Receive original short articles on personal development, motivation, self growth, spirituality, and stress management. This free ezine content brings you the best of both Eastern and Western models of health and well-being. All articles are written by Charlie Badenhop, the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist.

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Charlie sends you his articles twice a month. Each article is about 600 words long. Feel free to browse the past articles – the list is below.

You have permission to publish these articles electronically, free of charge. Our only requirements are the following: 1. Our byline as shown in each article is included with an active link to our website. 2. You send a courtesy copy of your publication to seishin@seishindo.org. 3. You do not sell our material to others. 4. You keep the content of our material intact without any editing whatsoever.

Unsolicited Testimonial

Hello Charlie,
I am a new subscriber to your articles. I find that they touch me in a way that is so suggestive of the oriental body arts you frequently refer to. I also love their simplicity, there lack of artifice, making their lesson even more suggestive. It shows their soul. Please keep sending them.
Best wishes,
Philippe Truffert,
a certified international professional coach and an international executive search consultant
www.carpe-diem-coaching.com

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Here are articles you can use:

• Twelve fundamental premises of Seishindo
• Adopt The Wisdom of Aikido to Achieve a Peaceful Victory Over Anger
• Reading the Body in Dance
• Narratives and Neural Winds
• Correctness, Profound Truth, and Paradox
• Your Heart's Desire
• The Role of the Mind in Healing
• Educating the Will
• The Mind's Eye
• Things that Last
• Foundations: The Ericksonian Legacy and Self-relations Psychotherapy
• Mirror Work
• The Expansion and Contraction of Being
• The Paradox of Surrender: Finding Strength and Wisdom in the Struggle
• Our Clients, Our Teachers
• Liminal Spaces and Transformation
• Growing Up With Music
• Peak Performance States in Aikido Philosophy
• Self Hypnosis
• Healthy Home, Healthy Mind
• There is no more important person to love than yourself
• Learning From Life
• Have you been lucky in life?
• The tyranny of "What if...?"
• The Ki of Aikido - "Energy", "Self" and "Mind" in Aikido Philosophy
• I hope you are not too proud to learn from a dog
• Emptiness and the Relational-self
• No Thinking, No Suffering
• The Paradox of One And Many in Aikido Philosophy

What e-Publishers say about Charlie Badenhop’s articles

Dear Charlie,
We have included your article in our latest online issue of Your Life! Magazine. Thank you for providing such valuable free content for our readers. Your work is appreciated.
Best Regards,
Pamela La Gioia
Senior Editor,
Your Life! Magazine
Reading for women with real lives.
www.yourlifemagazine.com

Hi Inessa,
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve just published Charlie’s “The Clock is Ticking” article on Natural Bloom. Thanks once again for continuing to send Charlie’s inspirational writing to us!
Best Wishes,
Catherine Doyle, Editor
www.naturalbloom.com

Charlie: I was entranced by your lucky/unlucky article. May I use it in my ezine or on my website in the month of June? My site is www.humansrv.net. Thanks for your reply.
Stephania (a.k.a.’Gram’),
Tidbits from the Pantry ezine

Hello Charlie,
I enjoyed reading your article very much. I am always looking for uplifting and motivational articles. I am looking forward to reading more of your articles and sharing them with the readers of Sunny Days.
Best Wishes,
Stephany
Publisher of Sunny Days
SunnyDays4ever.com

Dear Charlie,
Thank you so much for the wonderful article! I think my readers will greatly appreciate the words of wisdom presented and I would be honored to publish your article in an upcoming issue of The Art of Living Well. Thanks again for taking the time to offer something so wonderful!
Live Well and Dream Huge,
Kathy Browning
Cancer Comfort
www.cancercomfort.com

Wow, Charlie! Thanks for sharing this wonderful article.
Lic. Christina C. Keimig P.
Coordinadora, Unidad Académica de Idiomas
Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, Plantel León
groups.yahoo.com/group/BusyMoms

Hello Charlie,
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ll be using your article, “A Small Piece of Carpet,” in The Written Wisdom 3-29-04 issue on Self-Esteem. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with The Written Wisdom readers.
Take Care,
Tamela Meredith Partridge
Editor, The Written Wisdom
tmp@mtco.com

Hi Charlie,
I’ll include an article of yours in our next newsletter as attached below. And I’ve added a collection of Charlie’s articles to the Counterpoint article index on my site. www.trans4mind.com. Many thanks and best regards,

Peter Shepherd

Dear Mr. Badenhop:
We have included more of your exceptional writing this month in our online Ezine The Enchanted Spirit. Thank you again. Have a great
day … and stay in touch. I do like your work!
Best regards,
Rebecca Brents
Rebecca@EnchantedSpirit.com

Charlie: I just love your writing, and the way your mind works. The story of the parrot is wonderful. You can bet I’ll print it. Thanks again.
Stephania Munson
Tidbits from the Pantry
We’re about healthy relationships, life, and growth.

[Learning From Life] That is the MOST AWESOME Article! WOW Thank you!
Michelle Plummer
American Home Mortgage
Monterey Branch

Dear Friends,
We have visited your website, Seishindo at www.seishindo.org and found it to be a very uplifiting experience. We look forward to publishing Charlie Badenhop’s articles on our site eSpiritCenter, an online commmunity for spiritual travelers, at www.espirit-center.com. We have also subscribed to your newsletter to be informed when new articles are published. Thank you for your time and generosity. Blessings,
Anita Asman
eSpiritCenter – www.espirit-center.com
The Aumara Light & Healing Circle – www.aumara.com

Charlie, I thoroughly enjoyed your article on The Rewards and Risks of Personal Freedom and used it as a Guest Article in my ezine Keys to Success which was
broadcast today. Many thanks for making your material available.
Carol Gegner
Author and Editor
Keys_to_Success@lists.webvalence.com

Hello Mr. Badenhop,
This is Linda Riley from Small Business Brief. I was just letting you know I used your article “What is the basis for your self confidence?” on my site. I thoroughly enjoyed it and wanted to share it with my readers. I gladly included byline and a link to your site. Thank You,
Linda Riley
Editor, Small Business Brief

Charlie,
As I’ve told you before, I love your writing! I am printing two of your articles. … Thanks again for sending me all of your great articles. People really do need to read/and think about them. I always get a ‘chill’ from your words, and morals.
Stephania Munson, Tidbits from the Pantry ezine

Hi Charlie,
Thank you for the excellent article! I’ve added it to our site.
Lyman Dale Reed, Jr.
Inspiration, Motivation, and Wisdom for Living
www.motiration.com

[We-dentity-"We Belong Together"] this is great, Charlie… i’ll use it in next week’s ezine!
Coach Eva
www.LeadingEdgeCoaching.com