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Cultivating Mindful Awareness for Better Focus

By Juliet Dreamhunter Recent research has brought into focus an intriguing aspect of human behavior: the fleeting nature of our ...

The Cube Test

Here’s a fun test I came across to help us to understand more about ourselves and our relationships. “The Cube ...

A Simple Scientific Analysis to Reveal Your Profound Fundamental Reality

Axiom 1: A thing can only know itself directly Any simple example can make this clear. Let’s say a storage ...

Role of Communication: Friendship v/s Relationship

Post by: Shweta Gautam Communication is an important part of our life. I believe without communication, humans are no less ...

eGod — when God gets eGo’d

“God alone is real, the world is false; and the individual being is none other than God.” “God misunderstood is ...

Birthstones and Their Healing Properties

A birthstone is a gemstone that corresponds to the month of someone’s birth. It is thought to be lucky to ...

What I Am (and You Are Too!)

I feel I am a conscious entity in which a simulation, constituting of gross and subtle objects/things, is appearing. The ...

Defining Self Care

“Self-care” has become somewhat of a buzz word lately. So many people are talking about it, especially online. In most ...

Practice Self-Compassion

**Excerpted from “Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People” (Sounds True, Oct. 22, 2019) Self-compassion means ...

Being Thankful Out Loud

An excerpt from Loving Out Loud by Robyn Spizman While it can be easy to feel like it is impossible ...

The Four Friends

“The Four Friends” is an ancient fable that the Buddha repeated to teach the value of respect for one another ...

The Eight Steps of Love on Every Breath

An excerpt from LOVE ON EVERY BREATH by Lama Palden Drolma At this time, when our human family is facing ...

REVEALING THE REAL YOU IN LOVE

An excerpt taking from The Letter Code: Deciphering Why You Love the Way You Love By Dr. Krystal White, Ph.D ...

Strengthen the Higher Self

An excerpt from Feed Your Soul by Carly Pollack There are countless diets, cleanses, and 30-day challenges all geared to ...

The One Common Habit That You Should Break.

While various articles have been written on the topics of procrastination and self-criticism, let’s focus on one non-productive habit that ...

A Grateful Generous Heart

An excerpt from The Jewel of Abundance by Ellen Grace O’Brian Although millions of Westerners practice yoga simply for its ...

Motivation – The Two Types.

Everyone seems to want motivation. While I have written many articles on this topic, let’s discuss the two types of ...

Are Your Thoughts Derailing Your Resilience?

An excerpt from Resilience by Linda Graham Everyone knows what it’s like to be knocked off center, to lose their ...

To Find the Love of Your Life, Know Your Dosha!

Ask anyone and you’ll get the same answer: What’s the most important thing in life? Love! We want to be ...

The Cost of Kindness

The world is in pain. We are feeling the effects of crisis on every level; we are suffering. In this ...

Kim & Kris Krash & Burn: What Went Wrong?

We should have seen it coming. But then, I think we all did. Did Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries ever ...

Mother-in-Law or Mother-in-Love?

You’ve found the man of your dreams — but is his mother turning your life into a nightmare? You choose ...

Bliss Is the New Black

If there’s anything that this downturn in the economy has taught us, it’s that our happiness does not depend on ...

3 Simple Steps For Adapting To Constant Change.

“Adapt or perish”. Have you heard that before? It is said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes ...

Living a Balanced, Beautiful Life With Ayurveda

Imagine you’re outside by a beautiful lake, enjoying the perfection of your surroundings. You feel comfortable, relaxed, as if you ...

Expectations – How Well Do You Handle Them?

Do you have expectations of anyone in your life? Do others in your life have expectations of you? Do you ...

Life Lessons Learned From Salsa

Summer 2014 will go down in my personal history as the “Summer of Salsa!” I’ve spent the past seven weeks ...

Who Wins The Blame Game?

Imagine this – something goes wrong in the life of someone close to you. That person is shattered. What is one ...

3 Effective Responses To Put Downs & Belittlement.

Have you ever been belittled? Has anyone close to you ever put you down in the presence of others? How ...

The Seven Attitudes of Mindfulness: An excerpt from Turbo Metabolism

Guest post by Pankaj Vij, MD, FACP As the modern Western lifestyle spreads around the globe, so too does metabolic ...

The 1 Vital Key To Positive Personal Change.

At the beginning of every year, so many people set “resolutions” for the year ahead, hoping to create some, or ...

unmedicated

I’m happy to let you know about a new book from my dear friend, Madisyn Taylor, co-founder of DailyOM. It ...

The Difference Between Empathy And Sympathy.

