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Do You Have Any Fears of Success and Failure?

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Written by: MaryAnn DiMarco

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Fear happens. It’s unavoidable. It’s part of what makes us human. When fear rears its ugly head, it creates havoc. Though this is never an easy experience, it can be particularly damaging for spiritual Lightworkers.

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Expressing the Sweet Fragrance of Kindness

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Written by: Pierre Pradervand

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Kindness is one of the most civilized expressions of the human being. The well-known US writer George Saunders says that what he regrets most in life are failures of kindness. 

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Coronaphobia: A New Epidemic of Isolation

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Written by: Barry Vissell

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Coronaphobia is a real word. Researchers coined this term in December 2020. It's the fear of Covid infection, sometimes to the point of crippling a person, interfering with their lives.

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Go From Body Shame to Body Acceptance

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Written by: Gabes Torres

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"When was the last time you experienced compassion? Similar to shame, compassion is also a social experience."

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Forgiveness: The Unavoidable Transition to a Better World

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Written by: Olivier Clerc

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“Can we heal the wounds of the heart, can everything be forgiven?” The question must actually be refor­mulated. 

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Avoiding Anxiety, Stress and the Early-Onset of Cardiovascular Health Issues

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Written by: Bryant Lusk

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Anxiety disorders have long been associated with the early-onset and progression of cardiovascular health issues.

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Your Style of Social Media Use May Be Connected to Your Wellbeing

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Written by: Charlotte Pennington and Daniel Shaw

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Are you a doom scroller or a frequent Tweeter? Do you pass the time by flicking endlessly through others’ posts on social networking sites, or perhaps you use these platforms to share your own content? 

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What Can We Learn from Our Fear of Spiders?

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Written by: Dawn Baumann Brunke

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If spiders present so little of an actual threat to our survival, why do we fear them so much? 

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How to Overcome Our Biases and Refrain from Judging

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Written by: Michael Glauser

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Decades of research in psychology have shown that we have significant limitations in how we perceive the world around us.

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How To Move Beyond Fear

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Written by: Steven Washington

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Without a doubt, it takes courage to face our fears, to be willing to look beneath the surface and examine what we normally avoid.

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Learning from Your Shadow Animal

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Written by: Dawn Baumann Brunke

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The cat never touched me, but an indelible impression of her remains. It is my first memory of meeting a shadow animal, face to green-eyed face.

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10 Tips To Keep Calm and Carry On At The Midterm Elections

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Written by: Bethany Teachman

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Well-meaning advice for people stressing out about current events often includes encouragement to be patient, stay calm and keep the faith – but how on Earth are you supposed to do that when the onslaught of troubling news seems never to stop?

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Healing Your Lineage and Your Legacy

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Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick

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Going back only ten generations, each of us has 1,024 direct ancestors. Each of those 1,024 people left a lineage and a personal legacy. If any of them had lived in a different place...

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We Are All Connected

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

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 What we emit into the world is picked up by others and it affects them as well.

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Is Planet Earth A School for Good and Evil?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

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As I do in life itself, I look for messages when I watch movies. And because The Universe, All That Is, Spirit, Guidance, Good speaks through everything and everyone that comes our way, messages are found...

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Feeling Waaaay More Messed Up Than I Thought I Was

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Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver

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For years, I thought that my overachieving, perfectionism, and need for control were about proving that I was good enough—being the best, being perfect, was the only way to be “enough.” But a session with an intuitive coach brought something else to the fore...

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Regrets: Why and How to Make an Apology

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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Whether it's your parent, coworker, child, lover, or friend, we all sometimes say and do things we regret. We fret, get defensive, make excuses, and rationalize that what we did wasn't so bad.

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Releasing Feelings of Fear that Cramp Your DNA

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Written by: Evelyn C. Rysdyk

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Life happens, and you are bound to experience feeling angry, anxious, judgmental, accusatory, and all the other faces that fear wears during your day.

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Explore Your Resistance to Life’s Opportunities 

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Written by: Beth Bell

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I didn’t truly understand the phrase “never say never” until I started recognizing I was contradicting my so many of my own “nevers.”

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Developing An Ethical Consciousness in Our Collective Human Organism

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Written by: Bernard Beitman, M.D.

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Each human being may be part of something greater. Common phrases suggesting this reality include ’re all in this together” or “everything is connected.”

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Intention and the Moment of Choice

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Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.

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All significant choices move us toward or away from love. And the most important thing we learn in life is recognizing the choices and actions that bring us closer or farther from love. Each day is full of...

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