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How a Relapse Begins: The Key To Removing Bad Habits From Your Life

Relapse

Relapse, verb – to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. A common view of relapses is that the start of the relapse is when you fall back into your former state of being. For example, for an alcoholic, his relapse starts when he takes his first sip after a period of sobriety. For someone diagnosed with clinical depression, his relapse…

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Using the Life Wheel to Live Your Best Life [Video]

Life Wheel

My latest tutorial video at The Celes Show on how to use the life wheel to live your best life. (If you’re reading this in an email, you may not be able to see the video embedded above. View here: The Life Wheel [Video]. Links referenced in the video can be found there. If you like the video, the best way to support my efforts is…

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How To Stop Emotional Eating, A Crucial Guide, Part 2: Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food

Salad Lunch

This is the last part of a six-part series on emotional eating, the perversion of food in our society today, and how to overcome it. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food 12 Indicative Signs of Emotional Eating (and 7…

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How To Stop Emotional Eating, A Crucial Guide, Part 1: Tackling the Causes of Emotional Eating

Raspberries

This is part five of a six-part series on emotional eating, the perversion of food in our society today, and how to overcome it. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food 12 Indicative Signs of Emotional Eating (and 7 Reasons…

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My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food

emotional-eating-zen

This is part three of a six-part series on emotional eating, the perversion of food in our society today, and how to overcome it. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food 12 Indicative Signs of Emotional Eating (and 7 Reasons Emotional Eating…

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My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love

Apple

This is part one of a six-part series on emotional eating, the perversion of food in our society today, and how to overcome it. My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement My Journey with Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food 12 Indicative Signs of Emotional Eating (and 7 Reasons Emotional Eating…

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Ask Celes – Is It Possible To Let Go of Unhappy Past Forever?

Ask Celes

Hi Celes, I’d like to know how we can let go of the past issues (be it hurtful or disappointing ones). I acknowledge the steps to letting go but certain thoughts still surface like a repeating process. Is there such thing as letting go forever? – Rine Hi Rine, firstly, yes – one can let go forever; else it wouldn’t be called letting go! Someone…

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Daily Setbacks: 13 Helping Points When Things Don’t Go Your Way

Daily Setbacks

Have you ever experienced moments when things just don’t go your way? For example, losing your keys, accidentally spilling your drink, waking up late, missing your buses/trains, forgetting to bring your things, not being able to flag a cab, getting stuck in traffic, getting into a car accident, being late for a meeting/appointment, and so on.

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Are You a Howling Dog?

Howling Dog

Have you heard of the howling dog story? It’s not as well-known as other moral stories, but this one packs a good punch. There are different iterations but the essence is the same.

Here’s my retelling of the story:

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Post Fast: 1 Month Update

Fasting

This is the 1 month post-fast update of my 21-day fasting experiment in Feb ’11. If you’re new to fasting, get the full background here: Fasting Experiment. Access all articles on fasting: The Fasting Series. Note from Celes: 30DLBL April Live Run is kicking off in 1 day’s time! This time we’ll be having a small group, with quality and in-depth discussions. Join us now and create your…

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My Overall Fasting Review

Fasting

This is the overall review of my 21-day fasting experiment in Feb ’11. If you’re new to fasting, get the full background here: Fasting Experiment. Access all articles on fasting: The Fasting Series. In this 6,200+ word in-depth review, I’ll share my overall experiences with my 21 day fast (Feb 4 – Feb 24 2011) as well as week 1 post-fast (Feb 25 – Mar 3). I’ll…

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