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<title>Simon Meadowcroft - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am a husband, and father of one son who works as an engineer. I became involved in writting articles about self improvement and positive attitude as part of a process of developing a more positive attitude to life myself. I am commited to making my thoughts freely available to anybody who takes interest in reading my articles in the hope that they can similarly make their attitude more positive. I believe that I have a unique take on self improvement and the development of a positive attitude. My ideas are based specifically on my life experience and an insight ... ]]></description>
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<title>Relationships and Chopsticks</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:33:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building a healthy relationship is like trying to feed each other with six foot chopsticks, it is going to take a lot of practice to get it right. Unfortunately many of us are afraid to admit that we are inexperienced when it comes to what we need to do in order to build a healthy relationship.]]></description>
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<title>Co and Counter Dependency</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:07:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Co and Counter Dependency are both types of co-dependency where the underlying cause is low self esteem. In reality of course people are instinctively driven to form relationships which may be seen as a human need but a co-dependent relationship can do more harm than good.]]></description>
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<title>Self Validation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:30:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If we cannot believe in ourselves then how can we expect others to believe in us and Self Validation is all about believing in ourselves. Self Respect, Self Esteem, Personal and Integrity are all built on the foundations of Self Validation.]]></description>
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<title>Mental Health Or Mental Fitness</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:50:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you take the world's population, and for each person, you ask the question, have you ever had situations where you had difficulty coping and counseling would have been helpful? The truthful answer would probably be yes for more than 90%. My thought is that mental health problems are the norm and that it is better to think in terms of mental fitness as opposed to mental health. Looked at in this way instead of focusing people's problems you instead focus on their fitness to cope.]]></description>
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<title>The Key to Happiness, Be Yourself!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 11:17:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stop and think for a moment about a typical day for you, what you did, what you said, what you felt, how you acted etc. Now ask yourself, "how many of those things did I do because I wanted to and how many were a reaction to other people or events?" I am betting that most of the things you normally do, say or feel, and how you normally act are in response to other people or events.]]></description>
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<title>Ending Co-Dependency</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:33:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ending Co-Dependency is not about ending a relationship, it is about deciding to be yourself. Surprisingly the less dependent you are on others the more you will be able to trust people and ask them for help when you really need it.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Invalidated?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:20:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Invalidation of feelings is the failure to acknowledge feelings of another person either by ignoring them, making little of them or directly negating them and effectively telling people their feelings are wrong or that they have no right to feel that way. This can have a very negative effect on people's development, particularly young children. When repeated over a long period it can have a devastating effect on emotional development. In most cases this invalidation of peoples feelings is not intentional on the part of the people who do it but in the perception of the people who are invalidated it can be very negative.]]></description>
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<title>The Principle of Reciprocity</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Love of ourselves and love of others are not just interrelated they are actually part of the same thing. Our capacity to love ourselves is directly linked to our capacity to love others, in the same way our self respect is linked to the respect we have for others. This is what I call 'The Principle of Reciprocity'.]]></description>
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<title>The Love of Others is All About Acceptance</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:03:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In another article I made the case that self love is all about acceptance, now I am changing tack to talking about relationships. I said in a thought for the day,'If you truly love somebody you must accept them'.
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<title>Self Love is All About Acceptance</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1640239</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:45:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By accepting ourselves we will attain self love and self esteem it is a simple fact. This is the reason why.]]></description>
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<title>Do We Control Our Own Reactions?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:33:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are we in control of our reactions? The answer is yes and no. Many of our actions are due to habitual behaviour learned over many years and others are effected by our mood. But over time we can reprogram our habitual behaviours and learn to be more in control of our moods.]]></description>
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<title>Ending Procrastination - The Paradox of Acceptance</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1634776</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:28:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I learned a lot about myself in the process of trying to resolve my issues of procrastination.    I learned that I had to start facing my fears.  I learned that I was using the not doing of simple tasks as something to keep me occupied worrying about so I would not face my greater fears.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Attitude Maintenance</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:17:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You cannot just decide to be positive, read some books, say some positive affirmations and after that you have a positive attitude for the rest of your life. You need a maintenance program to maintain your positive attitude.]]></description>
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<title>Develop an Inclusive Attitude (Inclusivity)</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1271577</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What do I mean my inclusive attitude or inclusivity?    'The tendency to include, whether it be people, view points or material products in groups, discussions, product lines etc'    Why is the concept of inclusivity so important in human relations?    'Inclusivity or an inclusive attitude is important in human relations because it implies that we welcome people in rather than shutting them out.]]></description>
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<title>An Experiment in Positive Affirmations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:08:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have thought the thoughts in trying to adopt a more positive attitude. I have talked the talk writing about the positive attitude I am in the process of developing. Now I need to walk the walk. Will positive affirmations help?]]></description>
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<title>We All Crave Attention</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:09:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Perceived lack of attention is probably a contributing cause for all psychological addiction and likely to be a major cause for more than 50% of depression. So why is it that many pop stars and actors have problems with addiction and have been known to suffer from depression when they get so much attention from adoring fans? ]]></description>
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<title>The Placebo Effect</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:58:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The placebo effect works when patients believe they will get well because they are being prescribed drugs and procedures to cure them but in reality there are no real drugs and procedures. In the end for the effect to work, the self belief of the patient must somehow allow the mind to heal the body. Is there a parallel with positive mental attitude, the law of attraction, spirituality and faith?]]></description>
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<title>My Road To Being Organized</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:48:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a previous article, 'I have a dream, now I need to make a plan', I set out my goals in life and discussed the reasons that I was not achieving them talked about my strengths and weaknesses. In this article I lay out my plan to achieve my goals and discuss what I need to do to put that plan into action.]]></description>
