InnerSelf

InnerSelf Newsletter: June 8th, 2013

When we try to control our loved ones and their actions, we create drama, conflict and turmoil within ourselves and with them. The solution is to take responsibility for our own actions and our own self, and this week's articles help us do just that...

InnerSelf Newsletter: June 1st, 2013

This week we take a look at blazing new trails in our personal health and habits, in our educational system, and even in our attitude to our spirituality. Just because something has "always" been a certain way does not mean it needs to continue...

InnerSelf Newsletter: May 25th, 2013

Our lead article this week speaks of the invisible world becoming visible, of synchronicities and of everything bringing us a message. Indeed our world is magical and learning to acknowledge the lessons and insights that come our way is a great tool is creating a better life for ourselves...

InnerSelf Newsletter: May 18th, 2013

This week we reflect on some of our choices: forgiveness or animosity? gratitude or indifference? disharmony or joy? green living or not? healing or illness? mindfulness or distraction? awareness or apathy? These are choices that we are making with each...

InnerSelf Newsletter: May 11th, 2013

This week we look at connections... connecting with our plants, with people, with our beautiful planet, and of course, with our own self. The connection is sometimes about letting go of...

InnerSelf Newsletter: May 4th, 2013

This week we focus on the fact that there is always another way. There are solutions. We must awaken and change -- and our world must awaken and change as well. To quote the author of the article "Awakening Together: Awareness Is Curative"...

InnerSelf Newsletter: April 27th, 2013

This week we share with you articles on various methods of "Mimicking Life and thereby Improving the Odds and Our Lives". We are all part of one huge living system. We are not separate from it or from each other, and as we...

InnerSelf Newsletter: April 20th, 2013

This week, we focus on our future and the future of our lovely planet. This involves the diet we eat and the foods we grow, as well as creating a vision of an ecologically and environmentally-safe and balanced way of life. But perhaps the first thing we must do is conquer the demons of fear and anxiety...

InnerSelf Newsletter: April 13th, 2013

This week we delve into the world of affects and effects. In other words, the things that influence us and then in turn how we influence others and the world around us.

InnerSelf Newsletter: April 6th, 2013

This week we look at community... at the importance of communication, celebration, sharing, and creating the dream! As Martin Luther King Jr. said so many years ago "We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society."

InnerSelf Newsletter: March 30th, 2013

On this last weekend in March, which is also Easter weekend, we bring you articles to help you "rebirth" yourself by letting go of impediments to your well-being.

InnerSelf Newsletter: March 23rd, 2013

This week, we examine several types of fears and find their positive side or benefit: the fear of criticism, of past traumas, of death, of madness, and then we look the religion of love vs. the religion of fear...

InnerSelf Newsletter: March 16th, 2013

Change! It's something we yearn for and it's also something we fear. So this week, we bring you great articles to help you develop new attitudes and new possibilities... We start with a "how to" article: how to master anxiety...

InnerSelf Newsletter: March 9th, 2013

The theme of the articles this week is stress which is a very appropriate one for the challenges that many of us went through this week, with it being Mercury Retrograde on top of it all. We wish that the articles in this newsletter will help you have a more joyful and peaceful experience...

InnerSelf Newsletter: March 2nd, 2013

Last week, we looked at trust, and this week we look at the result of trusting which is being willing to take risks and go for 100%. When we know we have given our all, done our best, and aimed for the highest star, we feel an inner contentment that can't be bought or sold. This week...

InnerSelf Newsletter: February 23rd, 2013

This week we reflect on trust... on how trusting ourselves and opening our heart to others (and to ourselves) makes for a better life for ourselves and for a better world.

InnerSelf Newsletter: February 16th, 2013

In life, we are always faced with two choices: to change or to remain with the status quo. However, there is no such thing as the status quo. Things are always going in one direction or the other: growing or disintegrating, going forward or backward. The first thing that we have to face...

InnerSelf Newsletter: February 9th, 2013

Our beliefs color our perceptions of reality, and sometimes our color palette can be rather bleak. Such is the case with our belief in the "wrongness" of sin and of certain "disorders" like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, etc. Our attitude about these things affect...

InnerSelf Newsletter: February 2nd, 2013

Our focus this week is on teamwork... whether that teamwork is with co-workers, or with our significant other, with our children, with our intuition/spiritual guidance, or with time itself...

InnerSelf Newsletter: January 26th, 2013

We all go through challenges at one time or another. In life, as they say, "sh*t" happens... But are we helpless when these "cosmic events" hit us upside the head with a 2X4? Fortunately, we are not...

