See our blog archive for a complete list of our articles in chronological order.
Blog
A New Year, a New Decade, a New Perspective
This month we begin not only a new year, but also a new decade. A decade that—if it continues with the same momentum of the last decade—will most likely prove to be historically pivotal for
Resolutions 101: Fulfilling your good intentions
Four thousand years ago, the ancient Babylonians started a tradition of the celebration of the New Year by making new year’s resolutions. Their new year began when they planted their crops and promised their gods
Worried About the Future? Six Ways to Calm Your Anxiety
Anxiety is defined as worry about something stressful that could happen in the future. And certainly, the 24-hour news cycle gives us a steady stream of things to worry about these days—from the climate crisis
What You Want to Know About TM
Teachers of the Transcendental Meditation technique find that most people, when first hearing about TM, have questions, concerns, and misunderstandings. In this article, we address these points. What is Transcendental Meditation (TM)? TM is a
Being Woke
Woke is used as a byword for cultural or social awareness. But being woke is dependent on how naturally awake, how aware, how alert you are. Unclouded awareness allows you to be successfully, actively attentive
What Do You Carry in Your Self-Care Tool Kit?
When deadlines loom, when your kids are fighting, when your best friend moves away—anyone can feel stressed. Yet some women have figured out how to push the happy button instead of the freak-out alarm. They
Anxious About Health?
On a website discussion page, a woman confided, “…I have become so anxious about my health, every little ache, pain or twinge has my brain going mad! Before I would have ignored it or even
Vote for Peace
Endless wars, relentless fear of terrorism, revived cold wars, and runaway military spending plague our modern American life. With new elections on the horizon, we may wonder how to make choices that will secure a
Five Strategies for Family Caregivers
Some of the sweetest moments of my life happened when my aging parents were no longer able to take care of each other and my sister and I stepped in to care for them—which led
The Art of Being Silent
Herman Melville wrote, “All profound things and emotions of things are preceded and attended by silence.” Why silence? A 2013 study on mice published in the journal Brain, Structure and Function, revealed the effect silence