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Time for Some Free Fun & For Your Online Business 2008-02-11 01:49:00 Sometimes we just need to have some SILLY FUN! in life and 'Stop and Smell the Roses' again. And I suspect you can see that I have been doing this by the wonderful image I created to the left using a free online image painter - what a mess! But I did it with a mouse and online, so forgive me! (also, please forgive any formatting errors here - this always happens if you add graphics AFTER you have added text on Blogger - so if you too are on blogger, remember to insert any graphics first!).I created this rather lovely and thought-provoking piece of artwork(!) using the painter 'widget', which is in the right side-bar (at the bottom) of this site.So you too can draw a wonderful bit of artwork :-) Go ahead - when you are ready, need to, or even want to - take some time out while you listen to Read more:Business
Journey to Self, New Podcast Widget & Getting Out of Overwhelm 2008-02-09 18:26:00 I have another radio show for you today about 'Journey
to Self'. Yes, its free anyway! But it takes a lot of time to find good shows and if you are like me, listening while you are doing other things, is a great way of learning and being inspired.Rather than placing the audio player into the sidebar to your right on this site, as I did for the Law of Attraction 'Evolving Times' show (see sidebar under the About Me section), I have placed it here in a post, to save room (please note though, that the player may be unavailable at times due to coding issues I think, so I have provided a direct link to the radio show for you below in the free 'Goodies Basket').New 'Widget' - Create a Streaming Player for Multiple Podcast
s-VideosThese radio shows and ability to place the players directly onto yo
Law of Attraction Podcasts, Doubt, Energy & Blog Carnival 2008-01-30 17:14:00 Hi :-)They 'say' that blog postings should focus on one topic! hmmm - me?! For those of you have been here before, you know that I tend to talk about many things, and in long posts much of the time! So, once again, this is a multi-faceted posting in the self help area!After having written an article last night for you, I decided not to publish it. Why? (see below).Instead, I have written about why I didn't post it!! huh? :-)I have a great goodie for youAnd I have a 'dream'! A proposed Blog Carnival
, to which I invite you allSo - onwards we go...The 'Goody' - Law of AttractionPodcasts
!I have embedded a fantastic resource for you as part of the 'Goodies Basket' policy (for new visitors, I chase up lots of free online and downloadable resources to help you in your life journey - they are all Read more:Energy
, Blog Carnival
Testing Times in Life! 2008-01-20 18:28:00 Hi All!This New Year and Festive Season has been both wonderful and testing at the same time! I, and perhaps you too, may have felt the need to rethink your goals and approach to 2008? Some are excited! Some may feel overwhelmed? Some of us may feel mixed, or unsure of where to start? Do you still have a passion, a goal to aim for? To keep you motivated and happy? Or have you temporarily misplaced that passion?If so, we can all find it. And this site aims to help in this journey. Our aim is inner peace and happiness; to live in the joy of the 'now' and to be kind to ourselves. Life is the 'journey'! and we can all make it through. And I would love to hear your success stories and from people who are excited about this New Year, your goals, dreams!Tests in life do make us stronger. So, I h Read more:Testing
, Times
Free Law of Attraction Goodies 2008-01-02 04:16:00 I almost forgot your free 'Goodies
'! And over Christmas too!So today I have three goodies for you in the basket below, including- free online 'law of attraction' manifestation software to help you understand the 'Law of Attraction
' (LoA) process and to identify and manifest the life you want;- 2 videos which explain why the LoA does not always seem to work by providing a broader perspetive; and- finally, some great audios-podcasts from Life Coach, Robin Sharma.First, I suggest you try out the online manifestation software, especially if you are new to the concept of the 'LoA'.I then suggest you watch the two videos below, by Bob Doyle. because they may help us to understand 'why bad things still happen to good people', despite the promises of the law of attraction. The videos also addres
Being your own best friend 2008-01-01 20:23:00 How Kind Are You to Yourself?If you had a friend
or a family member who is in need of help or support, I assume that you would be there if you could? You would not judge. You would perhaps offer advice, a supportive ear. You would be there for them. You would be a friend. When someones is feeling alone, going through a crisis, or is just sad and overwhelmed, a supportive friend can be of so much help.But how often do you do this for yourself? Are you as kind and as supportive with yourself if you are having a problem, or are feeling down?Or - do you feel like you are judging yourself constantly? Criticising yourself? Do you ever feel that - if I could only overcome this problem, or this issue, that only then, will I be able to achieve happiness, or attract the good things into my life? Per
