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Q&A: How Not to Resettle IDPs
Kenya Environmental & Political News | July 23rd 2008 by Phil
Interview with Prisca Kamungi, Director of the Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Centre NAIROBI, Jul 22 (IPS) - Operation Rudi Nyumbani (Return Home, in Kiswahili), designed to help about 350,000 IDPs living in camps across the country go bac read more
Hundreds Still Displaced in Nairobi
Kenya Environmental & Political News | July 23rd 2008 by Phil
Photo: Allan Gichigi/IRIN IDPs at the Mathare Chief’s camp in Nairobi. NAIROBI, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of Kenyans displaced during post-election violence in early 2008 in the capital, Nairobi, are still in camps more than two mon read more
Music Kick
nicopolitan | July 23rd 2008 by nicopolitan
I spent $600* on this program so it’s damn well appropriate that I should be using it on a frequent basis. But I’ve been thinking, have any of you taken on a creative hobby that sometimes feels like you’re only making minor progress read more
One way to look at the law of attraction
SpaceAgeSage | July 21st 2008 by Lori
Think back if you will to a time you felt the most supported and loved. It doesn’t matter where or when, or if it was a real moment in time or imagined. How did it feel to be so accepted for who and what you are? Where you able to breathe easi read more
The journey to a happy, confident you
SpaceAgeSage | July 20th 2008 by Lori
Mythic heroes in our culture often have their beginnings in obscurity or adversity. Their awakening — be it Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi or Harry Potter becoming a powerful wizard — fascinates us and keeps us coming back for more. Just read more
Handling Insecurity
The Meaning of LIFE | July 17th 2008 by Czy
What is insecurity? Insecurity is: Feeling of not being ``good enough'' to meet the challenge of a situation you face in life. Sense of helplessness in the face of problems, conflict, or concerns. read more
How can we find courage?
The Artist Called To Serve | July 17th 2008 by junrey
As a college student, I enjoy my studies, being part of some ministries in our church and a lot of things. I usually wake up in the morning eagerly and get out of bed and go to school. But one day I became discouraged when I thought about our read more
Ten ways to learn to ‘be yourself’
SpaceAgeSage | July 16th 2008 by Lori
How many times have you heard this phrase in movies or real life, “Just be yourself, and you will be OK”? Following such advice isn’t easy for people who suffer from insecurity. Their past may be filled with moments when “just read more
Seven steps to building confidence with a new worldview
SpaceAgeSage | July 11th 2008 by Lori
Now that I have written posts about the nature of insecurity, its causes, why overcoming insecurity can be so hard, and finding motivation, part one, and part two, time to tackle the specifics about how to overcome insecurity. First, a quick review: read more
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
The Butterfly Temptress | July 11th 2008
Such a long night spent arguing. Fighting. Over and over the same thing, the same circle. Fear and insecurity take over and it’s a full on battle that won’t end until we’ve drawn blood. The same scars are sliced open but the tissue read more
Post-Violence Sex Work Boom in Kenya
Kenya Environmental & Political News | July 11th 2008 by Phil
Photo: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN Desperation limits your options MOMBASA, 9 July 2008 (PlusNews) - Like thousands of other Kenyans, Susan Wairimu, 17, was displaced from her home in the Rift Valley Province’s Molo district during the violenc read more
Intro to parenting
Drowning Pisces | July 10th 2008 by Drowning Pisces
Nina and I were having another one of our conversations about what life is going to be like once I finally get to there. Stuff like… re-arranging furniture, what the garden will look like, schedules (hers, mine, the kids), delving more into the read more
Motivational methods to tackle insecurity, part two
SpaceAgeSage | July 9th 2008 by Lori
Living with a lack of confidence is emotionally draining. It prevents us from fully embracing our own potential and keeps us down. Deciding to stop running from our fears and facing them head on takes motivation. The drive and desire to move beyond i read more
The authentic man is one whom the sunrise never finds where the s…
Meditation Photography | July 9th 2008
Are you living? Is there a dance in your life? Are you moving, growing, risking, taking the challenges of dangerous paths? In the acceptance of the danger, in the acceptance that anything can happen any moment, life comes to its best, to its fullest. read more
Kenya IDPs Hold Out for Better Compensation
Kenya Environmental & Political News | July 8th 2008 by Phil
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN IDPs are choosing to remain in the camps in the hope of a better government compensation package NAKURU, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - Jane Wanjiru Maina, a mother of seven, is tired of living in an internally displaced peo read more
Motivational methods to tackle insecurity, part one
