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25 Things Women Should Know How To Do. I normally don't read mass emails but a good friend of mine sent this to me this morning and I couldn't resist reading the 25 Life Saving Tips Every Woman Should Know.

25 Things Women Should Know How To Do

I probably have mastered about 3 of these but now I have a good starting point of what I should learn. I'm not sure that you all will agree with these but I felt that as a member of Girls Guide To I should share this list with you. (And this ecard made me crack up too!) 1. Applying blush The right way of applying blush is an important lesson to know. 2. The knowledge of self-defense could mean the difference between life and death. How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want. Dec 27, 2010.

How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want

10 Commandments for a Good Life. Email A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often and realize how fortunate you are right now.

10 Commandments for a Good Life

It’s about the simple pleasures that make you happy, the compassionate deeds you perform, the personal goals you strive to achieve, the relationships you nurture and the legacy you leave behind. So starting today, choose to take control. Here are ten commandments to help you live a good life. And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. 10 Ways To Be Happy, On Purpose. “He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness” ~Chinese Proverb I was at a Women’s Leadership Conference about a year ago and had an “ah-ha moment”.

We were all introducing ourselves and asked to share a few things to help with the process. One question left me baffled and ultimately changed my life; “What do you do to make yourself happy?”. At the time I honestly didn’t know. I had a great job, friends, and family. It’s not been an easy road, but it’s been the most fulfilling adventure I’ve ever been on and I feel that I should now share what I’ve learned with others. 10 Things You Must Let Go Of Today… « Inspired Every Moment. 10 Things To Stop Caring About Today. 10 Steps to Mastering the Art of Joyful Living.

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”

10 Steps to Mastering the Art of Joyful Living

~Hafiz of Persia Are you moving too fast to enjoy life? Are you caught up in problems and struggles? Are you pressing forward on automatic, burning the candle at both ends? This post is all about slowing down – and I’m writing it for myself as much as for anyone reading this. It’s so easy to slip away from being aware. We feel separate, deadened, and half-alive. Joyful living takes commitment. Do you want to master the art of joyful living? 1. If we turn down the volume on all the noise in our lives, we discover the amazing fact that silence and stillness are already here.

How can you bring silence into your life? 2. Someone recently told me she feels disgusted when she looks into her closet because of all the clutter. 17 Ways to Wake Up Feeling Fresh in the Morning. Okay so we know that waking up and doing things in the morning is the best way to achieve our goals in life.

17 Ways to Wake Up Feeling Fresh in the Morning

We can exercise, study, work, meditate, etc. much better than other times in the day. However, most of us feel pretty crap in the morning. So what can we do about it? How can we wake up ready for work? Ways to wake up feeling fresh in the morning. 30 Ways to Make Today a Good Day. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email One today is worth two tomorrows.

30 Ways to Make Today a Good Day

-Benjamin Franklin Yesterday is history and tomorrow is merely a figment of your imagination. So if you think about it, today is the only day you’re truly alive. Get started a few minutes early.Work on something that’s meaningful to you.Complete an important piece of unfinished business.Spend time with positive, friendly people.Do something nice for someone else.Be present. And remember, a smile is the most beautiful curve on the human body. Photo by: Joisey Showaa If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. Lasting Happiness Found With Hallucinogen Use? September 29, 2011 Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine studying psilocybin, the mind-altering chemical in “magic mushrooms,” found that the chemical may actually alter people´s personalities for a long period of time, ABC News is reporting.

Lasting Happiness Found With Hallucinogen Use?

The study involved one high dose of psilocybin administered to 51 adult study participants and found that 30 of them underwent measurable personality changes lasting more than a year. The aspect of personality that changed is known as openness. Openness, the authors wrote, “encompasses aesthetic appreciation and sensitivity, imagination and fantasy, and broad-minded tolerance of others´ viewpoints and values.” Measured on a widely used and scientifically validated personality inventory, changes in openness were larger in magnitude than changes typically observed in healthy adults over decades of life experiences, the scientists say. “The mystical experience has certain qualities,” MacLean said. On the Net: