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22 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Learn CPR & First Aid

Grow Yourself: Learn CPR & First Aid
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Have you ever witnessed someone having a heart attack, choking, or an accident? Did you know what to do, beyond calling 911? Were you able to provide assistance or did you stand there powerless until help came? The first person to respond in an emergency situation will be the person who is right there as [...]

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21 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Are You An Emotional Deadbeat? Here are Four Ways to Find Out

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Yesterday I was visiting with my father who happened to be watching an episode of Divorce Court where a wife was frustrated with her husband’s lack of financial and emotional contributions to the family and to their relationship. She felt that he just wanted to lay up and live off of her while he pursued a [...]

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15 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Create (Better) To-Do Lists

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If there never seems to be enough time to get things done, then perhaps it’s time to rethink your approach to accomplishing them. And if multi-tasking only leaves you with a never ending list of open-ended projects and tasks, then it’s time to let go of the belief that you know how to juggle, and [...]

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08 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Say Hello to A Stranger

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When was the last time you made purposeful eye contact with someone you didn’t know, smiled, and wished them a good day?   We’re all connected socially, but  disconnected in our interpersonal communications.   We’re comfortable sharing the intimate, the profound, and the who-really-cares-what-you’re-doing-now moments of our lives online, but actual, face-to-face interaction? Hmm, when [...]

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01 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Wake Up Half an Hour Earlier

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There’s something to be said about the hours between 3:30am and 6:30am. The Yogis call it the Amrit Vela, or, the “ambrosial period”. It’s a place that offers you a quiet stillness you may see for the next 15 hours, so it’s a perfect time to create the space for lies ahead. Here are 10 [...]

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25 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Get a Massage

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When’s the last time you got physically intimate that also didn’t involve or result in a sexual experience? Nonsexual physical contact is the most underused and underutilized tool for expressing intimacy, mindfulness, love, self-care, and self-love. Massage has multiple benefits, some of which include: eases muscle pain increases joint flexibility lessens anxiety and depression improves [...]

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18 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Create a Self-Portrait

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In my Shaolin Kung Fu class, my Sifu was always asking us, “Do You Know Who You Are?” Usually, we were in the midst of some grueling circuit exercise, pushing our limits, and our threshold of pain. He always answered the question for us: “Not as well as you think you do.” He was impelling [...]

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11 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Ask a Child to Teach You Something You Don’t Know How to Do

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As adults, we have a tendency to think of ourselves as more experienced, more worldly, and certainly, much wiser than our half-pint counterparts. But the world is changing rapidly, at a pace few adults have been able to keep up with, and we can no longer afford to be willfully resistant (and ignorant) to this [...]

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04 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: Get Rid of Your Stuff

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How much do you really need to live a happy, healthy, successful life? For some people, brand-new, shiny, sparkly things are an external (albeit superficial) measure of success. Stuff makes them feel important and admired envied. Stuff lets everyone know they have arrived. For others, surrounding themselves with lots of stuff keeps them from having [...]

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02 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Grow Yourself: A Weekly Journey to Becoming You

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Are people telling you… “You can’t have that.” “You can’t do that.” “You’re not smart enough.” “You’re not skinny enough.” “You’re just not that funny.” “You can’t afford that.” “You’ll never make it.” “You’re not pretty enough.” “You need to just pick one thing and stick with it.” “You have too many standards.” “You have [...]

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