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1. Who Do You Turn To? In troubled times, who do you turn to? Do you talk to a friend, your spouse or significant other, or a family member? Perhaps you turn to your pastor, priest, rabbi or other religious figure. Others may have a professional therapist they talk to.... (posted by Barbara 3 years 86 days ago.)

2. Why Do You Eat? A Multiple Choice Test Question Why do you eat? Are you asking yourself, "Is this a trick question?" Or perhaps you're thinking, "The answer is obvious: because I get hungry!" While that may be the obvious answer, there are a significant number of people who eat for a variety of... (posted by Barbara 3 years 95 days ago.)

3. Loving Myself in 2009 I would like you to think about whether or not you agree with the following statements: 1. Guilt, blame, and anger are negative emotions. 2. Negative feelings and emotions can cause stress. 3. Stress takes it toll on your body. 4. Stress can make... (posted by Barbara 3 years 121 days ago.)

4. A Christmas Gift My daughter is visiting New York City with a friend of hers who has never been here before. The first night here, I had gotten stuck on a slippery slope and not one passer-by stopped to help us out. In all fairness to my fellow New Yorkers, it... (posted by Barbara 3 years 152 days ago.)

5. Forget About It! I'm not a native New Yorker, but New York City has been my home now for almost eight years. While the title of my column may suggest a topic about New Yorkers and their amazing expressive personalities or conjure up memories of that old television... (posted by Barbara 3 years 172 days ago.)

6. Two-Four-Six-Eight! Who Do We Appreciate? Remember an old cheer during high school that went something like this? Two-Four-Six-Eight! Who Do We Appreciate? ____________ ! ______________! (Fill in the name of your favorite team) What better time to chant this cheer than at... (posted by Barbara 3 years 184 days ago.)

7. My Cup Runneth Over In This Economy: 10 Positive Reasons Why When you think about the economic situation these days, how are you feeling? Are you feeling as if your glass is half-empty or half-full? Perhaps you're feeling as if your glass has broken! My glass is neither. I actually have a cup and it runneth... (posted by Barbara 3 years 212 days ago.)

8. I'm Not Worried: What About You? So many people these days have been worrying and talking about our economic troubles. If you turn on the television set and tune in to any news channel, you can certainly get a panic attack, if you're not careful! I have been and am making a... (posted by Barbara 3 years 231 days ago.)

9. Traveling with Barack Obama Do you travel with Barack Obama? I do! I happen to travel domestically quite often and usually pass through Detroit and Minneapolis airports when I do. There is always a layover at one of these airports, as I wait for my connecting flight. I spend... (posted by Barbara 3 years 231 days ago.)

10. Five Tips For Living a More Joyful Life Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and it may feel as if it couldn't possibly get any worse. When you are stressed, depressed, upset, or otherwise in a negative state of mind because you perceive that "bad things" keep happening to you, it is... (posted by Barbara 3 years 247 days ago.)

11. Escape "Finally he's asleep." His body suddenly jerked, half-awakened by the bed as she moved to her side. Frozen, she eyed the bedroom door in front of her with anxious anticipation. Her eyes fixated on the door in the darkness. "Not yet," she scolded... (posted by Barbara 3 years 337 days ago.)

12. On Being A Non-Custodial Mom For all mothers out there who have their children living with them, I hope you realize that being with your children daily is a tremendous pleasure and privilege that no one should take for granted. I know from personal experience as I am a... (posted by Barbara 4 years 14 days ago.)

13. Who Am I? In Chapter 7 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, author Eckhart Tolle suggests that people discover who they truly are after a process of discovering who they are not. Knowing who you are not typically happens after a loss, such as... (posted by Barbara 4 years 27 days ago.)

14. Breaking Free of The Pain-Body While author Eckhart Tolle suggests in Chapter 6 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," that "it takes no time at all" to become free of our identification with our pain-body (page 183), he also says that breaking free of our... (posted by Barbara 4 years 27 days ago.)

15. The Pain-Body: What We Carry With Us In Chapter 5 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "The energy field of old but still very much alive emotion that lives in almost every human being is the pain-body." --page 142 Our pain-bodies are the... (posted by Barbara 4 years 27 days ago.)

16. The Roles We Play in Relationships In Chapter 4 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "When you are completely identified with a role, you confuse a pattern of behavior with who you are, and you take yourself very seriously. You also... (posted by Barbara 4 years 27 days ago.)

17. Pretending To Be Necessary Reflections on Chapter 3 of "A New Earth" and the Online Class with Author Eckart Tolle & Oprah Winfrey There were so many parts of Chapter 3 of "A New Earth" that resonated with me that I found it difficult to decide what to write about here. I... (posted by Barbara 4 years 63 days ago.)

18. Am I Still Breathing? Reflections from Chapter 2: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Author Eckhart Tolle writes in Chapter 2 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose , "When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the... (posted by Barbara 4 years 63 days ago.)

19. My Five Moments: Reflections on "A New Earth" Online Class & Book On its premier night, I had trouble viewing the online class about "A New Earth" with author Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey due to technical difficulties. Like many who experienced the same, I was relieved to know that the class would be... (posted by Barbara 4 years 64 days ago.)

20. A New Earth: Reflections from My First Class As many of you know, tonight was the first class of the discussion of A New Earth on the web with the author, Eckhart Tolle and Oprah and about 380,000 people from around the world. I signed on at my assigned time of 8:40 ET and waited patiently... (posted by Barbara 4 years 82 days ago.)

21. An Open Mind Today someone told me that I am a really open person. This was in response to a conversation we were having about my views on interracial relationships, cultures different from my own, people from different religions and my work. Being in the... (posted by Barbara 4 years 105 days ago.)

22. Spinach, Broccoli, Beets & Cauliflower: Tips For Getting Your Kids to Eat Those Vegetables Do you struggle with getting your children to eat those healthy vegetables? Here are ten tips I found to be successful in raising two children who now eat most vegetables, regularly have soup and salads with their meals and are open to new foods.... (posted by Barbara 4 years 126 days ago.)

23. 25 Easy Things You Can Do To Make The World a Little Greener Are you looking for some quick ideas on how to be more environmentally friendly this year? Here are 25 easy ways to make a positive impact on the planet, without making a noticeable impact on your wallet. 1. Replace incandescent bulbs with... (posted by Barbara 4 years 133 days ago.)

24. Airline Delays: From A Child's Point of View On my recent flight back from Iowa to New York, I sat on an airport runway in a small plane, along with 49 other passengers. There were at least two infants on the plane, plus several young children. Since it was the day after Christmas, most... (posted by Barbara 4 years 146 days ago.)

25. Doing The Blitz As a mother of two daughters, I can relate to what never seems to be an endless chore of picking up. When my children were little and I was passing time waiting in a doctor's office, I read an article in a magazine about the concept of playing a... (posted by Barbara 4 years 146 days ago.)