What I Did with My Thinning Hair?
Monday 11 January 2010 @ 12:23 pm

Women loved stroking and pull my hair, I used to enjoy it. However, one morning while I was brushing my teeth, I soon experienced the first revealing signs of hair loss: there was hair in the sink and the top of my head was noticeably less full than the crown and sides of my head. I never thought that hair loss would happen to me: Most of the men in my family have a full head of hair. It was evident that hair loss is already occuring to me, as I bent my head to look at the top of my head.

I felt that I lost my self-assurance, once I noticed the thinning strands. I was very self conscious, I no longer wanted to comb my hair and wore hats as much as possible. My partner and I weren’t as intimate as we were because I was anxious about her finding the thinning patch on top of my head. My anxiousness was through the roof and my performance at work declined due to the inability to concentrate.

Thankfully, I found Advanced Hair Studio. One of my friends told me about it in passing. As far as I recalled, he has been bald ever since I met him. However, one day at the gym, I observed his hair looked full and fresh. He told me that Advanced Hair Studio was to thank.

That very night, I went online and purchased my first product and had them delivered overnight. The results were quick: my hair felt stronger and thicker in just a few days. After a month the thinning patch that caused me to worry myself sick was full of hair. I’d never before trusted anti-balding products worked. However, after my experience with Advanced Hair Studio, I now know that there are products out there that can save men a lot of stress, grief, and worrying.





My Hair Loss Journey
Monday 5 October 2009 @ 7:05 pm

The day I begun noticing my receding hairline and bald spot becoming bigger, I embarked on my hair loss treatment journey. I would always find ways to comb my hair in a certain way to hide my hair loss. I discovered myself wearing more caps on the weekends as I went out with my wife, friends or family. Walking in to work every morning was an unpleasant experience without my hat on. You change the way you think when you are suffering from hair loss. It is so true that you never know what you have until you lose it. That can be true about your hair loss.

Having suffered from hair loss, I started to treasure every strand of hair that I had left. It was as if with each strand of hair I lost, so was a small percent of my confidence gone as well. A friend of mine had the same problem as me. Yet recently he appeared so much more relaxed and I noticed that it was as if his hair was growing back. I didn’t wanted to bring it up but after a while I decided to ask. It was then that he recommended to me Advanced Hair Studio. With just a few treatments my friend Josh had not only regrown his hair, but his self-confidence as well. I decided to give Advanced Hair a try as after all I had a lot to lose, meaning my hair and self-assurance.

I have to admit that I was a little cynical at first. Results were obvious within a few weeks. Not only on my head, but in my behaviour. I began to lose the caps on the weekends and I quickly started to feel better about myself. My wife who has been unhappy about my lack of interest in our relationship began to notice the change in that department as well. It is amazing how just a few consultations to the Advanced Hair Studio had begun to change my life as a whole. I have constantly been worried about people discovering my bald spot. Now, I am not concerned to look people in the eyes again as I have my full set of self esteem back.

Advance Hair Studio has not only given me back my hair little by little, but a big part of my confidence as well. So, if anyone is going through hair loss I highly recommend them. Don’t let your confidence continue to be lost with your hair.





An Archetype of Being Victimized
Monday 5 October 2009 @ 11:16 am

Think of the Inquisition, and the horrible things that the church authorized to be done to human beings just because they had the audacity to be born into a culture that didn’t believe the same way as the Catholic Church. It’s amazing to look at this stuff and realize that’s what happened in history, and then today in our lives, we’re relating to a similar thing, because of what happened on September 11th, 2001, the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. People who wear turbans, people who speak in a Middle-Eastern language, who even look kind of Middle-Eastern, much less women who wear a veil, are seen by many people as terrorists, as a threat, and who they in turn need to isolate, put in jail, and beat up. We talked about this kind of thing happening in the 1950’s, but it’s good to recognize that this is not a mechanism that just happened forty years ago or fifty years ago. It’s something that’s happening again, because we have accepted as our Deity, as our image, an archetype of being victimized.

