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- I Wake up Smiling - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jeanie Marshall"I wake up smiling" could be a metaphor for life's enlightening moments, a song title about a smile, or the response to transition from sleep to the day's activities. I love the waking-up smile as a metaphor for enlightenment, and maybe I'll write a song someday, but I do mean literally that ...
Views: 2486(3 votes) - Diversity Means They Will Be Different - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2008 from Jeanie MarshallI have been a proponent of diversity throughout my life. This has manifested in a variety of ways, in both my personal life and career. Often "diversity" is used to connote a particular ratio of the two genders or racial representation. I have a broader definition of "diversity." Diversity ...
Views: 2392(1 vote) - Create Your Positive Power Position Picture for Personal Empowerment - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2008 from Jeanie MarshallDo you ever step into the pit of despair, inadequacy, depression, hopelessness, or fear? The more conscious you are of your process of moving and being in and out of the pit, the more enlightened you can become. Each moment presents a choice to live; each situation presents a choice to ...
Views: 2328(1 vote) - Beginnings And Endings Create Life That Is New And Fresh - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2008 from Jeanie MarshallIt seems that when I honor the ending, the beginning is more joyous. I admit, I don't always remember to honor the ending. Sometimes I just want the ending to end or the beginning to begin. As infants, we end our time in the womb to begin our human experience. The other day, I met a ...
Views: 2231(2 votes) - Time To Wake Up, Notice The Awakening - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2008 from Jeanie MarshallEvery morning you wake up. Unless, of course, you have not slept all night or have a non-ordinary schedule. Some days you may wake up grumpy. You may even stay grumpy all day. Sometimes, perhaps, you even enjoy your grumpiness or find familiarity in it. It is much better to be grumpy with ...
Views: 1938(1 vote) - Questioning What Is Enough - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2007 from Jeanie Marshall"Enough" is an often-used word in our language. It reflects adequacy -- from insufficiency to exaggeration -- of the subject that is the focus of attention, including people, places, things, and ideas. It can describe quantity or quality, depending on the subject or object. The relationship to ...
Views: 2048(1 vote) - Five Types Of Affirmations For Empowerment - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallFive categories of affirmations support you in manifesting powerful change. These five categories or types of affirmations have emerged from my consulting work with clients and workshop participants. You may work with affirmations in every category concurrently, or you may focus on a different ...
Views: 5302(1 vote) - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions For Enhanced Empowerment - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallIn all parts of your life, you must make decisions. Little decisions, big decisions, monumental decisions. Some decisions are so natural that you may not even consider them decisions. Decisions focus your attention. Each decisions is a choice. Decisions about Basic Needs You make conscious ...
Views: 1976(1 vote) - How To Minimize Stress When You Present To A Group - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallAs a public speaker, entrepreneur, trainer, consultant, manager, do you ever feel stressful about presenting to a group? Regardless of your role or relationship to the group, it's quite normal to experience stress. A little stress keeps you alert; too much stress can be counterproductive. Here ...
Views: 2444(1 vote) - Energy at Work - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallEnergy works for you, with you, in you, and as you. In fact, you are energy. In the workplace, when you enhance your sensitivity to energy you can enhance your experience of empowerment, effectiveness, and efficiency. Energy is synonymous with movement. When energy is blocked, you are less ...
Views: 2234(1 vote) - *** When Is The Best Time To Meditate For Greatest Benefits? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallThe best time for you to meditate is the time that you will do it! It's the time that works best in your schedule, the time that is easiest for you. If you choose a time that is convenient for your lifestyle, you'll find the experience more appealing and more natural. I consider the above is ...
Views: 2497(2 votes) - The To Do and Did It Lists - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallThe To Do List is certainly one of the most popular stay-on-your priorities approach for reducing stress and using time effectively. Recently I was asked in an interview: Does the To Do List really work? My immediate response was: yes and no. Yes, it works for some people; no, it does not work ...
Views: 881(1 vote) - Learning The Power of Intention - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallIt was early in my career, for which I am very grateful. I was leading the last three days of a five-day training program for US Federal government employees who were mid-level managers newly assigned to overseas posts. In the group of 30, there were a few seasoned managers, but most had under ...
Views: 916(1 vote) - *** Finding The Rhythm In Your Breath - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallFocusing on your breath can be a truly empowering experience. You may have a tendency to discount the power of noticing and using the rhythm of your breath because your breath is so much a part of you. It might just seem too simple. Ordinarily, of course, your breath works in the automatic ...
