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Here’s an excerpt from the introduction of “Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes.” Some people are born with jagged edges–restless and discontent with volatile moods and intense emotions–explained author and professor Kay Redfield Jamison in an essay broadcast on NPR’s “This I Believe” series. And others emerged from…

I don’t know how the hell he does it. John McManamy. He thinks of things before I do. Like way before I do. And they are really good ideas! I really think I should have dedicated my book “Beyond Blue” to him because he’s plugging it more than I am! So here’s the deal. Check…

This Emotional Life's Robert Antonioni discusses his brother's suicide.

Photo © Marilynn Oliphant  I feel sorry for Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and bestselling author of “Stumbling on Happiness.” He is so good at everything that he has a hard time finding a suitable challenge. Alas, he has found one! The 52-year-old scientist whose work has been covered by every major media news outlet–from The…

Living Oprah? In essence, it's about living my Real Life. Not the Best Life that so many motivational writers and speakers try to sell me. My Real Life.

Here’s an inspirational poem by Marianne Williamson that touches on the topic of owning your own truth, something I am going to try to do in 2010. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most…

Pope Benedict XVI writes a beautiful reflection about the concept of “time” and about how the end of the year offers us hope, peace, and an opportunity for change and conversion: The year is ending. This means, as always, that we spend a few minutes in reflection. We draw up balance-sheets and make an effort…

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Mary Forsberg Weiland and Larkin Warren write a riveting book about mental illness.

During the Christmas season I will be quoting from “A Classic Christmas,” a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. God came to us because he wanted to join…
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