30th September 2009
by Joe Calloway,
Author of Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison
Very often, great companies become even greater when a crisis forces the decision to go. There's a tremendous sense of clarity a...
07th September 2009
By Julie Lange,
Author of Life Between Falls: A Travelogue Through Grief and the Unexpected
After my 16-year-old son Justin died, I learned that some journeys can only be made on foot, and grieving is one of them. You can't fly across it to avoid touc...
15th May 2009
By Steve Luxenberg,
Author of Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret
I am not a genealogist. I am a storyteller.
The difference? Well, I’ll tell you a story.
In the spring of 2006, I was racing against a loudly-ticking generational clock...
15th May 2009
By Joanne Kimes and R.J. Colleary with Rebecca Rutledge, PhD,
Authors of Teenagers Suck: What to do when missed curfews, texting, and "Mom can I have the keys?" make you miserable
As we all know and regret deeply, kids aren't born with instruction manua...
05th May 2009
By Larry Dossey, M.D.,
Author of The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
"If people have the ability to sense the future, why aren't they rich?" This is one of the most frequent questions I've been asked by readers of my bo...
05th May 2009
By Larry Dossey, M.D.,
Author of The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
Spirituality involves an awareness of being connected with something greater than the individual ego or self. This "something greater" has tradition...
05th May 2009
By Michael DeJong,
Author of Clean Body:The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing Yourself
"It is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey."
--E. Cobham Brewer
Although the fine folks in Roslyn, South Dakota hold an International Vinegar Festiva...
02nd May 2009
By Rona Sharon,
Author of Royal Blood
I am often asked, "What sort of research went into your story to bring it to life so vividly?"
The truth is months or even years of research. If I do not acquaint myself with the ins and outs of the periods I wri...
01st May 2009
By Paul & Tracey McManus,
Authors of The 7 Great Prayers: For a Lifetime of Hope and Blessings
Lost jobs. Lost homes. Lost hope.
It's in the headlines, it's on the news, and it's in our day-to-day conversations with people we care about: family, frie...
01st May 2009
By Marc Blatte,
Author of Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed: A Novel
I started writing songs when I was seventeen. This was in the Sixties when life seemed like one opportunity after another, waiting to be fulfilled. I played in a band, and we did original son...
01st May 2009
by Jennifer Worth,
Author of The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Nonnatus House was situated in the heart of the London Docklands. The practice covered Stepney, Limehouse, Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, Cubitt Town, Poplar, Bow, Mile End ...
01st May 2009
by Jennifer Worth,
Author of The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
The cot is ready. A good size washing bowl is available, and gallons of hot water are being boiled downstairs. There is no running hot water in the house and I wonder how...
01st May 2009
by Laura Berman Fortgang,
Author of The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It
It starts as tightness in the upper solar plexus. Then it starts to droop like the top of an ice cream cone on a hundred-degree day, eventually melting o...
23rd April 2009
By Laura Berman Fortgang,
Author of The Little Book on Meaning
It's long been assumed that motherhood brings meaning to our lives. We guide, love, nurture and support our offspring and sometimes feel appreciated in return -- all elements that can fuel...
23rd April 2009
by Carole Lynne,
Author of Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World
We must be open to many levels of reality and ways of looking at reality. Theology, science, history, archeology, and psychology have all been trying to discover the truth about...
