needs to process the event and prepare for it a bit.</p>
<p>There are some stages you might go through in your process through grief. The first one is shock and getting through the notion of it. Your body is going to feel shocked and your mind as well. During this stage you might cry off and on and have up and down feelings. Your emotions might feel like they are on a roller coaster, as one minute you are laughing at a good memory, while the next minute you are crying.</p>
<p>Your body while going through shock might not be able to properly function as well. You might feel tired all the time and feel the need to sleep. You might not have an appetite and therefore will not want to eat or drink. It is important during this stage, to ensure that you force yourself to eat and drink, because if you let your body get run down then it will ultimately affect how you can heal inside.</p>
<p>The next stage in the grieving process might be a feeling of anger. You might feel angry that your loved one died. Maybe he was too young, or died in a way that could have been prevented. Perhaps it was an illness or an older relative that you did not expect to pass. Feeling angry is normal and can make you feel like you need someone to blame. During this time it is best to keep communicating about your feelings to other loved ones or a professional who will listen to your thoughts. If you keep feelings bottled up inside it could be destructive to your healing process.</p>
<p>The next stage of grief can only be healed through the passing of time. And the stage is considered a time where you finally realize that your loved one is gone. You have gone through the initial shock and felt the anger and pain of it and the next step is actually feeling his absence in your life. This is the stage where you will miss hearing his voice, or seeing or touching him. With the passing of time, you realize that he is not coming back and that you won`t see him again. These feelings can often feel a bit claustrophobic. Because there are things that you cannot change no matter what.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is try to remember his life. This can be done by looking through photos, watching videos and remembering special times that you had.</p>
<p>You can have access to articles about self help in Portuguese language from page <a href="http://www.polomercantil.com.br/auto-ajuda.php" target="_blank">Self_Help</a> Roberto Sedycias works as IT consultant for <a href="http://www.polomercantil.com.br/" target="_blank">Polomercantil</a></p>
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		<title>Healing Love and Approval Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MargaretPaul,</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you love or approval addicted?
* Do you often feel empty inside if you are not in a relationship?
* Do you often feel empty inside even if you are in a relationship but your partner is not paying attention to you?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you love or approval addicted?</p>
<p>* Do you often feel empty inside if you are not in a relationship?</p>
<p>* Do you often feel empty inside even if you are in a relationship but your partner is not paying attention to you?</p>
<p>* Do you get anxious when a person you are dating does not contact you when you expect them to?</p>
<p>* Do you get anxious when your partner goes out of town?</p>
<p>* Do you tend to ruminate/obsess about what your partner or someone you are dating is thinking or doing?</p>
<p>* Do you get angry when someone is not saying or doing what you believe they would say or do if they cared about you?</p>
<p>People turn to addictions when they are not taking responsibility for filling themselves with the love they need. Love and approval addiction is like any other addiction: you are using something external - in this case another&#8217;s attention to you - to fill the emptiness that is the result of your own self-abandonment.</p>
<p>Most of us learned to abandon ourselves, with various addictions, as we were growing up because:</p>
<p>* We had no role models of how to take loving care of ourselves.<br />
<br />* We could not handle the big feelings of loneliness and heartbreak that are often a part of childhood.<br />
<br />* We did not receive the nurturing we needed to handle the heartache, heartbreak, and loneliness of childhood.</p>
<p>When your parents or other caregivers were upset or unhappy, what did they do? Did you see them doing an inner process to discover the inner source of their upset and shift their thinking and behavior to make themselves happy? Did you see them comforting themselves with deep caring and compassion when life&#8217;s challenges were causing them loneliness and heartbreak?</p>
<p>Or, did you see them:</p>
<p>* Ignoring their feelings and numbing out with substances such as food, alcohol or drugs?</p>
<p>* Ignoring their feelings and numbing out with processes such as work, TV, gambling, or sex?</p>
<p>* Getting angry at someone, blaming someone for their feelings?</p>
<p>* Falling apart, becoming very needy?</p>
<p>* Turning to you to fill them up - being emotionally incestuous?</p>
<p>The chances are that your parents or other caregivers did not role model personal responsibility for their own feelings, and they may not have compassionately been there for your feelings, so you may never have learned to do this for yourself. If you don&#8217;t know how to manage your own feelings of loneliness, heartache, heartbreak, sadness, sorrow, grief, and helplessness over others, then you have learned to turn to various addictions to manage these feelings, including the addiction to others&#8217; love, attention, and approval.</p>
<p>HEALING LOVE AND APPROVAL ADDICTION</p>
<p>You CAN heal from love and approval addiction! Following is a brief description of the 6-Step Inner Bonding process that heals love and approval addiction:</p>
<p>The first step is to make a decision that you WANT responsibility for learning how you are causing your own anxiety, depression, anger, guilt and shame with your own thoughts and actions, and that you WANT responsibility for learning how to nurture the painful feelings of life - the loneliness, heartbreak and grief that are so challenging.</p>
<p>The next step is to open to learning with deep compassion toward yourself, connecting with a loving spiritual Source of love and wisdom. If you are not connected with a spiritual Source of love and wisdom, then you need to learn to do this. You cannot take responsibility for your own feelings alone. You need to be supported by a spiritual Source.</p>
<p>Third, you need to explore what you are telling yourself and how you are treating yourself that is causing your anxiety, depression or anger - discovering the false beliefs that you are operating from. You need to be tender and gentle with your deeper feelings of loneliness and heartbreak.</p>
<p>Forth, you need to open to learning with your Source of Guidance, asking &#8220;What is in my highest good?&#8221; &#8220;What is the loving action toward myself?&#8221; Open and listen for the answer.</p>
<p>Fifth, take the loving action in your own behalf.</p>
<p>Sixth, go back inside and see how you are feeling. If you are not feeling better, then go back and do the process again until you feel relief.</p>
<p>Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is a best-selling author of 8 books and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding? healing process. Ready to join the thousands who have healed their pain and discovered their joy? Learn Inner Bonding now! Click here for a FREE <a href="http://www.innerbonding.com/welcome">Inner Bonding Course</a>, and visit our website at <a href="http://www.innerbonding.com">www.innerbonding.com</a> for more articles and help. Phone Sessions Available.</p>
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