FACE IT: We All Have Our Uh-Oh Moments
Many women come to their doctors for other symptoms, but eventually focus on how they feel about the role appearance has or had in their lives. Therapists call this important step the "uh oh moment."
Many women come to their doctors for other symptoms, but eventually focus on how they feel about the role appearance has or had in their lives. Therapists call this important step the "uh oh moment."
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
I've been living in Los Angeles for some years, and have gone out with enough actresses to know what it's really like. If you're seeking a fulfilling relationship, I present to you why dating an actor is a Bad Idea.
Jen Grisanti | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
I remember feeling numb by the amount of work I had while climbing the corporate ladder. Somewhere along the way, I lost track of what I loved most about my job.
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.
Christine Whelan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
when readers comment on my pieces, many seem to suggest that those who seek self-improvement are stupid, disorganized or at the end of their rope in life. Thing is, that's not true.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Self-awareness is a very mysterious phenomenon. How is it that matter can be self-aware? Is matter somehow creating you and me?
Mike Robbins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Many of us, myself included, get so obsessed with doing things "right," or at the very least not doing anything that could be perceived as "wrong," we organize much of what we say and do to avoid ever being "wrong."
Mike Robbins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
What if we could truly love, accept, and appreciate our bodies and how we look, right now? Imagine what life would be like without negative body obsession?
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
The best strategies anticipate setbacks, develop options and prepare us to identify solutions. How openly and realistically we perceive problems profoundly influences our chances for success.
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
My grandmother was a wise woman. She would tell me, "Live each day, one at a time." When I asked her how else you could live, she would take a sip from the flask under her apron and shrug her shoulders.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
Immersed in the most personal of personal loves, we are a point of awareness in an ocean of compassionate love; a butterfly on the back of a whale preparing to dive.
Fawn Germer | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home
I'm one of those people who believes that, if you really want to do something, you make up your mind and do it.
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Imagine stepping in front of the mirror and instead of hearing critical comments about your weight or the "f" word immediately jumping into your head, you accept who you are.
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment
Ralph Lauren has seen better days. This week his company has been blasted for allegedly firing a size 4 model for being "overweight" and photoshopping her into a grotesquely and impossibly thin woman.
Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
The world's fully of beautiful, talented, and creative beings. We can't always be the best at everything we do, but we can be ourselves. This we have control over. This is more reasonable.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
The death of a loved one, and in a special way a parent, opens up space for self-reflection. Death asks, "Are you living a good life?" Dementia tries to help us answer.
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Can you go a week without using the F word? If you're not sure, here is your chance to give it a try.
Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
Where are the GLBT prophets who call us all to account? If it is true that denying marriage to gays is a moral deficiency, why haven't gay leaders framed it that way?
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living
While I have nothing against cool clothes, exercise, and health drinks, let's get one thing straight: perfection is something that exists inside us, never from the outside.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
My partner, Will, felt I had shared something that was meant just for us. For me it was a daring investigation into how I see and live with my body, a personal test.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
While Phillips's is an extreme case, you don't have to sleep with or have been raped by your dad to feel bad about yourself, your body or your sexuality.
Michele Willens | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living