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Don’t miss out on life! Get healthy tips and fresh ideas for transforming yourself and your life with articles by Dr. Rita Louise

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Making Choices:  How Making Better Choices Can Lead To A Happier Life

Our world is full of options and we make dozens of choices daily as we navigate life.  Some of these choices are big and some are small.  If you think about it, the life you are living right now is based upon the decisions you have made along the way.  Where you want to live, what you do for a living and even who you get romantically involved with are all based on making choices.  The decisions that we make shape our lives, thus making better choices will shape your future and may lead to increased satisfaction and happiness.

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What Are The 12 Chinese Acupuncture Meridians In The Body?

The Chinese acupuncture meridians are invisible channels which circulate qi, life force energy, or subtle energy throughout the body.  Many people have heard the term meridians, especially in relationship to acupuncture and Chinese medicine.  Unlike the chakras, which are energy vortexes that allow for the free flow of subtle energy from the outside world into our subtle body, the meridians transport this vital life force substance within the body.

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How To Know If You Should End A Relationship | 9 Signs To Consider

Your relationship feels like it is dying.  The magic has faded away.  You are constantly fighting.  The quality time you used to spend together is dwindling or non-existent.  You feel like the two of you are drifting apart.  There is a part of you that is wondering if you should end the relationship but you are unsure.  Should I stay or should I go?

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The 7 Chakras: Functions, Healing, and Their Impact on Health

Invisible to the naked eye, the highly sensitive energy centers, the seven chakras, allows for the reception, assimilation and transmission of energy and information from our environment. The role of these subtle energy centers is to gather and organize our life force energy. 

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Why Some Stay In Unhappy, Abusive Or Narcissistic Relationships

All healthy relationships have high and lows but many people will stay in a toxic relationship long after the sparks of passion have lost their luster.  This concept is most puzzling in narcissistic relationships where an individual will stay in an abusive situation.  Researchers, however, have uncovered a number of reasons why people stay in bad, low-quality relationships, ones that do not meet their needs. 

Why Am I Afraid Of Being Happy: Cherophobia

Why Am I Afraid Of Being Happy: Cherophobia

We all want to be happy and many of us search for happiness in the things we do.  We want to have satisfying romantic relationships, a successful career and a nice home.  The pursuit of happiness, in fact, is the central focus of the self-help industry where it tries to inform and instruct people in the ways of experiencing a blissful existence.  While most people actively pursue happiness, there are many who fear it.  These individuals have a happiness phobia called ‘cherophobia’.

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What Does It Feel Like To Be Happy: Happiness 101

You may wonder, what is happiness and what does it feel like to be happy?  It seems like a simple question but many people do not even consider whether they are happy or not.  Everyone says they want to be happy but are they?