Daily Inspiration & Focus: I am at peace with myself.

Daily Inspiration & Focus: I am at peace with myself.

Jan. 28th FOCUS: I give myself permission to be at peace with myself. Click to read the Daily

Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

Diseases and Conditions >> Addiction

by Barb Rogers. Exhaustion was the catalyst that took me to a recovery program. I was just so tired — tired of…

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

Health >> Environmental

by Sondra Kornblatt. Women show more susceptibility to toxins. On one hand, women’s bodies have more fat, where toxins accumulate, so women are…

This Is Your Choice: Easy World or Difficult?

This Is Your Choice: Easy World or Difficult?

Leisure and Creativity >> General

by Julia Rogers Hamrick. Easy World is your "de­fault reality," the one you always go back to when you relax and stop resisting its powerful magnetic draw. You…

Meditation: Learning to Be Quiet Inside

Meditation: Learning to Be Quiet Inside

Meditation >> General

by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Events are going to happen to us on account of actions committed in the past. But the good news is that through…

How to Change & Let Go

How to Change & Let Go

Behavior Modification >> Happiness and Self-Help

by Nicola Phoenix. At first you may notice small, subtle alterations in your life and everything appearing to flow with ease. You may find that other people start to…

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Destructive & Extremely Toxic

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Destructive & Extremely Toxic

Attitudes Transformed >> Perfectionism

by Mary Hayes Grieco. Shame is an unhealthy and extremely toxic emotion that makes a person very sick inside. It plays out in families and in society in a self-destructive…

Been Downsized? Fired? Need to Find a Job?

Been Downsized? Fired? Need to Find a Job?

Finance and Careers >> Career Management

by Bruce Weinstein, PhD. Whether or not your own job is in jeopardy in the near future, at some point in your career, you…

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Addiction Treatment: One Step on…

Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

by Barb Rogers. Exhaustion was the catalyst that took me to a recovery program. I was just so tired — tired of being sad and lonely, tired of fighting everything and everyone, and tired... Read more

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

by Sondra Kornblatt. Women show more susceptibility to toxins. On one hand, women’s bodies have more fat, where toxins accumulate, so women are four times more likely to exhibit symptoms of chemical sensitivity than... Read more

This Is Your Choice: Easy World …

This Is Your Choice: Easy World or Difficult?

by Julia Rogers Hamrick. Easy World is your "de­fault reality," the one you always go back to when you relax and stop resisting its powerful magnetic draw. You get to choose, ultimately, whether your... Read more

Meditation: Learning to Be Quiet…

Meditation: Learning to Be Quiet Inside

by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Events are going to happen to us on account of actions committed in the past. But the good news is that through our present responses, we mold our future —... Read more

How to Change & Let Go

How to Change & Let Go

by Nicola Phoenix. At first you may notice small, subtle alterations in your life and everything appearing to flow with ease. You may find that other people start to notice a difference in you.... Read more

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Dest…

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Destructive & Extremely Toxic

by Mary Hayes Grieco. Shame is an unhealthy and extremely toxic emotion that makes a person very sick inside. It plays out in families and in society in a self-destructive and violent way, and... Read more

Been Downsized? Fired? Need to F…

Been Downsized? Fired? Need to Find a Job?

by Bruce Weinstein, PhD. Whether or not your own job is in jeopardy in the near future, at some point in your career, you may become a victim of downsizing (if you haven’t already).... Read more

More Is Less: Organize the Mess …

More Is Less: Organize the Mess & Get Rid of Clutter

by Xorin Balbes. Clutter is making us crazy, and not just because we can’t find anything — because every bit of wood, metal, and plastic we collect is an anchor tying us to something,... Read more

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D. (S…

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D. (Standard American Diet)

by John Robbins. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health says that two-thirds of U.S. mortality is diet-related. At a certain point, one decides that the evidence is sufficiently complete and convincing... Read more

Smile & Thank Your Body

Smile & Thank Your Body

by Donald Altman. When was the last time you thanked your body for all it does for you on a daily basis? The “inward smile” is an ancient practice, a way to deeply honor... Read more

Growing Community with Community Gard…

Growing Community with Community Gardens

by Peter Ladner. One of my first awakenings to the myriad benefits of community gardens was when the community police officer in a troubled neighborhood in Vancouver helped get one started.... Read more

To Carb or Not To Carb: Eleven Reason…

To Carb or Not To Carb: Eleven Reasons to Cut the Carbs

adapted by Nora T. Gedgaudas. The following list of reasons to cut your carbs is adapted from The Carnitine Miracle: The Supernutrient Program That Promotes High Energy, Fat Burning, Heart Health,... Read more

Making Choices & Managing Pain

Making Choices & Managing Pain

by Chönyi Taylor. The mind of addiction goes like this: “So I need to stop playing computer games. I will take up marathon running instead.” Keeping away from the addiction does... Read more

Two New Printing Technologies To Chan…

Two New Printing Technologies To Change the World

As with most technologies it is the limitation of human imagination, the need to overcome conventionalism and fend off of those with a vested financial interests in doing it the... Read more

Sweet Basil: Things You Need to Know …

Sweet Basil: Things You Need to Know About This Herb

by Thea Summer Deer. Sweet basil’s many herbal uses include culinary, landscaping, medicinal, and spiritual, and the essential oil can be found in fragrances and insect repellents. Cultivated largely as a... Read more

Forgiving Your Children in Advance

Forgiving Your Children in Advance

by Tom Sturges. If fear of punishment is a motivation that keeps your daughter from calling you when she needs you the most, you may need to examine your emergency procedures.... Read more

Hey, Are You Listening?

Hey, Are You Listening?

by Neale Donald Walsch. After the publication of Conversations with God, the question that I was asked more often than any other was: “Why you? Why did God pick you?” And,... Read more

Our Role at This Moment on Earth

Our Role at This Moment on Earth

by John Robbins. So much is at stake in our times. Whether we like it or not, and whether we accept it or not, the choices we make, individually and collectively,... Read more

The Gift of Challenge

The Gift of Challenge

by Joyce Vissell. Do you ever wonder why challenges come into your life? Do you ever wish that your life could be smooth and simple? Do you ever want your relationship... Read more

Puppies Help Veterans with PTSD

Puppies Help Veterans with PTSD

by Jane Miller. One day, while lying in his hospital bed at Walter Reed, a Golden Retriever in a therapy dog vest entered his room with his trainer. Although Raymond could... Read more

Picture Perfect: Treasure Mapping as …

Picture Perfect: Treasure Mapping as a Tool

by Alan Cohen. As we enter our new year, what kind of mental pictures are you holding about it? Are you enthusiastically envisioning how well it could go, or are you... Read more

Investigating Feelings: Good, Bad, or…

Investigating Feelings: Good, Bad, or Indifferent

by B. Alan Wallace. We often consider feelings as existing with only positive or negative values. Besides positive and negative feelings, there are neutral feelings. We want pleasure, we don’t want... Read more

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