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Everywhere you look, there's another news article about how popular Witchcraft is right now. I don't really see a problem with that. Frankly, I think the more people that get in touch with the world around them and their personal power, the better. People thinking for themselves and exploring new ideas is truly wonderful. But glancing around the Internet, from fashion spreads to carefully curated photos on Instagram and Tumblr, you might be misled to believe that Witchcraft is found through "the stuff." That you have to have a collection of crystals, skulls, esoteric symbols, fancy candles, elaborate tools, expensive grimoires, and maybe a fabulous manicure at your disposal. There's ...
Many of us experience moments of enlightenment—41% of us in fact, or so a 2002 Gallup poll tells us. Enlightenment is that state of radically expanded awareness where the boundaries of our individual self melt into a blissful union with the life force. We are at one with the cosmos and feel a sense connection, love, and peace that's beyond rational understanding. Some people, the Gallup organization for example, call it a religious experience. Others call it mystical, an awakening, an altered or peak state, or (in the 1960s) a trip. But no matter how wonderful our period of radical awareness is or how long it lasts, it passes. We may be transformed by it in some way, but the life we ...
We're all looking for balance these days. Juggling work, life, and taking care of ourselves is a full-time job that can very often sap our energy, enthusiasm, and health. I have experienced this struggle in my own life and see this every day with patients, too, who seek me out for help in achieving this balance. I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that achieving balance is possible—without having to book a month-long yoga retreat or overhaul your entire life. This is why I wrote my new book, Mindful Beauty. It's a modern-day guide to living in mindful balance using simple tips—which don't take a lot of effort—to revamp your daily habits. The end result of ...
"I've only known for ten years that 'No.' is a complete sentence."—Jane Fonda If you consider the Self as a skeleton, and all of the wants, needs, and that which you hold dear to be the skin on your bones and the muscles and sinew that helps us move, you start to have a picture of what it is to be a human. You begin with this plain and simple person. You are happy. You are a combination of your genetics, your soul, and your environment. It's pretty idyllic for a bit, as you start turning into yourself. You read books, you listen to music, you turn like sunflowers to those things that light you up. In short, you build yourself. The problem comes when other people start flinging ...
