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Family + Friends
Elizabeth Gilbert, Part 2 Follow Your Passion
Women define themselves often in relationships to other people. This is the source of the conflict. This is why it can be so troubling when women love because women tend to love and to give everything.
So what you want, when it stands in opposition to what your family might need or what your husband or parents might want, this can cause a great deal of trouble for women...
Read MoreThe 6 Hidden Blessings Of Being Single
By Maud Purcell
Does the phrase “single and satisfied” sound like an oxymoron? For all too many women, it does. Our movies, books and songs often promote the notion that being single equals being alone and lonely.
News flash: Being single doesn’t have to mean feeling unfulfilled or lonely. As a practicing psychotherapist, I have clients...
Health + Fitness
10 Ways To Nourish Your Heart
By Cindy Geyer, M.D.
What are you wishing for this Valentine’s Day? Chocolates? Flowers? How about a healthier heart?
With heart disease as the leading health issue facing women, especially over the age of 55, it’s clear this vital organ isn’t getting the attention it deserves. So what better time to start showing your heart a little love than Valentine’s Day?...
Read MoreThe Health Rules You Can Break
If you're feeling overwhelmed by all the health studies and health "rules" out there, fear not. Dr. Susan Love and Dr. Alice Domar, both health experts, tell us in their new book, Live a Little! Breaking the Rules Won't Break Your Health, that you may be doing just fine -- even if you're not getting 8 hours of sleep a night or an hour of exercise every day.
Here, the doctors explain why you can stop worrying and start to "live a little..."
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Architects of Change
Are We Ready For a Female President?
Why has the U.S. never elected a female president? In her new book, Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win, Anne Kornblut, a Washington Post correspondent to the White House, examines this question.
"In theory, everybody is ready to vote for a woman for president. And certainly Clinton got 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. But when it comes to actual candidates..."
Read Moremothers2mothers My Quest to Save Lives
By Robin Smalley
I was 48, a mother, wife and TV producer accustomed to phone calls from Robin Leach, beckoning me to adventurous, exotic places. But in 2004 a series of tragedies brought me together with Mitch, a man working with HIV-positive mothers in South Africa...
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Tip of Day
96"Don't torture yourself about not having a 'balanced' life. Balance isn't something you achieve in a day or a week - it takes years!"
PEGGY NORTHROP Editor-in-Chief, More Magazine
Work + Money
How to Make LinkedIn Work for You
By Wendy Brache
Recently, you’ve begun to pay more attention to your online presence. You’ve Googled yourself. You’ve joined social networks. You may have even started your own blog. Now what? How do you maximize the benefits of your online network?...
Seven Seconds To Make a First Impression
By Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D.
Picture this: You're at a conference, meeting or social event, and you turn to the stranger standing next to you. She turns to face you and in seven seconds you've already decided whether you like her and whether she is competent, confident, and trustworthy. Sure, your opinion may change once you get to know the person better, but that first impression will always linger...
Life Balance
The Everest Principle Reach Your Peak Performance in Life
By Stephen Brewer, M.D. & Peggy Holt Wagner, LPC, CTRS “Peak Performance” -- a term used to denote maximizing your health or abilities to the highest level possible – often refers to elite athletes, but that doesn’t always have to be the case. Everyone has the potential to incorporate the concept of peak performance into their life...
Learn to Be A Master of Change
By M.J. Ryan We live in a very uncertain time, and our bodies and minds pay the price. Stress levels and anxiety are, according to some scientists, 44% higher today than they were 50 years ago. None of us know what the future holds, but there is something we can do right now to better prepare for unpredictable situations: develop the ability to adapt. "AdaptAbility" may be the key indicator of success in these turbulent times...