Five Steps to Improve Your Spiritual Health

What does the term “spiritual health” mean? We all have our own perspective of what both “spiritual” and “health” mean in a general sense, but when we talk about spiritual health we define it as “a sense of wholeness.” For example, when we feel sick, we have two options: either we get better and recovered, or we don’t and complete our life cycle by finishing the connection with anything living. Some believe Spiritual Health is an art of healing: the ultimate medicine, a remedy that cures your inner sight as well as your spirit. There are those who believe it also provides you with the capacity of loving yourself unconditionally and reconnects you to your talents and gifts, which helps in feeling fulfilled with your life.

A healthy “spirit” does take a little extra effort, as it becomes a daily priority to embrace. In the beginning it is on your “to-do” list, but after a while it becomes second nature and a habit that for the most part you begin to do subconsciously. But what does that mean? Well, each day you will need to give spirit a top-level priority to do such actions as thinking positively or focusing on your successes and not your so-called failures. And your next question is most likely “Really? That simple, eh?” And my response in most instances is a simple yes. But it is not without effort and time before your perspective will shift to see it being just this simple.

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Client Referral Systems

Any small business owner worth his salt will tell you word of mouth publicity is one of the best ways for securing more business. Client referral systems are based on this very thought. Generally, when a satisfied client refers your name to someone chances are good the person will end up becoming your client as well.

However, you can’t depend only on the whims of clients to refer you to their friends. To secure referrals you may have to offer your clients incentives. A lot of businesses successfully use an incentive-based system to get more client referrals. The following are five of the most recommended and used client referral incentive programs or techniques currently being used.

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Perfect Moment Monday: Of RVs and Memories

My Perfect Moment for this week…

This past week I was fortunate enough to have my best friend visiting from Vancouver, BC. She and her nine-year-old son spent the week camping with us in Pacific City, OR. Beautiful!

We were able to spend a lot of time chatting, sharing stories and watching our two boys playing and interacting—similar to what we could expect two siblings to be doing. The weather was wonderful, with only one day of rain. For us, fortune was staying in an RV and having a portable DVD player along with GameBoys for each.

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Adolescence: What I Need to Know

As a mother of a toddler with friends in the adolescence stage, I often wonder what is in store for me. Adolescence is the period from 10 to 20 years of age, and this period is rightly known as a transformational period as one progresses from childhood to adulthood. As a parent I would tend to describe this phase of my child’s life as difficult, overwhelming and stressful. A little knowledge of adolescent psychology might, however, make this period easier—not just me but for you and your child. This article will focus on only two elements an adolescent might go through, and as with any transitional period in a person’s life each individual will experience something unique to himself.

Sexual Awakening
The most important aspect of adolescent psychology is perhaps the sexual awakening that accompanies this phase. A lot of parents still find it difficult to deal with the subject. However, the fact is that consciousness of one’s own sexuality and a growing interest in the opposite sex is but a natural biological aspect of this phase. It had been suggested to me—long before becoming a parent—that in order to ensure your child gets the right start regarding having a healthy outlook on sex, sexual interaction, and what is truth versus fable, it is wise to have a copy of a book on sex on the book shelf—and, yes readily available for them to thumb through.

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Fear of Intimacy

During our lives we journey through many different experiences: some good and some not so much. All these experiences impact how we interpret or receive attention from other individuals. This can be heightened when we begin to have a closer relationship with another person. A friendship flourishes into a romantic partnership and takes the leap of unbridled love for a life commitment. But what happens if the “not so good” interactions have impacted greater than we once thought? When we begin to notice pulling away from another when romantic affection is offered or reduce our availability to receiving this type of love, then we need to ask ourselves why these deeply rooted hurts or traumas actually created the situation we’ve heard of and know of as a “Fear of Intimacy.”

In addition to the experiences, if a recognizable personality trait within us is a lack of self-confidence and low self-worth, then these can be considered important contributing factors, thus increasing this fear.

