7 New Ways to Find Happiness

If you’re struggling with how to define your life beyond material goods, Deepak Chopra has seven ways for you to make the shift, once and for all, to a purpose-driven life and authentic happiness.

One of the most positive ways to live is to look on every obstacle as a hidden opportunity. This holiday season poses huge challenges for those among us who have lost their jobs or feel financially insecure. Even if you don’t fall into that category, the evening news brings worries on many fronts, from the deficit to terrorism. I’d like to propose that there is a common problem in all these things that you can turn into an opportunity.

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Detoxify Your Holiday, Detoxify Your Life!

The holidays can bring out the worst in us. Deepak Chopra has several simple and effective tips for focusing on the positives.

Two weeks ago, I offered suggestions on how to have an inspiring holiday season. Thinking about it later, I realized that there’s an even bigger opportunity this time of year. If you could use this whole month to find a basis for true happiness, wouldn’t that be the greatest blessing of all? Continue reading at Oprah.com

San Francisco Chronicle: Bringing Down Three False Gods

Is the American system due for a major overhaul?  Three recent crises have exposed major weaknesses in that system.  The economic bubble burst after decades of rising prosperity. Health care expenses have soared beyond reason. The military finds itself mired in two wars, even though we are told that a rocky recovery is underway, these crises are more fundamental than they appear. Three pillars of American life are cracking, along with the beliefs that hold them up. (more…)

How to Make Peace With Obama’s Speech

For someone who is often accused of trying to please everyone, including his avowed opponents, Present Obama’s Afghan speech managed to please almost no one. The left has grown more antiwar and in addition sees a potential Vietnam quagmire if the war goes really badly. The right wants a return to George Bush’s reckless militarism and jingoistic, inflammatory rhetoric, which Obama will never provide. In between these two polarities, the ordinary citizen is sick of the Afghan war and apprehensive about jobs and the deficit.
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