http://consciouslifeskills.com/blog life coaching and counselling tips for conscious living Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:06:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone searches for and finds his or her own identity through a wide variety of experiences and expressions.     Often a system of personal symbols can express that identity. A symbol is a term, a name or an image that contains specific associations in addition to its obvious everyday meaning.  For ... http://consciouslifeskills.com/blog/?p=7 A defining moment is a moment in which you realize something about life and about yourself. It can occur in the midst of experiencing an event belief or person or with hindsight and reflection after the moment has passed. The phrase, "a defining moment",  popped into my head during an experience I had ... http://consciouslifeskills.com/blog/?p=5 Around Christmas and New Year, there is usually a frenzied buying bonanza of gifts for friends and family, and catching up with people you haven't seen for a long time. A friend of mine who spent Christmas on their own recently remarked to me, that any day can be special and ... http://consciouslifeskills.com/blog/?p=3