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Toolbox: The Promise of Spring
May the eternal hope of spring’s blossoms buoy you through to winter’s end
2016 March/April
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Columns
The Heart of Money: Wrestling with a Question of Inheritance
Let your values influence how your spend your money
The Happiness Track: Are We Really Worlds Apart?
New research shows men and women aren't so different after all
Care of the Soul: Spiritual Complexes
Don't ignore or repress your complexes, instead try to befriend them
Connections
The Commons: Spring Forward into Global Weirding
The earth isn’t only heating. It’s thrashing with fever.
Time for Tribe
We are a tribe of 21 people mostly born in the 1940s–50s. We share specific values, hold each other as a priority, and formally commit to one another. “Bicycle distance” is our met…
5 Questions for John Gottman, Ph.D
1. Essentially, what do women really want from men? The number one thing that women want when they are seeking a partner to date is trustworthiness. First, she needs to know that …
Rabbi Rami: How can I overcome my fear when hearing Allahu Akbar?
Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler
Features
Moving from Fear to Flow
How to identify the fears blocking your relationship—and melt them away to restore wonder
What to Do With the Stories That Haunt You…
What do we do with the stories that haunt us? Natalie Goldberg shows us in this excerpt from her 2016 book The Great Spring.
6 Secrets of Happy Relationships
Before the battles begin, we start out believing that being with this person will make us happy. Ironically, that’s the critical mistake…
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Marketplace - Mar/Apr 2016
Books, services, education and products that are sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Reviews
Film Review: The C Word
The C WordMeghan O’HaraZorro and Me FilmsThe “C word” is, of course, “cancer,” and Meghan O’Hara’s well-produced documentary offers a look at the ways that our unhealthy diets and …
Film Review: He Named Me Malala
He Named Me MalalaDirected by Davis GuggenheimFox Searchlight PicturesThe terrifying plight of Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani girl shot in the face by the Taliban in 2012…
Film Review: Shelter
ShelterDirected by Paul BettanyScreen Media FilmsIn this gritty, nerve-wracking look at life on the streets of New York City, Anthony Mackie plays Tahir, a homeless African immigra…
Music Review: Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!
Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!Agnes Baker PilgrimBlackstone Audio, Inc.As the oldest living member of the Native American tribe known as the Takelma, Agnes Baker Pilgrim has been na…
Music Review: Into the Silence
Into the SilenceAvishai CohenECMMusic can be motivated by new beginnings and inspirational experiences. Music is also an ideal language for expressing loss. The tender jazz tunes o…
Music Review: George Fest
George FestA Night to Celebrate the Music of George HarrisonVarious artistsBMG RECORDED MUSIC/HOT RECORDSOn September 28, 2014, singer/multi-instrumentalist Dhani Harrison united s…
Book Review: Revelation
RevelationA Search for Faith in a Violent Religious Worldby Dennis CovingtonLittle, BrownGrowing up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the heart of the American civil rights movement, …Tags:
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Book Review: Clearing Emotional Clutter
Clearing Emotional ClutterMindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What’s Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformationby Donald AltmanNew World LibraryYou couldn’t swing a book bag …
Book Review: How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brainby Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Robert WaldmanAvery BooksAlthough cultures all over the world have long spoken of enlightenment, the conc…
