From the monthly archives:

January 2009

What is the ONE THING in Your Life?

By Mary Jaksch What is the one most important thing in your life? Can you answer without hesitation? I recently asked Cassandra, a friend of mine, and she immediately shot back the answer: “Horses!” (She is twelve years old and already an experienced rider with amazing talent). Maybe you also have something in your life [...]

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How to Make Life Spacious

By Mary Jaksch Does time seem to run faster and faster as you go through life? Sometimes time seems to zap by in a flash; at other times boring hours seem to go on and on for ever. Especially on Friday afternoons! If you look at your life, and especially at your work: do you [...]

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How to Slow Down Time or, Why Never Kiss a Frog

Photo bybadboy69 By Mary Jaksch Does time seem to run faster and faster as you go through life?  Sometimes time seems to zap by in a flash; at other times boring hours seem to go on and on for ever. Especially on Friday afternoons! If you look at your life, and especially at your work: [...]

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Why Less is More: Interview with Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

I’m delighted to present a conversation with my friend and colleague Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.net. As many of you know, Leo and I jointly run the writer’s blog Write to Done. Leo has just launched his new book The Power of Less which has already shot up the charts on Amazon.com.. 1. Mary: Leo, [...]

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Best of Goodlife ZEN in 2008

Happy New Year to all of you! Thanks for your readership in 2008 – I’ve really enjoyed continuing to develop Goodlife Zen and have appreciated your support and involvement. As we start into 2009, I thought it might be good to look back and see what were the top 12 most popular posts published on [...]

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