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15 Life-Changing Lessons to Learn from St. Clare of Assisi

     St. Claire Basilica, Assisi, Italy Clare of Assisi, the daughter of a count, was only 18 years old when she decided to give up...
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Self-Love: What It Actually Means (And How to Practice It)

Self-love is one of the most used and least defined terms in popular psychology. The instruction to “love yourself” appears on mugs, in therapy...
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Is Self-Doubt Stopping You from Achieving Your Goals?

You have your heart set on something you really want in your life and the motivation juices are flowing. You’re feeling inspired, you’ve gathered...
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10 Things to Do When You’re Overwhelmed

Life can be challenging. With all the demands put upon you by work, family, relationships, external circumstances, and even yourself, it often feels as...
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5 Stress-Reducing Herbal Teas

Stress. Just hearing that word can conjure up feelings of anxiety. Life offers many stressors simply during day-to-day events. School, work, health issues, busy...
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An Ayurvedic Approach to Anxiety

Anxiety is an extremely common problem, affecting approximately 23.4 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males. In fact, it is the most common...
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10 Rules for an Ayurvedic Diet

Ayurveda has long used diet as a principal means of creating health within the body and mind. Hundreds of years before Hippocrates instructed, “Let...
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What Is Vedic Cooking?

Ayurveda, an ancient, holistic practice rooted historically in India, is guided by two main principles: The mind and the body are connected. The mind has the...
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10 Foods That Help Fight Stress

Stress is a word everyone is familiar with and a feeling that everyone experiences. There are different kinds of stress—mental, physical, emotional—but the body...
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4 Ayurvedic Self-Care Tips for Fall

Fall is the season of transition. Your finely tuned senses are usually the first to alert you that change is in the air. Nature...