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Designing a Life, Making Meaning: Simple Design Choices

Douglas Crets | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Microsoft, Design, Innovation, Stanford University, Entrepreneur, Life, Ideas, Bizspark, Dschool, Technology News
Douglas Crets

Inside the second floor design studio, I found a white board shown above. I have been looking at that phrase written across the bottom, written down by a student trying to figure out a design thesis: "Deep existential search for meaning."

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PICTURE: An Honest Game Of Life

www.collegehumor.com | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: College Humor, Honest Game of Life, Life, Comedy News

The classic board game's name is slightly misleading. Do you know any pink or blue pegs who can afford Tudor homes after not even attending college?...

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A Daughter's Love

Liz Black | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Happy Mother's Day, Surgery, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Poetry, Mothers, Life, Happy-Mothers-Day, Poems, Fatherhood, Happy Mothers Day, Love, Jam, Poem, Arthritis, Women News
Liz Black

I felt myself breaking down. I kept thinking back to the things I never did, that I would never be able to do with her. I began to mourn my Mother while she was still alive.

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The Limitless Treasure Of Who You Are

Gangaji | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Attention, Gangaji, Discovery, Treasure, Wonder, Surrender, Life, Consciousness, Self, Self-Discovery, Who You Are, Gps-Soul, Identity, The Self, Healthy Living News
Gangaji

As I began to grow up, I attempted to define myself -- this presence of "I" -- through endlessly collecting information. In this natural process of mental awareness inhabiting a body, I discovered a symphonic mandala of sometimes competing, sometimes complementing explanations.

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How To Use Your 'Dark Side' To Your Advantage

Lauren Zander | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Mental Health, Lifestyle, Self Help, Personal Health, Health, Emotional Wellness, Gps-Soul, Darkside, Personal Development, Dark Side, Self Improvement, Psychology, Balance, Emotional Intelligence, Shadow Side, Life, Healthy Living News
Lauren Zander

Guess what? You have a dark side. Everyone has a dark side. And that dark side is talking to you and filling your head with nasty, mean, dark thoughts on a daily basis. Are you surprised? Most people are.

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The End of the Greatest Generation: Is Anyone Paying Attention?

Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D. | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Elderly, Self-Help, Aging, Greatest Generation, Video, Happiness, Wisdom, Gps-Soul, Elderly Americans, Career Advice, Advice, People Over 70, 30 Lessons for Living, Wisest Americans, Health Post50, Healthy Living, Karl Pillemer, Aging Gracefully, Fifty News, Veterans, Boomers, Military, Elders, Listening to Elders, Life, Baby Boomers, Fifty News
Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D.

I recently had a stunning realization: We're about to lose one of the most precious resources in America. I'm not talking about oil, gas or rare metals. What we're about to lose Is the living presence of the elders who make up the Greatest Generation.

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A Life Well Lived, a Love Well Shared

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Obituaries, Death & Dying, Regrets, Love, Remembrance, Death, Life, Honor, Healthy Living News
Dr. Lawrence M. Schall

It sure seems like a whole lot of the most special people in my life are leaving this life. I guess that happens as one gets older, and I honestly can...

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Life After College -- My Crash Course into Adulthood at 22

Patrice Bendig | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Self Discovery, The Roaring Twenties, Women's Issues, College, Dating-in-Your-Twenties, Life, Women Workplace, Quarter-Life Crisis, Women News
Patrice Bendig

Each time I log into my Facebook account, another high school or college friend is getting engaged or having babies.

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Indulge Yourself

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Self-Help, Happiness, Reinvent, Be Clear, Be Conscious, Next Chapter, Plan B, Success, Focus, Change, Reinvention, Life, Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Create Your Life, Second Acts, New Years Resolutions, Indulge, Living, Self-Indulgence, Fifty News
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

Reinventing your life can be exhilarating, rewarding and fun.

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Life, Death, and the Space in Between

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hl-Remembrance, Wisdom, Mindfulness, Grief, Emotional Wellness, Death & Dying, Loss, Appreciate Life, Death, Life, Appreciate Your Life, Healthy Living News
Susan Stiffelman

When we think we're going to live forever, the little things get missed; they don't matter all that much. We forget how wonderful it is to taste chocolate, or listen to a great piece of music.

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Into the Din of Life Comes the Quiet Hush of Death

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Friendship, Circle of Life, Death of a Friend, Reincarnation, Facing Death, Quiet of Death, Love, Spirituality, Death, Life, Loudness of Life, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Lorraine Devon Wilke

It's easy to forget -- when you're knee-deep in the process of living -- that Death is up ahead somewhere waiting to be dealt with, an inevitable passage we ponder and fear.

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How My Daughter Saved My Divorce

Dori Hartley | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Friendship, Years, Divorce, Life, Family, Platonic Relationships, Divorce News
Dori Hartley

The kiss that never should have been -- but had to be -- took two people, made three out of them, gave them a life together and then broke them apart. We divorced.

