Welcome to the September 15, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival.

One of my favorite submissions to this edition: Anand presents Fear of Success posted at Anand Dhillon . com, saying, “Fear of success can be insidious because it is often unconscious. Learn how to uproot the fear of success and prevent self-sabotage.”

Green Living

Ben Dinsmore presents 36 Ways to Reduce Your Home’s Energy Use posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “With energy prices on the rise, and the sustainability of our environment in question, I thought that it would be beneficial to share some of the energy saving tips that I have picked up over the years.”

Melinda presents Redefining Normal posted at One Green Generation.

Health/Wellness

Monica presents How Healthy is Your Lifestyle? posted at Enjoying a Healthy and Balanced Life, saying, “How balanced is your lifestyle? How do you manage stress?
Do you allow yourself a chance to rest and relax each day?”

Joshua Seth presents How Not To Lose Weight posted at Joshua Seth Blog.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Resources for Brain Health Across the Lifespan posted at SharpBrains, saying, “List of resources to maintain our brains in top shape”

Personal Growth & Development

Dereck presents An Essay on Human Growth posted at I Will Not Die.

Amit presents Dealing with death posted at Amit, saying, “How to deal with death and change your perception of it from one of a curse to a blessing.”

HighGrace presents A quick two-minute fix for anxiety and stress posted at Face to the Sun, saying, “How to relieve stress and anxiety through breathing”

Wally Bock presents To plan or not to plan posted at Momentor.

spillay presents Without a heater on a cold winter’s night AND BEING THANKFUL! posted at A Pot of Gold.

Mike Solara presents Improved Listening = Improved Self posted at Mike Solara.

Stacey Hoffer Weckstein presents I’m Afraid of the Tooth Fairy posted at createabalance.com, saying, “Join the conversation. Are you fearful of things that don’t exist? Are these fears holding you back? Do you challenge or accommodate your fears?”

KateAddict presents Existance. posted at slyparadox.com Blog.

Productivity

Jacob presents The total cost of TV posted at Early Retirement Extreme.

Rigdha presents 10 Best Firefox Plugins to Increase Productivity posted at Get Your Success Now, saying, “Need more time? Consider saving the time you already have with these 10 productivity plugins for firefox.”

Professional Development

Lorna Doone Brewer presents Berry-Brewer Freelance Agency, Year One posted at Freelance Parent, saying, “This post is a humorous video overview of our first year of trying to balance life, family, a freelance business, and our own sanity.”

Productivity

Shamelle presents DVD Clutter: How To De-Junk A DVD Collection posted at Enhance Life, saying, “It really is a nice feeling when your DVD collection disappears into your surroundings! Isn’t it?”

Professional Development

iamstr8fire presents The Audience Wants You To Be A Star posted at MarcusASmith.com, saying, “Ever wondered what the people you are speaking with really desire from you. Look inside to find out”

Anco presents Work Email Tips posted at Tipskey – Unlock Practicality, saying, “Using and writing work emails correctly will make our life at work easier due to smoother communication.”

Relationships

Donald Latumahina presents How to Become a True Friend posted at Life Optimizer.

ElleAtDefiningSomeday presents How to be Polite at a Party posted at Defining Someday, saying, “How to handle awkward social situations, like baby showers.”

Simplicity

Stefanie Hutson presents 25 Incredibly Simple & Creative Ways to Act Charitably posted at Vat19.com slash Blog.

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Welcome to the August 31, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival.

Health/Wellness

 

Your posture is an important part of your health. Learn how to spot it, and fix it! Yongho Shin presents 4 Signs Of Bad Posture (And How To Fix It) posted at One Crumb.

Peter presents Six Scientific Ways to Create True Happiness posted at The Change Blog.

 

TherapyDoc presents Wall-E, Obesity, and The Magic Touch posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, “This movie has subtle messages about wellness.”

 

Stephen presents How to Skillfully Deal with Suffering in the World posted at Balanced Existence.

 

You may be interested in learning about which brain areas and cognitive functions are engaged as we solve the type of brain teaser known as Spot the Difference. Now, want to try? Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Teasers: Spot the Difference posted at SharpBrains.

