A hike in California?s Sequoia National Park turned deadly when Shannon Parker split from her group to grab her sunglasses from the car. Before she could get them, she found herself face-to-face with the lion and came to a daunting realization. Here is the story of her brave struggle and subsequent recovery.

After suffering a brain hemorrhage, Dara Stewart?s doctors told her family to prepare for the worst. Four years later, she?s happier and healthier than ever, thanks to luck and a dogged adherence to simple but powerful life-management techniques. The good news is that it doesn?t take a life-altering event to learn to apply them, just the willingness to experience more peace and happiness than you might have thought was possible. Here are some tips to get you started.

I have just returned from my twelve year old step-daughters parents evening. It was an interesting hour and I believe my daughter has learnt quite a lot from the experience. The teachers gave her some important life coaching advice which I will write about in this article.

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Ben danced to his own beat. He never listened to anyone, not his parents or his instructors. Ben?s motto was ?I do it my own way.? As a consequence, Ben?s life was a series of bad decisions. He was unsuccessful in life. Nevertheless, Ben?s decision making never got any better. As the county guard shut the door to Ben?s cell, he ordered, ?Lights out!? Ben screamed, ?I?m the man! You can?t make me do anything.? The prison light goes out. Ben is left in the dark. The Critical...

All around the world there are millions of individuals who are interested in a career in singing. There are many individuals who only dream, but others actually work to make that dream come true. If you are interested in a career in singing you need to ask yourself which type of individual you are. If you are interested in working to make your dream come true then you are already a few steps ahead of most people.

Reflecting on your interactions in relationships with other people allows you to observe and adjust your views, beliefs, perceptions. Often, past experiences limit our future experiences by tainting our judgements of others. Wouldn't it be better to discover who others are from a place of wonder and amusement? Shutting them out with that first judgement is like saying a banana split is lousy because it looks so messy!

Quite often I am in contact with people who discuss acting as an ADD Coach for their child or spouse. While supporting and helping loved ones with ADD is a great idea, acting as an ADD Coach really isn't a great idea. There is just way too much emotion involved and an ADD Coach needs to be far enough removed from the situation to be an effective ADD Coach. I have recently seen people talking about being their own ADD Coaches. That is just a really bad idea. As both an ADD ...

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From the time Jennifer was a little child, she was demanding of attention, especially from her mother, Sarah. With two older brothers, Jennifer had a ?special? place in the family as the baby and the only girl. She made sure to establish a ?special? relationship with her mother, who relished the connection since she didn?t have much of a relationship with her emotionally distant husband.