The New York Times recently featured an article about how tapping into the power of the right brain can enhance meetings and improve productivity.

I am a dreamer at heart. There is nothing that gets me more excited that when I start moving towards a dream. On the same note, watching others live their dreams is addictive. It is my drug of choice. Consider me your pusher and watch all your dreams come true. Believe Your Dream Is Possible

What happens when you take control of your finances, but the other people in your life continue to struggle? I’ve heard this question from two people lately. During the Q&A of my talk at the library last Saturday, one audience member asked:

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When Carrie told us about Bob’s steel cut oats for breakfast, I went out and bought a package. I love oatmeal, I think of it as the ultimate comfort food. And yet in my case it may be a shadow comfort. I wanted to feel virtuous that I was putting good food into my body.

There are a multitude of alternative health therapies that you can put on or into your body, but what about sweeping away negative energy for better health?

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Sarah, a psychiatrist of How to Cope with Pain. Ever have one of those days when it seems there’s not a minute to catch your breath, let alone meditate or relax? A day when you feel like the proverbial busy bee, with no time to admire the fragrant flowers you’re landing on?

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Stuart’s Emergency Workspace:

Have you always loved to read and wished you could write? Want to say something but have no idea where to start? Here are five surprising tips to get you thinking like a writer. Listen

Even once you’re an adult, there are dozens of occasions you’ll want to stay at your parents’ home.Whether you’re a student wanting somewhere to sleep rent-free during the summer, a broke graduate needing a base to job-hunt from, or simply in town for an extended holiday, here’s eight easy and sure-fire ways to be a great guest in your parents' home (and to be sure you're invited back!)

“When I was a ten-year-old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love.” Erica Jong Carrie says: The peace sign and the Nike swoosh. Imagine if we all had internal peace and then went out to Just Do It!  

Sorry for the swearing, but I was at an exhibition of activist art from the 1960s and I saw this poster. I believe the boy in the picture is burning his draft card. What struck me is the fact that this boy doesn't look like a hippie or an activist or anyone at all who would get involved in politics or cultural change (what does such a person look like?).

“This is about structure,” the therapist said. I’m sitting across from her because my husband found me sobbing into the carpet of my home office, again, some more. She’s sitting there because I’ve reached the point, now, where I need to pay people to listen to me. “I thought this was about huge, huge amounts of anti-depressants.”

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By Nora DunnMore and more couples are deciding that having a family is not for them (others yet waiting longer to take the plunge), many citing their finances and a higher cost of living as a reason. While I believe that those who really want kids will always find a way to afford it, there may be some truth to this premise.