I’ve invested a great deal of time, money and energy in Personal Development courses. It doesn’t matter what kind or what company because they all resulted in the same thing: awareness.

I’m not saying that awareness is a bad thing but I was really looking for more. I fell into the trap that there was something wrong with me and this was going to fix it…. Immediately. I was wrong of course.

I also felt that it was a lot of money for such a minor thing to be revealed to me. They promised more than just awareness but my mind was numbed for several years before I realized that I was not much further ahead than when I started out on this journey of personal awareness.

I learned all sorts of things about myself: how I communicate, what it meant to be attractive, how to create a support network, and what exactly made me tick. Notice I didn’t say motivate or inspire. I thought I left inspired but I found the only way I could keep the energy up was to volunteer to coach in the programs and THAT was a lot of work – for free. I was back to square two, square one being the awareness stage.

There is nothing more painful than being aware, knowing what you want to do next or where to go but running out of steam. There is nothing more painful than realizing there is no quick fix involved in this. So I started back at the beginning.

I knew what I valued but when talking with clients; I found this to be misleading and such an overused word. I found that calling them the Elements of their Personality made much more sense. Their personality was driven by these powerful little words. Words like passion, power, integrity, creativity resonated with a lot of people.

These words described to them, what made up “who they were” but finding this out never inspired or motivated them for very long. And of course it never motivated me for long either. I realized that what I ended up with were clients who were dependent on ME to motivate them. Sometimes that even backfired in my face. People don’t always want to be told how to stay motivated and be inspired. They want to create their own inspiration. They didn’t always believe that but it was true.

So knowing their Elements, and mine of course, was nice to know. It was a useful tool to decide WHAT I wanted to do but then I and my clients would come to a screeching halt. It was embarrassing to sometimes not be able to help them get exactly where they wanted to go. What was even more embarrassing was to realize the wall I was up against. I had a computer full of assessment tools and articles but nothing to inspire me or my clients. Not to mention I wasn’t exactly the role model of personal growth.

It was several years of searching until I found out what I needed to know about inspiration and motivation. I talk a lot about it in my earlier articles but it was definitely the missing link in permanent change.

I still do work with Elements, Boundaries and Standards but it is all built around the premise of self-awareness. The work of inspiration and motivation I leave up to my clients. It isn’t always a quick journey and none of my clients ever need to get fixed but they leave a conversation, with me, inspired and motivated to actually do something with all this awareness we went through together.

Maureen Miller B.Ed., C.U.G.,
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Coaching Personally
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No real relationship can be established or nurtured without direct, two-way communication. That includes our relationship with God. And while spontaneous communication from God is always a possibility, I recommend a more intentional approach. Directed by the spirit, we can move from knowledge about God to actual experience of Him. There’s a world of difference.

An intentional encounter with God only requires a few steps. Engage our imagination, with the proper safeguards. Establish a “safe place” for the encounter to occur. Then follow a simple process to engage God in conversation with us.

Our imagination is a gift from God. Jesus repeatedly engaged the imaginations of his listeners with his image-filled parables. Some people fear the use of imagination in worship and prayer. This fear is based in the knowledge–and perhaps experience–of Satan misusing this gift from God for his own evil purposes. That’s always a possibility with any of God’s gifts. There are some safeguards we can take. First and foremost is to pray for God to protect us and sanctify our imagination, allowing it to be used for only His purposes.

Other safeguards that we can use are
1) accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior,
2) believing that the Bible is the true Word of God,
3) committing to continuing spiritual growth, like prayer, Bible study, serving others, etc.,
4) maintaining a submissive attitude toward God, and
5) testing the truth of what we’ve heard. More on that in a moment.

With the safeguards in place, we can use meditation to establish a “safe place” in our mind to meet God. This is not the same type of meditation used by secular practioners or followers of other religions or philosophies. This is meditation with Jesus as the focal point. Most people find it easier to visualize Jesus, rather than God or the Holy Spirit. We should visualize as we are led. Within our safe place, then we ask Jesus to grant us a teachable attitude, the willingness to give up our own will, and that the eyes of our heart are opened to him. We also ask for protection from interference of evil spirits. And we thank him ahead of time for anything he’s going to share with us.

