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MeiMei Fox: The Life Out Loud: Making New Dreams A Reality

2012-05-29T09:00:31Z

Did we really want to buy a house? No. It just had felt like what we should do. What we really wanted, what would make us truly happy, was not fitting ourselves into some prescribed mold but making our greatest dreams come true.

Read more: Adventure, Neil Gaiman, Jospeh Campbell, Self-Actualization, Fulfillment, Solar Eclipse, Life Dreams, Happiness, Creativity, Dreams, Inspiration, Becoming Fearless, Becoming-Fearless, Follow Dreams, Healthy Living News

Nitika Chopra: VIDEO: Having Confidence In Your Dreams (And Following Through)

2012-05-27T09:18:24Z

In a world where we have more choices then we know what to do with, we can get addicted to making choices and become not so interested in actually sticking with one of them. This video is for anyone who has a dream or anyone looking for clarity in discovering their dream.

Read more: Following Your Dreams, Healthy Living, Inner Strength, Business, Nitika Chopra, Happiness, Tips on Success, Video, Wisdom, Gps-Soul, Emotional Wellness, Meditation, Tips for Success, Success and Motivation, Entrepreneur, Healthy Living News

Marc Middleton: The Baby Boomers Commencement Address

2012-05-26T13:45:02Z

In a very real way, we're all graduates of the school of life and we all have the opportunity to continue to grow and contribute. So here's my commencement address for all of us approaching or inhabiting middle age and wondering what's next?

Read more: Reinvention, Commencement, Baby Boomers, Middle Age, Inspiration, Growing Bolder, Commencement Speaches, Marc Middleton, Middle-Aged, Entrepreneurship, Boomers, Motivation, Fifty News

Susan Smalley, Ph.D.: How Often Do You Make a Moral Compromise?

2012-05-25T13:26:07Z

I've learned not to think there's always a right and wrong course of action immediately evident. It can be important to observe and explore one's thoughts and feelings around a moral decision -- however big or small.

Read more: Moral Choice, Moral Decisions, Wisdom, Values, Mindfulness, Ethics, Moral Compromise, Morality, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Melina Bellows: Why Being a Mom is the Coolest Job Ever

2012-05-24T18:40:37Z

As I packed up to leave the conference, I found myself really, really missing my kids, ages 6 and 8. I considered calling them but hesitated -- sometimes they beg me to come home, which leaves me feeling tortured if I'm far away.

Read more: Life Is Good, Leadership, Career Women, Inspiration, National Geographic, Children, Working Mothers, Bert Jacobs, James Cameron, Tony Hawk, Motherhood, Moms, Advice, Pttow, Parents News

Adam Levin: Is It True About Commencement Speeches? (A Response to James Franco)

2012-05-24T11:00:37Z

The system by which we fund higher education may be horribly broken, but that in no way means the people who are a product of it should be written off. Graduates should feel empowered to effect these changes. If they don't -- if they're all too cynical and feel there's no use in trying -- then we're in big trouble.

Read more: Women's Rights, Commencement Speeches, College-Education-Cost, Inspiration, College, College Education, Inquiry, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Graduation, James Franco, Graduation Speakers, Graduation Speech, Commencement, College Graduation, Cost of College, College News

Patricia Crisafulli: Five Life Lessons I Learned at a Beach Boys Concert

2012-05-23T13:37:45Z

At mid-life, our favorite songs compile quite the anthology, from the music that played at our high school prom to the first dance at our wedding.

Read more: Reinvention, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing, Midlife, The Beach Boys, Beach Boys Tour, Music, Fifty News, Rock and Roll, Fifty News

Hilarious Affirmations To Get You Through The Day

2012-05-23T10:49:31Z

Hey ladyfriend, are you going through a breakup? Is your job really hard right now? Is your life nothing more than all-consuming darkness and regret? ...

Read more: Funny Quotes, Inspiration Quotes, Inspiration, Bad Day, Mood Changer, Laughing, Cynical Attitude, Funny Women, Affirmations, Women News

David Edmund Moody: Insight as the Aim of Education

2012-05-22T15:01:33Z

When insight comes to be recognized as a unique element in the process of education, we will go a long way toward restoring joy and vitality to our educational system.

Read more: David Bohm, Krishnamurti, Insight, Intelligence, Education, Culture, Mindful Living, Education News

Daniel Klein: WATCH: The Great American Food (Road) Trip

2012-05-22T08:36:53Z

We heard stories of Americans from generations past and others just off the boat. We were inspired and sadened by what we saw, heard and experienced.

Read more: Daniel Klein, Mirra Fine, Inspiration, Road Food, On the Road, Local, Best Documentary, Road Trip, Perennial Plate, Recipe, Sustainable, Food News

Gabrielle Bernstein: Be Empowered by Your Career

2012-05-22T08:38:51Z

In this vlog I touch on the key components to having a successful career that is socially responsible.

Read more: Do Good Get Paid, Money, Women's Health Magazine, Gabrielle Bernstein, Business, Spirit Junkie, Add More Ing to Your Life, Joy, Career, Inspiration, Mindful Living, Meaning Is the New Money, Mindfulness, Doing Good as Career, Career Do Good, Spirituality Career, Spirit Career, Video, Healthy Living News

Janice Taylor: 25 Ways To Feed Your Soul

2012-05-18T07:30:22Z

Envision what will happen when your thoughts no longer pull you astray but rather connect your mind, body and spirit. Each and every day, find at least one way to feed your soul.