Happy New Year! And An Apology 2008-01-01 16:12:00 Hi :-)This posting is a little sad, but provides hope at the same time! I wanted to wish you all a very Happy
New Year, but also to apologise for the posting below, which was not 'me' and may have come across in the wrong way.Perhaps this 'intro' posting may also help people who are either down and alone during this festive season, to pick back up again and see hope in their future - and in contrast, perhaps help those, who are already experiencing a happy and wonderful life, a greater understanding of those people who lack this joy in their lives at the moment.Remember, our lives are constantly changing - up, down, and around!! :-)Christmas. New Years. Family. It can be such a wonderful, joyeous time - of love, happiness, a sense of belonging and importance; a time to give and to receive Read more:Apology
, Happy New Year
Self Help Site - Announcing Big Changes! 2007-12-27 19:43:00 As you can see, our 'Self Help' site has had a little make-over. Yes, the overall 'look' is a little dark (but templates are restricted on Blogger), and this is just the precursor of bigger changes coming over the new year, with a completely new, more refreshing look and functions.If all goes well (and I learn more coding skills!), we will soon be moving to a new Word Press Blog site, located on my own domain (to be announced). New, More Structured, Topic Categories and Navigation With more frequent postings, navigation will also be improved so you can more easily find articles of interest. The nature of topics posted will be increased and new 'series' of related articles will be organised into two broad topics, such as: 'mindset' and the power of our thoughts in changing and creating our
New Podcasts from SelfHelp4Growth! 2007-12-16 22:41:00 HiA quick posting! I have joined an automatic podcasting service (Odiogo), and am just trying it out. It is free and it automatically generates any text on your blog into MP3 format and then creates it as an RSS Feed. The feed allows you to both view my text post, and at the end of the post, to download the MP3 version.Admittedly, its not very personal, given that the audio is a computer-generated voice. But in this day and age, these voices are getting better. I would prefer (and will do later) to provide my own voice/podcasts, but just thought this might be of interest for now.If you are also interested. Just left click here. (let me know if the link is incorrect).Because I have not yet added the code for you to subscribe to my 'automatically-generated podcast'(!), you can click on the Read more:Podcasts
, Growth
Holistic Approach to Overcoming Pain - Jasmine Anns 2007-11-05 07:47:00 HiToday's posting (which was actually drafted awhile ago!), contained discussions about pain and specific mind strategies to cope with this pain, based on, and developed from my experiences over the last few months. I also wrote more about our realities, 'logic', and the power of our thoughtsTo my dismay, I lost this work.After my initial scream in frustration(!), I continued on calmly :-]So, this is only part of what I wrote .... (but not the really interesting stuff - ahh - see blogging 'tips' below!)THE MEANING OF 'PAIN'..... my excuse for being away (again!) - I have been through a particularly traumatic few months and almost completely bed-ridden with unbearable pain, unable to move, walk, sit. Even getting a drink seemed like climbing Mt Everest and took forever. Being alone, it was Read more:Holistic
, Jasmine
Create Your World. Shine Your Light 2007-09-26 05:49:00 Hi again!Well, 5 minutes after the post below, I viewed another of the inspirational movies - and well, I had to share this one with you too.............BTW - to ensure that you can view the movies, make sure that your internet browser allows 'Active Controls' (or similiar)?, otherwise it will be blocked.You can do this in your internet toolbar, and by changing your internet security settings - in the 'advanced' mode to enable Active controls - you can change the internet security settings to prompt you to allow the active controls or not, or automatically allow them(sorry, I have forgotten the exact term, so if you have a problem, please contact me )...........Anyway - the short movie is about 'You Are the Light' - and is viewable online by LEFT CLICKING HERE. You need to buy it if you wa Read more:World
, Shine
Making a Difference! You Can Too 2007-09-26 05:21:00 Hi All :-)This is a very 'rushed' post (truly!!):-)I found this 'feel good' movie (based on fiction), but it brought me to the edge of tears. Its short, but it really does show how small actions can change a person's life for the better.This too is the aim of this site.So please watch this movie and have a 'Stop and Smell the Roses Time'(I can't embed the movie here, so LEFT CLICK HERE and you will be taken to the movie (viewed in flash). When it finishes, it will also redirect you to another page with links to book and more 'inspirational movies' to view (I have yet to view these ones).I hope you enjoy this short movie and I hope that it inspires you to make a difference too :-)I wish you all the best of successRemember Be Kind To Yourself and Be Patient With Yourself AlwaysKindest of Reg