 

Monica presents Trade Stress for Peace posted at Enjoying a Healthy and Balanced Life.

Motivation

 

ElleAtDefiningSomeday presents On Motivation: Why We Do What We Do posted at Defining Someday.

Sid Savara presents Positive Talk Creates Positive Action – How to Stop Talking Like a Loser posted at Sid Savara . com – Personal Development, Maximizing Productivity and Life Hacking, saying, “Every day we make many tiny decisions that affect our lives. One of the decisions we make almost unconsciously is the way we talk to ourselves, and the way our words affect our attitude and our action. I caught myself doing it yesterday when I considered going to the gym and then thought “I don’t want to do it.” Right away I decided that was it – no more loser talk, time to go work out!”

Sid is right on. After you read this article, take a gander and something I recently wrote called “Shift your attitude. What you say to yourself matters.”

 

Azelma Petit presents The Chuck Norris Guide to Self Motivation posted at Biz.Edu. The article gives advice on motivating yourself in all walks of life, including entrepreneurship, using the humor of Chuck Norris references.”

Personal Growth & Development

 

Achieving goals is a process – not just an end point- and the journey can be as enjoyable and significant as the destination.  ElleAtDefiningSomeday presents Enjoy the Ride posted at Defining Someday. Achieving goals is a process – not just an end point- and the journey can be as enjoyable and significant as the destination.

 

Toni presents You always have a choice posted at Happy Nest. This is a story about one of Toni’s life-defining moments. Making choices, no matter how simple or grand the situation is, empowers you. Passiveness won’t solve anything, but finding your voice and asserting it will.

Anand presents 3 Easy Ways to Change Your Emotional State Instantly posted at Anand Dhillon . com. The quality of our lives is the quality of our emotions. This article details 3 unique ways to instantly put yourself in a positive emotional state when you are feeling down.

 

Dr Martin W. Russell presents Working Through A Problem posted at Dr Martin W. Russell.

 

Chris Edgar presents Going On A Mental Diet posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, “Much of today’s personal development literature is about how the type of thoughts you think influence your reality. While I agree that the kind of thoughts you think affect your quality of life, I think it’s also important to recognize how the amount of thinking you do shapes your experience of living. There’s a growing recognition that too much thought of any kind, whether positive or negative, can bring needless suffering into your life. In this article, I discuss some of the ways excess thinking takes away our ability to fully participate in and enjoy life, and make some suggestions about how to stem the constant stream of thought.”

 

Rigdha presents 8 “Must Use” Free Time Management Tools to Save Tons of Time posted at Get Your Success Now.

 

AndrewB presents Hard Work or a Secret Formula? posted at Personal Hack. Ever wonder if success is a result of consistent hard work or a secret formula? This article sheds light on what Andrew says is really is behind success.

 

Caroline Middlebrook presents Learning To Deal With The Fear Of Change posted at Life Should Feel GOOD!.

 

David B. Bohl presents Is Enough Ever Enough? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, asking readers, “Do you ever find yourself complaining that you need more or want more of something? Time, money, love, space, material possessions, happiness–what’s your “never enough”?”

 

Great Management presents All Managers Are Customers Too posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, “Whatever business you are in, you will find that there is one key cause of your success.”

 

Meg A. presents Who are you? posted at How to Make a Difference.

 

Productivity

 

Richard Johnson presents Happily Get More Done with Work Periods posted at Reaching A Better Place. In our contempt for the 9 – 5 work day we forget the value of having a work period. This article comments on the ways of applying one to our free time and why on Earth we’d want to.

Zantor presents The 8 Themes of Seeking Excellence posted at Internet Productivity.

 

Sweettooth presents How To Manage Your Gift Budget: 3 Easy Tips posted at Shop Little Gifts.

 

AndrewB presents 5 Instant Energy Tips posted at Personal Hack, asking, “Want instant energy? You know when you have one of those days where you get so much done, and feel energetic all day? Well these tips will help feel more energetic and productive right away.”

Relationships

 

ElleAtDefiningSomeday presents Wild Card Inside posted at Defining Someday. This article is about how watching someone else perform one of their strengths can help you to learn more about yourself.