Do you know the meaning of Empathy? How about the meaning of Sympathy? Quite often Empathy and Sympathy are confused, ...

Love and Health

An excerpt from The Forgotten Art of Love Guest post by Armin A. Zadeh, MD, PhD Who better than a ...

These Are The 8 Friends You Need To Be Happy In Life

Guest post by Eric Barker. Do your friends sometimes disappoint you? Ever feel like there is something missing in your ...

Know What You are by What You Know

You can never know anything outside of yourself directly. Even when you think you know something outside, you really just ...

The Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita

I'm very happy to announce that my new book is now available:  Song Divine: A New Lyrical Rendition of the ...

How To Replace An Unproductive Habit.

In the September,  I wrote about habits (how they are formed and how they can be replaced). In that article, ...

The Radiance of Letting Go

Guest post by Mark S. Burrows We live in an over-informed but under-transformed society. Books and seminars abound to help ...

Communication Intelligence.

The art of communicating intelligently is integral in any capacity, be it leadership, coaching, parenting, or teaching. When our communication ...

The #1 Most Important Aspect to Master for True Inner Peace

By Radhika Vachani Author of The Most Powerful Tool for Personal Transformation and Happiness p.xviii You experience your entire life ...

3 Common Mistakes When Providing Feedback.

In one of his recent articles, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Leadership Specialist, Dr Marshall Goldsmith spoke about feedback ...

A Powerful Consideration When Influencing Others.

During my days as a Youth Mentor, there were many young people who needed support in either getting their life ...

The Four Obstacles and How to Beat Them

By Randall Bell, Ph.D. There are two great lies. The first is that it can't happen to us. The second ...

Patience Makes Perfect.

An article in The Thrive Centre For Human Development stated that self control and patience predicted better performance and higher ...

Negativity Always Wins. Here’s How To Change That.

Motivational speaking legend Les Brown speaks about a study conducted at M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology). The study concluded that ...

Experiencing Aloneness and Its Opposite

An excerpt from Live Your Happy by Maria Felipe Before she was an author and a minister, Reverend Maria Felipe ...

The Discipline of Happiness

Excerpt from:  Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-Being Abrams Books, April 2017 Discovering neuroscience was a revelation ...

FIVE WAYS AYAHUASCA IS CHANGING LIVES FOR THE BETTER

Guest post by Rachel Harris, PhD, author of LISTENING TO AYAHUASCA Ayahuasca is a tea composed of two plants from ...

The Four Pearls and The Four Squirrels

THE FOUR PEARLS AND THE FOUR SQUIRRELS New Book Provides Four Pearls of Wisdom for Finding Happiness While Avoiding Distractions ...

Deadlines – Friend Or Foe?

“Deadlines are a budget for your time” said Scott H. Young in one of his articles. Whether you are working ...

Which Leadership Trait Is More Important?

One of the world’s foremost leadership experts, Dr Marshall Goldsmith (who is like a virtual mentor to me) once said ...

What Ought to be the Ultimate Reality of this Universe

Many of us have pondered over this question as to what is the ultimate underlying reality of this universe. Mainstream ...

The Sound of Love

By Vanessa Werts, author of Lies and Love: Cleansing the Heart to Make room for Radical Love Love is the ...

The gift of good health

The other day someone asked me what my favorite gift was this holiday season.  I didn't hesitate to say, "The ...

Using Affirmations to Discover the Joys in Your Life

Affirmations are simple statements we can use to improve our self-esteem, help us reach a goal, break a bad habit, ...

How To Deal With Exposure To Negativity.

In the previous article (titled Worrying – The Truth About It), we discussed the negativity that we are exposed to ...

Seeking Greater Happiness? This Research Might Surprise You

Over the last few years, there have been some fascinating studies done to determine what makes people happy. If you’re ...

In The Spirit Of Giving, Offer A Peaceful Respite To Those Who Need It Most This Holiday

Guest post by Kim Weiss The trend this holiday season is all about ‘giving’ – not another ugly Christmas sweater, ...

Fill Your Life With Happiness

Happiness is a funny thing. Many experts say that happiness comes from within. This may be true, but there are ...

Worrying – The Truth About It

Unless you are a Zen monk who has mastered the art of total thought control, you would be inclined to ...

You are Not Alone: The Epidemic of Self-Judgment

An Excerpt from Make Peace with Your Mind by Mark Coleman Many of us are well acquainted with our “Inner ...

Who Are You Really?

If you ask yourself who you are, the answer might sound like: I am this person reading this article whose ...

Post Election Prayer

This is a prayer that is featured in my book "Bhakti: 108 Prayers of Devotion" - I think it is ...

