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A gift to the dying: Providing soulful care

A gift to the dying: Providing soulful care

How to maintain your health as you help your loved one reach their final destination
GUEST COLUMN: ANDREA CONNELL — As an energy worker, I am often invited to assist others in their final stages of life.
If you are a family member or a friend of someone who is dying,  you'll realize this is usually the [...]

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Time after time: How to survive life’s hurdles

Vaishali Love's tip: Practice true human connection and kindness to others by interacting from a "core of love"
BY VAISHALI LOVE, read part 1 of this 2 part series — Whenever we create a “quality meaning” vacuum in life, the emotional and psychological aspects of our existence start to erode and diminish. Ultimately this will affect [...]

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Spiritual Surf: Gore split; Sex and City 2 anti-Muslim?; Boomers’ suicide rates

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 [...]

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How Reiki brought revelations and connected me to my spirit guides

After surviving thyroid cancer, Reiki revealed a deeper dimension to my life

ANONYMOUS — Throughout my life, I've received many messages from the Spirit World and, as a child, had a spontaneous out-of-body experience. But there is one specific spiritual event in my adulthood that has profoundly changed my life.

Many years ago, I had cancer, which started in my thyroid and quickly spread to my esophagus and vocal cords. I had two surgeries and nine months of radiation, followed by another year of recovery for me to regain my full strength.

To this day, I have a scar across my throat that looks like a smile. But I have grown to love that scar because, to me, it represents life.

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Remembrance of war past

A Vietnam vet's journey from a "19 year old hippy kid" to a life coach

GUEST COLUMN: OSCAR TRUITT — When I was drafted into the army in 1969, I was a 19 year-old hippy kid who believed in the concepts of peace and brotherly love.  When I went to Vietnam, I had the idea that I would [...]

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Spiritual Surf: Right-wing attack on JFK; RC diocese condemns Immigration Law

Mormon Church aids job seekers; Science and religion, it's not oil and water; Chimps and death; Take your exercise outside
Katie Holmes part of right-wing smear on JFK?  New History Channel mini-series concentrates on JFK's sexual antics.
Welcoming the stranger: Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, Arizona condemns Arizona Immigration law.
Life and death through the eyes [...]

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Why science can’t tell us if there’s life after death

Why science can’t tell us if there’s life after death

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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How I deal with the pain of separation and saying goodbye

A doctor of life coaching for women discovers the art of letting go
GUEST COLUMN: DR. JEANINE AUSTIN — Part of my job as the Department Head of Social Services when I worked for a skilled nursing facility was to have regular client contact. One morning, I stopped by to see how Mr. and Mrs. Carol [...]

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You thought you only had one type of karma?

Reincarnation is dictated by a code called karma, and it comes in four different types — not "one size fits all"
GUEST COLUMN: ALAN ANNAND — Woody Allen famously joked, “I believe in karma and reincarnation, because nothing else explains how I could get so far behind in just one life.”
But seriously folks, a full half [...]

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Touched by an angel

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 [...]

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