Views: 1411(1 vote) - A Dream Come True, Again and Again - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallYou have your own unique dreams and visions and views of things to come. Some dreams are splashes and flashes you may not fully comprehend. Others may be as clear as you see with your physical eyes. Some arrive in your nighttime dreaming, remembered in the morning or days later. Others show up ...
Views: 896(1 vote) - Learning By Your Own Experiences And Learning By Others' Experiences - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallThere is no question in my mind that learning directly from your own experience is the best, all 'round way to learn. In my view, the value of learning from others' experiences is overrated. My apologies to parents, teachers, and gurus who think that their own experiences teach as much as they ...
Views: 1234(1 vote) - Being In The Awareness Of Balance To Do What You Do More Joyously - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallBalance, just as any idea or thing or person, has energy and is energy. As you become more and more attuned to energy, you recognize ideas and things and people more easily, without needing visual clues for proof. You might say that you can see more accurately with your eyes closed. At a very ...
Views: 906(1 vote) - Are You On The Inside Or The Outside Of Jargon? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallOn an online network, the subject of word use became a topic of discussion. This is a worthy topic of discussion anywhere, but it seems especially important online, where the written word becomes the primary means of communication. Several subtopics emerged in our discussion, including jargon. ...
Views: 1054(1 vote) - ***Meditation Is A Quiet Revolution - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallFor over 30 years, I have been meditating. For almost as many years, in workshops, consultations, friendly conversations, and writing, I have been encouraging, teaching, or leading people to meditate and create quiet times. During this time, the world has changed considerably, and so have I. My ...
Views: 1250(1 vote) - Take Time to Save Time - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallFrequently, People say, "I don't have time to ......" Often this is an excuse to justify doing something else or not doing anything. You may want to read these items with the intention of identifying just one that is the most important for you at this time. Successful individuals already perform ...
Views: 1059(1 vote) - The Power of Writing a Statement of Intention - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallI consider that an important principle of empowerment is to identify an intention; a technique related to that principle is to write down the statement of intention. I consciously use the principle of intention in all aspects of my work, and express intention frequently with my clients. I also ...
Views: 1164(1 vote) - *** Guided Meditation for Empowered Consciousness - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallMy definition of "meditation" is a somewhat broad one. I consider meditation is an opportunity to realize your higher consciousness (or to realize your oneness with your higher consciousness) and to let go of resistance. Benefits and Techniques of Meditation There are many benefits to ...
Views: 1254(1 vote) - The To Do And Did It Lists - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallThe To Do List is certainly one of the most popular stay-on-your priorities approach for reducing stress and using time effectively. Recently I was asked in an interview: Does the To Do List really work? My immediate response was: yes and no. Yes, it works for some people; no, it does not work ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - Youthing, Not Aging - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallIt is not a new concept that "you are as young as you feel." This is great news, unless, of course, you feel old. As you wake up to a view of living in the new paradigm of a more peaceful life, it is important to let go of obsolete, outdated beliefs. Symptoms often attributed to old age are: ...
Views: 1307(1 vote) - The Reality of Imagery for Empowerment - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallPopular is the belief that imagery and imagination are not real. From my point of view, imagination is real: it exists in another dimension of reality than the physical. Imagery is not less real because it is less dense than a chair. Imagery is a set of mental pictures or images. These mental ...
Views: 1060(3 votes) - Playing At The Edge Of Life For Empowering Results - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallPerhaps your mood of the moment is the most important criterion for determining what "Playing at the Edge of Life" means to you. Playing, edge, and life are all open to considerable interpretation. How you view or interpret the phrase today, you may give it a different meaning tomorrow. As you ...
Views: 981(1 vote) - Paradigms are Containers for Change - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallParadigms are ubiquitous. They show up in conversations, books, bedrooms, films, families, restaurants, professions, games, sports, industries, and social systems of all types. Paradigms fall within paradigms, overlap other paradigms, and bump into still others. Paradigms are big or small, new ...
Views: 1250(2 votes) - Moving Through Puddles (Or, The Puddle Theory of Personal Development) - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2007 from Jeanie MarshallA "puddle" is the ultimate re-framing of a "bottomless pit" or a "dark hole" or an "abyss" or an "unfathomable chasm" or "deep yogurt" or an "empty void" or "in trouble" or -- well, you get the idea. "Moving through puddles" includes the concept of cycles, of life in constant change. We move ...
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