Our planet isn’t in very good shape right now. The air is polluted. The ocean is becoming plastic soup. We’re in a financial crisis. Things don’t seem to be looking too good, huh? There are a lot of people, that have a lot of answers. Everyone things their answer is right. We need cleaner, natural... 

by Brenda L. Gargus “If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.” Dorothy Law Nolte After a long day at the office, with more work facing you at home, the last thing you might feel like doing is being positive. But it is crucial that, even during conversations aimed at... 

by Warren P. Silberstein, M.D. In the past 2 months I’ve received 5 separate e-mail requests for advice about children who won’t sleep at night. The children ranged in age from 3 months to 4 years, but most were between 12 and 21 months old. All the requests for help had two things in common:... 

Image by Kuzeytac via Flickr It’s always been my belief that whatever you make the focus of your life is what you’ll get. If you long for money, fame and adulation, then you’ll take action to achieve it, and you’ll get it in the end. If you want to make your life simpler, more efficient and... 

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” - Henry David Thoreau What would you do if you had an extra hour a day? This is a common barrier I run into when I write about making positive life changes: people don’t have time to pursue their dreams. People don’t have time to exercise.... 

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” - Eric Fromm The recent death of my Auntie Kerry put me in a state of mind that I think we all go through at different times in our lives: the feeling of utter isolation, of complete loneliness. There are times when... 

Los Angeles – Feeling desperate and hopeless after spending eight days in the hospital related to multiple sclerosis, 35-year-old Cami Walker, decided to take an odd “prescription” from an African medicine woman. The remedy? Give away one thing each day for 29 days. “I thought... 

Jerome writes in with a common question: I constantly read articles about how important it is to network online to help advance my career, but outside of emailing people I know in my field, I don’t really know where to start. Any advice? Let’s start with the big question. Why? What is the point of... 

The holidays are a time of celebration for many — good food, lots of parties, gift-giving, family and friends, — but they can also be a time of mass consumption and hyper-consumerism. I think with all the stresses of this season, and the expectations of our society, we often feel that we must give... 

Image via Wikipedia “Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu For many years, I was a packrat, clinging to possessions like a safety blanket, like trophies, like you might cling to the past....