Tony Robbins: Why We Do What We Do

Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do – Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that make us do what we do — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the…

'Farther and Wilder,' Blake Bailey's Bio of Charles Jackson

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From the deck of authors' bedevilments he drew some formidable cards, including tuberculosis, painfully suppressed homosexuality, drug addiction and the alcoholism that became his brand-name affliction. …. In helping to change America's mind about …
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Tackling dark topic of child abduction

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Charles Lundy, aka “Jolly," may be a kidnapper to Caleb's parents and the FBI, but to Caleb he's a savior responsible for ending a nightmare of brutality, abuse and drug addiction. Sheri Joseph (“Bear Me Safely Over," … In the cloud forest, a fog …
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Balance the weight of body and mind

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People feel that working out in the gym is healthy and one can indulge in laziness the rest of the day in front of internets, television, mobile phones surfing face book updates, what s app, and many other thoughtless process of the mind. The old …
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Poetry provides ancient, unfettered spiritual solace

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When poet Mary Oliver comes out with a new book, I stop and take a look, not only because her poems are often rewarding but because her popularity says something about today's shifting state of religion. That is, I know people who read Oliver and other …
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