Anthony Delgado presents How to Love Your Wife | eInquisitive | Think About What Matters Most. posted at eInquisitive | Giving you something productive to think about!.

 

Simplicity

 

Kathleen Gage presents Never enough time – or is there? posted at Daily Awareness, saying, “How many people live in the space of frustration? The fact is, there is not enough time to do all we think we must do, want to do or dream of doing. There is just too much to do, calls to make, people to see.

One of the few things we truly possess is time. There is only so much you can do and only so many roles you can play. How we choose to use the here and now is a personal and a powerful choice. Choose wisely.”

After you check out Kathleen’s article, take a gander at one I wrote called “The time is there. You just have to find it.“

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Productivity tips are everywhere. Anywhere from productivity videos to productivity blogs to productivity books. Everyone wants to be more productive yet I rarely ever hear this big productivity tip mentioned.  AndrewB presents Biggest Productivity Tip posted at Personal Hack.

Green Living

Do you have unneeded items laying about your house? Don’t know what to do with them? Well, don’t throw them out – there are other ways you can get rid of them without contributing them to landfills. Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips – Getting Rid Of Things posted at Tip Diva.

Kathy Hester (GeekyPoet) presents How to start eating like a localvore posted at Chow Spice. I love the new term – “localvore!”

Health/Wellness

Mansi Desai presents What to Eat Before & After a Workout posted at Fun and Food. Desai discusses what food to eat before and affter a workout – a nice introductory read.

AndrewB presents Can’t Stop Eating? 3 Tips To Get Your Eating Under Control | Stop Binge Eating saying, “Ever feel helpless around food? Maybe it’s a certain food. Maybe You can’t stop eating your favorite junk food. Maybe you can’t stop eating your favorite fast food. Maybe you are just eating too much and want to get your eating under control. Either way these tips will help you get your eating under control.”

Jerome Ryan presents Personal Trainers Have Fitness Struggles Too, Part 1 posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.

Jerome Ryan also shares How to Start an Exercise Program posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.

Linda Riley presents 8 Best Free Weight Loss Tools on the Internet Today posted at Weight Loss Insider: Weight Loss Pills, Diets and Programs Reviewed.

Small changes to your lifestyle will benefit your overall health in the long term. Once you begin to feel the benefits of your lifestyle changes, you will want to include even more healthy habits. Here are 5 easy steps you can take towards leading a healthier lifestyle. Mediamonkey presents How to improve your Health: Healthy tips and tricks posted at How to: tips, tricks & recipes.

Avani presents How to Become an Early Sleeper posted at Avani-Mehta.

Motivation

Fiona King presents 100+ Motivational Techniques to Take Learning to the Next Level posted at Smart Teaching.

Bob and Melinda Blanchard present If it’s broken, fix it! posted at Live What You Love, saying, “DREAM it, then do it, that’s all it takes to get the life you want!”

The Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, Rocky. Get motivated by these inspirational movies that will make you feel like you live you can take on the world. Ralph Jean-Paul presents 10 Inspirational Movies That Will Inspire You posted at Potential 2 Success.

Personal Development/Growth

Lola presents How to clear limiting beliefs: get curious (2/3) posted at Real World Spiritual and Personal Development.

Desire without attachment to outcome might sound like a paradox at first. How can you desire or want something and yet not care about whether you get it or not?  AndrewB presents Desire Without Attachment To Outcome posted at Personal Hack. “While desire without attachment is an old personal development concept, I myself haven’t came across any great explanations of it, and therefore it took me a while to understand it.”

Toni presents Thank you for 31! posted at Wifely Steps, saying, “When I turned 31, I felt a bit depressed. I thought of all the things I failed to accomplish. This entry is my reflection on how I changed my thinking and saw that while there may have been things I didn’t do, there were far more many things that I DID accomplish. We shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves!”

Donald Latumahina presents What is Happiness? Definition of Happiness posted at Life Optimizer.

Peter presents Five Ways Keeping a Journal Can Change Your Life posted at The Change Blog.

Semi-Charmed Wife presents Find Your Passion (or at least A passion) posted at Semi-Charmed Wife.

