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A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
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CLEAR ALL
Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke.
Love and compassion can be the same, says psychologist Barbara Fredrickson
How to love yourself and others.
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Mother Teresa. The Dalai Lama. Nelson Mandela. Gandhi. Some admire such figures from afar and think, "How special they are; I could never be like that." But, as John Makransky has learned, the power of real and enduring love lies within every one of us.
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Joan Borysenko talking about a mystical experience of forgiveness at the death of her mother.
Renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson is finding that happiness is something we can cultivate and a skill that can be learned. Working with the Dalai Lama, Davidson is investigating the far-reaching impact of mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of kindness on human health and well-being.
“The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.
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In this eye-opening guide, Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh offers timeless insight into the nature of real love.
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