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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 Oral Microbiome by Dr. Akil Palanisamy, MD

As we work to heal the gut microbiome and reduced intestinal permeability, we also must consider the oral microbiome. This ...

Ninja Barbie, a Shield to protect and overcome Pain!

How many of us have experienced pain in our lives? I dare say all of us! The pain of being ...

Calibrating Yourself to Oneness by Lee Harris

An Excerpt from Conversations with the Z’s, Book One by Lee Harris   Energy Intuitive Lee Harris has been receiving ...

Grit, Persistence, and Luck

An Excerpt from Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks Understanding how someone accomplished something can make an enormous difference in ...

Transformation through Bereavement

An Excerpt from Extraordinary Awakenings by Steve Taylor A famous story in Buddhism is the parable of the mustard seeds ...

Are You Willing to Choose Peace?

An Excerpt from The Full Spirit Workout by Kate Eckman A friend recently said to me, “I just want to ...

Claiming Your Gifts as an Empath

An Excerpt from Becoming an Empowered Empath by Wendy DeRosa Do you feel other people’s energy — whether they are stressed, ...

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 ...

Living Insightfully

An excerpt from Radical Intuition by Kim Chestney Throughout the ages, the most extraordinary human beings — from Einstein, DaVinci, ...

Now You Can Live a Spark-filled Life

Guest Post by Stephanie James What does it mean to live a “spark-filled” life?  It means being lit up from ...

The Grief Path: Mourning the Love of Your Life

by Barbara Abercrombie, author of The Language of Loss:Poetry and Prose for Grieving and Celebrating the Love of Your Life ...

Repurposing Your Inner Critic

An excerpt from The Final 8th by Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW No one enjoys being stuck and the misery is ...

Embracing the Unknown

An excerpt from The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility by Heather Grzych According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Signs from the Angels

An excerpt from The Angel Experiment by Corin Grillo While some people think of angels as being sweet, loving, heavenly ...

A Bigger Yes

An excerpt from We Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen Before Laura McKowen got sober, she had a long, successful ...

ALMOND APPLE CAKE

Gluten free By: Fresh n' Lean - the nation's #1 organic meal delivery company Easy and healthy gluten free cake, an amazing ...

Paradigm Shift

Over the past two decades, there has been a quiet revolution in the fields of psychology and neuroscience challenging two ...

Authenticity

CHAPTER 21: Authenticity But above all, in order to be, never try to seem. —Albert Camus This above all: To ...

“You Are What You Read”

An excerpt by Jodie Jackson from her book, "You Are What You Read". In the early stages of my research ...

AVOIDING YOUR BEST WORK LEADS TO CREATIVE CONSTIPATION

The following is a modified excerpt from Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done. *** There’s a big ...

Are You at Risk for Depression?

An excerpt from Beneath the Surface by Kristi Hugstad Ever since author Kristi Hugstad’s husband, after years of struggling with ...

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 ...

Telepractice Speech Therapy for Students Blazing a New Trail in Telemedicine

How a novel telemedicine tactic is bridging gaps in standard speech therapy, improving and accelerating results for families, schools and ...

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 ...

Intuition: Your Soul Signals

An excerpt from Energy Speaks by Lee Harris Most of us intuitively feel that reality contains a spiritual dimension hidden ...

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 ...

You Have to Believe it to See it

An excerpt from Signs from the Other Side by Bill Philipps Who hasn’t wished they could ask a departed loved ...

Why Buddha Never Had Alzheimer’s

Guest post by Dr. Sen Meditation has come a long way since its primordial moments in the deep recesses of ...

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 ...

Guidelines for Effective Communication

An excerpt from Loving through Your Differences by James L. Creighton, PhD Couples fight. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot ...

Crafting the Perfect Love Letter

By: Dalma Heyn & Richard Marek, authors of How to Fall in Love Let me tell you a story of ...

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 ...

How to Have a Daring Conversation

An excerpt from Step into Your Moxie by Alexia Vernon The word moxie has become synonymous with vigor, verve, pep, ...