Once in that still state of mind, we’ll notice thoughts. Don’t try to push them away or ignore them. Instead, welcome them and pay close attention. The thoughts will fall into one of three categories. Thoughts of our own come in a more or less logical progression, one building upon and following another. A train of thought, if you will.

Spontaneous thoughts will also arise, seemingly from nowhere. They’re not tied to any thought preceding them. These spontaneous thoughts come from one of two places: Satan or God. Negative, derogatory, life-sapping thoughts are from the enemy. Loving, affirming, life-giving thoughts are from God. Have some paper and a pen handy to write down these spontaneous thoughts from God.

Once we’ve heard from God, we need to test what we’ve heard for the truth. We all have a tendency to get in God’s way. The words we’ve written down may sound a lot like our own words, especially to others. After all, they’ve been filtered through our mind. But we’ll recognize words from God as having a slightly different “sound” to them and we’ll have a strong sense that they came from a different source, not our mind. We should compare what we’ve heard to what we can read in the Bible. God will never contradict Himself. We may also want to show what we’ve written to a trusted spiritual advisor who will prayerfully consider the words.

So we need to use our imagination. Put proper safeguards in place. Spend time in the presence of God, writing down what we hear. And then we need to test the truth of what we’ve heard.

God can and will speak to us in a number of ways–through the imagination as we’ve just seen, in an audible voice, through images, through other people, and using other resources like the Bible or a song or an object we come across unexpectedly. The key is to expect to hear from God. To be intentional about it. And then to enjoy the benefits of a deeper relationship with God marked by two-way communication.

An vibrant, meaningful relationship with God–speaking to Him and hearing from Him–begins with prayer. Joe Vigliano has written about the various types, styles, and methods of effective prayer. To improve your prayer life, visit his informational web site at

Focus on Prayer

Saunas come in many sizes, shapes, and distinct features. If you are in the market for a hot tub saunas system set up you need to decide what features are important to you. This article will help you weed through some of the benefits to owning hot tub saunas.

Your Skin Will Thank You

If you can afford the luxury of owning some of the better hot tub saunas units out there today you will help your skin by adding much needed moister. Your skin will enjoy the added moister that a sauna can offer, but there are many more benefits to owning a sauna. The sweat that comes out will clean your pours and allow you skin to breathe and stretch properly. This can also be considering a nice anti aging treatment for your skin.

One of the best methods for using hot tub saunas is to use them simultaneously. You should use the hot tub for no more then 30 minutes. The same goes for a sauna unit. You may be tempted to nap in your sauna, but it is not advised. You must be careful that you never over due it. Also you do not need for your systems to be so hot. You can save a good amount of money by turning your hot tub saunas down just a couple of degrees.

Hot tub saunas come in a variety of styles to fit any homes décor. If you plan to have these units outside you will be looking at a wooden sauna. There are many wonderful wooden hot tub saunas units on the market. You would be wise to ask about the maintenances of these units as this might help you decide which one fits your needs the best.

There re so many benefits to a hot tub saunas treatment. You can clear out many toxins in your body. You can look slimmer just be reducing your added body water. You should make sure to drink plenty of water. One way to determine if you are drinking enough water to be safe is by checking the color of your urine. The clearer that you urine is the better for you. Many people do not need to follow the old adage of eight glasses of water a day will do it. You may get with less, but you may require more.

If you need more helpful Sauna information then quickly head over to http://saunasforyou.com where you will find helpful sauna tips, advice and resources to include home saunas, portable saunas and more Hot Tub Saunas information.

The Motorola KRZR K1 and K1m are one of the newest breeds of cell phones from Motorola. The KRZR is full of function and tecnology that offers more than just a calling device. Some features are improved like that 2.0 megapixel camera. Most cell phones offer around 1.3 megapixels. The 2.0 megapixel camera offers better picture quality for those who want more from their cell phone camera. It’s video capture function is also improved because of the higher quality lense plus you can record up to twenty minutes worth of video.

