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Parenting, Tibetan Style
Being invited to teach Tibetan refugee children at Yongling Creche and Kindergarten in Dharamsala was, for me, an answered prayer. Up until that time, I was navigating an inner-cit…
Material World
BLACK PURSE FROM INNER TUBESIn Latin America, tire repair shops (take out the inner tube, patch, etc.) are ubiquitous and carry the lively name of “vulcanizadoras,” for the Greek V…
Preserve Biodiversity— Drink Portuguese Wines
Europeans think “region first” when ordering wine. Buyers have to know, for instance, the varieties of grapes used in wines listed as Sancerre, Bordeaux, and Rioja. In the U.S., ho…
Spirituality Helps Teens Cope with Chronic Illness
Adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which occurs when the immune system attacks the gastrointestinal tract, suffer in a variety of ways. Many experience chronic abdo…
Experiences Are Better than Stuff
A study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in February 2009 suggests that you can buy happiness. The secret is to buy experiences,…
Writing Oneself Out of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a debilitating mix of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression that is resistant to treatment. Part of the difficulty in treating the millions of Amer…
How Too Much Caffeine Raises the Dead
People who consume the equivalent of seven or more cups of coffee a day are not just more jittery, they are three times more likely to experience auditory and visual hallucinations…
What’s Holy in the Holy Land?
Going to Israel isn’t like visiting any other country. The idea that you are literally walking in the footsteps of the patriarchs, matriarchs, kings, judges, disciples, prophets, s…
The Joy Of Being Feminine Wisdom and the Power of Weakness
What is feminine wisdom? What is feminine power? What role can they play — for both men and women — in this time of such significant global change? Feminine wisdom is mysterious an…
4 Ways to Improve Intimacy With Polynesian Sex
Connect deeply with your partner for slow, intimate sex by emulating the Polynesian approach. Try these 4 tips to bring a touch of the island life into your bedroom for slow, intimate sex.
Sleep: What You Need to Know
Every night we lie mostly paralyzed and unconscious, snuffed out except for brief flares of Technicolor quasi-psychosis we call dreaming. Why?
