Resources
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Loving What Is by Byron Katie |
Known simply as "The Work," Byron Katie's methods are clean and straightforward. The basis is a series of four questions addressed to your own lists of written assumptions. Whether you're angry with your boss, frustrated with your teen's behavior, or appalled at the state of the world's environment, Katie suggests you write down your most honest thoughts on the matter, and then begin the examination. Starting with, "Is it true?" and continuing with explorations of "Who would you be without that thought?" this method allows you to get through unhelpful preconceptions and find peace."
This is one of the most powerful books I have found in dealing with the mind and moving your toward opening thoughts when your mind is stuck in a closing moment.
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Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle |
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Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
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Courses
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Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women |
For Women:
The Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women workshop will help you understand why men do what they do. You will find out what not to take personally – and even make sense of their most annoying behaviors and learn how to deal with them.
PAX has several workshops but the one that I recommend is The Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women workshop. This course is not just for romantic relationships, if you have a son, brother, father, male coworkers or partners this course will transform your understanding of men completely. It will shift the perspective that you have so dramatically that you will not even have the same impression of men and you will be able to create the relationship you want with all the men in your life.
This course is an absolute must for all women. This is a strong statement but not one woman that I have sent to the program has had anything less than extraordinary results. The only feedback that I have received is from someone that I have recommended the course to is, "I should have taken it when you first told me to."
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People
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Greg and Thea Fandel |
650-557-1559
415-699-1031
braininbalance@sbcglobal.net
watch this video:
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/lgerdes.htm
The original intent of Brain State Technology was to create a brain that was able to access high mystical, tactical and creative states not typically available. In fact, he mapped the brains of several Buddhist monks (closely associated with the Dali Lama) which became part of the model he was wishing to achieve. Far more has been accomplished:BST can enhance creativity, organization, intuition, IQ, extend life and health and that is just the beginning.. And, as we may have discussed, BST can have a very powerful effect on ADD, ADHD, depression, drug addictions, sleep disorders, anxiety, unresolved anger to name just a few.
I have worked with Thea and Greg myself. I ask for each of my coaching clients work with them to help develop the base for the rest of the information of Power Manifestation and their IGS to function from. I cannot recommend this more highly.
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Rob Badger and Nita Winter Photography |
For 40 years Rob has created images of the natural world for a wide variety of clients, collectors and art buyers. His extensive collection of nature photographs (geographically and seasonally diverse) range from dramatic, complex and colorful, to soft and subtle.
His mastery of light and color, and his ability to emotionally portray the essence of a place in time, has won him international awards for his Antarctica series, and “Best in Journalism” for his evocative environmental photography, work that is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing.
Using both aerial and ground perspectives, Rob’s powerful color imagery focuses on conservation, population and environmental issues. His illustrated lecture series, “Mining on Public Land” documents the destructive and toxic legacy of mining in America. In 1998 Rob was chosen by the Sierra Club to deliver this lecture at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to support their efforts in promoting federal mining law reform. Rob’s nature and environmental images have appeared in calendars, books, newspapers and national and international magazines, including The New York Times and Washington Post, TIME, OMNI, Better Homes and Gardens, National Wildlife, Sunset, Sierra, Wilderness Society and World Watch Magazines.
Nita Winter, a Marin City based award winning photographer, was born in 1954 in Glen Cove New York. Nita's fascination with photography was kindled as young girl by her father with whom she spent hours in the darkroom. Her own photographic passion began during her senior year at Clark University where she earned a degree in biology. After graduation she was awarded a three month fellowship at the Maine Photographic Workshop.
In 1976 Nita moved to San Francisco and began to document her work fighting fires and leading tours on Alcatraz Island while working for the National Parks Service. In 1982 she began working for non-profit agencies photographing what has become her passion: people. Her client list has grown to include local businesses, national and international corporations and publications, including the New York Times, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, Ladies' Home Journal, Sesame and Parenting magazines. Nita has remained closely associated with community organizations and continues to dedicate her time and talent to improve the quality of life of those they represent.
In her words: "I thoroughly enjoy recording candid moments in people's lives, especially those of children.
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Kelly Canull |
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An Inward Journey: A Guide to Living Your Best Life. This book is the compilation of all my years of wisdom. It offers individuals practical tools and techniques combined with Divine Wisdom specifically geared to show people how to get back in touch with their authentic Voice of their Soul.
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Organizations
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Recommended Change Making Companies |
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The following organizations have ways that you can support various local to global issues that are working toward solutions. It is in creating new perspectives and following the desires that open you that the shift in our planet will start. If you feel so called do spend a little time with these websites and see if there is a movement in you to get involved.
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Circle of Life Organization |
Circle of Life operates from a deep belief in the interdependence and interconnection of all life. Circle of Life's purpose is to be a devoted partner with an unrelenting
commitment to the wholeness and greatness of all life.
We transform the way humans interact with the Earth and with all living
beings. Through our inspirational events, programs and our new "What's YOUR Tree" curriculum, we want to support you in making a difference in the
world we share.
