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Irvin G. Schorsch III: The Don't-Defer-Your-Life Approach to Financial Planning

2012-05-24T17:31:33Z

Too many people postpone what they really want to do until an undefined time in the future when they feel they can finally afford it. But what if "someday" never comes?

Read more: The Balanced Life, American Dream, Retirement, Personal Finance, Money News

Susan R. Hatten: Gulliver Travels Solo

2012-05-14T12:40:55Z

It was mere happenstance that the year I was chosen to represent the United States as our Ambassador for Variety The Children's Charity, we had voted ...

Read more: Travel, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Single, Reflection, Women News

Randy Taran: Is School Harming Our Kids?

2012-05-01T10:40:51Z

s this really the best way to develop a love for learning? Can it even really be called true learning?

Read more: Parenting, The Balanced Life, Happiness, Stress, Education, Education Reform, Parents News

Gary Zukav: Love and Gravity

2012-04-27T17:22:05Z

Love grounds you. It orients you. Love brings your awareness to others and yourself. Love opens your mind and heart to others and yourself.

Read more: Authors, Philosophy, Fear, The Balanced Life, Buckminster Fuller, Gary Zukav, Love, Spirituality, Compassion, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

Paul Spector, M.D.: The Balanced Life

2012-04-25T13:55:40Z

How can we understand our relationship with excess? How do we continue to believe that more money or cars or shoes or food or sex will make us happy? Why are we the only animal that can be made ill by our appetites?

Read more: Habits, The Balanced Life, Shopping, Money, Sex, Food, Work-Life Balance, Sleep, Addiction, Excess, Balance, Emotional Intelligence, Achieve Balance, Healthy Living News

Randy Taran: A Happy World Begins With a Happy You

2012-04-24T18:57:19Z

Happy people create happy communities who are dedicated to everyone thriving. These communities can then institute more caring policies that influence the well-being of a town, a state, or a country.

Read more: U.N. Happiness Report, Bhutan Jigme Thinley, Happiness, Gross National Happiness, Brutan Gross National Happiness, World Happiness Report, Jigme Thinley, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Jeanette Cajide: Expressing How We Truly Feel Is Not Easy, But It's Worth It

2012-04-24T16:34:18Z

I have no problem expressing discontent, criticism, and opinions, but when it comes to expressing love, I will suffer quietly, in the corner, hoping the other person is gifted with telepathy.

Read more: Selflessness, Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement, Compassion, Fear, Thoughts, Regret, The Balanced Life, Love and Relationships, Speaking, Vulnerability, The Inner Life, Courage, Self-Expression, Becoming-Fearless, Truth, Express Yourself, Expressing Yourself, Mindfulness, Express Your Feelings, Healthy Living News

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Grabbing Hold of Reality: Engaging Energetically With Our Lives

2012-04-13T13:24:38Z

To make a lasting change in the years ahead many of us will need to awaken from our passive slumber and grab hold of reality, reaching out to our world, recognizing our creative immersion, and engaging energetically with our lives.

Read more: The Balanced Life, Consciousness, Reality, The Future, Lifestyle Choices, Consciousness Future, Perception, Culture, Consciousness and Reality, Consciousness Reality, Healthy Living News

Soren Petersen: Design a Creative Life -- Balancing Reality and Aspirations

2012-04-12T17:37:53Z

How do I live up to my own expectations and aspirations while reality is begging me to compromise?

Read more: Creativity, Graduation, Jobs, Careers, Dreams, The Balanced Life, Engineering School, Engineering Jobs, Design Career, Career in Design, Career Advice, Recent Graduates, College Seniors, Recent College Graduate, Engineering, Design Jobs, College News

Randy Taran: Happiness Lost: When Kids Take Their Lives

2012-03-29T11:11:57Z

If we fail to offer the skills of self-awareness, self-mastery, and resilience to this generation, we are leaving them disadvantaged and ill-equipped, with some in a precarious position as they try to find their way in this increasingly high-stress world.