InnerSelf Newsletter: January 19th, 2013

Why do our goals and dreams sometimes take the wayside? What is it that keeps us from "staying on track"? This week we take a look at accessing the confidence to change, toxic communication patterns and competition. We also discover how...

InnerSelf Newsletter: January 12th, 2013

This week, our authors help you create an experience of life that empowers you and brings you joy. From chocolate to channeling, from dreaming to being smart in your relationships, our intention is to provide you with the security and freedom to live your dreams and be your fully enlightened self... which you already are.

InnerSelf Newsletter: January 5th, 2013

As we enter the second week of the New Year, we may need to reinforce the decisions and resolutions with which we started this new year.  To support you in living a healthier and more balanced life, we bring you...

InnerSelf Newsletter: December 29th, 2012

At the New Year, we get an opportunity to "start over". Not that we don't have that opportunity each day and each minute, but the new year is more symbolic of a fresh start...

InnerSelf Newsletter: December 15th, 2012

As we approach "the end" of the Mayan Calendar, some are playing on people's fears and planting seeds of chaos. However, as the Mayans themselves have explained, December 21st is not the end of THE world, it is the end of A world. In other words...

InnerSelf Newsletter: December 8th, 2012

As the Christmas and holiday season approaches, it seems that we can get caught up in impatience, stress, fear, and the feeling of "not enough" (not enough time, not enough money, not enough joy, not enough rest, etc)... The very emotions that are...

InnerSelf Newsletter: December 1st, 2012

This week we reflect on Oneness... and the absence thereof, which is duality. This is reflected in various facets of our lives: knowing we are "good enough"; giving of ourselves where we are needed; what our society refers to as "justice"; the transition of death; and finding our true heart...

InnerSelf Newsletter: November 24th, 2012

On this weekend of Thanksgiving, we share articles on gratitude...

InnerSelf Newsletter: November 17th, 2012

As we approach the famed "end of the Mayan calendar", we are feeling and realizing that our world is in a state of revolution. As author Dan Furst clarifies, the word "revolution" means a "turning back". We are in the process of...

InnerSelf Newsletter: November 10th, 2012

Here, with no further ado, are this week's articles for you. May the articles provide you with joy, clarity, and inspiration....

InnerSelf Newsletter: November 3rd, 2012

Since we've all gone through a week of hearing and seeing, or worse, directly experiencing, the trauma and destruction left in the wake of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy, this newsletter's articles may help bring some awareness, peace and understanding into our hearts and minds...

InnerSelf Newsletter: October 27th, 2012

As we approach the end of October, and as fall settles in, our thoughts naturally become introspective. This is part of the natural progression of the seasons. This week we look at...

InnerSelf Newsletter: October 20th, 2012

Another week, another newsletter, another round of inspiring and motivating articles for you...  Read the article by one of my favorite authors, Richard Bach. It's an excerpt from his novel 'Hypnotizing Maria'.  Then read about a horse who knew...

InnerSelf Newsletter: October 13th, 2012

This week we are reminded to play "the glad game" and also deal with anxiety before it accumulates and becomes an unbearable burden. We also...

InnerSelf Newsletter: October 6th, 2012

The saying goes: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade". This is actually a profound teaching, and one that will bring you peace amidst the chaos and confusion of a hectic modern life. Our authors this week provide you with "lemonade recipes"...

InnerSelf Newsletter: September 29th, 2012

The articles this week center on paying attention to our intuition (or inner guidance) and moving forward on our journey. Which path will you choose on your hero's journey? When we choose doubt, constantly second-guessing our intuitive heart, the journey...

InnerSelf Newsletter: September 15th, 2012

As we approach December 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar, questions are being raised: Are we manifesting our future based on fear or happiness? What is this "Shift" we hear about, and what's love got to do with it? At this important juncture in humanity's future...

InnerSelf Newsletter: September 8th, 2012

This week we look at time and timing... from the ending of the Piscean Age and its effects on the ecomony, to the opening of the portal into the Aquarian Age and its effect on our advancement as a species. We also...

InnerSelf Newsletter: September 1st, 2012

Our authors bring you various perspectives to help make your life's journey a joyful one and one in which you are true to your self and your dreams. This week we look at how we actually choose our actions -- and we examine what we often base those decisions on...

InnerSelf Newsletter: August 25th, 2012

The way we live is what sets our level of happiness and well-being. This week we look at: living joyfully, getting out of the "victim trap", learning to give, going local, making spirituality our way of life, visualizing the life we want, including weight loss.