The Essentials
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 28th, 2009
- What have I received?
- What have I given?
- What difficulties have I caused?
Defeating the De-Motivator
Posted by admin in Career Development, empowerment on October 18th, 2009
Doubt is a silent killer. We transmit feelings of doubt to others through subtleties in our body language, facial expression and tone of voice. It is picked up subconsciously by those with whom we communicate. Worse than that, we communicate it to ourselves, and it seeps into our performance. Doubt is the De-Motivator and all too often it prevents us from even trying.
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Is Spirituality a Personality Trait?
Posted by admin in Feminine Success, Health & Well Being, inspiration on October 18th, 2009
What makes somebody score high on a psychological test of spirituality? Usually high scores result from endorsement of a specific set of values thought to indicate spirituality. These values might include, for example, altruism, unity, charity, inner peace, generosity, and purpose in life. In contrast, people who value individuality, solitude, competition, materialism, and expedience tend to test out as not particularly spiritual.
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Amazing Woman’s Day Online
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 10th, 2009
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Daily Inspiration!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 10th, 2009
Positive, healthy esteem is the foundation of inspired action.
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Empowering Relationship Reflections
Posted by admin in Partnership, Relationship, Uncategorized, empowerment on September 11th, 2009
What Are Our Mirror Reflections Trying to Teach Us?
By Phylameana lila Desy, About.com
People whose personalities and actions tend to push our buttons the most are generally our greatest teachers. These individuals serve as our mirrors and teach us what needs to be revealed about ourselves. Seeing what we don’t like in others helps us look deeper inside ourselves for similar traits and challenges that need healing, balancing, or changing.
When someone is first asked to understand that an irritating person is merely offering him a mirror image of himself, he will strongly resist this idea. Rather, he will argue that he is not the angry, violent, depressed, guilt-ridden, critical, or complainer person that his mirror/teacher is reflecting. The problem lies with the other person, right? Wrong, not even by a long shot. It would be convenient if we could always place the blame on the other person, but this is not always so easy. First ask yourself “If the problem truly is the other fellow’s and not my own then why does being around that person affect me so negatively?”
Our Mirrors May Reflect:
- Our Shortcomings
- Because character flaws, weaknesses, etc. are more easily seen in others than in ourselves our mirrors help us to be able to see our short comings more clearly.
- Magnified Pictures
- Mirroring is often magnified to enhance getting our attention. What we see is enhanced to look larger than life so we won’t overlook the message, making sure we get the BIG PICTURE. For example: Although you are not even close to being the overbearing critical type of character that your mirror is reflecting, seeing this behavior in your mirror will help you see how your nit-picking habits are not serving you.
- Repressed Emotions
- Our mirrors will often reflect emotions that we have comfortably repressed over time. Seeing someone else display unleashed similar emotions may very well touch on our stuffed feelings to help bring them to the surface for balancing/healing.
Relationship Mirrors
Our family, friends, and coworkers don’t recognize the mirroring roles they are acting out for us at a conscious level. Nonetheless, it is no coincidence that we are conjoined within our family units and our relationships to learn from one another. Our family members (parents, children, siblings) often play major roles of mirroring for us. This is because it is more difficult for us to run and hide from them. Besides, avoiding our mirrors is nonproductive because, sooner or later, a bigger mirror will appear to present, perhaps in a different way, exactly what you are trying to avoid.
Repeating Mirror Reflections
Ultimately, by avoiding a particular person we hope that our lives will be less stressful, but it doesn’t necessarily work out that way. Why do you suppose some people tend to attract partners with similar issues (alcoholics, abusers, cheaters, etc.) repeatedly? If we succeed at getting away from a person without learning what we need to know from the relationship we can expect to meet up with another person who will very soon reflect the same image upon us. Ahhhh…. now a second opportunity will surface for us to take inventory of our issues. And if not then, a third, and so forth until we get the BIG picture and begin the process of change/acceptance.
Shifting Our Perspectives
When we are confronted with a personality that we find bothersome or uncomfortable to be around it can be a challenge to comprehend that it is offering us a grand opportunity to learn about ourselves. By shifting our perspectives and attempting to understand what our teachers are showing us in their mirror reflections we can begin to take baby steps toward accepting or healing those wounded and fragmented parts within ourselves. As we learn what we need to do and adjust our lives accordingly, our mirrors will change. People will come and go from our lives, as we will always attract new mirror images for us to look at as we progress.
Serving as Mirrors for Others
We also serve as mirrors for others without consciously realizing it. We are both students and teachers in this life. Knowing this makes me wonder what types of lessons I am offering others by my actions each day. But that is the flip side of the mirroring concept. For now I’m trying to focus on my own reflections and what the people in my current circumstances are trying to teach me.
Life is a continuous and miraculous healing journey!
Copyright © 2003 Phylameana lila Desy
Partnering through Change
Posted by admin in Partnership, Relationship on September 11th, 2009
Spiritual Relationships
In relationships, we have the opportunities to develop a deeper sense of ourselves through the mirror of our partner. If you have a generous, loving partnership, then you are possibly learning lessons related to creating a generous and loving relationship with your inner self as well. If you are in an abusive relationship, are you seeing the mirror of your relationship with your self?
