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	Dr JOY Madden BellaOnline's Self Development Editor

Challenges – Welcome Them and Grow
Life is full of challenges. Do you know how far you can push yourself with them? Do you know what is even more challenging than dangerous sports? As part of your ongoing self development and personal growth, find out how you can use challenges to empower yourself and live the life that YOU want.

Cheese and Dreams and Self Development
What is the connection between cheese, dreams and self development? Many people believe that eating cheese before bed gives you a restless night and bad dreams. Self development is concerned with ensuring that your body and mind are in tip top condition. Does cheese really upset this balance?

Childhood Memories – Eating Silver
Throughout life you get flashbacks to childhood memories. What is amazing is how your brain stores every snippet of information on your life, only to resurrect it when you least expect this. This self development article is on a childhood memory of Eating Silver!

Fingerprints and Your Character
Fingerprints have been studied for centuries and are believed to be an indication of your true character. This self development article shows how your fingerprints might tell you more about someone's character and personality than you think.

Goose Bumps and What They Tell You
No one really knows why humans experience goose bumps, goose pimples or goose flesh. This self development article discusses various reasons for experiencing them. If you analyse what produces yours and when they occur, can you use this as another tool in your self development tool kit?

Smells That Make You Smile
It is fascinating that there are certain smells that make you smile instantly. Research has shown that smells can affect your mind and behaviour more than you might think. This self development article discusses smells that make you smile. How might you use these to your advantage?

True Growth and Self Development
This self development article on true growth gives an insight into how this differs from artificial growth and why it is critical, when seeking happiness and success in your work or social life, to develop your inner core first.

Valentine’s Day – How Love Affects You
Saint Valentine's Day (or Valentine's Day) is celebrated on 14th February in the UK and celebrates love. This self development article is about the positive effects of love and being in love, from medical and scientific perspectives.

Watches – What They Say About You
Watches and what they say about you is more important than you think! Many think that you show yourself to others through your shoes, briefcase, jewellery, handbag, suit, car, computer or phone. However, this self development article shows how your wrist watch says more about you than any of those.

What Affects Your Driving – Are Women Better
As this self development article shows, the way you drive can be affected by several variables including music, personality, age, profession, vision, etc. Your sex is perhaps the most controversial of those and will probably remain so for as long as people are driving.

What is Your Unique Talent ?
Have you ever thought about your unique or special talent? After all, your DNA is unique. Yet few people put aside self development time to think about their uniqueness and consider if it could make them happier, more famous or richer. Do you know what YOUR special talent is and what to do with it?

What Your Car Colour Says About You
Do you know what your car colour says about you? Research has shown that your car colour can reveal secrets about your personality, moods, emotions, outlook on life, etc. If you were aware of these effects, from a self development point of view how would you use this information?

What Your Tie Colour Says About You
The colour of your tie is said to give away more information about you than most other accessories in your wardrobe. Why? As explained in this self development article, your tie or necktie is often used to give others a little peak into your true personality.