Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music Discover in-depth articles on awareness, manifestation, productivity, relationships and more. Each one is accompanied by thought-provoking quotes and free, streaming, original music. Enjoy soothing instrumentals as you read plus songs with poignant l 
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Stuff
2009-05-05 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . This past summer we tackled the daunting task of cleaning out the garage. (I can hear your groan of sympathy from here ? thank you.) An unidentifiable mass was stacked to the ceiling and to the back wall. Boxes towered and teetered precariously on each side. To make matters worse, ... More About: Productivity , Stuff , Discipline , Awareness
Mistakes
2009-05-01 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . Hi {!name}, We all make mistakes. Or do we? In life, we have plenty of should-have-dones, and if-I-had-only-knowns, but do we really make mistakes? No, I don?t think so. Let me explain: A very close sister-friend of mine has had marriages that ended in nasty divorces. Obviously, this saddens her, and unfortunately, she ... More About: Relationships , Communication , Discipline , Awareness
The Universe is Listening
2009-04-24 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . It?s New Year?s Day and we?ve parked Bailey, our RV, out here in the desert. There are a few other road warriors scattered like dice across the cactus and brittlebush but they are far enough away to make it feel like we are here in this arid vastness by ourselves. ... More About: Communication , Universe , Abundance , Passion , Awareness
Before I Die
2009-04-17 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . Tupelo and I are in Mexico on a second-class train streaking down through the Copper Canyon. But we?re not inside the stifling passenger car, sitting on torn seats with our shoes sticking to the grimy floor and looking out a smudged window. No. By a very quick series of events, ... More About: Passion , Discipline
The Gift of Receiving
2009-04-10 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . Recently, we were at a holiday gathering. The house was immaculate. The food superb. The guest list fascinating. The hostess was gracious and beautiful with everything under control and apparently running smoothly. After dinner I found myself relaxing at a table with a few women, the hostess included. While a band ... More About: Relationships , Communication , Gift
A Place of Comfort and Inspiration
2009-04-03 14:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . When I open the door and step into my studio, it is like stepping into a warm hug of a close friend. Comforting. Joyful. Always patient for my return, never admonishing me for my ?never visiting ? never calling ?? Whenever I need my studio, it is there, welcoming me ... More About: Inspiration , Abundance , Passion , Productivity , Discipline
Learning to Swim
2009-03-27 13:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . I?m seven and it?s the summer between 1st and 2nd grade. I?m standing in line for my chance to try out for the swim team. The only trouble is, I don?t know how to swim. Minor detail. The only prerequisite at that moment was my desire to be on the ... More About: Passion , Swim , Learning
Ego or Insight
2009-03-20 13:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . At a personal development retreat, a hundred people put their name in a basket in the hope of asking a spiritual leader a question. It could be spiritual, personal, or physical ? there were no limits placed on the kinds of questions one could ask. I wrote my name on ... More About: Communication , Insight , Awareness
Stonehenge - If it?s meant to be, it will be.
2009-03-13 13:00:00 Notes from Janey . . . If it is meant to be, it will be At the beginning of the summer, we were invited by our Native American shaman friend to accompany her and another friend to England to stand inside the great ring of Stonehenge at dawn. We were asked to sing a song as the ... More About: Music , Law of Attraction , Awareness , Manifestation
The Fortune Teller
2009-03-06 08:05:00 Notes from Janey . . . I?m in Greece. I?ve just turned 20, and I?m about to have my fortune read. I didn?t go willingly. I had no interest what-so-ever of knowing my future because I was having a great time traveling the world on a backpack and a prayer, and I didn?t need some gypsy ... More About: Communication , Fortune , Awareness
Why Do Your Best?
2008-05-30 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Why bother? Isn’t it a lot of extra energy and effort to do your best? When you look around, there seems to be a lot of people doing only the minimum to get by . . . they are doing only what is expected of them and ...
