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12 Step Programs
The 12-step program is a set of principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or behavioral
problems, originally used in Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) in the 1930s. The 12 Step approach is now
used to deal with a wide variety of issues including not only alcoholism, but drug abuse and also
various other addictive or dysfunctional behaviors.
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A Course in Miracles
Considered by many of its students to be their "spiritual path," the book A Course in Miracles has
sold over 1.6 million copies since its appearance in 1975. As its title suggests, its purpose is to train
us to work miracles to accept and extend to others the shifts in perception that awaken us to God.
Abundance
No matter how much or how little you have in your life, you can feel complete by manifesting the
quality of abundance.
Abuse and Recovery
Abuse and Recovery involve countering and overcoming physical and mental harm of any degree or
severity.
Accelerated Learning
Accelerated Learning is a style of learning in which one learns and retains information in an

2. intensive and shortened amount of time using various methods which allow you to read, retain, and
recollect information quickly and efficiently.
Achievement
Achievement connotes final accomplishment of something noteworthy, after much effort and often in
spite of obstacles and discouragements.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting needles into "acupuncture points" on the body with the aim
of restoring health and well-being and treating pain.
Addiction and Recovery
Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.
Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition.
Adult and Senior Development
Adult Senior Development are all related to the physical and psychological effects of healthy aging
and
retaining a positive attitude.
Aerobics
From the Greek for "using oxygen," the term "aerobics" applies to any set of vigorous physical
exercises designed to force the body to use oxygen in the muscles' energy-generation process.
Affirmations and Positive Affirmations
A one line statement that declares positively an intention or condition for a desirable outlook and
outcome. Affirmations are unlimited as each individual is an unlimited being. Affirmations are to be
used on a conscious level and act as a recording over our subconscious or limited beliefs. Positive
affirmations are a very powerful means of reprogramming self defeating thoughts and the
subconscious mind.
Aging and Longevity
Aging Longevity relate to the physical and psychological effects of healthy aging and retaining a
positive
attitude.
Agoraphobia

3. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder which causes a person to avoid public and/or unfamiliar places.
It's often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy
means of escape.
Akashic Records
The Akashic Records - derived from the Sankrit word for "sky, space, or aether" - are considered by
many believers to be a mystic, universal knowledge base that records and contains every occurring
thought, word, and action.
Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine consists of the therapeutic and preventative health care practices that do not
involve drugs, but rather herbal and mental variations of medical treatment.
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's is a degenerative disease that is the most common form of dementia. Generally it is
diagnosed in people over 65 years of age.
Anger Management
Controlling Anger and Anger Management involve a system of psychological therapeutic techniques
and exercises by which one with excessive anger can reduce the triggers, degrees, and effects of an
angered emotional state.
Anti-Aging
Anti-aging addresses medical and psychological ways to prevent, slow, or reverse the effects of
aging and help people live longer, happier lives. It includes scientific research and applications in
genetic engineering, tissue engineering, and other medical advances, e.g., finding treatments and
cures for Alzheimer's disease. The anti-aging marketplace includes nutrition, physical fitness, skin
care, hormone replacements, vitamins, supplements, and herbs.
Anxiety
Anxiety is distress or uneasiness, often overwhelming, of the mind caused by fear of danger or
misfortune. There are numerous therapeutic and psychological ways to ease anxiety and panic.
Applied Kinesiology
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a practice of using muscle response feedback (muscle testing) to
pinpoint mental, emotional, and spiritual blocks and a subsequent determination of treatment. Using
the body as a biofeedback mechanism, information is obtained from innate intelligence to make
desired changes and obtain objectives.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is the use of selected fragrant substances in lotions and inhalants used to affect mood
and promote health.

4. Arthritis Treatment
Arthritis is a condition where there is damage caused to the joints of the body. Treatment options
vary depending on the type of arthritis and severity and include physical and occupational therapy,
medications, and natural/dietary options.
Assertiveness Training
Assertiveness Training a type of behavior therapy in which people are taught appropriate methods of
asserting themselves in various situations through honest and direct expression of their feelings.
Assessment Tools
Assessment tools are devices or activities, such as charts, reports, or brainstorming sessions, that
help in monitoring the effectiveness of a program.
Astrology
Astrology is the study of the positions and relationships of the sun, moon, stars, and planets in order
to judge their influence on human actions and events.
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD and ADHD)
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a disorder characterized by a difficulty in retaining focus,
especially on tasks, for long periods of time and interfering especially with academic, occupational,
and social performance.
Attitude and Perspective
The term "attitude" refers to your disposition or state of mind, whether to a specific event or to life
in general. Attitude is the result of one's perceptions. How we perceive an event or experience will
largely determine the attitude we develop about future events and experiences, and a positive
attitude can help a person weather the rough patches in life.
Audio and Video Programs
CDs, DVDs and other formats create a great multimedia medium through which to obtain
information on self improvement by experts and enthusiasts.
Aura
An aura is an electro-magnetic energy field, full of information, around everyone alive. Aura reading
is useful for reading people deeper, healing, psychic and spiritual development.
Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by severe deficits in social interaction and
communication and by abnormal behavior patterns, such as the repetition of specific movements or
a tendency to focus on certain objects.
Ayurveda

