Lauren Rosenfeld

How To Be Real: Be Present to Life’s Sweetness

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I have a bad habit of knitting my brow when I am lost in thought. One day, a few years ago, I was sitting and watching my son playing Legos in the living room. I was gazing absently at his play, but my mind was lost in some tangled problem I was trying to unravel. [...]

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How To Be Beautiful: Let your inner beauty speak through you

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It’s very easy to get hung up on certain societal standards of beauty. Images on TV and in magazines drive us to go stare at ourselves in mirrors, where we silently castigate ourselves for our imperfections and curse our genes for producing noses that are too big, lips that are too thin, eyes that are [...]

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How To Be Organized: Set your priorities using Your To Be List

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When you wake up in the morning and every blessed to-do on your to-do list is crying out “Pay attention to me first!” how do you decide? Every person, every task wants to be put front and center in your day. And there are times when the chaotic confusion of all these demands is so [...]

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How to Be Compassionate: Forgive yourself as you would a friend

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                It’s really so easy to get down on ourselves. One slip-up and we’re quick to start calling ourselves the kinds of names that we would usually reserve for the worst kinds of villains. When it comes to judging our mistakes in life, we act like the bully [...]

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How To Be Happy: Forget your troubles? Easier sung than done!

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Remember the Judy Garland song that goes, “Forget your troubles! C’mon get happy!”? It’s a great tune if you want to get up and dance. But as advice goes, it’s pretty lousy. Don’t forget your troubles. Take care of them. First of all, it’s scarce on details. Forget your troubles? How does one even begin [...]

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How To Be Curious: Do you know what’s in your neighbor’s garage?

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                  A couple of weeks ago, my children and I were visiting my brother and sister-in-law in Ohio. In the afternoon of our second day, my two daughters and I decided we would go for a walk. As we wandered the unfamiliar landscape we passed house after [...]

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How To Be Wise: Want wisdom? Just breathe.

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                    In the moments before harsh words escape your mouth. In the seconds before you lift a fork to partake in the miracle of nourishment. While being put on hold during a customer service call. When your patience is being tried by your children. Or your [...]

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How To Be Honest: I’m having a hard week. But I am still having beautiful moments.

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No one, but NO ONE is immune to pain, suffering, and difficulty in life. Even if you are feeling happy, hopeful, and trouble free, it goes without saying that at some point in time, trouble will come knocking at your door. This is a natural experience in life, and we would do well to face [...]

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How to Be Aware: Take note of what goes right

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“So, how was your day?” It’s a question my husband James and I have asked of one another every evening for seventeen years. I am sure it is a question that’s asked millions of times every day. Spouses and partners ask one another as they cook their evening meals. Friends check in with each other. [...]

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What Are You Waiting For?

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At our home we have at least two bookshelves full of children’s picture books. Our children have outgrown them, but I have a hard time letting them go. I’m not a pack rat. I just love children’s books. They’ve got amazing illustrations and besides that, children’s book authors have a remarkable way of distilling deep [...]

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