One of the worst things you can do if you are trying to speed up your metabolism is to drastically reduce your calorie intake. If you carbohydrate consumption drops below approximately 1,000 to 1,500 calories per day, your body may respond by slowing your metabolic rate down. The average person's metabolism can slow down by as much as 40 - 45%. Furthermore, you will also start to burn lean muscle mass. Muscle mass is a very effective calorie burner.
Are spirituality and science opposed to each other? Some ideas on the roles of the spiritual and scientific in our lives.
Be inspired by animals to create resolution to conflict.
Have you noticed how everybody takes it for granted a bad experience is automatically all bad? That nothing good could ever come from a bad childhood? I'm hearing the comment more and more often that we have become a victim society. Maybe this is true. Well, maybe all the bare facts of your childhood are true, but isn't it time to start looking for the positives that are buried in all that negative stuff?
Hands that give are holier Than the lips that pray.
Ever thought you could "feel" what people were thinking around you, however indistinct? W.W. Atkinson wrote in the early 1900's about this exact point - that you could have an influence on those around you, just as they have on you. This is just another logical extension of the Law of Attraction, as Atkinson points out in this excerpt...
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
So begins one of the most familiar old hymns--one which is most likely remembered because of its use as an "invitational song" at the close of many traditional church services. Whether or not you know this hymn, you probably are not familiar with the history of its authorship and the story behind its writing. At least, I know I was not.
How is your life and/or your business doing? Is it stagnating, boring, going nowhere? Have you become obsessed with meeting those loan repayments or trying to just survive until the next fistful of money comes in? Are you having trouble maintaining your positive expectancy about life and/or business?
One of the top stressors for women today is what many are calling the “supermom syndrome”. Many of us are led by society today to believe that in order to be successful Moms, we have to do it all, and give all. Nonsense. We all want to do our best as Moms, as we should. But at some point, for our own mental health, our best has got to be good enough. Here are some great ideas to reduce the syndrome at your house.
It’s ok not to be perfect. Let me say that again. It’s ok, ...
In a culture full of reasons to say ``no,'' it takes a lot of courage to find ways to say ``yes.''