Training your KRZR cell phone for voice driven menus is easy and it’s speaker phone is very high quality. The speaker phone is clear and easy to hear. Want to speak wirelessly? Well the bluetooth function of the Motorola KRZR will do just that. You can sync your cell phone and bluetooth device to your KRZR and talk without holding your phone or have to deal with wires. You can also wirelessly stream music from the Krzr to you bluetooh headset with it music capabilities. Of course each carrier that offers the Motorola KRZR cell phone has it’s own benefits from the specific carrier such as VCAST from Verizon from example. You can get a myfaves plan through T-Mobile. Cingualar also offers advantages and other uses for the Motorola Krzr.

If you are looking for the next generation of the Razr then the Krzr is a sleek and stylish phone with all of the trimmings. It’s advances and improvements make it a superior phone function wise over the Razr and with leave you satisfied with it bundle of goodies.

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A mortgage is a means of securing charge on a property of other immovable assets usually for the purpose of financing its purchase. The word mortgage derives from the French words mort meaning dead, and gage meaning pledge. The implication was that the property was dead or useless for the borrower if he could not repay the loan. In most countries it is common to fund both residential and commercial properties by creating a mortgage.

The primary parties in creating a mortgage are the lender and the borrower. The lender is also known as the creditor or the mortgage, the one to whom the property is mortgaged. Similarly the borrower is also known as the debtor or the mortgagor, the one who mortgages the property. Because of the high stakes and the complex legal issues involved both parties are usually represented by solicitors.

A mortgage usually creates a lien or right to the title of the property. It does not transfer absolute ownership to the lender. A mortgage is created by an instrument known as mortgage deed. Despite having a lien on the property, the lender has to take recourse to law to recover his funds if the debtor defaults on the payments. A legal process declaring that the debt is due and that the borrower has defaulted in the payments is required before the property can be sold.

Mortgage lenders are banks or financial institutions that lend funds to borrowers for the specific purchase of land and property, and secure the loans by way of a mortgage on the land or property created in their favor. The borrower needs funds to purchase the land or property. He expects to pay back the loan along with interest by utilizing the assets in his business or from some other expected income. Mortgage lenders have funds available but are unable to leverage the funds to produce high returns. Hence both benefit from the transaction.

Mortgage lenders need protection from the eventuality that the borrower will default in his commitments. Towards this end they get the assets mortgaged in their favor. The mortgage is created by a legal charge, through which the ownership of the assets remain with the borrower, but the mortgage lenders have the right to take possession of and even sell the assets. This is known as foreclosure.

Mortgage lenders are further protected by the recording of the charge in a public register. This registration makes it easier for them to foreclose the assets should the need arise. This registration serves another purpose as well. Before lending the funds, mortgage lenders carry out a search of the registers to ensure that the assets are not already mortgaged.

Andy is an expert in finance and Mortgage matters

In order to generate profits and income from your blog there’s something
that you need. What is it? Traffic. Without traffic there is no income.
So how do you go about getting traffic to your blog so you can live the
dream by making a full time income from home as a blogger?

No matter what other traffic generation techniques you use to drive traffic
to your blog, one technique you should always use is on-page search engine
optimization, or SEO. Proper on page search engine optimization really isn’t
that hard. And it’s more than worth the potential payoff you could get from
some of your blog entries ranking highly in the search engines for certain
keyword phrases.

Organic search engine traffic is some of the highest quality traffic you can
receive to your site. These visitors are actively searching for what you have
to off. And, of course, there’s the little matter of the traffic being free.

So how do you get your site to rank well enough to generate this kind of traffic?

For starters, forget all the crap software that doesn’t do anything but create
junk spam pages that the search engines eventually discover and ban from their
search engine results.

If you want great search engine rankings that last, there are some solid search
engine optimization tactics you can use that thesearch engines actually love.

Let’s take a look at some of these SEO tactics you need to use and then I’ll
show you some results I’ve gotten with these search engine techniques.

Create a site or blog with lots of valuable and unique content. One of my sites
has over 500 pages of content that I wrote myself. Last month that site received
over 52,104 unique visitors from the search engines - all free traffic.

Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page, like
Title, META tags, Headers, etc.

Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between
web pages, find what they want and buy products and services.

Don’t submit your site to the search engines. I know, that sounds strange. But
instead, let them find your site naturally by getting links on other sites and
directories.

Do not engage an automated submission service. This can be treated like spam by
the search engines and cause you all sorts of problems.

Monitor your competitors and the top ranked websites to see what they are doing
right in the way of design, navigation, content, keywords, etc.

Use reports and logs from your web hosting company to see where your traffic is
coming from. Over time, you’ll find people getting to your pages via keyword
phrases you hadn’t even thought of. You can take these keywords and create new
web pages based on them to grab even more free search engine traffic.

Analyze your visitor location and their incoming sources, whether search engines
or links from other sites and the keywords they used to find you. In December,
one of my sites had 1,501 different referrers, do to many other sites out there
having links to my site.

We’ll explore some more SEO techniques in Part III

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As with all types of laminate flooring the best versions are constructed from various layers in order to create lasting but affordable flooring for the home. The layers of most laminate flooring are made up of the following and are fused together in order to make the most durable and beautiful for your home.

1. Melamine Layer - This bottom acts as the backing layer and provides both a moisture barrier (prevents moisture from penetrating it) as well as providing structural integrity to the whole of laminate flooring.

2. MoistureSeal - This is the second layer in the laminate flooring and is included within the ultra dense core board that is used again providing both structural stability to the whole floor and protecting it against moisture.

3. Dcor Layer - This is found beneath the top layer and helps to provide your laminate wood flooring with their natural hardwood designs.

4. Melamine Layer - As with the bottom layer this is also used for the top layer and offers both a beautiful and tough finish to the laminate flooring.

Now we have looked at what makes up laminate flooring we need to look at how it is installed.

Installation of certain name brand laminate flooring are very simple as they come with a system known as Versalock. All you need to do is snap it in to place. This patented locking technology helps to secure the flooring panels in place on all four sides and there is no need to use adhesives in order to ensure that it stays in place. Most all of the laminate floors carry a warranty that they can not be easily damaged by moisture. Plus the greatest benefit to be gained from using laminate flooring in your home is that it can be easily taken apart and then reassembled so if you are moving home and want to take your flooring with you then you can if you decide to install laminate flooring in your home.

Although laminate flooring is durable if you want to keep it looking as good as the day that you installed it then you need to follow a few simple rules. Firstly set up a regular maintenance routine in order to keep your laminate flooring in pristine condition. Sweep, dust or vacuum (use a hard floor attachment only) the flooring regularly and this will help to prevent the accumulation of dirt and dust which can scratch or dull its finish. Every so often use cleaning products which have been specifically designed for caring for laminate flooring and for the best results possible use one of the many laminate flooring care products that are readily available.

For more information on flooring try visiting http://flooring-solution.com, a website that specializes in providing helpful flooring tips, advice and resources to include Laminate Flooring and more.

Yes, your resume is crucial to landing the job interview. And yes,
it’s true that the employer will only take a few seconds to glance
at your resume before deciding whether it goes in the consider pile
or the rejected pile. Yes, there’s a lot of pressure to make your
resume stand out. But let me ask you, how does your resume get even
that short look from the employer?

That’s right! Your resume cover letter has to be top notch. It’s
the very first thing they know about you. If your resume cover letter
doesn’t wow them, they’ll toss your resume and the cover letter in
the reject pile without even looking at the resume. You may have
just completed the world’s best resume but if the resume cover letter
doesn’t match up, that resume may never get read.

So, please don’t write a resume cover letter that goes something like
this:

“Dear Hiring Manager,

Enclosed is my resume in response to your ad in the classfied section
of the Super Duper Journal from this Sunday.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Ivanna Job”

No way. That’s just not going to cut it. The resume cover letter has
to wow them just like the resume does.

If it’s at all possible, you have to find out who your resume will be sent
to. You do not want something like ‘Dear Hiring Manager’ or ‘To Whom It
May Concern.’ Address your resume cover letter to a real person.

In the first sentence or two explain how you learned of the position. This
will let the reader know how well you know the company or position.