The outside walls of a skyscraper are called curtain walls. They’re called curtain walls, and it’s because they are just hung. They are just hung on the superstructure. They have no support capability at all. They are hung on the superstructure. Understanding this, and it’s a big thing, because this is exactly what’s happening inside of us, that we have an organizing structure, or organizing structures, plural, that are our orientation, and the orientation can be, “I’m a victim of life. I’m a victim of fate.” It could even be, “I get hurt in love relationships.”

It is a very common one, so we look at this, and we understand that because I have the orientation that I get hurt in a loving relationship. That means when I start a relationship with somebody and it’s really great, and we’re in love; I’m loving the way she doesn’t put the cap on the toothpaste, and she’s loving the way I don’t put down the toilet seat. But then what happens is that over time, the organizing structure of, “I’m hurt in loving relationships,” begins to take the circumstances that happen and see them in terms of me being hurt. The current of its perception, the waves of circumstances are individual waves, and the current of its perception is along the lines of the superstructure. The current of its perception begins to show the way in which it’s organizing the circumstances to fit the motivation of the superstructure.

Yogi Sean is the student of Swami Ramananda and a principle officer of the Sadhana Society.





My Hair Loss Journey
Saturday 5 September 2009 @ 4:06 pm

My hair loss treatment journey started the day I started to find myself balding. I would spend hours and hours looking for ways to comb my hair a certain way to hide my hair loss. I began wearing more hats on the weekends as I went out with my wife, friends or family. Of course at work I could not wear hats so it was a tough experience each morning for me just to walk in the office. You change the way you think when you are experiencing hair loss. It is so true that you never know what you have until you lose it. That can be accurate about your hair loss.

Having suffered from balding, I began to appreciate every strand of hair that I had left. It was as if with each string of hair I lost, so was a small percent of my self-confidence gone as well. A acquaintance of mine had been having the same problem as me. Yet recently he appeared so much more relaxed and I observed that it was as if his hair was growing back. I didn’t wanted to bring it up but after a while I decided to ask. It was then that he recommended to me Advanced Hair Studio. My friend Josh told me that he had only had a few treatments and has already started to see some positive results, he not only regained his hair, but his self-confidence as well. After speaking to Josh and understanding what Advanced Hair has done for him, I took the courage to make an appointment for a free hair check.

I was a little wary at first. Results were obvious within a few weeks. Not only on my scalp, but in my behaviour. I started to lose the caps on the weekends and I quickly began to feel better about myself. My wife has also pointed out a change in my day to day behaviour as well. It is amazing how just a few visits to the Advanced Hair Studio had begun to change my life as a whole. I always felt as if the first thing people noticed about me was my bald spot. Now, I am not concerned to look people in the eyes again as I have my full set of self esteem back.

Advance Hair Studio has not only given me back my hair, but a big piece of my confidence as well. So, if anyone is going through hair loss I highly recommend them. Don’t let baldness take your confidence away.





How Hair Loss Affects One’s Self-Confidence
Monday 29 June 2009 @ 10:36 pm

Seldom do we find teens & young adults at their early 20’s with patches of hair gone from their scalps. The greater part of hair loss in men happens in their thirties & forties however it isn’t uncommon from men in their late twenties to lose hair as well. The apprehension of aging is cringed amongst today’s society. Where aging was in the past a symbol of awareness and insight, it is presently mainly looked upon as if the elder you are, the more boring people turn out. All this is of course not TRUE in most cases. Nonetheless, since this is how the media & current society paint middle aged men & women, & losing hair is a symbol of getting elder, it is no doubt that hair loss may affect one’s confidence.