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Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Living a Full Life, Cancer, Dying, Death & Dying, Life, Transformation, Death, Esophageal Cancer, Lee Lipsenthal, Video, Books News
Carolyn Anderson

It is about living a life so rich, so meaningful, so moment to moment that if we were to die today we could do so knowing that we had sucked the marrow out of life and really maximized every moment.

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Not a Little Girl, But I Know My Way

Nikki Luongo | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Life Developments, Change, Growing Up, Childhood, Personal Growth, Life, Healthy Living News
Nikki Luongo

What did you want to do as a kid? Was it kooky or was it wonderfully weird? Did you accomplish your goal?

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The Perfect Life and Other Disasters...

Linda Durnell | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Women, Parenting, Career, Divorce, College, Children, Life, Childhood Dreams, Childhood, Fifty News
Linda Durnell

What happens when our "perfect life" goes perfectly awry? When we wake up from the fantasy of our childhood dreams to the reality that is our life?

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Words Of Wisdom That Changed My Life

Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D.

What happens when you receive life-changing advice? Do you take it all in at once? Or does one particular sentence or even phrase stay with you, becoming a part of the way you look at an issue or challenge?

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The Reinvention Exchange: Courage, Focus, Inspiration

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Self-Help, Happiness, Be Clear, Be Conscious, Next Chapter, Plan B, Inspiration, Success, Focus, Courage, Change, Reinvention, Life, Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Create Your Life, Second Acts, New Years Resolutions, Living, Fifty News
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

The process of reinventing any aspect of our lives requires courage, focus and inspiration. Is it spiritual, a relationship, or your career that needs a little shaking up?

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Rendezvous With My Conscience In Peru

Gideon Resnick | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, South Africa, Adventure, Youth, Peru, Machu Picchu, Mothers, Drinking, Jungle, Amazon, Life, Travel News
Gideon Resnick

Of all the moments that blurred together from that beautiful whirlwind of a trip, I remember the sounds of jaguars howling in the Amazonian jungle, biting into a hunk of rotisserie guinea pig and racing to the peak of a mountain.

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Motivation -- It's Overrated!

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Success, Reinvention, Inspired, Focus, Plan, Explore, Growth, Being Happy, Motivation, Life, Fifty News
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

We are all trying to get something done -- big or small, mental or physical, emotional or spiritual. Something's on our reinvention list that we want to tackle so how do we get ourselves to the DO IT phase vs the I-really-wish-I-had-the-motivation-to-do-it phase?

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Reverence Thyself First: Where The Sacred Journey Begins

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Science of Mind, Purpose, Meaning, Life, Respect, Beyond Lables, Non-Judgement, Reverence, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Dennis Merritt Jones

While we may prefer roses over weeds, it doesn't mean one is more sacred than the other; the Divine imbues itself equally in all living things, which includes each of us. What value shall we place on all that our eyes gaze upon today?

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Whitney Houston, One Amazing Crack Ho: An Open Letter to John and Ken

Erin Harper | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Crack, Fired, Drugs, Ho, The Voice, Abuse, Death, KFI AM 640, Ken, Apology, Sing, Whitney, Funeral, Greatest Love of All, Apologize, Prostitution, Tupac, Life, John, Suspended, Houston, Chiampou, Kobylt, Shakur, Black Voices News
Erin Harper

Until now, I have not written about Whitney Houston, largely because so many others have. However, when I learned that Los Angeles radio hosts, John and Ken of KFI AM 640 had referred to Ms. Houston as a "crack ho", I could not remain silent.

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Religion Vs. Science's Answers To The Big Questions

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Islam, Judaism, Science, Religion and Science, Life, Religion, Big Bang, Hinduism, Consciousness, Nature, Big Questions, Christianity, Eastern Religions, Cosmos, Buddhism, Western Religions, Mind, Religion News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

So those who ask science for ultimate answers, or to explain the fundamentals of existence, are looking in the wrong place -- like asking particle physics to evaluate art.

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Surprising Solution Offered For Origin-Of-Life Puzzle

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Origin of Life, Primordial Soup, Video, Chemical, Molecular Biology, Watchmaker Problem, Molecules, Life, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/21/2012 10:12 AM EST on LiveScience VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Just as species ...

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Quitting Smoking Harder for Poor -- American Heart Month: Day 18

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Living Longer, Wealthy, Rich Live Longer, Income Inequality, Business News, Longevity, Life, Life Expectancy, Wealth, Wealth Gap, Healthy Living News
Suzanne O'Malley

"Quitting smoking is the single most important step smokers can take to improve their health," according to Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association.

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The Gifts of Motherhood and the Ordinary Places I Found Them

Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Raising Children, Journey, Motherhood, Parenting, Children, Play, Mindfulness, Life, Living in the Moment, Parents News
Janell Burley Hofmann

They pile high, these moments.  Stacked in places I pray my children comb through when telling their stories.  I hope these twinkling sparks of our life be made visible, if not now, then someday.  

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