From this summer’s “Live Earth” events to last year’s An Inconvenient Truth, the call to action grows louder: it’s time to take responsibility for saving the planet. The good news is that we can all answer that call. While not everyone can commit to a car-free commute or a biodynamic diet, most of us can [...]
An interview with Dr. Rima E. Laibow founder of Natural Solutions Foundation
Dr. Rima E. Laibow, a graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a successful natural medicine physician since the 1970s, is the medical director of Natural Solutions Foundation (NSF), a not-for-profit tax exempt organization created to promote, protect and promulgate natural health options [...]
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The world of business is undergoing radical transformation. With the explosion of technology, a new world economy, and a mass exodus of talent from employment to entrepreneurship, the rules and tools of business have dramatically changed, making leadership an expedition into uncharted and often choppy waters. It is now [...]
by Lynn Woodland
Money has an immense potential for triggering scarcity fears, especially during times of collective economic scarcity. It becomes easy to blame the economy, which we can’t do anything about, for what’s happening to us personally.
As long as we approach money as a precious, limited resource, our experience of it will always be fraught with [...]
Can you imagine what your life would be like if you simply dropped your complaints?
The story is told about a woman Zen master named Sono who taught one very simple method of enlightenment. She advised everyone who came to her to adopt an affirmation to be said many times a day, under all conditions. The affirmation [...]
Now there’s no reason to leave anyone off your holiday baking list.
Enjoying special homemade desserts during the holiday season is a long-standing tradition, yet it can be frustrating at times. How can one possibly bake for everyone from a vegan friend to an aunt with food allergies? After all, healthful means different things to different people, and [...]
Pet health insurance is gaining momentum. It’s already common in the United Kingdom where 12 percent of pet owners use it as a hedge against rising vet bills spurred by increasingly sophisticated technology and treatment. Though available in the United States for decades, the practice only took off here five years ago when insurance reps [...]
Breathe Freely This Holiday
When the “to-do list” seems endless, making time to relax is easier said than done. But a recent Mayo Clinic report reminds us that relaxation shouldn’t be at the bottom of the list. Relaxing, after all, cuts daily stressors and has a restorative effect on body and mind.
Researchers suggest that we start [...]
Coming Together Turning Point in World Interfaith Dialogue An historic letter this year from 138 mainstream Muslim leaders to leaders of the world’s Christian churches is calling for a new era of peace and understanding. It expresses an urgent desire to defuse tensions between two faiths that together account for more than half of the [...]
The Benefits of Eco-Minded Gift Giving
Each week between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans collectively toss out an extra 2 billion pounds of garbage, reports Robert Lilienfeld, coauthor of Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are. That’s 25 percent more trash than during the rest of the year according to the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]
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