Read more: The Balanced Life, Mindfulness, Suicide, Lady GaGa, Parenting, The Inner Life, Happiness, Teenagers, Teen Suicide Statistics, Teenage Suicide, Teens Suicide, Mental Health, Teen Suicide, Emotional Wellness, Teen Depression, Healthy Living News

Susan Harrow: Pinned: Porn on Pinterest

2012-03-15T05:07:47Z

I'm in love with Pinterest the new hot social network where images are digital coke -- addictive, unlimited pleasure with just a few side effects -- l...

Read more: Stress Eating, Mother Daughter Relationship, The Balanced Life, Living News, Over-Eating, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Self Care, Healthy Body, Eating Disorders, Jealousy, Benefits of Yoga, Active, Confidence, Diet, Posture Mastery, Wellness, Stress, Body, Body Image, Weight Loss, Eating Matters, Feeling Good Naked, Women's Body Confidence, Disrespect, Distorted Body Image, Perfectionism, Weight Gain, Self-Help, Negative Body Image, Positive Body Image, Health and Happiness, Mental Health, Acceptance, Self Love, Look Better Naked, Clothing, Women, Skin, Lose Weight, Unhealthy Diets, Obesity, Living in the Moment, Yo-Yo Dieting, Anxiety, Modesty, Anorexia, Childhood Eating Problems, Happiness, Bulimia, Yoga, Health Tips, Emotions, Feeling Comfortable in Your Own Skin, Models, Forget Perfect, Revealing Costumes, Brazilian, Mood, Finding Happiness, Comfort Eating, Eating Disorder Prevention, Self Worth, Women and Body Image, Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Female Body Image, Health, Diet Advice, Self Esteem, Self-Esteem, Consciousness, Women's Health, Aging, Fitness, Self Image, Eating Mindfully, Self Mastery, Healthy Diet, Women's Issues, Self-Improvement, National Eating Disorders Association, Culture News

David Wygant: What My Friend's Mom's Cancer Can Teach You

2012-03-26T11:59:00Z

It's ironic. Today I've thought about death, and I've been inspired to live.

Read more: Motherhood, Travel, The Balanced Life, Cancer, Death, Procrastination, Mindfulness, Appreciation, Appreciate Life, Healthy Living News

James Napoli: Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Three

2012-03-16T19:09:36Z

Have you ever gotten to a point in your life where you feel like the old paradigms just aren't cutting it? Have you entertained the thought that maybe "all is vanity and striving after wind"?

Read more: Video, The Balanced Life, Mental Health, Humor, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Success, Meaning, Happiness, Meaning of Life, Living With Meaning, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Eastern Philosophy, Relationships, Philosophy, Healthy Living, Healthy Living News

Loren Ridinger: Finding Success Together

2012-03-14T07:00:30Z

Growing your business and personal life together is a challenge that will forever require attention and work, but will also deliver rewarding feelings and memories, while undoubtedly filling your heart with love.

Read more: Success, The Balanced Life, Working Families, Love and Relationships, Love, Relationships Advice, Dating Advice, Long Relationship Advice, Love Relationship Advice, Relationships, Relationship Advice, Relationship Tips, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

WATCH: Finding Humor In Hardship, From Joy Behar

2012-03-12T17:07:49Z

Joy Behar, comedian and co-host of "The View", shares her secrets to staying positive during some of life's most difficult times.

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Read more: Mondays With Marlo, Marlo Thomas, Video, Depression, The Balanced Life, Joy Behar, Humor, Women News

James Napoli: Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Two

2012-03-07T17:49:03Z

Does all suffering come from desire? What is desire, anyway? What would we be without it? The debate continues in this, the second installment of an ongoing philosophical discussion among three strangely-vocal inanimate objects.

