SelfGrowth.com articles for Transformation

Steps To Changing Your Beliefs

melissa_e_watts@yahoo.com — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 3:24:30 pm

When it comes to life are you settling for what life throws you or are you exploring and creating to get what you want and live life to the fullest? Do you even agree with the statement "what life throws at you", or do you believe that we have created our life up to this point and today we ...

Change Your Mind and Keep the Change!

pturner@beginwithin.org — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:58:30 pm

How would you like to find out how your brain is wired so you can change it to suit you and help you accomplish your goals? That’s what submodalities can do for you. They are an amazing and powerful part of how you organize your experience of life. We don’t often notice it, but when we think ...

Creating Balance in a Topsy-Turvy World

coachlynn@ymail.com — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 3:28:11 pm

If the current economic climate has you putting thoughts of work-life balance on hold in favor clinging to your job because it may seem the “safe” thing to do, I challenge you to shift your perspective around that. If we’ve learned anything in the past few months, it’s that what was once ...

How To Let Go Of Worry

zoe@innercompass.com.au — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:00:00 am

I read in the Good Vibe University recently that when you pray for courage, what the Universe gives you is a situation where you get the opportunity to be courageous. Likewise if you pray for strength, you'll be thrust into situations that require strength. It's better to skip all that and go ...

Success Begins with You

Sandy@co-creativecoach.com — Wed, 7 Jul 2010 8:43:26 am

In today’s economic climate talented people are being forced to look for their next job or opportunity. Many of them have valuable skills and experience to offer an employer; and some are being given opportunities that take them out of their comfort zone. Some will get stuck in self-doubt, fear ...

Guilt And Other Useless Things To Avoid

zoe@innercompass.com.au — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

What do you most regret and feel guilty for? If you said 'nothing' then you are a rare human indeed. Go clone yourself - the world needs you. Many of my clients are racked by the shenanigans of past woes - real and imagined. It keeps them miserable and self-flagellating. And here's the ...

Overcoming Survivor’s Guilt

kathi@godseer.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

He was a former Navy SEAL during the Vietnam war. Strong, loyal and mentally tough, this man stood 6'7" and was not easily moved. He was not a man who believed in the psychic world either. As a professional psychic, I met Mark, a 49-year-old man from Louisiana, over the internet. He ...

Summer Solstice - Is it All Downhill From Here?

info@radiantjourney.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

The summer solstice has come and passed, with the solstice falling on June 21st. This date has been a time of celebration as well as honor and worship since the beginning of mankind. Simply enough the solstice is the day of the year when we have the most daylight. If we look at this day on a ...

Top 6 Ways to Redesign your Life

dm@deanamurphy.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

Let's Talk. Do you wake up some days and feel that you just can’t seem to get your mojo going? You know what I mean, you’d rather pull the covers over your head and pretend life is going to automatically fall into places as you’d like it to. Hey, we all get off track sometimes. It generally ...

Having Trouble Making Changes In Your Life?

cterao.advertising@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

I won't say that I am constantly optimistic. Sometimes I am happy and other days, very sad, just like anyone else. Thanks to the time I spend writing articles like this on the Law of Attraction, I am more aware of my thoughts. Thoughts and emotions play a big role in our everyday lives. ...

Waiting for Something to Happen

williehorton@gurdy.net — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 4:32:18 pm

Too many people are going through their lives wishing, hoping, wanting or waiting for something to happen. “I wish I could just get that lucky break.” “I hope that tomorrow will be better.” “I want to win the Lottery!” Unfortunately, what most people don’t realize is that nothing “just ...

Bringing change to life – and why we resist it

mark.eyre@talk21.com — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 4:04:16 pm

We all know that change is inevitable in life, but none of us likes change being imposed. Amazingly though, we often resist changes we want to make. Oh yes, we find ways to sabotage, resist and undermine change, EVEN WHERE WE SAY WE WANT IT, AND SEE IT AS GOOD! Examples include a career ...

The Wise Well Woman's Baby Step #1: Commit to Change

nanette@wisewellwomen.com — Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:00:00 am

Are you ready to lead a life that is different than the one you are leading now? What will it take for you to stop doing what you’re doing and start living the life of your dreams? Most will agree, it takes you engaging your energy and committing to change. You can’t get different results ...

