Have you read the latest round of articles on New Year’s resolutions? It seems everyone is downing the annual practice of setting goals for a better life as a futile waste of time. Admittedly, I gave up on creating New Year’s resolutions several years ago. But, it’s not because I gave up on hope that I could do better and be better. Read the full story

A popular French proverb reminds us that gratitude is the heart’s memory. When we genuinely appreciate the many blessings and gifts in our lives, the feeling resonates in our hearts as joy. Age-old spiritual wisdom has taught that a grateful heart is key to happiness and health. Read the full story

Harriet Brown has developed a short and simple pledge to help you honor your body. My forthcoming book, The Heart of Living Well, also contains exercises and self-care practices designed to foster a healthier relationship with your body. I’ll be sharing tips from the book in the upcoming days. Click here to view the pledge.

Every season has unique qualities and characteristics that influence our health and well-being. Nature compels us to adjust and adapt to winter’s cold air, spring’s blooming flowers and the heat of the summer. Fall, like all other seasons, is a time of change and adjustment. Read the full story

Most of us can relate to the concept of creating space. We find space in our closets for new clothes; we make space in our homes to accommodate a new piece of furniture; we create space in our storage areas by giving away items that we no longer need. Creating space prepares us for something new or something different. For anything new to come in, it needs space. It needs room to manifest. Read the full story

When it comes to improving our health, it’s easy to focus on what we need to fix about ourselves, such as correcting a weight level that goes beyond standards, altering eating habits that don’t embody good health, or forcing ourselves to exercise on a regular basis. Scientifically speaking, standards of good health that work together to improve our quality of life and to increase our chances of living longer do exist, but when we enter into the fix-it mode it’s easy to operate as if something is broken. What would happen if we were to see ourselves as a whole – not perfect, not flawless, but whole? Read the full story