Name: Laura Young
Dateline: Chicago, Illinois
Weblog: laurayoung.typepad.com [RSS]
Articles: 120
First Published: Saturday, July 16, 2005
Last Published: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Laura Young is a life coach, author, photographer, and "deep water fish". If you enjoy her articles and are chewing over some big questions in your own life, please pay her a visit at Wellspring Coaching, where she has many additional resources for you. To view her photography, please visit Holy Moment Photography.Currently listing articles 120-101:
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Top Ten Reasons Your Relationship May Fail— Fifty-one percent of women in the U.S. are now living without a spouse. Are good marriages an urban myth?
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No Safe Distance (Part One)— Murdered in August, Sue Weiland has yet to be buried. With the trial still pending, a grieving family struggles to pick up the pieces.
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Questions to Ask Before You Get Married— Supplementing a New York Times list, here are a few more pre-marriage questions you may really need.
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The Path is Made by Walking: Insight is Optional— "Why am I like this?" many clients ask. Could the quest to understand your past actually block you from making a better future?
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A Powerful Story of Survival: Thirty-One Years and Still Standing— The first quadriplegic to ever walk again without the aid of braces marks the 31st anniversary of his injury and he's still standing.
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Top Ten Things Learned on the Road to Full-Time Self-Employment— Considering your career direction and setting some resolutions to launch your own venture in 2007? Here are some tips to help smooth the process.
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NaNoWriMo as a Path to Enlightenment? Sara Completes Her Novel— Sara's account of her early days read like a primer for a path to higher consciousness. What did she learn along the way?
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The Effect of Money on Our Thinking— New research indicates that just the thought of money may make us selfish. Could the pursuit of money ultimately cost you your peace of mind?
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Developing Creativity (Final): Creative Risks, Creative Gambles and Critics— You may always need a day job to support your creative endeavors. Don’t let that derail you or force you to devalue your creative process.
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Developing Creativity (Part Four): More on Courting the Muse— For those used to multi-tasking, learning to release oneself into a natural creative rhythm can feel downright torturous. Read for tips to ease the
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Developing Creativity (Part Three): Courting the Muse— Been denying your creativity for years? Don’t expect it to burst forth in full regalia just because you want it now. Should it trust you?
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Warning: Home Movies and Denial Don't Mix— It was, by far, one of the low points in my life. Me, on the TV screen in a bathing suit. It was mortifying.
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Developing Creativity (Part Two): Allowing Creative Immersion— "That's it! Tangy Monkey! That's perfect!" Little did I know, buried deep within my brother-in-law, such creativity was simply waiting for its moment to
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Remembering Sue Weiland (Part Two)— Oh, no! I am not really out in the middle of nowhere, going to stay with people I don't know, only to find myself stranded!
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Developing Creativity (Part One): 'No Need to See Flowers Any Other Way'— That’s when I saw it. The deer-in-the-headlights look as out poured the protestations. “I can’t draw. I can't paint." So, I waited...
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Becoming More Disciplined— For many, trying to be more disciplined often ends up as a series of false starts, frustration, self-loathing, and Ben and Jerry's binges. What now?
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Entrepreneurs, Fear of Success, and the Myth of Commonality— Entrepreneurs will never lack for ideas, but how many of those ideas ever see daylight? Consider these common stumbling blocks that keep success at bay.
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Is there a Buddha in the White House?— Many of us would rather admit to having an "inner child" than an "inner Cheney" but is it really that simple?
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The Escalating Cycle of Domestic Abuse— In-depth news segment shares chilling audio of escalating threat by man accused of murdering his long-term girlfriend. Complexities of domestic abuse cycle explored.
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The Trouble with Happiness: Understanding the Difference between Joy and Pleasure— Americans are spending unprecedented amounts of money in their pursuit of happiness, but seem less satisfied than ever. Is lasting happiness really possible?
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