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The American Dream -- Then and Now

Kevin Jennings | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Economic Mobility, Be the Change, Poor, Poverty, Opportunity Nation, Income Inequality, American Dream, Impact News
Kevin Jennings

Stories like mine are becoming more and more unusual in America in 2012. Sixty five percent of Americans who are born into the lowest income quintile (like I was) spend their entire lives in one of the two lowest income quintiles.

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Can You Imagine?

Amy Chan | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Imagine, How to Be Happy, Be the Change, Create a Better World, Empathy, Live With Compassion, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Amy Chan

Imagine your life if you were to change some of the patterns that hold you back. Imagine if you made better decisions instead of repeating the same negative habits.

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7 Women And Men Who Are 'Being The Change'

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Meditation, Change, Spirituality, Consciousness, Spiritual Leaders, Healthy Living Spirit, Be the Change, Top Spiritual Leaders, Influential Spiritual Leaders, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Seven of the dynamic and luminous women and men from our book are included here: Nobel Laureates, scientists, activists and spiritual leaders in all walks of life.

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What's Your Courageous Conversation? Why It Needs To Be Heard

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Courageous Conversation, Be the Change, Being Your True Self, True Self, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Where would you like to express more courage? What conversation does your heart long to initiate if you were a master at courageous conversation?

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Change Yourself, Change the World

Birju Pandya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Be the Change, Inner Transformation, Make a Difference, Changing the World, Impact News
Birju Pandya

What if real change came not from attacking a global problem directly, but by focusing first on changing ourselves internally?

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Changing Charity to a Charity That Changes You

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Homeless Shelters, Habitat for Humanity, Indiegogo, Charity: Water, Acumen Fund, Gap, Jumo, Real Food Daily, Shelter, Red, Jacqueline Novogratz, (RED), Be the Change, Patient Capital, 20/20, Impact News
Lee Schneider

I'm trying to approach this whole charity thing differently -- simply by not thinking of it as charity.

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Contemplating Death While Creating Life

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ed and Deb Shapiro, Kiri Westby, War, Fearlessness, Raising Children, Be the Change, Pregnancy, Cambodia, Death, Mary Oliver, Dharma, Haiti, Motherhood, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Kiri Westby

How do we balance our parental instinct to protect and nurture with the tendency to become overprotective, fear-based parents who raise fearful, reticent children?

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Inner Life; A Social Responsibility

Megan McFeely | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Role Models, Embodiment, Be the Change, Inner Life, Embodied Wisdom, Social Responsibility, Sacred Activism, Inner Journey, Healthy Living News
Megan McFeely

Just by living in a more conscious way, I contribute to the whole, my relationships and my community.

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How Haiti, Scott Brown and the Underwear Bomber Can Move Us to Action Rather Than Gloom

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, City Year, Mass Transit, Afghanistan, Be the Change, Shahid, Charlie Rangel, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Boston College, Underwear Bomber, Haiti Earthquake, Obamacare, Tufts University, Joe Six Pack, Alan Khazei, Massachusetts, Iraq, Tea Party, Si Se Puede, The Heritage Foundation, Martha Coakley, Metro, Albert Einstein, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Brown's victory is not the end of civilization as we know it but it should inspire all Americans to take a careful look at what they've done in rejecting Hope for No.

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The Magic Of Winter Solstice: Celebrating A Different Holiday

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ed and Deb Shapiro, Winter Solstice, Kiri Westby, Christmas, Pagan Traditions, Be the Change, Children's Day, Buddhism, Chogyam Trungpa, Magic, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Kiri Westby

Though our extended family would send Christmas gifts and I knew about Santa and his reindeer, the real magic for me came during the Winter Solstice.

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The Power Of Fear: Lessons From Ft. Hood

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Palestine, Iraq War, Ft Hood Shooting, Fear, Visualization, Kiri Westby, Maj-Nidal-Malik-Hasan, The Power of Fear, Be the Change, Afghanistan War, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Kiri Westby

Although I have made friends with fear, I have not conquered it. Fear arises as an instinct. But the more we work with it, the less it controls our actions.