We have the tendancy to repeat certain patterns in our relationships. It seems we take the best and the worst within ourselves and project it into the container that is our relationship. We use the relationship as a testing ground.
However, when we go through changes or life transitions, it may put additional stress on the partnership by having little time for each other, being agitated and upset, etc. One person in the relationship isn’t experiencing change, they both are. If one person in the mirror changes, then the other will reflect that change. These may be positive changes or can be a stirring up of old issues that haven’t yet been healed or released.
In a partnership, we partner through change as well as through stability. Life is constantly changing around us and our ability to remain flexible and grow together make for a stronger spiritual relationship.
Choosing to look in the mirror of our partner, you see aspects of yourself that may be ready for transformation or release. Is there something that irritates you about your spouse? Is there a common argument that you have? Do you share similar views on many things, but have a particular stuck point on one subject?
Instead of leaping first to blame or lash out at your partner, look into the mirror and see what is there for you to see. Is there something attempting to get your attention? Are you faced with this same theme over and over again? Is there a deeper issue regarding change that you’re avoiding or overlooking?
Change itself can be a scary experience for some. In partnerships, change can feel threatening to the solid foundation or nest that you have built together. When one partner is undergoing deep internal changes, the other may feel left out, neglected, no longer connected and unappreciated. If that partner refuses to reflect upon the mirror that he/she is presented with, and chooses not to undergo changes as well, the mirror becomes out of balance. There is no longer a reflection of each other. One person has changed more than the other is willing to change. This is when struggle appears in the relationship.
In a spiritual relationship, partners consciously work through these changes, each partner facing their inner feelings, looking in the mirror to see that which is ready for transformation. A spiritual relationship as such requires tremendous courage for both partners, trusting that the other will continue to transform and flow with the changes along with you. Any relationship requires courage and trust. Communication is a necessary aspect of partnership and courage is most valuable. Stepping up to the plate and facing yourself in the mirror everyday can be exciting, thrilling and challenging. Allowing it to be something you face together every day is powerful and is the cornerstone of a spiritual partnership.
From Jaelin K. Reece, for About.com
Women in Broadcast Media
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on September 2nd, 2009
The Women’s Media Center (WMC) considers the appointment of Diane Sawyer as anchor of ABC’s World News a watershed moment in the presence of women in media. It means that two of three of the major network anchors are women. Sawyer joins Katie Couric at CBS News in delivering crucially important information to our country — and determining what that is.
Diane Sawyer’s expertise and professionalism are without question. We look forward to her debut in January, and to the changes in the perception of women’s capabilities her reign will bring. We thank Charlie Gibson, now retiring, for the consistent excellence of his entire career.
ABC News President David Westin’s statement on the transition:
Diane Sawyer is the right person to succeed Charlie and build on what he has accomplished. She has an outstanding and varied career in television journalism, beginning with her role as a State Department correspondent and continuing at 60 Minutes, Primetime Live, and Good Morning America.
She has interviewed every President since President George H. W. Bush up to and including President Obama. She has handled an array of breaking news special events, including on 9/11 and, most recently, the presidential election. She has done distinguished documentaries on topics as varied as North Korea, the plight of women in Afghanistan and in prisons here at home, and poverty in Camden, New Jersey, and in Appalachia.
We are fortunate to have a journalist of Diane’s proven ability and passion to step into the important position of anchor for World News. She will continue with her documentaries in her new role.
Super Woman — Kiera Brinkley, Quadruple Amputee Dancer
Posted by admin in empowerment, inspiration on September 2nd, 2009
Dancing is one activity Kiera Brinkley “shouldn’t” be able to do.
In a wheelchair since a quadruple amputation at age 2, the 16-year-old has nonetheless stricken the word “disability” from her vocabulary to pursue a dance career. Recently she proved just how able she is by performing at Juilliard, the prestigious New York City arts school.
Why We Love Her: As a toddler, Brinkley, of Portland, Ore., contracted an infection called pneumococcosis and lost her arms and legs. That didn’t stop her from learning to love to dance, especially to R&B music. While she’s worked with coaches, she usually choreographs her own routines, which include some pretty intense acrobatic moves.
Article Writter By Lauren Fritsky for www.LemonDrop.com
Quadriplegic Woman Sails Into the Record Books
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on September 2nd, 2009
After months of preparation, 37-year-old Hilary Lister became the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around Britain.
Wheelchair-bound since the age of 15 due to a progressive neurological disorder, Hilary fell in love with sailing in 2003 when a friend took her out on a lake.
“Within seconds of being on the water, a light switched back on inside me,” she reportedly told BBC News. “I knew that I had found what I was going to do with the rest of my life.”
The Oxford grad uses a specially adapted vessel with a “sip-and-puff” system to control her boat with three straws. One straw controls the tiller, while another lets her select five different functions to help steer.
Hilary had already earned the title of the first quadriplegic sailor to sail solo across the English Channel when she decided to tackle her latest challenge. Her voyage of 40 day-long sails around Britain ended in Dover harbor, where onlookers applauded.
Hilary used the challenge to raise money for her charity, Hilary’s Dream Trust, which helps disabled and disadvantaged adults who dream of sailing. You know, in case sailing around a whole country without the use of her arms and legs wasn’t impressive enough. Click here to watch a video if Hilary in action.
Article By Susan Johnston, www.LemonDrop.com