Colin presents Developing A Positive Attitude posted at Positive Attitude Tips Blog, offering some good advice for those of us who need to shift our attitudes.

Jerome Ryan presents Why Giving Yourself Space Is So Important posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.

P.L. Frederick presents Taking A Stand On Lemonade Stands posted at Small and Big. This is a quick read about learning lessons from childhood.

Productivity

Myscha Theriault presents Assembly Cooking for Newbies | Wise Bread posted at Wise Bread.

Bill Kanapaux presents 6 Ways to Stay Sane While Working from Home posted at BlogRivet.com, based on his 10+ years of experience working full time from a home-based office.

Professional Development

Heather Johnson presents The Two Sides of Job Hopping posted at WorkBloom.net – Career, Employment, & Job Search Blog.

Relationships

What’s the secret to successful, long-lasting relationships? Carole Gold presents It’s All About Energy posted at McKay Today.

GP presents Cant We all Just git along? posted at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range, saying, “Ah rules for being human… Getting in our high season here at the inn, can’t we all just get along?”

axel presents Basic Relationship Skills posted at axel g.

Simplicity

Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents Are You Into F & M? posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat, saying, “It’s important to have a Balance between having fun and making money. That’s why I recommend getting into F & M.”

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Welcome to the July 31, 2008 edition of balanced living carnival. Yes, I know that it is July 30th, but I was holding on to these great submissions for a while, and I couldn’t wait another day!

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Health/Wellness

Dean Moyer of The Back Pain Blog explains the advantages and disadvantages of water-based physical therapy in his post Aquatic Therapy for Back Pain.

Dale presents 6 Steps To Drinking More Water And Maintaining Optimum Health posted at Personal Development & Success Strategies for Life.

Motivation

Paul Piotrowski presents Why Does it Feel Like You’re Going Backwards posted at Inspired Money Maker. On your path towards living a more purpose-driven life, and your journey to learn to do what you love for a living, do you sometimes feel like you’re going backwards? Does it feel like the world you’ve built around you is falling apart? Does every step forward seem like it’s also coupled with three steps back? Check out this article!

Personal Development

Shamelle presents 31 Ideas To Escape The Monotonous Daily Routine posted at Enhance Life. Is your daily routine starting to get a bit, well, predictable? It’s not necessarily that what you do is boring. Routines have their purpose. Many people like them, as it gives some comfort and security. However, sometimes it gets too comfortable and leads to a lack of action. Check out this articles for some simple suggestions on how to shake up your routine – without having to change it entirely.

Dawn Abraham Life Coach presents My Positive Thinking Secrets That Work like Magic! posted at Qualified Life Coach.

Chris Edgar presents It’s Never Too Early For A “Midlife Crisis” posted at Purpose Power Coaching. The “midlife crisis” is a subject of mixed feelings in our culture. Some applaud people who have the courage to reevaluate their direction in life, while others see it as “too late” to change one’s course midlife. Chris does not think it’s ever too late to start considering what we’re here to do in life. What he wonders is why we call these times in our lives “crises” at all. As he suggests in this article, it’s best to keep your calling—your overall mission in life—in mind at all times, no matter how young or old you happen to be.

Avani presents 6 Ways to Get Mind to Focus When It Does Not Seem Your Own posted at Avani-Mehta.

Hopeful Spirit presents Breaking Back into the Light posted at On the Horizon: A discussion about breaking down the brick walls that we sometimes encounter in life and recovering from depression — through faith and faithfulness.

Rigdha presents 5 Things You Can Do Today To Get More out of Your life posted at Get Your Success Now.

Dereck presents A guide for increasing your creativity posted at I Will Not Die.

Louise Manning presents Wasting energy posted at The Human Imprint.

Productivity

Jackie presents Multiple Email Addresses posted at Overcoming Clutter.

Barry Wright, III presents 5 Steps to Glorious Productivity with Firefox posted at fashionablemathematician – personal.

I’m a big fan of multiple email addresses AND Firefox. Definitely check out those two articles.

