Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Making a Difference on Newsstands

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If you're looking for a way to spread compassion with your gift-giving, or a way to boost your health when you can't get to the gym,...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Have a Helping Halloween

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Halloween is perhaps my favorite holiday, and it's also the occasion of two of my favorite ways for kids to make a difference. Encourage...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Help for the Unemployed

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Last week I promised to share ways that you can make a difference for a friend, colleague or family member who has lost his or her job. Cons...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Easing Our Economic Burdens

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I was remarking to a friend recently that cable news is reporting only two stories these days: the U.S. presidential election and the econom...
Monday, September 15, 2008

A Writer With a Story

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If you have read my book, The Difference a Day Makes , or pursued the suggestions I used to post at BenevolentPlanet.com, you know that I ad...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

How to Remember September 11

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This Thursday is the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Honor those who died, those w...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Paper With Your Plastic

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I don't know what it's like where you live, but here in southcentral Pennsylvania, grocery stores make it tough to be earth-friendly...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Your Attention, Please

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I confess: I am a news junkie. And while being informed is a good thing, I have found that too much of a good thing can be very bad. My imme...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Minds Matter: Donate School Supplies

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It’s that time of year again. Kids are headed back to school, and teachers are trying to equip classrooms with basic supplies. Because educa...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Give Up the Gas

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Recently New York City restricted seven miles of urban street for bicycle-only traffic. The “Summer Streets” event lasted only six hours, b...
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Friday, August 08, 2008

Create Community

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Like many of you, I practically live on the Internet. My work requires it, but even if it didn't, I suspect I would still devote hours t...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

No Place to Call Home

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The current housing crisis in the United States gives us plenty of opportunity to practice compassion. Some say they have no sympathy for p...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Share the Difference, Win the Revolution

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Like minds Sam Davidson and Stephen Moseley have written a book that sounds mighty useful (and slightly familiar!), New Day Revolution: How ...

Conquering Cruelty

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This past weekend, I attended a conference on animal welfare. Near the end of the day, a fellow attendee confessed to me that she was tired ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

3 Reasons The Difference Still Makes Me Smile

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My book, The Difference a Day Makes , was published three years ago, which the industry considers a lifetime. But expressing the humanity we...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Curbing Offensive Phoning

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Sometimes "compassionate action" is as simple as employing common consideration. July is Cell Phone Courtesy Month. Have you gotte...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Help Midwest Flood Victims

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If you don't live in the American midwest, or in another area where rising waters have destroyed all you own, it may be hard to imagine ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Cash Conversion

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$299.95 = Cost of a Pink SUV Pet Stroller from the Beverly Hills Mutt Club Cost to provide medical supplies to care for 6 shelter animals, f...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

In Print, On Purpose

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I write about the benefits of good neighboring in the current (May) issue of Natural Health Magazine. It's the "Make One Change...

Promote Peace This Weekend

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Monday is Memorial Day in the United States, a day to remember all those who have died in a war. To date, 4079 U.S. troops have lost their l...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Make a Difference in Myanmar

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Eleven days after a cyclone devasted Myanmar, relief efforts are finally beginnng to make a bit of progress. While restrictions on reporters...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Are You Turning Green?

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"Green" living tips are everywhere these days, which is a good thing. Maybe you've bought energy-efficient lightbulbs and star...
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Monday, May 05, 2008

Death at the Derby

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Among animal "sports" -- from greyhound racing and dog fighting, to rodeo and bullfighting -- horse racing is surely the most wide...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Polls Are Polarizing

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I will know we have made real progress in race relations when the media no longer talks about the black vote, the Hispanic vote, the white m...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A Call for Help in Congo

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A recent episode of "60 Minutes" featured the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who live in constant fear of vicious r...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Wounded and Wiser

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I’ve talked before about the unique ability we have to help others heal from pain we’ve experienced ourselves. Those who have suffered, whet...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Want Fries With Your Cloneburger?

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Amid growing trends toward eating fresh, locally and organic, I was jarred by a recent news report about the FDA's imminent approval of...
Monday, December 31, 2007

New Year, New Practice

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As promised in the most recent issue of my e-newsletter, Waking Up on the Planet , I am reviving and re-launching this blog in the new year....
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Is Self-Help More Harmful Than Helpful?

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What if none of these is true?: "Do what you love; the money will follow." "As long as you work hard, you can be anything you...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Trite Comfort

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In this month’s Waking Up on the Planet e-newsletter, I talked about how little comfort we give to those who are struggling when we tell th...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

How to Help the Virginia Tech Family

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Here are some simple actions you can take to help and support those recovering from the shootings at Virginia Tech; if you know of others, p...
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The Real News at Virginia Tech

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Like all of you, I've been watching the terrible sadness unfolding day by day at Virginia Tech. But I am most troubled by the turn the c...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

A Long Hiatus

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It's been a long time since I posted my thoughts here. I have been spending all of my hours lately pitching articles about purposeful li...