Read more: Video, Happiness, Living With Meaning, The Balanced Life, The Inner Life, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Spirituality, Humor, Relationships, Inspiration, Philosophy, Success, Meaning, Meaning of Life, Eastern Philosophy, Healthy Living News

James Napoli: Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue on Who We Are

2012-02-29T14:22:13Z

This is a genuine inquiry into the nature of life, desire, suffering and happiness. I hope you will enjoy taking this philosophical journey with the three most neurotic, supposedly non-sentient beings in the universe.

Read more: Success, Video, Happiness, Philosophy, The Balanced Life, Meaning, Living With Meaning, Eastern Philosophy, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Mental Health, Humor, Relationships, Inspiration, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Lisa Levart: How to Find the Creative Balance

2012-02-21T17:30:45Z

Individuals gathering in circles, fostering unity and co-creation is a powerful concept. And yet there is another paradigm for inspiration just as imp...

Read more: Creativity, Goddess-on-Earth, Lilith, The Balanced Life, Goddess, Susan-Cain-the-Power-of-Introverts, Mythology, Arts News

Randy Taran: What Does Valentine's Day Mean To You?

2012-02-09T07:59:04Z

Valentine's Day: What does it represent to you? Can Valentine's Day remind us of the enormous capacity for love that we already carry within?

Read more: Valentine's Day, Relationship Advice, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Love, Mindfulness, Happiness, Love Yourself, Valentine's Love, Happiness Valentine's Day, Valentines Day, Healthy Living News

Daliah Merzaban: Dilemmas Of A Muslim Shopper

2012-01-29T08:45:46Z

While the wealth we accumulate is a grace from God, it is also a test to see how we will manage, distribute and respect it.

Read more: Zakat, Charity, Greed, Islam, The Balanced Life, Overconsumption, Selfishness, Donating to Charity, Consumer Spending, Sadaqah, Muslim Shopper, Religion News

Holly Sidell: Is Your Job Dictating Your Happiness?

2012-01-24T19:07:17Z

Let me ask you -- really, are you living? Living to what -- living to make money so that we can pay rent or a mortgage on a place that we only really sleep in? Pay for a car that pretty much only transports us to and from work?

Read more: Balanced Life, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Working Women, Work-Life Balance, Human Connection, Vicious Work Cycle, Working to Live, Los Angeles News

Kathleen Gurney: How Are You Planning to Approach 2012? Are You a Resolver or Do You Have an Alternate Plan?

2012-01-17T14:05:23Z

In my business of giving people insight into their financial behavior, I see very different approaches to life planning with very different results.

Read more: New Year's Resolutions, Success, The Balanced Life, The Inner Life, Personal Finance, Business News

Suzanne Braun Levine: Good-Bye To Self-Improvement, Going For What Is

2012-01-04T10:48:00Z

My new book How We Love Now is out this week. The date was chosen because in publishing January is "self-improvement month." The thinking is that at t...

Read more: Women's Empowerment, New Year's Resolutions, Reinvention, How We Love Now, The Balanced Life, Women, Self-Improvement, Intimacy, Work Life Balance, Post 50 Relationships, Love Post 50, Self-Help, Fifty News

Linda Novick O'Keefe: Giving Back and Getting Balanced

2011-12-29T10:00:35Z

If we do not change our habits by 2020, children today will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. It would be the first time that this has happened in 200 years.

Read more: Philanthropy, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Partnership for a Healthier America, Personal Health, Common Threads, Work-Life Balance, Balance, Diabetes, Childhood Nutrition, UnitedHealth Group, Healthcare, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Living News

Lori Culwell: Life Lessons Learned From Angry Birds

2011-12-25T16:57:08Z

It's the holiday season, and if you're like me, you're playing even more games of Angry Birds than usual. Along the way, I have picked up some sage wisdom from those self-sacrificing birds and their mortal pig enemies.

Read more: Philosophy, Angry Birds, The Balanced Life, Angry Birds Game, Video Games, Technology News