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Broadening of Consciousness

How to Overcome Frustration

by Nicolette Beard on May 27, 2010

in Broadening of Consciousness

The dic­tio­nary def­i­n­i­tion of frus­tra­tion is that it’s a com­mon emo­tional response to oppo­si­tion related to anger and dis­ap­point­ment. Most of us (includ­ing me) think that obsta­cles which cre­ate frus­tra­tion are out­side our­selves, and we deal with these exter­nal causes either through anger, irri­ta­tion or even aggres­sion. My frus­tra­tion had been grow­ing over the past […]

Open Letter to Mother Earth

by Kim Coggin on April 20, 2010

in Broadening of Consciousness

Dear Earth, Hey, it’s me. I know we haven’t talked in a while. You know how it is. Run­ning this way and that, try­ing to save you and for­get­ting you at the same time. The hours just get away from me; turn to days, weeks, months, sea­sons, and what­ever the rea­sons, I have for­got­ten you. Today, […]

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It may come as a sur­prise to you to learn that I read self help books. Some­times, when I’m pre­oc­cu­pied with a per­sonal or fam­ily cri­sis, I revisit a few favorites. My hus­band recently shared with me a book writ­ten in 1987 called Feel the Fear and Do It Any­way, by Susan Jef­fers, Ph.D. In […]

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Group Consciousness and Tiger Woods

by Nicolette Beard on December 12, 2009

in Broadening of Consciousness

Live as if every­thing you do will even­tu­ally be known. Hugh Prather There comes a time in every person’s life when he must face him­self. Tiger Woods’ day to face him­self is today. Woods has been a trend­ing topic on twit­ter for 2 weeks now. I’ve tried to take the high road and not be a voyeur, […]