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Author :: Maya Talisman Frrost  |
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| Article Title :: Kokoro no Kaze: Does Your Soul Have a Cold? |
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Kokoro no Kaze: Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
by: Maya Talisman Frrost
Feeling sad? Have you lost interest in things you used to enjoy? Perhaps you're suffering from a cold of the soul.
That's the concept that has taken Japan by storm in the last five years, thanks to a culturally savvy marketing campaign launched by pharmaceutical companies to turn mild depression into an acceptable malady that a simple prescription can cure.
Anyone familiar with Japan will recognize that "kokoro no kaze" (literally "cold of the soul") is a phrase guaranteed to resonate with the citizens of that country. Preventing and treating colds is practically a national pastime there.
Everywhere in Japan, yo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Simon Mitchell |
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| Article Title :: Get Creativity? |
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Get Creativity?
by: Simon Mitchell
Creativity is central to the management of our individual lives, but in modern times few people are able to access this as a resource. Alan Watts writes in The Wisdom of Insecurity:
"We have allowed brain thinking to develop and dominate our lives out of all proportion to 'instinctual wisdom'; which we are allowing to slump into atrophy. As a consequence we are at war within ourselves - the brain desiring things which the body does not want, and the body desiring things that the brain will not allow; the brain giving directions which the body will nor follow, and the body giving impulses which the brain cannot understand...So long as the mind is spli (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Wayne and Tamara |
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| Article Title :: No Victors |
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No Victors
by: Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 6, 2004
Last Friday night I was caught with another woman by my girlfriend. When my longtime girlfriend came to my house, I told her I was going to bed early. She suspected something and came back to find this woman in my house. We had been cheating for about a year. The other woman didn't know either.
My girlfriend had a fit. She cursed me up and down and told me she wanted to hit me. After about 30 minutes of that, she left. On the way out she keyed my car. Then the other lady had her say. Mostly she could not believe I would do this to her.
I felt as low as I could feel. I felt so bad f (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Jesse S. Somer |
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| Article Title :: Ancient Philosophy on the Internet can Change How |
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Ancient Philosophy on the Internet can Change How We Think
by: Jesse S. Somer
Here I am again sitting at my computer, my job is to write about the positive aspects of the Internet. I’d like to think of myself as a bit of a novice philosopher as well as writer. The other day in poetry class at university my lecturer mentioned a quote from a guy who I had already read and enjoyed, Baruch/Benedictus Spinoza. The quote mentioned was quite a simple one, and in my opinion simplicity is the best form of communication (and everything else for that matter). Spinoza once said, “Reality is perfection.” I feel this idea is quite a powerful one indeed, in relation to all aspects of life, incl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Jessica Stumper |
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| Article Title :: Masturbate and Feel Good |
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Masturbate and Feel Good
by: Jessica Stumper
"Masturbation ... is not approved of the Lord nor this church, regardless of what may be said by those whose 'norms' are lower", President Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1981)
"Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate." Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
A quote often used by various churches in an effort to contain illicit acts amongst its people. Every sermon on masturbation would quote it, atleast all the sermons I have heard. Under the circumstances, is it difficult to imagine masturbation as one of the biggest taboos in our society? Even today? Scientific ed (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Richard Vegas |
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| Article Title :: Hey CyberJunkie, Clean that Booger off Your Nose! |
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Hey CyberJunkie, Clean that Booger off Your Nose!
by: Richard Vegas
Well....., I got some good news and I got some bad news. It's come to my attention that some of you want to be cyberjunkies. Which do you want first? I’ll give you the good news first. YOU can!! It’s very simple. The bad news is: It’s not easy and it could be messy.
Let’s take a look at both.
Simple is as simple does. Most everyone reading this is somewhat computer savvy. At least you know how to turn the thing on and maneuver around. So, I’m assuming you Haven’t just brought it home and taken it out of the box.
Most too often, cyberjunkies get caught up in the way something works, the theory behind it (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Vic Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Goal Setting Secrets of the Real Life Indiana Jone |
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Goal Setting Secrets of the Real Life Indiana Jones
by: Vic Johnson
Remember when you were 15? Can you recall some of the dreams you had then? How many have you accomplished?
My reflection on that is what attracted me so strongly to the story of John Goddard, of whom the LA Times called, "The real life Indiana Jones," and one of his expeditions, "the most amazing adventure of this generation."
When he was 15, Goddard was inspired to create a list of 127 “life goals” (he called it “My Life List”). By his last count, the young seventy-something has accomplished 111 of these PLUS 400 others he set along the way!!
Here’s just a few of the ones he’s reached:
He’s climb (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Cecile Peterkin |
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| Article Title :: 7 Ways to Create your Work Life |
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7 Ways to Create your Work Life
by: Cecile Peterkin
1. Keep work in perspective - leave work on time.
2. Change a routine task - develop a new process. Instead of handling your e-mails as you get them, set aside specific times during the day to respond.
3. Set boundaries - you don't have to attend every meetings you are invited to or sign up for every project. Choose the meetings you can add value to or benefit from.
4. Manage your stress - identify what causes you stress and how it affects you.
5. Take time out - close your door (if you have one), call forward your phone, turn off your e-mail, take a walk. Use this time "during your work day" to prepare for a big meeting, a presen (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: chas brothers |
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| Article Title :: Reaching for the Brass Ring |
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Reaching for the Brass Ring
by: chas brothers
So, you’ve decided to go into business for yourself to capture your part of the “American Dream”. Now that that’s all settled where the heck do we go from here?
Many people wake up each day because an alarm clock is beckoning them to their same old day in day out J-O-B (Just over Broke). They work the same hours, are in debt past their eyeballs, and all appear to have that “deer in headlights” look.
The real tragedy is that these average people, you, and me, your neighbor, can have so much more but settle for so much less. Somewhere along the line, we lost our vision; we lost our hope and settled for the cards life was deal (read full article) |
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| Category :: Self Improvement Articles |
Author :: Gene Simmons |
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| Article Title :: How’s It Going? |
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How’s It Going?
by: Gene Simmons
Hmmm, there’s Bob. I haven’t seen him in a while so I think I’ll go over and talk with him for a minute. “Hey, Bob! How’s it goin’?”
“Well let me tell you Gene, things have never been so good for me. Last year I started my own business and within nine months had made over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars! Two hundred and fifty! Can you believe that? Well, since I was doing so good, I went out and bought a brand new house up in the new Elite Subdivision by the lake. Got a heck of a deal for it, too. It was originally going for one point four – that’s as in million – do you believe that? - but I was able to con the (read full article) |
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