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Are Our Brains Wired to Binge on TV?

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Written by: Jordan Gaines Lewis, The Conversation

Are Our Brains Wired To Binge on TV?

Never before have we been such compulsive multitaskers, blogging and tweeting using multiple devices and smartphones anywhere and everywhere. It seems a little backwards, then, that one of the top post-workday hobbies for many is enjoying the complex storylines of TV series such as Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and House of Cards, which engross us for hours on end.

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Communicating with Yourself through a Synchronistic Event (SE)

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Written by: Dr. Kirby Surprise

Communicating with Yourself through a Synchronistic Event (SE)

Synchronistic events not only reflect your thoughts, they allow you to communicate directly with the unconscious. Some people communicate with their unconscious by watching their dreams. You have the ability to communicate with your unconscious by creating synchronistic events.

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It's Time to Meet Your Inner Artist & Release Your Inner Critic

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Written by: Michael Samuels, MD and Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD.

It's Time to Meet Your Inner Artist & Release Your Inner Critic

We all face the Inner Critic, that voice that tells us we’re too clumsy to dance, too tone deaf to sing, too immature to write, and so forth. It’s the same voice that tells us we’re not good or talented enough to follow our dreams...

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The Picture and the Frame: Which One Are You Focusing On?

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Written by: Alan Cohen

The Picture and the Frame: Which One Are You Focusing On?

For many years I have attended and taught manifestation workshops — how to get stuff. As I observe my own life and the lives of people who have manifested lots of stuff, I notice that we eventually became more interested in the de-manifestation workshop...

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How Can You Relight Your Inner Passion?

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Written by: Meg Blackburn Losey, Ph.D.

How Can You Relight Your Inner Passion?The first question I ask people when they are feeling lost in life is, "What is your passion?" The truth is that passion is everything we love. Passion allows us to give ourselves over completely to our actions and emotions. Passion gives us a spring in our step and the ability to spring out of bed in the morning...

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Music Is Secretly Influencing You!

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Written by: Cyril Scott

Music Is Secretly Influencing You!

Music is so insidious that it suggests while the listener remains unaware of the fact. All that he realizes is that it awakens certain emotions, and that in degree those same emotions are always awakened by the same or similar...

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The Miracle That Is Our Life... If We Let It!

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Written by: Peter Fairfield

The Miracle That Is Our Life... If We Let It!As we get used to just being ourselves and being present, the path of our life widens and progresses. It's not that we don't handle the responsibilities of our lives; it's just that we allow things to happen rather than forcing them...

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A Different Perspective: ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia are Good Things!

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Written by: P.M.H. Atwater

A Different Perspective: ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia are Good Things!Nothing amazes more than the flip side of ADHD. Its positives are striking: creativity, energy, intuition, nonlinear minds that abstract, risk taking, entrepreneurial spirit, adventurousness, courageousness, curiosity, daring, cunning, and ability to thrive on the new and different...

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De-Hypnotizing Jamie Forbes (& You)

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Written by: Richard Bach

De-Hypnotizing Jamie Forbes (& You)At one level he knew he was playing at his de-hypnotizing trick, at another he wondered if it might work. To his startlement, it did. Stiffness disappeared, vanished in the first half of the first second he pushed the suggestion away instead of....

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Discovering Aspects of the Self by Looking in a Tarot Mirror

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Written by: Robert Moss

Discovering Aspects of the Self by Looking in a Tarot Mirror by Robert Moss

We will call this game Tarot Aspects of the Self. The game is about learning to recognize which aspect of your personality tends to take charge in the presence of a particular person, situation, or assignment. This can be startling, embarrassing, or confirming. It is often a game changer.

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Finding Inspiration & Guidance in Your Inner Sanctuary

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Written by: Barbara Marx Hubbard

Entering the Inner Sanctuary to Find Inspiration & GuidanceI found myself driven and compulsive about my work, trapped in a struggle to get the job done. Although I was urging and encouraging others to experience a positive future in their lives, now I was not at peace and could find no place of rest within. I realized I had to stop my life to make way for something new...

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Planning A Trip? Top Nine Travel Tips

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Written by: Paulo Coelho

Planning A Trip? Top Nine Travel TipsI realized very early on that, for me, traveling was the best way of learning. I still have a pilgrim soul, and I thought that I would use this blog to pass on some of the lessons I have learned, in the hope that they might prove useful to other pilgrims like me.

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Song Keeps Repeating in Your Head? That's an Earworm!

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Song Keep Repeating in Your Head? That's an Earworm!

You know.... that pesky tune that you can't seem to get rid of... It keeps running on and on in your brain... They're called earworms and some researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London are studying them. Among other things, they are trying to establish why these tunes get engraved in our mind.

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Easy Way, Hard Way: Letting Go of Struggle

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Written by: Julia Rogers Hamrick

Easy Way, Hard Way: Letting Go of StruggleThe only kind of action that works in Easy World is inspired, energized action. Therefore, the Easy World ordinance for action is this: Act only when inspired and energized. Let's examine those words "inspired" and "energized." Inspired means that your Spirit is motivating you from within...

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Electronics on the Brain: Multitasking & Information Overload

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Written by: Sondra Kornblatt

Electronics on the Brain: Multitasking & Information Overload

We have created a culture where technology is eating us up and eating the attention of our brains. If you’re feeling overloaded by emails, text messages, websites, social media, computer programs, and other electronic stimulation, it’s not because you have a lacking or aging brain.Your brain was designed to efficiently process one thing at a time...

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More Is Less: Organize the Mess & Get Rid of Clutter

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Written by: Xorin Balbes

More Is Less: Organize the Mess & Get Rid of Clutter, article by Xorin BalbesClutter is making us crazy, and not just because we can’t find anything — because every bit of wood, metal, and plastic we collect is an anchor tying us to something, somebody, somewhere. So why can’t we let it go? Doesn’t having fewer, more cherished belongings that really inspire you...

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Best of 2011 InnerSelf.com

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Written by: InnerSelf Staff

The Best of InnerSelf 2011

As we look back on 2011, we are grateful for the blessings as well as the challenges. We thank all the authors, publicists and publishers we work with to bring you, our readers, inspiring and enlightening reading material.  Here are the ten most popular articles of 2011:

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Are The Porpoises in the SF Bay the Canaries in the Mine Shaft?

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Written by: R Jennings

Porpoises Return to San Fransisco Bay

Like the swallows of Capistrano, the harbor porpoises of San Francisco Bay have decided to come back. The question everyone is asking is why now after all these years? You can research it and study the phenomena but the fact is quite simple: They hadn't come back because they hadn't wanted to, until now.

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Giving the Gift of Life

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Giving the Gift of Life, article by Marie T. Russell

At Christmas, we usually focus on giving to our loved ones, to those close to us -- family, friends, co-workers. We give to those we love or who love us, or in some cases to those that we feel we "have to" give to. Yet, in how many cases is our giving truly unconditional? When is our gift not a "give and take", an exchange, a sharing?

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Creativity Needs Connection with Others

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Written by: Anne Paris, Ph.D.

Creativity Needs Connection with Others, article by Anne Paris

Through thousands of hours of psychotherapy with artists, I have found that most are quite familiar with the experience of being artistically blocked, or of procrastinating and avoiding their creative work.

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11.11.11: A Timely Global Event

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Written by: Stewart Pearce

11.11.11: A Timely Global Event

A massive AWAKENING is occurring. Millions of people all over the world are gathering together in peaceful but vehement protest... The timely event of 11.11.11 illuminates the conviction of this global tendency. When major global paradigms shift from a belief in separation to an inner knowing of...

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