Read more: Happiness, Feed Your Soul: Change Your Weight, Janice Taylor, Hollyhock Retreat Center, Motivation, Healthy Living, Inspiration, Life and Wellness Coach, How to Lose Weight, GPS for the Soul, Healthy Living News

Robi Ludwig: Home Sweet Home

2012-05-17T14:32:08Z

Yes, homes are the silent members of our families. They are part of the histories of our families. This is what makes saying goodbye to them so tough.

Read more: Childhood Memories, Parents-Kids, Homeowners, Real Estate, Positive Psychology, Home Ownership, Wisdom, Healthy Living News

Patricia Crisafulli: Listening to the Heron

2012-05-16T17:52:44Z

What carries meaning or significance for you? When is an object, event or occurrence more than what it appears on the surface?

Read more: Symbolism, Creativity, Birds, Creative Writing, Inspiration, Fifty News, Writing, Symbols, Spirituality, Fifty News

Dr. Cara Barker: Disarming Distractions, Returning To Soul

2012-05-16T08:00:04Z

The mind translates our experience as product of the good or bad, the beautiful or ugly, a transmission depending upon the GPS we choose.

Read more: Dance of Life, Be the Love, Wisdom, Law of Creation, Spiritual Practice, Call of the Beloved, Beauty, Beyond the Beyond, Soul, The Love Project: Coming Home, Soul Practice, Gps-Soul, GPS for the Soul, Creative Breakthrough, Return to Soul, Gps Soul, GPS for Soul, Healthy Living News

John M. Eger: The Trouble With Universities

2012-05-15T14:40:43Z

There is agreement we have a problem with K-12 education, but there is not a widespread recognition that it starts at the top... at the university level.

Read more: College Admissions Process, Knowledge, Education Reform, Learning, Universities, Higher Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College News

3 Powerful Tips To Organize Your Day

2012-05-14T12:16:07Z

Do you wake up in the morning in a race against the clock?

The alarm goes off and you come to your senses. You get out of bed, get dressed, rush o...

Read more: Organize Your Day, Inspiration, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

Kaylee Scottaline: Life After Death (Almost): An Inspiring Story of Recovery

2012-05-11T18:07:46Z

Last year, Rachael Popejoy, now 28, bought her first house and a new car. While these might not seem like extraordinary accomplishments, it was only five years ago that doctors told Rachael's family she wouldn't survive the weekend.

Read more: Recovery, Strength, Overcoming Fear, Social Work, Colorado, Inspiration, Coma, Fearlessness, Inner Strength, Denver, Denver News

Lev Raphael: The Teacher Who Changed My Life

2012-05-11T16:14:18Z

I had dreamed of being a writer since I was in second grade, but it wasn't until I took my first class with Kristin Lauer at Fordham University that I fell in love with writing itself.

Read more: Writing Inspiration, Mentors, Teachers, Inspiration, Teaching, Mentoring, Mentor, Education News

John-Manuel Andriote: Claim Your Power And Climb Out Of The Crab Bucket

2012-05-12T07:22:00Z

When we claim the power of our heritage, behave like people who know our own resilience and strength because we have had to exercise it simply to survive, nothing in the world can pull us back down into anyone's crab bucket.

Read more: HIV/AIDS, Gay Rights Movement, Mental Health, Gay Rights, HIV Prevention, Self-Improvement, Gay Issues, Inspiration, Self-Empowerment, Crab Bucket, Gay Voices News

Donna Labermeier: What Is Your Intention?

2012-05-11T06:16:26Z

Success or failure is proportionate to intention. If your intention is love, you will be successful in any situation or undertaking, no matter what it is.

Read more: Energy, Relationships, Business, Inspiration, Love, Self-Help, Intention and Love, Your Intention, Mindfulness, Have Intention, Intention, Healthy Living News

Sherri Edwards: A Mother's Scorecard

2012-05-10T12:57:30Z

Year 7: Nothing will be more endearing than coming home to find your husband with his hair in barrettes having a tea party with your daughters.

Read more: Childhood Memories, Growing Up, Wisdom, Birthdays, Children, Mother's Day, Parents-Pregnancy, Parenting Lessons, Raising Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Childhood, Parents-Babies, Babies, Mothers, Grandmothers, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Parenting Challenges, Parents-Dads, Parents-Kids, Parents-Toddlers, Parents-Moms, Childbirth, Parents News

Alan Singer: The "Wisdom" of Pearson's Pineapple Passage

2012-05-10T11:29:00Z

If Pearson and Merryl Tisch were teachers being evaluated based on lesson of the pineapple, hare, and owl, they would both be rated "Unsatisfactory."

Read more: Testing, Merryl Tisch, Philosophy, Plato, Pearson Education, Common Core, Wisdom, Aristotle, Standards, Pineapple Question, New York, Thomas Aquinas, Education News

Amanda de Cadenet: Alicia Keys Reveals Who She Respects Most

2012-05-09T12:42:24Z

Amanda and Alicia touch upon society's obsession with being youthful and why Alicia looks up to her elders.

Read more: Women, The Conversation, Aging, Wisdom, Youth, Interview, Lifetime, Series, Amanda De Cadenet, Alicia Keys, Video, The-Conversation-With-Amanda-De-Cadenet, Women News

Signe Whitson: The Three Best Things My Mother Ever Taught Me

2012-05-08T18:34:26Z

This year, in honor of Mother's Day, I celebrate all of the wisdom that my own mom passed on to me through her words and, more importantly, in her actions over the years.

Read more: Parenting, Mother's Day, Mothers, Mothers and Daughters, Girls, Parenting Advice, Daughters, Wisdom, mothers_day_pkg, Women News