Archive for January, 2012

• 7 Lessons from a Broken Heart

  Posted on 01.30.12 | 15 Comments

  
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  Editor’s Note: Even though this story contains life lessons from a broken heart (a painful break up), its lessons are applicable to many other life situations. I highly recommend reading this, even if you are not going through a broken heart.

  By guest contributor Kayla Albert

  “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
  brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” ~Charles R. Swindoll

  Nine months ago, as I carted my meager belongings into my parents house–a move that was supposed to be temporary–my world came crashing down. It was an apocalypse I was anything but prepared for.

  After envisioning a walk down the aisle, my relationship of six years came to a screeching, and quite unexpected, halt. My heart was broken. I lost several freelance jobs I had come to count on, and my already shaky income became non-existent. Worst of all, I endured a blow to my self esteem that left me curled up on the couch unable to do anything more than sleep and sob.
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• The Power of Rituals

  Posted on 01.23.12 | 4 Comments

  
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  Editor’s Note: This is a story by guest contributor Jordan Alam

  “The more I broaden my interpretation of what can be called a ritual, the more I find them, and find myself creating them in my life.” ~Lisa Weiner

  I was sitting with my therapist in the midst of college finals. It was one of our last sessions together before I would return home for the long summer vacation. It stunned me that my sophomore year at college was coming to an end. Where had the time gone?

  “I feel like it’s too soon,” I told her, “Like I’ve worked through all these changes, and now it has to come to an end. It’s strange, but I almost don’t want to leave anymore.”

  She looked me in the eye. We both knew I had gone through a hard semester, both academically and socially. That year, I met my biological parents for the first time, reconnected with family in a country 14 hours away, and lost myself in working too much and sleeping too little. I had contemplated not returning to school or taking off time the next year. It was surprising to both of us that I might actually be enjoying my time there—right when it was about to end.
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• Simplify Your Life This Year

  Posted on 01.16.12 | 6 Comments

  
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  By TSN Contributor Rajiv Vij

  This is the season for resolutions. I reckon you have considered one or two yourself.

  Unfortunately, as the year progresses, most New Years resolution tend to fall by the wayside and end up as mere intents.

  Here’s an insightful approach towards creating a life that’s not only happier and more fulfilling, but one that also automatically responds to your most meaningful resolutions.
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• How to Live

  Posted on 01.08.12 | 15 Comments

  
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  By Cat Li Stevenson

  “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and
  paints his own nature into his pictures.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

  “Okay, let’s say life is a blank canvas. Anything you want. What would you paint, babe?” I asked my husband.

  There was a brief pause. He grabbed a few Almond Rocas off the kitchen counter, made his way to the couch, and then sat there … like a happy, modern Buddha.

  He responded, “I don’t think about what to paint, I think about how to paint.”

  Irritation quickly spread throughout my entire body. Regardless of the Zen reading and Vipassana training I had been doing, that was not the response I’d anticipated. (read more…)

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