This is an additional list of 62 personal development blogs to watch in 2010, the concept has been pioneered by Problogger who encouraged building a list within your niche. I have been inspired by Steven Aitchison’s list which I have built on rather than reiterate , Although I have been soooo… tempted to add some of my favourite bloggers form Steven’s list.
My concept of personal development is defined by skills, shared personal experiences ,knowledge, awareness which contributions and enhances an individual experience(s) subsequently leading to increased understanding and personal growth . Enjoy as you breeze through 
Please note this list is placed in no particular order ..
1, Symphony of Love; love and inspiration; Symphony of Love aims to bring you love and inspiration. To advocate the love for each other through mutual understanding and respect for each other difference.
2, The wisdom wall ; is a place where you can share the lessons you have learned in life. There is no specific format of the content you can submit, so be creative. The purpose of this is for you to share the lessons you have learned in life so far.
3,The Emotion Machine ; site is not about finding the same ordinary solutions to everyday problems – but to push the envelope – to look at problems from a different perspective and then use our hearts and minds to think and act accordingly.TheEmotionMachine.com wishes to prescribe to all of humanity is more meaning and purpose. The meaningful life is one of personal power, insofar as it is a life that is self-defined and self-determined, and a creative product of one’s own mind.
4,Serendipity Smiles, Serendipity is God’s Way of Acting Anonymously .Peggy Nolan presents Integrity, Commitment to Excellence, Stubbornly Optimistic. Mom & StepMom. Inspired writer, yoga teacher, Thai Kickboxer. Helping others help themselves.
5, Potential 2 success ; Jean-Paul shows ways to set and reach goals, how to Gain and display confidence in everything you do, how to enjoy financial freedom by learning how to master your money How to use the power of words and speech to motivate, persuade, converse with, or inspire anyone, How to Explore and define your purpose in life and many more.
6, Productive Flourishing ; Charlie says the backbone of this blog is the Aristotelian idea that you are what you repeatedly do. We become creative by doing creative things, just as we learn to become more productive by developing good habits and systems that help us do the important things we need to be doing. Since we become by doing, you can’t separate personal development (becoming) from productivity (doing) – this is one of the roots of the concept of meaningful action.
7,The Melindaville Blog ; Melinda Roberts tells her story to inspire others if they desire change in their own lives and to increase awareness about the need for free and available treatment in our society.
8,This time This Space ; Time thief interests are focused on mind, body, spirit, nature and relationships. I enjoy being outdoors immersed in nature, meditation, reading, music, art, humor, yoga
9, Out Of Context: pieces of a life ; shares Aphorisms. Meditations on life. Nothingprofound is a poet at heart A lover of life An iconoclast with nihilistic tendencies My politics is friendship My philosophy is happiness.
10, Virtual Synapses , its all in your Mind; Ryhen Here at Virtual Synapses, says we present a threefold (holistic) perspective on personal development. The author has a strong impression that humor, intelligence, and disbelief are key elements to the overall growth of a person. These elements are associated with the understanding of three other aspects of the human organism namely: the body (for humor), the mind (for intelligence), and the external environment (for disbelief).
11,The Guys Perspective; explores relationships from Guys point of views. We each have our frame of reference, our own viewpoint, but we’re all guys. We can be serious and funny. We pen informative essays, humorous scripts, cartoons and answer dating and relationship questions
12, A Daring Adventure ,Life Coaching ; Tim Brownson says I’m not a counselor although I do work with people that have been working, or are working with, counselors. I’m not a job coach even though I often work closely with people that are looking to change careers. And unfortunately, I’m also not a magician, although some of the results my clients achieve are pretty magical.
13, Knowledge Reform; Jason Copper says this humble blog will hope to provide you with philosophical advice for you to change your life for the better. Through the guidance of inspirational words of wisdom, self-improvement and self-help I will try to encourage you to embrace wisdom within your mind and spirit towards personal growth, motivation and self-empowerment.
