Personal Transformation

Lessons From the Diva

Misha Lyuve | Posted 05.28.2012

Misha Lyuve

Your work-of-art life will depend on your requests and negotiations with your bosses and coworkers, friends and family. You should consider taking lessons from Mona. She gets what she needs.

You Don't Have to Do it All

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 05.09.2012

Jinny Ditzler

After a moment of desperation, I laughed out loud. Hopeless! The list is getting longer, not shorter. Do I really have to do everything I think I have to do? And my inner wisdom whispered, "No."

Personal Transformation: And How to Stay That Way

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 04.30.2012

Jinny Ditzler

To maintain your personal transformation, remember that what you focus on is what you get. Mindfulness means keeping your mind on positive thoughts and actions and pulling it back when it wanders off course.

What If There Were No Spring?

Misha Lyuve | Posted 04.18.2012

Misha Lyuve

What if there were no spring? If the earth forgot to awaken this year? If trees decided not to bloom? If flowers didn't feel like opening up? If birds changed their mind about chirping?

Personal Transformation: The ABC's of Destroying Limiting Beliefs

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 04.17.2012

Jinny Ditzler

When you master the art and science of the paradigm shift, you're able to make life as meaningful as you like. You're now able to clear the obstacles on the path to the results you want and need. You can silence the whining, self-pitying monkey mind any time you like.

Personal Transformation: Anything Is Possible

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 04.14.2012

Jinny Ditzler

In all my many years of coaching people, I've never met anyone without a "monkey mind" -- the little voice that runs a commentary on what's wrong with us and why we can't get what we want and need.

You Are a Rock Star, Old Lady

Misha Lyuve | Posted 06.03.2012

Misha Lyuve

Thank you for allowing me to appreciate the efforts people around me make to live their lives and push their walkers; how those efforts vary in size and scope; how they are not always seen and, if seen, not always noticed and, if noticed, not always acknowledged.

Personal Transformation: Personal Responsibility

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 05.27.2012

Jinny Ditzler

Few would say that personal transformation is easy. Or as our friend Lew Epstein put it -- "It's simple, but not easy."

Personal Transformation: What's Wrong With You?

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 05.21.2012

Jinny Ditzler

There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. There's nothing to fix. You don't need to get better or become different. You're fine, just as you are. You know all you need to know, and you have all the answers. And you can overcome the obstacles in your way.

The Grave Dangers of Inspiration

Misha Lyuve | Posted 05.18.2012

Misha Lyuve

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog. In this short essay I would like to warn you of dangers of inspiration. After suffering for over a week without inspirat...

Personal Transformation: What's Motivating You?

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 05.09.2012

Jinny Ditzler

I'm too embarrassed to tell you the pain I've caused others by forgetting who I am and what I'm here for. However, I will tell you that I'm learning. The results are making a positive impact on the difference I'm making to others and in the quality of my life.

Why Your Dream Matters

Misha Lyuve | Posted 05.07.2012

Misha Lyuve

Can you imagine how alive and bubbly our planet would be if people just minded their own dreams? That's my dream. And what is yours?

Ever Face A Challenge That Forced You To Totally Reinvent? TELL US!

Posted 03.04.2012

Calling all INDOMITABLE women (with a sense of humor about themselves and life): Have you ever had an experience you thought would BREAK you, but t...

How These 20-Somethings Saved This Post 50 From Certain Death

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.02.2012

Debra Ollivier

Frank Ferrante was a 54-year-old battling obesity, drug and alcohol addiction and Hepatitis C when he stumbled into a vegan restaurant called Café Gratitude. There he met a trio of 20-somethings who transformed his life.

Minding the Chatter ... Clears Clutter

Stephanie Bennett Vogt | Posted 04.10.2012

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Have you ever stopped what you were doing to simply watch what's going on in your head? Yes, to do nothing more than observe your thoughts without doing anything to fix or manage them?

Life P******

Misha Lyuve | Posted 04.08.2012

Misha Lyuve

Do you know what your life purpose is? This question used to make me uncomfortable. Its answer does not seem to be easily tracked down in smart books or far-away journeys or deep prayers.

How To Find Inner Freedom

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 02.28.2012

Sandra Ingerman

For many of us on a spiritual path we go back and forth between separate states of consciousness and divine states.

A Few of My Favorite Things to Inspire a Clear and Spacious New Year

Stephanie Bennett Vogt | Posted 02.27.2012

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

f they brighten your day, help you feel supremely good, connect you to a quiet place within, they are... not clutter. Nor an extravagance. What lifts your spirits? What helps you feel lighter and in the flow?

Solstice Joy

Gary Zukav | Posted 02.26.2012

Gary Zukav

The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and wit...

Now More Than Ever We Need Mindfulness

Larry Yang | Posted 01.31.2012

Larry Yang

Our Mindfulness practice is always a reminder that in order to change any unhealthy or harmful patterns -- in order to transform any suffering -- we have to first become aware of the patterns themselves.

'Feeling Stuck' And The Human Law Of Inertia

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 01.30.2012

Dr. Jim Taylor

People, like asteroids, are set on a path by those early forces and continue on that path throughout their lives, for better or worse, unless other forces alter its course. And, like asteroids, we are often unaware of the course we are on or what propels us down that path.

The Tao Of Green: Love Of Humanity And Nature

William Horden | Posted 01.18.2012

William Horden

We are not going to be able to rein in the powerful institutions that stand in the way until we rein in the worst traits of humanity -- those that allow us to desecrate nature and exploit our fellow human beings without conscience.

Celebrating Life, Death, And The Space In Between

Stephanie Bennett Vogt | Posted 01.02.2012

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

I can only imagine what the final ride will be like to the other side when our time comes. But if Steve Jobs' final words are any indication, I'd like to think that it will be an exquisite homecoming.

57 And Just Getting Started: Reflections of a Late Bloomer

Stephanie Bennett Vogt | Posted 12.19.2011

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

I will send out this silent blessing to everybody out there that could use a lift and a nudge: Do what makes your heart sing. And if you don't know what it is yet, keep going until you find it.

WATCH: 'Breakover' Series Debuts With CA Mom Who Faced Unthinkable

Huffington Post | Posted 10.25.2011

When we introduced Breakover earlier this month -- The Huffington Post video series documenting female readers' extraordinary life transformations -- ...