Life Is For Living: 44 Powerful Articles That Rocked My Soul in 2010

These 44 articles provided me with so many AHA! moments that I have to share them. And the title is not exaggerated at all — they really rocked my soul in 2010.

Some encouraged me, inspired and at times they were the only comfort I had during my pain-filled year.

In a nutshell, they changed the way I see myself and my role in the world and that is pretty damn fantastic!

Enjoy!

God has no religion. —Mahatma Gandhi

»»Respect Yourself

1 — Ed and Deb Shapiro Why do we treat each other with such disregard and disrespect (powerful call to be the change now)

2 — Judith Rich — Growing through adversity: victim or victorious (accept what is and grow or blame others and stay stuck)

3 — Shafin de Zane — The Tao (The Great Way) and how we must live it even in relation with our dogs

»»Acceptance and Healing

4 — Eve Ensler — The gift of cancer (the epitome of acceptance is understanding and acknowledgement; very powerful)

5 — Judith Johnson — Self-Acceptance Tips: 6 ways to say Yes to your life (welcome whatever is present technique)

»»The Pain Body

6 — Russell Bishop — Are you victimizing yourself (the poor me syndrome blaming it on others)

7 — Ed Harkness Spina — Dis-Identifying from your emotions (you are not your feelings)

8 — Russell Bishop — What stories are you telling yourself (they are preventing you from taking action)

9 — Yaro Starak — how I discovered and changed one of my most deep rooted limiting beliefs (coherent, in-depth and honest: this article uncovered one of my false beliefs as well!)

»»Law of attraction

10 — Pure Thought — DailyOM (focussing on one uplifting thought to the exclusion of all else for sixty seconds is pure thought – this is what Abraham-Hicks teach)

11 — Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith — The Law of Attraction: Does it grant us an evolutionary edge? (clearly explains what this law is and what it is not and where it takes us)

Awakening

12 — Judith Rich — Who is the biggest blessing in your life? (you just might be surprised by the answer – one of my favourite people on HuffPost)

13 — Vaishali — Self-Awareness: The key to owning and operating human experience (living an examined life... excellent article)

14 — Anne Naylor — Finding inner wisdom (connect with your "inner counselor")

15 — Julie Daley — Old woman, wise woman, powerful woman: The beauty of aging (superbly written – without attacking men – about the insidious patriarchal mores prevalent in society and exhorting women to act as the powerful beings they are)

Authenticity » Integrity

16 — Mike Robbins — The power of authenticity (an honest view - being authentic is not easy but it is reassuring)

17 — Cara Barker — Love is not a spectator sport (This is the love lady on Huffington Post "You have to get onto the playing field; you have to show up even when you don't have time...")

Fear and Doubt

18 — Anne Naylor — How open to opportunity are you (what lies have you been telling yourself to stop you from stepping up...)

19 — Deepak Chopra — When things go bump in the mind ("These unusual "things" are simply connections that surprise you because you aren't used to seeing life except in fragments." LUV it!)

20 — Ed and Deb Shapiro — Does fear rule your life (they don't come any better – the solution is meditation)

21 — Cara Barker — How are you keeping your fear alive - 3 steps you can take to build self-confidence

Take 100 Percent Responsibility

22 — Judith Rich — Personal liberation, isn't it time you came out

23 — James M Lynch — Mirroring the best of you (take 100 percent responsibility for everything in your life)

24 — Judith Rich — Are you progressing or staying stuck (navigating change is hard and demands responsibility)

25 — Judith Rich — Who's minding your potential? (have you given your power away?)

26 — Anne Naylor — Getting the most out of your dreams (what do you really want to do with your life; what have you always dreamt of doing?)

27 — Judith Rich — What kind of future are you creating today (are you present and aware... this woman gets it right every single time)

The Soul's Journey

28 — Eckhart Tolle — Living in Presence With Your Pain Body (If you have not read A New Earth where he coined the term pain body, this is a perfect introduction. The book is not for everyone but if the article grabs you, get the book; Chapter 4 changed who I thought I was!)

29 — Judith Rich — Crossing the spiritual desert (a must-read for any and all living a soul journey – navigating painful times – and the 9 steps provided to make the journey easier: they work for me.)

30 — The soul's journey — Scott London's interview with James Hillman, author of The Soul's Code (referred to in Judith Rich's article Crossing the spiritual desert) My kind of reading...

31 — Cara Barker — Calling back your spirit: Take the 21–day challenge to stop bullying (9 tips on how to reconnect with who you really are.)

Connect With Your Divine Self

32 — Cara Barker — Do you know your love IQ?

33 — Anne Naylor — Listening to the still small voice (intuition)

34 — Agapi Stassinopoulos — Celebrating the goddess of love and beauty within (ooh yes, essential reading especially for the ladies)

35 — Arjuna Ardagh — The art of worshipping woman (it's about the wisdom of being in worship of the feminine and includes 3 shifts men can make to get there).

A thought-provoking topic apt to rile a certain strata of the male and female population. I am all for it! Men have been trying to obliterate the feminine psyche for centuries, the most famous of which are the witch hunts in Salem: Hence the patriarchal mores which exist in all societies today!

Also included in the article is the link to his Facebook Manifesto for Conscious Men (there are many out there, thank goodness).

36 — Judith Rich — Are you available for miracles? ("...miracles are expressions of love are you willing to notice them..." nice huh)

37 — Cara Barker — The best kept secrets behind gifts of love (the intention)

38 — Vivian Diller — See yourself as beautiful (7 psychological tips to change the way you see yourself ladies – on point.)

39 — Russell Bishop — Could sleep aid your contact with the divine (no woo woo stuff here, this guy is solid – a must-read article)

40 — Cara Barker — Learning to love from afar (a bloody amazing article listing 8 emotional traps in which we commonly find ourselves and the surprising (to some) antidotes to get us unstuck).

Meditation — Route To Inner Peace