Deepak Chopra

The Anti-Affirmation

Tabby Biddle | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: The Dark Side, Shadow, Coming Into Our Potential, Personal Growth, Caroline Myss, Louise Hay, Chopra Center, Debbie Ford, Anodea Judith, Affirmations, Deepak Chopra, Living News

Debbie Ford, author and faculty at the Chopra Center: "If you want to manifest your full potential you have to reclaim the parts of yourself that you've denied, hidden or given away to others."

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What Really Killed Michael Jackson?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Addiction, Michael Jackson, Self Esteem, Courtland Milloy, Love, Jackson 5in Bashir, Martin Bashir, Deepak Chopra, Entertainment News

No matter how much another person loves you, if you do not love yourself, it won't make a difference. I believe that MIchael Jackson did not love himself.

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Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Medical Ethics, Michael Jackson, Dangerous Controlled Substance, Drug Addiction, Roadkill, Physicians, Celebrity Culture, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Doctor Shopping, Beverly Hills, Self-Esteem, Justice Department, Prescription Painkillers, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Just Say No, Fame, Opiates, Drug Enforcement Administration, Deepak Chopra, Drug Abuse, Heath Ledger, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Hippocratic Oath, Celebrities, Hollywood, Black Box Warning, Entertainment News

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

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Bloodsuckers and the World of Michael Jackson

Mallika Chopra | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Grace Rwaramba, Deepak Chopra, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News

In the aftermath of Michael Jackson's death, I found myself in a surreal situation that gave me a glimpse into the dark side of bloodsuckers, media and celebrity.

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The Five Stages of Public Grief: Ed, Farrah, Michael, Michael, Michael

David Kessler | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Ed McMahon, Grief, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Deepak Chopra, Living News

Michael was the epitome of sudden death. We were collectively thrust into denial and are now obsessed with the "whys."

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Be the Change Now: Deepak Chopra Preaching in NYC

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Change, Personal Transformation, Political Change, Transformation, New York-New York, Living News

With the election of President Barack Obama, millions of Americans opted for "change you can believe in." But now as our country faces the tough job o...

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Spreading Peace on Twitter

Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Viral Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, Non-Violence, Peace, Living News

Twitter and Deepak Chopra spread peace on earth with the I Take The Vow pledge.

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Building Emotional Muscle

Cheryl Saban | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Rising to Challenges, Larry King, Emotional Stamina, Success, Deepak Chopra, Resilience, WhatisYourSelfWorth.Com, Living News

I'm sharing this humbling episode to demonstrate the fact that even when we think we have all our ducks in a row, life continually pitches us challenges.

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What's an Unpublished Writer to Do?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Publishing, Authors Gude, Jason A. Spencer Edwards, Henry David Thoreau, Oprah, JASP Publishing, New York Times, Self-Published, Bernard Lachance, Without Grace, Deepak Chopra, Jiggy, Media News

If an author who cannot acquire a traditional publishing deal decides to invest in their writing career by self-publishing instead of giving up, let's celebrate their passion and entrepreneurship.

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Why Deepak Chopra Is Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Pakistan, Deepak Chopra, Jihadism, Muslim, Extremism, The Dilemma of the Good Muslim, World News

Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.

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The Pressure to Heal Ourselves

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 03.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Ovarian Cyst, Health, John-Kabat-Zinn, The Secret, Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Healing, Living News

Every time I tried to picture my baby, happy and swimming around in my uterus, the image was overshadowed by that of the grapefruit-sized cyst growing alongside it.

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If You Escaped the Meltdown, What Should You Do?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Economic Crisis, Moral Obligation, Deepak Chopra, Financial Crisis, Economy, The Giving Life, Living News

Let's say that someone has avoided the worst of the economic meltdown and actually wants to help. The influence of fear, selfishness, uncertainty, caution, and pessimism still clouds the issue.

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Kidstock with Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Moby, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Donovan and... David Lynch?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mary Tyler Moore, Maryland, Wild at Heart, The Beach Boys, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Obama, Sir Paul McCartney, Inland Empire, The National Institutes of Health, Deepak Chopra, New York School System, The Beatles, Rishikesh, Dr. John Hagelin, Woodstock, Russell Simmons, Rishikesh India, David Lynch, The Films of David Lynch, Mia Farrow, Silver Spring, Radio City Music Hall, Moby, Paul Horn, Mike Love, Maharishi, President Barack Obama, Paul McCartney, Blue Velvet, Ben Harper, The Elephant Man, Parade Magazine, New York City, New York, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Sheryl Crow, Clint Eastwood, Dr. William Stixrud, Silver Spring Maryland, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Twin Peaks, Laura Dern, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Tm, India, New York Schools, Heather Graham, Transcendental Meditation, Dr. Mark Liponis, Dune, The David Lynch Foundation, Donovan, Eraserhead, Stephen Collins, Entertainment News

This concert will be about the music, but its statement of solidarity and support for upliftment in education could be the beginning of yet another American wave of consciousness raising.

