Thinking You're On A Diet Is Half The Problem – Here's How To Be A Mindful Eater
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The more you diet, the more obsessed with food you become. Unfortunately, depriving ourselves of the foods we enjoy and…
Why A Growing Mistrust In Democracy Is Causing Extremism And Strongman Politics To Flourish
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The percentage of Americans who say they “can trust the government always or most of the time” has been below 30% since…
How To Use The Process of Awakening to Avoid Suffering and Illness
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Difficult experiences cause us to reflect about what is happening and no doubt lead to us making the changes necessary…
How To Know If An Online Discussion Is Going To Get Nasty
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Researchers have created a model to predict which civil online conversations might take a turn and derail. After…
Ego vs True Self: Strength Rises From Within
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There comes a stage in spiritual development when you will experience the conflict between the fears of the ego and the…
The Healing Power of the Hum of the Humming Bees
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In ancient tradition (Egypt), the humming sound of the bee was said to stimulate the release of super hormones known as…
Who Is Saturn? What Does Saturn Symbolize?
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Although symbolism and meaning will sometimes overlap from planet to planet, each planet has its own distinct…
How Your Flip-flops Reveal The Dark Side Of Globalization
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Flip flops may look simple and cheap, but they are part of a bigger and more complicated story. Many of us may regard…
The Modern Use of Phototherapy and The Future of Light Medicine
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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the importance of light for our health and well-being has been confirmed by…
This Amazonian Psychedelic May Ease Severe Depression
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The vine Banisteriopsis caapi is one ingredient in ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew that Amazonian indigenous populations…
Should You Shield Yourself From Others’ Abhorrent Beliefs?
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Many of our choices have the potential to change how we think about the world. Often the choices taken are for some…
Dancing with Life: Being Flexible, Making Adjustments, and Going with the Flow
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Human beings have essentially two modes or mind-sets that we operate or live in, with, of course, some shades of gray…
How To Reduce Stress And Anxiety With Ease
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Writing about positive emotions may help to reduce stress and anxiety, according to our new study, published in the…
How Health Coaching Might Help You Reach Old Age
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There are two ways of tackling chronic lifestyle diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes: discover new…
Revisiting Jimmy Carter's Truth Telling Sermon To Americans
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Nearly 40 years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television to share with millions of…
Why Your Summer Might Be Full Of Mosquitoes
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As you pack your bags for the cottage or campground this weekend, don’t forget to bring light clothes with long sleeves…
Animals As Teachers: Teaching by Example and Love
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Life surrounds us with teachers, if we are but willing to learn. Actually, everyone and everything in our life is our…
Does Acupuncture Work By Re-Mapping The Brain?
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Acupuncture is a form of traditional medical therapy that originated in China several thousand years ago. Perhaps, they…
How Your Mind, Under Stress, Gets Better At Processing Bad News
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Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and anxious.…
Thousands Of Years Ago, American Dogs Mysteriously Vanished
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Dogs’ ancestors in the Americas likely came from Siberia, according to a new study. The study also suggests that these…
Get Your Future Back by Becoming a Hope-filled Optimist
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Nobody wants to feel hopeless. There are some who attach themselves to it because they know nothing else. Even people…
Why Exhaustion Is Not Unique To Our Overstimulated Age
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Many sociologists, psychologists and cultural critics argue that the rapid spread of exhaustion syndromes such as…
Working With Nature Can Help Us Build Greener Cities Instead Of Urban Slums
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A more strategic approach to urban growth can ensure our cities maintain adequate green space and become low-carbon,…
How The War On Drugs Entrenches Patterns Of Drug Addiction
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Since Richard Nixon famously called for an ‘all-out offensive’ on the war on drugs in 1971, the US government has…
Seeing Your World From Another's Perspective
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At some fairly early point in our lives, we solidify our perspective -- the way we look at the world -- into a filter…
How's Your Inner Garden and Your Inner Rose?
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Our subconscious is a truly wonderful partner. It finds many ways to communicate with us. The other morning, I found…
InnerSelf Newsletter: July 8th, 2018
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It is said that the Chinese have an expression that is both a blessing and a curse: "May you live in interesting…
Horoscope Current Week: July 9 to 15, 2018
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This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…
Cultivating Inner Silence Through The Practice Of Daily Meditation
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Despite the seeming explosion of meditation in modern culture, there seems to be a lot of confusion about what it is,…
How Anticipating Stress Messes Up Memory And Your Day
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Starting your morning by focusing on the stress to come may harm your mindset throughout the day, according to a new…
Is It Good or Bad? Are You Happy or Unhappy?
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An emotion is something we attach to an event and it arises as a result of our interpretation of the event. This…
How To Make Your Garden Frog Friendly
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Many people forget that our gardens can be important havens for wildlife. But with ponds drying up, amphibians are…
How Would Alien Civilizations Deal With Climate Change?
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New research asks a big question: Is there such a thing as a sustainable civilization, perhaps one that lies far beyond…
Why Mexico's Election Was A Victory For Democracy Itself
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, won a landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections. He…
Actions and Consequence: How What We Do Comes Back To Us
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Our actions have consequences. Most of the time, we are unaware of any except perhaps the most immediate of these…
Making Space for Individual and Collective Grief
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Grief is an important emotion. Not an easy one, but it’s how we digest the experience of loss and transform it into…
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