Self Growth

Fitness Facts vs. Fitness Fictions

One out of every 8 adult Americans belongs to a health club. The majority of club members assume that their health and fitness club knows a good deal about health and fitness. But the truth is that most health clubs don’t. Most health club programs are based on marketing science—not fitness or health science. There’s a conspicuous lack of evidence that their fitness and health routines actually lead to the claims made for them. Part of the problem is that fitness, health and fitness... 

Stress Management: Mindfulness

Mindfulness is not only a very powerful way to manage your stress, but it will also open the door to the deeper possibilities in your life, the door that chronic stress keeps shut tight. Typically your mind will distract you and pull you into anxious concerns about the past or future or into some random train of worrisome thought. Stress often follows as a result. Mindfulness involves bringing your attention into the present moment, so you can be aware and notice what’s going on here and now.... 

Work Stress: Does Your Job Lack “Soul”?

Does your job lack soul? If yes, you probably feel stressed out and miserable a lot of the time, right? And you’re also probably not living the quality of life you deserve. Well you’re not alone. Work has lost its soul for many people, including those in high paying jobs. Work without soul is work that lacks a loving connection to life. It’s work that involves little if any meaningful connection to other people. The great Russian writer Dostoevsky explained why work without soul... 

Personal Growth and the Two Wolves

This story gives great insight into the real work of personal growth and “Inner Fitness” One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil.  It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,... 

Personal Growth: What God Told Amy and Jack

One day God couldn’t take Amy and Jack praying to Him any longer. They prayed everyday for so many things that it took God many hours just to listen to them. They wanted to sell their little grocery store in a small town and be able to move into the big city and be free from the constraints of their family, a family that lived in the same small town for five generations. God came down and met with Jack and Amy. He told them, “I will grant you three wishes and three wishes only. After that, don’t... 

Stress Relief: Ready for Your Game Plan?

Stress is not only uncomfortable-it puts your health and quality of life at risk. Research continues to pour in showing how stress ruins hundreds of thousands of lives each year. But cutting edge research also shows that there’s simple, yet powerful ways to protect yourself from stress. All you have to do is understand what stress really is, what to do about it and how. With other words, you’ll save yourself a lot of trouble if you have an effective stress relief game plan. And the news... 

225,000 Innocent American’s Killed Last Year – You Won’t Believe How…

The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world. But not only is it among the least effective, it’s also a killer. Would you believe that doctors and hospitals are the third leading cause of death in America? Only cancer and heart disease take more lives annually (and stress drives both). How can this be? Aren’t doctors the ones to call and aren’t hospitals the places to go when we’re ill? Perhaps so-but as medical research indicates-we do so at considerable... 

Stress Relief: The “Pack” is Coming

Most of us are hungry to connect to who we deeply are, a connection often made difficult by our family and cultural conditioning. Conditioning sets limits that can keep us trapped in an identity that often swims in a sea of stress hormones-because it’s too small for who we truly are. And living in confinement is very stressful indeed. Stress Ruins Lives Valuing and preserving our health and well-being are important parts of a life lived with love, courage, wisdom and passion. As the Buddha... 

An Investment That Really Pays Off—Guaranteed

You may be searching high and low for something you can invest in that could really pay off big time. Well this is one of the trickiest investment environments we’ve ever been in. But here’s a sure thing with 100% upside and no downside. Invest in actionable knowledge about stress. Stress is the developed world’s #1 health and quality of life problem, according to the World Health Organization. And the more I learn and the more I open my eyes-the more I think that they’ve... 

Stress and the Insomnia Nightmare

Did you know that insomnia puts you at risk for serious health problems as well as for chronic anxiety and depression? Not getting a full night’s sleep now and then is common. But if you have chronic trouble getting to and staying asleep you need to do something about it. But what exactly should you do? Sleep medications provide temporary relief, but not only are they habit forming, they also don’t really give you the kind of sleep you need. Recent studies have given us a clear idea about... 

Beware: Financial Stress Epidemic

Financial Stress is Contagious Financial stress goes to the bone of our deepest worry–staying alive. Money represents survival. That’s why money is so important and why so many people are stressed out over finances. Stress is contagious. In the same way that there can be a flu epidemic that infects many people-financial stress can spread rapidly among many thousands and even millions of people. Right now we are in the midst of an outbreak of serious financial stress, an epidemic of financial... 

Personal Growth: Therapy and Choosing a Therapist

Have you ever felt stuck, confused and unsure of yourself? As if you’re in territory you have no map for and so you feel lost and uncertain without any clear sense of direction. Or perhaps you’ve felt that the bright colors in your life have begun to fade and you feel like you’re living as a character in a book someone else has written. If you are like most people, then life will indeed send you your fair share of difficulties and situations that you can’t understand or change on your own....