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Alternative Medicine is Mainstream

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Cam, Andrew Weil, Health, Dean Ornish, Deepak Chopra, Living News

It's time to move past the debate of alternative medicine versus traditional medicine, and to focus on what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under which circumstances.

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Resolving to Care: Integrative Health Care Reform

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 12.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Integrative Health, Andrew Weil, Health Care, Health Reform, Health, Self-Help, Living News

Why would the Wall Street Journal bother to devote space to knocking integrative physicians, Deepak Chopra and Andrew Weil?

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Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Listen -- My Encounter with Fox News

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Terrorism, The O'Reilly Factor, Deepak Chopra, Fox News, Deepak Chopra Bill O'reilly, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Dennis Miller, Media News

It's a peculiar feeling being swept up, however briefly, in the right-wing message machine. But if I thought I could walk away unscathed, I was fooling myself.

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Mumbai Is Quiet, But What's Next?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Deepak Chopra Cnn, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East Peace, u.s. Foreign Policy, Deepak Chopra on Mumbai, Pakistan, Terrorism, General David Petraeus, Muslim World Islam, Middle East, Obama, Mumbai, War on Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Barack Obama, Terrorist Networks, Al Qaeda, Mumbai Deaths, Deepak Chopra, Petraeus, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Muslim Youth, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, President Elect Barack Obama, India Pakistan Relations, 100 Days, World News

Beyond the Mumbai attacks, the larger issue looms of what to do and how the U.S. is going to deal with global terrorism.

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Letter to Sean Hannity of Fox News

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: William Cohen, Fox News, Mumbai Attacks, Sean Hannity, Hannity and Colmes, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Deepak Chopra, Deepak Chopra Hannity, Deepak Chopra Sean Hannity, Media News

I sent this following letter to Sean Hannity recently in response to his misrepresentation of what I said on his show regarding the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Now I'm making it public.

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What Happened in Mumbai is Very Personal

Mallika Chopra | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, The Wall Street Journal, Family Values, Indian Tradition, Dorthy Rabinowitz, Terrorism, Family Stories, Deepak Chopra, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Racism, Deepak Cnn, Storytelling, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, World News

My hope is that as a global community we can address the deeper issues that have fostered terrorism in the first place.

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My Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz and the WSJ

Gotham Chopra | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra, Isi, War on Terror, Terrorism, Dorthy Rabinowitz, Islamic Fundamentalists, Media Coverage, Taliban, Media, Wall Street Journal, War in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Mujahadeen, Media Pundits, Fox News, Us Foriegn Policy, Afghan Taliban, Media News

As concerned citizens it's our responsibility to challenge our leaders to think of new ideas, learn from our past mistakes, and be very conscious of the world they are shaping for our children.

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A Fuller and More Personal Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz's Attack on Me in the Wall Street Journal

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Gotham Chopra, Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Midnight's Children, Media News

To trivialize my views on a topic as vast of of terrorism with "Deepak Blames America," as Ms. Rabinowitz has done, not only suggests how abysmally uninformed she is, but also speaks to the ever-sinking journalistic standards of her newspaper.

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My Uncensored Interview with Deepak Chopra

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

Read More: Islamic Militants, India, War on Terror, Islamic Extremists, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Media, Wall Street Journal, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Saudi Arabia, Mumbai Deaths, American Muslims, Deepak Chopra, Muslims, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism, Pakistan, The View, Mumbai, Shock and Awe, Mujahideen, Mainstream Media, Iraq War, Patriot Act, Patriotism, Islamic Radicalism, Cnn, Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Anti-Muslim Bias, Iraq, World News

I spoke to Chopra Tuesday and gave him the opportunity to speak candidly about censorship in the media, the new patriotism, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and latent anti-Muslim racism in the United States.

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Response to the Wall Street Journal

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Mumbai Attacks, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Home News

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article critical of some comments that I made on CNN and at the same time made some derogatory and personal attacks.

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How to Prevent Another Mumbai

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Mumbai, Mumbai Deaths, Deepak Chopra, Home News

Before the economy eclipsed everything else, the country was feeling better about Iraq. The war was winding down. The insurgents were being steadily ...

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5 Ways to Feel Thankful, Fast

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Gratitude, Tips for Holiday Season, Thanksgiving, Deepak Chopra, Being Thankful, Holiday Stress, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dogs, Happiness, Jennifer Macaluso, Happiness Tips, Thanksgiving Commentary, Living News

Is Thanksgiving catching you between a rock and a hard place, emotionally? Here are five ways to feel thankful (or thankfuller, if you're already into the T-zone), fast.

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