The Magic of Death
Death can be one of the greatest teachers for us in life - but not if we spend most of our time avoiding it because it can be painful, scary and uncomfortable.
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Resilience Takes Form -- A Handbook for Transition
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
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Totnes, a sleepy seaside town in the West of England, has become the accidental epicenter of a quiet revolution.
Mothers That Measure Their Daughters
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
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I am examined, scrutinized and commented upon. "I didn't have lines like those on my lips when I was your age," my mother says in the bright lights of her marble bathroom.
Love Thyself
Deborah Calla | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
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I've had many accomplishments in life but I don't get to appreciate and enjoy them because when they are happening I'm already moving on, thinking it was nothing.
The 5 Most Ridiculous Sex Self-Help Books
Cracked.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy
Sex is something everyone claims to be good at, but very few people actually take the time to research it. For a man to be a successful lover, he has ...
Hate Your Body? 3 Steps Toward Learning To Love It
Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
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This superficially focused yet deeply-ingrained striving for some unattainable, deprivation-based goal can easily overcome a good life, and swallow it whole. And those feelings can turn deadly for some of us, or at the very least, consistently ruin our days.
Five Reasons to Celebrate a Break-Up
Laura Dave | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
I started thinking of some of the people I spoke with while working on The Divorce Party, who decided it was better to let it go.
Can We Change Our Personality?
Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
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Researchers have found that we define a stranger's personality after a mere 10 seconds. With this thin slice of information, we start to think and act differently toward them.
Woodstock Wisdom
James S. Gordon | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
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I hadn't planned on going, but then another doctor as young as I was then called me up, desperate for help. That's how I found myself on a plane to Bethel, N.Y. with Joan Baez.
Three Things To Do When You Don't Know What To Do
Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
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The idea is to open yourself to experiences you have avoided in the past. You will see different things and meet different people and have different things to say.
Three Steps to Kick Social Anxiety and Become Comfortable Approaching Anyone
Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
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In a world of relentless competition, you can't afford to let social anxiety hold you back. It's a wasted opportunity. So what to do?
Orient Yourself Toward Success: Two Quick Exercises to Find Your Blue Flame
Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business
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Have you ever sat down and thought seriously about what you truly love? What you're good at? What you want to accomplish in life? What are the obstacles that are stopping you?
How to Believe In Yourself: A Four-Step Plan
Noah St. John | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living
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You can find Loving Mirrors in your own family, your friends or even work associates. Start by acknowledging the good you see in others, then ask for the support you need.
Dream It and You Can Do It (Sometimes)
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
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Many of these self-motivational books are recipes for major disappointment and backlash down the road, because they fail to set expectations: success and failure have a random component.
Can You Be Conscious in a Coporation? A Yogi at Google Says Yes
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
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More people today who seek to live with deeper mindfulness and wisdom want to do so within their modern lives, including while working in corporate America.
The Art of Mindful Tweeting . . .
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media
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Every act we make impacts the world. While we need to decide what acts to perform, the real issue is not just what we decide to do, but how present we are when we do them.
5 Steps to Using Twitter and Facebook Consciously
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media
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I know it can seem impolite to unfollow a user on Twitter or unfriend someone on Facebook, but I think the goal is not to communicate with as many people as possible, but to have authentic communication with those we do.
Today's the Day
James M. Lynch | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
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Believe anything you want about life, but right here and now, today, and in this present "act," choose the life you have and get on with it.
Why I Love Self-Help Books (Even Though They Don't Work)
Christina Patterson | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living
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Don't you just love those exclamation marks? Well, maybe you don't, but I do. I love the perkiness. I love the confidence. I love the lack of ambiguity.
Don't Be Like Mike: Bust Your Inner Addict and Be Free!
Sadie Nardini | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
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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.
Stop Positive Thinking, Study Says
TIME | John Cloud | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
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In the past 50 years, people with mental problems have spent untold millions of hours in therapists' offices, and millions more reading self-help book...
To Beaver or Not to Beaver? In Pursuit of Greatness
Isha Judd | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living
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The distraught entrepreneurs soon learned that the beaver's coat grows thick when the animal experiences fear. With no bears, there was no fear, and so their coats did not grow!
5 Ways to Silence Your Inner Critic
Therese Borchard | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
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Unrelenting self-criticism often goes hand in hand with depression and anxiety, and it may even predict depression. In a study of 107 patients in the latest issue of Comprehensive Psychiatry, David M. Dunkley at Jewish General Hospital in Montreal and colleagues found that those who were most self-critical were the most likely to be depressed and have difficulties in relationships four years later, even if they weren't depressed to begin with.
The Arrival or the Journey
Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
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Facing one's fear and moving past the resistance is integral in the act of creating something from nothing. But what are we afraid of? Why do we resist?
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