5. Ayurveda, or Ayurvedic medicine, is ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian
subcontinent. Ayurveda promotes healthy living and therapeutic measures that relate to physical,
mental, social and spiritual harmony.
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Baby Boomers
The term "Baby Boomers" is used to describe the generation born in the post-World War II years of
roughly 1945-1964, which experienced a demographic "baby boom". Due to the size of their
generation and the cultural changes of their formative years, the boomers have thought of
themselves with a generational consciousness arguably more than any generation before or since.
Back and Neck Pain
Back and Neck Pain can result from a number of physical causes and medical conditions.
Beauty
Beauty is clearly a subjective experience and can refer to both inner beauty and outer beauty. These
views of beauty, frequently debated, are an integral part of how we see ourselves and see others.
Behavior Modification
A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback,
reinforcement, or aversion therapy, to modify maladaptive behavior patterns by substituting new
responses to given stimuli for undesirable ones.
Belief
A belief is a confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to
rigorous proof.
Biofeedback and Neurofeedback
Biofeedback is a technique where the central or autonomic nervous system is studied to gain some
voluntary control over an involuntary function, usually therapeutically such as muscle relaxation,
meditation, and breathing patterns.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of
abnormally elevated mood, clinically referred to as mania. Individuals who experience manic
episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes or symptoms, or mixed episodes which
feature both mania and depression.
Blended Families
Blended Families are families composed of parents or children from previous marriages or
relationships that require just as much compassion and communication as a biological family.

6. Body Building
Body Building is the process of developing muscle through the combination of weight training,
increased caloric intake, and rest.
Body Image
Body Image is an individual's concept of his or her own body. The concept of body image is used in
numerous disciplines, including psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy and
cultural and feminist studies.
Body Language
Body Language is nonverbal, usually unconscious, communication through the use of postures,
gestures, and facial expressions.
Book Reviews
In the modern over-saturated media market, book reviews play a vital role in helping us decide
which books are worth our investment in time and money.
Brain Enhancement
Brain Enhancement can be achieved by different means of skills, methods, tests, and enrichment
exercises to increase memory, reflexes, and attitude.
Breathing and Breathwork
Breathing is the process by which oxygen is drawn in and carbon dioxide expelled out of the body.
Proper breathing is an important aspect of good health.
Business Accounting Software and QuickBooks
QuickBooks is a line of business accounting software developed and marketed by Intuit. The
software was popular among small business owners who had no formal accounting training.
Business Consulting
Business Consultants help organizations improve their performance, primarily through the thorough
analysis of existing business problems and the development of plans for improvement.
Business Development
Business development comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at
attracting new customers and at penetrating existing markets.
Business Etiquette
Business Etiquette is the set of written and unwritten rules of conduct that make social interactions
between co-workers, clients, bosses and employees run more smoothly.

7. Business Networking
Business networking is the act of making personal connections to people who can help you achieve
your business objectives.
Business Opportunities
Business Opportunities in self improvement allow for networking of ideas, products, and resources
in the self improvement field with interested parties and professionals.
Business Start-up
A Business Start-up is a relatively new company, project or business venture with a limited operating
history.
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Career Change
Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a
lot more to changing careers than simply updating your résumé and qualifications. A thorough
understanding of the intricacies of career change can be critical to your success.
Career Coach and Career Coaching
Career coaching focuses on the needs of individuals to find fulfillment and satisfaction in their
career. Many of us try to improve our lives by improving or changing careers. The section is
dedicated to resources on career coaching and career coaches.
Career Development
Career Development is how individuals manage their careers both within and between
organizations.
Change Management
Change management is a structured approach to shifting/transitioning individuals, teams, and
organizations from a current state to a desired future state. It is an organizational process aimed at
empowering employees to accept and embrace changes in their current business environment.
Channeling
Channeling is the process of receiving and relaying information from an outside entity (usually
purported to be the spirits of the dead) while in an altered state of consciousness.
Charity, Nonprofits and Volunteering
Many people have found that one of the best paths to true happiness is donating your time, talents
and money to charitable causes that help others.
Child Development

8. Child Development is the increase of abilities and skills related to a child's physical, social,
intellectual and emotional growth as a child progresses in life.
Chiropractic
Chiropractic is an alternative health care profession whose purpose is to diagnose and treat
mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system with the intention of affecting the
nervous system and improving health.
Christianity
Christianity is a religion based upon the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the
New Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the
Old Testament. Encompassing a wide number of branches and sects, Christianity is the religion of an
estimated 1.5 to 2.1 billion people worldwide.
Coach Training
Coach Training prepares students to become professional coaches themselves - giving them the
knowledge, resources and motivation they need to become effective coaches and build their
coaching careers.
Codependency
Codependency is a condition in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is
affected with an abusive addiction (such as to a narcotic substance or alcohol).
Communication Skills and Training
Communication Skills are tools and methods to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of an
exchange of information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution refers to the act of handling conflicts and grievances between two or more
parties, with the hope that a long-term solution can be found that will be acceptable to both.
Consciousness and Awareness
Consciousness and Awareness are perhaps best defined by what they are not. That means not being
dulled into complacency and routine; not allowing your thoughts, feelings and sensations to go
unexamined; not taking the miracle that is your life for granted. Rather, being fully conscious and
aware means taking an active and awakened role in your existence.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education may refer to either a post-secondary education or an education required in a
licensed profession in order for the professional to maintain the license.
Cooking and Recipes

