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The Myth About Money

Parents - You Can Become Financially Successful!

Gratitude - A How To Guide

What is Intimacy?

The Four Aspects of Intimacy

12 Qualities of Values in a Conscious Relationship

Relationship Strained? Create the Right Environment

The Myth About Money

By Tania French

Most people measure money by time. They believe that by working more hours they make more money.

Not a chance.

And it’s a perspective that’s hard to overcome. I’m telling you though, that the quality of your life depends on you overhauling your mind on this very important matter.

Let me tell you a secret. Once you grasp the true meaning behind these words, you’ll never look at time or money the same way again.

“Only ideas make money, not time.”

So how is it that time is not money? Look around you. What do you see. Lots of people who spend lots of time working. And working. Their income is stagnant except for the occasional raise to keep up with inflation. They are not breaking any ground financially. In fact, these workers are most likely accumulating more debt as we speak. Some of them have to work two jobs just to make ends meet.

But they keep thinking and hoping and praying that if they work hard enough, they’ll make a lot of money.
Nope. It doesn’t work that way.

Now turn your attention to successful writers, entrepreneurs, artists and business people. What do they all have in common.

They come up with a great idea. An idea that excites all their senses. And because the idea appeals to them, they naturally have great enthusiasm to implement that idea. They feel the joy of seeing that idea blossom and flourish. As a result, successful people keep creating and coming up with new ideas. They learn to discern which ideas work and have the confidence to discard those that don’t work.

Soon, ideas become as plentiful as apples on an apple tree. Which one to manifest – becomes the question.
Let me tell you something about bringing a great idea to fruition. It’s fun. It’s not work. How can something you love to do be called work. Yes, there’s a learning curve in the beginning. Every smart, wealthy person always wants to learn. But if the learning is organically connected to bringing your idea to life – you’re more alive than ever.

Your health improves. Your mind improves. You have a Reason for being alive.

Successful people would never exhaust their creative spirit by working at a dead-end job. They know, that being creative is the blood of Life. And they depend on their financial freedom to keep on creating.

If this kind of Aliveness interests you then immerse your mind in the books and courses and seminars that teach you fulfillment and prosperity. Your life ALWAYS begins Right Now.

Tania Gabrielle French is a composer and author. Her music has been performed by Grammy-award winning artists worldwide. Having learned the ancient secret for attracting prosperity, she is now living the life of her dreams. Tania's popular newsletter is read worldwide at www.creativeriches.com .

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Parents - You Can Become Financially Successful!

By David Brown

Are you struggling to pay your bills because all your money is being spent on your new God given blessing- your children?

Are you emotionally stressed because of your tight financial situation but don’t know the way out?

You are not alone. There are many parents who are in your financial situation.

It is not a surprise to learn that it can be a struggle when you read the following statistics.

It can cost a middle income family an average of $250,000.00 to raise a child from birth to the age of seventeen.
In the baby’s first year, the expenses can amount between $9,000- $11,000. This can include clothing, cots, prams, baby food, or even baby delivery charges.

The good news is that parents can become financially successful even though these expenses have arisen.

Here are effective top tips for becoming financially successful today. They must be put into practice for them to work.

First, ensure well before a baby is born that you discover what benefits you are entitled to from your government. Benefits change from country to country so you need to investigate right now. Don’t delay. If you already have children and are not sure about your entitlement to benefits then investigate right now.

The second top tip is to hire a finance building of wealth building coach or mentor. This step is essential because they will teach you the correct habits needed to build financial success so as parents or when the baby arrives you have clear financial goals and those essential habits are in place.

The investment made with a finance building or wealth building coach could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars over a life time.

The third important tip is to invest 10% of all your income into a separate account which you never use. This is essential because you need to build wealth for your future. When 10% is allocated into a special account and never touched it will accumulate. Invest 10% and live of the other 90%. People have been known to retire as millionaires by using this one tip!

The next tip is an also important. Always budget your money and allocate your money to envelopes. This way you know that all your bills are being paid and always have an envelope allocated to your children’s needs.

Work these tips effectively all the time and you will have found the solution to your financial problems!

Dave and Paula are financial guides who are always ready to assist you! To get the help you need visit the Wealth Building Strategies web site today. Dave and Paula would like you to benefit from their free wealth building newsletter. Sign up today!

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Gratitude - A How To Guide

By Steven Gillman

Yes, it might feel great to win the lottery. Money, houses, travel - these are wonderful, but not enough by themselves. You need the right frame of mind to fully enjoy life. You need the attitude of gratitude.

