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Author: Barrie Davenport

20 Simple Ways to Stoke Your Self-Confidence

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Once upon a time there was a small child known as you. This child was born into the world pure and perfect, aware only of its own needs. If those needs were met, if someone held you, fed you, kept you safe and warm, your world was perfect. Even as you got a bit older, if your ... Continue Reading

Is Your Mind Playing Tricks on You? How to Take Control with Confidence

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Do you ever feel like your mind has a mind of it's own? Does it seem like it plays tricks on you, behaving against your higher judgement or desires? I've been suffering from a tricky mind for the last few weeks, but I finally turned the trick around on my wily mind and took control. Here's what ... Continue Reading

The One Love That Can Last A Lifetime

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"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance." ~Oscar Wilde Is February 14 a happy or a sad occasion for you? At different stages of your life, you've probably experienced one feeling or the other. If you don't have a romantic partner, or you've recently experienced a break-up or divorce, Valentine's Day can ... Continue Reading

Are You Sabotaging Your Career? 5 Behaviors You Need to Avoid

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Your job is a huge part of your life. If you work a typical 40-hour work week, that's around 2000 hours a year spent on the job. You spend more waking time working than you do with your spouse, partner, children, or friends. Hopefully, your job is more than a job. Hopefully, it is your profession, your ... Continue Reading

The Most Important Tool You’ll Ever Need For Life Transformation

The Most Important Tool You'll Ever Need for Life Transformation

Sometime in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself. ~Katherine Sharp If I could have only one tool at my disposal to help me on my journey of personal growth, self-awareness, and life transformation, it would ... Continue Reading

Life After Tragedy: The Unexpected Gifts in Catastrophic Events

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A guest post by Jennifer Boykin of Life After Tampons It’s been nearly twenty years since I held my newborn daughter Grace while she died. In those days, I thought I would never be free of my sorrow. But I have been, and there are actually great long stretches of my life when I ... Continue Reading

The Definitive Road-Map for Happiness Seekers

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Our Founding Fathers knew how intoxicating the feeling of happiness is. It is such a desired state of mind that they included the pursuit of it as one of three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence. We want to be alive, we want to be free, and we want to be happy. According to the writers ... Continue Reading

Procrastinating? 10 Ways to Get It Done

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Do you ever wonder why you procrastinate? Well stop wondering because it doesn't matter. Analyzing why we procrastinate is just another way of procrastinating. For those of us inclined toward studying the "whys" of human behavior, this is one area where the why just gets in the way of the how. I could list 100 reasons why we ... Continue Reading

The Most Popular Posts from 25 Top Personal Development Bloggers

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Have you ever noticed the "most popular" blog posts often listed on the sidebar of a blog? These land in that spot based on the numbers of people who have clicked on the post. I'm always fascinated by the posts that rise to the top of my "most popular" list. It gives me a clear indication ... Continue Reading

Personality Type: How It Impacts 3 Key Areas of Your Life

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Do you know your personality type based on the Myers-Briggs personality assessment? If not, this is a tremendously beneficial tool in helping you understand yourself, your motivations and behavior, and how you interact with the people around you. And knowing the personality types of the people close to you is extremely helpful in understanding them and ... Continue Reading

15 Darned Good Reasons Why Self-Help Actually Helps

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Special Note: The Empowerment Pack promotion will end on Thursday, January 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST. You still have time to get over 30 self-improvement courses and products from 25 top bloggers for 1/10 the regular price. Click here to check it out! The other day a friend proudly announced to me ... Continue Reading

A Personal Development Bonanza: The Empowerment Pack is Live!

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On Monday, January 16,  my partner Stephanie and I launch The Empowerment Pack, starting at 9:00 a.m. EST. We've invited 25 top bloggers in self-improvement and personal development to contribute their courses, guides, and eBooks, and we've packaged them together in a mega, self-empowering cornucopia for a fraction of what they cost individually. It's the ... Continue Reading

The Secret Life of the Self-Empowered

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Have you ever been excluded from something? A club or team? Or maybe the life of the rich, beautiful, skinny, or successful? You feel like an outsider with your nose pressed up against the window, looking at all of the sparkly fun inside that you don't get to experience. That feeling of being left out, excluded, not part ... Continue Reading

The 20 Most Life-Altering Concepts I’ve Ever Embraced

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Do you have one life lesson or philosophy that has changed the course of your life? Sometimes you can read something or have a life experience that hits you over the head with its brilliance and perfection. A huge mind shift takes place, and your life is forever altered for the better. These can be years in ... Continue Reading

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