Television shows regularly portray middle aged men with hair loss as the individuals most unlikely to succeed with getting dates, or being happy in general. The character George Costanza of NBC’s hit TV sitcom, Seinfeld, is the classic example of this. Costanza was in his late thirties and endured exemplar male pattern hair loss. He quite often referred to his hair loss as one of his largest reasons for never succeeding at things in life. Men & women alike both enjoy a tendency to feel self conscious, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. In our culture, a thick, luscious, head of hair is considered to be delightful, and make one appear more youthful & healthy.

Current technology is most useful in curing hair loss. Advanced hair treatments are available to restore your hair and make it look effectively normal as if you had never lost any hair to begin with. It is not necessary in this era & age to have to deal with hair restoration. One’s quality of life does not have to be changed with low confidence when there are so many advanced hair restoration treatments to choose from. Whether a prescriptive drug, contemporary therapeutics, follicle transplants, or laser therapy, there are lots of options that will fit any budgets.

Hair loss treatments are nowadays astonishingly popular and tried by both men & female. Individuals who have lost their hair due to illnesses and have found it is never to grow back can sometimes benefit from advanced hair remedy. Even if you are not entirely losing hair, but suffer from a receding hair line or your hair is thinning, they might benefit from an array of hair loss therapy. The times of entrusting on fake looking wigs & spray on hair are bygone. With so many selections of types of hair loss therapy, people no longer have to live life feeling any less confident than they did in their early 20’s.

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Where I’m at: Searching for Singles in My Hometown
Tuesday 23 June 2009 @ 8:05 am

Sometimes I hate to say it, but its hard to date at my age. Get this, last night I filed three years of back taxes. On a weekend that comes from being alone, for once. That actually happened. Am I crazy? Well, it’s when I seriously thought about finding a date in Denver or Dallas.

Nothing that can’t be fixed. Figured I’d boost my dating life at professionally hosted Denver singles events. Definitely sounds like a plan. The reason I mention my dating woes: I was at my 40th birthday in Denver last week, great aunt Judy started bothering me if I’ve met my true love. I just can’t believe that came up. So, I said, “I’m eating here, and no.”

And of course The Old Tooter (aka: grandpa) kept pressing me along the lines of marriage. I said to all of them: “Seriously, you would bring that up.”

How can they be so rude? Everyone looked away and giggled. Perturbed, I emailed my astrologist to put my dating woes behind me. I still have no idea what to do! I would have learned more by asking my son. Doug, who wrote to me from Egypt, advised that I enroll in Great Expectations. I said, “That’s what I was going to do.” But it really was a good idea. I can speak highly of the Dallas Great Expectations dating service.

Early on, meeting new singles through dating services was kinda foreign from my perspective. I showed up already a little anxious, that I spilled a glass of wine on my blazer. That emotional anxiety didn’t put an end to a great time. The evening was a limo pub crawl from heaven. The one cool thing that really struck me were the other members, some who are my new friends.

I started going to these splendid Denver Singles Events and parties at Great Expectations, I got in touch with quite a few winners that must share a parallel understanding for how dating should be done. I really shouldn’t allow my family get me down about being single. Surprisingly enough, doing things in Dallas with Great Expectations is my pleasure and just what I’ve been looking for.

Pat

Just Trying to Help

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How to Cure Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Tips on Anxiety Treatment
Friday 6 March 2009 @ 3:07 am

Our globe is congested with tensions. It appears that the more we evolve with technology and ways to create things more quickly, the more panic anxiety attacks increase. That is food for thought. One might take for granted that advancement in technology would contribute to relieving tension. Nevertheless, anxiousness and depressive disorder appear more prevalent now than when compared to the past. It is quite possible that in the past, such conversation topics were avoided. Well they surely make an issue of it these days. Truth is, if you’ve ever spent an afternoon in front of the TV, chances are that you have encountered an ad for a medicine, which offers panic attacks treatment (http://panic-anxiety-attacks.net).