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 ...

CONQUER CHANGE & WIN IN A NUTSHELL

Guest Post By Ralph Masengill Want to be very successful? Here is a simple secret few take advantage of in ...

Princeton University’s Vertical Farming Project Partners with Local Elementary School

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2018 Media Contact: Stephanie Marshall stephanie@mnspublicity.com New Vertical Farming Initiative will Provide Cutting Edge Scientific Educational ...

What is a Chakra?

An excerpt from Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy by Michelle S. Fondin Chakras are energy centers within the body. The ...

Helping Kids Focus on 6 Life Lessons After The Florida High School Shooting

By Steve Siebold It’s been a long and very upsetting two week since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. that ...

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 ...

How to Re-unite Society

By John Jensen, Ph.D. In a New York Times article in 2016, “How Republics End,” Paul Krugman summed up the ...

Reducing Your Cancer Risk: A holistic approach

Guest post by Carl O Helvie, R.N., Dr.P.H. Did you know that the current risk of cancer is 1 of ...

Physical Activities Can Power Kids’ Brains

Guest post by Kilian Saekel Getting kids off the couch and away from televisions and other electronic devices that have ...

Direct and Protect: Dominance without Malice

by Linda Kohanov An excerpt from The Five Roles of a Master Herder   Whether you overemphasize or avoid the ...

DOGEN: THE LOST GENIUS OF ZEN

Guest post by Brad Warner, author of IT CAME FROM BEYOND ZEN! I first heard of Dogen when I was ...

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 ...

Taking Care of Busyness

An excerpt from How to Survive Your Childhood Now That You’re an Adult by Ira Israel Every adult wants to ...

How Busy Lifestyles, Environment Toxins and Stress Affect Our Health at the Cellular Lev

Is Your Modern Lifestyle Depleting Your Vital Force? Five Ways to Restore Your Mitochondria and Safeguard Your Health What do ...

Stand Your Ground: How Grounding Promotes Vibrant Health (and Protects You from Your Cell Phone’s Harmful Energy)

"Grounding," also known as "earthing," is a technique rooted in ancient wisdom that has a powerful healing effect on your ...

When You Need to Solve a Problem

by Joseph J.B. Bensmihen (excerpted from Taking Your Place at the Table: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider, ...

The Magic of Vibration: 20 High-Frequency Acts and Mindsets to Change Your Life for the Better (and 20 Others to Avoid)

When negative thoughts and actions lead your life, bad health (and bad news!) follow close behind. The good news is ...

Is Your Modern Lifestyle Depleting Your Vital Force? Five Ways to Restore Your Mitochondria and Safeguard Your Health

What do busy lifestyles, environmental toxins, bad habits, and stress have in common? They're all wreaking havoc on your body ...

Let’s (NOT) Pretend: How Even Subtle Pretending Harms You and Others…and How to Stop It Now

Is your pretentious behavior destroying your life? It's never too late to drop the act, rebuild your character, and find ...

The Narcissist’s Wake-up Call: How to Stop Narcissism from Ruining Your Life (and Everyone Else’s Too)

Are you a narcissist? Authors Greg Miller, Aaron Hill, and Jack Skeen say you owe it to yourself to find ...

The Power of Choice

By Ilona Selke At dinner one night in Ubud, an artist town in Bali, it turned out that the person ...

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 ...

ON BEING KIND

An Excerpt from Big Love by Scott Stabile Author and Facebook sensation Scott Stabile’s parents were murdered when he was ...

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 ...

Soulful Leadership: Reimagining Leadership’s Purpose

Guest post by Gaurav Bhalla, Ph.D., author of  “Awakening a Leader’s Soul, Learnings through Immortal Poems…” New times require new ...

5 Common Senior Care Options That Are Available

As people are living longer these days, you may have to take care of the senior in your family for ...

Your Heart: The Gift of Inspiration

An excerpt from Reclaiming Your Body by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana While the English language frequently refers to what our bodies know ...

