Do You Avoid Your Emotions?
The quest for unconditional love becomes a way of behaving: we try to emulate the actions of love and compassion, without first becoming those experiences. This leads to more resentment and frustration
The quest for unconditional love becomes a way of behaving: we try to emulate the actions of love and compassion, without first becoming those experiences. This leads to more resentment and frustration
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.17.2010 | Living
It always hurts to be dumped without having any say in the matter but it will be less painful and you will heal more quickly over time if you take control of what you can.
Alanna Zabel | Posted 03.17.2010 | Home
Mantra: I am Lucky Exercise: Padmasana Happy Saint Patrick's Day! It is believed that Saint Patrick's Day has been celebrated in Ireland since before...
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 03.16.2010 | Living
Some readers, like me, "blessed" with, let's just call it a "tendency towards compulsion," went off to the races with this one. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say our minds went off to the races.
Dana Ullman | Posted 03.16.2010 | Living
Evidence suggesting that antibiotics may make people fat is old. As far back as 1955, research published in a leading nutrition journal showed that weight gain may be linked to prolonged antibiotic usage.
Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.16.2010 | Living
Relationships make up a large percentage of our daily lives and, no surprise here, people in healthy ones are more successful and happier than those in a relationship that is in constant turmoil.
David Nichtern | Posted 03.16.2010 | Living
We rarely if ever look at the "I" that's making our everyday assumptions. Our meditation practice, rather then being theoretical or metaphysical, is extremely personal and direct -- it's highly experiential.
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 03.15.2010 | Living
I was one of those kids who never allowed herself to be a kid. As a result, I missed out on many joys of childhood. I didn't know, for instance, wha...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.14.2010 | Living
QUESTION: Dear Irene, How does one get over being so alone? I do have a few very good friends, but too few! I am dying of loneliness! I don't know ...
Halle Tecco | Posted 03.13.2010 | Living
Constance McMillen wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date to her prom. And she wanted to wear a tuxedo. Consequently, Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom this year.
Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.12.2010 | Living
I would never discount peace and contentment-inducing happiness factors like meditation, prayer, love, friendship, or charity. However, I disagree that money isn't necessary for a happy life.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.12.2010 | Living
Recently, there were two chilling news reports of older women, one who had been living in New York and another in South Carolina, who died alone in th...
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 03.10.2010 | Living
Instead of just stringing together a list of six words, choose words that tell the story of your intimate relationships, not as you would like them to be, but as they really are for you.
Staness Jonekos | Posted 03.09.2010 | Living
At 52 I am really pissed off that aging -- a thing that happens as soon as we take our first breath -- is such a big deal! Why does a large part of our population struggle with aging?
Linda Stone | Posted 03.09.2010 | Living
I am a woman who has climbed the corporate ladder at two Fortune 100 companies. I am a woman who had to advocate for myself through a serious illness. Vigilance was my ally. Or was it?
Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.09.2010 | Living
Too often we focus so much on a door that has closed abruptly and unexpectedly in our faces that we don't realize that the world is full of other doors that are open to us.
Isha Judd | Posted 03.08.2010 | Living
The images from Chile remind us how transitory everything is in life. In moments like these, the only real thing is love, uniting us in shared embrace.
Victor Corral | Posted 03.06.2010 | Politics
Single black and Hispanic women own only a fraction of a penny for every dollar owned by single white women, according to the Insight Center for Community Economic Development.
John Shore | Posted 03.10.2010 | Living
I don't know much about much, but after nearly thirty years of being married, I'm confident of these ten things any man can do to make himself a much better husband.
Natasha Dern | Posted 03.05.2010 | Living
When you perceive yourself, your life, your world in a new and meaningful way, be assured, that something within you will bring forth illumination, an ocean of possibilities pour into your life.
John Shore | Posted 03.10.2010 | Religion
How can any Christian take what Paul said about homosexuality literally, and at the same time ignore or seriously waffle on what Jesus Christ said about money?
Halle Tecco | Posted 03.04.2010 | Living
All of the 10 most obese metro areas fall within the bottom two-thirds of all areas surveyed for frequent exercise. When asked if people had a safe place to exercise, the areas came in below national average.
Dana Ullman | Posted 03.03.2010 | Living
Numerous surveys have confirmed that people seeking homeopathic treatment tend to be more educated than those who don't. What isn't known is that it's the leading alternative treatment used by Europeans.
David Nichtern | Posted 03.02.2010 | Living
It is essential that the teacher is thoroughly trained herself and completely personifies what is being presented. Sometimes the teachings at this level are called transmission or "ear whispered."
Isha Judd | Posted 03.19.2010 | Living