The woman sits comfortably in the chair in her home office. She taps on the outside of one hand with the first two fingers of the other hand and says “Even though I’m afraid of spiders I deeply and completely accept myself.” She says it twice more, concentrating on her fear. Then she moves her index finger to the inner corner of her eyebrow, and tapping lightly, says “My fear of spiders.” She repeats the words as she taps under her eye, under her nose, on her chin, just below her collarbone and under the arm. She follows it with the repeated phrase and a few taps on the top of her head. She brings her hand back to her lap. She has just finished her first round of EFT, and she is well on her way to being rid of her phobia. There’s a good chance she’ll even be able to say, after just this one try, that her fear is completely gone. And if so, she can expect it to stay gone. Join discussion...

Social networking focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. It has created new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people, and have become a mainstream part of life for many. Join discussion...

Follow your bliss. Ever wonder where the phrase came from? Joseph Campbell, who spent much of his career during the 1940s to the 1980s exploring the structure of myths and how they are used in modern life and religion (George Lucas re-wrote parts of “Star Wars” after reading works by Campbell) coined the phrase. Join discussion...

Recently I had a conversation with Amethyst Wyldfyre, who calls herself a “psychic midwife and multi-dimensional mentor.” We talked about the work she does with people who are discovering they have psychic skills. Most of us have skills, like our intuition, that we use every day, but for some those skills get a sudden boost or jolt of awakening which can lead to confusion and fear as they begin to have new and sometimes frightening experiences. Join discussion...

Nowadays we all want to know: what does my future hold?Will I get that new job? Will I lose the job I've got? Prognosticators are as busy as ever. Most experienced users of the best known tools say their methods are not for fortune telling, though, but are for understanding the present as it relates to the choices for a future outcome. The future, they say, is not written in stone, and can be directed when enough is known about past and present circumstances. Join discussion...

Vicki Monroe is a gifted psychic who lives in Maine with her husband, grown children and assorted pets. She has always had a particular fondness for animals and sees them as her extended family. When her beloved dog Dolly (Vicki likes to spell the name Dalai, like the Dalai Lama) died unexpectedly a couple years ago at just five years old, the entire household, including two other dogs and a cat, was saddened. Join discussion...

Using your thoughts to build personal wealth and success is not a new concept. Most of today’s bestselling books on getting what you want with the power of your mind credit Napolean Hill’s 1938 Think and Grow Rich as the original of the field. The concept is simple; if you believe that what you want or need in your life is on its way, it is. The opposite is true as well: if you expect that difficult times will continue, they will. Join discussion...

Susan Hopkinson teaches yoga in Brussels, Belgium. Twice a year she guides trips to the Rishikesh and Himilayan foothills area of India, where she and her co-travellers study yoga, trek holy trails, and meet the local people. Join discussion...

Individualized spiritual retreats are hard to come by, and great individualized retreats are nearly impossible to find. Retreat centers are developed to facilitate meetings, seminars, and groups. A single teacher, on the other hand, may spend several days with an individual, but that individual sees only the one teacher's perspective. Join discussion...

A friend of mine, a senior leader in a pharmaceutical company, spends all her spare time doing yoga, taking classes in comparative religions, reading about spirituality, speaking with others about their beliefs. Just talking about it energizes her. Join discussion...