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Better Tomorrows Program

When a relationship fills your life with stress and pain, how can you find peace again? How can you repair a stressful relationship with your adult child, parent, partner, sibling, friend, neighbor, or co-worker? In the Better Tomorrows Program you will find answers to those questions and more.

Even though I will be focusing on repairing my back in the last months of 2008, I will be sending special material to those who use the link above to sign up for information.

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man with puzzled look on his faceThe Q-and-A Club

Join people around the world who like to ask questions of themselves and others. Explore questions for expanding your horizons, increasing your self-understanding, strengthening friendship and relationships, exploring social and political issues, and deepening faith and spirituality. The Q-and-A Club: Community of the Curious and Courageous tells why the program was founded and how the free program can make a different in the world.

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Picture of Denali mountainExplaining a Spiritual Experience

Have you ever had a spiritual or peak experience and tried to explain to others what it felt like? This three-minute presentation of Explaining a Spiritual Experience illustrates the most important thing about such experiences. There is also a text version if you wish to only read this piece.

Note: If you don't have a Flash player, click here for a FREE download.

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Photo of boy climbing playground equipmentAffirmations for Everyone

Affirmations for Everyone: Words of Encouragement is a four-minute presentation of how affirmations appropriate to each period of growth is the best way to navigate developmental cycles.

As you examine the legacy given to you by your parents and grandparents, you may discover strengths you underestimated. You may also realize you didn't hear important affirmations you would benefit from today. But it's never too late to learn what you may have missed.

Note: If you don't have a Flash player, click here for a FREE download.

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Picture of lily on a pondWhy I Believe I am Connected to God or Spirit

Just as it is difficult to explain a spiritual experience (see above), it can often be difficult to explain to others why one believes in God or Spirit. This self-directed slide show of Why I Believe I am Connected to God or Spirit illustrates how the images of meditation open a person's heart so we become touched by "something" that is beyond the ego and beyond the rational mind. There is also a text version.

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Picture of a fern in the woodsThe Nature Connection

Here is a technique for pondering life's mysteries, working through conundrums, solving problems and deepening spirituality. Begin with an article describing our connection to nature and our need for peace and quiet contemplation

Then take a self-directed Walk in the Woods that uses photographs to help you get in touch with the power of nature — even if you've run out of vacation time, your in-basket is over-flowing, and you can't drive out to a wilderness area.

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Picture of the sunriseI Still Remember Them

In the weeks and months after someone you loved has died (or has been taken from you for another reason), it's not surprising that you can be going about your ordinary business when suddenly a thought of that person will break into your consciousness. Much later, however, you continue to remember this person, as shown in this poem of memories of a loved one. An illustrated poem for slower connections and an illustrated poem for faster connections expresses the experience of recovery from loss of someone from whom you've learned much and shared many adventures.

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Picture of orchidsWhen I Am Gone . . .

If we view our lives as part of the entire sweep of history, we will realize that death has always been, and will always be, an integral part of the sweep of humankind. We will also realize that it is not how long we live that matters, but how we live. Thus this poem about the world we will leave behind reminds us of our obligation to future generations. The poem is also illustrated for slower connections and for faster connections.

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Stepping Into Pictures

Imagine what it would be like if you and another person could enter this scene and discuss a problem you have. This technique has often worked to bring new ideas to old problems. See Stepping Into a Picture to learn more.

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Book Excerpts and Reviews

open book with glassesThere are hundreds of books referenced in articles throughout Support4Change. For a list that specifically notes books that have been excerpted or reviewed, check out the Book Excerpts and Reviews page.

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Visual Viewpoints

photo of a door in ItalyPhotos always show different "viewpoints," based on where the photographer was standing and the subject he or she chose. Look at these photos and see what they tell you about the photographer.

Submit your own photos demonstrating your own visual viewpoint.

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Drawing of a feather pen writingFill-in-the-Blanks Poetry

Poets are able to express the essence of an experience or idea. But anyone can be a poet, and get to the crux of their feelings, with these simple fill-in-the-blanks poetry. Give them a try.

bulletCreate your own tanka for change

bulletTransform a loss or crisis with your own haiku

bulletThe "I am" poem helps you describe who you are today

bulletWrite a poem to express your feelings to a "dear someone"

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Sketch of people discussing an issueWords of Inspiration and Action

Language can create war. It can also build peace. In this section I encourage you to examine how words have caused you to believe in an ideal and/or to express a positive quality in your life.

Also in this section on words of inspiration and action you will find articles and words that are enriching, inspiring, motivating, and uplifting in the hope they can help you live a kinder and more peaceful life — and thus make a difference in the world.

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silhouette of a womanEmpowering Women

The goal of this section is to empower women by giving them tools to think for themselves and to define themselves according to their own desires, not what others say their sex should or should not do or be

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Take-a-Break Stress Busters

Here you will find fun in take-a-break stress busters to help reduce the stress of your busy life. They come in several versions, depending on the amount of time you have to take-a-break

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Cartoon of fat man running after hotdogComputer Diversions

Your computer (and you) deserve a fun-filled vacation now and then or it (and you) are likely to get grumpy and build up a huge pile of computer stress.

So in the interest of keeping computers (and their owners) happy, I've assembled a few pleasurable diversions and cartoons your computers (and you) might enjoy. They are sure to reduce computer stress.

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Picture of chemist mixing chemicalsPleasure and Creativity

In this section you will find stories and articles on creativity as we encourage you to find pleasure in life's small delights. Most of all, though, what you'll find here are pieces that are too good to miss but don't fit easily into other sections of Support4Change.

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PROGRAM

Better Tomorrows Program

BOOKS

Healing Relationships is an Inside Job

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AUDIO

Cover of CD Words of Encouragement Everyone Needs

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