By: Thea Sommer
In considering writing an article for mothers, there is almost nothing more humbling. Those of us who are mothers know that there is nothing set in stone, no “real” truths about how to do it right – it is a “able to think on one’s feet required” kind of job. The best...
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by Brad Williams
The rising of the Feminine in the Astrological Birthchart…..Power to Venus
Without exception every single Astrological Birth Chart has a Mars and a Venus. For some reason Mars has been given a more “powerful” point of view in traditional astrology simply because it represents the masculine tendencies in the birthchart. Venus, the planet...
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By Dream Doctor, Kelly Sullivan Walden
“In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought...
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By: Della Striker
One day you too will grow old. Yes, and your youth will be turned aside into a body of aches. And your lack of compassion for the aged will smack you in your face. And all your exercising and compulsive training will not hinder the aging process one bit.
The rest of this...
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Tags: aches, aging, aging process, American Woman, American Youth, ballerina, Beauty, bitter, body, bright, challenge, chipper, devalued, elegance, embrace, embracing, emotionally, employee, endure, enlightened, exercising, experience, finacially, finish line, fly, gold ornament, grace, grow old, invincible, knew it all, lack of compassion, laugh, life experience, loss of agility, Mark Twain, physically, prayer, prize, race, respect, resume, sarcastic, school of hard knocks, scorned, smile, spirit, spiritually, trianing, value, wind of adversity, wisdom, youth
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By: Margaret Westley
At my very first yoga conference I received three dharma teachings I will never forget. The conference was entitled, Women of Yoga and it was being held at a very special place near the Hudson River. The name of this place is Omega, and it is one of the largest holistic retreat...
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By: Elise Muller
Yes, beauty is an industry, a multibillion-dollar industry. And women are its primary targets. We have (for the most part) accepted the industry’s manipulative advertisements as truth. In doing so, we have bankrolled the damage it is doing to us. The damage is to our health… our self-esteem… our perception of ourselves…...
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Tags: advertisements, alternative, anti aging formulas, beauty industry, breast cancer, cancer, carinogenic, chemicals, cleanser, consumers, cosmetic, customers, damage, daughters, drinking water, dye, emulsify, environment, eye creams, fair trade, health problems, impurities, integrity, L'Oreal, love, moisturizer, mositurizer, Mountian Spirit Botanicals, mutagens, natural habitats, night creams, Olive oil, organic farmers, perception, personal care products, pesticides, plant based, preserve, product line, profits, pure, Revlon, self esteem, serums, socially acceptable, teenagers, violations, wild harvested, women, zero waste
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By: Katie Dalebout
Once upon a time we believed anything was possible, but as we matured this belief became less plausible. Realizing you are the protagonist in your own fairy tale and have the power to write your own happy ending is liberating and can reinstate your belief that anything is possible.
What is it about...
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Tags: acceptance, anticipation, author, baby brother, beautiful, books, cautious, challenged, characters, children, coffeehouse, coincidences, confide, dissapointment, dog, enchanted, evil character, fairy tale, Family, fantasize, feel, flawed, flexible, focusing, friends, future, genie in a bottle, good and evil, gorgeous, Happy Ending, haystack, hope, imagination, life without limits, little boy, magical, Mother, movies, mystery, needle, Once upon a time, panic, plan, plot, recreate, Serendipity, story, strangers, true happiness, trust, twists and turns, wishing, yoga class
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By: Julie Mallette
There I was, thinking how could I possibly write an inspiring, uplifting article when I was in such a horrible place myself? Then, it dawned on me. The black hole is what I need to share. When you look down in a hole, it’s black and you can’t see anything. I was...
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Tags: acceptance, alone, ashamed, astrophysics, black hole, blind, build, career, consolidating, craziness, darkness, decisions, doubt, educator, empowered, emptiness, empty space, enjoy, exist, faith, Family, fear, friends, happiness, hard, irony, life, love, lying to self, maternity leave, Money, new life, overwhelmed, painful, plan B, pregnancy, pretend, puzzle, re-evaluate, recreate, scary, sharing, shedding, son, sorrow, strangers, struggles success, support, sustain, transform, transformation, trouble, trust, un happy, waitress, work
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By: Ariela Grodner
There are many challenges inherent in the attempt to live a holistic life, one that embodies the spiritual commitment to living life without causing harm to others. Many of us are painfully aware of the horrible cost our lifestyle inflicts on people in other countries, people who suffer because they find...
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By: Jada LaDuke
JADA WITH HER NEWBORN SON SULLIVAN (MARCH 2008)
October 2007 was one of the happiest times of my life. I had just learned that I was pregnant with my second child. I was so surprised and excited I called my husband at work to tell him.
Every dream we had come up with...
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Tags: attitude, baby heartbeat, baby kicks, beautiful, benefit, Blood cancer, blood count, cancer, cancer treatment, chemicals, chemotherapy, Chicago, children, Christmas, circus, clinic, collapsed lung, community, daughter, distance running, doctors, dream, energy, Family, father, fear, fearlessness, fight, friends, hardship, health insurance, healthy, high risk, holidays, hopelessness, hospital, injections, insomnia, inspired, It's a boy, Jada's Fight, leap of faith, life, losing my hair, lungs, mending body, moment, Mommy, monitor, OB/GYN, oncologist, open mind, pain, passing out, pneumonia, praying, pregnancy, pregnant, radiation, remission, safety, shaved heads, sick body, six months to go, smile, son, strength, support, tears, treasure, triumph, wheelchair, Wife, X-rays, yoga
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