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Introspection

Familiarity Can Be Dangerous

Jennifer Sertl | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business
Jennifer Sertl

We are losing our ability to be confronted by external forces that are foreign. There is value in friction and perhaps the greatest friction of all is our humility.

The Women Who Came Before Us

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 05.10.2013 | Fifty
Patricia Crisafulli

When the digital image opened on my computer screen, I saw a face I hadn't seen for half my life -- my mother's.

Standing Still

J. Kate Franklin | Posted 04.29.2013 | Healthy Living
J. Kate Franklin

I may have a bit more apparent emotional bruises and visible laugh lines, but it means I've fully lived -- and fine by me that I'm working on being a super woman not Superwoman. There's a difference -- a big difference.

De-stress From Distress Through a Little Soul Searching

Sharon Frey | Posted 01.07.2013 | Books
Sharon Frey

I yearned to find a peaceful frame of mind from which to address the situation. It was time for some soul searching. One way I approach this is through stories told by the world's great spiritual teachers.

Walking in a Muslim's Moccasins: A Different Perspective on the Muslim Protests

Zaman Stanizai | Posted 11.23.2012 | World
Zaman Stanizai

With Muslim faith and fancy lands and resources under continuous military and media attack for more than a decade, we should not be surprised at their resentment.

Parable of the Pear: The 'Not Doing' of Creativity

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 11.17.2012 | Fifty
Patricia Crisafulli

It can be hard to command yourself, "It's Thursday, 10:37 a.m. Be creative!"

Mighty Movie Podcast: Anne Émond on Nuit #1

Dan Persons | Posted 10.02.2012 | Entertainment
Dan Persons

Nuit #1 begins with its main characters, Clara (Catherine de Léan) and Nikolai (Dimitri Storoge), engaged in a superficial but strenuous bout of sex, having just met each other at a rave and retreated to Nikolai's sparsely appointed apartment.

Why Is It So hard To Make The Life Changes We Seek?

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.30.2012 | Healthy Living
Sam Sommers

Are you looking to be a happier, more productive, more successful person? Are you in the market for self-help? Then the better advice is stop putting so much effort into finding your "authentic" self. Learn to embrace the self as flexible.

Impatience and Being Undeserving

Misha Lyuve | Posted 01.14.2012 | New York
Misha Lyuve

From ART BEAUTY LIFE blog I've been wondering whether impatience is my inborn trait or I acquired it through the years of living in big cities. In...

The Unexpected Value Of Getting To Know Yourself

Lisa Firestone | Posted 07.30.2011 | Healthy Living
Lisa Firestone

Mindsight is a method of self-understanding through which people can gain insight and empathy by exploring the workings of their own mind.

Celebrating Lord Mahavir's Teachings Of Compassion And Peace In Jainism

Nikhil Bumb | Posted 06.15.2011 | Religion
Nikhil Bumb

Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most important holidays for Jains around the world and the birthday of Lord Mahavir, the 24th and last Thirthankar of Jainism.

Unmasking superman - An Interview With Stefan Pinto

Clément Yeung | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Clément Yeung

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live without boundaries? Do you ever imagine how you would feel completely transforming your physical...

Brain Region Linked To Introspection

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

WASHINGTON — Just how confident are you that you made the right decision? New research has uncovered a part of the brain that's larger in people...

How to Have A Smooth Mercury In Retrograde

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Donna Henes

Mercury in retrograde has a very bad rap. But I have learned a thing or two about how to survive in one piece, and how to use this potentially frustrating phase in a fruitful manner.