9. Put simply, cooking is the act of preparing a meal. But good cooks know that, from the planning to
the execution to the final presentation, creating a great meal takes considerable skill and effort.
Corporate Training
Corporate Training deals with the design and delivery of learning to improve performance within
organizations using a variety of styles and methods.
Creativity
The multifaceted journey of creativity is not limited to the arts or innovation. Creativity nurtures life
at its most profound depths. The creative journey is a template for leading a more fulfilling, aware
and meaningful life.
Customer Service
Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction. Its
importance varies by product, industry and customer.
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Dating
Dating relates to social relationships between people in a cordial environment.
Death and Dying
Life's inevitable end brings profound emotions and questions to bear for many - from those dealing
with the death of a loved one to those contemplating their own mortality.
Debt and Debt Consolidation
Dealing with Debt and learning about Debt Consolidation can help people overcome the challenges
associated with debt and how to go from debt and bankruptcy to wealth and prosperity.
Depression
Depression is the condition of feeling sad or despondent, but can more specifically refers to a mental
illness when it has reached a severity and duration to warrant a diagnosis.
Diabetes
Diabetes means that your blood glucose (GLOO-kos), also called blood sugar, is too high. Glucose
comes from the food you eat and is needed to fuel our bodies. Glucose is also stored in our liver and
muscles. Your blood always has some glucose in it because your body needs glucose for energy. But
having too much glucose in your blood is not healthy.
Dietary Supplements
Dietary Supplements are related to health, physical wellbeing, and weight control.

10. Dieting and Weight Loss
Dieting and Weight Loss is the regulation and limitation of food in order to improve physical
condition and health.
Distance Learning and E-Learning
Through Distance Learning, one can receive professional instruction in a subject without having to
physically visit a classroom. Distance Learning relies on the Internet, phone or even mail to provide
educational opportunities at a distance.
Divorce
Divorce is a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage and releasing the husband and wife from all
matrimonial obligations.
Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships
Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships can be broadly defined a pattern of abusive behaviors
by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or
cohabitation.
Dowsing
Dowsing, also known as divining, is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground
water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, and many other objects and materials.
Dream Information
Dreams are a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind
during sleep, and may be analyzed and defined to give subconscious thoughts, desires, and fears
meaning.
Drug and Substance Abuse
Drug and Substance Abuse include the long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized
by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational
functioning.
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E-books
Self Improvement E-books create a great resource through which to obtain information on self
improvement by experts and enthusiasts.
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders are potentially life-threatening neurotic conditions characterized by severe
disturbances in eating habits that involve insufficient or excessive food intake.

11. Elder Care
From assisted living homes, nursing homes and hospices to home care and modification, elder care
refers to a broad range of services designed to meet the special needs of senior citizens.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
EFT is the psychotherapeutic theory that suggests that negative emotions are caused by
disturbances in the body's energy field and that balance can be restored through a sequence of
tapping points.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions
of one's self, of others, and of groups. Emotional Intelligence is often measured as an Emotional
Intelligence Quotient or EQ.
Employee Motivation
Employee Motivation is the act of providing your employees with the incentives, inspiration and
positive atmosphere that will motivate them to superior performance of their jobs.
Empowering Women
Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals
and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
Empowerment
Empowerment is increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and
communities and often involves developing confidence in one's own capacities.
Energy Bars
An energy bar is a bar-shaped snack food usually marketed to athletes or other physically active
people who wish to maintain their calorific needs in light of their strenuous physical activity. Some
brands of energy bars are also sold as dietary supplements.
Energy Healing and Energy Medicine
Energy Healing and Medicine involves exploring and applying subtle energies as they relate to the
experience of consciousness, healing, and human potential.
Energy Psychology
Energy Psychology addresses the relationship of energy systems to emotion, cognition, behavior and
health.
Enlightenment
Human spiritual enlightenment occurs when your consciousness permanently expands beyond the

12. limits of your body and your mind's self-created identity. As an enlightened human, you take
responsibility for co-creating your personal experience of reality. And you have zero judgment about
what others are co-creating.
Entrepreneurs
From the French word for "one who undertakes", an Entrepreneur is one who organizes or starts a
business venture, usually at considerable personal risk.
Environmental and Green Living
Green Living means living with the consciousness that your day-to-day lifestyle choices have an
impact on the environment, and making an effort to minimize the harm you cause to the planet.
Executive Coach and Executive Coaching
Executive coaching focuses on the needs of executives and assists them in developing their
managerial and executive
skills by providing feedback, tools and training.
Exercise Equipment
Exercise Equipment consists of any object used during an activity that requires physical or mental
exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness.
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Facial Exercise
Facial Exercises are various series of contractions of the facial muscles meant to achieve an
improved, toned, younger looking face.
Faith
Faith is the confident belief in the truth, value or rightness of an idea or religious system, without
resting on logical proof or material evidence.
Family
Family is a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear or
accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person
Fat Loss
Fat Loss involves shedding excess body fat or adipose tissue, with an eye toward losing weight and
increasing overall physical fitness.

13. Feng Shui
Feng Shui is a practice with a 5,000 year history of improving lives by working with unseen energies
that affect your finances, health and relationships. Feng Shui also includes managing the effects of
visible environmental influences, your building's unique energy blueprint, as well as furniture and
door/window placement according to your birthday-derived personal directions.
Financial Freedom
Many people have a goal of achieving financial freedom - to be free of debt and financial obligations
and have the money and resources to follow their dreams.
Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy means having a good basic understanding of finance, investment and money
matters.
Fitness and Exercise
Fitness and Exercise can improve one's overall physique, as well as their health, mind, and attitude.
Foreign Language Training
Foreign Language Training provides the tools and teachers to allow someone to learn a foreign
language quickly and efficiently.
Forex
Foreign exchange, or FOREX, is a process where you can exchange a nation's currency to another.
Forgiveness
Learning to forgive others and let go of negative emotions is a crucial part of feeling mentally,
spiritually and psychologically healthy.
Friendship Loneliness
Friendship Loneliness are relationship situations related to social and emotional growth, acceptance,
and reciprocation.
Future Trends
Through careful analysis of contemporary trends and phenomena, futurists attempt to predict what
the future may hold.
G
Gardening

