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Many people feel frustrated because they are not using their personal strengths to make a living or contribute to the world.
If I asked you “what are your personal strengths?” would you be able to answer with conviction? If so, are you already using those strengths in the work that occupies most of your waking hours?
My own answers to those questions tended to be vague, until I came across this excellent framework for identifying personal strengths.
After my recent post on using feng shui to attract wealth, a reader asked me if we can use feng shui for improving relationships. The answer is yes.
The following suggestions are of two kinds. The first set is more practical and easy for the rational mind to understand. The second set of suggestions is symbolic, and make sense if you believe in the power of symbols in shaping our thoughts and thus our reality.
One of my favourite aspects of blogging is to be asked to do book reviews. I agreed to this one, and ended up reading a book that I would never otherwise pull off the shelf.
The book is called Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct in Churches
As the title suggests, the book was written as a personal critique of the behaviour of people in churches. Not being used to this genre, I had to remind myself throughout the book not to judge either the author or those she writes about.
After looking at energising your home and life with feng shui and feng shui decorating tips, we’ll look at using feng shui to attract wealth.
photo credit: jimmiehomeschoolmom
This is essentially an application of the law of attraction. If you set up your home in a way that helps you to constantly think of abundance, even without trying, you’ll attract abundance into your life.
This post looks at using feng shui for decorating our homes by following the following principles:
1. Yin and Yang
2. The Five Elements
3. Directions
The previous post provided an introduction to feng shui with some practical applications. The next post will look at using feng shui to increase wealth.
When looking for interior decorating ideas a few years ago, I decided to try some feng shui ideas even though my rational self was skeptical.
The results were very pleasant, and I came to see that some principles of feng shui have a sound common sense basis.
Sometimes we learn what works by experiencing what doesn’t. Here are some behaviours that de-stabilise or ruin relationships.
The emphasis here is on romantic relationships or marriage, though the same can be applied to all sorts of personal and work relationships.
photo credit: Toronja Azu
If I told you I was feeling empty, would you immediately feel sorry for me and start to suggest how I might find fulfilment?
And when you yourself feel empty, do you think that you must be doing something wrong to be feeling this way?
For some reason we think emptiness is undesirable. We associate it with lack, and assume it is a vacuum that needs to be filled.
photo credit: jenny downing
The hardest part about trying to lose weight is the sacrifice it involves. Having to give up the things we love makes our brains rebel against our best intentions to eat healthily.
Here’s how you can indulge your cravings and your desire to lose weight simultaneously: eat half portions of dessert or anything you crave.