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Being Kindness

Jen Grisanti | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Zen, Ezra-Bayda, Books, Writing, Meditation, Living, Love, Spirituality, Living News
Jen Grisanti

"Being Kindness." These words had such a profound affect on me as I'm going through the rush of the holidays. If we operate from this place, it opens up a world of possibility.

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My Beef with Gmail

Andrew Sniderman | Posted 12.26.2009 | Technology

Read More: Email, Memory, Internet, Technology, Love, Gchat, Gmail, Technology News
Andrew Sniderman

we are increasingly exposing ourselves to others. The insidious genius of Gmail is that its users consent to self-surveillance. Just as my Inbox stores messages to me, my outgoing messages are stored in the Inboxes of the recipients -- and in the cloud.

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Holiday Tips For Progressives With Families

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Holiday Season, Love, Dysfunctional Families Holidays, Dysfunctional Family, Communication, Family, Christmas, Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

Want to have a holiday with your family that is warm and fuzzy? You probably don't need to trade-up at Adopt-A Family -- you just need to engage in some serious loving.

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The Tiger Phenomenon - Chasing the Illusion

Dr. Elsbeth Meuth | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Illusion, Consciousness, Relationships, Tiger Woods, Fulfillment, Dr Elsbeth Meuth, Love, Happiness, Intimacy, Marriage, Living News
Dr. Elsbeth Meuth

In the context of the recent controversy surrounding Tiger Woods, I pose this question: What can we learn about our cultural conditioning regarding marriage, love, intimacy, fulfillment, and happiness?

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How To Spot That Toxic Friend

Susan Shapiro Barash | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Stress, Women, Weakness, Low Self Esteem, Honesty, Insecurity, Psychology, Toxic Friends, Love, Living News
Susan Shapiro Barash

These aren't our mothers' friendships, where women were hesitant to disclose unhappiness or weakness. Female friendships today are filled with expectations -- the sense that "we're all in it together."

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Men Of A Certain Age: The Divorced Dad Hotel

Tom Matlack | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Men of a Certain Age, Ray Romano, Divorce, Relationships, Fatherhood, Masculinity, Parenting, Breaking Up, Love, Separation, Living News
Tom Matlack

As I drove away, I couldn't help picturing my kids -- Kerry and Seamus -- in my mind's eye and thinking that I was driving straight out of their lives.

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Would You Rather Be Loving Or Loved?

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Caring, Loving, The Inner Life, Peace, Russell Bishop, How to Be Loved, Love, How to Love, Living News
Russell Bishop

Most people would prefer to experience loving and to be loved over just about any other qualitative experience in life.

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Can Your Vows Enrich Your Marriage In 2010?

Anne Naylor | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Listening, Partnership, Forgiving, Romance, Vows, Love, Appreciation, New Year Resolutions, Love Language, Communication, Relationships, Living News
Anne Naylor

Vows can be seen as the bridge between romantic love and the love that lasts a lifetime. For better or worse, such commitment can lead to understanding, compassion and appreciation of your loved one.

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Stress Much This Season?

Lissa Coffey | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Holiday, Awareness, Attention, Relief, Expectations, Christmas, Aromatherapy, Peace, Love, Joy, Season, Living News
Lissa Coffey

'Tis the season... for stress? NBC Dateline reports that 41% of people interviewed said that the holidays are as stressful as a job interview. In other words, "very stressful."

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Spirituality: Do You Know Where You Are Going?

Yehuda Berg | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mysticism, Religion, Relationships, Kabbalah, God, Yehuda Berg, Faith, Love, Spirituality, Living News
Yehuda Berg

From the moment we are given awareness about some bigger picture or mission, we have to have complete focus on what to do to get to that place.

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Breaking Up And Old Love Lessons: Change Your Passwords

Andy Selsberg | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Breaking Up, Dear Old Love, Books, Break Ups, Facebook, New Books, Email, Love, Books News
Andy Selsberg

Curating "Dear Old Love", a website and now book of short, anonymous notes to old loves, has provided me with an email box full of insight into the ways relationships pull apart.

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Look at Me! Look at Me!

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Mind and Body, Visual Imagery, Positive Thought, The Love Response, Reslience, Positive Psychology, Love, Relaxation, Living News
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

As adults, we seeking validation. So, you either shut down or try harder to be seen. If inherently or unconsciously you believe you are invisible, how do you expect the world or universe to see you?

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Christmas Without Carol

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Christmas, Marriage, Losing a Loved One, Loneliness, Depression, Relationships, Grief, Death & Dying, Mourning, Coping, Loss, Love, Sadness, Living News
John W. Whitehead

Unlike many couples whose outside interests take them in opposite directions, Carol and I were joined at the hip. We did everything together. When she passed away, I was more alone than I had ever been.

