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

The Lunar Light

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A Path To Peace

The root of discord and violence between people and nations comes from our tendency to forget our humanity. We "forget" our true nature.

Violence is a "learned" behavior. We "learn" it from our environment. When we are born, we do not possess the tendency to violence. As we grow, we become driven by "reactions". Our reactions are influenced by what we witness in our environment. We "copy" what we see. Therefore, violence and hatred are not natural to our essence.

As we grow older, we "buy" into the deception. We come to believe that violence is "OK" when "justified". It is "OK" to kill for our beliefs or defending our "territory." We have learned to "possess." We "live to possess". We like to possess things, people, land, animals, anything tangible and intangible. The more we possess, the more powerful over others we feel. Our society or community reinforces this "tendency".

A Path To Peace

Flights Of Fancy
An Air Of Gratitude

We've just celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Although there werecertainly others who were experimenting with flying machines -- most notably, Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian who is widely celebrated in his native country as being the father of aviation -- the Wright Brothers are generally regarded as the first to get humans off the ground.

The fascinating thing about the Wright brothers is that they were not the idealistic dreamers you might expect them to be. They were serious, studious, and determined to figure things out. It wasn't that they were obsessed with the dream of soaring high above the ground. They were mechanically-inclined brothers who owned a bicycle shop, and they couldn't forget the brief but exciting flight of a cheap toy airplane they'd received as children. They were intrigued by the engineering challenge.

Flights Of Fancy
An Air Of Gratitude

Coaching Yourself

If it's midwinter in the Northeast, gardening wouldn't be very appealing (you might consider some interior work like stripping wallpaper and redecorating the guestroom). Maybe coffee keeps you awake at night, even decaffeinated coffee! So that's not a good choice. You eliminate several options just because of the current circumstances; that's why it's a good idea to have a lot of them.

Finally, one option sticks. It feels just right. That's the one you are really willing to do, and do properly. That's the one that is most likely to bring you fascinated second glances when you show up at your reunion looking even more attractive than you did 20 years ago. The attraction could be the weight or it could be the inner knowing that you have the power to create what you really want for yourself. That's attractive!

Coaching Yourself

Five Ways to Quickly Refresh Your Mind,
Renew Your Focus and Re-energize Yourself

Sometimes when mid-day rolls around, you just run out of steam. You've been at work on something long enough to exhaust your morning's energy, and lunch -- or quitting time -- or bedtime is still a couple of hours away. You've got to push some more on your project, make some more progress before you can call it a day ... or a night. But right now, you've got those "stuck in the middle blahs" that creep up on everybody ... a lot.

Five Ways to Quickly Refresh Your Mind,
Renew Your Focus and Re-energize Yourself

Harnessing the Power of the Unknown

The Unknown -- it is scary territory for many, something to be avoided for others and shameful for those who feel they are supposed to know everything. What is your relationship with the Unknown? Take a moment to ponder it because your attitude towards and experience of this is what governs your ability to create, to innovate and truly bring more of yourself out into the world -- in short to be successful.

If you are going to create something new in your life " in your career, your relationships and your creative endeavors you will be walking into unknown territory. Learning how to navigate this territory effectively and with power is what makes the difference between having a full, rich experience of life and work you enjoy, relishing the adventure of every day or living in frustration wondering why the same thing keeps occurring repeatedly.

Harnessing the Power of the Unknown

Reiki -- A System of Mastery

Mastery; a foreign concept in our modern way of thinking. It is a word that is hardly relevant to our understanding of how the western world functions today. In our new world we assess achievement with diplomas, certificates and degrees and aggressively climbing the ladder to success.

In the old world, however achievement was determined by mastery and degrees of mastery of skill sets. The education process, whether through apprenticeship or formal education was evaluated by a system that considered and challenged an individuals' determination and willingness to accomplish a high personal moral and ethical standard in relationship to their work and social position.

Reiki -- A System of Mastery

How to Accept and Be Strong in Times of Disappointment

Unfortunately, we are not perfect. We have billions of people we can blame for our own shortcomings and failures. We do not get endless good times. When disappointment, failure or hopelessness attacks, we need to fight back. Here are some weapons:

How to Accept and Be Strong in Times of Disappointment

Getting Paid (A Little)
To Promote Yourself (A Lot)

How can you gain credibility and exposure for you and your business, reach a motivated audience, develop a far-flung network, hone your presentation skills -- and get paid to do it? Many writers, artists, speakers and entrepreneurs have found an answer: they teach classes in adult education programs. Here are the FAQ's for this little-known but effective promotion opportunity.