Dissolving Fear Through Acceptance

An excerpt from Feng Shui Mommy by Bailey Gaddis Before she was a beloved pregnancy blogger, certified birthing doula, and ...

Excerpt from the Freedom chapter in The Book of Truth

Excerpted from The Book of Truth by Paul Selig with the permission of TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House ...

Top Tips for Improving Your Concentration

By Helen Sanders Almost everyone has experienced the feeling of drifting off, thinking about the weekend, or the last movie ...

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 ...

MEDITATION AND CARDIOVASCCULAR BENEFIT

Post by Dr Jacqueline Eubany, MD FACC FHRS Meditation has been shown to lower your risk for heart disease. Meditation ...

Anti-Gluten Frenzy vs. Pro-Wheat Comeback

Has Wheat Been Found Guilty Without a Fair Trial? Excerpted from Eat Wheat   Has gluten been found guilty without ...

9 Signs You are Dealing with a Passive Aggressive Person

Post by Signe Whitson L.S.W. Is there someone in your life who makes you feel like you are on an ...

Interview with Divya Alter

By Divya Alter April 25, 2017 What's the food philosophy behind Divya’s Kitchen and your new cookbook? Food can heal ...

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 ...

Going to church: Is it worth it? Yes! New study says it lowers risk of suicide among women

By Joy Stephenson-Laws Despite the increasing awareness surrounding mental health issues, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United ...

Is there something that humans just don’t understand about life?

Yes—and it’s huge  By Neale Donald Walsch   How is it possible for seven billion human beings to all want ...

When Someone You Love is Dying

An excerpt from Words at the Threshold by Lisa Smartt When her father became terminally ill with cancer, Lisa Smartt ...

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 ...

CARING FOR THE DYING: THE DOULA APPROACH TO A MEANINGFUL DEATH

An excerpt from: Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death by Henry Fersko-Weiss Henry Fersko-Weiss Conari Press, ...

How to Stop Constipation with a Few Simple Tests and Adjustments to Your Diet

Guest post by Joy Stephenson-Laws, Founder of Proactive Health Labs (pH) and her team Constipation is one of the most common digestive ...

Four Signs that the Human Race is Undergoing a Collective Awakening By Steve Taylor

Guest post by Steve Taylor In spiritual circles, it’s often suggested that the human race is in the process of ...

The Madonna Complex: Why Your Man Won’t Have Sex With You Because He Prefers Pornography

Guest post by Dr. Peter Andrew Sacco Ph.D. Have you ever heard of the Madonna complex? It has nothing to ...

Your Voice Reveals Your Truth

Guest Post by Leah Guy Your voice is an important barometer of your health. Like a finely tuned instrument, it ...

Be Excerpt

Guest post by Bahriye Goren-Gulek What is it about certain individuals that inspire not only themselves but also the people ...

The Sound of Love

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

Discover the Life You Were Born to Live

Guest post by Chetan Parkyn I can remember quite clearly a moment in my life when I realized nothing made ...

VISUALIZE PROSPERITY

An excerpt from the 40th Anniversary Edition of Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain If anyone can be called a self-help, ...

The Ins and Outs of Coping with Suicidal Thoughts

Managing suicidal thoughts is not an easy task for anyone. While treatment is the most important part of handling this ...

Love is Undefeated

Guest Post by Vanessa D. Werts Have you ever wondered what your life would be if you could conquer your ...

Grassroots Actions are Key for Peace in the Holy Land

Guest post by Dr. Frank Romano, December 7th, 2016 I sincerely believe that one of the keys to peace in ...

Help for Your Anxious Child. Replacing Worried Thoughts with Coping Thoughts.

Guest Post by Donna Shea & Nadine Briggs The emotion that a child feels when he or she worried is ...

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, ...

Excerpt from The Autoimmune Fix by Dr. Tom O’Bryan

Guest Post by Dr. Tom O’Bryan I was recently asked: “What’s the one thing you would do, more than anything ...

The Power of Transcendence Through Surprise

Guest post by Deirdre Hade The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises was twenty years in the making.  My husband, ...

