Marlise Karlin

Is just getting a job the cure? Finding a job could bring temporary relief, but it won't cure these symptoms. Life as we have known it is changing in the 21st century. The pain so many men and women are suffering from today is an opportunity to recognize what is of greatest value in anyone's life.

It's time, for a new era of peace. The stage has been set -- not by one event pointing the way -- but many. Who will be the game changers? Who will dismantle the myths that are so prevalent today, of our differences culturally, and that we will never find solutions for living peacefully?

Everyone has strong opinions on what should be done. They range from threatening the kids, parents, teachers and administrators with any number of legal actions including prison, to changing schools and even relocating to new cities.

How To Make That Great Spa Feeling Last Aaahhh the thought of going to a Spa… being massaged in great smelling lotions… feeling those kinks being released from your neck… the hot, bubbling waters of a whirlpool melting away all those challenging thoughts about money and kids and the romance that seems to have gone by the wayside in this new technological era.

Many people today want to have a personal connection to God or their higher power, and if they feel they have to go through someone for that relationship, or if they have to envision God in the same form as their religion tells them they should -- they will look elsewhere.

"Being still and doing nothing are two very different things." ~Kung Fu master speaking to student. There's a powerful message in Karate Kid that's not only for children, it's for anyone who has ever felt powerless in dealing with their own lives or in managing the inordinate challenges that are facing the world today.

Doe… or… Dragon? In Croatia there is a saying that many women in the business world are either one or the other. They are playing by the rules they believe they must and have lost their sense of self - or they have become so subservient, their ability to be powerful in their field has all but dissappeared.

It's a beautiful dream - to travel the world and find what brings you happiness through food, wine, romance and prayer. How many people read Elizabeth Gilbert's book, wanting to jump on the next plane to anywhere that would take them out of their own world of disenchantment.

If we want kids to stop bullying, we have to get to the core issue – otherwise we are just putting another band-aid on a gaping wound that is sweeping across the United States and many countries around the world.