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5 Lessons on Living a Long, Healthy Life, from a 90-Year-Old

By Daniela Naidu in Blog, healthy habits

“In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.” ~Grace Paley

In September 2014, my grandmother turned ninety years old. She lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is where she has lived her entire life, and while my parents could have brought her to live with them in the US a long time ago, she has always preferred to live independently in her hometown.

I went to Rio to celebrate my grandmother’s ninetieth birthday. Although I was born there, I had not been back for over twenty-five years. I learned a lot about my country of birth, …

Healing Through Service: 20 Ways to Help Others (and Yourself)

By Leslie Jordan Clary in Blog, happiness & fun, love & relationships

“To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.” ~Abraham Lincoln

A feral cat tempered my most recent bout with depression. I wasn’t seriously depressed, nothing like the debilitating times in my past, but I had a fairly strong case of the blues.

It was just before Thanksgiving, that time of year when people across America break bread with family and friends, and I was feeling sorry for myself.

I missed the gatherings we used to have when I was married. My ex-husband and I both loved to cook and every year we put together a gourmet feast for a …

Focus on What Could Go Right

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Natural Life

The Time to Relax Is When You Don’t Have Time

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

To Be Beautiful Means to Be Yourself

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

How to Stay Calm in a Chaotic, Stressed Out World

By Jess Stuart in Blog, mindfulness & peace

“You can’t calm the storm so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself and the storm will pass.” ~Timber Hawkeye

After another driver pulled out in front of me and narrowly missed a collision, I put on my brakes and waited for the car to stop. As the other driver sailed off ahead of me, my hysterical passenger screamed, “What an idiot! Didn’t you see him? Why didn’t you blast the horn? These people shouldn’t be on the road!”

I realized my reaction, or lack of reaction, was out of the ordinary, and I also noticed that despite …

The Truth About Social Anxiety and 5 Ways to Relieve It

By Michelle D'Avella in Blog, love & relationships, mindfulness & peace

“Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us, when in fact, it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from being seen and taking flight.” ~Brené Brown

About fifteen million adults suffer from social anxiety according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Fifteen million. And we’re not just talking about what you’d call shyness. We’re talking about big fears of judgment and scrutinization from others.

When we hear statistics it can be difficult to remember the humanness of those numbers. These are people who want to find love, who want to make …

You Can’t Change How People Feel About You

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Positive Outlooks

Everything Heals

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Sun Gazing

Love Yourself So Much That…

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Awakening People

No Matter What You Tell Yourself, There Is Nothing Wrong with You

By Laurenne Sala in Blog, letting go, love & relationships

“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” ~Bronnie Ware from Top Five Regrets of the Dying.

I wish I could remember the exact moment I mis-learned that being myself wasn’t going to cut it.

It happened early. Maybe kindergarten. I didn’t do it consciously, but at some undetectable moment, I put my real self in a box and created someone else. This new me was so much better—always happy, very accommodating, super quick and witty, and an expert at everything.

This new me was almost impossible to …

The Most Destructive Thing I’ve Ever Done

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Higher Perspective

Whatever We Plant in Our Subconscious Mind

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Heart Centered Rebalancing

The Best Revenge

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Expanded Consciousness

7 Steps to Overcome Daily Despair and Start Living Again

By Jan Tucker in Blog, change & challenges

“If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.” ~Maya Angelou

Have you ever felt really stuck? Like every day was a struggle to get through and you knew in your heart the next day would feel the same?

For the last seven years—since the crash of 2008—I’ve been redefining myself, and it’s been painful.

In 2009 I opened an Internet retail store, knowing nothing about retail, let alone the intricacies of the Internet.

After years of hard work and little to show for it, every day began to …

How to Help a Friend Through Grief

By Aimee Foster in Blog, change & challenges, love & relationships

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” ~Vicki Harrison

I’m no stranger to grief. When I was twenty-three I lost my mum, and then eight years later I lost my second daughter, Grace, when she was only one day old.

Soon after Grace died, my husband and I saw a grief counselor. He said something about other people’s reactions to grief that turned out to be one of the truest statements anyone has ever made to me.…

So Often, Children Are Punished for Being Human

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: NotSalmon.com

End the Day with a Positive Thought

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Source: Simple Reminders

The Beauty of Being Single: 6 Benefits of Solitude

By Lauretta Zucchetti in Blog, love & relationships

“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~Henry David Thoreau

Shock. Rage. Sorrow. Excitement. Terror. These are just a handful of the emotions one experiences in the aftermath of a separation or divorce. Emotional rollercoaster? It’s more like being hit with the speed and velocity of a bullet train.

I should know. After twenty-five years of marriage to a kind and accomplished man, I found myself alone.

Our decision to divorce was neither acrimonious nor cruel; neither sudden nor impulsive. Rather, our decision to file for divorce was an incremental process.

We had more disappointment than …