Article Contributors

Michele Lauren Hummel

Michele is a regularly-featured columnist in the Alpenhorn newspaper, the community newspaper of Running Springs, CA. In addition to writing, Michele is also a professional musician, performing and recording throughout California. She is a member of the innovative, alternative-folk group, "Mountain Folk Singers", (originators of Visionfolk), providing flute and vocal work for all performances and CD's. Michele received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in flute performance, improvisation specialization, from California State University at Long Beach. A native of California, she lives in Running Springs, Ca.

• Attitude Is So Important to One's Life Experience
• Out With The Old, In With The New
• Sharpening Your Imagination
• Filling the Cup of the Heart
• Lyrical Influences
• Is Fear Shutting Down Who You Are?
• Easing Jangled Nerves
• Take a Smile and Pass It On
• Making Room for the New
• Who Am I?

Kamala Ramchandani-Naharwar

Kamala is a playwright (with two plays running in Bombay and travelling thru India), a writer and a freelance journalist. She was editor of a metaphysical magazine for 22 years, which was sent mainly to the USA, England and Europe. "Life is as one finds it.  Luv gently, live lightfully.  Kamala Ramchandani-Naharwar, Bombay, India

• Writing the Book of My Own Life

Dr. Asoka Selvarajah

Dr. Asoka Selvarajah is an active writer/researcher on personal development and esoteric spirituality. Asoka's work helps people achieve their full potential, deepen their understanding of mystical truth, and find joy through discovering their soul's purpose. He has travelled extensively, visiting the world's major spiritual centres including India, Israel, Egypt and Peru. Dr. Selvarajah welcomes your questions/comments on his articles. Visit his Mystic Visions website

• Developing a Reflective Life in the Midst of Turmoil
• The Secrets of the Masters - Yours

Linda Sharp

Linda is an internationally published parenting/marriage humorist.  Her work appears weekly to monthly across the Internet as well as in print publications from Malaysia to Canada to the USA.  She can be reached by email

• Who Wants to Wipe a Million Rears
• Husband Sickness . . . or Sick of My Husband
• My Dirty Little Secret

Izzy Gesell

• Remoralizing Ourselves Through Humor

Carol James

Carol is the founder and owner of this website, InspiredLiving.com. The InspiredLiving.com web site is her life's work. It is a place where people can find answers, get inspired, de-stress, laugh, think, search for products, sign up for one of four newsletters and more. The following are articles and tidbits Carol has written:

Being a Great Manager

• A Compassionate Approach to Turning Around Performance Problems

Empowering Yourself

• 26 Quick Tips for Living an Inspired Life

Making Good Decisions

• Making Difficult Decisions with Ease

Manifesting Your Dreams

• A Message from the Big U
• Another Message from the Big U
• Building a Career from Your Heart
• How Not to Ask for a Haircut

Reducing Stress

• Breaking the Habit of Negative Thinking  
• Controlling Stress Before It Controls You
• Eight Simple Ways to Reduce Stress and Improve Your Health
• How to Diffuse Aggressive or Hostile Behavior
• How to Get Unstuck from an Undesirable Situation
• Overcoming the Fear and Worry Than Can Limit Choices
• Using Emotional Intelligence to Transform Stressful Feelings

Self Mastery

• Breaking the Habits That Limit Your Success
• Letting Go: the Fastest Path to Manifestation
• Fear or Confidence: Which Are You Choosing
• So What?
• The Secret to Getting What You Want
• Turning Failure into Success
• When the Chips Are Down, That's When You Know

Parenting Teenagers

• Helping Teens Find Their Niche in Life
• Honoring Commitments
• Stress Is Not Just an Adult Problem
• Teaching Your Teen to Be a Proactive Decision-maker

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