Now you will want to draw the reader’s attention to your resume by pointing
out your top two or three qualifications for this particular position. Don’t
rewrite your resume but summarize the most important points.

Proofread! Proofread! Proofread! I know it seems silly that your future
employment could hinge on a typo or the use of the wrong word (you’re instead
of your, for example) but it can and does. Let’s face it, if you can’t take
the time to proofread a simple one page letter, what kind of mistakes are
you going to make on the job? Mistakes that could cost the company thousands,
if not millions of dollars. An employer won’t take that chance. Give your
resume cover letter to someone you trust to proofread it as well. It’s a lot
harder to see our own mistakes.

Keep these simple points in mind and you’ll be writing an effective resume
cover letter in no time.

Learn more about resume cover letters

Learn more about how to plan an effective job search with Freddie Johnson’s free articles on resumes, cover letters, interview and job search tips at http://www.resume-cover-letter-and-career-tips.com

It seems to happen to anyone who becomes pregnant. Inevitably someone will give you some advice and tell you a pregnancy myth or an old pregnancy wives tale. I’m sure you have heard many of them, right? Let’s take a look at some of the most popular pregnancy myths and beliefs and see if we can sort out fact from fiction and discover the real truth.

Isn’t it amazing at how everyone seems to know everything there is to know about pregnancy? From curing morning sickness to labor and delivery, everyone and their brother has some kind of advice or cure. Morning sickness is a good place to start. One of the oldest boy or girl pregnancy myth says that if you experience a lot of morning sickness then you will have a baby girl. Of course there is no medical basis for this myth. In fact, I had very little morning sickness with my daughter and later had severe morning sickness with my son!

Heartburn is another area that seems to generate a lot of myths about pregnancy. The most common one being that if you are having a lot of heartburn then you will have a baby with a full head of thick dark hair. You just have to laugh at this. Of course that case of heartburn has nothing to do with your just eating 3 supreme tacos from Taco Bell that you had been craving all day!

Your baby’s heart rate is yet another area that produces several pregnancy myths. It is said by some that when you go in for a pregnancy well visit and your doctor listens to your baby’s heart, if the heart rate is high then you will be having a girl. If it is low, then it’s a boy. I will leave this to your own thinking as to whether this is fact or fiction.

One of my favorite pregnancy wives tales is how you are carrying your baby. You may have heard this one before. This boy or girl pregnancy myth says that if you are carrying your baby low it is a boy. If you are carrying high then it will be a girl. The scariest part of this is that there are people in the world who actually believe this.

Having to listen to these pregnancy myths can be good for a laugh or two, but just don’t go out and buy your baby’s new clothes based on them. To really get a good idea of whether you are having a baby boy or girl during your pregnancy is through an ultra sound. But even then, there are cases when it could be wrong. The one and only absolute positive way of knowing? When you deliver.

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Go on Google or Yahoo and type in “make money” and see what kind of ads that show up on the paid listing section on the search page. There will be ads saying something like “make thousands a day!” or “you can make $50,000 your first month my way!”. Before you click on those ads, think about the all the possibilities if you were able to make that much money daily or monthly. Now think about the possibility of that actually happening. It sounds easy, and those advertisers will make it sound so easy, but it really isn’t. How do I know? I admit that I’ve actually tried one to see how it is. The outcome wasn’t so great; after payment of $49.95, I was given a login and password to encounter hundreds of links leading me to other websites that could be found on Google itself. Not only that, more than half of them required me to pay extra, either for service or for their e-book, costing more than the amount that I paid to “try” and make the money that the “others” made. Now, I don’t know if I could call this a scam, but they had a 90 day money back guarantee. After 10 minutes of surfing around the links, I emailed the webmaster for a refund. The webmaster was kind enough to refund the money within 72 hours.

Now, if you want to find ways to make money fast, you can. However, the outcome won’t be too pleasant. Logically, why would anyone sell an idea that can make someone thousands of dollars daily for less than $100? It’s like selling a business with $1m annual net profit for $100,000 or less. If you really want to make money the best way is to work for it, either by getting a good paying job or starting your own business, not by seeking these irrational opportunities.

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