Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Rob Boddice
‘Be happy!’ Mary Wollstonecraft exhorted her estranged lover and tormentor, Gilbert Imlay, in late 1795. What did she mean?
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- Written by: Diane R. Gehart
As you begin to cultivate the art of extraordinary happiness, you begin to discover joy. Joy to me is a feeling that comes from within, whereas happiness, in its ordinary sense, is usually triggered by something in the outside world.
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- Written by: Nathan Collins
Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain learns physical tasks, even in the absence of real-world movement.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
Today, I'm introducing another new term, a word I invented years ago that turns imagination into a verb: "imagifi." Usage: We can imagifi a situation by applying our imagination to it and asking, "What if..?"
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- Written by: Ora Nadrich
We may be hurried or impatient to get to our "destination" but once we're there, what is it that we think we will find? We will find ourselves, and that means whatever "realizations" we've had along the way.
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- Written by: Paul Selig
You are not the one you think you are. You believe yourself to be what you thought you were, and the thought of being as you has accrued evidence through your magnetic field to justify your ideas.
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- Written by: Joshua B. Grubbs
Those who are the loudest in their morality may not be the most moral among us.
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- Written by: Kathleen Norris
When I began using computers during the 1970s, I noticed they were influencing me in unexpected ways, especially with regard to my sense of time. In a matter of days I went from marveling at the speed with which the computer could complete bookkeeping tasks I used to labor over, to snarling at the stupid...
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- Written by: Sarah Kaplan and Isabel Fernandez
Cat fights, mean girls, Queen Bees. We’ve all heard these terms stemming from a popular belief that women don’t help other women, or indeed actively undermine them.
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- Written by: Steve Taylor
The quest for meaning in life often feels daunting, with some arguing it's futile. However, through suffering-induced transformational experiences, many discover profound appreciation and connection to life. This article explores how these awakenings can shift perspectives, revealing that life's essence is found in the richness of existence rather than material pursuits.
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- Written by: Imelda Almqvist
A lifetime of making and studying art has taught me that there is a world of difference between looking and seeing. Assuming that we are not visually impaired, we like to think that we see what we look at. In reality we see mostly what we think is there. Our own mind plays tricks on us.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
When something is taking place and you don't feel in harmony within yourself, ask yourself one simple question: "Where is this coming from?" Keep repeating the question and take it step by step until you get to the "bottom line" -- a basic belief you hold which is instrumental in creating your reactions (and your reality).
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
The quest for happiness often distracts us from appreciating the present. By understanding that happiness is a choice, individuals can transform their lives. This article explores the significance of self-love, living in the moment, and raising one's energy to foster a fulfilling existence.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
If you were to write a screenplay that was turned into the movie of your life, would it be a comedy, a mystery thriller, an adrenal pumping adventure, an insightful documentary, a snooze fest, a horror film...? If we think of our lives that way and then ponder...
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
From an early age we were taught to focus on differences, label everything, rank people and objects in order of desirability, and reject everyone and everything that does not get us what we want. What we really want runs far deeper than the judgments we hold.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
You know someone is hiding something when they avoid meeting your eyes. Yet, there are times when I seem to shift my eyes away from my own Self. In those cases, the truth of the matter is that I have set aside my own inner wisdom, I have betrayed...
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- Written by: Shirley Knapp and Nanette McLane
The heart seems to be one of the most vulnerable in the system because it is the one that has held the most fear, the most old pain, perhaps, and repressed energy. It is the one that is most afraid to open to pure unconditional love, which is indeed where your power lies...
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- Written by: Mark Kende
Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life.
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- Written by: Kathleen Stein-Smith
Here are what I see as seven of the best reasons for America’s young to speak a language besides English.
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- Written by: Dr. Miguel Farias and Dr. Catherine Wikholm
We live in an age in which we could theoretically live our lives without the need to leave the house or see another person for days, weeks, months on end. The Japanese have a name – hikikomori – for teenagers or young adults who live as modern-day hermits, refusing to leave their houses for months or even years.
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- Written by: Robert T. London, M.D.
Got a problem? Take a pill. Doesn’t work? Try a different pill, or add another pill to what you’re already taking. The visit may be only fifteen or twenty minutes, and the newest term used for this type of care is “medication management.”
