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Who Made You the Boss of Me? Reclaiming Authority in Our Own Lives

Nancy Colier | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Technology, Computer, Authority, Boss, Living, Choice, Technology Dependence, Technology Reliance, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News
Nancy Colier

Relinquishing our authority is turning us into a nation of sloths, proud of the opportunity to do nothing. We have created a Hummer but lost the use of our legs. We are disabled by the softness of our chairs, and disappearing into the easiness that we worked so hard to create.

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Our Two Selves: Experiencing and Remembering

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Memory, Consciousness, Decision Points, Daniel Kahneman, Choice, Self-Awareness, Mind, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News
Paul Spector, M.D.

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of new ways to look at how we humans make decisions.

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Building a Social Movement to Improve Long-Term Care in California

Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Social Movements, Aging, California, Independence, Dignity, Choice, Health, Long Term Care, SCAN Foundation, American Society on Aging Conference, Fifty News
Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD

Messaging about growing older and creating a world that honors an aging America needs to be succinct and clear, not laden with insider language oriented to policy wonks.

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Each And Every Suicide Diminishes Us

Lorna Byrne | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Pain, Kill, Chosen, Who, Future, America, Spirit, Angel, Mankind, Suffering, Spiritual, Pray, Believe, Belief, Die, God, Good News, Euthanasia, Self Death, Choice, Death, Religion, Destiny, Inspiration, Guardian Angel, World Health Organisation, Suicide, Spirituality, Humanity, Prayer, Evolution, Sadness, Christianity, Religion News
Lorna Byrne

Each and every suicide in the world diminishes you and me. No matter if you don't know the person, their family, or even if they live on the other side of the world from you

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The Missing Ingredient in "Getting" Women Who Are Mothers

Carol Smaldino | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Romney, Parenting, Empathy, Mother, Mutuality, Choice, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

It's called empathy. And without it some votes will be won, and some women will be seduced by one leader or another saying, for the most part that he ...

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United, as Women and for Women

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Contraception, Bridges to Choice, Heights of Compassion, International Women's Day, End of Life Care, Conference, Choice, Healthcare, Chicago, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

March 8th was the 101st annual International Women's Day. In some countries this Day holds the same stature as Mother's Day and celebrates women's eco...

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Rough Language and Real Politics Jeopardize Women's Health

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Birth Control, Women's Health, Contraception, Pregnancy, Choice, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, Women's Reproductive Rights, Rush Limbaugh Birth Control, Politics News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

Last week I realized that I've taken women's health, or what's really at issue -- women's access to needed care -- for granted. That's changed now.

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Birth Control Isn't Really About "Women's Health." It's About...

Pamela Haag | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Abortion, Conscience Clause, Birth Control, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Sluts, Feminism, Pro-Sex, Choice, Politics News
Pamela Haag

We tiptoe around the heterosexual woman's unsightly libido, and end up with an oddly euphemized rhetoric, a defense of birth control that seems to involve no sex, desire, sperm, or men.

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Choice And Freedom

Ken McLeod | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Choice, Freedom, Buddhist Meditation, Meditation, Heart Sutra, Buddhist Practice, Religion News
Ken McLeod

"When he reaches the perfection of wisdom, can a bodhisattva choose to do whatever he wants?" a young man asked. "The illusion of choice is an indication of a lack of freedom," I replied.

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America's Critical Role In The Spiritual Evolution Of The World

Lorna Byrne | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Nation, Chosen, Future, Good News, God, Choice, America, Angel, Spirit, Religion, Mankind, Destiny, Inspiration, Guardian Angel, Spiritual, Humanity, Spirituality, Pray, Prayer, Evolution, Ireland, Dublin, Believe, Belief, Mysticism, Religion News
Lorna Byrne

Each time I land in America it's as if a gate to the new world opens. God and angels have told me that America is the gateway to humanity's future. It is where the choices that will determine mankind's future will be made.

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The Other Side

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Energy, Fear, Perspective, Travel, Peace, Love, The Inner Life, Possibility, Choice, Spirit, Healthy Living News
Denise M. Wilbanks

If a person stood at the top of a mountain to look into the surroundings, they would get one perspective. Likewise, if another person stood on another mountain and looked in a different direction to admire all the beauty, they would get another perspective.

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For the Interim Time...

Miriam Mason Martineau | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Support, Awareness, Growing Up, Feeling, Courage, Bearing, Grief, Interim Times, Waking Up, Enlightenment, Presence, Choice, Vulnerability, Personal Growth Development, Growth and Development, Personal Development, Spiritual Development, Self Growth, Personal Growth, Healthy Living News
Miriam Mason Martineau

I learn to trust that, much like the growth that takes place beneath the earth before a new shoot appears, movement and evolution may rumble below the surface before making an obvious appearance.

