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The latest in several studies on how meditation affects the brain (and thus our lives) found that meditators’ noggins actually have more gray matter in certain areas than non-meditators. According to Dr. Belleruth Naparstek, those spots are associated with “emotional regulation and response control.” She adds that this “might account for meditators’ singular abilities to cultivate positive emotions,…

Chynna Phillips, daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, is putting out a tribute album to dads. On it she and a bunch of other offspring of famous father musicians are singing covers. It comes out June 2nd (only on iTunes) and Jen Chapin sings Harry Chapin’s “Cats in the Cradle;” Salvador Santana does his dad’s “Evil…

Like listening to breakup songs when you’ve been dumped, hearing songs about rain while it’s coming down make you feel less alone. They can even remind us that rain is kind of beautiful. Here are some of my favorites! Click here to check out some of my favorite songs about rain!

From the incredibly inspriring graduation speech by Paul Hawken given last week at the University of Portland: “There is invisible writing on the back of the diploma you will receive, and in case you didn’t bring lemon juice to decode it, I can tell you what it says: YOU ARE BRILLIANT, AND THE EARTH IS…
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