Practicing Happiness

Tools of Personal Transformation: Higher States of Consciousness
4 paths to a spiritual new you
Deepak Chopra explains how experiencing higher states of consciousness can guide you on a path to spiritual enlightenment.

How to Handle a Soft Addiction
Identify and break free from unwanted habits
Nail biting, shopping, Web-surfing, texting, overworking ... Turns out these so-called harmless habits can become soft addictions that limit our potential and drain our energy and self-respect. Here's how to recognize what your addictions may be plus five steps to break away from these pesky patterns.

Depression and Back: Poet Susan Polis Schutz' Journey
Schutz, a renowned poet, author, activist and filmmaker, has some words of comfort and advice for the millions of people suffering with depression.
For the millions of people diagnosed with depression, and the untold others who are suffering without realizing why, renowned poet, author, activist and filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz has some words of comfort and advice. A whole book of words, actually, written during Susan's own three-year struggle with the debilitating illness.

56 Pounds and Counting - How Julia Gray Shed Her Weight and Her Struggles
After five years of weight gain, anxiety and sleep deprivation, Gray found support and decided to make a change.
Julia Gray's story about turning to Gaiam fitness, yoga and meditation DVDs to lose weight and fight insomnia following her battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after the 9/11 terrorists attacks.