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20 Tips for a Positive New Year

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(Updated for 2013) 1. Stay Positive. You can listen to the cynics and doubters and believe that success is impossible or you can trust that with faith and an optimistic attitude all things are possible. 2. Take a morning walk of gratitude. I call it a “Thank You Walk.” It will create a fertile mind ready for success. 3. Eat …

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Just listen

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“Just listen.” The genius inside – that remarkable, thoughtful, capable you – regularly reveals itself.  But you won’t notice it until you shut up and listen. Listen inside, to the excitement, the joy, the energy you discover when you do certain things, when you move in a certain direction, when you try something new and The post Just listen appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.

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10 Ways to Cope When Bad Things Happen

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It doesn’t really matter who we are or what we do, from time to time, things go wrong. We can do our best to cover our bases, but sometimes it’s just outside our control. What’s important in these situations is not so much why bad things happen, but how we respond when they do. We’ve all been there! Have you ever had one of those stretches when it’s just one thing after another? Sure you have because it happens to everyone. Well, that’s why I am writing about this because I just went through it. I want to share some …

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Is This The Education System The World Should Be Adopting?

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Recently there has been a lot written and commented on, about the Finnish education system. Global league tables usually show Finland to have the best education system in the world. My family and I have been based in Finland for over a year now and are living the difference between the UK education system and that of Finland. We came here because we could. My wife is Finnish. Only last year we discovered there was an English stream in the local school, so we decided to make the move. The kids have three years to transfer into ‘Finnish’ classes. They really love it here. I can’t help wondering, are there other valuable lessons that can be learned, for the rest of the…

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Using a Spiritual Teacher to Get to Enlightenment

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One of the common misunderstandings about enlightenment or spiritual awakening is that you need a spiritual teacher to get there. This is a problematic idea that unfortunately is a part of more than a few religious and spiritual paths. In the not too recent past, I had someone email a long description about the how the teacher is supposed to transmit some kind of supernatural cosmic energy that will enlighten the …