14. Gardening is the practice of growing plants and flowers, whether for ornamental and aesthetic
reasons, or for use as food or medicine.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT)
GLBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender" people. The
term GLBTis intended to emphasize a diversity of "sexuality and gender identity-based cultures" and
is sometimes used to refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or cisgender instead of exclusively to
people who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgender.
General Self Help
Self Help refers to a situation in which someone attempts emotional, intellectual, or economical self
improvement.
Goal Setting
Goal Setting involves setting a specific, time targeted personal or business objective. In order for
both short term and long term goals to be met, they must be realistic and clearly defined.
Gratitude
Gratitude is the outward manifestation of feelings of thankfulness and appreciation.
Grief and Bereavement
The death of a loved one is one of the most difficult emotional experiences a person can undergo.
The process of Grief and Bereavement helps us honor the dead while moving forward with our own
lives.
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Habits
Habits are recurrent, often unconscious patterns of behavior that are acquired through frequent
repetition. The section is dedicated to resources on both positive and negative habits and how to live
with your habits.
Hair Loss
Hair Loss implies thinning or lack of hair, especially on the head. In humans, baldness generally
means androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" or its variant "female pattern baldness". This
syndrome occurs in adult male and some female humans and other species.
Happiness
One can attain a life of true happiness by the enrichment of one's mind, character, and attitude
through one's own efforts and positive thinking.
Healing Arts

15. Healing Arts is a broad term that can encompass a number of different health and wellness
practices.
Health Clubs
A health club is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. Many
health clubs employ personal trainers or offer group exercise classes for their members.
Health Coach and Health Coaching
Health coaching is a method of guiding others to address their health and, if need be, make
behavioral changes to improve health. Like traditional coaching, health coaches utilize goal setting,
identification of obstacles, and use of personal support systems. The relationship between the coach
and coachee is an accountability partnership focused on the overall health outcome goals as
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healthcare practitioners and the patient/coachee.
Health Education
Health Education is defined as the process by which individuals and groups of people learn to
behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance or restoration of health.
Health Products and Services
Health Products Services are essential self growth tools for those looking to improve their health
and wellness through physical fitness, herbal supplements, and mental enrichment.
Heart Disease
An umbrella term referring to a number of specific diseases and conditions, heart disease is one of
the leading causes of death, killing one person every 34 seconds in the US alone.
Herbal Remedies and Herbs
Herbal Remedies are medicines and supplements created with plant and plant extracts to treat
various aliments. Herbal remedies are traced back to folk and traditional medicinal practices.
Holistic Health
Holistic Products Services promote a health philosophy that physical, mental, and spiritual aspects
of life as closely interconnected and balanced.
Home Business
A home business (or home-based business) is a small business that operates from the business
owner's home office, and has the advantages of running on less expenses and growing over time.

16. Home School and Home Schooling
Home schooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than
in a public or private school setting.
Hope
Hope is the emotional state, which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and
circumstances in one's life.
Horoscopes
A horoscope is an astrologer's description of the personality and future of a person based on the
position of the planets in relation to the sign of the zodiac under which the person was born.
Human Design
The Human Design System provides a graphic image of this design through a chart that synthesizes
centers (chakras), channels (Kabbalah), hexagrams (I Ching) and planetary activations (astrology).
Human Development
Human Development refers to the process by which an individual matures over their lifespan:
physically, emotionally, mentally, and psychologically.
Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
HGH, or human growth hormone, is a protein hormone which stimulates growth and cell
reproduction in humans. HGH has attracted increasing interest and use by amateur and professional
bodybuilders, as well as professional athletes, to increase performance and muscle growth.
Human Resources
The strength of any organization is in the people who comprise it. Human Resources is the field
which deals with the recruitment, management, and development of those people.
Humor, Fun and Games
Humor, Fun, Games are both relaxation and enrichment tools aimed at stimulating your mind and
senses in a playful, good-humored manner.
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a trancelike state resembling sleep that heightens the subject's receptivity to suggestion
used in medicine and psychology to recover memories and/or modify habits.
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Identity Theft

17. Identity theft is the stealing, often via electronic means, of your personal information such as credit
card numbers, social security number, bank account information, etc., with the intention of posing as
you in order to fraudulently gain benefits.
Imagery and Visualization
Visualization is the practice of seeking to affect the outer world via changing one's thoughts. By
forming mental images of the material goods you'd like to have or the life circumstances you'd like to
be in, you hope to make them reality.
Imagination
Imagination covers all the concepts, fantasies and mental images our mind creates. By developing
our imagination, we can build a rich inner life.
Immune System and Immunity Enhancement
As your body's official Defense Department, the immune system protects against all enemies: toxins
in the air, viruses and bacteria that get into the body. Everything. The fact that the immune system
lives and works as part of the busiest, most interactive system known to man, the endocrine system,
complicates its already daunting Backlink Analysis job description. With knowledge of how it all
works together, though, we can give our immune system the support it needs to meet its challenges.
And that knowledge is why we're here.
Inner Peace
Inner peace is a state of unspeakable joy and profound expansion that occurs when we are in
conscious connection and alignment with our true Self and the energy of the Universe. It is a
phenomenon that is impervious to agitation or turmoil and is not dependent on anything external.
Only through inner peace, can genuine world peace can be achieved.
Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders are a group of conditions such as insomnia, narcolepsy, hypersomnia and
parasomnia characterized by disturbance in the amount, quality, or timing of a person's sleep.
Inspiration
Inspiration can have many sources - from the everyday to the divine - but the end result of
inspiration is to lift the individual to a more focused and determined pursuit of their goals.
Inspirational Quotes
Inspirational Quotes are sayings, from literature, movies, and conversation, that when reflected
upon bring personal motivation.
Instincts and Basic Instincts
The simplest example of an instinctive behavior is a fixed action pattern, in which a short sequence
of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a clearly defined stimulus. However,
instinctive behaviors can also be variable and responsive to the environment.

