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Scheduling Stress Breaks

By Michael Masterson

If you work as hard as I do, you will be forever on the verge of a nervous breakdown unless you do something about it. One of the best things you can do is schedule at least two (and preferably three or four) stress breaks every working day.
A stress break is not a stress break unless:

1. You get at least 10 feet away from your desk.
2. You are completely distracted by it.
3. It lasts at least five minutes.
4. It relaxes you.
5. It energizes you.

If you have good control over your daily schedule, you can plan stress breaks between tasks. Ideally, you’ll want a five-minute break every 90 to 120 minutes. If your schedule is too frenetic or unpredictable to do it that way, use an egg timer and simply break away from whatever you are doing when it rings.

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Suggested stress-reducing activities:

1. Stretching
2. Yoga
3. Billiards
4. A walk in the sun
5. Meditation

What will NOT reduce stress?

1. Lifting weights
2. Any strenuous exercise
3. Talking about work
4. (Probably) talking about anything
5. Sex

You will notice that the stress-reducing activities suggested above are solo ventures. That is not a coincidence.

This is something you can start today. If you think you are too busy to start today, you really, REALLY need to start today. If you have no problem with the idea of taking stress breaks, you don’t have enough stress in your life because you are not working hard enough. Get to work.

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Some reasons why Denmark Is Considered The Happiest Country.

Last month, Denmark was crowned the happiest country in the world. “The top countries generally rank higher in all six of the key factors identified in the World Happiness Report,” wrote University of British Columbia economics professor John Helliwell, one of the report's contributing authors. The six factors for a happy nation split evenly between concerns on a government- and on a human-scale. The happiest countries have in common a large GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy at birth and a lack of corruption in leadership. But also essential were three things over which individual citizens have a bit more control over: A sense of social support, freedom to make life choices and a culture of generosity. The rest of the paid time off is up to the family to use as they see fit. Danish children have access to free or low-cost child care. In Denmark, 79 percent of mothers return to their previous level of employment, compared to 59 percent of American women. Danish citizens expect and receive health care as a basic right. But what's more, they know how to effectively use their health systems. Danish people are in touch with their primary care physician an average of nearly seven times per year, according to a 2012 survey of family medicine in the country. And that means they have a single advocate who helps them navigate more complicated care. "This gatekeeping system essentially is designed to support the principle that treatment ought to take place at the lowest effective care level along with the idea of continuity of care provided by a family doctor," wrote the authors of the family medicine survey. By contrast, Americans seek medical care an average of fewer than four times per year and they don't just visit their general practitioner -- this figure includes emergency room visits, where many uninsured Americans must access doctors. This diversity of resources means that many Americans don't have continuity of care -- not a single medical professional advocating for them and putting together a comprehensive medical history. It isn't just parents who can expect balanced gender norms. Denmark regularly ranks among the top 10 countries in a World Economic Forum's yearly report that measures gender equality. While no country in the world has yet achieved gender parity, Denmark and other Nordic countries are coming close. That is in no small part because of the strong presence of women in leadership positions. In Denmark, Sweden and Norway, political parties introduced voluntary gender quotas in the 1970s, resulting in high numbers of female political representatives over the years. In Denmark, in fact, this quota has since been abandoned as no further stimulus is required. Indeed, the country currently has its first female prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (although she has been leader of the Social Democrat party since 2005). As Katie J.M. Baker puts it in her exploration of gender politics in the Scandinavian country: "Unlike in America, where bestsellers goad already overworked and underpaid women to Lean In even further, the assumption in Denmark is that feminism is a collective goal, not an individual pursuit." In Denmark's most populated and largest city, Copenhagen, bikes account for 50 percent of its residents' trips to school or work. Cyclists in Copenhagen cover an estimated 1.2 million kilometers each day –- saving the city a little over $34 million each year. What's more, just 30 minutes of daily biking adds an average of one to two years to the life expectancy of Copenhagen's cyclists. Denmark is a society where citizens participate and contribute to making society work. More than 40 percent of all Danes do voluntary work in cultural and sports associations, NGOs, social organisations, political organisations, etc. There is a wealth of associations: in 2006, there were 101,000 Danish organisations -- worth noting in a population of just 5.5 million. Combined with the value growth from the non-profit sector, public subsidies and membership fees, the total economic impact of the sector represents 9.6 percent of the Danish GDP. During the last election in September 2011, for example, 87.7 percent of the country voted. "Just because you've experienced adversity in your life does not mean that what starts badly will end badly. Do not make bad experiences a self-fulfilling prophecy of what lies ahead. On the contrary, know that those milestones are behind you and the road to the future is clear."

