Category: Resources
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Perseverance: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Perseverance and the Need for Inner Courage I have always loved the story of The Hare and Tortoise. It is one of my favorite of Aesop’s fables. But what lessons does it teach, other than the age-old idiom slow and steady wins the race? When I read this story, I cannot help but think of…
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Choose 2 Dream Now
Dream or Wisdom?Inspiration for the Soul If you can dream it, you can do it. ~ Walt Disney A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~ Colin Powell To Act, or to Dream? I have always been fascinated by dreams. The enantiodromia that plays out in the mind’s…
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Everything Changes: Breakthrough Steps 4 Transformation
An Article by Karen Weeks We all know that everything changes. When your life is in the middle of a major transformation, what better time to start making room for better personal habits? Getting into a new routine could be just what you need to get things on the right track. Here, Dr. Thomas Maples…
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Psychology, Health, & Wellness: 2 Healthy Beginnings
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods…
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Harness Your Inner Flame: An Affirmation 4 Personal Potential
An Affirmation 4 Passion Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin A Guided Meditation and Affirmation 4 Inner Potential Development Hello.…
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A Guiding Light Meditation: Personal Growth 4 the Soul
Finding Your Inner Wellbeing Transcript Hello. I am Dr. Maples and welcome to our guided meditation and affirmation that Honors the Inner Voice. I am grateful that you joined me here today, and I hope this brief exploration of your inner voice can help bring the light of healing to your body, mind, and spirit.…
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A Glorious Secret: Belief 4 Inner Growth
Inspirational VLOG Words of Wisdom Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James Belief and Inner Wisdom Practicing psychology, I often surround myself with a continual drive to explore the tenets of personal development. However, I have often noticed that the road forks, especially when ideals…
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Personal Development: 2 Choose Adventure Now
Inspirational Words of Wisdom The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. Joseph Campbell A Philosophy for Personal Development Even in my youngest years, I craved adventure and the wonder of the lessons it provides. As a psychotherapist, I understand just how much potential…
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A Healing Meditation 4 Honoring That Bandaged Space
A Meditation for Healing Hello. I am Dr. Maples, and welcome to our guided meditation and affirmation, Honoring the Bandaged Place. I am grateful that you joined me here today, and hope this brief exploration of an inner wound can help bring the light of healing to your body, mind, and spirit. Let us begin. …
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The Bandaged Place of Light
Find Your Sacred Space Words of Inspiration “Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” ~Rumi Mindfulness is more than a strategy to calm down and relax. Practicing mindfulness helps create a rhythm; it balances body, mind, and spiritual well-being. But frequently, we need to pay more…
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Siddhartha: A Depth Psychology 4 Finding Light in the Shadow
Siddhartha and The Sacred Journey “In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of…
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Teaching the Next Generation: Lessons 4 Successful Parenting
Teaching Respect and Positive Parenting A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham I often hear the word respect thrown around as if one is entitled to something. The sad fact is that 99.9% of the time I hear this term used, it…