Transform Your Image at Work

max.fossouo@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 3:46:58 am

Some people were born with the golden spoon and fortunately never had to work truly hard to transform their image. For the majority however, it’s not the case. One has to work hard on his job and also on the image he/she reflects. It can be at work, at home, with friends. How do you manage your ...

5 Tips for Managing Transitions

info@coachingbytambre.com — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 3:23:16 am

Going through any major change in life, even a positive one such as starting a new job or moving to a new home, puts us into a state of transition. It is the nature of our lives that things will change. Sometimes we initiate it and sometimes life just throws us a curve ball and we’re left ...

The Change Paradox: Transforming Fear Into Excitement & Opportunity

info@coachingbytambre.com — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 3:23:33 am

Human beings tend to live in a paradox when it comes to change. So often we hear others or ourselves say that we are afraid of it. Many of us are taught at a young age to make choices in our lives that will give us security. We go to school, get a degree, choose a life partner with whom we can ...

Address Clutter in Your Space!

jackieplsn@yahoo.com — Tue, 1 Jun 2010 9:12:40 am

People who have difficulty purging stuff often manufacture reasons why it is not a good idea to get rid of things. To get an organized lifestyle techniques are done quickly and without emotion. The purpose is to reduce rather than control clutter and these extreme clutter control techniques ...

The Scary Part of Being Fierce

jenniferrs03@gmail.com — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:10:50 pm

Every time I embark on doing something big, I get sick to my stomach. My hands get sweaty and butterflies start swirling around like I'm lying in the middle of a pasture on a bright sunny day. The feeling sucks. But believe it or not, it is one that I have actually started forcing myself to ...

Managing the Transition: How to Face Employee Resistance Head On When Introducing Workplace Changes

kubica.mgmt@gmail.com — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:00 am

A preponderance of managers and supervisors are overly familiar with long sighs and disheartened groans from their employees when they introduce yet another organizational change or a new initiative. And in the aftershock of a devastating recession, the sighs and groans are turning into fear. ...

Goal Setting Doesn't Have To Be Fun ... But It's Better If It Is

liz@truecouragecoaching.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:10:59 am

Goal setting is something we all do in our lives. It can be personal like giving up smoking or losing weight. Or it could be a professional goal such as reaching a particular sales target, achieving a particular grade in your company or, if you are running a business, breaking into a new market ...

A Mind of Peace Guaranteed: How to Live a Happy Life and Forgive Others

barnsley@spirited-solutions.com — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:05:57 pm

Happiness is a choice. This is what I challenged you to see in the companion article to this one, "Make Your Life Happy - How to Prosper and Choose Your Life Pursuit of Happiness." As John Lubbock asserts, "Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like a violin." And if you've ever played violin ...

Make Your Life Happy: The 5-Second Decision You Can Choose For Your Life Pursuit of Happiness

barnsley@spirited-solutions.com — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:04:40 pm

"I have no idea what happiness is," someone in a seminar of mine confessed recently. She was responding to a self-assessment measuring stress and burnout levels and realized that her life was so full of "to-do's" that there was no space for what we'll call "woo-hoo's." She felt buried and ...

How to Use Your Fear for Needed Transformation

jeffrey@livingfromyoursoul.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 9:29:59 am

Fear can provide the springboard to discover the vastness of who you are. Then, fear acts as catalyst for needed changes to deepen into your true self. An in-depth understanding of fear and a simple, transformational process is outlined to harness this hidden power of fear. After experiencing ...

Exploring The Frontiers Of Our Mind

rdarby@agendaoflife.org — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:00:00 am

What We Don't Want To Know Can it really be true that we don't live in the real world but rather a conceptual representation of the world? What do we even mean by the idea of living in the world? One of the most powerful realizations that meditation can reveal to us is the true nature of what ...

Boomer Retirement: What are the Challenges of Being Retired?

cathys997@yahoo.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:30:15 am

What are your retirement goals and dreams? The boomer retirement will be different from former generations. There are new challenges to being retired. It still to be determined whether it will better or worse. Will the boomer retirement be a happy one? Do you want to have a retirement ...

