Today Is Not My Day – Or, The Challenges of Working From Home
Halfway through the day today I noticed that it wasn’t going to be a good one. In part this was due to me (who else) and sloppy planning (also referred to as ‘going with the flow’). I had a long list...
View ArticleLifting The Pressure Of “Should”
Have you ever suffered from tension in the shoulders? Do you think others around you (especially those closest to you at home or work) should do things differently – help with house cleaning; be kinder...
View ArticleNo Matter How Much I Do, It’s Never Enough… How To Be Happy Regardless Of How...
Start a company. Support your family. Save the world. Stay looking like you are 25. And by the way, don’t break a sweat while doing it… after all, other women seem to be keeping it together, what’s...
View ArticleFree Yourself From the Cycle of Stress to Live More Fully Than Ever
Photo credit: Kalliope Kokolis For many of us this is a season when it feels that we are going faster and faster. Everything’s racing, through school semesters, wrapping up work commitments, entering...
View Article8 Ways to Beat the Sunday Night Blues
They were tell-tale signs of any weekend coming to an end: sunshine was fading into darkness, Mom was sitting on the couch reading the Sunday paper before bed, and the infamous “dun-dun” music was...
View ArticleA Chopra in Yoga Class and the Intent to Connect
We are midway through week two of our 21 Day Yoga Challenge with Tara Stiles and Sports Club LA and I want to thank all of you that have participated. There have been a lot of inspiring intents about...
View ArticleEmbrace Your Sexual Fantasies for More Honest Living
By Beatty Cohan, MSW, LCSW In my 35 years as a practicing psychotherapist and sex therapist, I have treated hundreds of men and women of all ages and stages in life– both heterosexual and homosexual–...
View ArticleFrom Intent.com: Relax
Quick soul check: -Is there something you could be doing right now? -Is worrying helping anything you’re doing right now? -Take a moment to notice the things around you. Yesterday I was late for an...
View ArticleHandling Pressure: 4 Ways To Give Your Kids Life’s Ultimate Edge
If you want to give your kids an edge in life, teach them to perform under pressure. Doing so will be more helpful than giving them an SAT tutor, tennis lessons, or sending them to Europe to broaden...
View ArticleTeens Discover Context and Compassion
I’m sitting at a café having miso-mushroom soup, processing my meeting with an inner city high school principal about expanding the Mindfulness and Cultural Development program next year. The pilot...
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