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LIVING MAGIC LIVES: Allow the universe to move perfect into place

LIVING MAGIC LIVES: Moving perfect into place

Be willing to allow. That’s all the universe needs us to do for it to deliver something magical. It constantly looks at our attitude, our way of being, our contentedness…

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TRANSITION INITIATIVES: Engaged community building to combat climate change

Transition Initiatives: Engaged community building to combat climate change

A Transition Initiative is a place where there’s a community-led process that helps that own/village/city/neighbourhood become stronger and happier …

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VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: Release subtle energy blocks to restore balance

VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: Healing with energy

Vibrational medicine, also known as energy healing, vibrational healing or energy medicine, is an alternative form of healing that works on the body’s subtle energy…

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IS TELECOMMUTING FOR YOU? Pros and cons of telework [infographic]

Is telecommuting for you? Advantages and disadvantages of telework

Despite telecommuting’s promise of big cost savings and increased productivity, most businesses aren’t ready to let employees work at home yet. Experts once…

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LIFE IS CHANGE: Learn to let go of fear and accept change

SHIFTING PLANES: learning to let go and accepting change

Imagine that you have your hands full of chocolate cookies and your mother comes along with a cherry pie, hot from the oven with crumbles on top (feel free to…

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EARTHSHIP HOMES: A blueprint for the green life

Earthships - Green living in Ecohomes

They say home is where the heart is, but let’s face it, from an environmental perspective, home is where the waste is. Indeed, there’s something terribly wrong…

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DEEP LISTENING: Experience true love through understanding

Deep Listening: Easing suffering by being present

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher and writer, often speaks about the power of deep listening and the effect this can have on another person…

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DISTRESSED DENIM: Fashion that puts the Earth under stress

Distressing denim - at what cost to the environment

This season’s hottest fashion, introduced under the Pierre Balmain designer label, are acid washed distressed jeans, designed by Christophe Decarnin…

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ABIDING HAPPINESS: Embracing the reality of life with acceptance

REALITY BITES: Embracing life in all its messy glory leads to abiding happiness

Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can’t politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day…

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PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine

The Creative Habit - Learning to tap into your creativity for organizational change

Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually…

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THE CAT’S MEOW: Cruelty to animals and animal revenge

THE CAT'S MEOW: The reality of animal revenge

I liked Jimmy – nobody else did. Not my friends, parents, roommates, and not Zeus. Zeus was a four year old Siamese with attitude and I belonged to him…

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GLOBAL FREELOADERS: Much more than just free accommodation

Global Freeloading - Travel the world and live for free

Freeloader. Sounds bad, doesn’t it? Well, guess what? It’s a little piece of wonderful (actually a BIG piece) for all travellers who want to see the world, but don’t…

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MINDFUL TOURISM: Travel below the high tide mark leaving no footprints

MINDFUL TOURISM: Travel below the high tide mark leaving no footprints

Why do we visit other countries? Is it to go absorb a different culture, to indulge in new experiences, to breathe in the aroma of different lands, to meet different …

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LIVING IN HARMONY: Leh shows what religious tolerance is all about

LIVING IN HARMONY: Leh shows what religious tolerance is all about

Two Muslim women in traditional attire walk past a group of Buddhist monks dressed in maroon robes. Stupas, Buddhist religious monuments…

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HEALING POWERS OF NATURE: Experiential outdoor programs as therapy

HEALING POWERS OF NATURE: Experiential outdoor programs as therapy

The day begins with four families tentatively driving minivans down a dirt road outside of St. Petersburg, Florida to meet their counselors for their first overnight…

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WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE - The ongoing abortion debate

There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…

YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers

YOUTH BRIGADE - reviving DIY punk rock

As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…

THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Through an open window from The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin - geanine.files.wordpress.com

Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…

THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness

Fifty monks sit cross-legged in long rows. Their prayer books, narrow strips of thick paper bound by string, sit open in front of them. They chant the Buddhist sutras…