A PATH TO FEARLESSNESS AND FREEDOM

janicehylton@gmail.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 9:30:00 am

“As spiritual energies living out a human existence, transformation has its seed in our deep longing to be whole. It is something which we hope will strip away the stagnant, unworkable, or merely unsatisfying. We want what is outworn to be demolished, making way for a new expression of our ...

Are You Stuck in a Rut? 8 Key Indicators That You Are and What To Do About Them

contact@hightailcoaching.co.uk — Mon, 24 May 2010 1:58:35 am

Feeling stuck in a rut can be a horrible feeling. Your life seems like a boring routine and you can’t see how it will ever change. You know you are not happy but you lack the energy and clarity of mind to do anything about it. Identifying that you are indeed stuck in a rut is the first step to ...

Is it true?

gartmanjackie@gmail.com — Tue, 4 May 2010 12:00:00 am

Often times, “Is it true?” is the only question I need to ask my clients. These three little words in the form of a question have a way of kicking your dirty little thoughts right out the window. Next time you have a negative feeling, whether you’re angry, irritated, stressed or sad, ask ...

Mirror, Mirror...

gartmanjackie@gmail.com — Tue, 4 May 2010 12:00:00 am

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the biggest _________ of all? I invite you to revisit this statement and fill in the blank once you finish reading this article. Have you ever noticed yourself having an unusually strong response to something or somebody and you’re not sure why? Have you ...

5 Steps to Making a Decision

liz@truecouragecoaching.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:53:20 am

Recently we went to see the Van Gogh exhibition at the Royal Academy. I knew about his colourful paintings of French landscapes but hadn’t seen his earlier work or his pen and ink drawings. The exhibition showed how his painting style developed and how it reflected his life. And perhaps ...

Risk – the Key Ingredient for a Midlife Woman’s Personal Growth

deborah@womenintransitiononline.com — Mon, 3 May 2010 12:00:00 am

There is a great deal of talk and sound evidence that boomer women today have exciting new opportunities available to us as we approach the remaining chapters of our lives. Many of us whether by circumstance or design are coming to realize how precious this time is and are eager to embrace these ...

Resistance is Fertile

jennifer@durgaonherlion.com — Wed, 12 May 2010 2:31:14 pm

Resistance is Fertile There are days when my being simmers in a stew full of resistance and I don’t want to do any of the things I’m supposed to do. Nothing feels clearly defined and my thoughts stagnate into a glop of gooey mush. Writing feels like just so many more words. Running feels ...

Words Matter by Dena Hurst, Ph.D and Ray Jorgensen, Ph.D, an excerpt from their book, Oracle of the Obvious: Secrets to Common Sense Leadership

info@gojlc.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:51:12 am

Because they are so powerful, words must be chosen carefully. Words are much more than letters strung together. They are the means by which we convey our thoughts to one another. Words touch all of our senses. They have a rhythm we can feel and hear. They evoke pictures in our minds. They help ...

Stepping Out of the Shadow of Shame

fehlauers@yahoo.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:15:10 am

In looking at the shadow of shame I am reminded of a story author Max Lucado tells about that took place in the early seventies. One sunny summer afternoon two sisters were abducted by two men as they came out of a convenience store in Casper Wyoming. The two men drove the two girls to a canyon ...

How to Become a Superhero in 5 Easy Steps

jdaveneal@gmail.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:51:12 am

So you’re not more powerful than a locomotive? Who cares? Just saw the superhero movie, Kick-Ass, and it raised an intriguing question: just because we’re not superhuman, can we lead superheroic lives? I believe the answer is yes, and I believe we can do it in five easy steps! (Okay, they’re ...

Success is not Sticky - You Have to Hold On To It!

fwblack@phasequest.com — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:00:00 am

Failure holds you back. If you are not where you want to be in life, then it holds you back. Everything pulls you back to where you are when you're trying to get ahead, when you're trying to improve yourself. Your situation, your friends, your family, your debt, everything... maybe not on ...

Thank God For Giggles

tjustin@mindspring.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 am

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My best friend is near death. I wrote this for you and for all of us. I’ve explained why below. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The small meeting room was packed tight. I was giving ...