14, Freestyle Mind ; In June 2009 Oscar Del Ben started this blog with the intention of touching other people’s life by providing real world information on personal development and personal experiments regarding all areas of life.
15 Blogging Without A Blog ;Barbara Swafford welcomes you to the Blogging Without A Blog (BWAB) virtual blogging classroom. We’ll make you think, share some links, and listen to what you have to say
16, Sources of Insight ; J.D. Meier Over the course of leading many projects, many teams, and many adventures, Says I’ve learned how to get results and balance life. I continuously invest in what I call my “Life Frame”, which is the hot spots in life: Mind, Body, Emotions, Career, Financial, Relationships, and Fun. I continuously study these hot spots on a quest for the best insights and actions, for work and life. I’m a fan of finding and sharing the principles, patterns and practices that work in the real-world under extreme conditions.
17, Passing Thru ; Betsy Wuebker at Passing Thru says some of our journeys involve travel. Others occur in our thoughts and dreams. The best are those that are shared. That’s the only reason, in our view, why anyone would be. . . passing thru.
18,The Jungle of Life ; asks So what is “The Jungle of Life”? Good question… Life can seem like a jungle sometimes, overgrown with all the “things” that are in our life. The animals that consume us (debt, busy-ness, work, family, etc) lurking around every corner. Here at “The Jungle of Life” I’m looking for you to walk through this jungle with me as I look at ways to tame this jungle we call our lives. Join me on the journey as we discover more about who we are and what makes us each unique.
19, Jannie Funster ; Jannie Funster, blogs like there’s no tomorrow (or today!) I write and sing songs. I run and fling my bra into tall trees on moonlit snowy nights. I whistle and skip most everywhere I go. I fandango in grocery aisles.
20, Lionslinger, Everyone is entitled to a Lion’sShare. claim yours! ; Walter says I’m just an ordinary man who has so many things circling on his mind. Even though, I pursue to shed some light on some of the things that affects us human—the way we think, the way we act and the way we live.Some of my articles are diverse: from philosophy to religion to current events. I know some of my reader will not agree on what I have written, but I will appreciate to know their opinion on my lack: after all, I’m just as fallible as everyone else.
21, Angel’s Hair; Angelshair blogs about Personal growth and positive thinking are important axis in my life and I love to share my thoughts and finds about these subjects.
22,Stirring the Deep; Rachel Dwyer says My passion is to help and encourage fellow Christians to come out of the shallow waters of man’s doctrine that keep us in bondage and dive into the depths of God’s truths that bring freedom and true life. Many Christians are in a spiritual recession. They are trapped in afflictions, frustrated, and spiritually starved.
22, Be Encouraged; Inspiration and good news; Lynn E. Hubbard of ‘Be Encourage’ is a licensed social worker and author of eleven fictional novels. Her non- fiction book Be Encouraged:Words Of Sunlight For The Soul is a collection of inspirational essays and poems, and includes practical tools for dealing with life issues.
24, Life’s Many Lessons; Is all about how our life lessons have influenced who we are today. We gain strength and inspiration from sharing our life lessons, as well as enriching the lives of others.
25, Guiding Friend ;Our aim is to bring you the truth about Islam and its true message to the world. Whole world is under a constant misconception that Islam preaches terrorism and is a religion of hatred. We as the follower of Islam feels the pain, when we come across the news from various sources that spreads wrong information about Islam.Hence we show the world what Islam is all about and how lovely and true is its teachings.
26, Just Diamonds ; Clarence has created this blog as a means to share and inspire others through my personal thoughts of day to day lifestyles and events that like “diamond nuggets”, can last forever.
27,Authentic Self Coaching; Patrick Schriel provides Personal Development, Life Coaching & Conscious Living – Achieve Your Full Potential.
28, Happymaking ; Heather Kephart says I actively surround myself with passionate, creative, inspirational people who don’t take themselves too seriously. Blogging, and sharing my domestic and writing adventures with you, is what keeps me relatively sane.
