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Here’s an article about Beliefnet.com from yesterday’s USAToday, featuring a photo of Steven Waldman, my husband (usually referred to here as “Mr. Chattering”).

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Do you gleefully register for meditation workshops, show up on time, take notes in a pretty new notebook, and then PROMPTLY FALL ASLEEP when that all-important guided meditation begins? Please have no shame! Others are snoring beside you. In the last year, I’ve been to two workshops where sleepy people had the courage to raise…

Here are some nice segments from Deepak Chopra’s new call-in show on Sirius Satellite Radio. One caller asks how she can honor her body’s need for peace while she’s working a high-stress job. You can also catch a snippet of his marvelous heart meditation with mantra “So Hum,” and repetition of the phrase, “Thy will…

Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty is a hugely exciting effort. And you’ll be amazed at how an ordinary looking woman is turned into a bionic, completely fake billboard star in this new commercial, “Evolution.” Makeup artists, hairdressers, fashion stylists, photographers, and computer software programs are all necessary to give cover girls their exaggerated beauty. The…

Homeopathy. Natural child birth. Osteopathy. Charter schools. Home school. Whole foods. Positive parenting. Protecting the earth. If you’re a mother and these words or phrases light your fire, you’re probably a proud “holistic mom.” Good news! Now, there’s a growing national network of holistic moms communicating with each other daily at HolisticMoms.org. Watch a video…

Be sure to click around and notice Beliefnet.com’s fabulous redesign. You’ll find easier navigation, a cleaner look, and so many more ways to interact with our spiritual, religious, and inspirational content. There’s also a new section for you spiritual-but-not-religious folks, “Holistic Spirituality,” as well as an expanded yoga page. Refinements are ongoing. Your reactions are…

You’ve ironed leaves in wax paper. But have you tried to make roses from leaves? Pretty, don’t you think? And this could be the perfect weekend to make this autumnal craft project. [via Haha.nu]

“Sincerely yours,” wasn’t working. So I started to end my emails to everybody with a “Best.” But then “Best” began to align itself with “Cheers,” which feels like a perfunctory kiss-off. So I shifted to “Fondly.” I never flirted with “Warm regards.” “Fondly” is fine. “Very fondly,” might be better. But then, as I became…

“There hasn’t been a battle between the sexes,” says Warren Farrell, author of “Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say.” “There’s been a war in which only one side has shown up. Men’s cowardice has prevented them from showing up because they’re so addicted to female sexuality.” This quote is from Jennifer Armstrong’s article “Men…
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