10 Easy Steps to Transform Your Business ‘Green’

yourextrahand@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 am

Everywhere you turn, you hear the words "going green". As a small business owner you probably wonder what you can do to help the environment. Can I really make a difference? Well you can, and here are a few steps that you can start implementing to create a positive impact on the environment. ...

The Art of Transformation

dominiquehurley@yahoo.ca — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 7:23:41 pm

There’s a lot of talk about major changes brewing on the planet and in the lives of those who inhabit it. Some describe how the shifts in the magnetic poles affect people. Others refer to the prophecies for 2012 and the period leading up to Transformation. Many simply appreciate the seasonal ...

Can we really 'Live the Dream?'

info@natashaabudarham.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 8:14:00 am

There aren’t actually many people who are really living their dream, right? I mean truly living your dream is just for the lucky few who know what their dreams are, right? And besides, what are dreams anyway, they don’t come true, right? Wrong! Living the Dream is available to every ...

T - Tracking

erik@thinkgreat90.com — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:16:00 pm

The 5th Step to Accomplishing Your Goals GOALS - REASONS - EXPECTATIONS - ACTIONS - TRACKING Your goals are too important to just “wing-it.” Because you, your goals, and your life mean so much, you’ve put a great amount of effort to get to this point. Transforming your goals into greatness ...

R - Reasons

erik@thinkgreat90.com — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:05:34 pm

The 2nd Step to Accomplishing Your Goals GOALS - REASONS - EXPECTATIONS - ACTIONS - TRACKING Writing down goals is never enough to accomplish them. Just look at all of the New Year’s resolutions set across the world every year. Usually, they’re the same ones that weren’t accomplished the ...

The Secret to Attracting Money Is Easy To Learn

kiko.erel@gmail.com — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:59:00 am

What is the secret to attracting money? I think this is the most repeated question I hear from clients. Before you can start cashing in there are few things to understand about money. Even though money has a name, but it does not stand on its own. Money means different things to different ...

Role Models – Who really belongs on your pedestal?

shari.bench@gmail.com — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 9:13:00 am

Role Models – Who really belongs on your pedestal? What’s wrong with promoting Tiger Woods as a role model for your children? Until recently most people didn’t think anything was wrong with that. Who’s to blame…Tiger Woods or society? The reality is some people quickly turn to ...

Love Work: How To Fall In Love With Your Job And Feel The Ultimate Work Satisfaction

barnsley@spirited-solutions.com — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:10:26 pm

When was the last time you fell in love with what you do for a living? Could you ever say you've felt the ultimate work satisfaction? Maybe you're thinking, "Love work? Are you nuts? I've never fallen in love with my job!" Falling in love with your work can be as simple as recognizing who ...

Procrastination? I'll Sort That Out Tomorrow

liz@truecouragecoaching.com — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:34:04 am

My recent teleclass on procrastination dealt with the whys and hows, including the 3 steps to getting out of procrastination and the one essential ingredient to really get yourself moving forward. But on the call I didn’t have time to explore in detail some of the most wonderful procrastination ...

Procrastination? I'll Sort That Out Tomorrow

liz@truecouragecoaching.com — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:33:56 am

Purpose of Life & Happiness - 10 Tips On How to Achieve Them

kim_h_soung@hotmail.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 6:12:41 am

"Humans" Today The humans were clean and living how they should have lived only on the first days when the universe was created. Right after the mistake by Adam and Eve, people started to live through the easier road, the negative side. The sins from the fathers and mothers are being ...

Taking Courageous Decisions

williehorton@gurdy.net — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 7:08:59 am

We’re in our eighth great year living in the French Alps. When we upped and left Ireland in 2002, many friends and clients remarked that we were taking a courageous decision – after all, our children were thirteen, eleven and eight years old at the time and were establishing their own little ...

How to Make the Best Life Choices

williehorton@gurdy.net — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 1:21:55 am

Everyone is at a crossroads each moment of each day – it’s just that we never stop to reflect on the fact that each minute decision we make can have life-changing consequences. A client recently recounted a story from his youth. He told me about he used to hang out with his best friend – and his ...