18. Insurance
For many people, financial success is an important part of Self Improvement. An understanding of
insurance will help in your journey to financial success.
Integrity
An individual can exhibit Integrity by adhering to sound moral and ethical principles, and
demonstrating honesty and strong moral character in all of his or her dealings with others.
Internet Marketing
Many people in the Self Improvement Industry make their living by promoting Self Improvement
products and services on the Internet. This section is dedicated to resources for these individuals.
Intervention
An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people (usually family and friends)
to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis.
Interviewing Skills
Learning the proper interviewing skills and techniques can help you make a great first impression,
get the call back, and land the job.
Intimacy
Intimacy includes both physical intimacy and emotional intimacy, both relating the feelings of
closeness, safety, trust and transparency among partners in a collaborative relationship.
Intuition
Intuition is the power of understanding or realizing something without the use of rational processes.
Investing
For many people, financial success is an important part of self improvement. An understanding of
investing will help in your journey to financial success.
IQ Test and EQ Test
IQ Test and EQ Test are used to score one's intelligence and emotional intelligence, respectively.
These tests describe an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage problem solving
and emotions.
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Job Search
Job Search is the act of looking for employment, due to unemployment, discontent with a current
position, or a desire for a better position. The immediate goal of job seeking is usually to obtain a job

19. interview with an employer which may lead to getting hired.
Journaling
A journal is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date
reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.
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Landmark Education
Landmark Education, a global leader in the field of training and development, offers programs in
over 20 countries. The Landmark Forum, the foundation of all Landmark Education's programs, is
designed to bring about a fundamental shift or transformation in what is possible in people's lives.
Law of Attraction
Law of Attraction is a theory commonly associated with New Age and New Thought philosophy. It
posits that one should never dwell on the negative, as the metaphysical principle of life is embodied
in a "law of attraction" you get what you think about.
Leadership
Leadership is facilitating, guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Learning
Learning is the act of gaining knowledge through study, instruction or experience.
Legal Services
Legal services include the full range of services involving legal or law related matters handled by
attorneys, such as drawing up and filing legal contracts, legal research and advice, and pleading and
defending law suits.
Life Balance
Life balance is a broad concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition)
on one hand and "life" (Health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development) on the other.
Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance".
Life Coach and Life Coaching
Life Coaching is the practice of assisting clients to determine and achieve personal goals. A coach
will use a variety of methods, tailored to the client, to move through the process of setting and
reaching goals.
Life Lessons
Life Lessons are the values and views that you acquire over the course of your lifetime.

20. Life Purpose
Life Purpose is a fundamental philosophical discussion of human existence that has resulted in a
wide range of competing answers and arguments, from philosophical, to theological, and spiritual
explanations.
Life Transitions
Human lives are marked by the passages from one stage of life or one way of living to another.
These life transitions are chances for growth, change and self improvement.
Listening Skills
As important a part of communication as being a good speaker, being a good listener requires
having the listening skills to help you understand, see the perspective of and empathize with other
people.
Love
Love encompasses a wide array of meanings, connections, and relationships which center on the
emotions and experiences that create a sense of strong affection or profound oneness.
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Magazines
Magazines that focus on self improvement organize self help steps, courses and workshops, and
contact information for self improvement professionals into an accessible tool.
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Management Skills
Management Skills allow one to manage either their personal time, plans, and goals, or
professionally manage a group of people, deadline, or project.
Manifestation
You can manifest your desires and make them a reality by training yourself to think, speak and act
as if they have already come true.
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Strategy is a business' approach to marketing its products and services, forming the basis
for developing a marketing plan.
Marriage

21. A marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition,
usually intimate, and often created as a contract.
Martial Arts
Martial Arts are any of the traditional forms of Oriental self-defense or combat that utilizes physical
skill and coordination without weapons. Many forms of martial arts are used for fitness and sport.
Massage and Massage Therapy
Massage and Massage Therapy involve the kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase
circulation and promote relaxation, as well as aid the process of injury healing and manage pain.
Mastermind and Mastermind Groups
Mastermind groups are small groups of individuals who agree to meet in order to review and delve
into certain subjects in order to improve their lives and be more successful.
Medical Advice and Resources
Medical Advice Resources are available by medical professionals and institutions on varying topics
of illness, recovery, and general inquiry.
Meditation
Meditation is the practice of focusing and turning attention inward to the mind. Meditation involves
mental discipline, relaxation, and spirituality.
Men's Issues
Men's issues are the topics related to men's health, concerns, and lifestyles.
Men's Psychology
Men's Psychology is a term sometimes used to describe and categorize issues concerning the
gender-related psychology of male human identity, as well as the issues that men confront during
their lives.
Migraines and Headaches
A headache or cephalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of
a number of different conditions of the head and neck. A Migraine is a debilitating condition
characterized by moderate to severe headaches, and nausea. It is about three times more common in
women than in men
Mind Body Healing
Mind Body healing is a series of techniques and practices that attempt to harness and enhance the
mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.

