Smart Woman Guides™ Articles on Spirituality

Smart Woman Viewpoint

Being in tune with your spirit and taking time for ritual and worship and gratitude is a very Smart Woman thing to do.

Everyone has their own view of what God is, and they call that Creative Source many names. Some even choose not to believe in it at all. Through love, tolerance, and forgiveness, we can allow and encourage all points of view even when they greatly diverge from our own. That is the beginning of peace.

To me, spirituality has little to do with religion or what you call your God. It's a communion with the unknown. It's the seeking and finding of meaning. It's the giving up the need for control to just be. It's knowing your Spirit and your purpose. And we can all practice it as we wish.

Nine Ways to Explore Your Life Purpose: Do you ever feel stuck or confused about what your next step is in your career, relationship or life? If you’re like many of us, this confusion and indecision can drain your energy and motivation. One way to gain focus and clarity is to explore your life purpose. According to Buckminster Fuller, a well-known inventor from the twentieth century, you can learn about your life purpose by exploring the life purpose of a honeybee: (Click here to read more)

Confession of an (overly responsible) Woman: Up until about a year ago, I was one of those people who try to have everything under control, who try to fix everything themselves, and most of all - never, ever ask for help nor accept it when helping hand is offered...

This kind of life can be rough on a performer because things (sometimes small and most likely large) keep getting out of hands. By the time you fix one flaw, there are already three new ones sprouting and bursting into life on the other side of the guarded territory...(Click here to read more)

Dr. Wayne Dyer is one of my most favorite modern philosophers. He provides no-nonsense, heartfelt guidance on having a deeper, more meaningful relationship with your self and your spirituality. Great stuff!

• Aging

• Beauty

• Career

• Confidence and Self-Esteem

• Creativity

• Education

• Entrepreneurship

• Empowerment

• Family

• Finances

• Fun

• Health

• Intuition

• Natural Lifestyle

• Relationships

• Relaxation

• Sex and Sensuality

• Social Responsibility

• Spirituality

Other interesting articles... 

Aging:

Early Menopause And Your Emotions: Learning that you’re going through premature menopause can be devastating and it’s not unusual to suddenly fall into a period of depression (Click here to read more)

Beauty:

Beauty Secrets Of A Traveling Woman: 10 Simple Tips: Let’s face it, life on the go is challenging. Though, we still want to look our best on the road. When traveling for business you’re busy. (Click here to read more)

Career:

Is Being a WAHM For You?: Working from home can be a scary thing. Going through the motions to get to that point can be even scarier! A ton of questions go through your mind-  (Click here to read more)

Confidence and Self-Esteem:

Who’s Your Everybody?: What will Everybody think? How often have you uttered those words, or some form of them? I recently read Martha Beck’s fabulous ‘Finding Your Own North Star’, a must-read (Click here to read more)

Creativity:

On Writing Poetry: My mother was an amateur artist who specialized in portraits. In spite of the fact that her art teacher told her she had too much talent for commercial art,  (Click here to read more)

Education:

Online Learning Offers Great Opportunities for Women: It's a good time to be a working woman in the United States.  (Click here to read more)

Empowerment:

The Power of Women:  Women and men have been attempting to re-define women as long as I've been alive, and long before that.  (Click here to read more)

Entrepreneurship:

Aware Entrepreneurs - Three Practices to Blend Spirituality with Meaningful Work:  (Click here to read more)

Family:

How to Shift from Daddy's Girl to Dad's Caregiver: Have you ever wondered how you can give back to your parents emotionally what they have given you?  (Click here to read more)

Finances:

Seven Prosperity Principles: Simple Rules to Attaining Wealth: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason was one of the first books I read  (Click here to read more)

Fun:

Amp Up Your Power of Attraction by Having Fun: How do you answer the question – “What do you do for fun?” Before I lightened up  and accepted that life is supposed to be fun, I was often stumped by (Click here to read more)

Health:

Holiday Happiness with Less: Are you crazy yet? In this frenetic space between Thanksgiving and the end of year holidays, everywhere I look I see it - those tight jaws and sunken eyes,  (Click here to read more)

Intuition:

Trust Your Intuition: This past year I made a significant transition in my life. I moved – across country. As I considered the many decisions I had to make, I frequently listened to my intuition and checked in with my feelings to guide me. (Click here to read more)

Natural Lifestyle:

Improve Your Health with Natural Foods: Remember the movie that came out recently where the fellow ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? If you saw the movie. (Click here to read more)

Relationships:

Relationships: Control or Kindness: What do you see when you look at your partner?
When Carmella looks at Rudy, she sees his insecurity and withdrawal, which she does not find attractive.  (Click here to read more)

Relaxation:

Stress-Busters: 4 Relaxation Tips for Busy Women: If you are anything like countless other women on the planet, you often fly through the day, busy with work, busy with family,  (Click here to read more)

Sex and Sensuality:

"Peaches": There’s a ceremony in Tantra that involves naming your genitalia. The Quodoushka teachings, a western tradition of sacred sexuality, contain information about reconnecting to your genital sense of Self.  (Click here to read more)

Social Responsibility:

Enlightening Your Internal Environment: Do Unto Others: In this life, one thing we can be certain of is that not only is it not always about us, it's actually very rarely about us.  (Click here to read more)