Inner Life

Citizen Confidence -- are Americans Having "Honeymoon Blues?"

Kari Henley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Kari Henley

It took a lot after Bush to get our hopes up and get hitched in the first place. I am not sure this newlywed bliss is ready for the partisan beating, delays and the frustrations.

Making Our Own Mistakes

Michelle Renee | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


Michelle Renee

The simple truth is what we label as our own mistakes are really just choices that have led us to this moment in time.

America's Awakening: Choosing Hope Over Fear

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living


Dr. Cara Barker

"That we are in the midst of a crisis is now well understood....Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land--a n...

The Key To Contentment

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

My husband stopped in our hometown today in Indiana for a few days to visit his mom. She's 86 and still hard at work running their family business, a ...

What Buddha Might Say To George Bush (And Us)

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

If a bull goes straight when the herd is crossing a road, then they will all go straight because he leads the way. The same among people. If the one w...

The Transformational Twenties

Kay Goldstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living


Kay Goldstein

Virtually all twentysomethings are learning to find a way to manage your personal and financial lives and figure out not only what you want from life, but how to get it.

Cleanses Rock! And I so DO NOT have an Eating Disorder.

Lauren Cahn | Posted 02.05.2009 | Style


Lauren Cahn

I don't have an eating disorder. I just take a break from eating every so often. You know, like, after I've eaten too much on vacation. Or, say ...

The 3 A Formula: Simple Steps To Get Clear And Free

Anne Naylor | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

So what to do when you might be facing new and challenging circumstances, feeling possibly hopeless or helpless? The 3 A Formula is: Acceptance... Awareness... Action.

How To Awaken To The Miracle Of Love

Anne Naylor | Posted 01.20.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." Saint Augustine The way I see it, the time leading up t...

5 Common Sense Keys For Emotional Well-Being

Anne Naylor | Posted 01.13.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

I believe that the current global turmoil is offering many of us a wake up call to our greater possibilities for fulfilment, to connect with the deeper seam of gold within us, waiting for us to find it.

How To Celebrate A Lily Day

Anne Naylor | Posted 01.06.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory wa...

How Yoga Teaches Us The Joy of Impermanence

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

Yoga is not just about standing on your head, it is also a way of life, which includes the mythology of a trilogy of Gods: Brahma the creator, Vishnu ...

A History Of The Human Soul

Yahoo! News | Meredith F. Small | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living


A friend recently told me that he had finally, in middle age, found his soul mate. She was a woman he barely knew, but he was willing to give up every...

The Gentle Art Of Soul Care

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living


Anne Dilenschneider

Across time, the advice is constant: those engaged in the care for others must care for themselves. Indeed, caring for our own souls is how the gent...

Giving: It's The New Getting

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.28.2008 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

The Dalai Lama was giving teachings in Dharamsala, India. It was crowded and cold and very uncomfortable sitting on mats on the concrete floor. Deb wa...

When Dreams Reveal Reality

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

The other night I dreamed about a woman with whom I had a 'falling out' several years ago. In the dream, she and I were friends - laughing and sharin...

How To Say Thank You

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

As we come to Thanksgiving next Thursday, we obviously have something to be very grateful for this year: the overcoming of racial prejudice. The reper...

Transformation Keys: The Attitude Of Gratitude

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living


Russell Bishop

Welcome to the first in a series on Transformation Keys, a weekly series on thoughts you can use to transform the quality and experience of life for y...

Is It Logical To Believe In God?

beliefnet.com | Heather MacDonald and Michael Novak | Posted 12.16.2008 | Living


Do skeptics, agnostics and atheists have anything in common with people of faith? The recent popularity of books on both sides shows many opinions but...

Election Anxiety: Kill It With Kindness

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

In the last week of the election, anxiety in our country is palpable. But I also am starting to realize that it is how we think, feel, and act after ...

It's Time for Some Loving Kindness

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

In the last week we have been witnessing a huge amount of hateful and vicious language and behavior in the election. Despite promising to run a positi...

Top Tips For Surviving Today's Financial Challenges

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living


Russell Bishop

Today we begin a new series on tips for surviving the complex, fast changing world of finance that seems to be consuming so much of the world's attention these days.

Lessons In Living: The Wisdom Of Eckhart Tolle and Warren Buffett

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living


Dr. Judith Rich

Lesson 1 Knowing When To Pull the Plug "Should you fi...

Dissolution Of Self: All You Need Is Love

Stacey Lawson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living


Stacey Lawson

I've been writing these last weeks about the dissolution of the small, individual identity into the vast, eternal presence of the Divine. As St. John...

Confessions Of A Mystic

Stacey Lawson | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living


Stacey Lawson

Just as one cannot adequately describe in words the juicy sweetness of a ripe pear or the shocking depth of the color indigo, so too it seems impossib...