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Color Me Calm: Grownups De-Stress with Adult Coloring Books

Feb 29, 2016 04:54PM ● By Avery Mack

We don’t have to be kids to once again take up coloring pages of inviting graphics that induce calm, improve fine motor skills and enhance our creativity.

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The Power of Friendship: It Sustains, Nourishes and Supports Us

Jan 29, 2016 11:43AM ● By Judith Fertig

True friendships transcend age and time, come in many flavors and make for happy and healthy lives.

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Seeing Change: Young Children Can Unlearn Racial Stereotyping

Jan 29, 2016 11:07AM

Using morphed photographs of African and Asian faces, researchers have reduced the differentiating response of toddlers to foreign racial groups.

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Deep Listening: Our Wholehearted Attention Is Our Greatest Gift

Jan 29, 2016 11:07AM ● By Kay Lindahl

How often do we really listen to another? Yet listening deeply opens up vistas of creativity and healing in ourselves and others.

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Key Signs We’re Approaching a Defining Moment

Dec 29, 2015 06:37PM ● By Dennis Merritt Jones

Significant events in life—often unplanned and painful ones—inspire us to dig deeper into their potential to move us toward authentic wholeness.

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Unique Character: Sesame Street Addresses Autism

Dec 29, 2015 05:23PM

Creators of the popular kids’ puppet show are consulting with autism groups in creating a new autistic kid-character named Julia.

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Puppy Cuddles: Students De-Stress by Petting Dogs

Dec 29, 2015 05:23PM

Thoughtful British universities are providing “puppy rooms” to help students make it through exam anxiety.

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OM MBA: Eastern Practices Penetrate U.S. Corporate Culture

Dec 29, 2015 05:23PM

To boost employee productivity, morale and health, corporations as diverse as Aetna, Google and General Mills now supply courses on meditation and yoga.

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Autism Spurs Creative Thinking: Inventive Minds at Work

Dec 29, 2015 05:22PM

People with autism, asked to devise fresh uses for mundane objects, came up with more original and creative ideas than those in a control group.

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Awakening to Spirit: Prayer and Meditation Heal and Free Us

Nov 30, 2015 11:25AM ● By Richard Davenport

By penetrating to the core of our true identity through spiritual practices, we open the door to vast expanses of peace, healing and joy.

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