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Be The Light This Chanukah!

Jason Mannino | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Jerusalem, Chanukah, Holiday Season, Jewish, Living, Gifts, Barack Obama, Hanukkah, Living News

Choosing to dwell on adversity is a choice. Pervasive throughout this darkness are bright lights that shine inwardly and outwardly. The holidays are celebrations of light and joy over triumph and adversity.

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Is Constituency Democracy Destroying the U.S.A.? Solutions Provided by Readers

Paul David Walker | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Politics, Economic Recovery, Living, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Politics News

Many point out that without special interest groups, "bribing" our elected officials is the main problem. Bribery is one of the "high crimes" mentioned in Article 2, Section 4 of our constitution.

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Love, loss and friendship: Getting over the death of a child

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, Support, Women, Holidays, Meningococcal Disease, Meningitis, Living News, Loss, Support Group, Friendship, National Meningitis Association, Lynn Bozof, Health, Grief, Mom, Living, Vaccine, Nma, Dying, Death, Living News

There is no pain greater than the loss of a child. Parents who have suffered such a tragedy say that they never get over it; at best, they get through...

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Saying Yes to Love Again, or Just Getting Your Flirt On

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Inspiration, Relationships, Divorce, Personal Growth, Womens-Empowerment, Held Hostage, Healing, Michelle Renee, Living, Women Who Dreambig, Parenting, Motivation, Love, Spirituality, Living News

I hadn't been grabbed around the waist and kissed like that in so long I could hardly remember what warm sensual lips felt like on mine. I loved every second of it, but still something inside of me rang.

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Same-Sex Marriage: "A Basic Civil Right"

James Rotondi | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Civil Liberties, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Couples, Christian Right, Civil Unions, Civil Rights, New York, Same-Sex Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Living, Gay Marriage, New York News

Is it is really acceptable to start putting human rights up for a vote, either on the Senate floor or the public voting booth?

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #7: All's Fair In Love And Warring College Application Services

Karen Stabiner | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Kris Kristofferson, Living, College Admissions, Common Application, Universal Application, The College Insider, The Balanced Life, Nacac, Living News

Like many families, you probably embraced the popular and seemingly logical approach and sent the school's own application to your first-choice school to show how much you care.

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HIV and AIDS Are NOT In Recession! (VIDEO)

Jason Mannino | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Living, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Budget, Lgbt. Lgbt Issues, Health, Living News

The grim truth is that as the number of HIV infections rise, funding for HIV Prevention and AIDS services has remains flat, and has been decimated by careless government officials.

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A College Tour De Force

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: College Students, Relationships, Companies, Work, Computers, Living, Technology, Life, Technology News

uTourX is a hot new iPhone application that college bound students and their parents will love -- college tours packed with "insider" information that familiarize students with the schools they wish to attend.

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Love: Destiny Has Two Faces

Natasha Dern | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Wisdom, Spirituality, Relationships, Destiny, The Inner Life, Self Development, Living, Love, Living News

Why do we hand love over so easily to someone who may or may not deserve it? Why do we invest our love in people who do not value it? Is money more precious than love?

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Is Constituency Democracy Destroying The U.S.A.?

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Economy, Business, Politics, Living, Economic Crisis, Politics News

Our government has deteriorated into constituencies, driven only for constituent gains. We as a nation are dependent on greed and have built a system of constituency government that reinforces greed.

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The Next Economy: The Pursuit Of Happiness

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Green Business, Living, Green Living, Spirituality, Religion, Consumerism, Personal Health, Pursuit of Happiness, Living News

I believe the next economy will be based on the "pursuit of happiness." There are many industries that can thrive if the "pursuit of happiness" begins to replace consumerism.

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The Sahalis: Symbol Of A Decade?

Lea Lane | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: The White House, Reality TV, Politics, John Boener, Joe Leiberman, The Sahalis, Colin Powell, The State of America, President Obama, Living, Comedy Channel Katie Couric, Bravo, The State Dinner, Security, Politics News

Before simply castigating the Salahis as weird attention seekers like the balloon-boy family, we really do need to draw back and look upon ourselves as individuals, and who we are as a nation.

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Financial Lack: What Is Your Personal Net Worth?