Depression and How To Overcome it- Some Tips

Depression plays tricks on you. It tells you things are hopeless, when there's hope. It tells you life is only suffering, when there is joy and love to be discovered. It tells you that you can't do this or that, when you can take action in spite of your feelings It tells you there's no way out, when there is a way out. Our natural response to feeling depressed is to try to find a way to feel better. This sounds reasonable but it sets us off on an endless loop of focusing on our feelings and trying to fix them directly with our mind. Generally, this doesn't work - what you pay attention to grows. Our feelings fluctuate -- all feelings, including depression. We notice this process. We accept whatever feelings arise. We stop fighting with the feelings we don't like and take them with us as we go about our work in the world. As we learn to coexist with our depression, the depression loses its power over us. We conquer depression through acceptance, activity and purpose.

“A man's concern, even his despair over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress, but by no means a mental disease. It may well be interpreting the first in terms of the latter motivates a doctor to bury his patient's existential despair under a heap of tranquilizing drugs. It is his task, rather, to pilot the patient through his existential crisis of growth and development.” -- Viktor Frankl, M.D. (psychiatrist and survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp)

“From the experience with the fickleness of feelings and the unpredictability of their onset and departure, I was able to say to myself, 'This will pass'. It is knowing that the feelings of depression will pass, and will probably visit me again, that makes living with very uncomfortable feelings a very doable thing.” -- Julie Phillips

Tips for Dealing with Depression

By Gregg Krech (from The Downs and Outs of Depression)

1. Get your body moving - exercise - even though you don't feel like it

2. Change your diet - among other things, eliminate sugar and caffeine

3. Take steps to resolve or change your life situation (address your problems constructively)

4. Learn the skill of "coexisting with unpleasant feelings" (accept what cannot be controlled)

5. Learn to work skillfully with your attention

6. Practice self-reflection to get a more accurate picture of your reality (see maxim below)

7. Find a purpose that is worth living and striving for

Maxim

“Examine Life Outside the Boundaries of Your Difficulties” -- Gregg Krech

Periodically we found ourselves in challenging situations - we lose our jobs, get sick, experience the death of a loved one or end a long term relationship. In these moments we can become immersed in our own pain. Our attention becomes trapped within limited boundaries of our suffering. But there is more to life than we are seeing. As we expand our view of life we may find that even within the context of our suffering, compassion, care and support are our close companions. Often, as a result of the support of others, we are able to recover from our problems. But how often do we make room for gratitude in the midst of suffering.

When we expand the boundaries of our attention we see a life in which we are continuously supported through our most difficult moments. A life which is actually helping us to deal with our difficulties.

From Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection by Gregg Krech. Stone Bridge Press, 2002.


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“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” -- Albert Camus

“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.” -- Kahlil Gibran

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From: http://www.todoinstitute.org/depression.html

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People are happier when they believe they are having more sex than their peers.

Not only does how often you have sex help modify your level of happiness, but so does knowing how often other people have sexual encounters.

A study published in Social Indicators Research by Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, says that people are generally happier when they believe they are having more sex than their peers.

“There’s an overall increase in sense of well-being that comes with engaging in sex more frequently, but there’s also this relative aspect to it,” he said in a statement. “Having more sex makes us happy, but thinking that we are having more sex than other people makes us even happier.”

He analyzed data from the General Social Survey, which has included questions about sexual frequency since 1989. The sample included 15,386 people who were surveyed between 1993 and 2006. Respondents in the survey who reported having sex at least two to three times a month were 33 percent more likely to report a higher level of happiness than those who reported having sex during the previous 12 months.

Respondents in the study who reported having sex once a week were 44 percent more likely to report being happier, and the studs who reported having sex two to three times a week were 55 percent more likely to report a higher level of happiness.

Wadsworth said people use mass media and other sources like magazines to find out how men or women know how frequently their peers are having sex. He said “there is plenty of evidence that information concerning normative sexual behavior is learned through discussions within peer groups and friendship networks.”

The researcher found that if someone believes members of their peer group are having sex once a week, even though they are really having sex two to three times a month, their level of happiness drops about 14 percent.

“We’re usually not looking down and therefore thinking of ourselves as better off, but we’re usually looking up and therefore feeling insufficient and inadequate,” Wadsworth said.

The study echoes claims made at the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 64th Annual Scientific Meeting in 2011. Researchers at this event said they found a link between happiness and people in their mid-to-late 60s who have sex. They said that the frequency of sexual activity was a significant predictor of both general and marital happiness in this age group.


Source: Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online

What's Ahead for Us...New Life on a New Earth

New Life on Earth

Please note that the information contained in this video is received from Spirit. It is not necessarily proven scientific fact. Remember when the accepted world view was that the Earth was flat!

The process of Earth axis shift is ongoing. It is not complete on 21 December 2012. It is a gradual process of evolutionary change, which marks a new beginning for the Earth as it has now moved into a fifth dimensional (faster pulsating) energy environment and domain. Earth’s axis shift affects the angle of torque or angle of Earth rotation. This alteration in Earth’s angle of rotation also affects the electromagnetic entrainment between Earth and the Galactic Center, the energy programming center for our Milky Way Galaxy. The energy emanating from the Galactic Center codes for a consciousness and physical upgrade for both the Earth and for all life forms on Earth. This is allowing for "New Life on a New Earth."

