http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/self-help-blog.html The Self Help blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the selfhelpcollective.com web site including free self-help Information, articles, tips, quotes, inspirational quotations and more. Oh, and you get to visit my favourite self-help pages too. :-) Subscribe here. en-us self help Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:03 GMT Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:03 GMT selfhelpcollective.com http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/inspirational-quotes.html Self-help doesn't have to be dull! Inspire yourself today with my hand-picked collection of inspirational quotes covering topics like motivation, sports, business, happiness quotes, success, self esteem, positive attitude... You'll even find funny and famous quotations too at our collection of free inspirational quotes. Come join in the fun at the Self Help Collective - help yourself and help others too: we all know more than we think! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:01 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/maintaining-positive-attitude.html "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" Nietzsche said this. And Alberto Posse's maintaining positive attitude article agrees. It illustrates the benefits of a positive attitude - how much better life is in having a positive attitude - with some simple examples. Read more, here... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:56:06 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/teen-anger-management.html What do we do about the angry and/or violent adolescents? Good question. And this outstanding, and detailed, teen anger management article by William G DeFoore, Ph.D.has some possible answers. Read it! (You'll also find a YouTube video on US adolescent anger management.)... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:42:22 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/communication-in-relationships.html Richard Mansell recognises the importance of communication skills in relationships. And his article called Positive Communication in Relationships details 10 steps that can help interpersonal communication skills, and these steps include: communicate often, listen, focus on common goals, praise and compliment, stick to the issue etc. You'll also find YouTube videos and comments on this subject from people like you... Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:46:40 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/body-image.html "Our bodies are a reflection of our spirits." That's what Elsabe Smit says in her article called, 'Do I look fat in this?' Provocative stuff. You'll also find YouTube videos on body image, some Yahoo! Answers, my thoughts and maybe even your thoughts will be included too. So come on down and get involved in one of the most important self-help issues today... Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:31:04 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/family-inspirational-quotes.html "We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents." Not all the quotations on family by Henry Ward Beecher are that postive, but I'm sure you'll find some family inspirational quotes to suit, at the Self Help Collective... (I hand-picked them after all!) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:49:49 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/inspirational-teacher-quotes.html Find hand-picked quotations about teaching - famous, funny and inspirational teacher quotes to suit all. Only the best best inspirational quotes are listed at the Self Help Collective (a guru-free self-help guide containing tips, articles, self-help resources and more!) - quotes like this one, from Edith Ann: "I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:41 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/inspirational-quotes-children.html "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." Find more hand-picked inspirational quotes for children like the one from Socrates here. Only the best best inspirational quotes are listed at the Self Help Collective - come on down! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:09:15 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/inspirational-life-quotes.html Find hand-picked quotations about life - famous, funny and inspirational life quotes to suit all. Only the best best inspirational quotes are listed at the Self Help Collective (a guru-free self-help guide containing tips, articles, self-help resources and more!) - quotes like this one, from Elbert Hubbard: "Life is just one damned thing after another." Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:10:54 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/emotional-intelligence.html Now I'm not for a minute claiming that I am an expert in emotional intelligence. As if! It is an interesting subject, though, as I'm sure you'll no doubt find out when you visit the page. AND, did you know that emotionally intelligence is started to be recognised as the most important type of intelligence - especially when it comes to working?... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:38:17 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/body-language.html Improve your communication skills by reading Michael Lee's article on assertive behaviour and body language. Spot the signs. You'll also find comments and links to topics like reading, understanding and interpreting body language and more. Come on down, everything you ever wanted to know (more or less!) is revealed here... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:35:42 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/listening-skills.html Listening is very important when it comes to communicating clearly. And I should know, because my inability to listen properly has got me into a lot of trouble over the years! Oops! (There he goes again... daydreaming, or worse!) ...I'm sure I'm not the only one, either. So recommend that we *all* study carefully what Peter Murphy has to say about one of the most basic of communication skills: listening... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:34:22 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/stress-management-tips.html You can reduce stress in your life righw not by reading Rajni Sharma's stress management tips. Rajni's tips for stress management can be summed up thus: eat well, exercise often, stop procrastinating, change your perception of reality to a more helpful one, relax and play, and develop a supportive network of friends and peers. If you do all these things, then I'm pretty sure your days of high stress levels are behind you... :-) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:30:53 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/self-help-blog.html The Self Help blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the selfhelpcollective.com web site including free self-help Information, articles, tips, quotes, inspirational quotations and more. Oh, and you get to visit my favourite self-help pages too. :-) Subscribe here. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:24:49 GMT http://www.selfhelpcollective.com/inspirational-videos.html Saying "sorry" is never easy. For a start off, it requires that you accept you did something wrong - that you could have done it better. But then what? How do you apologize so that the person concerned believes your apology and is thankful for it. Well (the sadly departed) Dr Randy Pausch describes a good apology, thus: You say... 1) "I'm sorry" 2) "It was my fault" and 3) "How do I make it right?" Listen to more of Randy Pausch's words - via a YouTube video - in the link below... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:20:53 GMT