Soul's Code

Is love your cocaine?; Give me a Mama's boy any day; The popularity of religion uncovered: state by state
Chick-flick backlash: The giddy, girly subject matter of movies like Sex and the City 2 and Eat, Pray, Love attacked by critics while embraced by women.
Brutal breakups: The same areas of the brain related to addiction and [...]

Holocaust survivor's campy dance; Atheism only a blow-dry away; Gaga supports homeless youth; Use of drones in Afghanistan questioned
Busting a move at Auschwitz: Contraversial video displays the joyful side of surviving genocide
Mel's meltdown: Domestic abuse investigation latest in a downward spiral including addiction issues, racist comments, "extreme" religious views
Atheists break out the blow dryers: Mass [...]

Summertime, and the loving may not be so easy — until you engage your "heart-mind"
GUEST COLUMN: JEANINE AUSTIN — "This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” Eat Pray Love ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Most people would agree the pain of a broken heart is one of the most [...]

Al Gore back in the game: pick up lines on Twitter; Spiritual lessons from Lost; Facebook access, at a cost
Al and Tipper Gore split not sign of impending Armageddon: Reasons to NOT mourn the "shocking" news
On the lighter side: Al Gore pick up lines on Twitter
Sex and the City 2 anti-Muslim?: "Imperalistic Barbies" adorn [...]

I find my soulmate, but a cyber lover causes a rift in our bond
Read the Soul's Code exclusive series, Sins of my Faith
In Marina's last episode she begins therapy with a psychologist and realizes that she's become estranged from both her creative, and feminine sides.
BY MARINA GIULLIANI — After years of hopping from bed to [...]

Recession lessons: we've all played the fool, and may have been played by others as the fool. A life coach suggests five ways to recover.

GUEST COLUMN: JEANINE AUSTIN — As the song by the Main Ingredient says, “Everybody plays the fool sometimes, there’s no exception to the rule.”

Perhaps you are still stinging from having played the fool. Maybe, like Sandra Bullock, who just filed for divorce from Jesse James, you trusted someone who betrayed you badly.

Or you really let yourself down, and perhaps not for the first time. The sting of being foolish can hurt; often destroying your self confidence and frequently leaving you feeling bitter, angry, and afraid to trust.

In Jungian psychology, the archetype of "The Fool" has an unconscious lack of power and seeks to gain power through erroneous channels. The Fool may seek to find strength through forces outside him/herself such as a relationship, money, or any kind of worldly power.

The perils of ignoring racism; don't mess with Deepak Chopra OR Bob Geldof; lessen depression by worrying
A Twitter-ing Deepak Chopra confesses; harnesses meditative power to cause Cali earthquake
Is sex addiction a convenient fabrication?  An excuse for lust or truly an addiction?
Worry-warts rejoice: The right type of worrying may actually lessen depression
An advocate of turning the [...]

Recession pushed a real-life couple into therapy.  What they found when they got there: money was synonymous with love and security.
DAVID RICKEY — In early 1988 I began work with a couple, (we’ll call them George and Martha), whose relationship seemed to be a victim of the '87 recession. Martha worked as an interior designer; [...]

From down and out to pin-up: How a burnt-out fitness trainer was voted Playgirl's "Man of the Year," and discovered that true beauty isn't skin deep
GUEST COLUMN: KEVIN TALLEY — While some may debate whether angels or spirit guides really exist, from my life experiences I can state categorically that I am a “true believer.”
As a counselor, fitness trainer and motivational [...]

When my little brother said I was like a T-shirt for women who shack up with abusers, I knew I had hit rock bottom
ANONYMOUS — Sometimes I feel fondly — even grateful — for hitting what I consider rock bottom . . . so long as I never have to visit there again.
If there’s a [...]