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20 Most Recent Post Titles with Excerpts

A bare list of links to the last 20 blog posts with linked titles, author and date, a short excerpt, and a continue-reading link.

Comments on Connecticut School Shooting

By Antoinetta Vogels | December 14, 2012

Do we really have to look into all the details?  Is “how it happened” really the right question to ask? Do I need to study in depth all the independent reports about this event to feel the pang of exasperation, intense sadness and upset about what has happened to all these innocent and well-meaning people?…

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Thought of the Day: December 6, 2012

By Deborah Drake | December 6, 2012

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. ~ Jim Rohn American speaker and author We at HySos have a love of and for trees and all the metaphors they represent.

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A Guest Blogger Perspective: 5 Easy Steps To Unleash Your Natural Self

By Deborah Drake | December 3, 2012

Editor’s Note: It was in November of 2007 in Long Beach, CA at an international conference that I first met “Bart.” Or rather should I say I “recognized” someone I already knew and needed to meet again. Since that weekend we have stayed long-distance friends sharing experiences from our respective sides of the Pond. I’ll…

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Guest Blogger Paul Johnson aka the Good Greatsby: Jealousy Thy Name is Parent

By Deborah Drake | November 12, 2012

Editors Note: We wholeheartedly thank Paul Johnson, prolific, wickedly funny and intelligent blogger (for his own blog The Good Greatsby and the Huffington Post)  for his generous permission to reprint his October 23rd post. This post struck a BIG chord with us at HySoS, the moment I/We read the title. I am a (happy/sometimes exhausted…

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Thought of the Day, November 8th, 2012

By Antoinetta Vogels | November 8, 2012

Election Day is Done! Are we all happy? I presume some more than others. What we all can rejoice in is that we have a seasoned president for the coming 4 years who knows what works and what doesn’t. Barack Obama has all the signs of a man with a Healthy Sense of Self which means that his Motivation…

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Hate and anger in children; allow them to be themselves!

By Antoinetta Vogels | October 30, 2012

Why is it that children grow up with anger, resentment and hate? They have no idea about the world. Here are two reasons: 1) they copy the behavior of their parents and/or 2) they are not allowed to be who they truly are, which equals to murdering their spirits. Is that upsetting enough? As a…

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“(Do) I (really) SEE YOU?”

By Antoinetta Vogels | October 25, 2012

Looking within has two great results: 1) you get to know yourself 2) you’ll find out that there are two different ways of looking. Wait. I am not going with this where you might think I am going: use a different way for  looking within then the one you are used to when looking outside…

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Improve the World by Restoring your Sense of Self

By Antoinetta Vogels | October 21, 2012

What a great concept: Investigate why you are so needy or controlling – Find out what lies at the root of it – Poke through the perceived dependencies on what WE thought is going to give us what we need to be happy- Restore our sense of Self By doing so, we not only contribute to becoming…

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Can “I” ever do enough to feel done?

By Deborah Drake | October 16, 2012

There was a day last week that felt like something was in the air. More than one friend was trying to do “way too much.”  Myself included. And a state of overwhelm came because of it. And a round robin of listening happened that got me thinking: Why so much attachment to getting so much done?…

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Thought of the Day: October 11, 2012

By Deborah Drake | October 11, 2012

“You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person. Love is essential for happiness, but the person who loves so deeply that his or her happiness is placed entirely in the hands of another, resembles the little lamb who crept in the den of…

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Recommended Reading: A Lighter Side to Cancer by Sandra Miniere

By Deborah Drake | October 11, 2012

A Lighter Side to Cancer busts the myth that you are powerless over your health. Dear Reader: When you purchase A Lighter Side to Cancer: From Wake-up Call to Radiant Wellness by Sandra Miniere for $14.98 TODAY, October 11, you get to choose as many as 40 free bonus gifts from leading authors and experts who…

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Affirmations for Children: May You Know Love

By Deborah Drake | October 7, 2012

This Post is dedicated to the Children and the Child in all of us–that deserve to be allowed to be loved for existing. Meet my Poetic and Parental Self at my most spontaneous best. What is the most important thing you can give your kids? Resilience? Emotional Security? A Good Education? Financial Security? This question…

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Thought of the Day: October 4, 2012

By Deborah Drake | October 4, 2012

“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.” ~George F. Burns, actor/comedian  

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Recommended Reading by Dr. Irina Kole’s: Taste of Thoughts

By Deborah Drake | October 1, 2012

Dear Friend of HySoS: Today you have an amazing opportunity to get a resource that will strengthen your health, enrich your personal and professional life, and empower your inner self to become healthier and live longer. Today, October 2nd, my friend Dr. Irina Koles is announcing a revolutionary guide for those of us who want…

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I can eat an apple, but I won’t enjoy it.

By Deborah Drake | October 1, 2012

I can eat an apple, but I won’t enjoy it. ~ Berta A. Ever since childhood, Berta has not liked fruit. Not any kind of fruit. She recalls for me the first day of kindergarten (preschool?) as vividly as it was yesterday.  She is sent to school for it is time, but she doesn’t want…

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Thought of the Day: September 27, 2012

By Deborah Drake | September 27, 2012

All the “not readies”, all the “I need times”, are understandable, but only for a short while. The truth is that there is never a “completely ready”, there is never a really “right time”. As with any descent into the unconscious, there comes a time when one simply hopes for the best, pinches one’s nose, and…

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AUM: Awareness, Understanding, Meditation and a Restored Sense of Self

By Deborah Drake | September 24, 2012

Let me begin with two questions: Do you know how to be yourself? Do you grant yourself permission to be fully human? The first time I experienced the

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Today September 19, 2012 Release Preview SoS Text Book

By Antoinetta Vogels | September 19, 2012

Released today on Amazon! PREVIEW BOOK OF THE BIG SOS Method -TEXTBOOK SOS stands for Sense of Self. You need it in order to fully be yourself. The SoS Method gives you insight in what  really motivates people and YOU in particular. On my way to getting my Sense of Self Method published I have…

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Thought of the Day: September 13, 2012

By Deborah Drake | September 13, 2012

Once Confucius was asked by a disciple how to be happy, how to be blissful. Confucius said, “You are asking a strange question; these things are natural. No rose asks how to be a rose.” As far as sadness and misery are concerned, you will have enough time in your grave; then you can be…

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It’s Countdown Time!

By Deborah Drake | September 11, 2012

Honestly ask yourself and answer this question: What is your sense of your own Self? Who are you living for? What is the biggest reason you

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