Claire Conger

I flipped on the TV for the first time in a month, hoping for a Masterpiece Theater mystery and what did I get? Dr Daniel Amen on making your brain healthy.

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Thanks to reader Ada for turning us on to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her book My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey.”

Read Ada’s comment on Wow! Oprah is Working with Happiness Guru Eckhart Tolle.

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I like new age thinking because it teaches emotional intelligence. In Change Your Thoughts–Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao Wayne Dyer interprets 81 versus of Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching. You can practice with one verse a day, then start over and do it again. As much as I enjoy Dr Dyer’s work, however, I can’t help but think he is unclear on a basic concept. He gives himself away with his language.

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My intention for the day, for every day, is to feel relaxed and unhurried.

I’m usually in a hurry, trying to remember everything on my mental to-do list and squeezing those tasks into a time-frame tightened by my own desire to maximize my productivity.

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OK. So after that dream about the key zipped up in my chest—yes, I have quite a graphic image—I decided I’d better loosen up.

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