Natasha Dern | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Money, Living News, Mind.Body.Soul, Wisdom, Spirituality, Abundance, Self Development, The Inner Life, Living, Success, Living News

Financial lack or hardships are a mirror of your unused potential. Rather than perceiving lack as a curse, begin to view it as a sign from the universe that more inner development is called for.

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Two Faraway Thanksgivings, And What I Learned

Lea Lane | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Caribbean, World, Malaysia, Thanksgiving, St. Thomas, Travel, Living, Growth, Cameron Highlands, World News

Right now, when the economy has rocked me, and I am adapting to a new lifestyle, I find it especially interesting to look back to two unusual Thanksgivings from the last decade.

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Simulating Reality In The Facebook Era: If You Unfriend Someone, Do They Still Exist?

Marika Holmgren | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Social Media, Living, Facebook, Social Networking, Dating, Unfriend, Unfriend Word of the Year, Unfriend Oxford, Living News

I recently had a friend, with whom I've had an increasingly difficult relationship over the years, "unfriend" me. The "friending" and "unfriending" of people happens probably thousands of times a minute.

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How to Live On $0 a Day: Saving a Cherished American Holiday

Lesley Stern | Posted 11.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Lifestyle, America, Humor, Thanksgiving, Autumn, Bankers, Recession, Thanksgiving Recipes, Advice, History, Wall Street, Citibank, Pilgrims, Financial Crisis, Living, Comedy, Thanksgiving Tips, Comedy News

Ask your neighbors over for a potluck Thanksgiving feast, just like the Pilgrims invited the Native Americans. Once you've enjoyed their delicious offerings, kill them and steal their possessions and property.

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #6: The College Trip - How To Let The Schools Know You Care

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: www.wisechoice.com, Video College Tour, www.collegiatechoice.com, Admissions, Living, College Tour, The College Insider, College Applications, The Balanced Life, Living News

Schools prefer to accept students who are going to accept them. One way to cut the herd is to see who cares enough to visit, and schools rely on this marker even though it's a flawed indicator.

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The Pope, The Arts, A Nation in Crisis

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: The Wrapping of the Reichstag, The Depression, Germany, West Germany, Wpa, Berlin, Christo, Berlin Wall, National Endowment for the Arts, Living, The Pope, East Germany, Politics, World, Jeanne-Claude, Business News

We as a nation have not been upholding ample support for the arts, despite the deep spiritual healing that it can bring -- its joys, its shared experience, its sense of what and who we are.

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Don't Confuse Real Healing With Suppression Of The Disease

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Biomimicry, Disease Suppression, Natural Healing, Health, Antibiotics, Living, Healing, Evolution, Symptom Suppression, Dana Ullman, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Living News

When a person experiences relief from any treatment, conventional or alternative, one should not necessarily assume that a real healing has occurred.

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It is Not Our Parents Workplace Anymore

Pat Earley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Education, Labor, Working Families Party, Workplace, Work, Living, Work-Life Balance, Skilled US Workers, Families, Business, Workplace Diversity, Business News

Employers must seriously consider the deficiencies in today's workforce and begin to develop solutions to better improve our educational system, create new incentives to attract tomorrow's workers, and stay competitive in a global marketplace.

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Your Network Is Your Net Worth

Jason Mannino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Careers, Jobs, Living, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Social Networking, Networking, Living News

Many fear networking or judge it, thinking that networking is equivalent to brown nosing. Simply put, networking is the art of cultivating mutually beneficial relationships to achieve professional goals.

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Negativity: The Path Of The Unattractive

Natasha Dern | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Wisdom, Mind.Body.Soul, Living News, Self Realization, The Shadow, Living, The Inner Life, Self Development, Spirituality, Living News

In Jungian Psychology, your negative state of mind is referred to as 'The Shadow.' This aspect of yourself is why much of your life is the way it is. If not recognized it will create and attract harmful situations in life.

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The Good News Is: Fall Came Instead of Warming

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Green News, Living, Green Living, Living News

The Good News: The good news is that the cold waters from the north came in today along with the ducks that have been playing in the arctic all summe...

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Five Steps to an Organized (and Joyful) Holiday Season

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Organizing, Holiday Season, Living News, Perseverance, Overwhelm, Living, Carolyn Rubenstein, Aby Garvey, Huffington Post, simplify101, Holiday Planning, Holidays, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

If you're already feeling stretched thin (and not feeling too joyful about it), then it's time to step back and use a few organizing strategies to make a new plan.

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