Living Now Gets a Makeover: Check Out Our New How-To Guide for a Fuller Life

Starting today on Living Now, our top "boxes" will be devoted to three fundamental dimensions that make our lives healthier, more productive, more meaningful, and more fulfilling:

"The Full Life" offers practical how-to info and advice on managing the "business of life" in ways that are more effective and less stressful.

"Make A Difference" puts the spotlight on multiple ways to make the world a better place -- and enrich our lives in the process.

"Mind.Body.Soul" addresses ways to bring more meaning, vitality, peace, and purpose to our lives.

THE FULL LIFE

Over the next few weeks, we'll be introducing a slate of new features and new writers providing expert insights and advice:

David Allen, author of the bestseller, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity, will offer advice on how to make your life -- on the job and off -- more productive, efficient and fulfilling.

Christine Hassler, author of 20 Something 20 Everything: A Quarter-Life Guide to Balance and Direction, will answer your questions about twenty-something life. Christine's got a unique ability to turn questions into roadmaps that will get you on -- and keep you on -- the path to a career, relationship and life that you really want.

Heather Cabot, a journalist, the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Well Mom, Inc. and the mother of 18-month old twins, tackles the issues of harried moms everywhere with her weekly "Well Mom Moments," that empower moms to take better care of themselves in mind, body and spirit.

Dr. Mona Ackerman, a psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience, will answer your questions in "Dr. Mona Knows." As Arianna has said, "Mona is the sort of person who you find yourself telling your most intimate problems to five minutes after you meet her. And 10 minutes later you suddenly feel better about them."

Dr. Rock Positano is the director of Non Surgical Foot and Ankle Service at New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, a member of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell University Medical College, and a member of the famed Sports Medicine Service responsible for treating the New York Mets, Giants, Nets, Knicks, PGA, and USTA. He draws on all that experience to offer his advice on how to get stronger, play harder, and live healthier.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration, guidance, and billions of dollars through their global foundations. But what's even more exciting to us is the inspiration and innovation coming from tens of thousands of far less high-profile activists. And young people are leading the way. They may not be marquee names followed by reporters and paparazzi, but they have creative ideas and practical solutions for making the world a better place. We'll share those ideas - and introduce you to the people behind them - in Make A Difference.

GOOD Magazine is one of the leaders in the field of social activism, providing a platform for ideas, people and businesses that are promoting positive change in the world. Each week, its editors will bring us a "GOOD: Portrait" from what they call their "collection of people doing things that matter". We'll also bring you lots of 'green' news, tips, and advice. Olivia Zaleski, one of our favorite young contributors with serious eco-cred (she also writes for TreeHugger and Eco-Chic), will help us all grow greener with her weekly column, a personal take on life in the green lane.

And when it comes to Make a Difference, we'd love to hear from you. Have you been inspired by someone's work? Are you working for change in your own way? Send us your tips, suggestions, and personal stories.

MIND.BODY.SOUL

Take a deep breath. This is the part of the page designed to help get -- and keep -- you centered. For many of us leading busy, full, (sometimes a little too full) lives there's often the feeling that something is missing. Maybe it's a more powerful feeling of connection, a higher purpose, or a deeper sense of meaning than our hectic lives allow us time to explore. In Mind.Body.Soul we'll engage in a dialog about the search for meaning in our lives.

Among the contributors to this section will be Stacey Lawson. Stacey is a paradox: an engineer-turned-successful-tech-entrepreneur who has also embarked on a spiritual journey. She invites us to join in her adventure.

As you can see, Living Now is a work-in-progress. So we want to hear what you think, what you'd like to see more of (or less of!) on the page. We'll be checking the comments regularly, so please fire away.

Comments

[EnuffsEnuffAlready]

Looks like pretty much a "chick, girly" page, with a rare "guy" thing thrown in. Look at the top of the page....and the other photos. No problem with you gals having your own page...but you aren't going to get a lot of male readers with this much estrogen all over the page!

[SvS]

Geez, this comment says it all re: why patriarchy must die. Maybe, just maybe what women have to say IS in fact interesting. Give it a try EnuffTesto­steroneAlr­eady guy. Then clear your palate with some sports news, and you'll feel normal again. If you're lucky, a bit more enlightened and possibly more attractive to the fair sex having delved into the 'chick' page.

[HelenIsaacson]

Make A Difference--Those of us with grandchildren usually think in terms of leaving a better world for future generations. I used to think in terms of health care and financial security. Now I think of working for a peaceful world. Last year I joined with a group of older women to form Grandmothers Against the War. Our first action was to try to enlist at our local recruiting station in order that a young person would not have to fight in Iraq. Most of our activities are more staightforward: leafletting with information that most of the media ignores; phoning and writing members of the Congress; some of us even went to Washington to speak with our Senators and Representatives. The war and occupation in Iraq continues and we are told it may still be with us when our young grandchildren will be old enough to serve and they will have paid the price in services neglected as all the money goes to support a disastrous war. We must all redouble our anti-war activities--for our children's future and because acting helps keep depression from enveloping those of us who read the miserable news every morning. Check out the Grandmothers web site www.gawba.org or contact us at [e-mail] or 510-845-3815, and we will be pleased to help you start a group or become active in your community with advice and free materials. If you prefer to do your anti-war work on your own, you can do something right now, sitting at your computer. Contact Speaker Nancy Pelosi and tell her to get the Democrats to VOTE NO to any supplemental funds for the war. A bill for an addition 50 billiion or so will be voted on in the House within the next few days. You can leave a message at http://speaker.house.gov/contact

[lexdee]

I'm a grandfather but I don't think I'd risk a trip to the recruiting station. They might take me. Again.

[Boadicea]

Advertising doesn't bother me one bit. It reminds me that Progressives are successful, too. Kudos, Arianna! And we're a market worth targetting - that means we're big. I like that, too.

I'm excited about the new format, hoping it will draw more readers and commenters to the Living page.

And - I think Rachelle and Ed Begley would be terrific participants in the Green section. The have a wonderful, humorous approach to green living education that I think will reach a lot of people who generally tune out when it comes to issues of the environment. People like my healthy 75 yr old mother, who thought it was just too hard to recycle. Ed and Rachelle have got her laughing her way out to the blue box.

[JPHogan]

Well Oprah hasn't cut into Hillary's numbers yet and Martha seem stale again, not stall or stalls that I know about. Still think Obama has better chance following Oprah's Harpo lead and should start running as Amabo (Obama backwards like Harpo to Oprah.). George Stephanpolous still seems to be spewing and not reporting and maybe just a tool of Hillary, Hillary the candidate more now obviously with a "fatal flaw." PBS might be a problem for new LIVING NOW as they were supporting a return to old media and the thought to be reliable expertise of such anchors and managing editors; sort of anti-new media and blogging. Maybe all these now available experts can agree with how unprepared and unqualified Hillary is to be President - now reading old media - a book - Tenet's book AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM - which seems even before a hundred pages to suggest that Clinton even at end of his eight years still wasn't possibly qualified. This should get past any ANCHOR rated news people.

[bobzaguy]

"Still think Obama has better chance following Oprah's Harpo lead and should start running as Amabo (Obama backwards like Harpo to Oprah.)."

Shouldn't it be Kcarab? As Harpo is not Oprah's last name.

[curiousasheck]

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God

[starrianna]

Hey Jesus,
I think that one has been lost on 99.9% of the population in today's Bush World.