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How I Began to Love My Body, Part 2: Unraveling My Weight Issues

Pulling Skirt

This is part two of a four-part series on body image—how I hated my body for a long time, learned to love my body eventually, and how you can achieve a positive body image as well. Part 1: How I Began to Love My Body, Part 1: My Deep Hatred for My Body Part 2: How I Began to Love My Body, Part 2: Unraveling My Weight Issues Part 3: How I Began to…

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Thin You, “Meet” Not-Thin You

Who do you see when you look at your reflection in your mirror?

For those of you who would like to lose weight but haven’t been able to do so (or have successfully lost the weight before but could not keep it off), have you ever considered that perhaps there’s a spiritual reason behind it? That there’s a message your subconsciousness is trying to send to you, via the physical manifestation of the “not-thin” you? A Message from…

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Your Fasting Q&As, Answered

Loren Lockman

This is part of the most complete fasting series you’ll ever find online. Last week, I asked you if you had any questions on fasting. Many of you reverted with questions in the forums, which I’ve since consolidated and sent to Loren Lockman, Director of Tanglewood Fasting Center. Loren is an experienced faster who has supervised fasts in the past 10 years and has spoken in lectures and seminars on…

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Fasting: Day 5

Fasting

This is Day 5 of my 21-day fast in Feb ’11. If you’re new to fasting, get the full background here: Fasting Experiment. Access all articles on fasting: The Fasting Series. Day 5 of  my water fast is over! Here are my stats for the day: Today’s Weight: 133.8lbs / 60.7kg Diff vs. Yesterday: -1.8lbs / -0.8kg Total Difference: -10.6lbs / -4.8kg Water consumption: 2.5 liters Body…

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Fasting: Day 3

Fasting

This is Day 3 of my 21-day fast in Feb ’11. If you’re new to fasting, get the full background here: Fasting Experiment. Access all articles on fasting: The Fasting Series. Today is the end of day 3! Here are my stats for today: Today’s Weight: 137.2lbs / 62.2kg Diff vs. Yesterday: -2.6lbs / -1.2kg Total Difference: -7.2lbs / -3.3kg Water consumption: 4.6 liters Body Temp: 36.1 C…

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Fasting Experiment

Fasting

This is part of the most complete fasting series you’ll ever find online. If you’re new to fasting, get the full background on what fasting is, its benefits, and more below. Access all articles: The Fasting Series. “The most vehement objections to fasting are made by those who have never missed a meal in their lives.” - Dr. Herbert Shelton (1895-1985) In the past couple of days…

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How Are You Faring In Your Life Now? – The Life Wheel

Life Wheel

In today’s article, I’d like to share something called the life wheel (or wheel of life). It’s one of the coaching tools I use in with my clients. It’ll undoubtedly be a useful tool in your journey of growth. What is the Life Wheel? After my last post on putting parts of our life on hold, readers have been sharing interesting responses. It seems numerous…

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Increase Your Mental Clarity in Just 15 Minutes

Water Droplet

Today I’m going to share a simple exercise I use to quickly get mental clarity. You will find this very useful for different purposes, such as to: Clear your head (especially if your mind is feeling cluttered) Calm yourself down from a restless, troubled or stressed state Free up mental energy (if you are feeling tired) I’ve been doing this of late and found it…

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Finding Your Inner Self

Your Inner Self

Have you ever thought about who you are? What you stand for? I’m not talking about your roles or social identities. You can be a friend, brother/sister, employee, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, partner, father/mother, son/daughter,  all at the same time, but these are just an aspect of you. They don’t represent who you fundamentally are inside. Your inner self is who you really are on the inside….

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Vipassana Meditation 10-Day Course

This is the last part of a 3-part series on meditation, its benefits and how you can learn to meditate yourself. Part 1: 10 Reasons You Should Meditate Part 2: How To Meditate In 5 Easy Steps Part 3: Vipassana Meditation 10-Day Course (Originally written and published on Jul 13, 2009) I just returned from my Vipassana 10-Day Meditation Course! The past 10 days has been some of the…

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Away On Meditation Retreat

While I’m away from now till 13 July, visit the archives, which houses over 100 quality, timeless articles in over 35 categories and the top articles which features the best of PersonalExcellence.co. Speak with you guys soon! Starting from this Wed, first July, I will be away in St John’s island (an island off Singapore) for almost 2 weeks for a meditation retreat . This…

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