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How to ride life's biggest waves.

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When "positive thinking" doesn't work, try this instead.

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As our new puppies seem to suggest, what if the end-all, be-all to self-development is about knowing how to play?

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Lisa Alfano took a sabbatical at age 52 and has gone on to re-establish herself in Portland, Oregon, and become a competitive triathlete. "Do not listen to anyone who tells you that you are having a midlife crisis," she says. "Follow the voice of your soul; she will never steer you wrong."

My best advice for how to get yourself into the "zone," day after day, so you can really reach your biggest creative goals.

Where there is unhappiness and dissatisfaction in life, there is likely an unkept promise to oneself.