The Hidden Costs Of Online Shopping Explained
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Internet shopping has grown massively, especially now that free delivery and returns, with multiple ways of making…
Is There Any Point In Recycling?
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To sort or not to sort, that is the question. Lots of people wonder whether it’s really worth their time and effort to…
How US Policy Is Shifting Toward Nutrition For Better Health
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In this new year, millions of Americans will make resolutions about healthier eating. In 2019, could U.S. government…
Listen to Your Symptoms, They're There For A Reason
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Careful histories of people who come down with serious illnesses almost always reveal earlier warning signs that were…
Life Under A Lunar Eclipse: Nothing Is Quite As It Seems
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is full and its light is blocked by the earth’s shadow. Traditionally a time of…
InnerSelf Newsletter: January 20th, 2019
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One thing we can be sure of is that life always presents us with twists and turns, choices to make, new directions to…
Horoscope Current Week: January 21 to 27, 2019
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This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…
Stories Of The Emotional Lives of Animals
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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.
Caring For The Wildlife In Your Garden On Hot Days
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Last night I was watering the garden with a hose. It is easy to see how stressed the plants are on a 38 degree day, but…
Let's Reap The Economic Benefits Of Local Food Over Big Farming
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For more than 20 years, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made tens of millions of dollars available in…
How To Discover Your Unhealthy Beliefs
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Virtually every aspect of your daily life is impacted by unhealthy beliefs. Unhealthy beliefs have the power to impact…
You Actually Use Less Information To Make Decisions Than You Might Think
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People consume far less information than expected before making judgments and decisions, a new study finds.
These 4 Factors Predict The Risk Of Postpartum Depression
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Four characteristics may offer a way to predict if a woman will experience postpartum depression—and if her symptoms…
A Life Path Metaphor: Two Horses, A Carriage, A Driver, and A Passenger
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The Life Path is a kind of connecting thread that each human being follows during the course of his or her life. We can…
Creating Satisfying New Beginnings
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One day during meditation, a year after Werner moved out, I received guidance to get a temporary job in a plant…
A Few Basic Principles to Change Bad Habits to Good Ones
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When we learn a new skill and continue to practice it, our brain cells establish connections that solidify that new…
The Road Forward: Developing The Habit of a Can Do Attitude
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We humans are circadian creatures. Like the moon overhead and the ocean tides it governs, we live day-to-day on regular…
Philosophy Can Make The Previously Unthinkable Thinkable
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In the mid-1990s, Joseph Overton, a researcher at the US think tank the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, proposed the…
Does Osteopathy Work?
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Studies examining pain are hard to judge, since they’re based on participants’ self-reported pain levels.
What Happens To Your Skin When You Get Sunburnt?
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Most Australians are familiar with the painful red skin, blisters and peeling that follow too much time in the sun.…
Here's How To Protect Yourself From The Inevitable Data Breaches
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It’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions of pieces of personal data – Social…
When Good Stuff Happens To Bad People, We Care But Don’t Act
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If you’re angry about good things happening to bad people, you aren’t alone—but you probably won’t do much about it,…
Feeling Good About Ourselves No Matter What
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When we neglect ourselves in the mad rush to make a living, take care of business and raise our families, we die a…
How To Boost Kids' Skills And Memories With A Weekly Game Night
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The winter months are an ideal time to turn your attention inward and think of how you can establish something new for…
Is Winter Miserable For Wildlife?
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While the weather outside may indeed get frightful this winter, a parka, knit hat, wool socks, insulated boots and…
Why We Shouldn't All Be Vegan
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After decades in which the number of people choosing to cut out meat from their diet has steadily increased, 2019 is…
What A 16th-Century Mystic Can Teach Us About Making Good Decisions
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Decision-making is a complex process. As individuals, working through our daily lives, we often take a number of…
How Carbon Taxes Can Work
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A carbon tax makes fossil fuels like oil and coal more expensive. That, in turn, leads consumers and industries to use…
Are You In A Rut? Put Your Genie in a Bigger Bottle
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Humans are creatures of habit, and sometimes we get stuck in a rut. Sometimes we're overwhelmed. We face a simple daily…
5 Most Addictive Substances And What They Do To Your Brain
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What are the most addictive drugs? This question seems simple, but the answer depends on whom you ask.
