Rituals

Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present and Building the Future with Traditions

Laura Munts | Posted 05.31.2012

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Traditions enable us to honor the past, celebrate the present and provide a legacy for the future. Not only a source of enjoyment, they serve as the glue that keeps families united.

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How to Pick Up The Pieces Of Your Life

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.16.2012

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Every so often, whether it's after a long hard spate of work, finishing a big project, ending a relationship or recovering from a crisis (big or small...

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WATCH: Christians In Philippines Self-Flagellate In Bloody Holy Week Ritual

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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MABALACAT, Philippines – Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on ...

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Why Do We Celebrate Spring?

Barbara Biziou | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Original New Year, Spring Equinox, Rituals, Celebrations, Mindfulness, Spring New Year, Spring Celebration, First Day of Spring, Celebrate Spring, Vernal Equinox, Spring Symbols, Beginning of Spring, Healthy Living News

Spring is a time of rebirth and revival, full of new possibilities. Almost every culture, past and present, has some sort of ritual to celebrate the promise and fertility of spring.

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Celebrating Ayyam-I-Ha: A Holiday You Haven't Heard Of

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Holidays, Christmas, Lent, Global Motherhood, Interracial Marriage, Baha'i, Fat Tuesday, Ayyam-I-Ha, Rituals, Fasting, Pew Research Center, Celebrations, Demographics, Parenting Advice, Diversity, Parents, Religion News

Depending on our life circumstances and cultural milieu, we make up different things... I have made up how we celebrate a holiday tradition.

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Is Religion a Tranquillizer?

Nigel Barber | Posted 04.25.2012

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Religion may be many different things. Yet, at its core, it serves the same function as tranquillizers. It is a downer.

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Lean in: Walking Through Grief During the Holidays and Beyond

Alysia Reiner | Posted 02.28.2012

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It's the holidays, a time for so much joy, laughter, relaxation, hot cocoa with marshmallows and also... loss. One of my favorite quotes about loss is by Kahlil Gibran: "The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain." I find this is never as true as holiday time.

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Christmas Isn't a Bad Boyfriend

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Christmas, Managing Holidays, Bad Boyfriend, Holiday Demands, Traditions, Gift Giving, Obligation, Rituals, Holiday Stress, Christmas Shopping, Style News

Just as we set our boundaries, hold our ground, and stand firm against unrealistic expectations in other relationships (needy friends, ex-spouses, PTA), we are capable of doing the same with this holiday.

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Routine And Ritual: Two Pillars As We Age

Rhoda P. Curtis | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Healthy Living, Healthy Aging, Socialization, Routine, Redroom, Rituals, Healthy Living News

Rituals demand attention to process as well as to affect. When we participate in a ritual, like going to a place of worship on a particular day, we make a commitment to join other people in a rite of passage.

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The Only Way to Get Important Things Done

Tony Schwartz | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Habits, Prefrontal Cortex, Rituals, Exercise, High Performance, Discipline, Self-Control, Automaticity, Productivity, Sleep, Business News

We each have one reservoir of will and discipline, and it gets progressively depleted by any act of conscious self-regulation. So if you spend energy trying to resist a fragrant chocolate chip cookie, you'll have less energy left over to solve a difficult problem.

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Can You Be Good Without God?

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Montheism, Language, Atheism, Rituals, Beliefs, Morality, Self-Restraint, God, Supernatural, Religion, Religious Belief, Atheist Morality, Religion News

If atheists or secularists want to offer an alternative to religious morality, then it would appear that their first challenge is to agree on what the content of their morality will be (e.g. is abortion moral or not?)

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Couple Wanted for Close Friendship, Especially on Holidays

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Hi Irene, My husband and I moved across the country 10 years ago so he could pursue a job after finishing graduate school. After re-esta...

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Vision 2011: Presence And Connectedness Through Ritual

Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rituals become something to look forward to, a source of peace and connectedness. Making ritual a part of our daily lives also gives us perspective on our place in the scheme of the universe.

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Giving Valentine's Day New Meaning This Year?

Dr. Sharon Ufberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holiday Traditions, Valentine's Day, Motherhood, Candy Hearts, Rituals, Family, Healthy Living News

I love my children, although they are not children anymore. They are 20-somethings, post-college and graduate school -- well, two out of three, anyway...

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Singles Bonding Over Food and Friendship: Cooking Club, Year 39

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you love food, friends, and camaraderie, and if you would like to hear the story of a club for singles that has nothing to do with dating and has l...

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Giving Thanks for Quirky Family Traditions

Sharon Duke Estroff | Posted 11.17.2011

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No matter how crazy our worlds may feel the other 51 weeks of the year, we'll spend one glorious week in November safely swathed in the bizarre and beautiful traditions that weave our lives together.

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"Out, Damned Spot! Out, I Say!": Wrestling With the Demons of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obessions, Rituals, Disorders, Health, Ocd, Treatments, Anxiety, Obessive-Compulsive, Los Angeles News

Some OCD patients are so resistant to medication that their lives have ceased to be their own. In these cases, new surgical techniques might provide an answer.

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Thanksgiving: A Harvest Of Diversity

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Traditions, Thanksgiving Dinner, Ceremonies, Rituals, Diversity, Thanksgiving Traditions, Culture, Thanksgiving, Multicultural, Donna Henes, Multiculturalism, Healthy Living News

By incorporating what is truly meaningful to us, we take a tradition and make it our own. Thanksgiving is a perfect example. It is the great All-American adaptable ritual.

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Legacy Writing: Lessons of a Decade

Rachael Freed | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: 2010, Living With Meaning, Rituals, Ethical Will, Tradition, Legacy, The Inner Life, Legacy-Writing, Healthy Living News

As 2010 begins, may your writing be a source of insight and wisdom for you, and a gift of blessing for those who come after you.

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Legacy Writing For The Holidays

Rachael Freed | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holidays, Family-Rituals, Traditions, Rituals, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Legacy, Legacy-Writing, Memories, The Inner Life, The Future, Healthy Living News

Holiday rituals and traditions connect families over the generations. Communicating our memories and stories can revitalize this year's holidays, and even encourage family healing and forgiveness.

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Nine (With the Controversial Endowment Ceremony scene)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've taken an extra day to process this week's installment -- "Outer Darkness" -- because it's the most controversial of the season (if not the series.)

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You Can Have a Long Distance Relationship, Even in this Economy

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: France, Paris, Long Distance Love, I Love Woody Allen and Have a Hard Time Trusting Anyone Who Doesn't, Computer Love, Rituals, Long Distance Relationships, Skype, Webcam, Andrea Chalupa, Healthy Living News

Long distance relationships absolutely, positively do work and while I was starting mine, I happened upon a lot of happy couples who were making it work too.

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Rituals and Membership Cards

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, God, Rituals, Healthy Living News

The idea that a membership card gives you special privileges strikes me as an unfeasible way to approach the enormous challenge of transcending to a higher level of awareness.

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