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The Dalai Lama’s Big Little Secret

What’s your favorite thing about the Dalai Lama? His cute little smile? His snappy outfits? His unrelenting efforts in the areas of human rights and world peace? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for world peace. But I just discovered something about the Dalai Lama that’s more amazing than that. Check it out: I recently [...]

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The One Thing That Won’t Be Perfect About Your Soul Mate

Do you believe in soul mates? If so, do you have a vision of what yours looks like? Perhaps you’re married to your soul mate, so you have a perfectly clear visual. Or maybe you have an image of your ideal mate, but you have yet to meet. Or you already met, but it didn’t [...]

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How to Use Magic in Your Everyday Life

Remember the show Bewitched? Who was your favorite character? Was it Endora, the campy, bee-atchy elder witch? Or Darren – the guy who was so cool, he had to be played by two different actors over the course of the series? Or how about Gladys Kravitz, the nosy next-door neighbor who was always catching an [...]

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My Pet-Sitting Disaster: What I Lost and What I Found

When you agree to pet-sit for a friend, there are three basic assumptions to be made: 1) You will feed the pet. 2) You will keep the pet safe. 3) You will do your best to keep the pet alive until your friend returns. No problem, right? Piece of cake, right? So why was it [...]

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Want to Be an Artist? Here’s the One Thing You Need to Know.

First things first: Whether you realize it or not, you’re an artist. Yes, you. I don’t care if you can’t carry a note. Or if your paintings look like they were drawn by a kindergartner. With her eyes closed. You’re an artist. Wanna know how I know? I’ll tell you in a minute. When I [...]

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Wanna Make Your Life Better? Try the “Magic 5″!!

If you took an inventory of your life, what would you find? Are there areas that are totally hunky dory? And how about train wrecks – are there any of those? I like to think that my life is train-wreck-free, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes my trains get seriously wrecked. Or life wrecks [...]

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­­Speaking of Bomb Shelters, Did I Tell You What Happened to Our House?

When was the last time you were humiliated? How about mortified? For me, my last moment of mortification was just a few short weeks ago. It went like this: A neighbor of ours was standing in front of our home. She was walking her dog and had paused to stop and stare at our house. [...]

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What to Do If You’re Not Manifesting What You Want

Have you ever been frustrated by affirmations and visualizations? Has your manifesting mojo ever been seriously stymied? You know the drill: You affirm it. You visualize it. You cut out little pictures from magazines and plaster them all over your face. Okay, not your face, but your wall. And your mirror. And the dashboard of [...]

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Three Little Words That Will Set You Free

How are you doing? It sounds so innocuous, doesn’t it? It’s right up there with What’s new? and What’s happening? All these questions require a reply, preferably one of a short, definitive nature: Fine. It’s going great. Super. Thanks for asking.  As if. Here in America, we love snappy replies. We want everything to be [...]

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Wanna Feel Better Fast? Try This!

What do you do when you’re feeling crappy? If you’re like me, you have a variety of techniques to feel better, some of which work and some of which don’t. In the past, food – especially sugar – was my favorite quick-fix. Never mind that it made me feel worse afterwards, I convinced myself that [...]

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