Why There Are Dark Days Ahead For Coffee
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Is your morning coffee an espresso or a skinny latte? Is it from a darkly roasted French or Italian blend?
Why We’re Not As Stupid As We Have Been Led To Believe
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Suppose you toss a coin and get four heads in a row – what do you think will come up on the fifth toss? Many of us have…
Bad Sleep In Older Adults May Signal Alzheimer’s Disease
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Older people who spend less time in slow-wave sleep—the deep sleep you need to consolidate memories and wake up feeling…
Why Gluten-Free Food Might Increase Your Risk Of Diabetes
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It’s hard not to notice that the range of gluten-free foods available in supermarkets has increased massively in recent…
Four Steps to Radical Forgiveness
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This process takes only a few moments but it is one that literally could save you from getting totally caught up in the…
How To Tell If A Leader Is Manufacturing A Crises
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“This is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul.” That’s how President Donald Trump…
Why Did Easter Islanders Build Statues Where They Did?
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The ancient people of Rapa Nui, Chile, better known as Easter Island, built their famous ahu monuments near coastal…
As The Planet Warms, So Do Your Risks Of Breast Cancer
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It is encouraging to see greater attention in the media to the issue of climate change and its effects on the…
The Surprising Downsides Of Working From Home
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What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is.
How Our Unconscious Visual Biases Change The Way We Perceive Objects
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As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But while we can appreciate that others might hold…
How To Be Yourself: Finding Your Original Face
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Just be what you are and don't care a bit about the world. Then you will feel a tremendous relaxation and a deep peace…
How Memories Of Eating Influence Your Next Meal
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Of course you know that eating is vital to your survival, but have you ever thought about how your brain controls how…
How To Change Your Phone Settings So Apple, Google Can't Track Your Movements
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Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protect their customers’ personal…
People Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts Need The Compassionate Ear Of A Caring Listener
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The World Health Organisation estimates that 800,000 people die by suicide each year. That is one person dying by…
Love Meat Too Much To Be Vegetarian? Go Flexitarian
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A flexitarian is defined as “one whose normally meatless diet occasionally includes meat or fish”. The term, first…
Recalling Happy Memories Can Reduce Depression Risk In Vulnerable Teenagers
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Recalling positive memories may help lower the risk of depression in young people who have had a difficult childhood,…
Affirmation Prayers and Blessings: Adapt and Create Your Own
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The power of affirmation, prayer, and blessing has been used for thousands of years in both spiritual and folk rites,…
How Market Economics Is Destroying The Safeguards Of The Professions
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The doctor was desperate. ‘I need to talk to my patients,’ she said, ‘and give them time to ask questions.
Here’s What You Need To Know About Flu Season
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This year’s influenza outbreak is increasing nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Want To Be Happier? Try Getting To Know Yourself
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The unexamined life is not worth living, wrote the Greek philosopher Socrates. He was reflecting on the expression…
A Warming Climate's Effect On Sperm Could Hold Key To Species Extinction
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Since the 1980s, increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves have contributed to more deaths than any other extreme…
Drinking Coffee And Tea During Pregnancy May Be Bad For Your Baby's Health
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Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive substance in the world. And at average consumption levels, it is…
High Blood Sugar In Pregnancy Increases Child’s Obesity Risk
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A pregnant woman’s high blood sugar level is linked to a significantly greater long-term risk of obesity in her…
Creative Visualization: Taking Responsibility For Ourselves In Life
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We must take responsibility for ourselves in life. It is unfair to throw blame for what happens to us onto our parents,…
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