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by Joyce & Barry Vissell.

Do you ever feel that other people have less body image issues than you? That other people are more comfortable with their bodies? I hate to burst your bubble, but Joyce and I have never met anyone who is at peace with their face and body, who completely accepts how they look or feel in their bodies.

by Ronald P. Villano.

How bright is your Light Bulb? Do you feel that you even have a Bulb? The good news is that we all have the potential to turn our Light Bulbs on. Full wattage, fluctuating power, or barely lit – all we need to do to begin to brighten our Bulbs is to become...

by Jayne Chilkes. The “Akashic Records” (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning “sky”, “space” or “aether”) is a term from theosophy denoting a collection of mystical knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. The Records are supposed to contain all knowledge, including all human experience, held within the ...

by Andrea Mathews.

Do you know who you are? I mean, who you REALLY are? Or do you just know the summation of your patterned behaviors, words, thoughts and feelings? Typically we think we know ourselves, and we call our patterns a personality. But often this personality is really just an identity—a mask, costume and role that we’ve lived into for so long that we...

There's a "catch" in the "self-improvement" or "personal growth" field. We go around seeking to "improve" ourselves and our lives, never quite happy with the way we are or the way our life is. And of course, we always find something to improve. That's the first catch...

by Norman Monath.

At the outset I would like to convince you that a meaningful book, thoughtfully read, can actually change your life dramatically. By change I mean produce the following effects: program your mind (the way a computer is programmed) so that you consciously and subconsciously take those steps that will lead you to get what you want out of life; lead you from frustration and disappointment to fulfillment and success.

by John Hall. Change is happening now, not through revolution, but through transformation. Change is occurring peacefully and is bringing peace. It does not always come in a calm manner however, either on a personal or planetary level, but it is coming and quickly.

by Joyce Vissell.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What brings me lasting happiness?” It is a good question. A lot of people answer this in the future tense: When I have a lot of money I will have lasting happiness. Or when I find the perfect partner (or make my partner into the perfect partner) then I will be happy..

by Gail E. Steuart and Barry Blumstein.

Society believes that our emotional feelings are a result of our experiences in our environment. In essence: something happened and it made me feel the way I do. This belief, though it is certainly the way it appears, is just the reverse of how it really works.