On the web today (Thursday, July 31st)

Sorry for the unexplained hiatus.   Had Car trouble with Car #1.   Took daughter to camp in Idaho driving Car #2.   Car #2 broke down in rural WA (Davenport).   Thank Goodness we were on highway 2, and broke down right as we stopped for lunch, one block away from the only dealership for miles.  Took an extra day to get home, and an extra day to unpack and get Car #1 to the shop.  

By the way, I can highly recommend the Black Bear Motel.  Owner Kim was great!   Rooms are super cute, lovingly decorated with antiques collected by Kim and her husband.
  
Playing with Ruby.  My step-grandaughter plays with my daughter's English Angora Rabbit, Ruby

Shame: What's it saying to you?   My favorite part - the antidote: Be Courageous,  Be Compassionate, and Build Connection.    Kind of like what I'm working on, here!    Thanks, Tanaya!

Hot off the presses: A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra).   I've added this to my wish list, since I did almost flunk algebra!

The Only Ten Things you need to know to be a great leader.   I really liked "A) More success for others than for You."

Have you heard about the benefits of a Low Carb/High Fat diet?    Since I've changed my diet - I try to eat under 50g of carbs a day), I've lost weight, and gained strength and endurance.

Here's the latest Research: New Science Destroys the Saturated Fat Myth.    Lots of good data summarized in the article.

     Related Book: The Big Fat Surprise



Other links to articles about saturated fat from Instapundit .

If you have Diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2), you will have MUCH improved BG control on this diet.

Artist's Way Study Group starts this Sunday 7/27

A friend and I are going to start working through The Artist's Way together.

We're going to begin our Week 1 journal on Sunday July 27.    Get a copy of the book and start by reading the introduction.

You can read the entire first chapter on Sunday, or you can read a section of the chapter every day... Remember: There is no way to get it wrong.  

     or: You can only do it RIGHT!

If you've been on the fence about writing a journal (I was) it is great to start with a support group (I did).   You never have to share your journal with anyone, but you can share your challenges and frustrations with us if you like.  Join us!

On the web today (Friday July 25):

How to find a job: Why responding to a job posting is a waste of time.

Book by the author of the article: The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired
Related Video: Module 2 Working with Recruiters

The importance of Culture: How Chick-fil-A Hires

I love spending time in my garden, now I know why!  Why I'm taking a walk everyday.
Related books:
     Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
     The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
     The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
   
     another book that I have read on how to develop Mastery in a skill:  Mastery
         I can highly recommend it - it's a great audio book!

My friend, Katie Munoz, has a new Facebook page:  From Serious to Hilarious
     She also runs a "lifesaving" business helping Seniors downsize and move: Moving Forward
     When my mother had to unexpectedly move from TN to WA, Katie flew to TN and saved the day and our relationship by helping my mother have a massive estate sale.   To this day (10 years later), my mother will moan about how she can't find something that must have been sold during the move, but she does not blame me for the loss of the item.   Thank you Katie!

I need this: The secret to make you stop Worrying by Deepak Chopra
The meditation link embedded in the Article is very nice!
Related books that I own and love:
     Rumi: The Book of Love
     The Rumi Collection
     I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz
     The Book of Secrets

The lucky ones: How Being an Alcoholic has made me a better leader
     Their character defect is smacking them upside the head.   Is yours?   Food, Entertainment, Internet, Games... ?    You can change, and I can help!

Are you a Misanthrope?

Hot off the presses: Experience Your Good Now by Louise Hay

A new release by Louise Hay: Experience Your Good Now

This one is going into my wish list!  I'm so looking forward to reading it!

New blog page on A Course in Miracles

http://btruetoyourself.blogspot.com/p/acim.html

New Twitter Account

If you Tweet you can find me on Twitter: @ResolutionNancy

Resentments and other habits

Excerpt from the July 23 entry in Hope for Today:

Courage to Change states, "Resentments mark the places where I see myself as a victim." ... Feeling resentment was like drinking poison and hoping the person I resented would die! ... I knew what to do... work the Steps...However, I felt such resistance to this that I needed to ask myself, "What do I get out of feeling like a victim?" ... I felt protected by my resentments.  they acted as a barbed wire fence to keep away the people I felt had hurt me.  The problem was I kept pricking my own skin on the barbs.  I also was comfortable with my resentments.  I wondered who I'd be without them, because they were as familiar to me as my own skin.   Realizing that my resentments are not necessary or protective opened the door to change... I became entirely willing.

This can also be applied to other emotional habits (worry, stress, impatience, etc).   What emotional habit are you comfortable with? What would you be like without it?

Free Kindle Book from the HomeScholar (Wed only)

Lee Binz The HomeScholar provides homeschooling resources.   She is offering a free kindle book today (Wednesday 7/23):
   
       Your Goals This Year: A Year by Year Guide to Homeschooling High School (Coffee Break Books Book 16)


Here is a link to her website - The Home Scholar

Powerless

As a grateful member of Al-Anon, I've become familiar with the 12 steps of the program.   The first three steps could be summarized as:

1) Admitted we were powerless and our lives had become unmanageable.
2) Came to believe that a Higher Power could restore us to sanity.
3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the God of our understanding.

I've recently been inspired to learn more about St. Teresa of Avila, an mystic of the Catholic Church.  Her autobiography, Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life , was written around 1562 (roughly 450 years ago).

In the chapter "Twenty Years of Turbulence" she describes her struggles with her spiritual journey.
Near the end of the chapter, she writes:

"I beseeched the Beloved to help me.  But I failed to put the whole of my trust in God and relinquish all traces of trust in myself.  I searched earnestly for a remedy; I tried everything.  But without the fundamental realization that I was powerless and that the only thing that I could rely on was God, my efforts were useless." (emphasis mine).

I got goosebumps.

The 7 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People

Four major skills in Emotional Intelligence:
     the ability to perceive, reason, understand, and manage emotions.

The 7 Habits for you to develop:
1) Self Awareness - pay attention to what you are feeling
2) Empathy - the ability to understand the emotions of other people
3) Self-regulation - think before you act
4) Motivated - able to take an emotional leap and make a change
5) Great Social Skills - developed by 1 and 2 above.  interested in healthy social relationships and helping others succeed.
6) Sharing - not only aware, they are able to share their feelings appropriately with others.
7) Find the Cause - able to correctly identify the underlying causes of their emotions.  

http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/fl/The-7-Habits-of-Emotionally-Intelligent-People.htm?p=1