“It was like trying to get dressed every morning for the weather in a nation we hadn’t heard of before.” By then, we had spent two weeks dizzy, elongated, just in time in the hospital. We didn’t have a diagnosis at any time during that time, let alone a diagnosis. At each stage, we were … Read more
The relationships you didn’t have can affect your life a lot. Growing up with a father who is physically or emotionally absent leaves a hole in your soul that leaves an imprint on your relationships as an adult. According to family and marriage therapist Jed Diamond, you can heal a “father’s wound” and break the … Read more
It was somewhere in the middle of January that Monday was suddenly called Blue Monday and it looks like we’re in a collective slump. But the cold weather and dark days don’t make you grumpy: These tips from Kyra will help you appreciate winter. blue monday Today is Blue Monday and we seem to be … Read more
How tempting is it to peek at what’s to come? With numerology, it may be possible to get a glimpse of what is coming your way in the future. Numerology is the philosophy and science of numerology. With the help of your personal year number, you can calculate your cosmic code, and it can tell … Read more
Yoga can reduce stress, clear your head, improve your breathing and posture, and allow you to sleep better: There are plenty of reasons why you should empty your rug more often. And we have another one for you. Yoga can also do wonders for your sex life. It makes your body more flexible, boosts your … Read more
Gamble everything for love, Rumi wrote, if you are a real human being. “Apathy does not reach majesty.” Eight centuries later, we continue to spend our lives trying to win something we don’t fully understand but constantly identify, and we keep betting on all the wrong things: we mistake admiration, clarity, and manifestations of success … Read more
“Lights and shadows flutter continually across the inner sky, and I know not where they come from nor where they go,” Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in his notebook one spring day in 1840. “Neither do I inquire closely about them.” “It is dangerous to consider such phenomena carefully. It is appropriate to create a substance where … Read more
I know only three side doors to the Cathedral of Consciousness, through which we can bypass a bewildered mind to enter the heart of the most unfathomable, devastating, and universal human experiences, and emerge a little more: poetry, children’s books, and Bach. No human experience is more shattering than the disappearance of a loved one … Read more
One of the most popular relationship therapists, Esther Perel, offers tips for keeping your relationship sparkling. It tells you how to get your partner to do what you want without being a whiner. Defending yourself is something not many people are good at. You ask your partner for something, but exactly in a way that … Read more
In the last seasons of existence, I have had the opportunity to reflect on the completely improbable course of my life, not by planning but by living. We yearn for the next step and the road to the horizon, alleviating our anxiety with the illusion of a destination somewhere beyond our present life prospects. But … Read more