Tag: Positive Thinking
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ReVisiting the Soundtrack of Youth
“Do you remember when you were 18 and starting the next phase of your life?” a 50-year-old woman asked me. “What were your favorite songs that year?” I found myself smiling immediately. “Funkytown” wasn’t exactly ground-breaking, but it was #1 the night I graduated from high school. On the rare occasion I hear it now,…
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Law of Attraction: Positive Thoughts Amplification
Positive Thoughts Amplification demonstrates how personal attitudes, whether positive or negative, can significantly magnify, affecting the overall mood of communities. One of the things I really love about where I live now is the decorative flagpole out front. I know that sounds like a small thing to be happy about, but if there’s joy in…
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How National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Is Like a Diet
My NaNoWriMo project–one that was loosely plotted ten years ago in NYC after a writer’s conference when I was on a roll. In fact, I loosely plotted a whole series with the same characters. Life has intruded, and many other books have been written meanwhile, but it’s time to jump back into the fun of…
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A Seasonal Review: What Were the Most Satisfying Moments of Summer 2010?
I’m taking my cue from friend Maggie Shayne and doing a “seasonal review.” As this long, hot summer of 2010 fades away—the first hints of Autumn cool are on the horizon—I don’t want to remember the passing season as the one that was blemished by the BP Oil Spill here on the Gulf or by…
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Mean People and Their Motives
The quickest way to shut down or shut out trash talk is to know precisely who you are and have confidence in your own vision. If your confidence is the least bit shaky, someone else’s negativity or just plain mean behavior can send you scrambling for solid ground. I was with someone recently who was…
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Remember to Milk
One of the hardest things for me to do, up until recently, was to relax and enjoy the moment–something that greatly hindered my happiness quotient. Sure, I would see all the beauty around me, but instead of enjoying it, I would immediately find something to worry about and skip ahead to what I “needed” to…
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The iPod Mood-Lifter Experiment
One of the quickest ways to lift a bad or negative mood is with music, but what happens if we expand on a mood-lifting song? What happens if your music is uplifting for, say, 2 weeks or a month? By uplifting, I don’t mean “praise music” necessarily, or Pollyanna-Happy-Tunes. I mean whatever music makes you…
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Living in the Now, without Worry
Popular blogger Steve Pavlina writes, “My intuition is just buzzing with the feeling that some amazing new opportunities are coming up (not necessarily financial ones), and I’m having so much fun listening out for the doorbell.” What a great shift in mindset! Too often, when I know or feel an opportunity is on its way,…
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What We All Really Want
But she won’t understand Why anyone would have to try To walk a line when they could fly. From the Bookshelf Rite of Awakening — Southern Gothic with bite, Book One of the Rites of Passage. Available direct from the author → –”If She Knew What She Wants,” The Bangles Once, when I was going…
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What’s Working for YOU this Month?
From the Bookshelf Unapologetically Happy — 23 lessons from a life reimagined. Available direct from the author → Rather than what’s not working for you, what IS working for you? Normally, I try to do a simple assessment every New Moon, but I’m either behind or ahead this month—I’m not sure which yet. It’s easy…
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Are You Suffering from NEWT BITES?
Seems this terrible little plague is everywhere.NEW BITEs. Ever heard of them? Even if you haven’t, you’ve probably experienced their unexpected sting.Sometimes they’re bigger NEWTs than other times, and can lay you up for a few days or even weeks before you “get better.” Most of the time, they’re just annoying little distractions. Like one…
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Affecting What You Cannot Control (or Can You?)
“Honor your hopes, not your fears.” That’s a bumper sticker that author Barbara Samuel once told me about, and I’ve always liked the sentiment. While positive attitude is understandably beneficial for any action you take, it’s also amazingly rewarding for actions you want others to take, even in a rather passive way, and for drawing…
