25 Ways to Wake up And Stay Positive: Little Known Facts That Can Affect Your Day

25 WAYS TO WAKE UP AND STAY POSITIVE: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR DAY As published in Finer Minds: http://www.finerminds.com/happiness/25-ways-to-wake-up-and-stay-positive/ HOW DO YOU WAKE UP AND STAY POSITIVE EVERY DAY? Have you ever spent a night in fitful sleep,

A Moment of Clarity, Finally

I was visiting son #2 in Austin the last 6 days. I like to visit my sons as much as possible and get the lay of the land – how they are feeling and how my grandchildren are getting along.

Cruising For A Bruising

I had trepidations about my cruise to Alaska on the Norwegian Pearl leaving on July 7th. A week on the water with four excursions felt redundant and claustrophobic. Something about ships and small windows. And no, I didn’t have room

Mindfulness As A Management Skill

Mindfulness might seem like a touchy-feely way to train future corporate executives in management skills, but research supports the idea that mindfulness – paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment – is essential to becoming an effective leader.

Lessons My Mother Taught Me For Lifelong Vitality

Texas Women In Business, a business group in Austin, Texas, provided me the opportunity to present a program on lessons my mother taught me for lifelong vitality. I have always been truly inspired by my amazing mother, Estelle Moran. Estelle

60, Sex & Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik Boomer (excerpt)

60, Sex & Tango, Confessions of A Beatnik Boomer excerpt from Chapter 11 BEING ALONE: IT HURTS SO GOOD I used to think that living alone for the rest of my life was going to be the worst thing that

The Power of Intention

Given all that I have attempted to learn in my long life, all that I have hopefully learned, all that I have applied to my life’s path to a greater or less extent, there have been two most important precepts

Downward Facing Poodle

I guess you know by now that I am a yoga and meditation instructor at UCLA. I’m been teaching yoga for at least eight and a half years, maybe nine. I lose track of time. Do you do that? Lose

Life Is Not A Rehearsal

Life is not a rehearsal! We only go through life one time that we know about; that is, unless you believe in reincarnation and you are absolutely sure that you will return to the earth with bunny ears and furry

The Gift You Give Yourself

It’s the holiday season. We are probably thinking about buying gifts for family and friends right now. But have you thought about giving yourself a gift? How many times do you give yourself a really important gift in your life?

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