From the monthly archives:

February 2011

A Simple Guide to Mindfulness Meditation

By Mary Jaksch Mindfulness meditation is a simple and effective way to meditate. Whether you want to become calmer, be more present, or simply become grounded, mindfulness meditation will help you. How long should you meditate for? If this is your first experience of meditation, just meditate for short periods of time, maybe 5 to [...]

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Can Compassion Become the New Civic Virtue?

By Mary Jaksch Compassion has a bad rap. Well, maybe not bad, but at least squishy. It’s equated with weakness, with saccharine spirituality, with turning the other cheek instead of fighting back, with heroic self-sacrifice too good to be true, with feel-good stories stuck right at the end of news casts. But what if we [...]

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Why Meditation Improves Brain Power

By Mary Jaksch If you meditate regularly, you’ll know that even a short meditation in the mornings has the power to improve the way you experience your whole day. Not only will you feel more peaceful and relaxed, you’ll also be more alert, feel more positive, and have a greater sense of empathy. That’s why [...]

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Want More Love In Your Life? Find Your Passion First

A guest post by Barrie Davenport of Live Bold and Bloom. What would you do to find more love in your life? Here’s a little story about the power of love that has led us to this very day — Valentine’s Day. In the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Lupercian Festival was held every [...]

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Work – Life Balance? A New Point of View

By Mary Jaksch Do you find it difficult to balance work and life? I do. Mainly because I don’t have a clear idea of where life ends and work starts. I love writing, and I love teaching people – is that work or life? On the other hand, I’ve recently made sure I schedule time [...]

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New Habit on a Slide? This Three-Point Strategy Will Get You Back on Track

By Mary Jaksch Did you make a resolution to start a new habit a while ago? Maybe you were determined to start exercising, lose weight, get up early, stop smoking, start meditating, and so on. What happened – did you manage to establish a new habit? Or is your new habit on a downward slide [...]

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How to Start Over: 3 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

By Mary Jaksch Here are three inspiring stories by Goodlife ZEN readers. Each one of them had to start over and struggle through a new beginning.  If you are contemplating a change to your life, read these stories. They will show you that it’s never too late to follow your passion and win out. Tess [...]

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