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<title>I Have A Dream, Now I Need To Make A Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:19:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My dream is simple, I want to make my family happy and help them attain a feeling of achievement. I also want the same for myself and people around me. This does not seem to be much to ask but often I feel I am not successful due to very mundane reasons. Now I need a plan to help me achieve my goals.]]></description>
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<title>Be Fearless!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/986243</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:45:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it that we can be comfortable and have most of the things that we want and yet still feel miserable most of the time? The answer is fear. Fear causes misery and worry and worrying makes us less effective in everything we try to do. So if we are unhappy and depressed, money will not solve the problem (although it may help distract us for a while). What we really need is to be free of fear.  ]]></description>
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<title>Think Positive!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/965986</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The key to having a low stress life is to separate decision making from attitude. Decisions are made on the basis of calculations of what will work best for you and the people you love. Attitude is the way that you live through what happens to you and part of what happens to you is a consequence of the decisions you made. I say, "Have a positive attitude to what happens to you no matter what that may be". ]]></description>
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<title>'Just do it!' The Power of Diving In</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/822258</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:00:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A fellow Ezine writer Martin Mak stated that there are two ways of learning, to Just do it, dive in and try it or alternatively to carefully plan it. When I read this article I suddenly realized that the diving in trial and error method has always been my primary mode of operation. Here I make the case for the 'Just do it' approach.]]></description>
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<title>We All Inspire Each Other, This is The New Way</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/820481</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:32:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For thousands of years people have not really changed and our social structure has not really changed that much either. Now the world is changing in ways we cannot even begin to understand and 'WE' along with thousands of other on-line communities around the world are the reason for it.]]></description>
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<title>Worrying Is The Worst Time Waster</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/814492</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:51:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all worry about things at time we would be lying if we said we didn't. What you may not know however, is that worrying is also the worst time waster there is. This is because apart from taking up your thoughts and preventing you from doing other things, it leaves you in a very negative mental state.]]></description>
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<title>Coincidence, Chance, Choice and Fate</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/811460</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:44:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is a given that the core concepts of randomness, chance and freedom of choice are incompatible with predestination, fate and a greater design, but what if they are not? What if they can coexist? What if all the random events in your life are happening in order to tell you something?]]></description>
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<title>The Drivers of Creativity</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you like conversations that are always diverging and evolving? Do you like playing devils advocate, always questioning and taking the other view even against yourself? Do you always have an internal dialog going on? If you do, you are probably a creative person. If you do not, don't worry you can still learn to be creative but you just might become a bit of a rebel.]]></description>
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<title>Give First</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The basic premise of the law of attraction is give something and you will receive it. This applies to bad things as well as good. The mental attitude which goes with improving your life by applying the law of attraction is selflessness. If you are selfish in your actions it will not work for you.]]></description>
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<title>Born to Succeed</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/702983</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:25:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People are born to succeed, failure is a learned behavior. For years small groups of rich or powerful people wished to make others subservient to them and bent others to their will. In the modern day this type of enslavement is much reduced but today we still tend to limit ourselves. Why do we do this to ourselves and how can we reverse this trend?]]></description>
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<title>Making Your Life Experience Work For You</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/703227</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:19:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your life experience is always available to you. It is up to you what you use it for.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Attitude And The Power Of The Uncluttered Mind</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/699932</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people confuse having a positive attitude with being optimistic but in reality they are not the same thing. It is nice to be optimistic about things but that may not get you anywhere. Positive attitude however is the key which can make you successful in all areas of life.]]></description>
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<title>Overcoming The Inertia Of Negative Attitude</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/698376</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:57:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trying to eliminate a negative attitude and replace it with a positive attitude is like changing the direction of an oil super tanker because there is a large amount of inertia to overcome but with persistence it can be done.]]></description>
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<title>More is Less and Less is More</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/696672</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:03:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods is a living example of the law of attraction in action. We should follow that example and learn to relax and be successful in life. I remember years ago I tried to play golf and could never get the hang of it. I would start with a few promising shots, get frustrated on one hole and then my game would proceed to fall apart. I am sure that if I tried to play golf now I would do much better, let me explain.]]></description>
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<title>Like Me Like You</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:01:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article was prompted by a question I read, it went something like this, "If you met yourself in the street would you like yourself?" This got me to thinking, there were a lot of things that irritated me about myself, that I felt embarrassed about and things that I got frustrated about, but not anymore. If I cannot accept myself the way I am how can I accept others the way they are.]]></description>
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<title>Let It Go</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:36:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt you were really having a bad day but when you look back on it, you find the things that ruined your day were not important.]]></description>
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<title>Unload Your Expectations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:32:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By placing expectations on ourselves and others we are condemning both ourselves and others to fail. In a previous article 'The upside is usually greater than the down side', I  stated that, the best way to live is to imagine the best but expect the worst. ]]></description>
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<title>Peace of Mind</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:09:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Law of Attraction, tells us how we can be richer, more famous and get more attention, but how do we get the one thing we really need, peace of mind. Many people in the world today always feel that they don't have enough. Whether it be: money, fame, attention or anything else they want from life, This creates in each one of us a feeling of a lack of something in our lives which is a negative emotion.]]></description>
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<title>Usually The Upside Is Greater Than The Downside</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:49:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How can you balance managing expectations with thinking about positive outcomes, read on...]]></description>
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