{"id":558,"date":"2006-08-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/does-your-home-express-your-as.html"},"modified":"2006-08-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-09T12:00:00","slug":"does-your-home-express-your-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/does-your-home-express-your-as.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Home Express Your Aspirations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/oprahcoversummer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/oprahcoversummer.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Picked up a copy of Oprah&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/presents\/oathome\/oathome_landing.jhtml\" target=\"_new\">&#8220;O At Home&#8221;<\/a> magazine today and enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthabeck.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Martha Beck&#8217;s<\/a> piece about &#8220;environmental autobiography&#8221; called &#8220;My House, Myself.&#8221; An excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life keeps happening; your home should be an ideal spot for the best and most meaningful experiences in your future as well as in your past. Picture the experiences you want (or want more of), and then make your house a place to accommodate them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These days Beck, a writer and life coach, is consistently hitting her magazine pieces out of the park.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picked up a copy of Oprah&#8217;s &#8220;O At Home&#8221; magazine today and enjoyed Martha Beck&#8217;s piece about &#8220;environmental autobiography&#8221; called &#8220;My House, Myself.&#8221; An excerpt: &#8220;Life keeps happening; your home should be an ideal spot for the best and most meaningful experiences in your future as well as in your past. 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