Every so often, whether it's after a long hard spate of work, finishing a big project, ending a relationship or recovering from a crisis (big or small...
Posted 04.08.2012
German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, "We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” Spring is the right ti...
Alysia Reiner | Posted 05.26.2012
Spring has sprung. And with the shift in the weather, the daffodil blossoms, the window box we planted yesterday, comes magical renewed hope. And memories.
Annie McKee | Posted 05.13.2012
Momentary mindfulness is easy to fit into your to daily life. No one has to know you are doing it -- it takes seconds, and you don't even have to close your eyes. Momentary mindfulness is a private, quiet practice that will not take you away from life.
Wendy Lustbader | Posted 03.21.2012
When an older family member needs help, many people struggle to find the time to provide assistance to their relative amidst the many other commitments crowding their lives. Often, it is hard to figure out just how much help is really necessary.
Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 02.29.2012
The worst thing we take with us into the New Year is resentment against another. Forgiveness is not something we owe to each other. It is an act of worship to God.
Tihomir Kukolja | Posted 02.27.2012
For anyone who aspires to be a leader called to make a difference, or if one simply wants to be a person whose life counts, wrestling with God and oneself will become one's unavoidable and ongoing character pruning experience.
Michael Meade, D.H.L. | Posted 02.26.2012
The confusion and uncertainty of this New Year's Eve will usher in the year 2012 in the modern calendar. Being a "leap year" it is bound to bring some surprising events.
Nina Sankovitch | Posted 01.17.2012
Blue Nights is the story of Joan Didion's craving for communion between the "I" of her individual event of loss and grief, and the "we" of its universal experience.
W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 01.10.2012
It is only now, looking back a year into my new life, that I realize what a crazy thing it was to do, and what a brilliant one. What made me take the leap? I went for a few months, to write and gain some perspective.
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 12.13.2011
By Maura Kelly President Bill Clinton gave the keynote address at the second Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle Oct. 8. The Forum is an Ir...
Angella Nazarian | Posted 12.02.2011
How can it be that I can still feel so close to that person I was then and yet have a child that is literally the age of the girls that I see before me?
Carlo Strenger | Posted 11.29.2011
The social justice movement is the beginning of a process of healing: the realization that political process can work through dialogue rather than by power alone...
Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 11.28.2011
As you reflect on why your dreams have not been realized, how will your frustrations and disappointments impact you moving forward in the New Year?
Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 11.17.2011
While preparing for a recent Tai Chi class, I was struck by the importance of space in generating power in Yang-style Tai Chi. This led me to think about how critical space can be in generating powerful results in anyone's life.
Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011
For nearly a decade now, I've begun my workdays by focusing for 90 minutes on the task I decide the night before is the most important one I'll face the following day. I long ago discovered that my capacity for intense focus diminishes as the day wears on.
Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011
New Year is a return to the eternal beginnings. Back to where there is only hope and promise and enthusiastic, well-intentioned energy. Back to the original big-bang-back-seat cosmic conception.
Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011
Gratifying our most immediate needs and desires provides bursts of pleasure, but they're usually short-lived. We derive the most enduring sense of meaning and satisfaction in our lives when we serve something larger than ourselves.
Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
What does it take to be productive and efficient in a world of infinitely rising demand, and endless potential distractions? Here are six behaviors that we regularly teach to our clients.
Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011
Rosh Hashanah 2010, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 8th. And while it marks the turn of Jewish calendar year 5770 to 5771, it also celebrates the fundamental human need for liberation, return and renewal.
Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011
Do you struggle, too, to slow down? What activities can you add to your life, wherever you are, whatever your situation, that you'll truly take the time to savor?
Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011
I'm awed by the complex lives that so many women I know -- most especially the single mothers -- manage with such grace. I'm also aware what they sacrifice, which is most often themselves.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011
The United States is suffering from a terminal deprecation of values. Greed has collapsed our economy and suffocated our spirit. Families scatter to the winds and divorce rates remain high.
L.A. Times | David G. Savage | Posted 05.25.2011
Reporting from Washington - The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later...
Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011
The opening of the current hit revival of West Side Story so close to Easter and Passover is a good reminder of the twists and turns of both theatrical and world history.
Maria Rodale | Posted 05.16.2012