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Sara Shereen Bakhshian of Beliefnet interviewed Khaled Hosseini about his blockbuster novel, “The Kite Runner,” the new movie, his faith and values, and about Islam in Afghanistan. To get to the interview click here. Below are some excerpts: The movie adaptation of the blockbuster 2003 novel “The Kite Runner” arrives in theaters Dec. 14, and…

At Group Beyond Blue on Beliefnet’s Community site, Beyond Blue member Kylinda launched a discussion on being a newbie to the site. Here is what she said: I don’t feel like there’s anyone I can talk to without being a drain and a drag. Everyone in my family thinks I’m the strong one. I keep…

Join the interesting thread of discussion called “Stigma Buster” by going to Group Beyond Blue’s page on Beliefnet Community. And we’re up to 133 members!

Today’s interview with artist, psychotherapist, and writer David J. Bookbinder couldn’t be better timed, because I had just read Kay Redfield Jamison’s introductory remarks to the Inaugural Arts and Psychiatry Series held by The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center (where I, of course, was treated). Jamison, one of my very favorite authors (because she seems…

This group is about using art as a means to healing and transformation on both the individual and global levels. Please share your art and your stories, thoughts, and feelings. How has art — in the broadest sense of the term — influenced your life, either as creator or consumer?

This group provides an opportunity to participate in the creation of a book of 52 Flower Mandalas and related work. Please contribute any comments, quotes, or creative responses (writing, images, music) you have to the Flower Mandala images that are posted on the Flower Mandalas blog on Beliefnet.com. Thanks for listening and sharing.

Beyond Blue reader Kay e-mailed me just before Christmas to ask me to address panic and anxiety. I feel blessed to have had a few months now without that dreadful knot in your stomach—actually I think of it as more of a croissant (it’s French and has attitude). But, oh, I know that feeling all…

Here is an excerpt from Max Lucado on how to let go of anxiety. Warning: it’s a tad simplistic. It doesn’t address the biological component of anxiety at all and therefore is somewhat unauthentic. But I do like his reminder of going to God with our worry. For the full excerpt, click here. The burlap…

Speaking of Kay, I don’t know if I am the only one who caught this comment of hers of the message board of my post “Video: O Holy Night”: Merry christmas to you, Therese, and all BB readers and writers.? I have experienced rare moments of peace and happiness. I hope you have, too. It…

Thanks once more to Beyond Blue reader Larry Parker who obviously reads the newspaper and online sources more than I do. If you’ve ever wandered what, exactly, Tom Cruise believes, here is your chance to find out! I tried to embed the video into Beyond Blue, but wasn’t able to. So click here to go…
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