SpaceAgeSage | July 7th 2008 by Lori
If we live with insecurity, then we need extreme motivation to break free of the molasses or concrete holding us in place. Different people are inspired to move forward and make changes by different triggers or catalysts. Some people think they need read more
Self-Esteem – Your Response to Self-Image
Advanced Life Skills | July 7th 2008 by Jonathan Wells
We all have a certain image of ourselves, how we feel about that image will determine our level of self-esteem. Our own mental image may not be totally accurate because people very seldom see themselves as others do. We see ourselves through the wind read more
Why insecurity is so tough to overcome
SpaceAgeSage | July 5th 2008 by Lori
Insecurity hampers our personal growth because it holds us back from moving forward, it prevents us from taking healthy risks, and it fills our lives with varying levels of apprehension, anguish, and anxiety. And yes, it gets worse. As if that wasn&# read more
Kenya IDPs: Nicholas Nyanumba: “We voted but our leaders are no…
Kenya Environmental & Political News | July 3rd 2008 by Phil
Photo: Ann Weru/IRIN Nicholas Nyanumba believes the government’s compensation plan is inadequate NAKURU, 2 July 2008 (IRIN) - Nicholas Nyanumba is one of 12,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) living in a temporary camp set up in the s read more
Insecurity and lack of confidence rooted in the past
SpaceAgeSage | July 2nd 2008 by Lori
If you are plagued by anxiety, often feel vulnerable, and lack confidence, then you know what it is to be insecure. Some people walk around life as shy, sensitive wall flowers because of it. Others mask their insecurity behind bullying, manipulative, read more
Insecurity — the killer of a more abundant life
SpaceAgeSage | June 30th 2008 by Lori
I watched two different television spots this weekend on actor Will Smith, whose newest movie Hancock is out in theaters July 2. One interviewer said Smith is a man “who knows who he is and where he is going.” As I watched Smith in action read more
Funk-Ville
Distelfink Farm | June 26th 2008 by *c*
I think my last post made me sound as if I've got it all figured out. Let me tell you something: I don't. For whatever reason, jealousy over Hubby's time and attention isn't a problem for me. But comparing myself to SW is. I tend to feel pretty inad read more
Kenyan IDP Monica Mumbi: “There is nothing to go back to”
Kenya Environmental & Political News | June 25th 2008 by Phil
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Monica Mumbi at the Navaisha IDP camp NAIVASHA, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - Monica Mumbi left her hometown of Molo, in Rift Valley Province, in February for the Naivasha internally displaced persons (IDP) camp after violence read more
Stressed out? Learn to deactivate your triggers
SpaceAgeSage | June 25th 2008 by Lori
What triggers your fears, insecurities, and anxieties? What stresses you out? Once you know, what can you do about it? How do these triggers that create stress happen and how can they be “deactivated?” It’s hard to relax and take li read more
Insecurity & Education Hold Kenyan IDPs in Camps
Kenya Environmental & Political News | June 24th 2008 by Phil
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Samuel Karanja at Naivasha stadium camp for internally displaced Kenyans NAIVASHA, 24 June 2008 (IRIN) - Samuel Karanja was a resident of Narok North district in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province until he was displaced read more
That Little Green Monster
Distelfink Farm | June 24th 2008 by *c*
Jealousy seems to be a popular topic on polygamy forums and websites. People want to know what to do about that little green monster. When we were new to polygamy, this was an important topic for me. The idea of sharing my husband wasn't so bad, but read more
Mount Elgon, Kenya: A Terrorized Population in Desperate Need of…
Kenya Environmental & Political News | June 19th 2008 by Phil
BRUSSELS/NAIROBI - June 17 - The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an immediate increase in assistance for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, and an end to read more
Two Views of Father’s Day
Advanced Life Skills | June 15th 2008 by Jonathan Wells
Yesterday I wrote about fathers and would be fathers, who might be suffering the blues while others are celebrating Father’s Day. Today I want to talk about the children who may have mixed emotions about this celebration. As much as we don read more
My Final Heaven.
Cicatrix Manet~ | June 14th 2008 by Phyxius
Ever since I was a wee-bit of a boy, I’ve always had this “obsession”, I guess you can call it, with this term I had read in a book or game of some sort. It’s been so long I really can’t remember where exactly I first he read more
Fae - Who I Am and Where I’m Going, VS What My Mother Wanted Me…
The Soccer Moms' Guide to Wicca | June 12th 2008 by wiccamoms
In response to yesterday’s blog about my midlife crisis, Amy said, “I think one thing that would help is to release any expectations about where you SHOULD be, and be where you ARE.” I left out a section about this very thing last n read more
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