22. Mind Control
Mind Control is the theories and/or techniques designed to subvert an individual's control of their
own thinking, behavior, emotions, or decisions.
Mind Power
Mind power can be used to train your mind and direct the power of your subconscious mind toward
success by working with your thoughts and beliefs to eliminate negative thinking.
Miracles
Miracles are events that seem to defy the known laws of nature, and as such are believed to be the
handiwork of higher, supernatural powers.
Mortgage and Home Financing
For many people, financial success is an important part of Self Improvement. An understanding of
mortgages and home financing will help in your journey to financial success.
Motivation
Motivation are those tools aimed at inspiring individuals to plan their goals, reach their dreams, and
become successful.
Motivational Products and Services
Motivational Products Services are those tools aimed at inspiring individuals to plan their goals,
reach their dreams, and become successful.
Mysticism
Mysticism is the pursuit of a direct communion with God. While the term has been used to
encompass a wide spectrum of beliefs, most of those labeled mystics share these commonalities: a
faith in a transcendent truth that overrides everyday reality, and a belief in a personal, one-on-one
connection with this truth.
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Natural Health
Natural Health is a branch of alternative medicine which focuses on a system of natural therapies
concerned with building and restoring wellness through healthy lifestyles.
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine is an alternative therapy which emphasizes the body's innate ability to heal
and maintain itself. Naturopaths prefer to use natural remedies such as herbs and foods rather than
surgery or synthetic drugs.

23. Negotiating Skills
Negotiating Skills are the tools and techniques involved in peaceful, alternative dispute resolution.
Network Marketing and MLM's
Millions of people have found personal success through a home business. Network Marketing and
Multi Level Marketing companies or MLM's provide a great opportunity to run your own business
with very little up front financial investment.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), is based on the idea that all language and behaviors are
highly structured. It uses several techniques to affect the way we think, learn and communicate.
New Age
New Age is a general term covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical
movements and beliefs often involving metaphysics and holistic approaches to personal health.
Numerology
Numerology is the study of the occult meanings of numbers and their mystical influence on human
life and physical events.
Nutrition
Nutrition concerns dietary questions and concerns regarding healthy living and wellness.
Nutritional Assessment
Chemical analysis of ration ingredients or, more commonly, consultation of a table of approximate
composition of feedstuffs.
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Organizing and Learning How to Organize
Many successful people are extremely organized. Organizing and learning how to organize have
become important skills as the complexity of our lives continues to increase.
Overcoming Adultery and Infidelity
Infidelity concerns a breach of trust or a disloyal act, particularly in marriage or a romantic
relationship. Infidelity is directly related to unfaithfulness and adultery.
Overcoming Fear
Fear is a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
Overcoming Trauma

24. Trauma is an intense physical, emotional or psychological injury, usually resulting from an extremely
stressful or life-threatening situation. Traumas can take only seconds to unfold but may take years to
recover from.
Overeating and Obesity
Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and
other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or
increased mortality. The rise of obesity in the modern age due to our diet and exercise patterns is
increasingly viewed as a serious public health problem.
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Pain Management
Pain management is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain. It can include both
pharmacological and non-pharmacological solutions to relieving pain.
Palm Reading
Practiced in many cultures around the world, palm reading is the act of making predictions on a
person's future based on the study of their hand.
Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are very sudden periods of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear,
stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive
symptoms.
Parenting
Parenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood using different
methods, techniques, and guidance.
Passion
Passion can be described as deep feelings of romantic love. Keeping the passion alive is a key part of
maintaining a great romantic relationship.
Peace
Whether between nations, neighbors, or within the confines of your heart, achieving true peace has
been one of humanity's most enduring - yet most elusive - goals.
Peak Performance
Though the term "peak performance" could apply to a number of different areas of self
improvement, one thing is clear - peak performance implies that the individual in question is
operating at the top of his or her game.
Personal Accountability

25. Personal Accountability allows you to move away from a mindset where things happen "to you" in
your life without your consent or influence, and embrace your role in the way your life is shaped by
moving to a place of true power and freedom.
Personal Development
Personal Development is the general method used by a person who seeks to improve any or all
aspects of their life through self-taught strategies, publicly available information, or techniques
taught by experts.
Personal Finance
Personal Finance is the ways in which individuals obtain, budget, save, and spend money over time.
Personal Trainers and Personal Training
Personal Trainers design exercise routines, provide education on physical fitness and give
motivation and support to help their clients achieve better health.
Personal Websites and Articles
Our Self Improvement community at SelfGrowth.com includes many product focused websites and
corporate websites. The Self Improvement messages and ideas that other individuals provide are
equally important.
Persuasion
The art of persuasion - the ability to convince others to accept your points of view and follow your
directions - has been recognized as a fundamental building block for personal success since ancient
times.
Pets
Many of us love our pets. We love our dogs, our cats, our rabbits, and our ferrets. We also learn from
our pets and grow with our pets.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is the art and science of physical care and rehabilitation. It is a primary care health
profession, with physical therapists (or physiotherapists) providing services to individuals and
populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout
the lifespan
Pilates
The Pilates Method (or simply Pilates) is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th
century by Joseph Pilates. The program focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the
body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine.
Positive Psychology

