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How Meditation during Pregnancy Affects Newborns

In newborns or neonates—infants up to four weeks of age—there are three states of wakefulness; they are called active alert, crying, and quiet alert. The quiet alert state is characterized by bright eyes and the

Are You One of the 1%? Do You Really Think You Can Make a Difference in the World?

Successful executives who are part of the 1% (the wealthiest, most influential in society) often think they’re special and destined for great things. This life view is often self-fulfilling.

It’s probably the single most common characteristic among these most successful leaders—they truly believe they can make a difference.

Musicians who Meditate: Music, Infinity, Reality

In the past I’ve had the pleasure of meeting accomplished composing, recording and performing artists, including George Harrison, who told me that the Transcendental Meditation program helped to awaken and sustain creativity. More recently I’ve

Preventing Depression Through Spiritual Growth

For me, adolescence was a time of seeking for spiritual guidance. My family wasn’t religious—my father, who had been raised Roman Catholic, didn’t want to saddle us kids with the restricting yoke of formalized religion. Nevertheless, our parents instilled in us a strong moral compass, and we were taught to respect God, nature and other human beings no matter what their race or religion.

That worked for me as a child, when Mom and Dad made me feel safe and had all the answers. By the time I was a teenager during the turbulent 1960s, I needed something more. I explored Eastern philosophies, wrote to the Knights of Columbus to take a correspondence course in the Catholic faith, and tried to meditate by staring at a candle.

Women and Alcoholism

It was a distinct joy to meet Marty Mann (1904-1980) when she attended a 1972 conference I’d organized in New York City so that alcohol and drug abuse experts could meet with Maharishi to learn about the application of the TM program in their fields.

Marty was the author of “Women Suffer Too”. She was the founder of the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism (now the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), after having personally experienced the life threatening effects of alcohol addiction; it had reduced her to poverty and caused her to twice try to take her own life. After many years of misery, she found recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous and through learning the Transcendental Meditation technique. She confided in me that TM was an integral part of her survival and recovery.

Window to the Infinite Omnipresent

How can omnipresence be hidden from view if everything is made of it and it is everywhere? To begin to understand this, we need to look at what physics has revealed. Physics teaches us that

The Wealth and Happiness of Nations

Karin Mizgala is co-founder of Money Coaches of Canada, a national network of fee-for-service money coaches offering a holistic approach to money management that includes helping people get clear on what is important to them and how to connect their finances to their core values.

Karin is also co-founder of the Women’s Financial Learning Centre and co-author of UNSTUCK: How to Get Out of Your Money Rut and Start Living the Life you Want and Your Money Map. She is frequently interviewed in the Globe and Mail, Wealth Professionals, the Financial Post, Money Sense and Yahoo Finance.

Wealth, Well-Being and the Transcendental Meditation Technique: An Interview with Money Coach Karin Mizgala

Karin Mizgala is co-founder of Money Coaches of Canada, a national network of fee-for-service money coaches offering a holistic approach to money management that includes helping people get clear on what is important to them

Learning to Accept the Good and Forget the Guilt

When I met Gladys Kimtai, an orphan from Kenya who had recently finished sending herself through an American college on a track scholarship, I was immediately struck by her beauty, her poise and her humble nature. When I heard her story of transformation, I felt I had to share it.

Gladys was born the youngest of six children in a small village in Kenya. Her parents died when she was two, so her grandparents raised the children in a tiny house with no beds.

Violating the Laws of Nature

Should I take a job that takes me away from my family that allows me to be a better provider, or should I take a job that pays less but allows me to spend time