Smiling at Fear: Pema Chodron
Whether we seek protection, or try to prove how brave we are, we often miss fear's true opportunity to teach us authentic courage.
Whether we seek protection, or try to prove how brave we are, we often miss fear's true opportunity to teach us authentic courage.
Lisa Schirch | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
In Pakistan, the United States must ensure that policies, actions and resources focus on population-centric security and a community-based approach to policing.
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.
Tom Morris | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.
Anne Naylor | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.
Mike Robbins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Many of us, myself included, get so obsessed with doing things "right," or at the very least not doing anything that could be perceived as "wrong," we organize much of what we say and do to avoid ever being "wrong."
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
My grandmother was a wise woman. She would tell me, "Live each day, one at a time." When I asked her how else you could live, she would take a sip from the flask under her apron and shrug her shoulders.
Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
My partner, Will, felt I had shared something that was meant just for us. For me it was a daring investigation into how I see and live with my body, a personal test.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
Do you have a body part that you absolutely hate and sometimes feel ashamed of? Are you constantly finding ways to cover it up or hide it?
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
I am examined, scrutinized and commented upon. "I didn't have lines like those on my lips when I was your age," my mother says in the bright lights of her marble bathroom.
Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
Lately, I've been reflecting about my first visit to EPCOT at Disney World. Many of the countries exhibit their natural beauty. The U.S. highlights technology and its prowess in military victories.
Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
This superficially focused yet deeply-ingrained striving for some unattainable, deprivation-based goal can easily overcome a good life, and swallow it whole. And those feelings can turn deadly for some of us, or at the very least, consistently ruin our days.
Christine Hassler | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
To boost your confidence a bit, practice being a bit more out-going and assertive with your coworkers. Ask one of your colleagues out to lunch, join in a water cooler conversation, make a comment or raise a question at a meeting.
Anne Naylor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
This is my 40th consecutive week of posting articles on HuffPost. The process has been a great gift and a blessing to me. Writing each post has give...
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.
Trish Kinney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
When asked about it, I just say "it's a birthmark," usually explaining that it doesn't hurt as children so often fear. Children are the ones who usually have the nerve to ask.
Jeana Lee Tahnk | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
It's an age-old question that moms ask themselves on a daily basis -- am I doing this right? Motherhood to most is a type of training-in-progress, we learn as we go along.
TIME | Sean Gregory | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Damn you, tall people. They block your view at the movie theater. They're a pain to shop for: Who really wants to drag themselves to the Big & Tall to...
DivineCaroline | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living
I've learned some valuable things about life, love, and being female over the past half-century. Here is the advice I try to pass on to younger women ...
nytimes.com | Jan Hoffman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
When Oprah Winfrey realized she was the dreaded 2-0-0, she wrote in the January issue of her magazine: I'm mad at myself. I'm embarrassed....
Patricia Stark | Posted 06.28.2009 | Style
Even just 2 days of avoiding sugar, alcohol, carbs and salt can get rid of a lot of bloat, and you'll feel thinner on the day you shop for that new bathing suit.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living
She's the queen of talk, a cultural and financial icon and her impact on business is worth billions. Oprah Winfrey is the most influential woman in Am...
New York Times | John Tierney | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
"Evolution is good at getting us to avoid death, desperation and celibacy, but it's not that good at getting us to feel happy," says Geoffrey Miller, ...
Tom Morris | Posted 06.18.2009 | Home
The wisest people who have ever thought about positive achievement have left us bits and pieces of powerful advice for attaining true success in anything we do.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living