19 Jan Keppen’s Radical Body Transformation!

I have been a Lifebooker for a few years now and, up until last year, I still struggled in the Health and Fitness category. I had done 12-week challenges before, gotten excellent results, and yet seemed to gain my unwanted weight back again each time. ...

19 Jan The Power of Positive Subtraction, by Dr. Joel Wade

I met my wife Sue 24 years ago at a Thanksgiving party with some friends of ours. Normally I would have been with my extended family - Thanksgiving was always a favorite of my parents - but this year they hosted our family dinner on Friday, so other family members could be with their respective in-laws. Had my parents not changed the routine that year, Sue and I might never have met; we never would have been married, we would never have had our kids, and the life we know would be different in so many ways it’s hard to fathom. Many other circumstances lined up just right to lead to that night that might not have worked out - my wife might not have come to the dinner (she almost didn’t), one or both of us might have lived in another town, we might not have known these particular friends… It's pretty remarkable if you think about it, that two people ever meet. But people do, and we did.  If you're married, it might be worth considering there’s a chance the two of you might never have met. Doing this deliberately can also make you happier.

12 Jan The Magic of Morning Habits

Our lives are steeped in habits – for better or for worse. And no single habit holds more authority over our quality of life than a morning habit. Mornings are the single most powerful time of day. Whether we choose to be aware of it or not...

12 Jan Lindsay’s Life, One Year After Lifebook

Written and shared by Lifebook Member Lindsay Ambrose I just reached my one-year anniversary of Lifebook. I am truly thinking, feeling, and acting differently and realizing the the life vision I created a year ago. It feels so good to be in control and living everyday with meaning and fulfillment. Here are a few things from Lifebook that have had the greatest impact for me over the last year:

Health and Fitness

Since Lifebook, I wake up early every morning before my family and have a routine that includes reading, meditating, writing, and moving my body through yoga or running. My morning routine is sacred time for me and it sets positive tone that stays with me the whole day. I even completed a half-marathon in the Fall with a personal record. But my greatest accomplishment is not that record, it's the overall shift that has taken place in my mind. I am now mindful that how I move my body and what I put into it affects my overall mood and ability to achieve my goals. I make different positive choices everyday and if I slide during the day—I have my morning to check back in and reset.

05 Jan How Lifebook Opened Courtney’s Eyes…

Lifebook helped me open my eyes and realize the aspects in my life that I was already strong in. I was able to fine tune these and be more efficient, and then move my focus to the dimensions that I lack in - like my...

29 Dec How Jill Became the Woman She Wanted To Be…

Going through the Lifebook process has profoundly changed the way I see myself in the world. When I started it over a year ago I felt very stuck. Stuck with character traits I didn't like but felt powerless to change, with a daily grind of...

22 Dec Haydi Falls in Love with Lifebook

Telling my Lifebook story sounds like writing my autobiography. I do not plan to be intimidated by the task, so here she goes….. I was ripe for the picking when my friend and to-be facilitator of the Lifebook program called me to invite me to participate...

15 Dec 8 Awe-Inspiring Documentaries of the Universe (and our place in it)

“We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars that make up the Milky Way Galaxy, which is one of out of a billion of other galaxies, which make up a universe, which may very well be one of a very large number, perhaps an infinite number, of other universes. That is a perspective on human life that is well worth pondering.” -Carl Sagan We are a collection of water, calcium and organic molecules. Sounds pretty unimpressive… and yet, this is one of the most exciting and enlivening facts of all. Our deepest gratitude should come from having the fortune to BE anything at all… especially a conscious participant in the beautiful and mysterious dance that is LIFE. In honor of this beautiful mystery, here are 8 of the all-time best documentaries on the universe - and our place in it - which are sure to leave you feeling humbled, honored, and awed.

15 Dec 30 Reasons 2015 Was the Best Year in Human History

Let’s take a moment to recognize and appreciate just how far we’ve come as a species.

Looking at the world’s most recent heartbreak – the ebola epidemic in West Africa, terrorist attacks in France, the Syrian refugee crisis, the frequency of public shootings -- it would be easy for you to look back on 2015 and think it was a horrific year that catapulted our species even further in the wrong direction. But -- you’d be wrong. We have every reason to believe that 2015 was, in fact, the best year in human history. All of the most important elements that determine things like how long we live, and whether we live happily and freely are trending in an extremely favorable direction. The fact is, until very recently, life for most people was dark, scarce, brutal, and above all — brief. According to PRI: “The causes are pretty obvious: bad food, bad hygiene, bad toilet habits, and almost no understanding of infectious disease. About one in four children born in America or England in the 1860s would die before their 5th birthday. And that was nationally. In crowded cities like Liverpool, in England, that figure could reach 50 percent.” The more you know about history, the more grateful and happy you become to be alive now. So let’s take a moment to review the facts, and hold tremendous gratitude for those who have worked tirelessly to make this world a better place… because they have succeeded. Here are 30 reasons we’re living in the greatest time in human history:

15 Dec Candace’s Year with Lifebook

Let me first start by saying “THANK YOU” to Jon, Missy and the Lifebook team for selecting me as the January Health & Fitness Challenge Winner.  It’s been a busy year for me and I am now taking my trip to Cancun!  Thank you Jon...