4 Simple Ways to Relax and Live Longer

October 28, 2012

Tweet   This is a Guest Post by Heather Green   Stress kills—literally. According to Oregon State University, high to moderate levels of stress lead to a higher mortality rate, either through risky behavior (such as unhealthy addictions or angry driving) or health complications like stroke. Optimism, however, is attributed with decreased risk of cardiac [...]

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3 Questions to Ponder on Before Applying to College

October 23, 2012

Tweet This is a guest post by Mariana Ashley All major decisions in life come packed with their own set of circumstances and sometimes unforeseen consequences. Ideally we should take our time to weigh and sift through our options before taking those big decisions, because ultimately they pave the way to our future paths. The [...]

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Positive Thinking: Tips for Getting Ahead

April 26, 2012

Tweet This is a Guest post by Lauren Bailey The power that positive thinking can have in one’s life is no new concept. Many of us know that positive inner thought and a generally positive outlook throughout daily life is a great way to get ahead in your pursuits and feel satisfied about life. But, [...]

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Singing Bowls and Chakra Balancing

April 17, 2012

Tweet This is a guest post by Jill Magso from the Silva Team (Some opinions expressed in this guest post may not necessarily reflect those of the blog author)   High up in the Himalayan mountains, as close to the heavens as man could get, ancient Tibetans understood how to tune themselves to the natural [...]

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How to find happiness within yourself: a rough guide

February 12, 2012

Tweet   Note: this article is about 1,400 words long and takes about five minutes to read. If you want to understand more how to find happiness within yourself then I guess they’re five minutes well spent. The article suggests that we ought to find happiness by discarding certain ‘mental models’ we are used to. [...]

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Soul Hiker Espresso: Inspirations of the week

November 21, 2011

Tweet   The theme of this second edition of Soul Hiker espresso is inspirations (after finishing this sentence I just realized I am jotting down this in a cafe` called inspirations…can I call that synchronicity?). The topic of inspirations has been a pervasive thought clouding my head recently, possibly incited by a felt sense that [...]

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The ‘Pause, Cancel & Resume’ Strategy on Life

October 19, 2011

Tweet   From start I have to be honest by telling you that this post will describe nothing new – nothing you do not already know deep down. From my own observation I can say that most personal growth books and articles convey nothing profoundly new in reality. What they do successfully offer however is [...]

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Motivation Lessons from a Four Year Old

October 6, 2011

Tweet One of the hottest topics in the personal development world is that of motivation. What sparks it off? and how can we keep motivated in our daily lives? Very often, and quite rightly, motivation is closely associated with enthusiasm and goal-setting, or in broader terms knowing one’s purpose in life. Mmhh…big concept isn’t it? [...]

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Launching Soul Hiker Espresso

August 7, 2011

Tweet Welcome to Soul Hiker espresso – the very first of a series of posts which capture the essence of Soul Hiker in short snippets of interesting and helpful information about personal development and related topics. This issue’s theme: Improving life through tweaking those filter knobs!   We all have and use filters! These filters [...]

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