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What Maids Teach Us About Physical Health, Life Longevity

Todd Kashdan | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Mental Health, Work, Mindfulness, Sex, Work-Life Balance, Physical Exercise, Stress Reduction, Happiness, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Politically Correct, Positive Psychology, Google, Health, Living News

What if maids were made aware that a fitness routine is embedded into their job? Could changing their mindset lead to actual changes in their physical and mental health?

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Boomer Women: Beliefs In Transition

Carol Orsborn | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Positive Thinking, Barbara Ehrenreich, Baby-Boomers, Baby Boomer Women, The Secret, Women's Rights, Happiness, Living News

Results of a recent survey by VibrantNation.com reveals that Boomer women's coping strategies and belief systems are reaching new levels of effectiveness in the face of heightened challenge and change.

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Not Happy? Who's Dragging You Down?

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Inspiration, The Inner Life, The Secret, Happiness, Women and Happiness, Aspiration, Aspirational Goal, Living News

I've found that buying into individual tales of difficulty and challenges only serves to add to the burden of overcoming life's obstacles and improving one's experience of well being.

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Bright-Sided: Smart Analysis Or Missing Something?

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Positive Thinking, Bright-Sided, Positivity, Books, Nora Ephron, The Secret, Power of Positive Thinking, Optimism, Book Reviews, New Books, Bright-Sided Book Review, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, Poll, Bestsellers, Books News

Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, Bright-Sided, has been the source of a great book review debate recently. Following eye-opening accounts such as Nickel...

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Healing the Spirit/Matter Split

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, John Gray, Awakening, Balance of Life, Buddha, State of Consciousness, Contribution, Iphone, Success Built to Last, Jack Canfield, The Secret, Est, Werner Erhart, Giving, Starbucks, Stewart Emery, Greatness, Poonjaji, Living News

The greatest area of split and misunderstanding, which I discover among my friends and other writers and teachers, is the split between the longing of the spirit and material desire.

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Positively Stinking Thinking

Jim Selman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Newsweek, Obsession, Serene Ambition, Creative Thinking, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Julia Baird, Reality, Jim Selman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Truth, Happiness, Living News

Positive thinking tends to tranquilize us into a 'good feeling' about the future and blinds us to the facts of a given situation. We think our points-of-view are true -- that our 'will' can determine what happens.

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James Ray Death Lodge

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Sweat, Arizona Sweat Lodge Deaths, Jonestown, Sedona Arizona, The Secret, Spiritual Gurus, James Ray, Native American Rituals, Spiritual-Warrior, Sweat Lodge, Self-Help, Breaking News, Living News

The obvious question is: Why did these men and women stay in such a hostile environment, even as their lungs burned from the heat and they felt themselves slipping into unconsciousness?

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'The Simpsons' Mock 'The Secret' (VIDEO)

Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bart, Video, The Answer, The Simpsons, The Secret the Simpsons, The Simpsons the Answer, The Secret, Simpsons the Answer, Simpsons Secret, Comedy News

On last night's episode of "The Simpsons," Bart got Mrs. Krabappel fired from Springfield Elementary by spiking her coffee. His guilt eventually got t...

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Will Spirituality Ever Be Serious?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self.

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"The Secret To Teen Power" To Be Released This Fall

AP | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Books, The Secret to Teen Power, The Secret, Teens, Media News

NEW YORK — It's teen time for "The Secret." Rhonda Byrne's self-help multimedia phenomenon, which has sold millions of copies, will come out th...

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Can't Buy Me Love

Isha Judd | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Manifestation, The Secret, Living News, Wealth, Money, Law of Attraction, Spirituality, Living News

It seems that no matter what we achieve, it is never enough. There is always something more. Got the car of your dreams? Now you need two.

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Oprah Backlash in Newsweek

Lee Schneider | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: H. Pylori, Jenny McCarthy, Newsweek, Suzanne Somers, Oprah Winfrey, Ulcers, The Secret, Science-and-Spirituality, Meditation, Autism, Healing, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Snake Oil, Alternative Medicine, Media News

Oprah does cover some fringe stuff that is wacky and sometimes wrong. But I think she's right to do it. Here's why.

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The Power of the Right Question

Noah St. John | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Afformations, Affirmations, Money, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Empowerment, Questions, Living News

Ask yourself: "Why do I have so much?" Do you know what your brain is doing right now? Searching for a positive answer to that question!

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You Already Know How to Lose Weight. Here's Why You're Not Doing It

Noah St. John | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Personal Health, Weight Loss, Diet, Diet Books, The Secret, Health, Living News

Your Why-Not-To's hide in your subconscious. That means, you don't go around thinking about what you're going to lose when you lose weight; but your Why-Not-To's are there all right.

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The Pressure to Heal Ourselves

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Ovarian Cyst, Health, John-Kabat-Zinn, The Secret, Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Healing, Living News

Every time I tried to picture my baby, happy and swimming around in my uterus, the image was overshadowed by that of the grapefruit-sized cyst growing alongside it.

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The Fruits of My Labor: Women and Business

Tabby Biddle | Posted 04.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Women and Money, Lotus Blossom Style, Yoga, The Secret, Women and Business, Women and Wealth, Gina Ratliffe, Female Entrepreneurs, Living News

So I wondered, was I wrong to start a business on intuition? I don't think so. But my experience shows me that intuition alone won't put tofu on the table.

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The Truth Behind Magic Lists: Do They Really Work?

oprah.com | Martha Beck | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: The Secret, Magic Lists, Positive Thinking, Living News

Okay, fess up--at some point you've had your own magic list, haven't you? The only problem with magic lists is that their efficacy is, um, patchy....

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Sarah Palin and the Consciousness Cuties

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yes, Oprah, Obama/Biden, Consciousness Cuties, The Secret, Sarah Palin, We Can, Politics News

Okay, I'm done. I've read the last bash of Sarah Palin that I'm going to read. Don't misunderstand me--Sarah Palin is as anathematic to me as she is t...

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Principle #2: Enter The Field Of Infinite Potential, The Divine Mind

Stacey Lawson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: The Secret, The Divin Self, The Secret Oprah, Spirituality, Inner Life, Living News

This post is second in the series "7 Principles for Consciously Creating Your Life" on cultivating a life of joy, prosperity and abundance. Some o...

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What The Bleep Do We Know?

Dana Kennedy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, The Secret, 2008 Election, Politics News

Did I share in the collective shame of the blogosphere today while eating the Clintonian breakfast of champions - crowq-au-vin, humble pie and an egg cream? No!

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