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Project Feed Me Brings Thanksgiving To Harlem Locals

Posted 12.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Harlem, Adversity, Poverty, Thanksgiving Dinner, Charity, Thanksgiving, Nonprofit, New York City, Project Feed Me, Impact News

On November 24, nearly 200 people were provided hot Thanksgiving meals in Harlem's Frederick Douglass Children's Center by Project Feed Me, a signific...

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Once Upon A Time: Silly Is For Survivors

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Adversity, Laughter, Shakespeare, Humor, Children's Books, Children, India, Titanic, James Cameron, Happiness, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Could it be that some parents deprive their children of silly stories mistakenly believing that silly is counterproductive? Could they believe that the world is a harsh place with no room for laughter and goofiness?

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Oprah Calls Women to Action This Thursday, 10/1

Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Adversity, Activists, Nicholas Kristoff, Women, Nonprofits, Call to Action, Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Impact News

This Thursday, October 1, don't miss Oprah as she embarks on an incredible hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show, featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas...

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Ask Maddisen -- How To Stop "Shoulding" On Yourself

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Adversity, Marriage, Ask Maddisen, Living News
Maddisen K. Krown

It's possible that the "shoulding" is a sign that you are swimming upstream, rowing against the current, and actually heading in the 'wrong" direction.

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Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Worry Vacation, Dread, Fear, Worry Time, Kindness, Psychology, Facing Limitations, Catastrophe, Coping Strategies, January, Recession, Holiday, Adversity, Challenges, Help Yourself, Help Others, Post Holidays Depression, Cope With Fear, How to Calm Down, Relieve Anxiety, Recession Fears, New Opportunities, How to Deal With Fear, Self Help, Coping, How to Deal With Anxiety, How to Deal With Stress, Anxiety, How to Cope, Calm Down, Worry, Living News
Tamar Chansky

Adjusting to this new reality means appreciating that just because there's a crisis going on, you can't live in it all the time: in crisis mode there's nothing to do but get immobilized with dread.

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Hope, For a Change

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Adversity, Barak Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, Ship of State, Barack Obama, Constructive, Fdr, Politics News
Paula Gordon

Character, not just the Great Depression, has me thinking about Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama in tandem as I wait (anxiously) for the American p...

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