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Check Off Your Own Kind of 'Bucket List' The 5 Wishes Way How to make your own kind of 'Bucket List' using Gay Hendricks' Five Wishes process. Make your life more fulfilling, peaceful and meaningful now.

How to Get Comfortable in Uncomfortable Situations I'll bet there is something you'd like to do that you've been putting off for a long time. Whatever it is, I'll also bet that a fear of awkwardness is one of the main things holding you back.

Letting Go: A Guide to the Challenging Art of Moving On Change can be a wonderful thing. Even when it comes in scary packages, such as illness, it can help us appreciate the miracle of our lives. It also makes letting go very difficult.

Deepak Chopra Explains How Spirituality Can Be Funny In this refreshing new take on spirituality, bestselling author Deepak Chopra uses a fictional tale of a comedian and his unlikely mentor to show us a path back to hope, joy, and even enlightenment—with a lot of laughter along the way.

Why Is God Laughing? Is reality what we think it is? After all, rocks are solid, air sustains life, and the planet revolves on its axis. Yet these facts are not what the word illusion refers to.

What Is Intention? It all begins with intention. Intention is higher-consciousness thought. In other words, it’s using the mind for a higher purpose—higher, meaning that you are not limiting yourself to certain outcomes or procedures.

How to Become a Mindful Parent I’m constantly seeking the balance between work, family and my inner life. During my search I discovered that life is here to teach us as we go along, and parenting is just one very special course—with no textbook.

Kabbalah Secrets for a More Fulfilling Relationship Why are men and women so different? Kabbalah answers this question from a spiritual standpoint, and in the answer lies the key to loving, worthwhile relationships.

Calm Mom: 5 Ways to Be a Present Parent Composed mothering isn’t out of reach for you, say mindful mothering experts and moms who are borrowing techniques from practices like yoga and meditation to boost their calm-mom powers. Try these five tips and make being a calm mom look like child’s play.

Do You Know Where You're Going To? On my way home the other morning, I stopped at an intersection and asked myself which way I should go. I swear, the right side of my body started tingling as if someone had plugged my toe into a socket.

Everything I Need to Know About Mindfulness I Learned From Dolly Parton There are some days when I sit down to meditate and I slip right into following my breath. These days are rare. Most days, my mind is babbling away.

Avoid the Traps of Unconscious Loving Are you creating misunderstanding, hurt and conflict in your most cherished relationships — without even knowing it?

The Positive Side of Divorce: Becoming More Spiritual Author Debbie Ford reveals how a devastating divorce can be turned into a profoundly life-changing experience.

Deepak Chopra Shares The Happiness Prescription When it comes to mind-body health, spirituality and peace, Deepak Chopra has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s experts. Now he has turned his attention toward happiness.

How to Unleash Your Full Potential to Live Your Unlived Life It's easy to allow the feelings of loss and regret about the past overcome our desire to enjoy life in the present. Learn how to emerge from negative emotions and inspire yourself to live life to the fullest again.

Meditation 101: Techniques, Benefits & Beginner’s How-to Meditation is an approach to training the mind, similar to the way that fitness is an approach to training the body. Here is an introduction to the styles and benefits of regular practice.

Joan Borysenko Talks About Being Open to Spiritual Guidance Integrative medicine pioneer and renowned mind-body connection expert Joan Borysenko talks about opening up to spiritual guidance.

How Andie MacDowell Stays Awake and Aware Veteran actress, model and mom Andie MacDowell says meditation, yoga, eco-friendly living, and a remarkable church choir she went to see while filming “Tara Road” are among the things that have kept her healthy and happy.

Why Good People Do Bad Things Author and psychologist Debbie Ford explains how and why embracing your dark side can help keep you from doing something rash that damages the life you work so hard to create.

Eckhart Tolle's Advice For Waking Up and Living Your Best Life An excerpt from Eckhart Tolle’s "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," an Oprah’s Book Club selection and webcast event. For many who may not even have realized it, the process of awakening has already begun.

10 Ways To Nurture Greatness In Your Child Great kids are emotionally and intellectually healthy people. Great doesn't refer to a specific temperamental quality, such as boldness; nor does it depend on athletic skills or on musical or mathematical or artistic talent. Great kids come in all varieties. And, given the right nurturing and encouragement, all kids can be great kids.

5 Steps to Overcoming a Painful Past Reverend Cynthia James shares action steps from her new book “What Will Set You Free” on how to heal your spirit after painful events kick you to the floor.

How I Stay So Happy: Q&A with Patricia Moreno What keeps this powerhouse personal trainer so darned joyful — and how the rest of us can get our hands on whatever she eats for breakfast.

Who Is Deepak Chopra’s “Third Jesus”? Has the Jesus who can truly make you a better person been stolen from you? An excerpt from Deepak Chopra’s “The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore.”

Stand By Your Mantra for a New Attitude How to get started using mantras, how to choose a mantra, insight on the origin of mantras and their power for better well-being, and tips on using mantras to help with anything you're struggling with.

Utopian Intentional Community Has Thrived for 30 Years A tour of the intentional community Damanhur, a 'social experiment' whose local economy, utopian values, and environmental sustainability have worked for 30 years.

Why Meditate? Science Finds Clues Researchers are finding exciting evidence of meditation’s effects on the brain -- new clues to why it can help calm emotions, sharpen reasoning and even make you healthier.

Marianne Williamson Talks About Inner and Outer Peace If you’re learning ways to find inner peace, are you really helping create world peace? Q&A with best-selling author and peace activist Marianne Williamson on what “being peace” looks like.

The Truth About Happiness: Q&A with Michael Beckwith Michael Beckwith answers our top questions on the keys to becoming truly happy, based on the advice he shares as an expert featured in "‘The Secret’" and "‘Living Luminaries."

4 Ways to Tap Into Your Intuition Tips and techniques from experts on cultivating, tapping into, and trusting your intuition to help you make decisions -- in your personal life and even in business scenarios.