Empty Hands, Full Heart: Music for the Soul
At the pinnacle of a dizzying career, young Indian-American rapper Nimesh "Nimo" Patel was haunted by an unshakeable sense of emptiness. In his mid-twenties, he abandoned the limelight. An inner voice nudged him to radically simplify his life and find his purpose in service to others. Moving to the Gandhi Ashram in India, he dedicated himself to the children in surrounding slums. After a 7-year mu... posted on Jun 16 2014, 48,117 reads

Transforming Trauma Into Creative Energy
Shoshana had her share of trauma. As a young Jewish women, she fled Antwerp during Hitler's rise to power in Europe, and thus survived the war. Years later, the trauma was deep inside, and it began to surface mysteriously when she took to weaving. Instead of ignoring the pain she felt, she courageously decided to complete her healing by working with others experiencing trauma as a psychotherapist.... posted on Jun 15 2014, 23,343 reads

The Washed Ashore Project
What do 3 tons of garbage look like? If you are Angela Haseltine Pozzi, you turn this trash into sculptures that draw attention to the problem of plastic pollution. Unlike other artists that work with plastic beach debris, she doesn't cut everything up into tiny, beautiful pieces so you don't know where this plastic came from -- you can see each piece of plastic for what it is -- and you know tha... posted on Jun 14 2014, 3,021 reads

How To Cultivate Practical Wisdom
"A wise person knows when and how to make the exception to every rule... A wise person knows how to improvise...And finally, perhaps most important, a wise person is made, not born. "These are the words of psychologist Barry Schwartz, who together with political scientist Kenneth Sharpe explores how to find the "right" course of action in their new book, Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the R... posted on Jun 13 2014, 17,844 reads

Why Compassion In the Workplace Matters
Workplaces vary on the extent to which "companionate love" is present. According to Wharton Management professor Sigal Barsade, companionate love is shown "when colleagues who are together day in and day out, ask and care about each other's work and even non-work issues...They are careful of each other's feelings. They show compassion when things don't go well. And they also show affection and car... posted on Jun 12 2014, 22,785 reads

12 Habits of Productive People
Practicing "selective perfectionism," ordering their to do lists, and not being chained to email are just three habits of highly productive people. Read on for these and other insights from productivity gurus Robert Pozen of the Harvard Business School and Adam Grant of the Wharton School.... posted on Jun 11 2014, 49,959 reads

10 Projects To Help Save The Earth
Due to the rise of intellectual property and economic monopolies, the Open Source movement is fast becoming a thriving and expanding effort to give everyone public access to knowledge, culture and tools. From building your own electric car or building your own home, to even using the sun generate a solar energy supply system, the information flooding the world had never been so readily available. ... posted on Jun 10 2014, 17,703 reads

The Laundromat with a Big Heart
The Indian Express laundry shop resembles an average laundromat in the bustling metropolis of Mumbai, India. The piles of neatly folded clothes and smiling faces of the shop's workers reflect their expert and efficient service in cleaning people's garments since 1940. A closer look, though, reveals a softer, warmer side to the shop: cats. Big and small, these furry creatures are often rescued from... posted on Jun 09 2014, 15,320 reads

40 Kids & Counting
What simply started as a young woman, her backpack and her desire to travel the world, has turned into the remarkable account of how a single person has transformed an entire remote Himalayan village. Read more about the inspirational story of Maggie Doyne, who has dramatically improved the lives of many young, orphaned children in a far-flung region of Nepal by building a loving home and an ever-... posted on Jun 08 2014, 5,927 reads

Arianna Huffington: Can Gratitude Help You Thrive?
"Grace and gratitude have the same Latin root, gratus. Whenever we find ourselves in a stop-the-world-I-want-to-get-off mindset, we can remember that there is another way and open ourselves to grace. And it often starts with taking a moment to be grateful for this day, for being alive, for anything." In an excerpt from her new book, Arianna Huffington explores how gratitude helped her to find mean... posted on Jun 07 2014, 21,462 reads