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The Emotional Rollercoaster of Launching a Book (Or Anything Really!)

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Launching a Book (Or Anything Really!)

Dear friends: Today, Living with Intent is officially out in paperback – available online and in bookstores. (On Amazon, you can get it for less than $10 right now!) I was reflecting this morning on how different I feel today than I did a last April when the book was originally released. To be honest, the day of the release I was anxious, an emotional wreck and felt a bit like a failure. I …

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What You Hold On To, Holds On To You By John Maclean I became an incomplete paraplegic at the age of 22, because of a road accident.

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How to Get Back Your Personal Power

by Deepak Chopra, MD There are many ways in modern life to feel powerless, as the world seems increasingly dangerous. None of us can change the evening news, but we can regain the personal power that is undermined by stress, a sense of threat, and loss of control. In fact, without being in control, a person is more susceptible to depression and anxiety, two disorders that exist in epidemic…

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Best Marriage Advice for Everyone

Best Marriage Advice for Everyone

Most people believe that only those people who marry their soul mate have marriages that last.  A myth is that long marriages are the result of two people falling deeply in love and never losing that feeling.  Romance novels and romantic movies both show the same myth – that only those passionately in love have strong marriages.  The truth is far different. The best advice you will ever hear is…

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Mildly Medicated: ADD, Normalcy and Finding Acceptance in Music

Mildly Medicated: ADD, Normalcy and Finding Acceptance in Music

Pay Attention! If there were two words that I could have stricken from the English language growing up, it would have been those two. You would think that hearing them countless thousands of times you’d become desensitized, but you don’t, or at least I didn’t. People with ADD, which is very different from ADHD will know what I’m talking about. It has nothing to do with being smart or mental…

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For Mother's Day and the Women We Love: Get Your Signed Living with Intent Bookplates from Mallika Chopra!

For Mother’s Day and the Women We Love: Get Your Signed Living with Intent Bookplates from Mallika Chopra!

We are so excited to announce the upcoming release of Living with Intent in paperback this May 3rd. It has been over a year since the initial launch and we have heard countless stories of men and women living their own lives of intent. It has truly been an honor to join in that journey with you. In honor of Mother’s Day, we are happy to one again offer free signed bookplates from Mallika Chopra…

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Daily Opportunities to Live My Gratitude By Ryan Skinner I had the wonderful opportunity this week to travel to Aruba for a vacation with my fiancée and future stepchildren.

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7 Ways to Get Out of A Slump: And One Reason Why Not To By Andrew Bryant I’m in a slump. I’m sure you’ve been here, or maybe you are in one to?

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How the Universe Solved the “Hard Problem"

How the Universe Solved the “Hard Problem”

By Deepak Chopra, MD For some inexplicable reason the most common element in every possible experience–consciousness–has kept itself a secret. How the human brain produces consciousness–if it does–is an age-old question, currently traveling under the name of “the hard problem.” Philosopher David Chalmers, who coined the term, says, “There is nothing that we know more intimately than conscious…

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10 Tips to Help You Find Long-Lasting Love

10 Tips to Help You Find Long-Lasting Love

What’s the key to finding long-lasting love? How many of you know the difference between a fling and real love? Is there an actual recipe to pure, genuine emotional intimacy? Believe it or not, the secret to building a strong romantic relationship is made of a blend of feelings – lust, respect, adoration, trust and many more. Love is artistic and not necessarily scientific. There are times when…

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Five ways to fine-tune your intention

Five ways to fine-tune your intention

By Barry Goldstein Most of us know the basics of creating an intention, but how can you make it even more powerful?  Make it a multisensory experience!  Creating an intention is not just creating an attraction pattern. It is about truly aligning with every aspect of the intention and actually becoming the energy of the intention. The more specific you can be, the more emotion it evokes and the…

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6 Essential Tips to Develop a Stress Management Strategy

6 Essential Tips to Develop a Stress Management Strategy

By Brigitte Cutshall Were you aware that chronic stress is linked to the six leading causes of health issues?  Heart disease, cancer, stroke, lower respiratory disease, and accidents. Chronic stress can affect your brain, raise your blood pressure, and reduces your immunity and ability to heal. At least 75% of doctor office visits are for stress-related complaints stemming from job stress.  It’s…

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Why Consciousness Is Still a Mystery—Sorting Out the Clues

Why Consciousness Is Still a Mystery—Sorting Out the Clues

By Deepak Chopra, MD No one doubts that it’s hard to figure out where consciousness comes from, and when a problem persists for thousands of years—which is literally true in this case—it’s worthwhile sorting out the clues that might lead to an answer. Some are better than others, and a few may be completely false. At the very least, if we can agree on the hottest leads, a final answer may come…

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“There Is in This World No Function More Important Than That of Being Charming.”

“There Is in This World No Function More Important Than That of Being Charming.”

“There is in this world no function more important than that of being charming. The forest glade would be incomplete without the humming-bird. To shed joy around, to radiate happiness, to cast light upon dark days, to be the golden thread of our destiny, and the very spirit of grace and harmony, is not this to render a service?” — Victor Hugo, Toilers of the Sea A thoughtful reader sent me this…

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8 Clever Relationship Tricks Happy Couples Use Whether you refer to it as an old wives’ tale, household hints, life trick, or novelty—basically it’s all the same thing.

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Foster Children and Online Technology: A Feeling of Control- A World of Danger

Foster Children and Online Technology: A Feeling of Control- A World of Danger

Curtis was not in control. In fact, he had no control with just about everything in his life. After all, Curtis was in foster care. Thirteen year old Curtis was placed into foster care after suffering neglect from a mother who was addicted to and sold illegal drugs. The teenager had been separated from his other two siblings, a younger brother and sister, as there were no foster homes in the area…

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Ten Things Change-Makers Do Last month, I had the honor of attending the United Nations’ Conference titled- Commission On The Status of Women…