Right Action at the Right Time
2008-05-24 02:04:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. When is it best to ponder, and when is it best to take action? Perpetual pondering without action is also known as daydreaming. Being consumed by action without the proper mental and emotional preparations is ineffective at best and a waste of time and energy at worst. How ... More About: Action , Time
Inspiration from a Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
2008-05-17 06:47:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. You’ve heard about the “right brain” and the “left brain,” right? The left brain is all about logic and sequential thinking and the right brain is all about the abstract flow of consciousness and how it relates to “the big picture.” Even though I’ve been aware of ... More About: Inspiration , Insight , Awareness , Health and Fitness , Jill
Refocus on Your True Passions
2008-05-09 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s easy to get sidetracked. Our busy lives pull us in a thousand different directions. How can we stay on track? Can we balance all the things that must be done, and should be done, with the things that mean the most to us? Is there a way ... More About: Passion , Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , True
17 Bad Mood Remedies
2008-05-02 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We all get in a funk occasionally. It’s part of living here in this playground of duality ? light and dark, hot and cold, up and down. Without occasional bad moods, how would we recognize a good mood? Without feeling despondent occasionally, how would we recognize ... More About: Meditation , Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Moody
Directed Thinking vs. Compulsive Thinking
2008-04-19 04:56:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you have to think, or do you think to have? Thinking should be optional. Compulsory thinking is all too common. If your thoughts are non-stop, you are not thinking. Instead, your thoughts are having their way with you. Your life is an effect of the thoughts ... More About: Law of Attraction , Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , Manifestation
Why I Blog on Personal Development and Advice for Other Writers
2008-04-11 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. I was recently interviewed by Alex Blackwell for his series called, “The Next 30 Blogging Heroes.” He asked some good questions, so I decided to reproduce the interview here. Alex says, “Inspired by the book ‘Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World?s Top Bloggers’ by Michael ... More About: Personal , Music , Advice , Communication , Development
Get a Broader Perspective ? Do It Different and Work Smarter
2008-04-04 14:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. While traveling in Costa Rica, I was fascinated by leaf-cutter ants. I read about their efficient, organized and highly evolved society and watched them at work for hours. From this experience, I learned the value of working smarter by trying a different approach inspired by a ... More About: Meditation , Work , Productivity , Discipline , Awareness
Trade TV Time for Habits of Personal Development and Success
2008-03-28 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We are creatures of habit. In fact, psychologists say that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. Think of all your daily routines and notice how many of them are habits ? good or bad. We have developed habits to get out of bed in a ... More About: Personal , Time , Development , Habits , Success
Know Thyself ? Ignore Comparisons and Be Yourself
2008-03-21 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. This profound quote, “Know Thyself,” is attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages, including Socrates and Pythagoras. It was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi - according to the Greek writer Pausanias. At least a few of the ancients knew ... More About: Discipline , Awareness , Integrity , Purpose
Transform Your Inner Critic into Your Inner Coach
2008-03-14 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We all have inner critics. For most of us, they blather on and on in negativity. They feed our mind a steady diet of destruction, peppered with strong words like: can’t, don’t, should have, not, never . . . and overly generalized labels like: idiot, stupid, ... More About: Discipline , Awareness , Coach , Critic
Appreciate Here and Now
2008-03-07 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. No matter what’s going on in your life right now, there’s something to appreciate about it. Sometimes the gifts of the moment aren’t recognized until later. The benefit of hindsight helps to bring them into focus. Even the difficult experiences like serious health challenges come packaged with ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness
Relax and Rejuvenate for Balance and Productivity
2008-02-29 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. As this article is being written, my wife, Janey, and I are at the National Seashore Park on Padre Island, down the road from Corpus Christi, Texas. I am sitting in a folding chair a few feet from the breaking surf. There is a warm breeze keeping ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Health and Fitness , Balance
Make a Decision Easier
2008-02-25 05:19:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you hem and haw over the details of a decision so long that the actual decision is perpetually delayed? Do you get bogged down in the minutia and lose sight of the big picture? Decision s needn’t be a chore. In fact, it’s a profound privilege to ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Awareness , Make
Superfood Energy Drink ? Quick and Easy and Delicious
2008-02-15 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Since the mid 70’s, this delicious and nutritious drink has been our breakfast almost every morning. The recipe has evolved and morphed over the years, but the basic idea has remained the same. The idea is to start the day with excellent fuel for the body ? ... More About: Drink , Energy , Productivity , Health and Fitness , Quick
Self-Discipline in 3 Easy Steps
2008-02-10 20:34:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do your intentions fall short? Do your new year’s resolutions fizzle out year after year? Do your plans for weight loss and fitness crash and burn in a pile of potato chip crumbs? Why is it so difficult to follow through and accomplish what you set out ... More About: Productivity , Discipline , Health and Fitness , Self-Discipline , Easy
Six Killers of Individuality and Personal Independence
2008-02-01 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Is the course of your life determined by your own internal road map or by a map made by someone else? Each of us can choose our direction deliberately and live a life custom sculpted. Each life can be as individually unique as the person living it. ... More About: Personal , Passion , Awareness , Killers , Integrity
Why Completion Feels So Good and How to Get it Done
2008-01-25 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you collect half-completed projects? Do you get close to the end of a task, and then leave the last step undone? Do you allow small repairs to accumulate and put off quick-fixes ? sometimes indefinitely? Whenever you think of these examples of things left undone, how do ... More About: Productivity , Awareness , Manifestation , Good
Finally the Truth About Diet ? The China Study Review
2008-01-18 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s no wonder so many people are confused about diet and nutrition. There are books that support just about any opinion anyone might have about this important subject. Many are based on conjecture, marketing hype, wishful thinking, or hidden agendas. Finally, here’s an authoritative diet and ... More About: Truth , China , Diet , Study , Review
How to Accelerate Manifestation ?Keep Quiet About Your Dreams
More articles from this author:2008-01-11 13:00:00 For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Whenever a new desire or grand plan is born within us, the tendency is to share it with others. Every time we talk about it, the energy of the dream seems to deflate a little more, until it becomes merely a topic of idle chatter. Why ... More About: Dreams , Relationships , Communication , Meditation , Productivity 1, 2, 3 |
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