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All Bets Are Off: World Poker Tour Season IX Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger left a career on Wall Street to pursue a career as a professional poker player.

Relationships are not triumphs or failures based on longevity, but experiences that make us richer on a continuum.

When we are inspired, we automatically pay it forward. 

A game of Rock-Paper-Scissors serves as a reminder of what some people are missing in their lives.

In a market where it's difficult to stand out, Emily Blumenthal is giving designers a chance. 

If an idol is one who is loved excessively and not for good reason, then perhaps it is the highest of compliments that Taylor Hicks isn’t quite what some had in mind as a winner of 'American Idol'.

Legacy need not come from a moneyed place. In fact, one might argue that it’s richer when it’s not.

Whether she's writing about her mother or her career, Mindy Greenstein has the courage to put the 'real' out there for public consumption.

Every minute of every day we see how people choose to answer important questions, from life-and-death ones to child-rearing ones, to whether or not to open themselves up to the rawness of life.

Loyalty of brotherhood, country, family, even another human being comes with a measure of ‘blindness’, but it's not always a good thing. 

The president released his long-form birth certificate, but we all know the issue will not die.

The real story of William and Kate debunks the whole fairy tale notion -- and that’s a good thing. 

People who stick by us, who see our potential, are like angels sent to offset the naysayers and often our own inner critic.

There seems to be murkiness in the public consciousness around the distinction between those whose livelihoods are in other fields and are simply seeking an outlet for expression, and those who write professionally. 

A recent J. Crew advertisement is the latest subject of the ongoing debate over gender roles.

'Goo-goo ga-ga’ terminology infantilizes and makes it easy to glaze over the serious value of what it means to raise a child. 

A 26-year-old entrepreneur aims to create a digital destination free of unhealthy messages about food and weight.

In his new film 'Trust', director David Schwimmer crafts an engaging story of what happens when a sexual predator permeates a home through a computer.

We can do better with our choice of words -- at least the majority of the time.

So often, those of us who spend most of our lives seeking out and embodying positive energy have the challenge of not only meeting others’ expectations on that front, but our own as well.