- Telephone Coaching Outperforms Meeting in PersonStudies show that people who get counseling or coaching by telephone make at least as much progress as those who meet with a counselor or coach in person. In fact, there's research showing that telephone counseling may work better, and that people wh...
- Five Things to Negotiate While Waiting for a RaiseBecause the economy has been miserable for a while now, many of us have succumbed to shortage mentality. We wouldn’t dare ask for a raise. And in fact, few companies have been giving out raises. Instead, benefits have been cut and then cut again. N...
- Five Tips for Making Difficult DecisionsWhen my husband had to choose which colleges to apply to, way back before I knew him, he consulted the Barron’s Guide to Colleges and became overwhelmed--there were too many schools, too much information, and he hadn’t a clue how to narrow down t...
- Getting Clear on Your Money IssuesJust like there’s no corner of life that isn’t affected by oxygen, it may well be that no aspect of life is unaffected by money. True: in deep meditation, we don’t think about money, we don’t spend it, and we don’t want it. But lately, I’...
- When a Problem Won't Go AwayHere where I live, on the island of Kauai, we have coaches and counselors and Reiki Masters and craniosacral therapists and Deeksha givers and channelers in abundance, as well as practitioners of every other possible healing modality you can imagine.
- A Surprising Fact About Fighting in RelationshipsIf you think it’s the horror and ugliness of fighting that lands so many relationships in the toilet, here’s something new to chew on. A recent study out of the University of Minnesota has found that those who recover well from fighting have a b...
- Valentine's Day NeurosisEvery mental health clinician knows that patients typically spiral down on holidays. Certainly Valentine’s Day is a loaded gun, whether you're alone or in a relationship. If you’re alone, there’s the obvious dilemma of being lonely and ignored...
- Romantic Love CAN Endure“True love almost always fades, but money stays green forever.” That’s a quote from the 1957 Cary Grant movie, Kiss Them For Me. Yes, it’s a cynical sentiment, but it’s also a belief quite prevalent in our world. So many clients say to me t...
- How to Stop Judging OthersLast night at dinner, several of my friends started discussing the book, The Education of Little Tree. If you haven’t read it, the story tells about an innocent young Cherokee boy growing up with loving grandparents in a world unsympathetic to Nati...
- Introverts are Biologically DifferentJohn Paul Sartre once said, “Hell is other people at breakfast.” Thank goodness I’ve never felt anything that misanthropic, but I will admit that sometimes when I’m at a party, after an hour of enjoyment, I find myself thinking that I’ve ha...
- Waiting for News? Eight Ways to CopeLately, I’ve found myself in the position of waiting for news on many fronts. Waiting for medical news, waiting for financial news, waiting for job news. I don’t even like to wait in line at the supermarket—I get terribly restless--so waiting f...
- Should You Really Forgive Everyone?This morning, I received a letter from a reader who had experienced both physical and sexual abuse from her parents while growing up. She was eventually placed in foster care, and then as an adult, made every effort toward reconciliation with her par...
- Use Music to Heal Yourself: Four TechniquesSince the cradle of civilization, people have used music to heal. In the Bible, David healed Saul through harp music. Krishna healed with his flute, and the ancient Hawaiians used song and chant in healing. The god Apollo oversaw both medicine and mu...
- People Pleasing: Wanting Everyone to Like YouWinston Churchill once said, “You have enemies? Good. That means that you stood up for something, sometime in your life.” The great leaders in history, it seems, have been adept at going forward in spite of having political enemies. They willin...
- The Virtue in Just Giving UpOne of my former teachers was a big fan of the idea of never giving up. No matter the challenge, no matter the odds, he said that we should just keep trying, because “there is nothing in this entire world that is irrevocably unchangeable.” It’s...
- Studies Show Gratitude Enhances Health The arrival of Thanksgiving in a few days pinches us to remember that no matter how difficult life may be, we have so much to be grateful for. True—this has been a challenging year for many people—with the economy in dire straits and the ev...
- The Call Refused (Your Own Hero's Journey)In the hero’s journey model, the hero (you) starts out in his or her normal life, and then something happens that offers an opportunity for change. It may be an outer event (a relationship starts or ends, schooling begins, illness happens), or some...
- Why You Can't Recapture Past BlissWhen I was 19 or 20, I had an experience that turned everything I had known until that point on its head. I was camping out at a remote lake in Canada. My mind was clear and my heart calm. As I gazed out over the lake, I suddenly “saw” all the ri...
- How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed: Part 1The High Cost of Tolerating Things Many of us scrape through life drained and exhausted. We can barely manage our to-do lists, no less find time for creativity or following passions. One way to free up some energy and end that overwhelmed feeling...
- Alice Dancing Under the Gallows - Official Trailer
on Oct 29, 2010
You have to check out this short video! This 106-year-old woman embodies Radical Love! She's a holocaust survivor, a concert pianist, and a remarkably positive presence on the planet!
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2010-10-09
