Blindsided by a job loss, the unfamiliar isn't to be feared: It can be a chance to turn your life around....
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
Mom became like the sweetness of the chocolates she would eat. The dementia her sculptor, releasing the angel within, chiseling away memories, opinions, and beliefs until only her gentle presence remained.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy
We like surprise endings as much as the next guy: "The Usual Suspects," "Psycho," "Fight Club"--they all rocked our world and made us thankful for bei...
Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
Where is this self that demands so much time and attention, fixing and cajoling, encouraging and pampering?
Gangaji | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Pain that is met consciously does not grow into suffering.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living
Throughout your day imagine being compassion, radiating warmth and love from the center of your chest, especially when you want to relax and feel more grounded.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
The BIG lies, the ones we consider most serious, are usually told by and to the people with whom we are most intimate.
Pye Ian | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment
Little to no emphasis is placed on harnessing genuine critical thought in our K through 12 public schools. And mature social discourse, self-reflection and cognitive empathy -- the very kind Hughes demonstrated in The Breakfast Club -- are rendered irrelevant.
Robert Fuller | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
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.
Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living
With two names in my pocket, I've come to hold vast curiosity about naming and how our lives are impacted by what people call us. (Yes, even the curse words we've been called.)
Sophie Keller | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Making the decision to have a baby is not an easy one and one that is not to be taken lightly. Caring for a new soul takes a lot of delicate handling...
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living
While we were recently in England we were invited to a dinner party that was also attended by Monica Lewinsky (yes, that Monica!). She struck us as be...
Yahoo! News | Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
If you have a purpose in life -- lofty or not -- you'll live longer, a new study shows. It doesn't seem to matter much what the purpose is, or whe...
Christine Hassler | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
The past two weeks, I have blogged about the rite of passage for today's twenty something woman (part one and part two). Below are ten brief tips to ...
Makenna Goodman at Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
I Don't Want To Burn My Bra, But AAARGH!This weekend I sat on the sidelines of the men's soccer game. It was a big deal, and many people were there, y...
Sara Davidson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
"Davidson's first job was with the Boston Globe, where she became a national penis finder," read my bio on Wikipedia. What?! I blinked. I read it again. How had this happened?
Vicki Iovine | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
Two days in a row I've been in a funk. Actually, yesterday felt like a long road of flat highway in Texas somewhere -- empty and endless. Today feels...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.
BBC NEWS | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
Dr Glenn Wilson, a consultant psychologist, observed the body language of 500 drinkers and divided them into eight personality types. These were the ...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living
I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...
Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
When Barack Obama announced his Mutt Club membership on November 7, 2008, I didn't join his club...he joined mine. This is the launch of the Mutt Pride Movement!
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
When Obama was born, it was illegal in 16 states for blacks to mary whites. Today the product of a relationship between a black man and a white woman is the President of the United States.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 01.10.2009 | World
What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.
realsimple.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living