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3 Tips For Surviving Holiday Traffic

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Traffic, Stress, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Kiri Westby, Thanksgiving, Be the Change, Thanksgiving Travel Tips, Holiday Travel, Healthy Living News
Kiri Westby

Thanksgiving is a joyous occasion, full of laughter and cranberry sauce...once we get there. The getting-there part is usually not so fun, full of stress and traffic, which can put a damper in the joy of the holiday.

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What Palin, Shatner, And Miss Jasmine Have To Teach Us This Season

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jack Kornfield, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Job, Pema Chodron, William Shatner, Author, Featured Contributor, Tiger Woods, Be the Change, 4 Fail-Proof Measures to Restore Your Spirit, Jungian Analyst, 21 Day Challenge, Sarah Palin, Osiris, The Inner Life, Video, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

New Forms, Old Process. Despite the news avalanche surrounding Tiger Woods, he's not the only one standing on shaky ground. It is, however, the unexpected places that lead us to the real.

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Can Yoga Save the World?

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yoga, Meditation, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Be the Change, Dalai Lama, Hatha Yoga, Robert Thurman, Denver News
Alexia Parks

The 100 stories woven together in the book describe how people from all walks of life have used the profound benefits of meditation to improve their health and well being.

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Sleep And Pregnancy: 5 Tips To Manage Your Changing Needs

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Change, Be the Change, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Pregnancy, Sleep Challenge 2010, Kiri Westby, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Kiri Westby

I'd sleep on planes and on airport benches, in the back of taxis and rickshaws and twice I've slept like a baby at Mt. Everest Base Camp, regardless of the 17,000 ft. altitude.

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What Do Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Dean Ornish And Actor Ed Begley Jr. Have In Common?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ed and Deb Shapiro, Meditation, Be the Change, Yoga, Action, Inspiration, Inner Life, Happiness, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

What is it that stops us from being the best we can be, from giving unreservedly, from caring for others more than ourselves?

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What Jesus And The Dalai Lama Would Say To Tiger Woods And Mike Huckabee

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Cop Killings in Greater Seattle, Mike Huckabee, The Three Steps, Author, Featured Contributor, Jesus, President Obama, Be the Change, Maurice Clemmons, Jungian Analyst, Mary Oliver, The 21 Day Challenge, The Inner Life, Thoreau, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

The question is what result does criticizing leave in its wake? Since criticizing, complaining, and gossiping are anything but solution-oriented, they bring destruction, not solution.

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BE THE CHANGE: 7 Women Who Are Transforming The World From The Inside Out

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Inner Life, Meditation, Change, Inspiration, Happiness, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Deb Shapiro, Ed Shapiro, Be the Change, The Inner Life, Triumph, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not.

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Every Monday Matters: "Addicted to Dying?"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Quit Smoking, Yes We Can, Kelly Bozza, You Matter, Make a Difference, Monday, Matthew Emerzian, Be the Change, Every Monday Matters, Personal Health, Health, Mondays, Healthy Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

There will be 1 billion fewer cigarettes smoked and 274 million fewer cigarettes littered if nobody lights up today. People say it is hard to stop smoking, but isn't it harder to keep doing it?

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When Times are Tough, the Tough Get Going -- and Volunteer

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holidays, Second Harvest Food Bank, Volunteering, Thanksgiving, Service Nation, Financial Crisis, Be the Change, Salvation Army, Barack Obama, Huffingtonpost, Healthy Living News
Linda Bergthold

I've been receiving a lot of mail from nonprofits in my community asking for money. And I'll donate what I can. But there are other things we can do that involve more than just money -- volunteer our time.

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Why Doing Good Is Sexy

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Be the Change, Teach for America, Servicenation, Cityyear, New Radicals, Service Nation, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

Doing good has never been hotter. Everybody's talking about their desire to make a difference, and volunteerism and civic participation are suddenly a...

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