29,Three Wisdoms ; Rose Belle of Three Wisdoms says I’m a mother of three kids. One thing that I truly enjoy is listening to life stories from family, friends, and peers as their stories are beautiful and inspiring. My mom tells me: the wise learns from other people’s mistakes. I sure have learned a great deal just by listening to other people’s personal experiences. So for me, it’s these simple ideas: Live. Learn. Love. Cherish. Thrive.
30, Joy of Jesus An online church to address issues of faith,love, and salvation. We provide prayer, devotion,education and insight for spiritual development.
31,Positivity Present; This Blog focuses on all things positive — quotes, books, stories, songs, situations, people, blogs, websites, ideas, images, notions, emotions. Anything and everything positive has a home here.
32, Aliventures, Getting More From Life; Ali of Aliventures says this is where I wrestle with the really big questions and – hopefully – where I help you to find answers. I’m interested in getting more from life, and helping you to do the same. I’m finding out why we have great intentions but don’t act on them, why we get motivated and fired up for new projects only to abandon them days later, why we struggle to change even when we really want to.
33, Ideas with a Kick ; Eduard says I aim to assist people develop their communication skills and I take a broad, development-as-a-whole perspective on it. It’s a journey of growth I’m taking myself, as well as being a guide on it for others.
34, Everyone Needs Therapy ; Therapy Doc Says this social work blog reflects my multi-disciplinary scholarship, academic degrees, and all kinds of letters after my name to make me feel big.. The blog is NOT to diagnose, treat, or replace human to human legal, psychological or medical professional advice. References to people, with the exception of myself, and events except those about me, and even some of those, are entirely fictional
35, Blogging Behavioral; Sandy Andrews, Ph.D. a licensed clinical psychologist says My treatment orientation is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Systems Theory. My blog’s intent (and they all have one, whether they admit it or not) is to share some of what I know about clinical psychology and perspectives gained from across the couch.
36, Therapeutic Ramblings ; says I’m just a guy trying to enjoy life, and give something back before all is said and done. I’m an introvert in an extrovert’s body, and I’m trying to still find that balance. The human condition is both an area of interest, as well as an area of complete frustration. I’m currently finishing up a Doctorate in Psychology, amongst other things. My blog is a work in progress, much like my life.
37, Love on Wheelz ; hotwheelzrc is a 20 year old kid with Muscular Dystrophy living in San Diego. Having MD means that my day-to-day life is very surreal compared to that of most normal people. I say “normal” because I know that I am different than 98 percent of the population, no matter what my family tries to tell me. I still try to be as normal as possible, though, because deep down I’m still very insecure about myself. My attempts at being normal almost always end up in hilarious reminders that I’m not. This website is a collection of my experiences trying to live as a regular student, friend, brother, and son.
38, Of Two Minds; Shelley Batts is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Michigan . She studies hair cell regeneration in the cochlea and is trying to finish that quixotic quest called ‘thesis.’ She lies awake at night pondering how science intersects with politics, culture, policy, money, medicine, and religion in an attempt to be more than just a niche scientist sitting in the oh-so-lovely ivory tower. Follow me and my parrot, Pepper, on our quest to finish my PhD, land a post-doc, and stay sane.
39, The Naked Soul, a Journey of awareness; tobeme says this blog is about my spiritual journey. I will be writing about various subjects that affect my life and understanding of my soul. Therefore I am open to talk about a wide range of subjects, some of the subjects that I will speak to will be love, relationships, connectivity, the ego, the soul, eternal life.
40, Simple Productivity Blog; LJ Earnest says My personal philosophy is that the quicker I get through the stuff I have to do, the faster I can move on to the stuff I want to do I blend things I have learned into a personal system. I recognize we’re all individuals, and I believe that as a result, no one system is going to fit everyone. This cafeteria approach suits me, and gives me the freedom to try new techniques. As a result, my readers get to see the results of what happens – and I do it without hiding sometimes spectacular failures, or wonderful successes.