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The Transformative Heart-Opening Power of Gratitude

Karen Talavera | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Heart, Abundance, Consciousness, Wds, Gratitude, Choice, Transformation, Mindfulness, Be Grateful, Healthy Living News
Karen Talavera

This time of year, much of the northern hemisphere grows cold. Often the change in climate makes it easy for our hearts to grow cold too.

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The Phrase That Changed My Post-Divorce Life

Laura Campbell | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Power, Empowerment, Divorce, Choice, Separation, Divorce News
Laura Campbell

I may not have understood then but I understand now that each and every action I take, word I speak and decision I make contributes to the creation of the life I choose to live.

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Carrot, Egg or Coffee: Which Are You?

Karen Talavera | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Spiritual Journey, Consciousness, Personal Growth, Transformation, Challenge, Clarity, Alignment, Choice, Discomfort, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Karen Talavera

How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? You may have started as a carrot or egg, but the beauty of life is you can consciously choose who to be.

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Self-Talk vs. Soul-Talk: Is It All Just Psychobabble?

Russell Bishop | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Psychobabble, Psychology, Self-Talk, Emotional Intelligence, Choice, Self-Help, Soul-Talk, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

No matter what befalls you, you still have choices about how you respond. As you choose your response, you create your experience.

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Are You Living The Life You Want?

Russell Bishop | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Personal Freedom, Consciousness, W Mitchell, Gps-Soul, Viktor Frankl, Freedom, Emotional Intelligence, Choice, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

If you choose to focus primarily on the external, on what happens to you, then you may well wind up settling for the life that shows up. If you listen more intently to your Soul-Talk, then you will find that you can create more of the life experience you would prefer.

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Choosing to Die

Sally Abrahms | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Choice, Death, Old Age, Do Not Resuscitate, Suffering, Euthanasia, Human Suffering, Doctor Assisted Suicide, Fifty News
Sally Abrahms

Already, boomers are rewriting the script on aging, reinventing retirement and even death. Choosing the right to die, a.k.a. euthanasia, when we're ill, frail, or no longer have quality of life, may well be the new hot button issue.

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The Herman Cain Blame Game

Kent Greenfield | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Poverty, Unemployment, Self-Reliance, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Herman Cain, Tea Party, Choice, GOP Candidates, Republicans, Politics News
Kent Greenfield

People shouldn't be blamed for not choosing work when the choice to work doesn't exist. Pulling on bootstraps works only when you have boots, and only when someone isn't holding you down.

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Sometimes the Limits of Choice Are All Too Real

Gernot Wagner | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Kevin Kelly, Psychology, Choice, Green News
Gernot Wagner

Kevin Kelly, the founder of Wired magazine and author of What Technology Wants, doesn't have a smart phone. Steve Jobs, the visionary who gave people...

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Divorce #2: The Shame Of It

Nancy Alvarez | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Shame of Divorce, Making Peace With Self, Choice, Divorce News
Nancy Alvarez

My head knew I wasn't a failure; my heart was a different matter. I dreaded going out lest someone ask me how my husband was, or even where he was.

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Self-Talk vs. Soul-Talk: Are You Listening?

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Loyalty to Your Soul, Soul Talk, Ron Hulnick, Self-Talk, Choice, Self Talk, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

Have you ever worked your butt off to get something and then wound up disappointed when it finally showed up? Most of us have experienced this kind o...

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What Is Conscious Evolution?

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Andrew Cohen, Spiritual Transformation, Spirituality, Choice, Free Will, Freedom, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Spiritual Development, Religion News
Andrew Z. Cohen

I believe that it is possible to take responsibility for the entirety of who you are in such a profound way that you can consciously choose who you want to be.

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Are You Trying To Rebuild Your Life Out Of The Rubble?

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King, Responsibility, Complaining, W Mitchell, Viktor Frankl, Blame, Loyalty to Your Soul, Choice, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

By surrendering to the seemingly daily collapse of our failed institutions and societal values, and falling into the failed cycle of blame and complain, you may be dying a death of your own choosing.

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What Happens To Us When We Feel Powerless

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Power, Choice, Control, Healthy Living Health News, Power and Control, Healthy Living Mind, Choices and Power, Emotional Intelligence, Choices vs. Power, Choices and Control, Brain Science, Healthy Living News
Art Markman, Ph.D.

We all want some kind of control in our lives. When our control in one area is restricted, we look for another outlet.

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