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May 2008
- 14: Memory training for increasing brainpower
- 14: Does school encourage or limit us?
- 12: Living with extreme mental states
- 10: Novelist Heather Thomas on trophy wives
- 10: Resetting our happiness set point
- 10: Is it a disorder, or just shyness?
- 06: Maggie Gyllenhaal on the emotional challenges of acting
- 03: Valerie Young on the Expert Trap
- 03: Our fascination with teen sexuality
- 29: Eckhart Tolle on the dimension within
- 29: Solitude or connection to create?
- 25: Jamie Lee Curtis on Getting Older
- 21: Promoting awareness about childhood sensitivity
- 20: Helen Mirren on miserable self obsession
- 19: More aware of our inner entities
- 15: Eric Maisel on meaning and criticism
- 11: Jim Rohn on emotion and change
- 05: Machismo and Melancholy
- 29: Eckhart Tolle on Self-esteem and Ego
- 20: Eckhart Tolle on seeking and purpose
- 16: Making Good Use of Depression
- 08: Jack Canfield on how thinking can sabotage us
- 01: Embracing our positive abnormality
- 25: Keeping positive about our darker edges
- 16: Genius: inborn or mostly hard work?
- 13: Eric Maisel on investing meaning in our art
- 08: Where do we get inspiration and what do we do with it?
- 02: Interview with Eric Maisel on meaning and depression, by Janet Riehl
- 31: Dealing with fears using The Sedona Method
- 26: Living authentically takes guts
- 22: Jim Rohn on Doing the Remarkable
- 18: Bill Harris on formal operational thinking
- 14: Sopan Greene on inner growth beyond personality
- 11: It takes more than talent
- 05: Sonia Choquette on the wisdom of our intuition
- 03: Self-esteem: what’s so good about it?
- 26: Oliver Sacks on music and the brain
- 22: Bill Harris on cognitive development
- 20: Protect Yourself at Dysfunctional Family Gatherings
- 11: Feeding our spirituality with fantasy films
- 30: Punishing and sabotaging ourselves
- 28: Susan Smalley: ADHD is beneficial to humanity
- 25: Living more fully without so much inner static
- 24: Stammering as an opportunity
- 21: The upside of our dysfunctions
- 10: Eric Maisel on emotional mastery
- 09: The power of subconscious thinking
- 06: Hiding Behind a Mask
- 31: Don’t mess with my brain
- 30: Being too nice for our own good
- 28: Slow down, you move too fast
- 26: PJ Harvey: Keep moving into unknown territory
- 20: Adult ADD - chaos and creativity
- 16: Making meaning with the help of therapy and self exploration
- 11: Tripping ourselves up with blind spots
- 08: Creative expression and identity
- 07: Being creative non-conformists
- 06: Creating without angst
- 06: The Montessori philosophy can help us adults
- 01: James Ray on motivation
- 29: Deanne Repich on dealing with anxiety
- 29: Iris Marie Bloom on personal growth ideas in Positive Psychology
- 29: Carol Dweck on the growth mindset
- 29: Alan Alda on a life of meaning
- 22: Artists need to be outsiders
- 20: Creativity to fend off madness
- 18: Robert Maurer on the basics of positive psychology
- 16: Terrence Howard on growing as an artist and a person
- 13: Adventure and challenge and seeking
- 11: Jack Canfield on staying real and being successful
- 08: Restlessness and Jagged Edges
- 07: Dyslexia can be an asset
- 01: Knowing ourselves - what is that about?
- 31: Forgiving ourselves
- 29: Owen Wilson highlights mental health challenges of talented people
- 29: Lisa Nichols on authoring the new pages of your life
- 25: National Heritage Award recipient Sidiki Conde
- 25: Hale Dwoskin on getting more by letting go
- 24: Finding our deep reservoirs of ability
- 22: Living a more balanced life
- 20: Masi Oka on intelligence and expectations and stereotyping
- 18: Sinead O’Connor renews her mental health and her creativity
- 18: Alan Alda on being a nervous wreck - and liking it
- 16: Eric Maisel on distraction addiction
- 14: Keeping the turmoil in your art - not your spirit
- 13: Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler on success & intelligence
- 13: Joan Chittister: our souls grow in increments and insights
- 11: Jennifer Capriati on her depression, and searching for positiveness
- 10: Dancing with our unconscious
- 08: Can we do self-improvement too much?