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The Dreaded “Falling” Dreams

Do you have dreams where you see yourself falling off a cliff or building? Are you often awakened by a sudden sensation of falling, only to realize you are comfortably snuggled in your bed? Do you have falling dreams? These types of dreams can have us breaking out in a cold sweat very quickly—and then there is the old wives tale that if you actually hit the bottom of your fall you can die. The myth is enough to make our hearts stop. But what does it all mean?

As with all dream interpretations, their meanings are different for every person who experiences them. The symbols will have one interpretation one night and a very different interpretation the very next. But why? The interpretation of dreams can be generalized, which our past dream interpretation blogs have provided. The specific interpretation depends on the other symbols or underlying theme of the dream. So getting back to our “falling” interpretation, in general when we experience these types of falling dreams it can represent a feeling of insecurity, anxiousness or being overwhelmed with some situations in your waking life.

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Fear of Commitment

Are You Commitment-Phobic?
Many people don’t experience committed, steady relationships, and they often assert this is so not because they are afraid of commitment but rather because they enjoy their freedom and flirtatious nature. And while this may be true for some who embrace their “forever single status,” more often when people say things like “I crave independence and space,” or “Love is for the weak,” what they are really unwittingly communicating is their deep-seated fear of commitment. Unfortunately, being afraid of commitment hinders both your ability to create and enjoy meaningful personal relationships but also your professional success.

Free Spirited or Afraid of Commitment?
Those who don’t have meaningful relationships must first determine whether they are a free spirit who has not yet found Mr. or Ms. Right or if they fear commitment. The answers to the following questions can help guide you through the process of discovering if you’re commitment phobic and how to break out of that mindset.

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Building Healthy Relationships

Generally speaking, romantic relationships begin with a heady and intoxicating feeling wherein you see everything through rose-colored lessons. However, over time this is tempered by reality and the growing familiarity you have with one another. Unfortunately, sometimes this can result in conflict and contempt. Although all relationships experience setbacks, knowing how to overcome these setbacks before they grow is key to building a healthy relationship with your paramour.

Making Relationships Work
Although there are differences in all relationships, the existence of mutual love can help you overcome most of them. Below are some strategies commonly recommended by relationship experts.

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The Law of Attraction and Building New Relationships

While it’s undeniable that being in a loving relationship can be incredibly fulfilling and full of positives, it’s also undeniable that finding relationships like that can be difficult. We’ve all experienced the defeated and heartbreaking feeling of rejection or an otherwise failed relationship, and most would agree that the risk of these unpleasant experiences are worth it if it means finding real love and joyous fulfillment. That said, it’s this end point that it can take an entire lifetime for some of us to reach.

While some might claim that finding love boils down to fate and being in the right place at the right time, others would argue that we exercise some control over what – and whom – we attract into our lives. If you’re in the second camp like I am, then you understand that your thoughts and actions determine your fate. Whether you call it the law of attraction or fate or something else, these are the factors at work in finding fulfilling relationships...

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Healthy Relationships

Building Healthy Relationships

Most romantic relationships start off with a heady feeling that makes everything seem rosy in the beginning; time and familiarity, however, introduce contempt and other inevitable conflicts. Every relationship has its share of trouble, but the key to building a healthy relationship is knowing how to overcome the problems before they get out of hand.

How to Make a Relationship Work

Though every relationship is different, as long as there is mutual love one can iron out most relationship problems. Here are few strategies that most relationship experts recommend…

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Attracting New Relationships

How to Attract New Relationships

A loving and fulfilling relationship can make life beautiful; unfortunately, finding such relationships is not easy! Most of us go through our share of heartbreak, but if it means finding love and fulfillment in the end the heartbreak is almost always worth it. However, it’s reaching “the end” that takes quite a few of us an entire lifetime and sometimes more.

A lot of people believe that being able to find love is a matter of fate. But is it really? Don’t we have any control over whom we attract into our lives? The fact is we do because our thoughts and actions decide our fate. Heard about Karma and the law of attraction? Well, those are the two laws that apply to relationships as well.

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