November 11, 2008 – 10:55 am
This is a guest post written by Nathalie Lussier from Billionaire Woman.
I am currently traveling throughout China, and I decided that I would take a closer look at Chinese medicine. While in Beijing, I had my pulse checked by a traditional Chinese doctor.
What the doctor told me after 30 seconds of feeling my pulse was a revelation!
She could tell from the beating of my heart, whether I was healthy or not. However, she never told me that I needed to undergo more tests, because all she needed to know was whether my body was in balance or out of balance.
By Peter James
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Posted in Balanced Life, Healthy Living
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Also tagged balance, balance my diet, billionaire woman, chinese medicine, eat heathlier, feel better, get balanced, Healthy Living, imbalance, lose weight., nathalie lussier, perfect health, traditional medicine, travel to china, yin and yang
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September 8, 2008 – 7:59 am
YinVsYang was created to help shed light on the internal battles we all have on a daily basis, but usually fail to vocalize with others. We wanted to open up our souls, and tell all of the things we silently tell ourselves to the rest of the world. We figured if we think like this, than it must be that other people do as well.
By understanding the way we all function inside, it will help us to better understand other people’s reactions as well. This helps us immeasurably in our daily lives. Each time you interact with people, your emotion subsides, and your understanding takes over. It leaves you calmer, with a clearer mind, and able to think from different perspectives. Instead of being mad at someone for how they are acting, you turn it around, by understanding their motives. This gives you the edge. The person who gets the most emotional is the person who is the most out of control.
This is a preview of
The Eternal, Internal Battle of Mind vs. Body: Part 1.
Read the full post (915 words, 2 images, estimated 3:40 mins reading time)
…continued from yesterday’s post…
The next lesson on how to better read people is a phrase you have probably heard a 1000 times.
Actions speak louder than words.
This is a well known phrase everyone has heard at one time or another. However, I don’t think people realize how useful it is on a daily basis. Think of it like this: If actions speak louder than words, than you should be hearing people’s ‘actions’, not listening to what ‘words’ they use. I have written before about how people use excuses to rationalize what they ‘feel’ like doing instead of what they ’should’ do. Think of a dieting person who says ‘I’ve been good all day. I deserve a snack‘.
This is a preview of
Opening Up Your Mind to A New World Of Communication Part 2.
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I always speak about the unlimited power of the human mind. With great power comes the need for great control. That’s why the mind is only great if it is used properly. If it is not understood, the mind can create limits that cause the illusion of entrapment.
Our mind is an incredible tool. Think of how many thoughts go through our head as we are reading this paragraph….
Do you like it? Should you keep reading? I read something similar. I wonder what this guy looks like?
All this just in the back of your head while you read. Your mind produces an incredible amount of thoughts per day…
For those that check in in the morning, sorry for the late post. I was at a Kindergarten graduation this morning. My mother has owned a nursery school for 14 years. For the last 6 or 7, I have done the end of year video for the Kindergarten graduating class. Today, her latest bundle of joys donned the stage in front of all the immediate family: grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, etc. They sang their hearts out with the help of their teacher’s guidance. The parents applauded again and again.
Not many people enjoy confrontation. Since I happen to be one of them, I figured I’d shed some light on why. Confrontation to me, is one of the most important aspects to understand & master in life. Without it, we can not move forward. Avoiding it causes us to move sideways, and ultimately backwards. Conquering confrontation allows us to excel in life.
What exactly is confrontation? Oxford American dictionaries defines it as:
…a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties.
Sounds wonderful. So why do I look forward to confrontations? The simple answer is that only through confrontation can you to get a glimpse of other people’s viewpoints and ways of thinking. Consequently, it expands your knowledge. Plus, even simpler than that, most confrontations are unavoidable anyway. Basically, there is no logical reason to wait because your health depends on it!
When I went to film school, one of the biggest things I had to deal with was how to properly take open criticism. It is not easy when an entire class gives you pointers on something that took you 5 months to write. Some will say they don’t like it, others will be more specific. But how do you know what is right?
Ego plays a bigger role in all our lives then we would like to admit. We all have different levels of Ego and it affects our every action. One of the toughest things I have noticed for people to do is to properly take criticism. People can get defensive, annoyed, distraught, hopeless, and all sorts of terrible feelings from just a simple piece of criticism. So today, we are going to learn a few simple ways on how to take criticism.
By Peter James
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Posted in Balanced Life, Secrets of Success
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Also tagged Balanced Life, business, criticism, entrepreneur, Healthy Living, inner peace, mind, soul, spirit, Success
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I have a habit I started in the gym a long time ago. It developed from my family consistently teaching me to push myself. Eventually, this habit of constantly seeing if I can beat my own expectations came about. It is one of the best habits I have.
It probably comes from my competitive nature. I am so competitive that I even compete against myself! But the truth is, this is the best thing we all can do for ourselves, especially when working out. Keeping fit is a challenge in itself, but don’t get caught up in what other people think. Don’t get caught up with anyone but yourself.
My wife relentlessly works out the last few years. She started with simple walking, then moved on to jogging outdoors, then running on a treadmill, and now has progressed on to weights & exercise videos. For awhile though, she was strictly a walking/running enthusiast. She was not interested in any other kind of workout. But eventually she realized she needed to do more.
The reason is because her body had adapted to her regular exercise routine. It had gotten used to the running, so doing it four times a week was no longer a work out, it was a habit. When my wife finally started to explore other workouts, she began to see amazing results in her body. Her muscles started to take shape all through her arms and legs. She was sore for the first time in a long time but it paid off in her figure.
By Peter James
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Posted in Balanced Life, Healthy Living
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Also tagged Balanced Life, Healthy Living, inner peace, mind, soul, Success, workout routine, yang, yin, yinvsyang
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Last Thursday, I received my purple belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It was quite an accomplishment for me. For those that don’t know, the belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu go (from low to high): white, blue, purple, brown, black. Getting a purple belt usually takes 3-5 years (took me 4), if you stay consistent and progress. The cool thing about Jiu Jitsu is there is no test to get any belt. You just are ready when someone tells you you are. So getting a purple belt is quite significant because most people don’t ever get that far.