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Ecotopia |
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A design strategy for the new millennium
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Earthday Network |
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EDN seeks to grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable planet. We pursue these goals through education, politics, events, and consumer activism.
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Global Footprints Network |
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Global Footprint Network is committed to fostering a world where all people have the opportunity to live satisfying lives within the means of Earth's ecological capacity. We are dedicated to advancing the scientific rigor and practical application of the Ecological Footprint, a tool that quantifies human demand on nature, and nature's capacity to meet these demands.
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Green Festival |
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Ecology Center |
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The Ecology Center provides information, tools, technical assistance, referrals, political strategies, and models for sustainable living. We address the public need for non-commercial information about ecologically-sensitive practices and the numerous toxic threats to society and the environment. In addition to our Environmental Resource Center, we provide direct services including Berkeley's residential curbside recycling pickup, the three Berkeley Farmers' Markets, the Farm Fresh Choice food justice program, Terrain magazine, the EcoHouse demonstration site, and a wide range of fiscally-sponsored projects.
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Global Exchange |
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Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.
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Pachamama Alliance |
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The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. based not-for-profit organization that was born out of a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the leaders of remote indigenous groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador. This relationship was actually initiated by the indigenous elders and shamans themselves who, out of their deep concern for the growing threat to their ancient way of life, and their recognition that the roots of this threat lay far beyond their rainforest home, actively sought the partnership of committed individuals living in the modern world.
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Holistic Moms |
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The Holistic Moms Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit support and resource organization bringing moms together. We are dedicated to facilitating grassroots community-building throughout the nation, offering moms the opportunity to create local chapters where they can find the support, friendship, and knowledge that are so necessary for successful parenting. We serve moms through our local chapters which strive to create a sense of community and to share experiences and resources among our members. We also welcome moms-to-be, dads, grandparents, and partners into our organization as members! We have a very diverse membership representing parents and grandparents of all ages who share in common their interest in holistic health and parenting.
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Challenge Day |
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Challenge Day's vision is to create a world where every child feels safe, loved, and celebrated. See how we make that possible! Click here to see Challenge Day's vision in action.
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Green Home Building |
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The reason for building greener homes is really quite important. We need to live more lightly on the earth, because the degradation of our environment is compromising not only our survival, but the survival of most other living beings on the planet. We can no longer ignore the impact we have on the earth's ecosystems. The way we live, the choices we make in providing for our needs, will have an enormous influence on the quality of life of those who will follow us. Now is the time to take responsibility for the consequences of our life styles!
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The Green Guide |
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As part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about the planet, National Geographic Society acquired the Green Guide in March 2007. Dubbed the “green living source for today’s conscious consumer”, The Green Guide is an invaluable resource for men and women, from young adults to grandparents, striving for a healthy and “greener” lifestyle. It is our collective vision that one day The Green Guide will be, for millions of consumers, the go-to source of information about practical everyday, environmentally responsible and health-minded product choices and actions. Our goal is to ensure that The Green Guide and www.thegreenguide.com serve as your most practical, reliable, and trustworthy content source for product choices and daily practices that are better for health and the environment.
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ECOSA Institute |
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As global warming leads to ever more critical environmental conditions, the time has come for designers, architects, and builders to become committed students of sustainability and vigilant stewards of the natural world.
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ECO Talk |
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Sustainable Radio and Audio Online
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Global Green |
Global Green USA is a national environmental organization addressing three of the greatest challenges facing humanity:
Stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities.
Eliminating weapons of mass destruction that threaten lives and the environment.
Providing clean, safe drinking water for the 2.4 billion people who lack access to clean water.
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Global MindShift |
Our purpose is to "contribute to the emerging global community," and our mission is to "help make the emergence of global community unstoppable."
To help make the emergence of global community unstoppable, we want play a part in engaging 20% of the world's people in conversation about what living in global community really means, and in creating models of creative action that help demonstrate its value. Why 20%?
We are encouraged knowing we are only one among thousands of organizations working toward the same goal, each with its own particular focus, strategy and appeal. Together, we are creating the worldwide presence we need to succeed.
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Climate Crisis |
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US Green Building Council |
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The U.S. Green Building Council's core purpose is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.
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The Green Office |
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The Green Office is an online retailer of recycled, environmentally friendly, and sustainable business products, school supplies, and paper.
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Environmental California |
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EcoFabulous |
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Sustainable, Sexy, Stuff
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Ideal Bite |
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The philosophy behind Ideal Bite is simple: If we all knew what we could do in the day to day to impact the planet and our communities in a positive way, we’d do it. We know from countless studies, personal experience, and common sense that negative environmental messages aren’t very helpful. We don’t want someone to tell us what’s wrong…unless we understand how we can help. As concerned as we are, few of us are willing to change our lifestyle for a vague “greater good.” We need more than that: a personal reason to make a change, and the knowledge and inspiration to follow through.
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One Earth |
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Selfgrowth.com |
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SelfGrowth.com is the most complete guide to information about Self Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles and references to thousands of other Web Sites on the World Wide Web.
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