Don't Be Like Mike: Bust Your Inner Addict and Be Free!
The flip side to your Addict is, when you begin to let go of your addictive behaviors, you'll also start realizing your own power to survive and thrive -- whatever life throws at you next.
The flip side to your Addict is, when you begin to let go of your addictive behaviors, you'll also start realizing your own power to survive and thrive -- whatever life throws at you next.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
"My life is about survival," shares actress and HuffPost blogger Mariel Hemingway. "I come from a family of tremendous mental illness - great creativi...
Lissa Coffey | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
Ayurveda is India's 5,000 year old "Science of Life." It is the art of living in harmony with nature, and it explains the nature of everything in the universe.
Shannon Bindler | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home
While antidepressants are the answer for some with clinical depression, others may seek natural methods in addition to or as an alternative to taking medication.
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
I recently attended a gathering of supporters of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this event, I heard MARC founder (and Huffington Post blogger) Susan Smalley, Ph.D., speak. Dr. Smalley, a research scientist for 25 years, shared her fascinating journey of how she was inspired to create a center for mindfulness research.
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living
It's never about you. It's about serving the world. Success comes when you remove your own blocks to love.
Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living
Having taught it for many years, I find eating meditation -- yes, eating meditation -- to be one of the simplest, most profound, mindfulness practices. Here are some tips to start your own journey.
Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living
It was a great reminder that peace and happiness do not come from things, business, or any kind of doing, but rather of undoing, and even more likely, just being.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
We all seek that rush or high, the feel-good factor that turns us on and makes us feel that we can succeed and even conquer the world. Getting high is...
Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living
Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion...
Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living
Why was I angry at my fellow yogis for what their conditioning caused them to do? And, perhaps even more importantly, why be angry at myself for being frustrated?
Psychology Today | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living
A friend was walking in the desert when he found the telephone to God. The setting was Burning Man, an electronic arts and music festival for which 50...
Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
Research has shown that nature-connection of almost any kind turns out to be a powerful healing force.
Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
We sometimes project seemingly offensive or undesired qualities onto others to remind ourselves of something we are lacking or of something else we'd rather become.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living
Living fully is not the same as living quickly. In fact, the best way to both live longer and get more out of life is to live at a reduced pace. Apparently, I'm not the only one taken with this idea.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Think about this: How can anyone take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new barrage of articles and studies which seem to contradict each other?
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living
When one thinks of the medical oncology unit at a major hospital, the inhalation of uplifting aromas, a feeling of sanctuary, opportunities for center...
Tara Stiles | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living
One of the interesting things about yoga is you can see most everything about a person by the way they practice. When you become aware of this fun ps...
Isha Judd | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
The following incident, which took place when I first established a retreat center in Colombia, shows that an inherent desire for peace permeates humanity across the globe.
Jay Michaelson | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
The secret to spiritual practice is doing it precisely when you don't feel like doing it. When such thoughts matter most is when they are the hardest to summon up.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
In Buddhism one is advised to release desirous attachments to eliminate pain and suffering in one's life, however could it be that denying aspects of your very human self causes its own kind of pain?
Kay Goldstein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
The real challenge is to stay with mediation long enough to start noticing how incredibly engaging the process can be as whole new worlds of awareness and sensation open to us. It's anything but boring.
Lee Schneider | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media
Oprah does cover some fringe stuff that is wacky and sometimes wrong. But I think she's right to do it. Here's why.
DivineCaroline | Vicki Santillano | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
Whenever I hear about the many benefits of meditation, my determination to find a place for it in my life is renewed once more. Unfortunately, the few...
Kay Goldstein | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
Living meditation or mindfulness begins by immersing ourselves where we already are and using our present moment and circumstances as our focal point.
Sadie Nardini | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living