Finding My FLAUNT!
An excerpt from FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self by Lora Cheadle Using the principles of burlesque, author Lora Cheadle’s FLAUNT! helps women strip away everything nonessential that’s covering their raw, beautiful souls in order to reveal the sparkling goddess lurking inside. All too often, women have been taught […]
12 QUESTIONS with Lora Cheadle, author of FLAUNT!
An excerpt from FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self by Lora Cheadle What inspired you to write your book, FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self? Looking back over history, women have always banded together, taking care of each other, supporting and defending each […]
Zen & Enlightenment
An excerpt from Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen by Brad Warner The night that bestselling author and Zen teacher Brad Warner learned that his childhood friend Marky had died of cancer at the age of forty-eight, he had just arrived in Hamburg, Germany where he was scheduled to give a talk to a […]
On Suffering and Desire
An excerpt from Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen by Brad Warner As long as you have a goal that has not yet been met, you suffer. There is dissonance between you as you are right now and you as you think you’ll be once your desire is met. You feel incomplete. It’s like […]
Your Mind Is Not Always Your Friend
An excerpt from When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough by Dr. Stuart Eisendrath Seventeen years ago, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath piloted research into the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on people experiencing clinical depression. Ever since, he has been helping those who struggle with depression dramatically improve their symptoms and quality of life by changing how […]
The Way Our Minds Work
An excerpt from When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough by Dr. Stuart Eisendrath Seventeen years ago, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath piloted research into the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on people experiencing clinical depression. Ever since, he has been helping those who struggle with depression dramatically improve their symptoms and quality of life by changing how […]
Being Thankful Out Loud
An excerpt from Loving Out Loud by Robyn Spizman While it can be easy to feel like it is impossible to make a positive difference in these divisive times, the new book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word by New York Times bestselling author Robyn Spizman promises that our words can go […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.” I have had too many experiences of the above to count but I’m still amazed when it happens again and again. I expect you’ve all had times when […]
Greetings from Orin
An excerpt from Personal Power Through Awareness written by Sanaya Roman, channeling Orin Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for many years. One of Sanaya and Orin’s greatest gifts is empowering intuitive and energetically open people to appreciate their sensitivity as a gift (and not a problem or a […]
Four Benefits of the Love on Every Breath Meditation
An excerpt from Love on Every Breath by Lama Palden Drolma At this time, when our human family is facing many challenges, it is more important than ever that we find peace and sustenance in our hearts. In the new book Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy, author Lama Palden […]