How Gardening Can Improve Your Overall Health

cute gardener How Gardening Can Improve Your Overall Health This is a guest post from Marcy at Networx.

Sometimes the simplest solutions to our problems are right before our very eyes.

This is the case with gardening. If you are feeling down, stressed, overworked or need a budget-friendly outlet to increase your physical activity, then gardening is the answer for you.

With so many self-help books on the market and so many medications being prescribed for stress-related ailments, …

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The Rules, the Map, and the Game of Life

Game Life The Rules, the Map, and the Game of LifeAre there rules and a map to follow in life?

We want a plan to follow.  We want to know that if we take certain actions that certain results will follow.

We want to believe that if we just play by the rules that we’ll be okay and maybe even a little better than okay.

It seems like this is the way things used to work.  You might think of …

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You Have to Deliver or No One Will Buy

delivery box You Have to Deliver or No One Will Buy Do you deliver?

Want to know why we always hear, “Good help is hard to find”?  Because failure to deliver is very common.

I’m not talking about pizza here.  I’m talking about results.  People expect results.  In the words of Toby Keith, people want “A little less talk and a lot more action.”

There is a lot of talk going on out there and not nearly enough action.  There …

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Our Lizard Brain Robs Us of a Great Life

lizard Our Lizard Brain Robs Us of a Great Life What the heck is our lizard brain?

We all have a lizard brain.  It is part metaphor and part science.  Scientifically speaking, it is two almond-shaped amygdala located deep in our heads that form a sort of mini-brain.

This mini-brain seems to take over when we are afraid, mad, aroused, hungry or out to get someone.  It is very primitive.  It has served to keep us alive as a …

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How to Make the Work in Our Life Rewarding

smiling work How to Make the Work in Our Life Rewarding Do you want the work in your life to be rich and rewarding?

I believe most of us want this more than we are willing to admit, but fail to do what it takes to make it a reality.  I think most regular people have all but given up on finding true satisfaction in their jobs.  In fact, I’d say that we’ve sort of resigned ourselves to just being cogs …

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Forget the Past: Let It Go to Fly Higher

looking shoulder Forget the Past: Let It Go to Fly Higher Do you find yourself always looking back?

The best place to be for living life to the fullest is in the present moment.  Drinking in the full experience of where you are right at this instant in your life and deciding how to use it to create success.

Your past successes can hold you back just as much as your past failures so there is no need to cling to …

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The Five Most Common Barriers to a Passionate Life

This is a guest post from Dr. Paul Dyer.

hurdle girl The Five Most Common Barriers to a Passionate Life Here’s a sad fact. The world is full of millions of unhappy people who are disillusioned with life. People who merely go through the motions each day but who can’t help wonder, “Isn’t there more to life than this?”

Well, the answer is unequivocally, “Yes!” And of course everyone wants to find meaning, purpose, energy, and passion in their lives. …

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