Four years ago, Elizabeth Duvivier had a high-powered job in product development. She had watched her company grow from a small, single-owner entity to a corporate behemoth and was…
The Corn Refiners Association is changing the name of high-fructose corn syrup to “corn sugar” in an attempt to rid themselves of the stench that comes from the manufacture and use…
Two years ago, at breakfast with the dean of yoga at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, I got an answer to a serious question that had nagged at me. …
“I feel guilty traveling to fabulous places when there is so much suffering and poverty in the world. Maybe I should volunteer to build houses with locals on my next trip,” my frie…
What happens when we die? Can people communicate with those who have passed on? Efforts to answer such questions using science have been underway since the late 1800s. Over the yea…
Several months ago, I heard about a practice developed in the 1980s called the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), a natural form of birth control that a study in the journal Human R…
Here’s a simple truth: Everyone is a spiritual teacher. Parents, of course, are profound spiritual teachers. So are children. So are siblings. So are priests and imams and school t…
Let’s face it. The biggest unknown in a parent’s life is her child. These beings come into the world without papers. We have no idea who they are, where they came from, what they a…
Dr. Wayne Dyer is a famously self-made man who was born in Detroit in 1940 and spent his early years in orphanages. He became a high school guidance counselor and then a professor …
In honor of spring, I decided to buy a new pair of pants. Usually, I head for St. Vincent de Paul for gently reused clothes, partly to keep the cloth out of landfills a bit longer …
Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award-winning author, poet, and teacher. In this column, he answers reader-submitted questions pertaining to faith, morality, religious traditions, and oth…
Like most people, I rejoice in the coming of spring. Despite my firm intention to appreciate nature’s pageantry all year round, the short, dark days of winter tend to leave me cold…
I had an unusually enjoyable afternoon recently, lying on the floor in front of my massive classical Greek dictionary and a copy of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, where he makes a…
My partner heads up a research hospital, and I’m a neurosurgeon. We both came from well-to-do families and graduated from Ivy League schools. We realize that we’ve received huge ad…
Having the name Eve is quite an archetype to manage all by itself. The name Eve coupled with running a garden sanctuary and nursery and being a relationship specialist becomes almo…
Strengthen Your CoreI have a friend in her late 80s who has more pep in her step and sparkle in her eye than ever — and she attributes it to her thrice weekly Pilates sessions that…
Spa en Vivo at Hotel MatildaSan Miguel de Allende, MexicoThere’s a large painting by Diego Rivera that hangs in the library of this chic boutique property. It’s called The Archer, …
The Spiritual Girl's Guide to Dating: Your Enlightened Path to Love, Sex and Soul MatesBy Amy Leigh Mercree“Sacredness is the new sexual revolution,” says Amy Leigh Mercree. “It is…
When Words FadeAnderson & Roe, Piano DuoSteinway & Sons - ArkivMusik.comWith repertoire that ranges from the Baroque to “avant-rock,” Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Ander…
My ReincarnationDirected by Jennifer FoxDocumentary DVDIn English (and Italian and Tibetan with English subtitles)myreincarnationfilm.comAcclaimed documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fo…
58: The FilmDirected by Tim and Tony NeevesDocumentary DVD, live58.org/thefilm58: The Film is about an unprecedented global action on the part of Christians, churches, and wor…
The Power of Prana: Breathe Your Way to Health and VitalityBy Master Stephen Co and Eric B. Robins with John MerrymanSounds TrueEveryone, from parents with small children and …
How to Pray without Talking to GodBy Rev. Linda Martella-WhitsettHampton Roads“All reasons for prayer can be distilled down to one,” believes Rev. Martella-Whitsett. “We pray to cl…
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily PerfectionBy A. J. JacobsSimon & SchusterA. J. Jacobs, editor-at-large of Esquire magazine and the author of The Year …
The Sexy Vegan Cookbook: Extraordinary Food from an Ordinary DudeBy Brian L. PattonNew World LibraryIs it possible to go vegan and still have fun with food? According to “ordi…
Tasting the Universe: A Spiritual and Scientific Exploration of SynesthesiaBy Maureen SeabergNew Page BooksImagine a world in which numbers have color, musical sounds shimmer …
Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your LastBy Lee LipsenthalCrown Archetype“We all die. This is the nature of life. At some point, life ends, but this book i…
Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian SpiritualityBy Jim Marion, Foreword by Ken WilberHampton RoadsAmerican mystic and author Jim Marion believes that “t…
The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of “Enough”By Julia Cameron, with Emma LivelyTarcher/PenguinOur current world has tutored us not in optimism but in dread. Days and nights are…