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7 Secrets to a Successful Year

7 Secrets to a Successful Year

How much time does a young deer have to learn how to run after it is born? The truth is, not much time. As soon as it is born, it tries to stand, falls back down, and the mother encourages it to stand so that the legs get stronger because there is not much time. At any moment, the lion can pounce, and the only survival mechanism it has is to run as fast as it can. After a few failed attempts, the…

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The 7 Gifts of Christmas

The 7 Gifts of Christmas

Legend has it that back in the middle ages, thousands of storks would nest in houses. If a pair happened to nest on your chimney, it was a symbol of good luck. Many communities believed that storks were sacred birds that brought prosperity, especially since their nesting coincided with happy moments.  As a result, many people would put up stork statues on their chimneys in the hopes that they…

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5 Laws of Intentional Living

5 Laws of Intentional Living #liveintentionallywell #intentionalliving #thepowerofintentions

There is a story of an energetic young boy who joined to learn Judo with an experienced Japanese judo master even though he was born without a left arm. The Japanese Judo master taught him an exciting throw in the first week of training.

In the second week, he continued to practice the same judo move. Every other week the boy was taught to practice the same technique over and over again. He…

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5 Reasons Why You Should Practice Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety

5 Reasons Why You Should Practice Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety

The idea of building up immunity to poison has been around for a long time. Mithridatism is a word in the dictionary that defines this idea. It refers to the practice of building up immunity to a toxin by gradually exposing yourself to non-lethal doses of it. The term originates from Mithridates, also known as Mithradates VI. 

Mithridates the Great was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in…

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Thank You!

We have over 10,000 views and there are so many of you on this journey with me.

I’m grateful and appreciate every single one of you.

It means the world to me when I read that a video, quote, podcast, or story has inspired you or made you feel better.

I started this because I wanted to add value, but I keep going because of you.

I’m blessed to have all my readers. You are all so kind…

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5 Ways to Overcome the Bluff of the Mind

5 Ways to Overcome the Bluff of the Mind

Have you ever heard of the blindman’s bluff? Well, it is a popular game where a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player who is not blindfolded. If you have ever groped in the dark in search of anything, then you must know how difficult this game can be for anyone.

Sometimes the mind can expertly play the blindman’s bluff with us. If you are not careful, the mind can take…

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5 Ways to Find Your True North

5 Ways to Find Your True North

There is an old Greek parable that states, “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Ideally, the fox is cunning and has many tricks under its sleeves. It plays dead, it races, it pounces, to catch the hedgehog for its meal. The hedgehog, on the other hand, is quiet and slow, yet it outwits the fox every time. 

In a sense, the parable is a lot like life. One can try…

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5 Ways to Discover Your True Self

5 Ways to Discover Your True Self

Anyone who has ever been as on a self-discovery journey can instantly tell you the magic that happened when they discovered their authentic self.

A renowned psychoanalyst by the name of Donald Winnicott is the scientist behind the Authentic Self and the Superficial Self. In his study, he describes the authentic self as the ability to enjoy spontaneous experiences, the feeling of being alive.…

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5 Considerations to Make when Conducting an Emotional Audit

5 Considerations to Make when Conducting an Emotional Audit

Have you heard of chaos theory? Well, it states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.

The simple version is that the universe is a collection of systems. Every system has a pattern. Some systems are sensitive, and when they are…

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5 Ways to Prepare for your date with Destiny

5 Ways to Prepare for your date with Destiny

I have watched several movies where characters had an intervention from the universe to ensure they took the right path. In serendipity, for instance, the main characters were about to marry the wrong people, then fate intervened. In Sliding doors, there are two parallels of life of the main character depicting how life can change when you take a slightly different path, but Prince of Persia the…

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5 Reasons Why you Should Practice Stillness

5 Reasons Why you Should Practice Stillness

A  teacher was traveling with his students from one city to another. As they traveled, they happened to pass by a lake. The teacher asked one of his students to go to the lake to fetch him some water to drink. On reaching the lake, the student realized that the water was very muddy and unfit for drinking.

 He came back and reported to the teacher that the water was not safe for consumption.…

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Rays of Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. – Emily Dickinson

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. – John F. Kennedy Someday all you will have to light your way will be a single ray of hope and that will be enough. – Kobi Yamada

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Happy Independence Day!

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5 Ways to Nurture Strength in Adversity

5 Ways to Nurture Strength in Adversity

There is an old Korean folktale story that I like to read when I need some motivation. It is about a couple who were deeply in love that it was hard to separate them. War broke out in the region, and every male adult was called upon to fight in the war.

The lovely couple had to part ways for the good of the country, but his wife promised that she would anxiously wait for his return. Every day…

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Moving Mountains

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem – he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills. – William Ward

The man who moves a mountain begins…

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. - Aristotle #WednesdayWisdom https://soulglow.org/blog-2/

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Ocean Deep

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. – Brain Tracy

The beauty and mystery of the ocean fills our lives with wonders, vast beyond our imagination. – M. L. Borges To find the pearls in life’s ocean, you have to venture out far past the shore. – Author…