By Peter Clemens As you may or may not know, I’m a self-described “audiobook addict”. As the father of four young children I don’t have much time to relax with a book when I&#...
Photo by Joe Fakih Gomez Photography By Deborah Fike We like to think we know our family and dearest friends, down to the deepest detail. Without telepathy, though, we can never truly know what it’s ...
By Peter Clemens For over 30 years, Dr. Georgianna Donadio has been a pioneer in the field of behavioral health, working with healthcare professionals and patients to change behaviors that lead to im...
Photo by pasotraspaso By Ali Luke Do you find it hard to resist chocolate cake, even though you’re on a diet? Do you end up buying new DVDs or video games, even though you’ve made a careful budget? T...
By R. Catherine Smith I am letting the silver sparkle. Shimmery strands of light, dancing through a somewhat mousy head of hair. I am letting them grow, and I like them. But I have found that not eve...
By Richard Crown I talk about meditation with nearly everyone I meet. It just comes up naturally when they ask me what I do. “I teach meditation,” I always respond. A common reply is, “I tried medita...
By Anne - Sophie Reinhardt Do you see it as a constant string of responsibilities or as a plethora of opportunity? Do you feel crushed by the weight of it or enthralled by its wonders? Most people wa...
By Sophy Bot What if you could quit your job? Forget the annoyances, leave the frustrations behind and proudly announce to your boss: “I quit.” What if you could escape that relationship you’re so un...
By Wendy Aron When I had my comic memoir published by an award-winning independent press in 2008, I thought it would be the pinnacle of my professional writing career. But after my publisher went ban...
Photo by Fayez By Thomas Maurer “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain Limit...
By Om Swami Once upon a time, Buddha, with his monk disciples, stopped by a village. His intentions were to deliver sermons and spread the message of righteousness and liberation. Some of the village...
By Peter Clemens Today I’m very happy to feature one of my longtime blogging friends, Alex Blackwell. Alex is the founder of the popular blog, The Bridgemaker, and has just released his first book, S...
Photo by h.koppdelaney By Larry Wharton The Buddha spoke of impermanence, that nothing lasts, and that failing to understand the real nature of impermanence means suffering. Most of us would agree th...
Photo by Mizrak By George P.H. If goals were easy to reach we’d all be rockstars, billionaires and rocket scientists. But having dreams isn’t enough; to make them come true, you’ve got to walk the wa...
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Photo by Mizrak By Deborah Fike Once again, those “100 things to do before you die” lists are making their rounds on Facebook. You know, the “100 foods you should eat before you die” or the “100 plac...
Photo by pnoeric By R.C. Thornton Let’s say you want to become more productive. You Google “productivity tips”, and 46 million links appear. Click on a couple, and you notice most of them are lists o...
Photo by Jonathan Kos-Read By Noch Noch Last week I started getting the sniffles. I felt a cold coming and knew I had to take it easy for the next few days if I didn’t want to get sick. But I carried...
Photo by josemanuelerre By Mark Swedberg “Everything you see happening is the consequence of that which you are.” – Dr. David Hawkins, American philosopher and historian Life has a way of sneak...
By George Verdolaga For those of you that haven’t seen Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris yet, here’s one big reason to see it: this movie isn’t really about Paris, although that’s the setting for the s...
By Alissa Finerman “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz, won the Nobel Prize for Literature i...
By Robert Chen I’ve always been interested in change. How to change, why people change, why people resist change, why people who want to change fail at changing … you get the point. What ...
Photo by Steve-h By Gary Stokes In Where Should We Look for Our Own Emergence?, I began the search for our emergence in our self-pity, “Our worst enemy,” as Helen Keller said. Feeling sorry for ourse...
Photo by AlicePopkorn By Gary Stokes “We’ve discovered that the universe is not a place; it’s a story, a story of an irreversible sequence of emergent events. For a long time we thought that the univ...
Photo by fluffisch By Ali Luke Many changes take a lot of time. Perhaps you’re trying to lose 50lbs, or get out of debt. You might be working on a major project — like writing a book, or renova...
Photo by the half-blood prince By Jake O’Callahan I have learned a lot over the past few years about making changes. But nothing taught me more than the things I did wrong – the sins of change....
Photo by Astragony By Jackie Hooper It’s nearly impossible to know when you’ll be moved by something; when something will impact you in such a way that you feel inspired and driven to take on the wor...
Photo by szeke By Syndee Stein Have you ever noticed how your whole life expands whenever you grow and change in any one area of your life? I do. It’s like I’m different. I act different, I think dif...
Photo by 85mm.ch By George Verdolaga What does it take to get what you want out of life? Is it good looks? Talent? Charm? Start-up capital? Luck? In my case, I had two gifts that were potentially wor...
By Steve Bloom It is only 315 miles away, but it feels like a million. At least that’s what I kept telling myself as I drove down the interstate road connecting the place I grew up to the place I’d s...
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