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Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. Our Chi For Yourself guest Thomas M. Sterner says that if we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we
don’t succeed? Thomas M Sterner is the author of The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life.

Our guest on this week's Chi For Yourself reminds us that there is no single key to lasting happiness. But, psychotherapist and author Karuna Cayton says we can achieve lasting emotional health and happiness if we learn to train our minds. Karuna Cayton is the author of The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them.

It's well-known that meditation helps to lower stress and can even prevent
disease. It has no negative side effects and no cost, and requires only a few
minutes a day. So why is it so challenging to begin and sustain? On this Chi For
Yourself, Tobin Blake offers ways to start meditating and to invigorate an
existing practice. Tobin Blake is the author of Everyday Meditation: 100
Daily Meditations for Health, Stress Relief, and Everyday
Joy.

Chi For yourself begins a new year with a new look at relationships. Our
guest is psychologist, counselor, and author Dr. Debra Reble. She'll talk about making relationship dreams come true by first cultivating a soul partnership with yourself and then a soul-hearted partnership with a loved one. She'll also take a good look at those bad relationship "actors"- fear, jealously, and resentment and talk about her approaches to each. Dr. Debra Reble is the author of Soul-Hearted Partnership.

Today Chi For Yourself takes a look at meditation. We'll hear from one of the leaders
of the contemporary earth spirituality movement. Patricia Monaghan has spent
more than 20 years researching and writing about alternative spiritual visions
of the earth. She'll talk with us about some of the major forms of Eastern and
Western religious practice. Patricia is co-author (with Eleanor Viereck)
of Meditation- The Complete Guide

Our Chi For Yourself guest Lynn Serafinn joins us from her home in England to say that “marketing is making us ill.” Lynn is a coach, bestselling author, radio host and promotional manager who will tell us about conscious and unconscious mechanics of marketing that threaten both our society and planet. Lynn says traditional ways of selling are ultimately doomed to fail. She says value-based business owners can begin to heal the world by embracing a new paradigm.Lynn Serafinn is the author of The 7 Graces of Marketing:how to heal humanity and the planet by changing the way we sell.

Michael Michalko joins us on this
Chi For Yourself, and he brings with him insights into the secrets of creative
genius along with techniques to put that genius within everyone's reach.  His
new book is a collection of creative thinking tools aimed at tackling virtually
any type of technical problem and creating new ideas. Michael Michalko is the
author of Creative Thinkering: Putting Your
Imagination to Work.

Being fully in each moment leads to peace and well-being — but it’s harder than it sounds, especially in a world with constant demands on our time and attention. How do you practice mindfulness when you’re faced with difficult coworkers, overwhelming schedules, or stubborn kids? On this week's Chi For Yourself Donald Altman brings the benefits of mindfulness down to earth and into everyday life. Donald is the author of One Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out World.

On today's Chi For Yourself we look at ways that we might recover our dreams and chart a roadmap to  success. Our guest is Barbara Hofmeister, personal development trainer, certified Peak Performance Coach and NLP trainer. Barbara is the author of To Be Or Not To Be, The Choice Is Yours. She has successfully helped thousands of people of diverse backgrounds to live a truly fulfilled life, and she joins us today from her home in Germany.

Our Chi For Yourself guest Sara Avant Stover says it's possible and even easy for women to take their health and happiness into their own hands. Sara went from being a type-A achiever to ultimately curing pre-cancerous cells on her cervix. Sara Avant Stover is the author of The Way of The Happy Woman: Living The Best Year of Your Life.