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It’s back! After a 3 month hiatus I’m happy to present the 16th edition of my blog carnival. The carnival has a new name, but it still revolves around the word that means so much to me: change. The following are my 10 favorite submissions that I received for this edition.

Navigating Your MidLife Crisis by Lori Jewett

To many of us mid-life sounds like a dirty word - well, a dirty hyphenated word to be accurate. You can’t even think “mid-life” without the word crisis following it, can you? It’s kind of automatic that these words flow together in our brains. But think of a mid-life crisis and what picture comes to mind? A speeding red convertible…one hand on the wheel, the other holding down the comb-over…salacious wink at the red light? More>>

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Spring Cleaning for Parents by Amanda Harris

Rake the yard. Clean out the garage. Go through closets. Donate unused items to charitable organizations. Wash windows. You know the drill. It’s called SPRING CLEANING.

But what if spring cleaning took on a new twist this year, one that would benefit your children greatly? What if you cleaned the cobwebs out of your mind? What if you wiped away all the limiting beliefs that keep you from becoming the parent you always wanted to be? What if you cleaned up a broken relationship, mended a mental fence, or reminded yourself about the importance of your role in your child’s life? This spring might just be the ideal time for cleaning up your responsibility as a parent. Consider the ideas below. More>>

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So Sexy, So Soon: The Sexualization of Childhood in Commercial Culture by Lin Burress

An entire generation of young girls is being psychologically damaged by the onslaught of marketing tactics surrounding inappropriate “sexy” children’s fashions, toys, music, books and sexualized images in the media, and parents should be very concerned. More>>

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Why write a mission statement? by Michael Miles

What is the difference between people who are successful (however you might define success) and those who are not? Well, there is a long answer and a short answer. I know the short answer, but I’m not going to tell you (just yet - this is for another article!) but one of the key differences is that successful people have a compass. More>>

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How Do I Maintain Energy, Focus, Motivation and Drive? by Shawn Driscoll

These are the things that tip the balance, drain your energy, and make it so you don’t have the focus to accomplish your goals. Think of it like your computer. If you use Windows and have too many things open on your computer, no matter how much memory you have, it’s not going to perform well. It’s a big drain on the resources of your computer. It’s the same thing in our brains. If we have too many things open, it drains our focus, even if we think they’re small. More>>

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Things I Have Learnt From Meditation by R. Pettinger

I have been practising meditation for 9 years. Since I started, I never recall missing a day. Meditation has become something automatic and instinctive; whatever is happening externally, meditation is a constant undercurrent in my life. During the past 9 years, these are some of the things I have learnt from meditating. More>>

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Improving Gas Mileage by Fuel Efficient Driver

Hybrid vehicles are better equipped to save fuel. Apart from being light-weight and has an efficient fuel system, the hybrid vehicle utilizes many tricks to increase the fuel efficiency. While some of these tricks can help any type of vehicle to produce better fuel efficiency, the hybrid vehicle is best equipped to produce better Gas Mileage. To extract maximum output out of a gallon of gasoline, a hybrid vehicle can. More>>

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101 Affirmations You Can Start Using Today! by SJ Yee

Affirmations are great tools that can help you overcome fear, build your confidence, develop an abundance mind-set and more. The problem is that many people aren’t sure exactly how to write effective affirmations. Do they always have to be in present tense? Can they contain “negative” words like can’t, won’t, not, and so on? More>>

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Secrets To Happiness by Gary van Warmerdam

Happiness is the emotional experience created by you expressing the emotion of love. In every moment of joy and peace in your life you were creating love and expressing it. Feeling different qualities of happiness at different times is because there are millions of variations of love that you can express. More>>

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Unearthing Your Deepest Desires by David B. Bohl

Many people go through life in pursuit of happiness and fulfillment, without ever having a clear picture of what those things mean to them. Each person has unique ideas regarding what constitutes happiness, based largely on that person’s individual values and past experiences. In order to be truly happy, you must first determine what it is that makes you content, fulfilled, and satisfied. Only then can you take steps to achieve your own personal state of happiness. More>>

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That concludes this edition. If you would like to see your article featured here next month please use this carnival submission form.

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