The Thanksgiving Play Microphone Grab Viewed Around The World

Guest post by Dreama Denver As the mother of a severely autistic son, I know how badly a mother's heart ...

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 ...

Minimum Daily Requirement

An excerpt from Start Right Where You Are by Sam Bennett As the creator of The Organized Artist Company, bestselling ...

5 Tangible Ways to Ease Political Tensions During the Holidays

Guest Post by Emily J. Hooks Do you have a little extra apprehension about the holidays this year? Wonder how ...

CONQUER CHANGE & WIN IN A NUTSHELL

Guest post by Ralph Masengill Want to be very successful? Here is a simple secret few take advantage of in ...

17 Ways to Use Meditation for Anxiety Relief Right Now!

Guest post by Ram Dass In the 21 century, meditation is making a resurgence as a practical tool for coping ...

Be Here Meow From Book Call of the Cats

By Andrew Bloomfield, author of Call of the Cats Woody Allen once said, “If you want to make God laugh, ...

Play, Autism, and The PLAY Project

By Rick Solomon Just today in the New York Times there was an opinion piece by Paul Tough entitled To ...

Physical Activity and the Healthy Heart

By Jacqueline A. Eubany, MD, FACC FHRS www.womenandheartdiseasebook.com Physical activity is important for good heart health. It is beneficial in ...

Pamela Anne Glassman: An Angel to Remember

By Joan E. Childs, LCSW She was breathtakingly beautiful, brilliant and bewitching!  She was passionate, powerful and precocious.  Her power ...

Rejoicing Through the Tears, Brenda George

By Brenda George Chapter Nine Totally Isolated That first weekend after the treatment was the hardest, as I had to ...

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 ...

Dropping the Struggle with Change

by Roger Housden Change itself is the one certainty we can be absolutely sure of. You might say this is ...

Secrets of the I Ching

In her documentary, THE SECRETS OF I CHING, filmmaker Bettina Wilhelm goes in search of the life and achievements of ...

Through the Fire Excerpt

This is an excerpt from “Through the Fire: Cooking Our Way Into a New Relationship With Food” by Charity Dasenbrock ...

How to Be You

Excerpted from HOW TO BE YOU: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life by Jeffrey Marsh, ...

Homeward Bound

By Taj Rowland The poet Maya Angelou once keenly observed, “The ache for home lives in all of us.” For ...

Thanks to MS I leave a Legacy Behind for my Little Ones

By Oyuki Aguilar. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis on July 22, 2008. You can forget many things in life, ...

DIGESTION AND DISEASE

By Shelly Malone, MPH, RDN, and  author of “INFLAMED.” Learn more at http://www.inflamedbook.com Our digestive system is the foundation for ...

Pale Acceptance

By Mac Bogert I was working with a leadership development group on the topic of conflict (one of my favorites, ...

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 ...

ESTABLISHING A HOME YOGA PRACTICE

An Excerpt from THE ART AND BUSINESS OF TEACHING YOGA by Amy Ippoliti and Taro Smith, PhD   Yoga in ...

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 ...

Adventures of Mustang Sally Excerpt

This is an excerpt from the book “Adventures of Mustang Sally” by Don Rashke and Mustang Sally.   Not much has ...

The Health Benefits of Lavender: Growing, Harvesting and Using This Effective Medicinal Plant

By Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD, DNM, ROHP Best-selling author of Be Your Own Herbalist and 60 Seconds to Slim I ...

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 ...

Building a Healthy Child

This is an excerpt from the book “Building a Healthy Child,” by Melina Roberts. I am a mother and licensed naturopathic ...

Dear Mom and Dad Memoir

This is an excerpt from the memoir “Dear Mom and Dad” by Georgia Lee McGowen. ------ It’s a good thing we ...

Meaningful Coincidences Can Change Your Life

By Bernard D. Beitman, M.D. Two events in your life surprisingly intersect.  One may be a thought or a feeling ...

Thomas Merton on Silence

An excerpt from A Way to God by Matthew Fox Even though he passed away in 1968 at the young ...

