http://working-on.me Self Development Fri, 18 May 2012 02:41:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://working-on.me/personal-development/brainwave-entrainment http://working-on.me/personal-development/brainwave-entrainment#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:56:48 +0000 Self Development http://working-on.me/?p=3100 Brainwave entrainment is not something new. Many people claim that it's been used for hundreds, maybe even thousands of years. Monks and spiritualist have used chants and bells to invoke deeper prayer time and meditation for centuries. It is new as far as the way we use it today with technology. It's only recently, in the last hundred years or so, that we've been capable of tuning in to and reproducing certain frequencies with modern equipment. That doesn't mean the frequencies weren't always there, we just didn't have the ability to pick up on them. These new techniques use sound and frequency in the way of binaural beats,...]]> http://working-on.me/personal-development/brainwave-entrainment/feed 0 http://working-on.me/personal-development/can-your-expectations-shape-my-behavior http://working-on.me/personal-development/can-your-expectations-shape-my-behavior#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:21:38 +0000 Self Development http://working-on.me/?p=625 http://working-on.me/personal-development/can-your-expectations-shape-my-behavior/feed 0 http://working-on.me/personal-development/resisting-expectations-during-the-holidays-and-every-day http://working-on.me/personal-development/resisting-expectations-during-the-holidays-and-every-day#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:14:29 +0000 Self Development http://working-on.me/?p=631 Can your expectations shape my behavior," I had no idea how much the issue would resonate with readers. One after another, they shared their experiences of feeling boxed into a corner by other people's expectations of what they should want from their lives. There were so many telling discussions and suggestions that I just had to return to the topic. What can we do to stand up for the lives we have chosen, proudly and unapologetically? The question may be especially pressing with the holidays approaching. Those are times when Martian Bachelor's suggestion - "Get better friends and acquaintances!" - isn't so readily attainable. Holiday dinners, parties, and get-togethers are often sprinkled with people whom...]]> http://working-on.me/personal-development/resisting-expectations-during-the-holidays-and-every-day/feed 0