Power of Thought and 70 Free Ebooks! 2007-08-31 20:11:00 Hi allMy apologies again for being away - but remember, I will always return with some Free goodies and Articles for you.I have written a rather long article for you today, plus today's "Free Goodies Basket" holds access to several self-help ebooks related to today's topic on how our thoughts can create our reality!I hope you enjoy and are well? If not, always feel free to contact me and don't forget to subscribe and enter your details in the form above, so you can be notified of any updates to this site when made (your details will at all times be kept private and shared with no-one)! :-)And please excuse any formatting errors below - techie problemos!!The Power of Thought in Creating our WorldAs you may have read in previous postings, I have often referred to the power of thought and act
DISCOVER THE SECRET again - I finally have the Video for you! 2007-07-08 07:54:00 Hi all :-)"Every Great Leader ... They all Understood One Thing .... The Secret"....As some of you may know, I wrote about 'The Secret', which is a movie about 'The Law of Attraction' in an earlier posting. At that time, I only had some links to give to you, which were tentative to say the least. One was in danger of being removed, and the other one, well, Australian's could not view it from this site! ??BUT - I have finally found the video, now that I have joined Yahoo. What does this mean? I can share the video with you properly, right here and now! :-)Many of you have seen it. But its always good to view it again and again. Others who have not seen it, this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Absolutely.You can refer to my earlier posting about 'The Secret', by Clicking Here and you will see why.Its Read more:SECRET
Another 'Stop and Smell The Roses Moment 2007-07-05 04:04:00 Hi again :-)Well, after an awfully 'patience-testing' hospital visit this morning, to prepare for my eye surgery next week and an un-scheduled heart x-ray (apparently some new complication has arrived - yeah!)..... I arrived home and immediately jumped back onto the computer - surprise, suprise! :-)And, while I had other tasks to do, I became distracted - oh, how familiar this is for Internet Marketers (see my other Blog on Resell Rights and Web2 Marketing!).So, I am STILL exloring the social website - Squidoo, after having created my first lens (see post below). I discovered a fantastic 'lensmaster', who has created over 50 or more lenses, many of which are about creating your own lens ('how-to's'). And there I was thinking how great it was to have created just one Lens (you also get paid Read more:Smell
, Roses
, Moment
150 + Free Self Help Ebooks! 2007-07-04 21:53:00 Hi all :-)Just another quick post today with lots of free self help-improvement ebooks for you (there are also some internet-online business ebooks too :-)AND - I am quite excited about having created my first Lens on Squidoo.com!! Its related to this Blog and I am still exploring my way around all of Squidoo's features.But I would love it if you had a look, perhaps give some feedback on the Guestbook to improve my rankings. In this way, I can help as many people as possible :-)You might also want to create your own Lens too?!You can see it at: will build on it and add more information gradually, so that it will become a great portal of resources for you - both here and at Squidoo.Would love to hear from you :-)Until Next TimeBe Kind To YourselfMegMegan McCarthy, PhDSouth AustraliaEmail:
Dreams Can Be True - Smell The Roses & Listen to Connie 2007-07-02 17:11:00 Hi All :-)I wanted to brighten your day today, perhaps bring a little tear of joy. So, a quick and simple posting, with a lovely, heart-warming video for you - take a break from hectic life and see dreams in action.Listen
to Little Connie
. This is your 'Stop and Smell
the Roses
' moment :-) If the video doesn't show, please click here instead and hopefully you will be directed to the right place! (if you have a slow connection, to avoid it stopping and starting, click on play, then pause and wait until its fully loaded before playing - then you should have a smooth view).I hope you enjoyTake CareBe Kind To YourselfMegMegan McCarthy, PhDAdelaide, South AustraliaEmail Me at: meganmccarthy2 AT bigpond DOT comPS - if you are venturing into an online business journey, I have posted a lot of FREE Read more:Dreams
"Lifes Missing Instruction Manual" Free Audio 2007-06-15 01:13:00 Hi all :-)I am still in the process of converting a Self Help Ebook into Audio
for you, which will be separated into parts for easier listening. Gradually they will become more professional! And I am still learning the audio software (in fact, this is different software to the one I used for my 'audio hello' posting below).So, while you wait in anticipation :-) I have a small treat for you in the Goodies Basket Today. It is an interview with Dr Joe Vitale ('Mr Fire', famous for his ebooks on the 'Laws of Attraction' and Hypnotic Writing) - about "LifesMissingInstruction
Manual". There is some really good knowledge in there and I hope that you find it of value - you can listen online, or download it.Until Next Time :-)Take Care and Be Kind To YourselfMegTODAY'S GOODIES BASKET- "Lifes Miss Read more:Instruction Manual