41, Erasing the Bored ,uplifting and creative motivation for living change ; SuZen says A bird does not sing because it has an answer……it sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb…….I have many songs. I also have a great family and a little buddy, Mondo, my yorkie-poo, a daily companion even on the treadmill, the cutie
42 Living Happiness ; Chania Girl says I believe in positive thinking , we are what we think , if we focus on the positive, our lives will abound in postive things. The same is true with the negative.
43 I Choose Bliss. Net ; says Society Labels me as handicap, but I am simply a mother, wife, poetess and child of God. I am on a journey, which I hope will enrich my life as well as those who may read my words.
44, Life, Laugh & Lemming; Say A life crisis can take the wind out of your sails. But any crisis, big or small, can be the catalyst for a kick arse life if you let it. And so was born Life, Laughs & Lemmings, an experiment in going from crisis (for me, an unwanted divorce) to kick arse (check out the video to the left or hang out here for a while). So if you want to dust off your dreams, get ‘em happening and live like you mean it, you’ve come to the right place! Welcome and thanks for stopping by.
45, Growing Happiness; is a blog about sharing growth, gratitude and inspiration. Despite its name, Growing Happiness is not about gardening
46, Writing to Survive; Jennifer Trinkle is a writer. Before she became a writer, she became a mother. Before she became a mother, she went to culinary school. And before that, she was a librarian, working in the government and nonprofit sectors.
47, Express yourself to Success ! ; This website was created in 2007 by Laurie Wilhelm to be a “one-stop e-source” focusing on information, tips and techniques on interpersonal relationship skills, social skills, public speaking, negotiating and conflict resolution. Its purpose is to offer you useful and practical information that will result in:
48,Dream a Happy Life! ; Jeanne Intrepid says.Getting to the happy life Mind set ;My short stories on learning from life experiences.
49, Jill Kemerer, Motivation and Encouragement from One Writer to Another; Jill spends her days writing inspirational contemporary romance novels and dreaming of the beach. When not hanging out with her family and eating chocolate, she’s spoiling her gigantic Himalayan cat.
50, Faithful’s Devotions writes to use my talent for writing for the Lord and decide to use my second blog to write daily devotions. I hope you’ll enjoy them.
51, Jesus Knows YOU Best Blogs to improve and enlighten your perspective on life, empower yourself and gain Wisdom…visit JESUSKNOWSYOUBEST.BLOGSPOT.COM I am very close to Jesus. We communicate…
52, Always Musing ;is of a woman who just turned 50, and recently joined the unemployment line during the worst recession since the Great Depression, muses about what happened to her dreams of be…
53, Healthy Moms Blog; is a resourceful blog for moms to find information on parenting, pregnancy, health and Women’s Issues written by real moms. Learn how to manage stress. Read about different parenting techiniques and Share ideas with other moms.
54,Why Not Start Now? ; Patty Bechtold Says In a nutshell: I’m fascinated by how human beings create meaning, particularly in certain areas of life: work, relationships, creativity, transitions, life balance, and personal growth. So I write about how meaning intersects with experience and action: what it is, how we get there, what trips us up. I also view experience and action through a wide angle lens, because I absolutely believe they’re both internal and external. Inner work and outer work. Being and doing.
55,The Half way Point ; Belinda Munoz says This blog is for anyone who has lived long enough to slip, fall, awaken or thrive. The halfway point lies somewhere between the beginning and the end. At the halfway point, life is full of potential, excitement, tension. It’s a time when we can honestly say we’ve done some living, have wonderful memories of the past, have a long list of adventures planned for the future, but also have painful regrets we can’t shake and a desire to do better going forward.
56, From Bottom Up ; Hulbert Lee says Since I was young, I’ve always been interested in self-help and personal development books. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something just real about them that I can usually relate to the author, compared to a fictional novel or a history book. The style of these types of books always teach me a different lesson that help me grow as person – mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
57,Through the Illusion ; Hayden Tompkins is widely recognized as being awesome and totally fabulous I’ve written hundreds of posts here at Through The Illusion over a period of several years. Why? Because I’m insane. Because I am passionate about personal development.
