A BREAKTHROUGH APPROACH TO HAPPINESS What would it take to make you happy? A fulfilling career, a big bank account, or the perfect mate? What if it didn’t take anything to make you happy? What if you could experience happiness from the inside out—no matter what’s going on in your life? In Happy for No Reason: 7 […]
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
– Douglas Adams
June 24, 2014 By
“Don’t Panic.” Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic […]
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig
June 23, 2014 By
“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live […]
Sustainable seafood? Let’s get smart
– Barton Seaver
April 26, 2014 By
From TED.com Chef Barton Seaver presents a modern dilemma: Seafood is one of our healthier protein options, but overfishing is desperately harming our oceans. He suggests a simple way to keep fish on the dinner table that includes every mom’s favorite adage — “Eat your vegetables!” Barton Seaver is an advocate of sustainable seafood and a […]
Killer American diet sweeping the planet
– Dean Ornish
March 28, 2014 By
From TED.com Stop wringing your hands over AIDS, cancer and the avian flu. Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined — and it’s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits will save lives. Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He’s […]
