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Turn of Phrase
By Pilar Gerasimo“Lighten up" is one of those funky little phrase that can mean many different things.
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Lightening Your Load
By Bahram AkradiLeft to my own devices, I’m a person who takes things on. Challenges, projects, ideas, stuff - I love experiencing and discovering all kinds of things.
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Rock – and Roll
By Bahram AkradiSpring is the season of new projects and brave commitments. It's a time when many people decide they are ready to take on big changes. Just having a couple more hours of daylight can be enough to flood our bodies with the desire to tackle new challenges and convince us to set a new plan in motion.
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Doing It Anyway
By Clara BeaconIn 1968, when Kent Keith first penned his paradoxical commandments, he never imagined they'd travel so far - or be misattributed by so many.
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Making Connections
By Pilar GerasimoZowie! Ever since the last issue lit a fire under me (Jan./Feb., Action Plan 2004), I’ve been on kind of an action rampage.
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What Life Expects of Us
By Bahram AkradiWhen I travel outside the country, I am regularly reminded of how many people are struggling with immense problems and living in great need, without basic necessities like food, shelter and freedom. I am also reminded, at these times, by how blessed many of us are to be facing lesser struggles.
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Right Risk
By Bill TreasurerA former high diver shares lessons from the edge.
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Getting It Done
By Pilar Gerasimo“Is this supposed to press down on my nose so much,” I asked Ryan, the trainer administering my metabolic and VO2 max test. “Yeah, it needs to be snug enough so air doesn’t get in through the sides,” he explained, adjusting the straps and checking the seal of the mask.
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Reinventing Yourself
By Bahram AkradiIt’s resolutions season again - a time of review and reflection, and for many, a time of frustration. We may find ourselves facing some of the same issues we faced last year and the year before. And not all of them have improved with age.
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Non-Instant Gratification
By Pilar GerasimoThis marks the end of my second full year editing Experience Life. Two years of reading and writing about wellness, fitness and quality of life.
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Desperately Seeking Satisfaction
By Cat ThompsonHow is it we can have it all and still feel unsatisfied with our lives? Find out how to use your longing to create lasting success.
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Gratitude Exercise
By Copyright 2003Exercise 4 in Positive Psychology: Gratitude Visit
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Coming Up for Air
By Pilar GerasimoHey, did we get an abridged-version of summer this year? I swear it was July before I even got my garden in, and then it seemed like the next time I looked, all my plants were already going to seed.
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Doing Something Rash
By Pilar GerasimoMaybe it's my imagination, but I've begun to notice this weird phenomenon in my editing work. If I start working on an interesting story, or I get into researching a new topic, I'll often have some sort of direct personal experience with the subject matter. Some of these serendipitous encounters are quite pleasant. Others, not so much.
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A Change of Habit
By Cat ThompsonOur lives are in many ways defined by unconscious habits and ingrained behaviors. How much do you know about the structures that hold you together, and those that hold you down?
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Questions for Answers
By Matthew SolanGet a new view of your life - and your self - using the Japanese art of Naikan.
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Watching for Signs
By Pilar GerasimoFor the past few months, my neighborhood has been slowly filling with signs. Lawn signs, mostly – signs about war and peace, signs rallying support for different points of view. One morning last week, I went out for my morning run and noticed that all the signs belonging to one camp had disappeared. Overnight, I presume, one side took down the other side's signs – an effort that would have required both trespassing and stealing.
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Permission Granted
By Pilar GerasimoIn the game of Scrabble, there’s a very handy rule that allows you to exchange some (or even all) of your letter tiles for brand new ones. In my experience, this rule is chronically underemployed. People often forget about it altogether – until they find themselves looking at the board and their available letters, and discovering that about all they can spell is plfhxt.
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Envision This
By LANI WILLISBring your grandest dreams and goals into reality using simple words and pictures.
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Control Issues
By Pilar GerasimoThis being the Take Charge issue and all, it's tempting to claim that when we relaunched Experience Life magazine a little over a year ago, we knew exactly what we were doing – that we planned it out and made it happen just so.
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What, Me Worry
By Pilar GerasimoWhen I was a kid, my mom referred to me affectionately as her "worry wart." This was because, from a very early age, I fretted and worried myself silly over just about everything, from whether my toddler tights were on straight, to whether or not other kids would like me, to whether I would grow up to be the sort of adult I imagined I was supposed to be.