Imperience

This is an excerpt from the book “Imperience: Understanding the Heart of Consciousness,” by Erik Knud-Hansen. Living spiritually is the only way ...

Loving On Me

This is an excerpt from the book “Loving on Me!: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Mess to Message,” by Katrina ...

Effective Treatment For Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Muscle Pain

Ready to Get Well? by Jacob Teitelbaum M.D. Our study titled "Effective Treatment of CFS and Fibromyalgia"(Journal of CFS-see full ...

Coffee and Climate Change: Personal and Global Overstimulation

By Brendan Kelly The National Coffee Association says 83% of Americans drink coffee, and that we’re the world's biggest consumer of ...

Five Foods for Better Bone Health

By Kyle Zagrodzky Osteoporosis isn’t preventable through diet alone, but a balanced diet rich in certain power nutrients can contribute ...

3 Ways to Step Beyond Overthinking

By Cara Bradley Have you ever tried to stop your mind from thinking? It’s not easy, right? In our society ...

Breakdown to Breakthrough: The Eight Questions You Need to Ask When Facing a Relationship Challenge

By Linda and Charlie Bloom, authors of Happily Ever After…and 39 Other Myths about Love When did the honeymoon end ...

Get It All Done By Telling Your Time What to Do

By Helene Segura, author of The Inefficiency Assassin Have you ever had “one of those days” during which nothing goes ...

Scrub Away the Emotional Clutter of Toxic Anger

By Donald Altman, M.A., LPC Has toxic anger ever caused a problem for you or your family? No one is ...

Q and A with Brad Warner

Author of Don’t Be a Jerk What is The Shōbōgenzō: The True Treasury of the Dharma Eye and why did you decide ...

Don’t Be a Jerk

An Excerpt from Brad Warner It used to be that nobody outside the worlds of stuffy academics and nerdy Zen ...

FIVE THINGS I LEARNED FROM DOGEN

By Brad Warner, author of Don’t Be a Jerk I discovered the 13th Century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Do-gen when ...

Seeking Jordan

Q & A with author Matthew McKay What were some of the ways you sought to make contact with your ...

Beginning the Conversation

An Excerpt from Seeking Jordan by Matthew McKay, PhD Time moves us downstream from each loss. The living relationship is ...

The Lessons of Uncertainty and Loss

An Excerpt from Seeking Jordan by Matthew McKay, PhD The sound of truth, like some harmony that only the wise ...

Why Things Happen

The ones who hurt Jordan go on, while his days with us slip farther and farther into the past. What ...

All Together: The Living and the Dead

An Excerpt from Seeking Jordan by Matthew McKay, PhD At the funeral, all eyes are on the coffin. As if ...

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 ...

Our Story

By Nicole Azzopardi, author of The Alchemy Cookbook We tried everything to help our little girl who seemed to be ...

How Ayurveda Saved My Life & A Harvard Physician’s Story

By Akil Palanisamy, M.D. “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, But to be fearless in facing them ...

Nearly 80% of Americans with Digital Eye Strain Use Multiple Screens

Report Released at CES Finds “Second Screen” Trend May Worsen Eye Symptoms LAS VEGAS (January 6, 2016) – Nearly eight of  ...

VALSPAR FORECASTS 2016 COLORS OF THE YEAR

(CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER, 2015) – The color experts at Valspar, the nation’s most widely distributed paint brand, have sized ...

The Critics in Your Head Are Not You — or Your Partner

An Excerpt from Succulent Wild Love by Susan Ariel, Rainbow Kennedy and Dr. John Waddell You have a constant stream ...

Entering Your Inner House

An Excerpt from The Book of SHE by Sara Avant Stover It’s time to learn how to take care of ...

Three Lessons I Learned from Editing MALA OF THE HEART: 108 SACRED POEMS

Guest blog by Kate Vogt, coeditor of Mala of the Heart Great spiritual and religious traditions teach us to open ...

SEVEN CUPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Guest blog by Aleya Dao Imagine a life filled with happiness, connection, and purpose. Just think: You are able to ...