You are not alone when dealing with these issues. It might be just public place aversion or trouble sleeping, researchers continue to make advances with new solutions. Anxiety and natural depression are certainly at the top of this long list. When I ponder the notion of depression, I think of someone who has recently lost a loved one or an individual who is impaired in such a way that precludes them from carrying on normally. This is not necessarily correct. We are surrounded by people that are pummeled by the burden of panic attacks and natural depression for other reasons. Some of which are not even known. Sometimes it could be as simple as the food we eat. Peculiarly, contentment with life is elusive to most individuals.

We need to some degree to pay attention to teenagers’ plight. Anxiety and depression appears to be affecting them more than anyone these days. Acknowledged, being a teenager is challenging in some aspects, and incredibly easy in others. Some teens may claim that it is all negative. We all were teenagers at least once. We have not forgotten our experiences. However, natural depression was not part of my teen experience. This makes me wonder what has changed lately. Depressive Disorder should not be a part of childhood. Truth is, panic attacks and depressive disorder should be much less frequent than it is altogether.





2 Secrets To A Better Future
Saturday 24 May 2008 @ 4:29 am

Stop for just a second, take a look around you and ask yourself if this is the quality of life you were hoping for. If you answered “No”, then my question to you is “why not?” “What are you doing to change your life?” Most people who have been asked what they’ve done to change their lives say “it’s no use because…..” and so it goes…. excuses.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. The first step in getting out of the rut is to stop making excuses and assume responsibility for the quality of your life. You can change your life situation today. How do I know? I know because others have done it. There will always be obstacles, but none that can’t be overcome. The only requirement is the desire to change. Mark Twain once said “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” If your “want to” is strong enough, you can achieve almost anything you set your mind to.

The second step to getting out of the rut is step out in faith and, as the Nike commercial says, “Just do it”. There is no time like the present to change course. You might not succeed the first time, but you must keep trying. Success will come with persistence. Don’t worry about making a mistake. Albert Einstein once said “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

So step out. Take a chance, and as William Durant, the founder of General Motors said “Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.”

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Teaching kids — UGH!! (…and what I learned from it)
Friday 18 April 2008 @ 8:37 am

I have a confession to make: I don’t like working with little kids.

Don’t get me wrong. I love children. I have nieces and nephews and I have friends with kids, and I love them all.

The thing is, when it comes to teaching, I am not a fan of teaching the young ones. Under age 12 or so is no fun for me.

You see, there are things I love about teaching. With children that young, I can’t do any of the things that draw me to speaking and teaching in the first place.

I have trained and taught the martial arts for years. A few years ago, I started teaching a class of 7 to 12 year-olds. While I liked all the kids in the class, I hated the act of actually teaching them. End result: I stopped teaching, felt burnt out, and left the martial arts for over a year (this was before I’ve learned some of the things I teach and write about though :-) )

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I have been doing shows where I work with a group to teach kids valuable lessons such as how to make better decisions and why it’s bad to smoke. Most of the audiences for these shows consisted of children in the 5 to 12 year-old range.

Just like five years ago, I found myself not enjoying the shows at all and feeling very unhappy. This time though, I had a much greater understanding of what to do.

I knew I had two choices. I either had to stop doing the shows, or find a way to enjoy them. I decided to put my own theories to the test and force myself to find a way to enjoy these shows.

I started by using my creativity to brainstorm out all the reasons I wasn’t enjoying myself. I let my mind flow and created a big list. I then went through the list and picked out the key reasons I wasn’t having fun. They were:

1) I kept running out of things to do because each activity kept the kids attention for much briefer periods of time then with older audiences.

2) I like to teach ‘theories,’ because I believe that that level of understanding is key for real learning. Unfortunately, heavy theory doesn’t work well with the youngsters.

3) I felt it was a constant struggle to keep the kids’ attention.

4) I was stressing over whether the kids were actually ‘getting it.’

Well, this was a great start! Having identified these four key factors, all I needed to do was address them. Once again, I turned on the creative muscles and brainstormed out what I could do for each one. After I had that list, I picked out the techniques and ideas that would address the problems. They were:

1) For each show, I created a list of activities that was about twice as long as I thought I needed, so I would never run out of things to do.

