Many have read about stress-reduction methods, but are usually too stressed to practice these strategies when you are all worked up. “Don’t tell me to calm down!” Did you know that summer is the best time to practice these techniques, so that they can become knee-jerk responses for cold, dark, rainy days? And you are [...]
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Wordplay Wednesday: More
Hello My name is Sarah And I’m grateful to have Your attention But I’m certain That when these words end I’ll be left Wanting more I’m thirty-four And I’m just now seeing And understanding This disease They call alcoholism I just call it addiction No need for discrimination Give me something And the chances are [...]
Find Out What You Want – Step #2
I have written about this before, many times in fact, but still the story comes back and demands to be told. It is a good story. It happened when I sat in a club, a rock club to be precise, all by myself at a table, with a beer for company. I waited for friends [...]
Why Complaining May Be Keeping You From Living Life to the Fullest
By Pamela Johnston Humans are literally born complaining. The very first thing we do upon being dragged unceremoniously out of a nice, warm, dark, cozy place into the loud, bright, cold, and uncertain world is to register a noisy complaint. It makes perfect sense; the newborn has no other way to change the state of [...]
5 Ways to Help Your Kids Soar In Life
By Jay Forte My youngest daughter graduated from college this week. With a head full of memories, I watched the baby of the family march proudly across the stage to publicly receive her degree. Smart kid. Focused kid. Her steps across the large stage were the metaphor for moving forward with life. This is the [...]
Are You More Drawn to Simplicity or to Abundance?
I love dividing the world into categories. Abstainers and moderators. Radiators and drains. Leopards and alchemists. Marathoners and sprinters (formerly known as “tortoises and hares”–I like this terminology better, how about you?) I’ve come up with a new distinction, but I’m still turning it over in my mind. I’m not sure it works out…I would [...]
The Secret to Unleashing Your Creative Potential
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki Would you believe me if I told you that you’re a wildly creative person? That it doesn’t matter if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush, written a verse, or played a song. Just like breathing, creativity is [...]
“30 Is Not the New 20″: 3 Things Every 20-Something Needs to Hear
We’ve been hearing it for some time now: 30 is the new 20. The 20′s are a throwaway decade. They don’t count. Well, erase everything you’ve heard about being a 20-something because this TED talk is going to rock your world. Clinical psychologist Meg Jay discusses her experience working with 20-somethings over the years and [...]
New Yorkers: Be in a new OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) show w/ Deepak Chopra, 6/1/13!
Looking for Participants for the new show “Help Desk” that will air on The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)! If you are working through a difficult issue in your life – such as divorce, overcoming addiction, loss of a family member, or financial hardship – you may be a perfect fit. Participants will sit down with [...]
Elephant in the Room: The Guilt of Leaving Home
Dear Cora, I moved in with my grandma after my freshman year of college because the other adults in my life were unreliable – my parents aren’t around and my step-mother all but kicked me out. So my grandma has been there for me when I felt like I had no one else and we [...]
