Welcome to the Twelfth Edition of the Carnival of Improving Life

Wow, This was an interesting week, this carnival has been getting more and more submissions every week, and this week beat them all. There are a lot of articles here, so enjoy what you can. Due to the amount of articles that are being submitted, I am going to be adding a new rule, to try and cut down the amount of articles I have to read through. All articles that are featured in this carnival MUST PROVIDE A LINK BACK TO THE CARNIVAL. If they do not provide a link back, then they will not be considered for any future carnivals (until they post a link back).

Enjoy the carnival!

This weeks Top Post Award goes to: Ralph Jean-Paul presents Start Meaningful Conversations posted at Potential 2 Success. Have more interesting and engaging conversations by learning the right way to begin them. The way you connect with people can improve your social and professional life. So if you want to improve your overall lifestyle, improve the way you connect with others.

Finances

Shamelle presents Money And Processions: Breaking Free From The Materialism Trap posted at Enhance Life.

Fitness & Exercise

Weight Ladder / Rich Leverage presents How to Fuel Your Body For Exercise posted at Weight Ladder. If you use this post please refer to writer as Weight Ladder or WL. This post is on proper calorie intake for exercise with some examples of good snacks.

Pushup Artist presents Your Pre-Gym Checklist posted at 1000 Pushups. With the proper planning you should be able to eliminate most of the frustration associated with your first few days in the gym.

Food & Nutrition

Barbara Y presents Garlic: The Miracle Cure posted at All Natural Blog.

Murphy S presents Saving money on your organic food shopping! posted at All Organic Blog.

Health

Jose DeJesus MD presents How to Make Your Energy Last Through the Afternoon posted at Physician Entrepreneur. Here is a 4-point program you can follow to avoid the drop in energy that most people feel around 3 PM.

Niharika presents Brain Power: 100 Ways to Keep Your Mind Healthy and Fit | OEDb posted at OEDb: Online Education Database.

Joanne presents Benefits of Sunbathing and Risks of Sunscreen posted at Open Mind Required.

Aparna presents http://myblogonbeauty.blogspot.com/2006/12/kapalabhati-pranayam.html posted at Beauty & Personality Grooming.

Lars presents Basic Camping First Aid - Simple, Effective, and Easy to Remember First Aid Tips posted at InsightsandAdvice.com.

axel presents Stress Management posted at axel g.

Personal Growth & Development

Gayathri Moosad presents The Personality Development Workbook - The Four Modes of Living - Make Success a Habit posted at The Personality Development Workbook. How to make a transition from a stagnant and unproductive mode to a highly productive and successful one.

Glowing Face Man presents The Joys of Change posted at Glowing Face Man: Awaken the Badass Within. The most common fear is the fear of change. I hope you enjoy this article about embracing and enjoying change.

David B. Bohl presents 5 Signs You?re a Pleaser and What to Do About It posted at Slow Down Fast Today!. It’s human nature to want to be a well-liked person. Regardless of what people say, we all care about what others think about us - even on a small level.

Matthew presents What?s In It for Me? posted at Conservatives and Normals . Com - The Blog. Why I'm finished being selfish.

Spilling Buckets presents Simplicity can be Difficult posted at Spilling Buckets.

Joann Ang presents If it is to be, it is up to me posted at Manifesting with the Law of Attraction. The ability to improve your life is within your hands. If you allow other people or circumstances to dominate your life, you are giving away your personal power.

Peter presents What Makes a Good Life? posted at The Change Blog.

Kathleen Gage presents The higher my expectations, the lower my serenity. posted at Daily Awareness. The higher my expectations, the lower my serenity. The first time I heard this from my spiritual mentor over 25 years ago, I had a difficult time wrapping my mind around it.

Avani presents A Life Not Lived « Food For Mind posted at Food For Mind.

Semi-Charmed Wife presents Becoming Aware posted at Semi-Charmed Wife.

Shirley presents What Do You love? posted at Fun Spirit. The great thing about love is that when you express your joy and excitement to others, you get to share your passions and then your love grows even bigger. And, the more you think about the things you love, the more happiness you feel. Remembering times of delight and bliss lets you experience what you love over and over again.

Matt presents Creating a Balanced Life posted at Face Your Fork. Instead of aiming to create a better life, why not try to create a more balanced life to achieve long term happiness? This post goes into an effective method for creating your perfectly balanced life. Enjoy!

David presents How to Deal With Failure posted at Worldwide Success.

Joe Caterisano presents how to attain sucess posted at Self Help and Personal Development.

Lori Jewett presents Between Us Girls: The Power of Positive Emotions posted at Between Us Girls. Cultivating more positive emotion makes us feel better now, but it can also have long-term benefits. Find out why.

axel presents 100% Success posted at axel g. Achieve Your Dreams. Down To Earth Advice.

Productivity

Hueina Su presents Leverage What You Do Effortlessly posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul.

Nara presents Staying Positive During A Divorce posted at Surviving Infidelity. Divorce is never easy, even if you're parting on amicable terms.

Samir presents 7 Tricks You Need to Fight Procrastination posted at Samir Bharadwaj dot Com. The magic is in the doing, but so few of us ever reach that stage. Instead we are forever stuck in the quagmire of status quo that is procrastination. Here are a few tips I always find useful to help take a step in the right direction: action.

Chris Edgar presents Are You Overworked, Or Just Afraid To Delegate? posted at Purpose Power Coaching. I've worked with several people now who have trouble delegating tasks at work. I find that understanding what really motivates their fear of giving work to others helps put the fear in perspective.

Crystal Nichols presents 3 tips to save time in the morning posted at Living the Frugal Life. I love sleep. I sleep to the absolute last second before I have to get ready for work, sometimes a few minutes later. Sometimes 30 minutes or an hour later. Needless to say, my mornings can be pretty hectic! Here are some extremely simple things I have learned to do that save me at least 30 minutes in the mornings.

Alex Blackwell presents 30 True Things You Need to Know Now posted at The Next 45 Years.

Relationships

gia combs-ramirez presents How Can I Find My Life Partner? posted at The Science of Energy Healing. Explore a completely different way to connect to and find your life partner. Includes a meditation for connecting to the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Start Meaningful Conversations posted at Potential 2 Success. Have more interesting and engaging conversations by learning the right way to begin them. The way you connect with people can improve your social and professional life. So if you want to improve your overall lifestyle, improve the way you connect with others.

Brian Terry presents From a Sale to An Experience posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

I hope that you enjoy these posts, and if you don't have time to go through them all, go ahead and bookmark this page so you can come back to it later ;-)

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