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Balanced Life -- Act the Way You Want To Feel

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Philosophy, The Balanced Life, William James, Pragmatism, Psychology, Autonomy, Self-Regulation, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act.

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Feeling Grumpy 'Is Good For You'

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Mood, Decision-Making, Happiness, Gumpy, Depression, Living News

An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly. In contrast to those annoying happy...

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Once Upon a Time: Marvelous Maurice Sendak

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Scary, Feelings, Emotions, Where the Wild Things Are, Controversy, Maurice Sendak, Children, Suppressing Feelings, Expressing Feelings, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

When a feeling is heard, it becomes safe and friendly. It's only when wild things (or emotions) are locked away that we have reason to fear them.

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Dan Brown's New Book, 2012 - Are You Ready for the Consciousness Shift?

Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Deborah Rozman, Emotions, Fear, Heartmath, Consciousness, Institute of HeartMath, Global Coherence Initiative, The Lost Symbol, Science, Shift, Planet, Doc Childre, Compassion, Dan Brown, 2012, Living News
Doc Childre

Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.

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Can Memories Be Erased?

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Emotions, Fear, Trauma, How to Control Emotions, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Memories, New York News
Joseph LeDoux

Remember Jim Carrey's character in Eternal Sunshine? He wanted the memory of Clementine extracted, traces of her wiped clean. Surely this was a film fantasy and impossible in real life. Or is it?

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Tyra Banks: Tyra Show Casting - Do You Have a Body Part You Absolutely Hate?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Body Hate, Tyra Banks, The Balanced Life, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Body, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Benefits of Yoga, Active, Confidence, Wellness, Stress, Body, Yoga, Weight Loss, Body Image, Emotions, Models, Forget Perfect, Mood, Perfectionism, Tyra Show, Self-Help, Healthy Eating, Mental Health, Health, Acceptance, Look Better Naked, Naked, Self-Esteem, Consciousness, Aging, Fitness, Self-Improvement, Nude Bodies, Living in the Moment, Living News
Susan Harrow

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?

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7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You

LiveScience | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Emotions, Mental Health, Health, Body, Mood, Anxiety, Wellness, Living News

From those with a chill demeanor to the completely frazzled types, mental factors are ultimately tied to physical health. And while a highly neurotic ...

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Emotional Education

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Back to School, Emotions, Emotional Intelligence, Living News
Darryle Pollack

I wish life came with a lesson plan. I wish five-year-olds never had to be rejected from anything. I wish all kids could get the education their parents hope they will get.

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Emotions and Business

Jen Grisanti | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Emotions, Small Business, Intelligence, Inspiration, Books, Business, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Jen Grisanti

So many people experience situations where they say, "My emotions got in the way." What if you can learn to utilize your emotions so that rather than getting in your way, they pave the way?

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Why Emotional Pain Doesn't Have to Lead to Suffering

Gangaji | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Identity, Suffering, The Inner Life, Happiness, Freedom, Living News
Gangaji

Pain that is met consciously does not grow into suffering.

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The Biochemistry of Sales

Rick Foster | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Emotions, Relationships, Sales, Profitability, Biochemistry, Sales Relationships, Sales Customers, Selling, Happy Customers, Business, Happy, Happiness, Business News
Rick Foster

Any seasoned salesperson will describe a sales-positive customer in the following terms: relaxed, focused, high-trust, happy. The question is, can salespeople consciously create these biochemically-induced states?

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Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Moby Dick, Good-Bye, Indignity, Self, Dignity, Farewell, Recognition, Death, Keats, Answers, Malrecognition, Columbine, Goodbye, Questions, Identity, Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?, Emily Dickinson, Elderly, Companionship, Childhood Memories, Emotional Wellness, Memories, Friendship, Emerson, Emotions, Living News
Robert Fuller

Our distaste for good-byes is a reminder of our unfathomable mutual dependence. An individual self cannot come into being, let alone endure, absent the recognition of others.

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How Happy Is... 5 Reasons To Express Your Emotions

Sophie Keller | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Feelings, Emotions, Feeling, Sophie Keller, Express Your Emotions, Express Emotions, Living News
Sophie Keller

It is so easy to carry around unexpressed emotions, especially if you grew up in a family who used impregnated silences in a passive aggressive way to...