58, It’s All About Joy ; Megan Bord, the Joy Girl! Says my greatest passion in life is writing, speaking and teaching everything I know about joy. I’ve done workshops, one-on-one counseling, had an essay or two published, you name it – and the best is yet to come. I’m working on my first book, as well, which will document my journey to joy.
59, Uplift Antidote; Says I firmly believe that without hope there is no hope. And that he or she who is without hope has already lost. So let’s be hopeful They say that what you believe, you see, and what you see, you can create in your life. If this is so, then you are the creator of your experience. I am the creator of mine. And together we are the creators of our collective experience.
60, My Happy Place ; Joyce says I am just a real person: a wife, 6th grade language arts teacher, sister, friend, pet lover, and Christian. I am married to a great, funny man. We are trying to have a baby in spite of my PCOS. Life can sometimes become way too serious, so laughing is something that I do as often as possible!
61, Encouragement from My Heart ; Joyfulsister says writing from my heart is a passion, writing from my soul is prayer. I am a woman after Gods Heart.
62, Human Explosion; By Steven a personal development site for creative people.
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Thanks for including us on this list of great blogs! We appreciate it!!
We’re going to check some of these out.
Have a great day.
Hey Fatima,
What an awesome list! I know some of these bloggers…but the ones i dont know..i am definitely gonna check out
Thanks for this list.
Much Love,
Z~
Great potential reading,i will certainly check some of these out.
Hey Fatima, this came as the most pleasant surprise I have for the end of the day over here. Many thanks for adding my blog to this list. Have a fantastic day!
Much appreciated, Fatima. This is great-so many new places to visit and explore.
Hi Fatima,
Thanks for adding my blog. Now I have to check out the other 61 blogs as well.
Hello Fatima, Thank you so very much for including my blog with all of these other gifted and inspiring writers. Your gift is truly a blessing to each of us who also believe in sharing without expectations. What an incredible way to bring us all together. Thank you again.
Hi Fatima, this is some nice research done on a long list of personal development blogs. It might be the longest list I have seen on this subject. Thank you for sharing this with us and also including me in it.
Hey Fatima, I’m really glad to be part of your list! Cheers
Thank you, my friend, for a list of pure inspiration.
There should be no excuses for anyone not being able to learn how to improve in life.
I will do a future post referring to your list.
Fatima, I’m very glad to see my blog in your collection as it loooks so nice to see Melinda’s and NP’ inspirational blogs here .Thank you so much for adding mine. I think it’s better to bookmark this page to check all of your colletion in future.
Best Wishes!
Ibn Hanif
Oh Thanks @One of the Guys , I have always found most of your posts interesting, intriguing and stimulating..Obviously a good space for women to hear and understand where our lovely men are coming from..It’s truly form my own experience ……a men’s perspective
Thanks@ Dearest Z like I have mentioned you as one of my favourites from Steven’s list. I admire your style of writing/blogging which reflects powerful emotions of positive provocations .
Thanks@ John and I hope you enjoy the reading experience .
Thanks @BK your blog signifies the essence and beauty of Love, it may explain why I had unconsciously put at the top.
Thanks @NP I truly appreciate your regular visits and I simply admire your awesome aphorisms ..
@Patrick Thanks , I am sure you will have a good ride going through all these blogs.. each one of them with one purpose disperses its information from different perspectives that was the beauty of building this list ..
@Clarance , I am ever so grateful too for having this opportunity .. thanks alot for your kind words
Thank you for including us!
Thanks @Pearltrader , you know there are some people and blogs you cannot forget due to their awesome impact and contributions to the community .
@Oscar it’s nice to see you here thanks .
@Hulbert,I am hoping the list will serve as many people and bloggers as possible … thanks for stopping by .
Thanks @ Jason …. I look forward to your list soon .
Fatima, thank you so much for putting as third on your list! It is a real honor. I saw your post on problogger.net by the way – congratulations!
rich lists,
will check some out when I have time…
thank you for the beautiful post.