Power of Affirmations,Choices & The Law of Attraction! 2007-06-04 11:50:00 Hi all :-)Today I have a free Ebook for you in the Goodies Basket below, to help you use Positive Affirmations
to attain a more positive attitude in life. It may not always work. You may not believe. But practice makes perfect as I have said! :-) We CAN achieve a better and happier quality of life. WE CAN. We were born to be happy. We deserve to be happy. We were born innocent (supposedly!). We were born without the need to care for ourselves; or the need to worry about responsibilities and survival in life. We were born as babies to rely on others, to be loved (hopefully in an ideal world!). But many of us have become 'tarnished' throughout our life (or 'past lives' depending on your belief system), by a cumulative sequence of events, people and our own choices, and our responses to these Read more:Attraction
Discover The Dream Manifesto 2007-05-31 02:05:00 HiJust a short posting (not about me today!) :-]I hope you are well?Improving?Being Kind and Gentle with Yourself?Being Patient with Yourself while you Grow?? :-)Anyway, I wanted to let you know about a site I just found, which is full of self help articles, software, and some exerpt video clips, which, even though short, are quite inspiring and some, quite amusing. Each video clip has a link to the full website (although I have yet to check those out yet, except for the one relating to "The Secret", which I made an earlier posting about).So, today's "Goodie's Basket" is a simple redirect to another great self help site - the "DreamManifesto
" with lots to explore (I still haven't finished exploring it yet!)...So... if you are interested....Left Click Here to be taken to the short motivat Read more:Discover
Its Setting Goals Time! 2007-05-24 14:52:00 Well, I am actually still here after the posting below, believe it or not!I haven't slept - too excited about lots of things I am finding on the internet (I am giving myself a 'surfing break', after having achieved a number of goals today, last night, yesterday).... in fact, except for the appt. at the hospital noted below, I have been on the computer since 3am yesterday, and its now 5:30 am the next day - yes, having double vision is fun, trying to keep your eyes open is fun!!But I just wanted to let you know that I am ok after the post below - and also to provide a short article I found on the website - www.motivationtoday.com about 'achieving goals'. There's quite a bit of information to explore on the website :-)I thought this was relevant, both to myself and to you of course, given th Read more:Setting
, Goals
It happened. I lost my Job From Illness! But....:-) 2007-05-24 11:00:00 Hi to my Special Readers and Welcome Back and Thanks for Visiting........I need some self-help! I am not quite myself tonight as you can tell from my greeting, and as a result, I am going to go overboard with the 'smileys' in this post! And I am going to 'grumble' and be full of self-pity (but only a little bit)!I am numb, shocked, overwhelmed, positive, down, scared, alone, up, down, around and around, still have hopes, dreams and goals to aim for......but sometimes....It finally happened. I lost my 'day job' because of my illness (as noted, incurable and unpredictable - I was in hospital again, which is why I have been away and was told that if I had not gone in, at the pushing of my Aunt, I would have been dead 2 days later) - well, that was certainly an eye-opener! I also went to the
An Audio HELLO! 2007-05-01 10:03:00 I have just a little surprise for you tonight here in "Aussie Down Under" - an Audio
Hello and Article to greet you 'in person'.Its my very first attempt, so please forgive any mumblings and bumblings!!I did initially try to embed the audio buttons/player into this Blog site, but unfortunately couldn't make it work. In fact, I couldn't even get the formatting on this posting to work! AhhhH! Not to worry :-)So = you can 'meet' me online, hear my 'little' voice by Left Clicking Here, where I have placed the Audio for you. Just a plain page.The webpage you will be taken to is not the best-looking site,with little formatting, as I was in a bit of a rush after having spent so much time getting the audio working and the correct folders/pathways, etc worked out ('me still learning, always learnin
A Short Sad Post Today But Tomorrow Another Day! 2007-04-30 17:13:00 Hi to my special readers :-)I hope that you are well, growing, getting through those difficult times, even being happy?!I have been away again for quite awhile and have missed writing to you, and searching for some more resources, ebooks, software, etc, for you. But my hospital stay turned out longer than thought. I went home and then came close to all my major body organs shutting down (in case you don't realise from past postings, I have an incurable illness, which is in and out of remission). So, today I am a little sad, but not for long (don't worry!!) - strange to hear this from a 'Self Help' site! But even I, in fact everyone has their down times - yet I am still holding on to faith, hope and positive thinking!! One day there will be a cure and all will be well. I don't have much en Read more:Short
, Today