Relationships

Jonathan presents Levels Of Relationships posted at Better Relationship Builder. Understanding what level relationship we are in can better understand how we should relate to that person.

babs mountjoy presents Approaching equilibrium « Awalkabout’s Weblog posted at Awalkabout’s Weblog. Everyone needs to step back once in awhile to see their place in the big picture, don’t you think?

Anand presents Neediness in Relationships posted at Anand Dhillon . com. Neediness can ruin a potentionally great relationship. Learn what causes neediness, how it manifests and what you can do to make sure it’s no longer an issue. Many of us are more needy in relationships than we think we are. If you’ve ever questioned your neediness factor, check out this article.

Toni presents When was the last time you did something new with your spouse? posted at Wifely Steps.

Simplicity

Kristy presents Money Monday: Values posted at Our Life in Colorado. Kristy shares her experiences with trying to live deliberately when it comes to her family finances.

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Welcome to the July 15, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival.

Health/Wellness

Joshua Seth presents How To Double Your Weight Loss posted at Joshua Seth Blog. A study came out recently that discovered a key difference between people who are successful at losing weight and those who are not.

James Chambers presents Hyperhidrosis Causes posted at Hyperhidrosis. Though not a blog, the website includes several informative articles on the topic.

Motivation

Arun presents Getting Off The Safety Net posted at Arun is Bringing You…Your Daily Remedy. Building a personal safety net is important, but don’t fall into the trap of being content lying on it. Strive to climb to something higher!

Erek Ostrowski presents Why Do I Procrastinate? posted at Verve Coaching. The truth about procrastination is that it serves a purpose. The reason why people struggle to stop procrastinating is because they fail to see procrastination from the appropriate context.

Kate Hudson presents Do It Today! posted at Kate Hudson’s Blog. Her article motives people to follow their dreams instead of putting them aside on their “someday” list.

Nadege presents Five simple reasons why you should do it now! posted at Clearly Envision.

Hopefully those three articles give you some motivation to get things done!

Personal Development

Candice Brokenshire presents John Trosko – The importance of being organized posted at The Red Barn Cooperative. John Trosko is another Professional Organizer, based in Los Angeles (like me!). He has a blog of his own and heads the local National Association of Professional Organizers chapter here in L.A.

Avani presents 20 Learnings from Do One Thing Different posted at Avani-Mehta.

Shirley presents You Don’t Have Time to Worry posted at Fun Spirit. She notes: Most of us are so busy we don’t have time for living. How could we possibly have time to waste on worrying? Yet hundreds of thousands of us do it all the time.

Erek Ostrowski presents Manifesting a Job You Actually Want posted at Verve Coaching. Hoping to reach those of you who are unhappy at work, Erek says, “This post is for everyone out there who has ever wished they could find a better job, and for those of you who have become resigned about even trying! It is actually possible to manifest a job that you want, and anyone can do it if they know how.”

Jarrod presents How to Not Hate your Job posted at Warrior Development, saying, “You can be happy at any job.”

Amanda Harris presents Tools to Life: Self Help and Self Development posted at Pajama Mommy.

Raymond presents How Credit Scores Work And How Scores Are Calculated posted at Money Blue Book.

After learning more about credit, you might want to check out the next post (if you are looking for a new credit card).

Card Blogger presents The Best Credit Cards posted at Credit Card Blog.

Productivity

Dale presents Boost Your Productivity By Managing Your Energy, Not Your Time. posted at Personal Development & Success Strategies for Life.

Byteful Project presents Inspire your Workspace in 7 Steps posted at Byteful Blog. From small business to a corporate setting, one’s workspace profoundly affects their productivity, and even their predominate emotional state. Learn how to transmogrify your workspace into an inspiration in 7 steps. Includes tips on lighting and how applying feng shui principles is essential.

Professional Development

Erek Ostrowski presents Delegating vs. “Passing it Off” posted at Verve Coaching. One of the fundamental keys to delegating effectively is understanding the difference between delegating a task or responsibility, and simply “passing it off.”

Relationships

Jennifer Johnson presents SEX, MARRIAGE, AND KIDS posted at MommyABCs.com, offering tips to recover the romance in your relationship.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Balanced Living Carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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