Thank you so much for mentioning Positively Present on your site and in this awesome list. I feel honored!
Thank you so much for adding The Joy of Jesus. We want to pray for wellness for all people. You have made me well by your kind jester. I will share this with our group. http://thejoyofjesuschurchonline.blogspot.com/
Thank You and God Bless you.
Hello Fatima, I am honored and humbled that I’ve been included on this fabulous list! Wow! You put a lot of work into this. I’ll be clicking on the other blogs that I’m not familiar with — waht a generous way to build community and spread linky love.
Thank you!
Hi Fatima,
What a fabulous list of blogs. I’m aware of a lot of them, but others are new to me. I’ll have to add those to my list.
Thank you for adding my blog, as well. I am humbled and honored to be included in your list.
What a great list! I’m so honored that you included me on it. Your own blog is really cool, and I appreciate the connections you’ve made.
I know about a third of the blogs you listed, but now I have even more to check out. Thank you!
This is truly a great list. I am humbled and honored that you chose to list The Naked Soul among the 62, thank-you.
Hi Fatima – What an unexpected to delight to discover you’ve included me here. Thank you so much! I’m really looking forward to checking out these other blogs too.
Wow, just amazed to be included in such fine number. Thank you very much! I will be very happy to “meet” the bloggers on this list I do not know.
And you did your ProBlogger homework SO well!!! This will come back to you with much blessings and karma.
@Jingle thanks, I have tried to get a balance; the internet is obviously rich with resources and I think it’s nice to have a point to collect from.
@Steven your blog title had drawn my attention thanks for popping over.
@Positivity thanks, I love anything to do with positivity.. .
@ Dr James thanks a lot will visit too .
@Belinda thanks, yes please we are as good as we support each other .
@Barbara, thanks I have tried to include new blogs for a good balance.
@Megan , me too ..Thanks for popping over.
@Cascia thanks for our Healthy moms .
We learn from the Gurus @Jannie and we also attempt to complete our assignment(s) on time hehehe ha! ha! I feel like a student now ..Thanks for coming over .. Like I have mentioned I find your blog therapeutic and I am sure others who share similar interest like mine will see the benefits .
Thanks @ Mark and @Patty for stopping over….
Fatima,
I am honored to be here! Amongst so many great bloggers you have listed, this is truly a gift today! I know several here, and they are all amazing individuals. And I can’t wait to check out all the others! Thank you!
Dear Fatima,
Thank you so very much for including my blog,
Jesus Knows You Best, among so many wonderful and inspiring blog sites.
I am honored that you awarded me with this distinction.
Thank you and I do hope to visit many on your great list.
God Bless,
Kathleen Frangeskos at
Jesus Knows You Best
Thank you so much for the nod
And well done to all fellow bloggers for sharing the love vibe. xxx
Aloha, Thank you for including my blog, I will visit the rest of the bloggers on your list . and will be back to visit you again.
Blessing for all things beautiful… Lorie
Hugs of thanks! I know so many of the bloggers on your list and I cannot tell you what a surprise and thrill it is to be on the list with them!! I see others I will definitely go visit! Thank you SO MUCH for including me – it was very gracious and loving of you!! I am honored and humbled.
Hugs
suZen
@Lance thanks I hope you enjoy reading thru the others .
@Kathleen you are more than welcome..God Blessings to You .
@Joyfulsister thanks, like wise I will be visiting each one of these blogs .
having added them to my reading list.
@suZen thanks a lot so nice of you to stop by
Thanks for including me in your list! Great summery also. I can’t wait to tour the rest of the list
Hello Fatima! Wow, this is an extensive list. I think I know several people here. I’ll drop by the other guys and see how they are doing. Sorry if I didn’t see this sooner. I was away doing something really weird. lol. Thanks for adding me, btw. =)
I just saw this in my Google alerts (what is wrong with that at the moment with taking so long?) and wanted to say thanks a lot for including my blog I greatly appreciate it!