26. Positive Psychology is the study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities
to thrive. Positive Psychology has three central concerns: positive emotions, positive individual
traits, and positive institutions.
Positive Thinking
Positive Thinking is a common motivational method used to boost one's attitude and promote self
growth.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a
terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic
events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters,
accidents, or military combat.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy resources, guidance, and products related to self improvement and natural health can
help women and families during the stages of pregnancy before, during, and after birth.
Productivity
Productivity is calculated by dividing the amount of goods or services produced by the units of labor
it required to make them. An individual, business or nation that can increase its productivity rate
can achieve greater output for less work.
Prosperity
Prosperity is a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition -- the term is usually used in reference to
finances or money. Prosperity is, in a general sense, good fortune.
Psychic Readings and Psychics
Psychic is a term indicating mental abilities or phenomena that are unexplainable by known natural
laws. People who have these abilities or are able to produce these phenomena are often called
"psychics".
Psychology
Psychology is the branch of science that studies the soul, the mind, and the relationship of life and
mind to the functions of the body.
Public Speaking
Public Speaking is speaking to a group of people in a structured manner with the intention to
inform, influence, or entertain the audience. A good orator should be able to invoke emotion in their
listeners, not just inform them.
Publicity

27. Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject.
Publishing
Publishing includes the stages of the development, acquisition, copyediting, graphic design, printing
(and its electronic equivalents), and marketing and distribution of books, newspapers, magazines,
musical works, software and other works dealing with information.
Puzzles and Brain Teasers
Puzzles are mental problems, scenarios, and situations used to enrich creativity and problem solving
in an enjoyable manner.
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Qigong
Qigong is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that involves the coordination of different breathing
patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. Qigong is based on the belief that
the body has "energy fields" generated and maintained by the natural respiration of the body, known
as qi.
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Real Estate
Real estate means ownership of land plus anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings and
other improvements. Real estate is a popular form of investment.
Reflexology
Reflexology is the practice of massaging, squeezing, or pushing on parts of the feet, or sometimes
the hands and ears, with the goal of encouraging a beneficial effect on other parts of the body, or to
improve general health.
Reiki
Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing technique utilizing universal life force energy (chi), and is
directed to the client and dispersed throughout the body with hands lightly on and/or right above the
body.
Relationship Advice
Relationship advice concerns any guidance or suggestion about how to better manage or reconcile
differences, reach agreements, and coexist peacefully in a relationship (whether that relationship is
romantic, platonic, familial, or rofessional) from any number of third party sources.
Relaxation
Relaxation is often the goal of many leisure and recreation activities aimed at reducing stress and
tension.

28. Religion
Religion and Self Improvement compliment each other as a personal, spiritual path toward positive
thinking and enrichment.
Resume Writing
Having an attractive resume that sticks out of the pile and motivates employers to contact you is one
of the greatest assets to have in a modern job search. Professional resume writers can help give your
resume the polish it needs to help you land your next job.
Retirement and Retirement Planning
For many people, financial success is an important part of self improvement. An understanding of
retirement and retirement planning will help in your journey to financial success.
Risk Management
Risk management is an organized methodology for continuously identifying and measuring the
unknowns; developing mitigation options; selecting, planning, and implementing appropriate risk
mitigations; and tracking the implementation to ensure successful risk reduction.
Role Models
The term role model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is
emulated by others. We have included this section on SelfGrowth.com to find examples of people to
inspire us all.
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Sales Management Training
Sales Management Training involves teaching sales team leaders to better conceive, plan, execute
and control their sales strategy, in such a manner that ensures a growing flow of regular customers
and increasing amount of sales.
Sales Systems
A sales system is a set of principles, processes, strategies and tools that are put into place to bring
the company results day-in and day-out.
Sales Training
Sales Training is tools and techniques which allow someone to be successful and confident in
marketing and sales.
Scenar
S.C.E.N.A.R. is an acronym for Self Controlling Energo-Neuro Adaptive Regulation, and denotes both
a therapy and the advanced medical treatment device with which this therapy is applied.

29. Self Help Books
Books create a great medium through which to obtain information on self improvement by experts
and enthusiasts.
Self Knowledge
Self Knowledge is knowledge or understanding of one's own nature, abilities, and limitations; insight
into oneself.
Self Realization
Self realization is the knowing at all levels that you are one with God. It is the personal experience
and recognition of your own Divinity - your True Self.
Self-Esteem and Self Confidence
Self-Esteem consists of the self relevant beliefs and emotions which shape one's individual feelings
and worth of him/herself.
Self-Publishing
Self-publishing is the publishing of books and other media by the authors of those works, rather than
by established, third-party publishers. Modern advances in printing technology have made self-
publishing easier and more popular than ever.
Seminars and Workshops
Seminars are educational events that feature one or more subject matter experts delivering
information primarily via lecture and discussion. Workshops are smaller and more intense, often
giving students practicing their new skills during the event under the instructor's watchful eye.
Sexuality
Sexuality is a concern with or interest in sexual activity, health, and intimacy.
Singles
Whether looking for marriage, long-term relationships or short-term flings, singles life encompasses
all those searching for relationship partners.
Small Business Marketing
Small Business Marketing is the skillsets and techniques required for success in regards to general
marketing purposes, but honed to focus on small-sized businesses.
Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking
According to the American Lung Association, smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430,700
American lives each year. It is directly responsible for 87 percent of lung cancer cases and causes
most cases of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This section is dedicated to websites that discuss

