Interpreting Tarot -- Reading the Book of Life
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Planets in Retrograde -- The Basics
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Rebecca Brents

Astrology is for Believers.

With an open mind and a knowledge of Astrology you can watch your life unfold in ways that make sense.

You can recognize the subtle knock of real opportunity and the soft voice of invitations to personal growth because you know they're coming, where to look for them, and what they'll look like when they appear.

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Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings
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Rachel Pollack

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	Depression
Astrology, Tarot, and Self Improvement for the New Age.

Depression

Battle With Burn-Out

Letting yourself reach the point where you are burnt out, worn down and used up is a threat to your dreams, goals and your life's happiness. The physical manifestation of burnout, or an overload of stress, is your body's natural response to the pressures you are placed under and that place it under during the course of your day. Worse yet when you place yourself in a stressful situation in your mind through worry and fret, your body reacts as if physically placed in that situation. Your body's natural defenses go into action.

Battle With Burn-Out

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How to Beat the Christmas Blues

Even though Christmas is a season of joy and giving, it also can be a time of seasonal blues. Unrealistic expectations, overwork, loneliness and resentment can all contribute to transitory feelings of depression around the holidays.

Just the changing of the seasons can affect some people's outlook during Christmas. People with seasonal affective disorder will feel low energy from the drop in serotonin levels and limited amount of sunlight during the winter months. Throw some expectations about Christmas into the mix and the holiday season can become a burden rather than a joy.

How to Beat the Christmas Blues

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Natural Methods to Fight Depression
5 Steps to Overcoming the Blues

Have a case of the blues? If you feel down for more than a week or two or start noticing other changes in areas of your life such as appetite, sleep, and interest in regular activities, you may need to take more active steps to resolve your problem. Here are 5 steps to feeling better.

Natural Methods to Fight Depression
5 Steps to Overcoming the Blues

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Depression As a Result of Emotional Abuse
5 Signs the Problem Isn't You

Depression has many causes and manifestations. It is common that when emotional and psychological abuse is taking place, a person may feel depressed and not understand the root cause. Because the abuser is programming the victim to believe he or she is crazy, inferior, or mentally ill, it may be assumed that the problem lies within the victim and he or she needs treatment.

While the need for treatment may be real, it may also be true that the root cause is the negative influence the partner is exerting on the victim's self esteem and self worth. Here are 5 signs that the root of the problem may be emotional abuse.

Depression as a Result of Emotional Abuse
5 Signs the Problem Isn't You

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Anticipatory Grief and Holidays
12 Survival Tips

Anticipatory grief - a feeling of loss before a death or dreaded event occurs - is a hard journey. Holidays make it even harder. At a time when you're supposed to feel happy and joyful, you feel sad and anxious. You're on pins and needles and wonder what will happen next.

Remember, your grief stems from love, and you may find comfort in that. Holidays don't erase your reasons for feeling sad and lonely, according to the National Mental Health Association, and "there is room for these feelings to be present." So accept your feelings and, if you feel like crying, go ahead and do it.

Anticipatory Grief and Holidays
12 Survival Tips

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Self-Acceptance, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Working with Emotions, Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Coping with Loss, Healing from Injury, Grief and Loss, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Dealing with Grief and Loss During the Holidays, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, New Age Blogs, The Self Improvement Blog, Alternative Health, Depression, Mysticism, The Experience of Unconditional Love

Creativity and Depression

There are reports that as many as a quarter of American women have a history of depression. According to an article on the Allhealth.com website, "The risk of depression among teen girls is high, and this risk lasts into early adulthood." A study of young women living in Los Angeles found that almost half had at least one episode of major depression within five years after high school graduation.

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Creativity and Depression

Coping with Criticism and Rejection

Creativity can be frustrating and hard to maintain, especially when your creativity is blocked by criticism, rejection and a lack of support for your efforts. Here are some real life stories of how to cope with the depression and fear that results when this situation happens.

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depression, fear, criticism and rejection
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Can You be an Optimistic Realist?

Let's face it: it's easier to be cynical. It's also more realistic to be cynical. If you're the kind of person who has a need to be right, betting that the work project will be screwed up, that the marriage will never last, and that Bush will make another decision that will fail to make the world perfect are surer bets than the opposite.

Can You be an Optimistic Realist?

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The information here is offered to help in your research and investigation of possible ways to manage your own health care issues. Common sense as well as solid professional advice from your own trusted medical care specialist or personal holistic health care practitioner should always be part of managing your health care choices.

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.
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Born February 21, 1907

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What Animals Can Teach Us About Spirituality: Inspiring Lessons from Wild and Tame Creatures
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