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What Tiger Woods Can Learn From George Clooney: Why Marry and Have Kids?

Laura Trice | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Tiger Woods Affair, George Clooney, Tiger Woods, Relationships, Commitment, Love, Celebrities, Living News
Laura Trice

Some marriages please parents. Others to fit in. Others, to handle an unplanned pregnancy. As reason number seven, here is a good summary of one of the things that can lead to a long term happy marriage.

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Celebrating The Young Victoria

Sarah, Duchess of York | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, Queen Victoria, Relationships, Buckingham Palace, Martin Scorsese, Victoria and Albert Museum, Duchess of York, Death and Dying, Fergie, Osborne House, Sarah Ferguson, Marriage, Heartbreak, Sarah, Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria, Love, Graham King, Sarah Duchess of York, Living News
Sarah, Duchess of York

The world had to know of this, the greatest untold love story in history. It had to be made into a movie for Hollywood. The world had to know The Young Victoria.

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My Top Ten Old New (Or Is It New Old?) Records of 2009

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Brendan Benson, Dave Champagne, Jim Fitting, Miles Davis, A.C. Newman, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Treat Her Right, Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Sandman, Carnegie Hall, Bing Crosby, Love, Scott LaFaro, Betty Davis, Morphine, Billy Conway, Death, Bob Dylan, Herb Alpert, The Disciplines, Arthur Lee, Paul Smith, Don Friedman, Bill Evans, Sly Stone, Pete LaRoca, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, Lani Hall, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Most of the "new" music I've gotten into this year is actually old music that's never been heard before, dredged up from the vaults just in time to make a buck before recorded music ceases to have any monetary value whatsoever.

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New Year's Resolutions And Time

James M. Lynch | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Quit Smoking, New Year's Resolutions, Holidays, Habits, Change, New Year's Eve, Time, Personal Growth, Preparing for the Holiday Season, New Year's Resolution, Work-Life Balance, Resolution, Love, Bad Habits, Self-Help, The Balanced Life, Happiness, Living News
James M. Lynch

As a life coach I recommend that my clients, rather than doing 'iffy' resolutions, take on their schedule and how they spend it. This could have more of an effect on your life than all the resolutions you've ever made.

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Hair's Allison Case: 'Replace Fear With Love'

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conan O'Brien, Mamma Mia, Apple, Allison Case, Broadway, Revival, Sophie Sheridan, Mac Commercials, Love, Peace, Hair, Nurse Jackie, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

If you've seen Hair on Broadway, you know how infectiously joyous the cast is and how strong their message of love is. Their energy beams from the orchestra to the nosebleeds in the theater.

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Relationships: When Love Turns To Fear

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Emotions, Unconscious, Fear, Relationships, Trust, Conscious, Romance, Srinivasan Pillay, Love, Amygdala, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

Why do such opposite emotions give birth to each other and what is the connection that keeps them alive in this "creative" relationship? Here, I will focus on when love turns to fear.

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The Inner Life: Why Do We Suffer?

Bernie Siegel, M.D. | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Pain, Relationships, Understanding, God, Illness, Emotions, Religion, Anger, The Bible, Theodicy, Suffering, Disease, Nature, Love, Transcendence, Living News
Bernie Siegel, M.D.

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they teach us about the meaning of our life and existence?

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Is Santa The Greatest Yogi?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Inner Life, Inspiration, Yoga, Happiness, Holiday Season, Charity, Christmas, Giving, Love, Santa, Compassion, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

A true Yogi is someone who embodies love, generosity and great wisdom, and Santa is a remarkable example of such qualities, which we may all want to emulate.

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A Crossed Wire: A Call For Help

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Interconnectedness, Awareness, Six Degrees of Separation, Refuge, Love, Bravery, A Call for Help, The Inner Life, Living News
Sharon Salzberg

We really all should be committed to taking care of one another - we're not even six degrees of separation away. We're barely one crossed wire away.

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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Why do we always fight?

Tamsen Fadal and Matt Titus | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationship Advice, Ask Matt and Tamsen, Love, Dating Advice, Sex, All We Do Is Fight, Living News
Tamsen Fadal and Matt Titus

t can be a very stressful time of year, so you are certainly not alone. It can seem overwhelming when it comes to making a relationship work when all it seems like all you are doing is fighting.

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Artifacts Reveal Ancient Greeks', Romans' Completely Uninhibited Attitudes Towards Sex (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece Sex, Video, Sex, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome Sex, Love, World News

Some look back on early civilizations and shake their heads at how prudish the times were. Well, not so with the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new ex...

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