- 06: Conforming sucks
- 04: Are you using TV to grow - or as a sedative?
- 03: All of our life story is our gift, the positive and not so positive
- 31: Ingmar Bergman on mastering anxiety, depicting joy
- 30: Jim Rohn on the great challenge: to become more than you are
- 29: Creating accesses our emotions - both light and dark
- 28: A great artist can come from any background
- 28: Thoughts are just thoughts
- 27: Celebrity and narcissism
- 24: Being an outsider can be a building block of excellence
- 23: Deepak Chopra on healthy longevity
- 22: Our inner map of reality
- 18: Harry Potter and positive psychology
- 16: Brad Swift on happiness and living with purpose
- 15: Artists and activists in a time of war
- 14: What is being happy?
- 13: Fear and being creative
- 12: Depression and creative people
- 11: The inspiration of Einstein
- 07: Collaborating with our shadow side
- 07: Musician Becky Stark on making a difference
- 04: Does life have to be Boot Camp?
- 04: Creative collaboration
- 30: Can being unrealistic about ourselves be good?
- 30: Too much pursuit of happiness?
- 30: The A.P.E. Method to Get Out of a Bad Mood
- 26: Ready to be extraordinary
- 23: Emotional intelligence and/or high IQ
- 18: Some saw me as a person with rare insight, others thought I was crazy.
- 17: Where are the teen role models?
- 15: Anxious thinking about our abilities
- 15: Eric Maisel on art career burnout
- 13: Hoon Lee: One form of creative expression informs the other
- 12: On changing your thinking for the better
- 11: Playing stupid isn’t cute
- 09: Multitasking - or optimal performance
- 06: Planning to change
- 05: Louise Bourgeois: a balance between extremes
- 05: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
- 04: Nurturing creativity in solitude
- 02: Judith Orloff on attracting positive people, situations
- 02: Do we have to keep declining?
- 01: Kevin Spacey on believing in your talent
- 31: Women In Art video
- 30: Limiting ourselves with self-judgment
- 28: Filling your time with meaning
- 28: The ‘model minority’ push to achieve tied to depression
- 28: Elisabeth Shue on doing the work to pursue excellence
- 27: Harvard research: We can think ourselves younger and healthier
- 26: Queen Latifah on being authentic
- 26: Creative thinking without thinking
- 25: How we talk about ourselves may keep us afraid to be ourselves
- 24: Samantha Larson: Climbing Everest was one big challenge
- 23: Ashley Judd and working in creative flow
- 23: A “Beginner’s Mind” Approach to Prosperity
- 23: Anna Paquin and others on realizing multiple talents
- 21: Can relationships limit us?
- 18: Jim Rohn and others on attitude
- 16: Miranda July on creating versus the urge for fame
- 15: Margaret Lobenstine on Renaissance Souls
- 15: Robert Epstein on the teen brain
- 14: I fought the medication because I liked my creativity
- 14: Freedom from Self-Improvement Day
- 14: Art can induce a calm state of mind
- 12: Positive Psychology News May 11
- 10: Jody Williams on Making it better
- 09: Many talented people use or abuse drugs
- 08: Who Do You Think You Are?
- 05: Two child screwups: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling
- 05: What is power and being empowered?
- 03: Telling ourselves stories - true and not so true
- 01: Can self-doubt be a good thing?
- 27: It’s okay to look inside
- 25: Judy Swank and her daughter Hilary on courage
- 24: What is our rush?
- 19: Janet Fitch on using the deep parts in writing
- 17: Einstein and other non-conformists
- 15: Paul Pearsall, Ph.D. on The Beethoven Factor
- 14: Jim Rohn on self-direction
- 14: Kurt Vonnegut: This guesser or that one
- 12: The Secret and spirituality
- 11: Hypnosis and achievement
- 11: Growing from painful times into creative ventures
- 09: John Eliot, PhD on exceptional performance
- 09: Actor Hugh Laurie on feeling overwhelm
- 07: Being a fool
- 07: Self-tests
- 06: Warren Buffett as artist
- 05: James Arthur Ray on the science of success
- 04: Arianna Huffington on taking control of our negative self-talk
- 03: On being restless with jagged edges
- 03: Halle Berry on changing and evolving
- 02: The emotional challenges of writing dark material
- 01: Music as a transformative power
- 31: Creativity and contradictions
- 31: Being cynical
- 30: Actors Fonda, Wood, Kidman on being shy
- 30: Michael Angier on The Secret: It’s not some hocus pocus..