Post Election Traumatic Stress Disorder

PETSD - I'ts real! By Teri Williams Over the last 90 days we, as a country, have experienced more election ...

What Do You Refuse to Accept?

As an anti-bullying campaigner, I often speak to kids (and adults alike), who tell me about the challenges they face ...

AstroNumerology

By Jesse Kalsi “Numbers are alive and are represented by planetary energy. They have a direct impact on our success, ...

Improve your self-esteem with spirituality and prayer

By Kay Christy Self-esteem is subjective.  We each determine for ourselves our self-worth.  This is the good news and the ...

Six Ways My Pup Helps Me to Live Mindfully

BY Shannon Kopp She wakes me up early Bella and I share a pillow at night, her head in front ...

Is Winning Everything?

In this day and age, “winning” seems to be overemphasised in almost every part of our lives. Think about it ...

The One Step To Overpower The Fear Of Failure

Have you ever wanted to do something that seemed important to you, but you didn’t go ahead because you were ...

A Logical Perspective on God

People have many different perspectives on who or what God is. For some, God has a specific form, for some ...

Embracing Opportunities vs Being Overcautious

Many years ago, I read a quote by the legendary Jim Rohn who said “If you are not willing to ...

De-Stress Yourself by Walking Your Own Path

By Doron Libshtein As founder of the Mentors Channel, I have had the privilege and joy of working very closely ...

Get Rid of Junk Emotions

By Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D. and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D. We women know all about calories. Think of how you examine ...

Spirituality for Atheists

Lot of highly intelligent people in an intellectually-oriented field (like science, technology, engineering, etc.) tend to be atheists i.e. they ...

The Surprising Freedom that Productivity Brings

We all strive for more meaning in our lives, right? Being more productive may be the key to having more ...

What Is Your IGS?

An Excerpt from Your Inner GPS by Zen Cryar DeBrücke You were born with a factory-installed guidance system. It is ...

How To Adjust Your Focus.

Regardless of how good or how tough things get in life, the one thing that is always in your control ...

How Do You Play the Prosperity Game?

Have you ever played the Prosperity Game?   I play it periodically when I am feeling out of sorts financially or ...

What’s On Your Worry List?

A comprehensive financial plan that is effectively executed delivers dollar savings in improved investment returns, lower taxes, lower fees, more ...

Science and Spirituality

There are some profoundly fundamental questions that humans have been pondering upon through the ages. These questions include: Where did ...

Affirmations

Affirmations by Barbara E. Savin Affirmations are thoughts and statements of acceptance you can use to allow the manifestation of your ...

Debugging the Mind

Its hard to find an unhappy baby, whereas its very easy to find unhappy adults. Something specific has to be ...

Purpose of Life

Everything we do in life - how we spend each and every moment of our life - has been neatly ...

How To Give Productive Feedback.

Has anyone ever told you how to do something that you’ve already done, and they came across as very critical? ...

Refine, Not Define – How To Manipulate Negative Experiences To Your Advantage.

No one is immune to negative or unhappy experiences in life. We all have been there, done that. A negative ...

How To Awaken A Powerful Personality Trait.

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines empathy as “The feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions: the ...

Feeling Lonely? Talk to a Woman.

Guest Blog by Kira Asatryan. If you’re human, you’ve felt lonely – at least once or twice. If you’re a ...

Time Management – A Myth.

Has anyone ever told you about time management, and how important it is in today’s hectic world?   In the ...

Awaken the Divine Wisdom Within You

We all have access to an unlimited and infinite source of guidance and wisdom.  It comes from a source far ...

How To Execute With Excellence In 2016.

It is that time of the year when people are coming up with resolutions for the new year and setting ...

6 Tips on Creating a Happy Long-term Mindful Relationship

By Lindsay Leimbach www.CenteredMoment.com Here are 6 basic tips on creating a happy long-term mindful relationship: Explore and maintain shared ...

Mindfully Working with an Angry Brain

Mindfully Working with an Angry Brain By Lindsay Leimbach Do I have an angry brain? At times I sure do, ...

Creating Personal Power with Mindful Eating

Creating Personal Power with Mindful Eating By Lindsay Leimbach Mindful Eating fosters personal power and happiness in your life and ...

5 Important Points to Letting Go

"Letting Go" of negatively charged emotions is liberating to your body, mind, and spirit. Here are 5 important points that will help you "Let ...

Eating at your desk will affect the quality of your work and health

Do you find yourself regularly eating at your desk? If you are part of the 67% of office workers that ...

The Formula to Enjoy your Job : S = T + S + K

There is a fairly simple explanation as to why over 80% of workers around the world feel disengaged in their ...