2) I created a list of ways to teach the ideas without getting ‘theoretical,’ and committed to trying the new approach (i.e. I let go of my traditional teaching style).

3) Rather than trying to keep entertaining the kids, I decided to add in some hands-on interactive activities throughout the show to get them involved and give them a break.

4) I stopped stressing. I committed to the mentality (which I am paraphrasing from Alan Weiss), ’show up, do the best I can, and go home.’ I had my plan, I would do the best I could and work that plan, and that’s all I could ask of myself.

Lo and behold! The next three shows I did were actually fun! And they were all with kids between 5 and 12 years of age!!

Here are some key lessons from my experience:

1) Address your feelings before it’s too late. Years ago I waited too long and got burnt out. Recently, I addressed it earlier and am much happier.

2) Use your creativity to gain an understanding of what’s bugging you, and then pick the key factors.

3) Use your creativity to create ways of addressing what’s bugging you.

4) Create a plan of what you will do, and commit to working that plan.

5) Make sure you are having fun!!

This article is not specifically about how to teach young ones. Rather, it should serve as a guide for how to use some creativity to add more fun and happiness into your life. Life’s too short to stay unhappy!

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Rebirth from the Ashes
Friday 11 April 2008 @ 3:25 am

The legend of the phoenix can actually be found in several belief systems. It can be traced back to ancient Egypt when it was then known as “Bennu” or Bynw”, a symbol of the sun god Osiris. Osiris was resurrected to life from serving as ruler of the underworld.


Whether this mystical bird is attributed to the Chinese “Feng-huang”, the Jewish “Milcham” or even an emblem of Christ, the legend remains the same…



After serving its life cycle, the phoenix builds a nest and then by the sun and the friction of its own wings, is consumed by fire. It is inevitably reborn from the very ashes. The phoenix is therefore symbolic of resurrection, immortality, and my personal favourite - triumph over adversity.



I has been said repeatedly that there are two types of people in this world: “marathoners” and “sprinters”. Both are ambitious at heart. They set a goal and will pursue it zealously. The only difference is that a sprinter expects to see immediate results and if they do not receive those results, they may get discouraged and give up all together. A marathoner on the other hand, can get side tracked, knocked down, and trampled on, but will refocus and redirect when necessary in order to meet their ultimate goal.



For example, a woman who had planned to lose thirty pounds in three months may be disappointed upon realizing that after the first month, she has only lost six. She had obviously expected to see faster results. But if that same woman takes into consideration that she is more toned or has more stamina, she may alter her official goal. She may decide “I want to go down a few dress sizes”, or “I want to be able to incorporate fitness and nutrition into my lifestyle permanently.” Along the way, she may miss a few morning jogs or go off her so-called diet, but above all, she is patient with herself.



Patience is essential. It’s important to accept that results are not always immediate. Sometimes, they aren’t even tangible. But by just going through the necessary steps, you are on your way, whether you realize it or not. Afterall, the journey of 1000 miles begins with one step. Accepting that the process is slow will likely prevent you from giving up. By altering your original goal, you haven’t fallen short. You’ve simply become aware enough to realize when and where to strategize.



It is very important not to perceive set-backs as failures. Coming down hard on yourself can even crush your spirit. Within your spirit lies your innermost dreams, desires, and your attitude toward life. It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “Some people die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five”.



Some of us passively sit back and watch the rest of life go on because we feel we have had too many set-backs or let-downs to furthur pursue our dreams. Then there are those of us who have felt defeated at one point, but after getting side-tracked, knocked down, and trampled upon, rise up more determined to succeed than ever.

Denni Gill is an up-and-coming Canadian poet.
www.urban-eden.org chronicles her own spiritual growth.
Feedback may be sent to denni@urban-eden.org.

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