Agapi Stassinopoulos

Honoring My Mother's Spirit

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 05.13.2012

Agapi Stassinopoulos

My mother, Elli, passed away 12 years ago, but there's not a single day that I don't feel her presence with me. So today, Mother's Day, I want to share her extraordinary spirit with all of you.

Aspire To Be as Awesome a Mom as Arianna's

Jane White | Posted 05.11.2012

Jane White

Arianna's late mother, Elli Stassinopoulos, is one of the most incredible women I've ever wished I met.

Arianna Huffington's sister, Agapi Stassinopoulos: A True Savvy Auntie

Melanie Notkin | Posted 03.29.2012

Melanie Notkin

Agapi Stassinopoulos wants her nieces -- and everyone -- to understand that life's journey is where you find yourself and your passion.

'Unbinding the Heart' Brings Warmth and Connection to City Club Los Angeles

Denise Lumiere | Posted 05.06.2012

Denise Lumiere

Agapi Stassinopoulos wrote a new book, Unbinding the Heart, which truly brings transformational storytelling to the stage. Each chapter unwinds and unbinds her story.

Why Every (Happy) Person Needs A Greek Mom

Oprah.com | Posted 03.02.2012

1. Goddesses never rush. As women, we're powerful, my mother always told me. We're Aphrodite. We're Athena. We're Artemis. We're Hera. We're the go...

Talking Happiness With Agapi Stassinopoulos

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 04.10.2012

Gretchen Rubin

Through a mutual friend, I e-met Agapi Stassinopoulos. She has a new book that's just hitting the bookstores: Unbinding the Heart. She grapples with the question of how we can "unbind our hearts" better to experience playfulness, connection, self-expression, and joy. Clearly, happiness is at the heart of this challenge.

Unbinding the Heart

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.03.2012

Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Agapi Stassinopoulos, motivational speaker and the author As I write this, I am sitting in our garden in the shade of the lemon tree...

Why I Took A Sabbatical From Men

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 04.02.2012

Agapi Stassinopoulos

I realized that if I wanted to have a happy relationship, I had to have more of me intact. I knew how to merge, but I didn't really know how to stand on my own solid foundation.

Unbinding The Heart: Put Yourself On Your To-Do List

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 04.02.2012

Agapi Stassinopoulos

It took me years to realize the value of replenishing myself and putting myself on the top of my to do list, of taking care of myself so I can take care of others. And at some point I really got that the key to happiness is to going deep inside myself and realizing that I was enough and that is what I call the process of unbinding.

How To Start A New Career, From Author Agapi Stassinopoulos

Posted 03.26.2012

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Should You Punish Or Reward Children? From Author Agapi Stassinopoulos

Posted 01.25.2012

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How To Ask For What You Want, From Author Agapi Stassinopoulos

Posted 03.26.2012

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Five Tips For A Happier Life, From Author Agapi Stassinopoulos

Posted 01.25.2012

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Mondays With Marlo: Author Agapi Stassinopoulos

Posted 05.03.2012

Author of Unbinding The Heart Agapi Stassinopoulos joined me to talk about achieving your goals, asking for what you want, dealing with life's turning...

A Visit to My Kitchen:
Agapi Stassinopoulos

Maria Rodale | Posted 03.11.2012

Maria Rodale

Agapi Stassinopoulos, motivational speaker and the author of Unbinding the Heart (Hay House, 2012), stopped by my kitchen today. Agapi has given sem...

PHOTOS: Bob Mackie, Santa Monica Place Honored At Otis Benefit

Posted 07.09.2011

Otis College of Art and Design hosted its annual Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Show Saturday, May 7 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The even...

Arianna Huffington: Threading Through Life's Labyrinth

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Alex Pattakos

Although she may refer to herself as an ordinary "Greek peasant girl," Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is anything but ordinary!

Is Your Longing Preventing You From Actualizing Your Dreams?

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

Longing acts as a defense mechanism or a security blanket that stops us from trying, failing and being disappointed. It actually paralyzes us from creating opportunities.

Breaking the Spell of Sisyphus: How to Let Go of Negative Patterns

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

Many of us are like Sisyphus, in that we perpetuate our own suffering and buy into the condemnation. It comes down to how we choose to see situations that seem like punishments.

5 Steps To Channeling Your Very Own Greek God/Goddess (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.17.2011

Tara Stiles

Step 1. Know your archetype. We all have one. I am Artemis, who represents independence, focused, daring, adventurous. Artemis needs to work on healing being cut off from emotions.

Aphrodite: Celebrating The Goddess Of Love And Beauty Within

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

This Valentine's Day give yourself permission to let Aphrodite surprise and delight you. Let her come to you from the realm of love, awakening your own inner beauty.

Agapi Invokes The Goddesses

Priyanka Boghani | Posted 11.17.2011

Priyanka Boghani

A veritable pantheon of Greek goddesses descended upon the Urban Zen Foundation on Monday as Agapi Stassinopoulos enveloped her female audience in the warmth of passion and myth.

The LA Times Magazine's Day Of Health And Wellness

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

They invited health experts, cancer specialists, nutritionists, and sleep specialists to inspire us to make the commitment to take better care of ourselves on every level.

My One And Only: A Movie That Teaches Women How To Overcome Betrayal

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

I went to see the new Renée Zellweger movie this weekend, "My One and Only", a film that touches on the ever present subject of a woman's liberation ...

Cold Soul: A Movie for Our Souls

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 11.17.2011

Agapi Stassinopoulos

If I could exchange my soul with someone else for a day, I would have to take Shakespeare's, just to glimpse into the prism of that mind, but I stay content with my Greek soul and all that comes with it!