Occupation: Author Birth: July 15, 1950
There are almost no worldly signals reminding us to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach ou….
We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what's left is who we truly are..
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace unc….
Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover?.
What preoccupies us is the way we define success. If you see your life purely in terms of money and power, then everything in your life becomes about….
The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insura….
having too much is never enough..
I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watche….
There may be no single thing that can teach us more about life than death..
Other people need a full night's sleep in order to function and be healthy and alert. But I'm different..
That's what I try to do as a writer and as the editor of HuffPost: cover important stories in an obsessive way that enables them to break through the….
Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create….
We all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and balance..
Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive..
One of the main reasons I wrote The Sleep Revolution was to examine this ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon from all angles and to explore….
When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude..
Failure is an integral part of life and that perfection is not of this world..
Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over..
We forget we’re mostly water till the rain falls and every atom in our body starts to go home..
People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives..
I'm much more creative when I've actually taken care of myself..