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Simple Solutions for Life's Problems

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Lessons for Living

Awakenings Web Site offers these "Lessons for Living." They are brief articles providing practical information to help with daily living.

This Month's
Lesson for Living
Reducing Emotional Distress

Last Month's Lesson
Three Ways to Be More Positive
More "Lessons" Below


Welcome to Lessons for Living

The transcripts and some audio recordings of these sessions are presented here by title of the presentation. 

You can read and print the transcript or listen to one of the mini-lectures on "How to make life go better."

These audio and slideshow files use RealAudio and require RealPlayer which you can download for free from RealAudio.

Other helpful information about psychological and spiritual aspects of living is available on this site

Please explore any of the lessons below that interests you.

 

 


Lesson One
"Life acts. You react."
Rules to make life go better.
View a "RealSlideshow"  4:35 min
Listen to a RealAudio file 4:15 min
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Lesson Two
"Words to avoid - Can't."

Some words get you into trouble.
...
Listen to a RealAudio file 3:11 min
Read the lesson


Lesson Three
"Motivation - Waiting on a miracle."

You must make you own miracle.
Listen to a RealAudio file 3:54 min
Read the lesson.


Lesson Four
"Resiliency - Bouncing back."

Learn to have more fun.
Listen to a RealAudio file 4:37 min
Read the lesson.   


Lesson Five
"Holiday Blues"
 
Stay active on purpose.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Six
"How to Change"
 
Learn to act on purpose.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Seven
"Making New Year's Resolutions"
Choices for mind, body, and spirit.
Read the Lesson


Lesson Eight
"Healing: The Four Levels"

Healing and curing are different.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Nine
"Simple Solutions to Life's Problems"

Simple does not mean easy.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Ten
"Comfortable Misery"

Misery that you accept.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Eleven
"Learning to Forgive"

Forgiveness is for you.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Twelve
"On Being in a Crisis"

The Dangerous Opportunity
Read the lesson.


Lesson Thirteen
"On Being Realistically Unhappy"

Sometimes sadness is normal
Read the lesson.


Lesson Fourteen
"On Making Mistakes"

What do you tell yourself about them?
Read the lesson.


Lesson Fifteen
"On Waking Up"

Each day life tries to teach us..
Read the lesson.


Lesson Sixteen
"Self-worth and Self-esteem"

You can't lose your self-worth.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Seventeen
"Automatic Thinking"

Making meaning of life.
Read the lesson.


Lesson Eighteen
"Responsibility: Being Response-Able"

Who causes most of your trouble?
Read the lesson.


Lesson Nineteen
"The Box of Life"

How many things fill your "Box of Life?"
Read the lesson.

Lesson Twenty
"Being Deviant"

Do you always do things the same way?
Read the lesson.

"Simple, practical, and powerful lessons on the importance of attitude, responsibility, and choice in shaping our lives."
~ Robert A. Johnson -Author of He, She, and Owning Your Own Shadow

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  • If you enjoy the Awakenings Web Site, you will love this book. It contains some of our most popular lessons along with many new ones.

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