How Your Boss Affects your Health and Relationships

According to the latest “Time-Use studies,” which provide information about how people spend their time, who they spend it with ...

The 6 Tastes of Success

Who doesn’t want to be at his or her best. Whether you are trying to persuade a prospect, convince your ...

You can Reshape Your Brain for Career Success

In a previous post (“The Relevance of Career Success in Personal Fulfilment”), I shared with you the happiness formula which ...

The Myth Behind Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance implies two things that in this day and age, no longer hold true: Compartmentalisation and distribution. The first ...

The Relevance of Career Success in Personal Fulfilment

Given his passion for science and his devotion to bringing peace and happiness to the world, His Holiness the Dalai ...

How Your Family’s Health Issues Will Impact Your Health

Is there a history of heart disease, diabetes, inflammation, cancer, Alzheimers, migraines or any other mental or physical illness in ...

Important Astrological Forecast for mid-January

It’s Wednesday and I have some major updates on Mercury for you today. I love this quote from Steve Jobs ...

The Transit of Venus: Three Important Weeks Ahead!

The good news is that Venus (Shukra) the planet of love, beauty, art and procreation has finally left its sign ...

Planetary News Flash!

Planetary energy of the day -- News Flash!Mars dipped its toes back into sidereal Virgo last night (pdt) for a ...

Vata Sandwich Today and Tomorrow!

The Moon is now transiting in between the two most vata inducing planets -- Rahu and Saturn. A vata sandwich ...

Planetary Energy of the Day – Venus

Venus goes to work. The beauty and love bound Venus is making it's way through Capricorn right now, and it ...

Planetary Energy of the Day – Monday!

Happy Moonday! The Moon in the horoscope is connected to our minds...not the rational analytical thinking part of the mind ...

HAPPY FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE DAY!

FULL MOON IN ARIES - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18th Well here we are again. Another lovely full moon lunar eclipse day! ...

Faith

We’re always trying to get control of things; trying to know and master our lives. We want to know, to ...

ASTRO UPDATE – NEW MOON IN VIRGO – ROCK ON!

New Moon in Virgo today September 5, 2013. Wow! This New Moon in Virgo is kicking my butt! I have ...

Redefining Success

There is one assumption I can make about a person that has a 95% accuracy rate: You are suffering from ...

Brahmi – Ayurveda Herb As Brain Tonic

Brahmi – Ayurveda Herb as Brain TonicThe herb of Brahmi belongs to the family Umbelliferae, the Latin name of the ...

NEW MOON IN LEO – ROAR BABY ROAR!

Lion and Lioness! How beautiful when they are together and loving to each other. This is what we want to ...

Paint your life!

I’ve always been a creative type. Whether it’s drawing, theater, or writing, people will often tell me, “Wow, you’re so ...

MIDSUMMER NIGHTS – FULL SUPER MOON IN AQUARIUS

Gotta love the Summer months. There is so much written about the summer. Summertime and the Living is Easy. Summer ...

Ayurveda Lifestyle Guide

Ayurveda is the ancient insight of living life naturally. Following the simple step-by-step guide of the Ayurveda lifestyle is easy ...

The True Leader

There are countless moments each day when we have the choice to be a follower or a leader. We may ...

LIVING A MAGICAL LIFE

There is so much natural magic that occurs on planet Earth every day. From the colorful hummingbird that flaps its ...

Ayurveda recommends Papaya

Do you cherish the fruit of Papaya? Ayurveda recommends the fruit of Papaya owing to its varied benefits. Papaya or ...

The Key to Numerology

Below is a guide to numerology and the inside scoop on Yogi Akal!1. Which are the steps a common person ...

Transform!

As a yoga instructor, I've studied quite a bit of Eastern philosophy, meditation, and what some might call New Age ...

When Mother’s Day hugs are NOT enough

This Mother's Day has been extremely difficult for many moms.  They woke up like any other mother on the holiday ...

NEW MOON & SOLAR ECLIPSE IN TAURUS

This n NEW MOON IN TAURUS This New Moon and Solar Eclipse is in the sign of Taurus, ruled by ...

Ayurveda Basics – The Science of Ayurveda

Ayurveda, which is a holistic ancient perception passed on by learned Sages of India, have endowed our health and longevity ...

For Earth Day – In Defense of Our Sacred Waters

Our Sacred Waters Before and After Humans I have been running and walking at the ocean in Southern California for ...

How do you define Living?

I was recently asked a simple question: “How do you define living?” It gave me quite a pause. Take a ...

Welcome Springtime by Creating Wellness

Welcome Springtime by Creating Wellness It is almost funny to see how, why and where the word wellness has created ...