Be Grateful

Life is better when you feel blessed, when you can look around and say "Thank you, God." Religious or not, when you see life as a wonderful gift, your experience is a richer one than any amount of money can provide. Imagine going through life like you're a child, and every morning is Christmas.

It's tempting to think gratitude comes from having what you want. You see yourself giving thanks if you had money, a loving family, and maybe a house on the beach. Still, you know there are ungrateful, unhappy people with these things, and poor people full of gratitude for what little they have. Where does this feeling come from?

Creating Gratitude

Gratitude arises from how you look at things. It is the natural feeling that comes from truly appreciating the people and things in your life. It is also something you can learn.

First, you have to stop and smell the roses. You can't be thankful for something you don't notice or enjoy. Roses really do smell great, by the way.

Then, you need to make this appreciative approach to roses and life a habit. There's no need to ignore the ugliness in the world, but you have to habitually see the beautiful things.

Start writing down every positive thing that happens to you, and all the things you like. Do this until you start automatically seeing the good things in life. If you've ever bought a white car, and started seeing white cars all over, you know how awareness can alter your perception of reality. To see wonderful things all over, train yourself to look for them.

When you are in the habit of "counting your blessings," gratitude, and a much richer experience of life is the natural result.

Steve Gillman writes on many self help topics including boosting brainpower, losing weight, meditation, habits of mind, creative problem solving, learning gratitude, generating luck and anything related to self improvement. You'll find more at http://www.SelfImprovementNow.com

© Steve Gillman
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What is Intimacy?

By Teddy Shabba

Intimacy in a relationship is the process of revealing yourself too the other person involved. Yet we spend most of our time and energy keeping our true selves from each other in a relationship.

We need and want intimacy but choose to keep secrets.

Being intimate means opening up all the closets of you mind, body, soul, and heart with another human being who is also imperfect just like you.

To experience intimacy you must allow another person to know:

• What drives you?
• What inspires you?
• What moves you?
• What upsets you?
• What your goals in life are
• What scares you?
• The enemies that you have inside your head
• The dreams and passions of your heart

Intimacy requires that you take off your mask of life and just like an onion you peel off and reveal layer upon layer of your true self.

There is no greater gift than revealing everything that shapes and directs your life that you can give to a person.

When you allow another person into your mind, body, soul, and heart you have done all that intimacy requires.

Now it is important to understand that not all relationships are worth or deserve such complete intimacy, however your primary relationship should be, even if it's only with yourself.

What is intimacy?

Intimacy is the process of giving yourself completely in self-revelation.

Teddy Shabba is a Dating Coach for Men and creator of Dating Advice and Tips for Men which provides an abundance of information for men on dating and more. If you would like more information on how to attract, seduce and meet women sign up for the Teddy Shabba Dating Advice Newsletter for Men today.

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The Four Aspects of Intimacy

By Teddy Shabba

Intimacy is a combination of four aspects of a person; the physical, emotional, intellectual, and the spiritual. Most relationships will fall into one or two of these intimate aspects.

Physical Intimacy

Physical intimacy s the easiest one to be involved in, it usually begins with a handshake or a hug. In general the more attracted you are to someone the more touching that will occur.

Emotional Intimacy

We tend to guard ourselves from getting emotionally attached to people too quickly therefore it usually takes more time to develop emotional intimacy with someone. This is when we begin to share our opinions, feelings, fears, and dreams.

Intellectual Intimacy

Just like emotional intimacy, it takes longer to establish than physical intimacy. However, it does so because intellectual intimacy requires a number of different experiences. Conversations based on different types of cultural and political events that allow you to reveal your own personal philosophy of life; is the most common way to create intellectual intimacy.

Spiritual Intimacy

Spiritual intimacy is the rarest and most challenging form of intimacy. Spiritual intimacy has little to do with religious beliefs as couples with identical and different religious beliefs can achieve spiritual intimacy.

Spiritual intimacy is a respect for each other that turns into each person doing everything in their power to make the other person the best version of him/herself.

To understand intimacy we must move beyond physical intimacy and begin to know all four aspects of intimacy.

To know someone in all four or even in more than one intimate level makes each level of intimate knowledge that much better.

