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True success has many dimensions, such as health and well-being, financial security, a home and office you love, and other important aspects of a satisfying life. We have discovered a wealth of web sites devoted to these more specialized areas of life improvement and we invite you to check them out. As always, use your own good sense when exploring the Internet.

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Well-being and Health

Al-anon - www.al-anon.org
Alcoholics Anonymous - www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
American Massage Therapy Association - www.amtamassage.org
American Psychiatric Association - www.psych.org 202-682-6000
Attention Deficit Disorder Association - www.add.org
CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - www.chadd.org
Find a Therapist: 1-800-therapist (1-800-843-7274)
Healthfinder® (A gateway website for health & human services from the US government) -www.healthfinder.gov
Healthy Meals Delivered to your home: 888-344-diet
Information & Links about alternative therapies - www.alternativedr.com
Insurance quotes - www.insuremarket.com
International Massage Association - www.imagroup.com/default.html
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - www.jcaho.org
National Committee for Quality Assurance (Healthcare) - www.ncqa.org
National Depression Screening Project - 800-573-4433
National Directory of Drug Abuse & Alcoholism Treatment & Prevention Programs - www.health.org/search/treatdir97.htm
National Domestic Violence Hotline Referral Service - 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
National Mental Health Association - www.nmha.org800-969-6642
National Sleep Foundation - www.sleepfoundation.org
Spa Finders - www.spafinders.com

Spiritual Well-being

World Wide Online Meditation Center - www.meditationcenter.com Offers instruction and tapes.
Intuition Network - www.intuition.org

Book: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. By Susan Jeffers, Fawcett Books, reissue Feb. 92
Book: Mutant Message Down Under. By Carlo Morgan, Harper-Collins reprint Aug 95.
Book: How Much Joy Can You Stand: A Creative Guide to Facing Your Fears and Making Your Dreams Come True. By Susanne Falter-Barnes, Wellspring Rev & Updt. June 00.
Book: It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness by Sylvia Boorstein. Harper San Francisco March 97
Book: Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat With Sylvia Boorstein by Sylvia Boorstein. Harper San Francisco March 96
Book: The Psychic Pathway: A workbook for Reawakening The Voice of Your Soul by Sonia Choquette. Crown Pub April 95
Book: Practical Intuition: How to Harness the Power of your Instinct and Make it Work for You by Laura Day. Broadway Books, reprint Oct 97
Book: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra. Amber-Allen Jan. 95
Book: You Already Know What To Do: 10 Invitations to the Intuitive Life by Sharon Franquemont. Tarcher/Putnam 2000
Book: Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles by Marianne Williamson. Harper Collins reissue edition May 96
Intuition Magazine On-Line - www.intuitionmagazine.com

Physical Environment

American Personal Chef Association - www.personalchef.com/pclinks.htm
American Society of Interior Designers Referral Service - www.interiors.org
California Closets - www.calclosets.com
Direct Marketing Association (to remove your name from mailing lists) Mail Preference Service, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale NY 11735
Feng Shui Guild - www.fengshuiguild.com 303-442-8199
Maid Brigade - www.maidbrigade.com/home.html 1-800-613-9856
National Association of Professional Organizers - www.napo.net
Real Estate - www.realtor.com (search for homes in your area)

Money/Finances

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - www.aicpa.org
Banking, Mortgage & Finance Center (Get loan quotes) - www.banxquote.com
Credit Counseling Center of America -www.cccamerica.org 800-493-2222
Institute of Certified Financial Planners - www.icfp.org 800-322-4237
Living Trusts & Wills - www.completetrusts.com
The Motley Fool (Financial advice & more) - www.fool.com
SaveWealth.com's Guide to Wills - www.saveweallth.com/planning/estate/wills.html
Suze Orman - www.suzeorman.com (great resources for investing)
Yahoo Finance - finance.yahoo.com
ZDNet's Money machine - www.zdnet.com/zdtv/moneymachine/

Book: 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman. Crown Pub., April 97

Bankruptcy

American Bankruptcy Institute Consumer Information Center - www.abiworld.org/consumer/A.html
Bankruptcy & Financial Wellness Center - www.bk-info.com/mh2.htm
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys - http://nacba.com

Check or Clear Your Credit Rating

Consumer Credit/CCCS - 800-388-2227
Consumer Credit & Budget Counseling, Inc. - www.cc-bc.com/
CreditComm Service - 800-789-9952
Myvesta.org (formerly Debt Counselors of America) - www.myvesta.org
Debtors Anonymous - www.debtorsanonymous.org
Equifax - www.equifax.com/consumer/consumer.htm 800-685-1111
Experian - www.experian.com 800-643-3334
Trans-Union Corp. - www.TUC.com 800-916-8800

Tax Info.

Internal Revenue Service - www.irs.ustreas.gov
IRS publications & Forms - www.irs.ustreas.gov/plain/forms_pubs/

Small Business

American Business Women's Association - www.abwahq.org
Assist U - www.assistu.com (For "virtual" Assistants)
Credit Bureau Systems (Collections & Receivable Management) - www.creditbureau.com 800-688-0048
GE Capital Small Business Finance - www.ge.com/capital/smallbiz/index.htm
International Association of Administrative Professionals - www.psi.org
Jan Jasper. Would you like to spend more time on high-payoff tasks and less time dealing with crises and miniutia? Jan Jasper helps busy people who face complex time and task management problems. She's the author of "Take Back Your Time: How to Regain Control of Work, Information, & Technology." - www.janjasper.com
National Association of Women Business Owners - www.nawbo.org 800-556-2926
The National Business Association - www.nationalbusiness.org
OSI Collection Services, Inc. (Accounts Receivable Management Service) - www.osi-receivables.com http://www.osi-receivables.com 800-487-2005
Quicken's Small Business - www.quicken.com/small_business
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) - www.score.org
U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE) - www.usasbe.org
US Patent & Trademark Office - www.uspto.gov
U.S. Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov
Working Solo - www.workingsolo.com

Entrepreneur Magazine on-line - www.entrepreneurmag.com (Offers tips, new, and everything you need to start, run or grow a business)

Career

America's Job Bank - www.ajb.dni.us/index.html
Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) - www.aesc.org 212-398-9556
Business Law Lounge - www.lectlaw.com/bus.html (Law library to do your own research)
CareerBuilder - www.careerbuilder.com (a search engine that searches nearly all other internet job sites. Also offers resume help, interview, tips, etc.)
Career Path.com - www.CareerPath.com
The CEO Club -www.ceo-clubs.org/home.html
Internet Job Locator - www.joblocator.com/jobs/
Lawyers.com - www.lawyers.com (Locate and find info about Lawyers in your area by specialty)
Non-profit & Volunteerism - www.idealist.org A clearing house of non-profit and volunteer resources
Occupational Outlook Handbook (how too find information about specific occupations) stats.gov/ocohome.htm
Online network for careers, with resume posting and job search - www.monster.com
Sales & Marketing Executives International - www.smei.org 770-661-8500
Society for Human Resource Management - www.shrm.org
Toastmasters International (Presentation Skills) - www.toastmasters.org 800-993-7732

Book: The Directory of Executive Recruiters, Kennedy Publications, reprint Nov 2001
Book: The New Career Makers by John Sibbald, Harper-Business
Book: Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement. By Anthony Robbins, Fireside, reprint De. 97
Book: Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical & Financial Destiny. By Anthony Robbins, Fireside, reprint Jan 93
Book: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. By Stephen Covey, Fireside, reprint Aug. 90.

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