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Feng Shui For A Bedroom With Poison Arrows

In your bedroom, you want to eliminate as much bad juju as possible.  While you can get away with less-than-awesome things happening in some other parts of your home, your bedroom is the room of rejuvenation and it requires nothing less than total awesomeness!  The...

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Fresh Planters For Spring Greenery!

(via) In my never-ending search for elegant and even witty ways to bring more nature into a home, here are some affordable, unique planters from artisans on Etsy that really shine!   This elephant air plant planter can grace any room with its charms.  Incidentally, if...

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The Wilderness Of Your Intuition

Oh man, learning to trust yourself in the wilderness, that's the big lesson here!  I recently went browsing through the Outward Bound catalogue to see if I could find an appropriate "immersion in the wild" challenge for myself.  Turns out, I quickly decided I was too...

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Creative Office Space

(via) I don't know about you, but my office space desperately needs a makeover. How do I know? Well, I spend most of my time typing and taking pictures and talking to clients in my dining room, so that's a good sign that a change is due! My office is a bit too sparse,...

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Get Smarter: Challenge Your Brain

(how cool is this Tetris table lamp???!!!) We can absolutely get smarter, each and every one of us.  Becoming smarter requires training and exercise for your mind, and it doesn't have to be tedious and lame.  Even video games can boost intelligence!  In the field of...

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Exotic Decor For Every Day

(via) The exotic in decor brings us closer to a celebratory nature, with carvings, resplendent artwork, elaborate silks, handwoven and well-worn carpets that create a greater sense of ourselves stripped of pretense.  The shocking bright colors activate the root of our...

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Face Your Fear & Live Your Dreams!

If you haven't noticed, I am all about fear-facing these days.  Its a big paradox that you can be so afraid that you go numb. And its more confortable to be numb and missing out on life than to dare face the fear. But when that fear is met head-on, its so true...its...

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The Countless Joys Of Expanding Your Vocabulary!

An expanding vocabulary is so integral to a life that is growing, but so often overlooked in our modern world!When I was a kid- and admittedly a weird kid- I would wait for the New York Times magazine to arrive late on a Sunday and flip open to William Safire's column...

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