Self-Improvement

Going Gently Into the Light
By Carolyn Molnar · 8 years ago
I recently marked the day, which would have been the 100th birthday of my mentor, friend and surrogate mother Sadie Nickerson, a powerful woman who had mastered adversity. However, time caught up with her 87-year-old ...
If Seal Is Broken... (Might as Well Laugh)
By Karyn Buxman · 8 years ago
Everywhere I look, there is some reminder of the upcoming election. (There's a job I won't be signing up for!) But then it struck me-sometimes, being a nurse is like being President. No. Air Force ...
Spirits in the Family Tree
By Carolyn Molnar · 8 years ago
I was a little nervous, because I’d never given this type of reading before. I was going to be a detective, a seeker of souls lost in the mystery of time. Dora wanted me to ...
How to Co-Create with the How
By Jennifer Urezzio · 8 years ago
The first step is to understand, in a deeper way, your sacred purpose (some people call this your purpose, mission or simply why am I on this planet at this time). Once you have a ...
Can We Value Differences When We Can't Be Civil?
By Lenora Billings-Harris · 8 years ago
I wrote the original version of this article in 2006. Unfortunately, it seems our society has become even more uncivil rather than more civil. Join me in being part of the change. Have you ever ...
Death is a gift to the Believer
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, Death is an absolute phenomenon will happen to every living being. It is impossible to run away from it. We should not be unwary from it. Death is the beginning of a new ...
Believing in afterlife is mandatory for a complete faith
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, One of the religious obligations for an absolute faith is to have faith in afterlife. It is ordered in a Qur'an verse: "Any who denieth Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messenger, and ...
Following Rasulullah is a religious duty for all
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, It is our duty to believe that all of our prophets have been sent by Allah. It is our duty to believe that all the knowledge notified by them are true and real. ...
The sole duty of prophets is to proclaim the divine message
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, In my previous articles, prophets that appear in the Qur’an were listed. It should have drawn your attention. Almost all of Allah’s prophets that are elected to notify the divine mercy are males. ...
Learning to Love
By Jennifer Urezzio · 8 years ago
One of my favorite songs to sing is – Say Something. One of the lyrics is: I’m still learning to love, Just starting to crawl. And, that is truly what being in the consciousness of ...
Ready, Set, Let Go
By Jennifer Urezzio · 8 years ago
There is a falsity about letting things go...we sometimes believe that if we let something go, we will never have to let it go again...wrong! Some situations and beliefs "need" to be let go in ...
The situation of those who turn away from Qur’an
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, Qur’an is a very valuable source which separates truth from falsehood and which cannot be invalidated by any document neither in the past nor in the future. "Those who reject the Message when ...
Qur’an was revealed to be followed
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, Rasulullah (s.a.w.) attached great importance to learning, teaching and reading Qur’an. "The most virtuous among you are those who learn and teach Qur’an." [Bukhari] "The most supreme worship in my community is to ...
Qur’an is not a fabrication
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, As I stated in my previous article, numerous atheists and enemies of Islam have been intensely desirous of altering Qur’an, distorting it, raising doubts in the hearts of Muslims because Qur’an is the ...
Qur’an is not a creature
By Dr. Ismail Ulukus · 8 years ago
Dear readers, The paper, ink and similar material parts (Mus'haf) of Qur'an which we take in our hands for reading is surely from the realm of Creation. That is to say, it is a creature. ...
A Success Formula in 10 Easy Steps
By Catherine B. Roy · 8 years ago
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." —Winston Churchill We are the consequence of our past and at the same time the cause of our future. ...
Resiliency Clues From Marvel Characters & Make-A-Wish Foundation
By Eileen Mcdargh · 8 years ago
I left the hotel in downtown Columbus, determined to take a brisk jaunt before preparing for my keynote address in the convention center. Not knowing the city, I spied signs on street lamps and taped ...
Taking Depression By The Horns!
By Eunice Chege · 9 years ago
Always feeling under the weather? Always not in the mood to be around others when having fun? If you answered yes to this questions please read on. Here are some of the most common symptoms ...
Convenient Mistruths
By Nan Russell · 8 years ago
The subject line of the email read: "We met at ..." and the name of a conference where I'd recently spoken. Thinking it was from someone who attended my session, I opened it sooner versus ...
The 3 P`s for Success
By Daniel Dunoo · 9 years ago
"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success" –Napoleon Hill. While a Marketing student about a decade ago, we were taught the 4 P’s in our first year and later taught the 7 ...