30. "How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking".
Social Networking and Social Media
Social Networks are online communities that bring together people of similar interests and
backgrounds, and allow them to make personal and professional connections to others through the
network.
Software
Software related to self improvement can serve as a valuable method of personal growth for people
looking to work at any number of skills at their own pace as an instruction tool.
Sound Therapy
Sound Therapy is any beneficial intervention from sound that affects us on a mental, physical or
emotional level. Some examples are Healing Music, Binaural Beat sound applications, tuning forks,
and Ultra Sound.
Speed Reading
Speed Reading is a reading technique that allows for the assimilation of several words or phrases at
a glance. There
are different methods of speed reading for different type of people based on their individual learning
styles.
Spiritual Growth
Spiritual Growth is the enrichment of one's personal spiritual beliefs through many different means,
such as meditation, prayer, and enlightenment.
Spiritual Guides
Description 1: Spiritual Guides are people who have attained a high level of spiritual awareness and
use their knowledge to guide people on their own paths toward spiritual awakening.
Spiritual Healing
Spiritual Healing is a form of energy healing that uses different levels and degrees of spiritual
healing frequencies to facilitate the healing process.
Sports
Sports are physical activities governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in
competitively.
Sports Psychology
Sport psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport contexts and the
practical application of that knowledge.

31. Stage Fright and Overcoming Stage Fright
Stage fright or performance anxiety refers to an anxiety, fear or persistent phobia related to
performance in front of an audience or camera. This form of anxiety can precede or accompany
participation in any activity involving public self-presentation.
Starting Over
Starting Over is a topic containing resources about beginning again whether in relationships,
finances, career, or any goals.
Stock Trading
Stock trading is the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments in the
financial markets. Stock traders try to profit from short-term price volatility with trades lasting
anywhere from several seconds to several weeks.
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making
decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.
Stress Management
Stress Management involves the skills, methods, and techniques involving in managing and reducing
stress either a day-to-day basis or on a long term scale.
Stretching
Stretching is series of physical exercises designed to activate and elongate various muscle groups in
order to improve their elasticity and tone. Many athletes stretch deliberately before or after exercise
in order to increase performance and reduce injury.
Subliminal Messages Subliminal Learning
Subliminal learning is a learning technique complimentary to subliminal messaging where the
subject receives information in such a way that it passes below the normal limits of perception.
Success Coaching
Success Coaching is a motivational tool that will help someone stay focused on a goal or path with
help from a self improvement professional.
Success Principles
Success Principles are the methods and attitudes people utilize to achieve great levels of success
and change their lives. These principles are often very easy to apply to your everyday life.
Superfoods
Superfoods is a term sometimes used to describe foods with high phytonutrient content that may

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Tantra
Tantra has been described as the spiritual art of love - love as a mutual spiritual connection that
transcends its physical dimensions.
Tarot
Tarot reading is the use of a deck of Tarot cards for purposes of personal transformation and
divination.
Team Building
Team building involves the selection, training and motivation of a group of people working toward a
common goal.
Teenagers and Parenting
Teenagers and Parents share a special kind and amount of communication, compassion, and space
while a child prepares for adulthood responsibilities.
Therapy/Counseling
Therapy and Counseling allow for the treatment, discussion, and consulting of anything from
physical to mental to emotional problems.
Time Management
Time Management is a key strategy in organizing one's times and events in order to meet deadlines,
goals, and personal agendas.
Transformation
Live as if your life depended on it. At all times and under all circumstances we have the power to
transform the quality of our lives.
Travel
Travel has always been an integral part of our lives. We grow by traveling to other lands,
experiencing other cultures and learning from other people.
Trust
The cornerstone of a healthy relationship, (whether personal or professional) trust means the ability
to rely on others to deal with you honestly and fairly.
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33. Virtual Assistants
Virtual Assistants are professionals who work offsite from their employer's place of business and
utilize modern communications technology to deliver their services. Typical tasks handled by virtual
assistants include clerical and administrative work, marketing work, website development or
maintenance, and creative and technical services.
Vision Boards
A vision board is a simple poster board which you decorate with drawings, writing, cut-out photos,
paintings, or other visual representations of your hopes, goals and dreams. Its purpose is to activate
the Law of Attraction in making these dreams become reality.
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Walking
There is no simpler or more natural exercise than walking, though few exercises can provide such a
complex mix of health, fitness and even emotional benefits.
Wealth - Creating Wealth and Building Wealth
Creating Wealth and Building Wealth are considered by many to be an integral part of success.
Wealth can provide independence and many opportunities for success in other areas of your life.
Weddings and Wedding Planning
A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution.
Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries,
and social classes.
Wellness
Wellness can refer to the maintenance of bodily health, mental acuity, overall fitness, or even
spiritual happiness. Perhaps most importantly, many see true wellness as a balance between all of
the above.
Wisdom
Wisdom refers to the accumulated knowledge, erudition or enlightenment that allows one to judge
what is true, right, and lasting.
Women and Money
Women and Money is a topic dedicated to providing resources to help women pursue and attain
their financial goals.
Women's Issues
Women's Issues are the topics related to women's health, concerns, and lifestyles.

34. Work Life Balance
Many people feel that striking a good balance between their work responsibilities and their personal
lives is an essential factor in living a whole and healthy life.
Working Moms and Working Mothers
Working Moms and Working Mothers are women who have jobs/careers in addition to a family.
Working mothers must balance time between their families and their careers.
Writing Tools
Writing Tools are any type of instrument or strategy to help one develop his/her writing and editing
skills. Writing tools are also related to publishing and submitting one's works.
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Yoga
Yoga is a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.