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Updated Feb 25, 2016 (Originally published Nov 28, 2012) When you love yourself, you love the world. When you love the world, you change the world. A riddle for you. What's one thing that allows happiness to blossom, makes health flourish, and can make you cry like a puppy lost in the snow? You guessed it.…

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Years ago, I met two people so passionately in love that I could only think they were newly-weds. When they entered the room together, they radiated an aura of love for each other that made it hard not to watch them. A passion that sparkled. When I met Stacey and Paul Martino, I learned that…

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Take an honest look at your intimate relationship. Is it missing passion, alignment, engagement, or support? Does your relationship feel like it's missing that electric energy, which was there in your first months or first years together? Are you settling for boring and disconnected, believing that this is how all relationships end up? Even worse,…

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It's my anniversary!! This week, I’m celebrating that I married my best friend one year ago. We married last summer in Lake Tahoe, and we’re still having a blast together. In honor of all things love, I’m interviewing an amazing expert on love and passion. We’ll talk Stacey Martino, love and passion expert at LoveandPassionCoach.com,…

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Of the many uncertainties that tragedy leaves us with, I know one thing is true: we must be warriors in our daily lives. In the wake of Boston bombings, just a few short months post-Newtown, we feel vulnerable, confused, angry and raw. Why is this happening? What's wrong with this overcrowded, stressed, and unpredictable world?…

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We’re told that we are supposed to love ourselves, but no one teaches us how to do it. (Listen to Maria's guest interview with me here.) Loving your self is a state of being. Who teaches us how to practice self-care? (more…)

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I wake up hungry enough to eat an elephant's waist. On a good day, my breakfast might be a quesadilla, a piece of miso & bean toast,  a tamale, nachos, or any combination of these. Sometimes, I'm so nauseatingly hungry upon awakening that I mistake my pillow drool for an enticing sauce and I chew…

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"Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself- if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself- it is very difficult to take care of another person. (more…)

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Among all the conversations rolling around our heads, isn't love among the most vital?  I implore you to also watch it with your full attention. It's very uplifting.   For me, the fastest way for me to spread love is to think kind thoughts so that my actions and speech increase the joy in life.…

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Happiness and misery are greatly influenced by the company you keep. Think about the last time you sat around gossiping with people. Even if you just listened in without participating, your mood was impacted. How did you feel? Were you uplifted and energized by the experience? Of course not. , (more…)

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