This year I threw out the idea of writing my yearly resolution(s). While declarations and promises are fine and dandy and have even served me well in the past, I simply didn't have the energy for it this year. I could blame it on the flu that plagued me, but more honestly my heart just wasn't in it. Normally I savor my yearly reflection on past and projection into future, so this was definitely new. Partly I suppose the word "resolution" has almost become a dirty word for me around this time of year. Media hypes New Year resolutions so much that dieting and exercise almost become the assumption. In retaliation, I used to make my goals anything besides health and fitness. Still, my

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Melissa Alvarez, author of 365 Ways to Raise Your Frequency. Frequency is your personal vibratory rate, the way your energy moves within you. It can affect your moods, making you have a good or bad day. Choose to become more aware of your frequency because, through awareness, you are able to pay attention to the nuances in your frequency, sense its highs and lows, and take appropriate actions to keep it elevated so that you remain positive and focused. Becoming aware of your frequency is as simple as noticing your moods and as complicated as examining it through in-depth study. While both methods have their place, I tend to lean toward

Here are my wishes for the New Year: I wish that in January, everyone reading this will do at least one thing to help another person without expecting anything in return. Let someone have that parking space close to the entrance. Give someone who is needy some food. Give an old coat to someone who is cold and can't afford a coat. I wish that in January, everyone reading this will just let someone else "win." So often we have meaningless "battles" over things that are totally unimportant. Let someone else win and have a salad instead of a burger. Let someone else win and watch his TV show instead of your TV show. Let someone else have the arm of the theater seat. I wish that in

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Skye Alexander, author of Sex Magic for Beginners. Many of us, when we begin studying magic, receive warnings from more experienced magicians urging us to stay on the white path and “do no harm.” I don’t doubt this advice comes from well-meaning sources—in fact, I’ve offered it myself, both in person and in print. But self-appointed guardians can sometimes be patronizing, and often we simply don’t know what’s right for someone else. It’s important to remember that magical systems and concepts arise within historical, cultural, ethnic, geographical, and philosophical settings. What one magician or group of magicians believes