© Teddy Shabba

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12 Qualities of Values in a Conscious Relationship

By Glenn Cohen

Can you define the values you share in your relationship? Do you need to create a set of values to complete your Journey from “I-TO-WE”™? Values are a necessary component of Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™. Take a look at these qualities and you will see what to consider in making your own list.

1. Your values will define how you will treat and respect each other to feel safe, loved, and cared for.

2. You must be able to distinguish between your learned values and your core values.

3. You must identify the negative learned values, and either unlearn them or make a conscious choice to replace them with new, positive values.

4. Your values will define how you make decisions together.

5. You must realize you do have a choice to adopt new values—positive or negative.

6. Values are directly related to credibility. They are your personal set of laws, your conscious, and your inner voice. To do what you say you will do, you must know what you want to do, as well as how you wish to conduct yourself. Your values help you define your actions.

7. Your values will define how you treat other people and live your lives.

8. Conscious personal principles give you a stronger sense of who you are. Knowing them enables you to clarify your boundaries.

9. Defining your values will bring you closer to finding your personal energy source and developing the passion to live life to the fullest.

10. Your values will define how you will raise your children.

11. Your values will provide the solid core you need to strengthen your self-identity, self-esteem, self-confidence, and sense of inner peace.

12. Your values will define how you will love and honor each other and the family.

I hope you and your partner Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your Journey from “I-TO-WE”™ to live your lives as each other’s Best Friends During the Day, Lovers at Night, and Partners for Life™

©2006 – All Rights Reserved – Glenn Cohen “I-TO-WE” Relationship Coaching™ Glenn Cohen is the author of the dynamic new book, The Journey from “I-TO-WE”™ If you would like to explore engaging Glenn in coaching services, or for speaking engagements, seminars, or workshops, contact him at http://glenncohen.org. For more information on his comprehensive, unique Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™ Program visit the website: http//i-to-we-relationship-coaching.com.

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Relationship Strained? Create the Right Environment

By Georgette Pauls

Good loving takes some advance planning and effort. Good loving also takes practice and energy. Stop taking your relationship for granted and Plan for a great relationship.

Women with kids are nearly always exhausted. Their husbands don't seem to get it. They don't know the women are exhausted. They focus entirely on how hurt they are that their own personal sex goddess has turned on them.

So how do you get your sex goddess back? Remember how she was when you first met her?

Here are five strategies that will help.

1. Get some regular help. That means babysitters for evenings alone. Make the kids go to bed early routinely. Most kids don't get enough sleep. 10 hours a night is a good number. It can also make all the difference if both of you aren't doing chores most of the time you're together. You can make love instead, if you have help with the housekeeping and the landscaping and some private time in the evening! If you're saying, "but help like that costs too much", have a romantic dinner at home instead of eating out. Doesn't even have to be fancy. You'll save enough money to afford the help and you'll have more private time together.

2. Organize the chaos out of your living space. Bills, school papers and other paper mess can take every flat surface unless you become ruthless about having it corralled in it's own space. Filing and organization CAN enhance your love life AND as a special bonus, improve your credit rating.

3. Get clutter out of your space. Flat surfaces can be used to make love if they aren't covered with backpacks or toys or brief cases or sports equipment, etc. Getting by with less stuff saves money, storage space and irritation.

4. Learn to cook simple healthy meals created from your grocer's fresh aisles. Those other aisles will kill you. Good food is romantic. You'll lose weight so you will feel sexier and livelier.

5. Go for an expensive spa or five star hotel feeling in your own space. How long has it been since you had a honeymoon? That's the feeling you want to reproduce. Lately golds and yellows have been popular decorator colors. Did you know yellow tends to make people feel argumentative? Pick a more amiable color and find yourself making love instead of fighting!

There's a bed in our big 300 square foot den. We can make love while we keep an eye on what's cooking in the nearby kitchen. Adults and kids nap there. The cover is washable and it doesn't necessarily look like a bed with its throw pillows. There are tissues, towels and special toys stored in the tables next to it, ready for our needs. It's SO much fun.

Environment, where you live with your lover, affects the quality of your life more than you think. Make your environment enhance your love life.

If the two of you exist in a messy, chaotic space, it brings conflict that interferes with the quality of your life. But if some simple organization can free both of you, you can spend time learning to be better lovers instead of slaving away in chaos.

Let's face it. Good food and good sex are the things that make life fun. Make YOUR life more pleasurable TODAY.

© Georgette Pauls tells her secrets to avoid or deal with a spouses affair along with other time tested relationship advice at http://www.stop-extramarital-affair.com

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