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3 Keys To Higher Love And Restoring Happiness

Anne Naylor | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Freedom, Shame, Joy, Forgiving, Personal Value, Higher Love, Clearing Out Deadwood, Comfort Zone, Self-Image, Possible Dream, Personal Values, The Inner Life, Living News

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a w...

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Real Food Rehab: Because Beautiful Food Is Your Birthright

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Creativity, Healthy Eating, Processed Food, Farmer's Markets, Diet-Fads, Community, Diet, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Joy, Fruits, Eating Matters, Organic Food, Local Food, Health, Nutrition, Food, Eating Well, Real Food, Chicago News

Eating well is a life skill. It's about learning to trust ourselves, getting back in touch with our instincts and returning to those things that nourish us and give us pleasure. Remember pleasure?

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The Dirty Word in Clean

Michael DeJong | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom's of Maine, Arm & Hammer, Spray ‘N Wash, Era, Abnormal Hormonal Functions, Joy, Toronto Indoor Air Conference of 1990, Orange Glo, Eco-Savvy, Respiratory Diseases, Dawn, Commercial Cleaning Products, Scrub-Free Cleaners, Parsons' Ammonia, Church and Dwight, Tide, Mr. Clean, SNOBOL Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Murphy’s Oil Soap, $30 Billion U.S. Cleaning Products Market, Death Rate From Cancer, Oxiclean, Ajax, Ivory, Green Alternatives, Procter & Gamble, Abnormal Reproductive Functions, Indoor Environments, National Research Council, Cameo Cleaners, New York State Law, Soap and Detergent Association, Bounce, Softsoap, Swiffer, Brillo, Suavitel, Cheer, Lysol, Dermassage, Electrasol, Vanish, Calgon, Colgate-Palmolive, Kaboom, Resolve, Dreft, Finish, Reckitt-Benckiser, Downy, Cascade, Woolite, Gain, Dynamo, Green News

Do common cleaners have toxic ingredients? They might. They might not. But until we know for certain -- who here cares to continue to experiment with the health of their children?

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Spewing Joy: The Supermarket Shuffle

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, George Crane, Fearlessness, Compliments' Club, Northwestern University, Dance, Choice, Joy, The Balanced Life, Happiness, Living News

Readers, what a joy you are! In fact, priceless. As usual, your responses have been heart-warming, contagious. Last week, one of you said something...

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Baby Steps

Matthew Owen | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama 2008, John Roberts, Inauguration, Greg Craig, Obama Oath, Obama Hope, Obama's Inauguration, Hope, Europe, Excitement Obama, Joy, Happiness, Politics News

The day after the inauguration, in the U.S. and abroad, we were like new parents, mouth agape, filled with awe, hope and excitement.

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Positive Psychology: Hard Core 'Happiness' Nerds -- and Goldie Hawn

Kari Henley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Instead of psychologists spending all their time focusing on anger, depression and fear, they've decided to research the other end of the emotional spectrum, via Positive Psychology.

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Woodstock in Washington

Darryle Pollack | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

In the election of Barack Obama, the mood of fear and anger that has gripped our country for eight years seems to have vanished overnight. At least for now.

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The List

Nia Vardalos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Candy, Lawyers, Americans, Dads, Humor, Children, Canadians, United States, New Year's Commentary, Parenting, January, Gay Adoption, Adoption Within the Us, Canada, Joy, Happiness, Adoption, New Year's Resolutions, National Adoption Day, Kids, New Year's Resolution, The Alliance for Children's Rights, Moms, Excitement, Pro Bono, M&m's, Foster Care, November, Parents, Living News

A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.

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What Makes You Cry... Besides the Obama Inauguration?

Rob Kall | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Thrills, Obama's Inauguration, Crying, Tears, Obama Tears, Frisson, Chills, Happiness, Obama Hope, Emotion, Hope, Jubilation, Joy, Emotions, Excitement Obama, Living News

I've been thinking about the tears of joy, that feeling of choking up, the chill up the back of the neck, of sympathy and empathy, for a few decades.

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Inauguration, Orange

Suz Redfearn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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I have no capacity for standing out in the cold. I was born in Florida. What was I going to do with my two year-old? All our babysitters either wanted to be home to watch the Inauguration themselves, or try to go.

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Together We Stand: The Inauguration

Joy Bryant | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

We all stood, friends and strangers, freezing and frozen, laughing and crying, booing and cheering... together. And that's how we'll get through all the mess that our country is in.

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Obama Fronts

Lester Sloan | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Barack Obama represents something inside all of us, something not defined by color or ethnicity. We look at him and see a fleeting reflection of better selves.

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How To Increase Your Joy Through Service

Anne Naylor | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Peace of Mind, President Obama, Joy, Princess Diana, Maturity, Service, Blessings, Happiness, Love, The Giving Life, Living News

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." Rabindranath Tagore The joy com...

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Orthoskepsis: When Too Much Thinking Is A Bad Thing

Tara Stiles | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Common Sense Issues, Food, Buddha, Barack Obama, Joy, Living News

We're always thinking, of our health, finances, family, friends, environment, politics, and so on. We think of ways to improve, earn more, get ahead ...

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A Very Happy Birthday

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Golf, Relationships, Inauguration Day, Barack Obama, Birthdays, Pineapples, Weather, Cake, Joy, Happiness, Living News

January 20, 2009 is a day most of us will remember all our lives, thanks to Barack Obama's inauguration. We will certainly treasure that memory, but w...

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One Gigantic Shining Moment

Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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In the moments immediately after Obama was sworn in, I turned to an African American woman standing behind me and we just hugged, celebrating in that tight embrace the collapse of racial divide.

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The Inauguration: Greetings from the Mob

Alexander Trowbridge | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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In this historic inauguration, seating is so much on the mind. Some people arrived at the gates just as the last of the guests at the pre-inaugural balls stumbled back in the opposite direction.

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A Blessing for Barack (A Jewish Prayer for All Obama-ites)

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.

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Partnering with God in Tough Times

John Morton | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Challenges, God, Trust, Spiritual Journey, Economic Crisis, Choices, Spiritual, Financial Crisis, Spiritual Path, Making Choices, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Joy, Happiness, Living News

Some years ago, I chose to take a vow of poverty and focus my life on being of service. I gave up my material concerns as I had known them. I no longer owned anything.

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Give Someone a Compliment Today

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.13.2009 | Living

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My close friends have already vomited and will not read my next three columns in protest. But I believe in joy.

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Crying for Obama

Ellen C. Caldwell | Posted 12.14.2008 | Style

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We are crying because grandmas who were born into segregation and fought for the right to vote not just as women, but also as black Americans voted for our next president.

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Joy: How To Make It Last

Prevention | Siri Carpenter | Posted 08.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Good Thoughts, Happiness, Joy, Living News

How we think and what we do can intensify, even prolong, the best moments in life. Here's how to tune in to the small stuff and reap huge rewards! R...

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Why Joy, Fun and Laughter Heal Everything Including Relationships

Keith Leon and Maura Leon | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Keith Leon, Relationships, Relationship Advice, Love, Maura Leon, Laughter, Joy, Fun, Living News

Recent research has shown us that when we take the time to relax and play, we will become healthier, happier, more creative, and more resilient to lif...

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