Three amazing teachers and authors bring their wisdom and inspiration to the Big Apple tonight. Debbie Ford, Deepak Chopra, and Marianne Williamson have joined together to share their knowledge on what they feel is one of the most crucial obstacles to happiness we face–the shadow.  In their new book, The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the True…

Gail Brant of Anderson, Indiana proved that it’s never too late to go back to school. At 87-years-old, Brant recently graduated from Anderson University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature. When Brant graduated from high school, she didn’t get a chance to attend college, and even though she took night classes for a while, the demands…

If you lost your job, would you dress up in a suit, put on a poster board, stand on a street, and hand out your resume to strangers? If you are 60-year-old Paul Nawrocki, you would.  In fact, when Nawrocki was laid off in February 2008 as a toy company executive, he did exactly that–standing on…

These Mother’s Day poems are dedicated to my mom, Shirley Brockway, our family matriarch. She was an only child but has three daughters, who have given her 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. The grandkids call her Dee-Dee. My mom has always been a powerhouse of energy and wisdom.  She is an amazing humanitarian and for…

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