Getting Paid (A Little)
To Promote Yourself (A Lot)

Signs of a Hard Winter Ahead
Folk Wisdom and Common Sense

As I move deeper into what has become a "back to nature" phase in my life, I find comfort in reconnecting with pieces of lore and sources of knowledge that have been largely lost in the wave of technology and its admittedly wonderful advancements that have swept through our lives in the past few decades -- the most recent one, especially.

I occasionally find myself looking out at the world through the eyes of the childhood "me" of five or six when in my fantasies I was always an Indian child with my own pony and a powerful kinship with the land, nature and the animals around me. (I was never the cowgirl. I was always the Indian. The consistent and powerful bond makes me think now I was pulling on past life memories -- and things I learned there -- to orient myself in a new life in an old, familiar world.)

Signs of a Hard Winter Ahead
Folk Wisdom and Common Sense

Mrs. Thompson

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.

But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn't play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant.

Mrs. Thompson

Your Hidden Portal to Peace

Want more peace and joy in your life? Daily stress getting to you? With terrorism, layoffs and pollution, can you feel safe and happy? Yes, you can -- by tapping into a little known, and less-used, doorway to internal security. This entry is not really hidden as much as misplaced. As a culture, we've lost the use of this innate inner compass.

We each have our own personal portal to peace. The treasure hunt begins with an inner feeling triggered by outside circumstances. It's a timeless game of internal guidance by external clue. For millennia, ancient civilizations and native peoples have been playing this sport for fun and good fortune.

Your Hidden Portal to Peace

Dating Myths That Puzzle Men

Being "too" nice means giving up your Personal Power, an EQ competency, and slipping way over an early boundary line doesn't leave the woman enough time to find out what she needs to about you.

Being "nice" means being accommodating, which means you're focusing more on being what you think the woman wants than on being who you are. She needs time to get to know you as you.

Personally, I like considerate behavior and good manners at first, and then the greater-niceness can come on after I know the man a bit. If it just appears, I don't see the connection to me and think it's routine. See?

Dating Myths That Puzzle Men

How To Entertain A Thought

After studying scores of great thinkers like Leonardo Da Vinci, I think I've stumbled upon what really set them apart from the rest of the folks living (and thinking) at the same time. It's remarkably simple. They learned how to entertain a thought.

Aristotle said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Hmmm. To entertain a thought without accepting it. We need to do that. Everyone needs to learn how to be good host or hostess to new ideas. In fact, our goal should be to become the Martha Stewart of mental entertaining! What if you treated a new thought like a guest?

How To Entertain A Thought

The Concept of the 'Free Agent' in the Workplace

In 1997, my boss (ex-military) was telling me what he had to offer me -- a 401k and he was nailing down disability insurance. I was not impressed, as he micro-managed me, harassed me in public from time-to-time, and continued with his unspoken but blatantly obvious policy of hiring ex-military men in recovery.

Somewhere in the talk (I had already raised the bottom line dramatically) he used the word "security," losing what little credibility he had. It wasn't something I was after or even believed in, evidence of his continued inability to change paradigms or exercise emotional intelligence in dealing with individuals, qualities that made him a poor leader and a poor boss.

The Concept of the 'Free Agent' in the Workplace

Getting Unstuck Through Self-Coaching

Not everyone can get a coach or even needs a coach for every stumbling block that comes their way. It can be very helpful to know a few coaching skills you can use for yourself to help you get through stuck places. When you are stuck and feel you are spinning your wheels or can not get moving forward again there are a few important questions you can ask yourself to try to get going.

I have listed the questions by number but you do not have to use them in order. Your issue should cause the questions to make sense.

Getting Unstuck Through Self-Coaching

Develop Your Intuition: Just Ask!

One of the key elements of using our intuition is one that is often overlooked. Intuition is information that comes from our Spirit, the wisest, most infinite part of ourselves. And this information is ours for the asking. But we do have to ask!

