Monthly Archives: October 2014

By Noelle Sterne I’d just come from lunch with a friend. I had a fierce headache and didn’t understand why. After all, wasn’t she my dear, longtime friend? Hadn’t I been looking forward to our lunch to catch up and … Continue reading →

By Alan Cohen I had a neighbor I saw as a nasty alcoholic. Brenda would regularly sit around the kitchen table with her husband, drink, and complain. I did not find any good in her. Then she and her husband … Continue reading →

By Arielle Giordano One of the best strategies to reduce holiday stress and tension is to employ creative power, which has the ability to help us see new things and solve old problems in new ways. Creative expression has the … Continue reading →

By Marcia Bender “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream.” —William Shakespeare Since the dawning of humankind and before time as we know it, the “mystery of dreaming” has been a focus of fascination, confusion, fear, and psychological study. Everyone dreams. A … Continue reading →

By Dr. Vesna Grubacevic Is shyness stopping you from making friends, attracting a relationship, or having successful relationships with your existing partner, family, friends, and work colleagues? Do you find it difficult to communicate or do you feel lonely or … Continue reading →

By Gregg Sanderson “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.” —Richard Bach, Illusions When you get to feeling good all the time, you might tend to get down on … Continue reading →

By Rebecca A. Watson “It is the stillness that will save and transform the world.” —Eckhart Tolle Several years ago I lived with a good friend who spoke English as her third language. While she spoke fluently after years of … Continue reading →

By Dr. Toni LaMotta One of the key tools of a conscious aging process is the life review, but it’s not something you do in one sitting! I have found it most useful to do at least a partial life … Continue reading →

By Sarah A. Sparks It became apparent to me that I needed to write about trusting yourself. This happened a couple of months ago when a burning desire within my heart felt like it was missing. I can’t pinpoint the … Continue reading →