Building Supportive Communities - Self Help Articles & Audios! 2007-03-10 23:07:00 Hi all :-)I would like to make a quick, but valuable post today, with reference to another great site, and add my own articles in the next postings. Also, if you refer to my other site, I have made a few more recent postings, which are relevant to your online journey (if you are setting up a website of your own) - they are all about video and audio and Web2.0 marketing and are quite interesting - I have even managed to embed a couple of videos on there for you to watch (sorry dial-up users, they may be difficult to view - also not sure about MAC users, but can only but try!!). Just click here and you can see what I am talking about!! :-9Essentially, today I want to refer you to one of the BEST self improvement sites I have seen - and while this is 'competition' for this site, my main purp Read more:Building
, Communities
, Articles
Another Lesson - New approach to Posts! 2008-04-03 13:42:00 Well, back already!I just found a comment here with some great advice - to help you all. A new lesson for me about posting here. Here is a reproduction of both the comment under one of my postings below (about law of attraction podcasting, blog carnivals and the 'silly picture' I had doodled') - and my response.I hope in the future, I can stick to my new approach, and not 'overwhelm' new people to this site, with too much information!Thank you soham for your comment :-)"Reproduced comments and advice" Soham said... Dear Meg,"because I was stressed today. I hadn't slept properly in days. Too much on my mind. Feelings of 'overwhelm' of all the things I need to do. And I just needed some time out and a 'Stop and Smell the Roses' moment - hence - my silly face :-)" Stopping your post here woul
A strange posting today! A Journey - Productivity and a 'New' Me 2008-04-03 11:37:00 Welcome All!I'm back :-)A quick, rather convoluted, and strange posting this early morning for you (here in 'aussie down under') - hospitals, medical appointments galore, new goals, new excitements, new plans, productivity coach, getting my life back together, after nearly 2 years of being house-bound!Learning all about GTD ('getting things done') and actually 'not getting things done' in the process! ironic - I feel like I am one big 'to do list'!Anyway, I have LOTS of ideas coming your way. I still haven't learn't the 'techie' things to get my word press blogs on my own domains yet - but this is still coming, so I can offer you more value.And I will be adding much more posts and information (especially about relieving stress and improving organization, productivity, and freeing up our l Read more:Journey
, Productivity
Controversites of 'New-Age' - 'Self Help' Blogs 2008-04-09 02:42:00 Today I wanted to know what do you think about today's 'new-age', self-help style of literature on the internet?In this regard, I want to draw your attention to quite an amazing response to a simple 'self-help' 'feel-good' type of post on another blog - ZenHabits, by Leo. A relatively simple, 'feel-good' posting, which generated nearly 200 comments, some of them quite heated ......The Incredible Power of ContentmentThis posting focused on making choices in our lives, to be happy and to be content, based on the author's own life experiences. About being happy, DESPITE our circumstances.You may wonder what is so amazing about this? Well, there are 100s, 1000s of 'self-help' or personal development type blogs out there now - the internet is an amazing world in giving us all a voice.Different Read more:Blogs
Be Thankful for our Limitations and the Sea-Weed of Life 2008-04-15 13:14:00 Are you full of worry or fear? Or are you already happy? Are you striving towards new goals, but losing life balance in the pursuit of those goals?Are there many things you want in life still? Dreams to follow ... but afraid of your own limitations?What if you actually had everything you dreamed of achieving right now? What would your life be like? You would be happy right??But think about it - can you imagine if you actually did have everything now?What would there be left for us to strive towards. To dream about ....Today, I want to give you a little 'Stop and Smell The Roses Moment' - a short poem about 'Gratitude' and 'Being Thankful
' for our Limitations and the dreams we have yet to achieve ..... :-)BE THANKFULUnknown Author"Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you de
Free Law of Attraction Audios 2008-04-22 06:39:00 Welcome! I forgot to give you your Free Goodies in the post below! To complement an article, coming soon, about the Law of Attraction
, I have uploaded a free 3-part 'Law of Attraction' (LoA) audio series for you. These workshops take you through the LoA process step by step, with expert, Michael Losier.Just Scroll down to the bottom of this page, where you will find the Free Goodies Basket. You can either listen to the audio workshops online, or download them, to listen at your leisure!I would be interested if you had any comments for a coming article about the Law of Attraction - 'Is it really a 'Law'?Enjoy!Remember, Always Be Kind With YourselfUntil Next Time,MegMegan McCarthy, PhDAdelaide, South Australia
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