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How to Get Out of the Blues with the Power of Positive Journaling

How do you keep a journal that empowers you? After so many years of reading, doing and guiding people in personal growth exercises, my journaling methods evolved organically to include some of the most effective ones. Whenever I’m feeling down, I know I can now quickly change my state by breaking out my journal and following these [...]

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How Gratitude Can Change Your Life

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the holiday that has its origin in the Puritan’s tradition of giving thanks for a good harvest. The Puritans weren’t the first in this regard. Many religious and societal traditions are based in the concept of gratitude. What all these traditions may or may not have known is that [...]

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Good Men Must Die, But Death Cannot Kill Their Names

Today I mourn the loss of a dear friend, a good brother who never failed to warm your heart with his cheerful disposition, lend a helping hand when you were down and give generously to those in need. He inspired me through his actions, his accomplishments and his struggles against all odds, to be a [...]

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Why The Small Things Matter Most

One of my all-time favorite sayings is ‘how you do anything is how you do everything‘. It’s amazing how true this adage is and critical for each of us to become aware of how the little things we say and do play a direct role in the bigger picture of our existence. Here are 5 areas [...]

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Links to Success: Anthony Robbins & Tim Ferriss Videos

John Graden Interviews Anthony Robbins on Martial Arts TV Relationship Storms: Man Enough to Stay the Course Trailer I just watched this film over the last weekend and I have to say that I really agree with Anthony Robbins’ work. I owned the first 3 films from the Robbins Madanes Center and they were fantastic, but I [...]

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Blast from the Past: Best of October 2006

The very best of Life Coaches Blog from one year ago: How to Stop Worry & Boost Your Personal Power How do you stop worry and increase your personal power at the same time? You do it, like the classic prayer above says, by you on what you can change instead of what you can’t, and be aware [...]

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When is Someday?

Let’s see, there’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… but when is Someday? Show me Someday on the calendar. Point it out to me in your daytimer. How long is a month of Somedays? Even blue moons happen once in a while (second full moon in a month), but Someday? The closest day to Someday is Never. You think of [...]

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If You’re Feeling Stressed Right Now…

Breathe. I was in the middle of my martial arts training last night, we were doing sword and for some reason I kept feeling something was ‘off’. Then I stopped and I realized I wasn’t breathing. I was holding my breath and releasing it in staccato beats, which was tensing me up. I took a long, deep [...]

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Happy 2nd Anniversary Life Coaches Blog

2 years ago, I started Life Coaches Blog with nothing more than a vague dream to make a difference, communicate and hopefully have it make enough to pay for itself. Now, 2 years on, we have more than 600 posts, 9rules membership and more mentions on Lifehacker than I could have hoped for. There were times [...]

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Conscious Living: The Key to Positive and Lasting Change

Conscious: aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts and surroundings; aware of what one is doing. Unconscious : without awareness or cognition; occurring below the level of conscious thought; not consciously planned, realized or done; the unconscious: the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible awareness but has a pronounced effect [...]

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