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How To Ditch Other People's Negative Emotions

Karen Leland | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Negative Emotion, Featured Contributor, Emotions, Emotion, Negative Emotions, Judith Orloff, The Balanced Life, Living News
Karen Leland

Today was a four snooze alarm morning. Between the cold I caught from a fellow guest at a friend's dinner, deadlines for clients and editors looming o...

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Ask Maddisen - How To Get Unstuck From Depression

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Depression, Mood, Sad, Unhappy, Living News
Maddisen K. Krown

My intention is to share a theory about the natural cycle of our human nature and to provide a few tips for getting unstuck from the natural dark times.

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When The Heart Breaks Open

Gangaji | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Emotions, Love, Emotional Wellness, Emotional Pain, Living News
Gangaji

In addition to supporting you in taking necessary steps to heal from loss or to correct abusive situations, I would like to offer a simple, yet radical, invitation: take a moment, by yourself, without fixing or avoiding the pain, and fully open to it.

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Making the Best of the Worst

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Psychology, Healing, Emotion, Resilience Psychology, Stories, Resilience, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Some people I know are exquisitely sensitive. Every hurt, harm, or horror imprints their impressionable soul(s). Meanwhile others laugh it off, tough it out, shut down, deny, or resolutely move on.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Lynn Shelton on Humpday

Dan Persons | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pornography, Joshua Leonard, Lynn Shelton, Emotions, Marriage, Homosexuality, Amateur Porn, Sex, Homophobia, Gay, Bromance, Porn, Comedy, Mark Duplass, Exclusive, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In Humpday, two friends back themselves into a corner when they resolve to make an amateur porn video together, examining the straight male's anxiety over his nascent gay side.

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Is Your Inbox Full of Reactivit-E-Mail?

Brooke Siler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Emotions, Mental Health, Relationships, Reactivity, Email, Women's Health, Technology, Online Relationships, Emotional Reactivity, Psychology Technology, Living News
Brooke Siler

Some people are happily distracted by their Twitters and Tweets and would have it no other way. I, on the other hand, begin sweating and twitching as I near my computer.

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When I Don't Love Myself, My Addictions Are Important

Isha Judd | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Distraction, Addiction, Emotions, Living News, Honesty, Spirituality, Self Love, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Isha Judd

The reason we have such difficulty being with ourselves is that we have lost sight of our true essence; what I call love-consciousness.

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Smelling Orange: The Interconnected Realm Of Synesthesia

DivineCaroline | Kathryn Williams | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, The Poetic Life, Art, Brain, The Artists Life, Colors, Neurological, The Artist's Life, Synesthesia, Living News

You've probably heard Mondays referred to as "blue" or a brightly colored shirt as "loud." For most people, these descriptions are figurative. Mondays...

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Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Rwanda, Emotions, Neuroscience, Implicit Bias, Independence Day, Altruism, Science, Hurricane Katrina, Morality, Psychology, Watchmen, Israel, Prejudice, Science Fiction, World News
Jamil Zaki

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

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STUDY: Sleep Helps Us Let Go Of Negative Emotions

TIME | Tiffany Sharples | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Freud, Emotions, Rem Sleep, Mental Health, Personal Health, Health, Emotional Health, Sleeping, Wellness, Sleep, Living News

Dreams may not be the secret window into the frustrated desires of the unconscious that Sigmund Freud first posited in 1899, but growing evidence sugg...

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The Moment is Now

Lisa Guest | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Emotions, Trauma, General Motors, Jewish, Choices, Architecture, Healing, Reticence, Now, Michael Moore, Artistic Output, Fashion, Spirituality, Living News
Lisa Guest

My life has been one sacrifice after another. It would have been simpler to lower my ideals, to set my sights on something easier, more mainstream. I couldn't do that.

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What Are You Spreading?

Gangaji | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Peace, The Inner Life, Joy, Living News
Gangaji

In the midst of the recent Swine flu panic, most of us have been more careful than usual with our physical hygiene. We wash our hands more faithfully,...

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