When we ask for guidance, we consciously open ourselves up to receiving wisdom and insight from our Spirit. We become more aware of the quiet voice of our intuition, because now we are actively listening. The more specific we are in our requests for guidance, the easier it is to discern intuitive information when it arrives.

Develop Your Intuition: Just Ask!

Want abundance? Watch your language!

Q. I have an opportunity to apply for a job that will feed my bank account but not my soul. I'm tempted to bite the bullet and apply. Am I selling out?

When you have a chance to take a job that will give you the means to move forward, whether through money or skill development, you are not biting the bullet or selling out. You can find ways to use this job as a creative channel to move to your ultimate destination. You may learn new skills to help you start your own business -- and if you live frugally, you can save up for your dream.

Want abundance? Watch your language!

Unlock Your Soul Code

Are you happy, fulfilled, eager to leap out of bed every morning to greet a new day? Are you healthy, prosperous, peaceful? If you can't respond with a resounding "Yes!" to these questions, you might want to get in touch with your Soul Code.

Do you ever ask, What's the point of my life? Where do I fit in? How can my life be easier and more fun? If you'd like answers to these questions, you might want to tune in to your Soul Code.

Unlock Your Soul Code

Confessions of A Lover of Books and Learning

One reason I love reading is that it's always available. When you're stuck in a traffic jam, or waiting for a late-running soccer practice to end, or getting a prescription filled at the pharmacy, or stuck at work with nothing to do, you can always get on the internet and read, or pull out a book.

Reading and learning are available under most conditions. There were years (before the Internet) when I couldn't afford books and I would go to the public library. There were also used book fairs, and now there are used book stores.

There's also the used book option at amazon.com, as well as the plethora of free learning material on the Internet. You don't have to spend a cent, and you don't have to leave your house.

Confessions of A Lover of Books and Learning

5 Ways To Boost Your Memory

Have you ever imagined the benefits a good memory can bring you? Being able to remember important pieces of information -- like names, facts and figures, directions, procedures, quotations -- can give you a powerful advantage in life. In fact, the ability to retain and retrieve information is essential to your personal and professional success. Here are five ways to boost your memory and keep it razor sharp.

5 Ways To Boost Your Memory

Keep Learning

I've seen this happen repeatedly with coaching clients who are in a midlife crisis. Some are burnt out on their jobs, others on their careers. They feel they've failed to find the prescription for "a happy life." It's all "been there, done that." They're like the old men in this painting -- asleep, bored, exhausted, resistant. They know this, but don't know what to do about it.

Once they start learning something new, they become excited again. As one of them told me, who was an expert on homelessness and explained this complex social problem to the public, "I long to sit in the back of the room and be the one raising their hand saying 'What does that mean?'" My prescription to her was that she do exactly that!

Keep Learning

Could You Make the Grade?

Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. Gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning!

Could You Make the Grade?

Help Your Kid Survive Mean Girls Or Guys

At some point in your school career, chances are you've had at least one run-in with a kid who seemed determined to make your life miserable. If your son or daughter is currently dealing with one (or more) of these kids here are some positive messages you can offer.

These aren't magic bullets by any means. But if you a) empathize with what your child is going through, b) make sure (s)he knows no one deserves bad treatment from anyone, and c) become your child's #1 advocate, then you will help the situation.

Help Your Kid Survive Mean Girls Or Guys

Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career

Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of going back to school -- New clothes, new shoes, new school supplies, a new teacher -- a fresh, new start full of possibilities. When is the last time you've felt the flood of emotions associated with going back to school?

You can apply these Back to School principles to your career -- whether you've been employed by the same company since you got out of college or are currently in career transition -- to give yourself a new attitude toward your career or your job search and find yourself filled with the excitement and anticipation of what lies ahead.

Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career

Better Aging

My friend who retired last year from years on Wall Street tells me, "I have to watch very carefully how I spend my money. I don't know how to do anything."

One of the reasons people find retirement challenging, is also the solution to the problem of better aging: we identify with roles in our lives. Worse than that, we enjoy them. They're what our life is all about or we wouldn't have been doing them in the first place.

Now my friend certainly knows how to do things. He can cook his breakfast, he's an attentive father, he knows how to mow the lawn. But to his way of thinking, now that he's no longer a broker, he "doesn't know how to do anything."

Better Aging

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Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning
and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.
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Born May 23, 1914

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