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This involves knowing our own power and what our simple words and gestures can bring to another human being.

It is worth examining our relationships with significant others, friends and family on a regular basis and checking in with ourselves on what would haunt us if they were suddenly gone. If we look at our relationships more as a whole it might be more important to make sure we say what we feel on a regular basis.

While there is certainly satisfaction to be derived from writing a check to a global or national non-profit when we’re feeling generous, sometimes it is eminently more satisfying to direct our funds to a specific individual or family.

Forget the dream of winning an Oscar, wouldn’t it be great if more of us aspired to be the person named in an Oscar acceptance speech?

Gold miner Todd Hoffman's heavy-duty lifting on the reality show 'Gold Rush' and the story of how he got there is inspiring to people far from the rough-and-tumble world of mining.

Take the time to find something that sparks you to action and helps you dig deep.

Meet a woman at the helm of a business she had no intention of starting and fearlessly followed her gut in the face of serious health scares.

The human spirit feeds off other human spirits. The beauty of self-actualization is that it’s freeing for the individual but it’s also contagious. Gifts are meant to be used. That ride is almost always worth the fall because it spurs the next ride.

The Giants' historic Super Bowl victory should have been a moment to revel in. Instead, it was dented by ill-timed questions about what's next.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder Nancy Brinker received a lot of backlash for cutting funding to Planned Parenthood -- a move that was later reversed. Here's what she needs to do to restore faith in her organization.

The newly released book The Prosperous Heart is set up like a 12-week course, but it's more than an exploration of one's finances.

If you are living anxiety free every day, week after week, year after year, it’s time to re-evaluate your life.

Ever have somebody count you out? Either blatantly tell you you’re dreaming too big or ever-so-gently, almost gratingly, give you the 'isn’t that nice that you think you can do that' bit? Some of us give in, while others get boosted. 

Whether it's Joe Paterno or Paula Deen, there are plenty of controversial news topics that send us rushing to judgment when perhaps we should take a second to look at the bigger picture.

Why we all need some Lurlene in our lives.

The founder of the 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchise is now at the helm of a new and thriving painting franchise.

Massage therapist Gustave Boisits, who has been working with the Denver Broncos since 2008, has always had a natural inclination toward healing people.

If you pay attention to attitude and faith, it means just as much if not more than anything you’ll get looking at numbers on paper.

So often at this time of year, people resolve to do grand things or completely shun resolutions because they think they must commit to grand things and they feel defeated before they begin. But there's a better approach. 

When the urge to flee a situation that doesn't put you in danger hits, stare it down hard. Tell it you're not a quitter.