Category: Personal Growth

What is the No. 1 regret of hospice patients in their dying days? “They wished they would have lived life the way they wanted to, not the way others wanted them to,” says Kathie Truitt, author of The Hillbilly Debutante Café, quoting an article by former palliative care worker Bronnie Ware. Truitt changed her life [...]

Intuitive psychologist Susan Apollon says spiritual healing means learning how to focus on what makes you feel good or better. It’s all about choices—choosing to release the old “stuff” that attracts undesirable energetic consequences and to replace it with positive thoughts, images, and activities. When you clarify your intentions, remember your “ABCs,” and make the [...]

On St. Patrick’s Day, we’re all focused on green. But throughout the rest of the year, green—specifically, the green-eyed monster—isn’t something that will do you much good. Todd Patkin shares tips to help you feel less envy…and more happiness. When St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, you just can’t escape green. Even if you don’t wear [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell When you ask someone a personal question, do you sit back and listen to their response without any interruptions? Or do you fill in the waiting period with more questions and other talking? Most of us would right away say that we are like the first type of person or [...]

If you’ve run out of interesting things to say to your spouse or significant other over the years, you’re not alone. But according to Andrew Sobel, author of Power Questions, true intimacy is actually about what you ask. He offers 10 questions that will help you banish the boredom, avoid the awkward silences, and reconnect [...]

You’re a modern woman…which means you’re barely surviving. You work yourself to the bone for ever-diminishing returns, thanks to the rising cost of everything from gas to food to health insurance. Meanwhile, you serve as cook, maid, shrink, tutor, and handyman at home. When life’s little “emergencies” crop up—a broken water heater, a toothache, a [...]

by Cinnamon Crow When interviewed, I am always asked what I would wish to give as my greatest message to humanity. I always answer the same. You are the Creator made manifest in physical form. You are God and God is You. This is your Divine Birthright! I am constantly amazed at the divide these [...]

By Keith Varnum In my life I’ve been fortunate to witness many healings and miracles. From this direct experience I’ve noticed seven essentials ingredients to allowing magic in one’s life: 1. Realize that there are no real “secrets” to magic The keys to successful manifestation are apparent and obvious if you know where to look [...]

Authenticity. It’s a word that gets tossed around quite a bit these days. (In fact, it’s in danger of becoming a bit of a cliché.) Sure, we all think we’re authentic in our words and actions. But are we really? Kathleen McIntire says that, consciously or not, most of us let the expectations of others [...]

Review by Diane Saarinen I was intrigued from the start when I heard about Joanna Powell Colbert’s new venture: The Gaian Soul Grove, a place for online learning and connection with like-minded others with a decidedly nature-centered focus. I had recently reviewed Powell Colbert’s Gaian Tarot (review in New Age Journal here:  http://newagejournal.com/2007/gaian-tarot) and found [...]

by Shakti Gawain An Excerpt from the 25th Anniversary Edition of Living in the Light Most of us have been taught from childhood not to trust our feelings, not to express ourselves truthfully and honestly, not to recognize that at the core of our being lies a loving, powerful, and creative nature. We learn easily [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell Do you ever wonder why challenges come into your life? Do you ever wish that your life could be smooth and simple? Do you ever want your relationship to just be easy? These are things that probably every person has thought. And yet challenges are part of our human condition [...]