Owning Pink | Get your mojo on

By Lissa Rankin

I have never been one of the cool kids, mostly because I was never willing to adapt to the ever-evolving shapeshifter that is “coolness” at the expense of being who I really am. Yet, even now, I notice the pressure to play it cool and the battle that goes on in my own psyche. Particularly in my line of work, many in my professional peer group are supremely cool. They wear the right toe-crunching, sexy, stylin’ shoes and coif their hair just so. They slip in under the velvet rope at the VIP lounges, while sipping on the right trendy cocktails. The way they write and the things they blog about and how they communicate and...

Permission To Be Where You Are, Even When Where You Are Sucks

By Kate Northrup

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I moved home to Maine last week after pining for the home that it’s represented for me my whole life. When you cross the Maine state line you’re greeted by a sign that says: “Maine: The Way Life Should Be.” As far as state mottos go, this one really floats my boat. I just wrapped up living no place in particular for the past 15 months on. My man and I did more than 30,000 miles by car last year, I logged many more in the air, and we slept in over 100 beds. I was burned out. I was having a major hankering for a home. I was ready to nest. So The Freedom Tour came to a close back in December, we nestled in for the winter...

When We Make People “Special:” A Lesson From A Course In Miracles

By Lissa Rankin

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As part of my personal Prescription for living a wholly healthy, balanced life, I have been studying A Course In Miracles (ACIM). I find that this Course helps me bolster both my spirituality and my relationships, and I know from the research I’m doing on my next book that spiritual connection and healthy relationships are both essential to a healthy body and healthy life. As I study ACIM, I find that I often get stuck on one of the Course’s principles - the idea of “special relationships.” My interpretation of the Course’s teaching was that we are all one and that nobody should get “special” status, that by devoting...

Solar Eclipse & Gemini New Moon

By Ophira and Tali Edut

Be on the lookout for your “other half.” A new moon in Gemini gives us the green light to partner up with kindred spirits and likeminded souls. This new moon also happens to be a solar eclipse, which can illuminate opportunities that are hidden in the proverbial shadows. Your perfect pairing may be with someone whose name is already filed in your contact database or among the ranks of your Facebook friends. Surprise! You’ve got something in common—and more than you initially thought. Eclipses can also temporarily block out one situation, forcing us to look in a new direction. If one prospective duo seems less-than-dynamic...

What Is Love?

By Bernie Siegel MD

Question for Bernie: I first picked up your book Love, Medicine & Miracles two and a half years ago at a counseling session with my husband who was a drinker. At the same time, my mother was fighting lung cancer. My husband turned around and hasn’t had a drink in months. Before she died, I was able to tell my mother that I loved her. Because she pushed me away during her cancer fight I found myself deeply hurt because I had always believed we were very close. It has affected me more than I thought possible. I have kept my distance from people and don’t want to trust anyone with my feelings. I am afraid to care for...

How Do You Know When It’s Time To Leave The One You Love?

By Lissa Rankin

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She’s family, so there’s blood tying you together. But every time she calls, you wind up feeling gutted. You love him, but you spend more time crying over the words you write in your journal than you spend laughing (and you know from past experience that the quality of your relationships with guys is inversely proportional to how much time you spend writing in your journal). You’ve known each other for years. You once called her your best friend. But you realize you continually have expectations of her she fails to meet. The Time My Husband Hit Me Keeping your heart open in the face of serial heartbreak is the hardest...

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