- 29: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on celebrity
- 28: Welcoming your power
- 26: Embracing aging - and creatively thriving
- 24: Our comfort zone can be dangerous
- 23: Being what you truly are
- 23: Does rejection defeat you or fuel you?
- 22: Being weird works
- 21: Joss Stone on making a mark
- 21: Energizing our endeavors with purpose and passion
- 19: Being a parent of gifted kids
- 18: Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 17: Some of filmmaker Mira Nair’s perspectives
- 17: The science of feeling good
- 15: Both intellect and spirit
- 15: More than conscious thinking in The Secret
- 14: Growing a false self
- 14: Does being hypomanic help entrepreneurs?
- 14: Virginia Madsen on intention, health and longevity
- 13: Aging and being authentic
- 12: Keeping the inner critic on our side
- 06: Writing with archetypes
- 05: Is your path taking you where you want?
- 03: Does feeling like a failure mean we are failures?
- 01: Can self-esteem distort our personal development?
- 27: Self-esteem and expressing our talents
- 26: Alan Arkin: Stop looking outside yourself for validation
- 25: Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Mostly.
- 23: Marketing the metaphysics of personal development
- 21: America Ferrera: It all starts with a dream.
- 18: Self-esteem and self-limiting
- 14: Fear and creating
- 13: Patti Smith: "Do what it takes to be an artist."
- 13: Isaac Asimov: What is intelligence, anyway?
- 12: Creating positive expectations
- 10: Exploring our inner depths
- 09: Image affects many women’s life and work
- 09: Mary J. Blige on being more happy
- 09: Molly Ivins: "We are the deciders."
- 08: Musician Gwen Stefani is really emotional.
- 08: Writing fatal flaws of character
- 05: Neuroplasticity and Buddhist Psychology
- 04: Crafting lives of accomplishment
- 03: Misdiagnosis and Medication
- 02: Gaining personal development with a mentor
- 01: Learning limitations
- 31: Suffering and the artist
- 28: Change is good - and messy and challenging
- 23: Stifling ourselves with the need to be right
- 21: Guillermo del Toro on the power of fairytales
- 17: The pluses and not so pluses of hypomania
- 08: Being anxious while being a perfectionist
- 08: Making your life a creative endeavor
- 06: In the spotlight, but highly sensitive
- 04: Philip Seymour Hoffman on the discomfort of film acting
- 02: George Lucas: "You have to find something that you love enough."
- 28: Albert Einstein on the numinous and the creative individual
- 26: Kristin Davis on avoiding self-destructive behaviour
- 26: Being different and "too sensitive"
- 20: "We need a more creative brain in this era."
- 16: Indomitable perseverance and intention
- 12: Joyful entrepreneuring
- 10: Giving ourselves our own credentials
- 10: Taking care of ourselves to be more creative
- 02: Chris Howard on limiting belief systems
- 01: Success thinking
- 30: Change comes from awareness - not willpower
- 30: Leonard Bernstein: "We must encourage thought, free and creative."
- 24: Robert Altman: playing by his own rules
- 22: It doesn’t have to take a long time
- 21: Pursuing your passions toward the good life
- 19: Grit and perseverance mean more than talent
- 16: Becoming what we think about
- 13: Solitude to grow an extraordinary life
- 10: Thinking of important stuff like money - and underpants
- 05: Rachel Weisz: "We all do everything sometimes."
- 03: Suzanne Falter-Barns: "I chose to be a writer. Really chose it."
- 01: Psychic ability and being highly sensitive
- 28: Artists & censorship
- 27: Jenna Fischer and others on their childhoods
- 27: FacilitatorU - “groups are tough to lead and facilitate”
- 26: Marketing if you’re an introvert
- 26: Making It Better - for your entrepreneurial spirit
- 24: Addicted doctors
- 23: Annette Bening: “Say what you think, ask for what you want.”
- 22: 223
- 21: Carrie Fisher: “Mental illness is not all bad.”
- 20: Taking the leap to become an expert
- 07: Celebrating our passions and achievements
- 06: Steve Wozniak on being shy
- 05: Choosing to work with love
- 05: Disarming the brain’s fear response
- 05: Using your wits for good
- 05: Ignoring critics
- 05: Releasing our ‘imprisoned splendor’
- 05: “One improved person, yourself”
- 05: Creating our identity / self-portrait
- 05: Big projects, manageable pieces
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