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Simple Acts of Kindness

Kindness rocks. In all its forms be it big or small, random or planned, from strangers or loved ones. As I paddle through life right now it's more on the kayaking through choppy water side than canoeing on a placid lake. Interesting, challenging, ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  New York Islanders,  Ralph Macchio

Optimism Plus Action Equals Balance

Previously I've written about the upside and downside to positive thinking. And while positivity and negativity might be polar opposites, combining optimism with action can lead to finding a balance between the extremes. Positive thinking presents a ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Bright Sided: When Positive Thinking Becomes a Tool of Repression

Although I've not yet read the book and have just read reviews and seen interviews with the author, I think Ehrenreich raises some important points. While positive thinking and optimism can provide for greater happiness and a sense of well-being it can ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joel Osteen

BlogHers Sell Their Stuff and Hit The Road

As I've been in the process of moving and putting most of my stuff into storage I've fantasized about getting rid of all my stuff so I could be unbound. It's a tempting idea but, as I thought, it is kind of time consuming and somewhat harder that it ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Park Service,  General Motors

Will You Watch "What I Hate About Me?"

I read this article about a new show that will debut in January and my head exploded. I was IM'ing with a friend when I read about and decided that ranting to her alone was not enough. I had to share this nugget with you, dear BlogHer community and see ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Laila Ali,  Joey Fatone

Taking Responsibility for Creating Our Lives

Between the economy and the recent tragic deaths at a retreat, I've been thinking quite a bit lately about personal responsibility. It is easy and seemingly soothing to blame our problems and difficult circumstances on others or forces beyond our ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: VH1,  Master P

After 3 Sweat Lodge Deaths, Examining the Self-Help Industry

The deaths of James Shore, Kirby Brown and Liz Neuman have raised many questions about James Arthur Ray's business and spiritual practices as well as self-help/new age movements more broadly. Ray is probably best known for his appearances in the movie " ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: James Arthur Ray,  Liz Neuman,  Twitter Inc

Seizing Opportunities for Personal Reinvention

One of the simultaneously scary and exciting things about moving and purging is the opportunity it creates for personal reinvention. What can feel like the ground falling away beneath you can actually be space opening up around you for your ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rachel Ashwell,  Liz Claiborne, Inc.,  Shabby Chic,  New York Times Company,  Eric Wilson

Contimplating The Radical: Could I Give Up (Nearly) Everything I Own?

As I prepare to move from my home but not having yet identified my new one, I am seriously contemplating what I will place into storage and what I will let go of rather than pay to house in anticipation of future use and enjoyment. A number of thoughts ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  17 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Iowa

Opening Up My Personal Time Capsule

Like BlogHer CE Zandria, I'm preparing to move. Way back in January I vowed I was on a mission. October is here and I am finally actually moving. Part of my mission involved getting around to unpacking boxes I have moved around the country with me for ...

From MARIA NILES, BlogHer,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Alanis Morissette,  Bruce Springsteen

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