Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jenny Mannion, author of the new A Short Path to Change. I believe in going after our goals and change with loving kindness and patience to ourselves. Many begin the new year with resolutions in mind, but if they fall off track once, they believe they have failed and give up completely. That is why I believe in goals, intentions, and mini-goals to help you achieve the change you want in your life. In assessing what you want in the different areas of your life (spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, and relationally), you can begin to fantasize and daydream a bit about what your life would look like if all of those

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jessica Shepherd, author of The Love Alchemist's Notebook and the new Venus Signs. Many of us are familiar with our Sun sign. Astrologically, our Sun represents our ego, and much like central command guiding the starship through the galaxy, our Sun generally thinks it knows exactly what we want. Unfortunately, our able leader sometimes fails to consult the other celestial crew members for their opinions, needs, and desires. When we ignore Venus—Goddess of Laughter and Pleasure, Queen of our Secret Desires and Erotic Pleasures—our world loses its sensual and aesthetic luster. Food loses its flavor, laughter rings hollow. We no longer get a