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Make Your Dreams Come True—One Step at a Time

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Written by: Jane Finkle

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As with all aspects of life, it’s impossible to predict with certainty how your career will evolve. But having some clear ideas of what you want to do and where you want to end up will increase the likelihood of getting to your destination.

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Make Your Dreams Come True—One Step at a Time (Video)

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Written by: Jane Finkle

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As with all aspects of life, it’s impossible to predict with certainty how your career will evolve. But having some clear ideas of what you want to do and where you want to end up will increase the likelihood of getting to your destination.

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Are You Looking for Bliss In All the Wrong Places?

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Written by: Jane Katra, Ph.D. & Russell Targ

Are You Looking for Bliss In All the Wrong Places?

When they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, they really meant, "What do you want to do?" Whatever we might have chosen, it was not the same as choosing what or how to be. We all want to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives. These goals are...

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The Loving Present: Being in the Present, Effortlessly

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Written by: Tara Singh

The Present Is Complete; It Has No Limitations

The present is complete; it has no limitations. When I am in the past projecting images of the future, I am dreaming. In reality there is only the present. You say, "I'm helpless, I can't be in the present. I wish I could." And I say, "Miraculous things happen in the present, when you do not compromise." In the present, whatever you do would be of love.

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What’s the Rush? Hindsight is 20/20

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Written by: Carl Greer PhD, PsyD

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For many years, I was too caught up in my own world to be fully present for other people—I was on the clock, feeling the pressure of time and agendas. It’s clear to me now that sometimes, I was the one creating the sense of urgency...

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What’s the Rush? Hindsight is 20/20 (Video)

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Written by: Carl Greer PhD, PsyD

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For many years, I was too caught up in my own world to be fully present for other people—I was on the clock, feeling the pressure of time and agendas. It’s clear to me now that sometimes, I was the one creating the sense of urgency...

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What's Done Is Done: Be Here Now!

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Be Here Now! What's Done Is Done!

50 years ago, in 1971, Ram Dass published a book with the title "Be Here Now". It's still good advice. This reminder to be here now was brought to mind as I reflected on the general public's increased interest and acceptance of past-lives.

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How keeping a diary can help adults learn a foreign language

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Written by: Argyro Kanaki, Lecturer in Education, University of Dundee

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Most of us assume that learning another language is very difficult. You need special skills to remember both vocabulary and grammar rules and, at the same time, must be able to converse fluently with a

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Can Negative Energy Be Transformed?

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Written by: Sylvia Browne

Can Negative Energy Be Transformed?

If you give energy to something that is negative -- such as worry, anxiety, or fear -- then you build it to such a state that it becomes worse than any action directed toward you. Make yourself like a funnel or a sieve...

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Attaining The Hidden Treasure of Infinite Joy and Happiness

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Written by: J. Donald Walters

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We all seek permanent happiness. No one has, as his long-term goal, a happiness that is evanescent. More than anything else, what we want of life is escape from pain, and the attainment of joy. The deeper our joy, the more deeply meaningful our lives become also. 

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4 ways to have a positive experience when engaging with social media

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Written by: Lisa Tang, PhD Candidate in Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
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Have you ever thought about all the ways social media is woven within your everyday life? This has been especially true over the past year, where social media has proven itself as a valuable communication tool

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Even One Is Enough: What Would Love Do?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

Even One Is Enough... What Would Love Do?

We live in a world of extremes. Extreme wealth, extreme poverty. Extreme hedonism and joy, and extreme fear and pain. Extreme religious devotion, and extreme hatred. And as with everything, the microcosm and the macrocosm are reflections of each other. In each one of us there resides these extremes, or at least a presence of these realities -- though maybe not in the extreme.

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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday

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Written by: Jason Redman

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday 

Ambushes don’t just happen in combat. In business and life, an ambush is a catastrophic event that leaves physical, emotional, and mental scars. It might be a health crisis, divorce, business fail­ure, life-threatening disease, or horrific accident impacting you or those close to you... 

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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Video)

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Written by: Jason Redman

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday 

Ambushes don’t just happen in combat. In business and life, an ambush is a catastrophic event that leaves physical, emotional, and mental scars. It might be a health crisis, divorce, business fail­ure, life-threatening disease, or horrific accident impacting you or those close to you... 

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Tips For Emerging from the Pandemic and Creating A Better Life

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Written by: Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia

Tips For Emerging from the Pandemic and Creating A Better Life

You’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for this amazing, magical day when you could return to normal life.

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Turning 75: A Magic State of Wonder

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Written by: Barry Vissell

Turning 75

This month (May 2021), both Joyce and I turned 75. When I was younger, 75 years old seemed ancient. They say you are only as old as you think. In some ways, Joyce and I are still...

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Turning 75: A Magic State of Wonder (Video)

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Written by: Barry Vissell

Turning 75

This month (May 2021), both Joyce and I turned 75. When I was younger, 75 years old seemed ancient. They say you are only as old as you think. In some ways, Joyce and I are still...

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To Navigate The Dangers of The Web, You Need Critical Thinking And Critical Ignoring

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Written by: Sam Wineburg, Stanford University

To Navigate The Dangers of The Web, You Need Critical Thinking And Critical Ignoring

Learning to ignore information is not something taught in school. School teaches the opposite: to read a text thoroughly and closely before rendering judgment. Anything short of that is rash.

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Transforming the Given: Dancing through the Crack

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Written by: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Transforming the Given: Dancing through the Crack

On an English television show, Uri Geller invited all those people out there in television land to join him, to participate in his metal bending by holding forks or spoons themselves to see if the phenomenon might be repeated. Some 1,500 reports flooded the BBC, claiming that forks, spoons, anything handy had indeed bent, broken, moved about—there, in the homes of Britain...

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Transforming the Given: Dancing through the Crack (Video)

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Written by: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Transforming the Given: Dancing through the Crack

On an English television show, Uri Geller invited all those people out there in television land to join him, to participate in his metal bending... to see if the phenomenon might be repeated. Some 1,500 reports flooded the BBC, claiming that forks, spoons, anything handy had indeed bent, broken, moved about—there, in the homes of Britain...

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How Journal Writing Is A Way To Discover The Answers To Your Questions

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Written by: Carlos Warter, M.D., Ph.D.

How Journal Writing Is A Way To Discover The Answers To Your Questions

Writing in a journal is a way to discover the answers to your questions, to express yourself creatively, to find the voice of your soul, to strengthen your connection with your open heart, and to face your fears and overcome obstacles. Above all, it's a way to relax and explore...

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