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Psychology

Accessing The Yoda That Lives Within You

by NadiaFebruary 14, 2010

As promised in my last post, here is the second part of the series about learning to decipher when thought is coming from the ego mind or when it is coming from the heart.
The fact that today happens to be Valentine’s Day is a wonderful “coincidence” which I only realized after I published the first post in [...]

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Dude, Let Go of My Ego!

by NadiaFebruary 11, 2010

In the post, Closing an Old Book & Starting a Brand New One, I had written that I am able to discern when a thought is coming from my ego and when it is coming from my heart. Jannie Funster mentioned in her comment about how cool it would be if we all could decipher what [...]

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Surprise, Surprise: Top 10 Lessons Learned in Spirituality

by NadiaFebruary 9, 2010

Surprise, surpise, surprise…here is an unexpected post! My posting schedule is usually Sundays and Thursdays which is still the case. However, I had the opportunity to do a guest post at Sources of Insight. The focus of the post was the top ten lessons I learned from my spiritual journey.
Writing this post was such an [...]

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A Different Take on Being Happy at Work

by NadiaFebruary 7, 2010

Few weeks ago, I came across a blog post (The 100-100 Divide) written by a fellow blogger Karl Staib which consumed my thoughts for a couple of days.
The subject of the post was on motivation and it was a fascinating read for it opened my eyes to the reality that not every one feels motivated [...]

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Closing an Old Book & Starting a Brand New One

by NadiaFebruary 4, 2010

Recently, as a result of all the focus on aligning my outer life to match my inner life, I had an amazing realization that I wanted to share with all of you.
As you may recall, I do not write very fondly of my childhood and teenage years. Those were very dark and painful times. Unlike [...]

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My New Career: How God Has a Sense of Humor

by NadiaJanuary 31, 2010

The Universe/God has a sense of humor. Often we are given little hints along the way. I don’t know about you but I have often ignored some of those hints. I would like to share one with you as it relates to my search for a new career.
When I was twelve, my parents had to [...]

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Forgiveness in a Paper Cut

by NadiaJanuary 24, 2010

“We are what we repeatedly do.” – Aristotle
One of the many things that is truly beautiful about Eastern thought , especially Buddhism, is that it makes you aware that most human problems arise in the mind. We are what we think and as the quote above so wisely states, we are what we do over and [...]

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Turning Castles in the Air Into Reality

by NadiaJanuary 21, 2010

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”
Henry David Thoreau
Back in November, it began to be very apparent that I needed to make some changes when it came to work and the rest of my outside life. [...]

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Reflections on Past Choices

by NadiaJanuary 17, 2010

“Often we don’t listen to who we’re meant to be because we’re so busy trying to live out someone else’s ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.”                     
 Oprah Winfrey
As you all know by now, I am currently in the process of aligning my outside life to my inner life. [...]

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The 60’s & The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by NadiaJanuary 14, 2010

One time period of American history that has always fascinated me was the Sixties. The philosophy of the Hippie Movement has always been in line with my way of thinking.
Most hippies were vegetarians, Buddhists, free spirits, anti-greed, anti-corporation, anti-violence and all about love. You can see how I can relate to all of this. However, [...]

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