An addiction therapist’s mantra: remove your blinds. Owning the compulsions in our lives is Act One in a script for mending ourselves spiritually, emotionally and physically
BY MARY COOK, M.A., R.A.S. — Only a holistic approach can offer significant improvement, because we have been damaged and have damaged ourselves in all of these areas.
While not blaming [...]

Tags: anatomy of addiction, higher power, Mary Cook, recovery

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Daniel Woo is a Seattle lawyer who deals with screaming people. . . in litigation, in road rage, in any time and place. Here he reveals his personal method for not taking it personally.

GUEST COLUMN: DANIEL D. WOO — When my own mind is in turmoil, or when another person is literally screaming at me, [...]

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A meditation teacher views the Academy Awards ceremony as a showcase for techniques that the rich and famous use to keep their cool. A short-list of spiritual and psychological tips for overcoming performance-anxiety:

GUEST COLUMN: REID PETERSON — The Oscar statue’s familiar gold form emblazoned everywhere in the media lets us know that it is once again [...]

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New York theatre critic Retta Blaney discovered the spirituality of film stars when she interviewed Vanessa Williams, Liam Neeson and Kristen Chenoweth (Hey, she was on Glee!)

GUEST COLUMN: RETTA BLANEY —  As I researched and wrote my book, Working On The Inside: The Spiritual Life Through The Eyes Of Actors, I found that my personal [...]

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Michelle Obama is sans tattoos because “polite society” still frowns upon them. But body-art has a long, sacred tradition. A Boomer’s tattoo confession.
GUEST COLUMN: MARY GIUFFRE —I wear two tattoos.  The top of my left arm hosts an OM symbol, which, to my mind, reinforces my commitment to a spiritual path.  In the same spot [...]

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My first “faith”: Catholic guilt, playing Purgatory, Priests who molested, and kissing cousins
BY MARINA GIULLIANI — Read part 1 and part 2 of this Soul’s Code exclusive from the book, Sins of my Faith
Outsiders would say I’m a serial victim of sexual abuse. I reject the word victim because I consider myself a champion and I resist [...]

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A Soul’s Code insider asked herself, “Can enlightenment happen through meditation or practice?” Drawing on examples like Eckhart Tolle, her personal experience and science, the answer is: Yes

BY STACIA TOPPING — I began meditating about two and a half years ago, at the urging of a then-friend (translation: a fellow I was very briefly dating.) [...]

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Highly effective and happy people are courageously honest with themselves. Here is a checklist of 15 questions to ask yourself
GUEST COLUMN: SHARON COHEN — Most people believe that if they just had more money, the things that make them unhappy would disappear, and their lives would be better.
The truth is that your life can be [...]

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Katie Davis is a female mystic, fellow traveler of Eckhart Tolle’s and teacher of the kind of love that makes relationships last
GUEST COLUMN: KATIE DAVIS author of Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment — All love is one Love and when we fall in love with one another, it is said that we are experiencing [...]

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Scientists at the Human Consciousness Project are studying what happens when we die. It’s not as bad as you might expect

BY DAVID RICKEY — When Time magazine wants to engage with its readers, they do articles like, “What Happens When We Die? Their take:
A fellow at New York’s Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Sam Parnia … [...]

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Psychotherapist Dr. Nancy Irwin shows how you can reprogram your subconscious mind and make it work for you — in every facet of your life

GUEST COLUMN: DR. NANCY B. IRWIN — As a doctor of psychology and a therapeutic hypnotist, I know for a fact that we are all born to win.
By “win” I don’t [...]

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A priest and psychotherapist finds answers in Genesis, the work of Carl Jung and the science of meditation

BY DAVID RICKEY — Hate crimes are nothing new. They have been around ever since the homo sapien emerged from its evolutionary forebears.  Animals have an instinctive “fight or flight” response built into their brain structure.
Human beings, as [...]

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Confessions from a job management coach on how to use surrender, service and grace to make your next career move
GUEST COLUMN: JEFF ROBINSON — From July 2005 until approximately April 2006, I began a spiritual transformation that changed the course of my life in some amazing and often difficult ways, and which continues to this [...]

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BY DAVID RICKEY — As the 2010 season of The Bachelor nears its March 1 finale, curiosity about what Americans think dating is really about got the best of me. I am a psychotherapist and spiritual teacher, and hardly an avid watcher of Reality TV, so this posed a bit of a challenge.
My personal routine [...]

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Rev. Criss Ittermann is a quadruple-threat: Interfaith minister, shamanic practioner, Reiki master and life coach. Here, she coaches you out of singleton “panic mode”.
GUEST COLUMN: REV. CRISS ITTERMANN, 1st of 2 parts — Valentine’s Day is not just for lovers, and doesn’t consist solely of icons like chocolates, flowers, diamonds, and romantic engagements.
Together we can [...]

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I make “namaste” my daily mantra for all of my relationships
GUEST COLUMN: REV. CRISS ITTERMANN, 2nd of two parts —The Sanskrit term “Namasté” (nah-mahs-tay) is loosely translated to mean  “I honor the Spirit in you.”  It is a word for the feeling of our Higher Self greeting or recognizing the Higher Self of another.
It is [...]

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The phrase, “I love you,” is an empty one until you can face these four fears
BY DR. ANGELA HEPPNER — When was the last time you said to someone “I love you”?
These have to be the three most precious words uttered when spoken from the heart with genuine meaning.
Is this not what everyone wishes to hear? It [...]

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How to use the prism of trans-personal psychology to find yourself in the people and things you see around you every day
GUEST COLUMN: SUE FREEMAN — When I come into contact with my authentic self, I discover my innermost critic, sage, child, lovestruck groupie and friend.
All these characters and more live within each of us, [...]

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“How I use every single experience to teach me about expanding my awareness of love”
GUEST COLUMN: CARI LA GRANGE MURPHY — How do we allow the love in our hearts to permeate our experience and enhance the quality of our lives? From personal experience I have learned that a daily, conscious choice is necessary for [...]

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One of northern California’s leading astrologers does a reading and cultural analysis for Aquarians that everyone can learn from

BY HUNTER REYNOLDS — Chic as it is for westerners to dream of land, community and a high-speed internet connection, we’re doomed until we admit that we’ve lost the skills needed to navigate a compressed field of [...]

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