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You might hesitate to make a character judgment about someone based on a first encounter. Most adults would probably…

Whether or not diversity is a good thing is still a topic of much debate. Though many businesses tout the benefits of…

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This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…

Although the majority of people may well wish things were different, the fact is that we live in a dual world here on…

You are living a life, not running a race. Slowing the pace so you’re not racing and constantly playing catch-up begins…

Dr Vasant Lad defines depression as a popular diagnosis characterized by "a loss of pleasure and interest in life...…

Buddhists believe that all our actions are dependent on our state of mind. A mind that is not well controlled is liable…

The public backlash against Cambridge Analytica and Facebook centres on their practices of harvesting psychological…

Most people would agree that connection is a basic human need. Yet these days, it can be hard to come by. Vivek Murthy,…

ALLOWING IS THE KEY. That, in a nutshell, is what I learned is the key to life, to creating your own life. Those four…

Stocks have been on a bumpy ride lately as concerns over a trade war prompt investors to rethink their appetite for…

Women have long had the self-destructive habit of discounting themselves and their natural abilities. This is a common…

People can, with greater-than-chance accuracy, figure out whether you’re liberal or conservative just by looking at…

I saw a bumper sticker proclaiming, "Don’t follow me -- I’m following my bliss." Good advice! How much more creative…

Primary care providers and pediatricians may be less confident than child and adolescent psychiatrists in their ability…

Talking politics with people who you disagree with is always tricky, but it’s especially hard when those people are…

How many times have you said to yourself, "I just got a hit (or a hunch, or a gut-feeling) to go there." And so you did;…

More than 40 years ago, psychologist Sandra Scarr put forth a provocative idea: that genetic influence on children’s…

New research shows that when mothers who have experienced childhood trauma feel supported by the people around them –…

This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…

We like to think of ourselves as one congruent identity, one Self. Whether we are a forty-five-year-old businessman, a…

As the subconscious mind takes in information from the outside world, things that tend to consistently happen in a…

In the sixteen-century, people suffered from hunger, disease, hatred, and war. "How could God allow such terrible…

Following the Heart Path is not complicated. A child can do it. But the resistance from inside your mind and from the…

It was one of those days when the world was supposed to come to an end. The planets had achieved the crucial alignment,…

Several days ago we attended the Cultural Awareness Program at Mt. Madonna School where our grandson is in first grade.…

Suspension and expulsion is widely used in Australia, the UK and the US to respond to problematic behavior. But…

It is one thing to read (or write) about bringing up children, and quite another to actually do it. Words are easy to…

People disagree all the time, but not all disagreements lead to the same levels of stress. Even though people can be…

A French waiter hit the headlines in March 2018 when he contested his dismissal from a Canadian restaurant for his…

Do you find you minimize parts of yourself such as health, emotions, talents, and abilities for the importance of the…

Professor Mary Beard’s latest book Women & Power: A Manifesto is a short, sharp analysis of women in the West and their…

Most Americans who get married today believe they are choosing their own partners after falling in love with them.…

Acceptance is a major theme of world religions. In modern life, however, acceptance is tension-filled and problematic.…

The idea that four-year-old boys have a spurt of testosterone is often used to explain challenging behaviour at this…

Ask your children two simple questions: "What is a happy home like?" and "What makes our home feel good?" The answers…

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In a widely read blog post, Jennifer Willoughby wrote this phrase after each of the many reasons she gave for enduring…

"According to Spinoza, "Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence,…