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We say these relationships are our most difficult

Difficult Relationship Participants surveyed for a new study were more apt to report that the most difficult people in their lives were female family members...
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A Modern Guide to Yoga Philosophy: Yamas & Niyamas

Yoga Guide Consider this: After I die, what do I hope people will say and feel about me? I suspect your answer may be similar to...
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Brilliant Friendships

Brilliant Friendship A Brilliant Friendship can be all kinds of things. People form friendships to avoid loneliness, to have fun, or out of convenience (like...
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Two Tricks for Would-Be Meditators

Meditators Tricks I’ve carved out time and space in my home for Meditators Tricks. But, I still find it so easy to avoid it! Are...
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Woman Transforms Her Birthmark Into Beautiful Art

Woman Transforms Birthmark If life has taught us anything it’s that when we get lemons we must make lemonade. 24 year old Paige Lauren Billiot...
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Leaving the Shore of Illusion

Leaving Illusion Leaving Illusion. As a child, Buddhist practitioner Leslie Davis escaped her painful reality by daydreaming. Through meditation, she’s learned to resist the urge...
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The Top 5 Benefits of Aromatherapy

The Top 5 Benefits of Aromatherapy Benefits of Aromatherapy, a widely used form of alternative medicine, utilizes an array of essential oils to bring about...
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Everyday Mindfulness: 7 Steps to Deepening Presence in Daily Activities

Everyday Mindfulness: 7 Steps to Deepening Presence in Daily Activities. Establishing a formal meditation practice is a powerful way to tap into stillness, manage stress, enhance...
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Do We Really Create Our Own Reality? (The Myths and Dangers...

Some believe that we are responsible for creating our own reality, for regulating and determining our experience. I think this is only partially true,...
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Your Potential Starts with Your Beliefs

Your Potential Starts with Your Beliefs In the book, Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, Tony Robbins explains how Your Potential Starts with Your...