Can meditation change the world for the better? Now, in a new book, some of today's most notable voices explore this issue - including 16 authors from New York City.
The pimples have been replaced by the sunspots, but there are numerous similarities between the age of adolescence and the age of what many of us consider obsolescence.
In society, we are taught from a young age to grow up and be the perfect woman. We are expected to do it all and if we can't do it all, there is something wrong with us.
What if wisdom has more to do with 'giving up' our beliefs and attachments than 'getting' more insights or having 'more, better and different' of whatever we think is important?
There are many reason we make wrong decisons, but the major culprit is the tendency to listen to the advice of others instead of using the intuitve decision makers that Mother Nature has provided to all of us.
What is it that stops us from being the best we can be, from giving unreservedly, from caring for others more than ourselves?
when readers comment on my pieces, many seem to suggest that those who seek self-improvement are stupid, disorganized or at the end of their rope in life. Thing is, that's not true.
We often think of introversion in the negative sense. However, introversion produces the results similar to finely cooked meal. A meal that has been carefully planned.
Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act.
There is something nostalgic about spare time. Like an old friend you knew once and somehow lost touch. Spare time beckons, yet few can hear the whispers.
It's just plain crazy to spend my life chasing money so I can buy more stuff. Instead, I'm pursuing what I think of as free luxuries. I share this list as a public service.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could just choose when we want a little drama in our lives? A little drama is a good thing, but too much can wreak havoc on our health.
The real truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live. That person is YOU.
Although it took me a while to sort this out, apparently its something that a lot of people already knew. "A fool with a plan will beat a genius with no plan every time."
Feeling energetic is a key to feeling happy. When my energy feels at a low ebb, I try one of these techniques.
I've been raising laying hens for about a year, and I've never been happier. I have fresh eggs whenever I want them and I've come to love chickens for all their neurotic, pecking glory.
What if we could truly love, accept, and appreciate our bodies and how we look, right now? Imagine what life would be like without negative body obsession?
Sociologists have long considered suicide to be the gold standard measure of psychological wellbeing. Now we have a long-term study that finds that marriage protects men more than women from themselves.
Over the past month, you've probably come across quite the conversation about happiness studies. And three weeks ago, I set out to discover whatever I could about this subject, as it applies to our youth.
Our media commentary is rarely about what is happening now - mostly it's about what happened in the past or what someone thinks is going to happen in the future.
Change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not.
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