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Four ways to create a feel-good environment

Four ways to create a feel-good environment

By Polly Campbell on January 25, 2012

Want to feel more creative and inspired – raise the roof, literally. Research by the bigwigs from the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing showed that ceiling height can affect the thought process. People were more detail oriented when working under an eight foot ceiling and more abstract when the ceiling was raised [...]

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How a change in scenery changes your brain

How a change in scenery changes your brain

By Polly Campbell on January 23, 2012

My space is cozy and tidy. The papers that are on my desk are in neat piles. A few loose newspaper clippings are scattered about. Three books sit stacked on the corner and box of pens lays along the outer edge of that desk. This is just about right. Too much clutter, and I become [...]

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Bring good energy and everyone feels better

Bring good energy and everyone feels better

By Polly Campbell on December 19, 2011

I had several errands to run Friday and I was deeply embedded in the I’ve-got-so-much-to-do –get-out-of-my-way frantic kind of holiday mood. I wasn’t upset, just focused and abrupt and herky-jerky. I was moving fast, with my head down, not tuning into anything around me. So, it’s a surprise actually that I noticed the bell ringers [...]

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Why resolutions fail

Why resolutions fail

By Polly Campbell on December 12, 2011

‘Tis the season for goal setting. But, before you start plotting and planning just which steps you’ll take to launch your life forward in 2012, don’t forget to pick the right goal. Sounds obvious, but many of us go after the goals we think we ought to pursue, instead of the things we actually want [...]

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The how’s and why’s of allowing by Abraham-Hicks

By Polly Campbell on November 2, 2011

From the greatest hits file: Abraham-Hicks on Allowing Redux. An oldie but goodie that ran in October of 2010. Last week the car’s battery died. They no longer cost $32.99. I found out I needed a new $1,200 crown on tooth #30. The diabetic cat needed lab work and I feel like money is flying [...]

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Good nutrition helps harness Yin and Yang

Good nutrition helps harness Yin and Yang

By Sherri Sacconaghi on October 5, 2011

Good nutrition can help you harness the forces of Yin and Yang (check out more in Monday’s post) and balance the body’s natural energies to maintain good health. Over and over again, I’ve found that a balance of  good nutrition can help people boost their energy, and control their cravings. I’ve used the theory to [...]

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Chodron: “Allow time to experience natural energy of life”

By Polly Campbell on September 12, 2011

“The crucial point is that we can relate with our life just as it is right now, not later when things improve. We can always connect with the openness of our minds. We can use our days to wake up rather than go back to sleep. Give this approach a try. Make a commitment to [...]

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Tap into your imagination and get creative

Tap into your imagination and get creative

By Polly Campbell on August 31, 2011

We are each creators of our own lives. Life is, uh, the play-dough then, (yes, play-dough is my current artistic medium) and we get to mold it, form it, roll it, guide it, into any shape we like. In order to create a masterpiece, then, we need to tap into a quality most of us [...]

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Reconnect with your innate creativity

Reconnect with your innate creativity

By Polly Campbell on August 29, 2011

Think you’re not creative? Baloney. Everyone is. It’s innate and just about every aspect of life requires some measure of creativity. Think negotiating with a teenager, or coming up with a different sack lunch idea or managing a marriage or painting a picture or leading a staff. It all pulls from our creative muscle and [...]

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Making even a short break powerful

Making even a short break powerful

By Polly Campbell on August 17, 2011

It takes more than a change of location to access the benefits that come with a vacation like better sleep, (even when you return), a healthier heart, better immune function, lower stress, and more joy. To maximize those feel-good qualities, you’ve got to shift your focus from the stress-producing routine to something that lightens and [...]

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Polly Campbell

As a wife, mother, writer, and avid player of Candyland, I've had plenty of opportunity — whether I've liked it or not — for personal development and spiritual growth. I also have a lot of material to write about.

My articles appear in magazines, on Web sites, and in a blog on Psychology Today. Now I'm working on a book, Imperfect Spirituality, about how to integrate a spiritual practice in the midst of a crazy, busy, life.

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