Judy Sartori

The Sound of Light

Argue for your limitations and they're yours.

Argue for your limitations and they're yours. 
                          -Richard Bach, Illusions 
           
Growing up, we all receive comments on our self-worth and abilities. We also have experiences that leave us with beliefs about ourselves and every area of life- relationships, health, success, prosperity, and our own value as a person. These comments and experiences, whether positive or negative, shape our beliefs about what is possible for us in life. Do any of the following sound 
familiar? 
  
- You're a good girl (or boy.)     
- You can't draw. 
- You're good in sports. - You sing off key- just mouth the words. 
- You'll never amount to anything. 
- Relationships are difficult 
- There's never enough money. 
- You certainly have a gift with words. 
- What makes you think you could be successful?

So now you're an adult, and you want to achieve your dreams. But all the old limiting experiences still exist inside, telling you all the reasons why you can't do what you want. You may also have other limitations, like being too aware of other's opinions, not trusting yourself and Spirit for guidance, or being more concerned with security in life than passion in living. Perhaps you have discovered that "instant transformation" in a week-end doesn't often happen. The process of understanding and working with those apparent limitations takes time and patience. Imagine that you are weeding the inner garden of yourself, lovingly and patiently releasing the old to plant the new seeds. Step by step, you CAN recognize the beliefs that limit you and change them. 
  
How often have you said things to yourself or out loud such as: 
- I'm stuck. 
- I'll never get past this one. 
- It's hard to change.   

So- guess what- what you claim is what you get! When you say words like this out loud or to yourself, you are continuing to claim your limitations. The words say that you don't believe change is possible or that you're actually not willing to change! Pay attention to your words, and start by changing the way you talk to yourself. Tell yourself you are willing to change and grow. 

Affirm that you are guided to any help you need in releasing the past. Go to the mirror and tell yourself all the positive, encouraging messages you wish you'd received in childhood. Talk to your Inner Child in a loving way. Be committed to choosing thoughts that build you up and nurture you rather than criticizing.

I call this "clearing the old menu items." Clear the past and create new items for the Menu of Life! Use some of these affirmations to assist you:

-I have clear insights that assist me in releasing the past. 
-I am willing to believe that I deserve a wonderful life. 
-I begin my new life in this moment. 
-I am willing to open my arms and claim the wonderful, fulfilling life I deserve. 
-I choose to believe it is easy to clear the menu items I no longer want. 
-Any resource I need for my emotional and spiritual healing 
comes to me quickly and easily.
     
Be patient with yourself as you focus on the changes you want to make. Resist the temptation to "should" on yourself and create more stress! Take time to journal and meditate and visualize the changes you want. Give yourself lots of support and praise for the changes you do make, however small.

What I know is that changing your life takes focus and commitment. You are creating new mental patterns, so the more aware you are of your thoughts on a daily basis, the faster you can change them to what you DO want and then create wonderful new experiences.

And if you want to see some amazing positive change in your life, we encourage you to attend a workshop, study group, or teleclass with one of our trained Heal Your Life® teachers. The groups they conduct are truly life-changing! If there isn't an HYL teacher near you, we also 
have HYL Coaches who have completed advanced training with us and can work with you over the phone.

Make this the year you really go for your dreams! Not only will you find greater fulfillment, the whole Universe will thank you.

Love and blessings, Patricia & Rick
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Pope Joan

Pope Joan was a legendary female Pope who allegedly reigned for a few years some time during the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in 13th-century chronicles, [1] and was subsequently spread and embellished throughout Europe. It was widely believed for centuries, though modern religious scholars consider it fictitious, perhaps deriving from historicized folklore regarding Roman monuments or from anti-papal satire.

The first mention of the female pope appears in the chronicle of Jean de Mailly, but the most popular and influential version was that interpolated into Martin of Troppau's Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum, later in the 13th century. 

Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguises herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover. In the most common accounts, due to her abilities, she rises through the church hierarchy, eventually being elected pope. However, while riding on horseback, she gives birth, thus exposing her gender. In most versions, she dies shortly after, either being killed by an angry mob or from natural causes. Her memory is then shunned by her successors.
From Wikipedia
You can see Giovanni Bocaccio's engraving of Pope Joan on Wikipedia's page 'Pope Joan'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

Pope Joan - Engraving by Boccacio De Ioanne Anglica Papa.png (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boccacio_De_Ioanne_Anglica_Papa.png

On Wikipedia's page 'De mulieribus claris' (Famous Women) see  Boccaccio's list of these women. Pope Joan is #101 on his list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_mulieribus_claris