Astrological Overview and Horoscope: May 13 - 19, 2024
This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as...
The Real Meaning of Mother's Day: MOTHER'S DAY PROCLAMATION, Boston 1870
The original Mother's Day Proclamation (in 1870) was a statement of mothers who had lost sons in the North joined with mothers who had lost sons in the South during the Civil War, proclaiming a...
More Than One Style of Empathy: One Style Does Not Fit All
How we attune to ourselves or others may be different for each of us depending on which of the four styles of empathy—cognitive, emotional, intuitive, and spiritual—we relate to most strongly.
Something Needs to Be Done: "Progress" or Shared Ecology?
The more I looked into the subject of life’s capacity to heal and renew after divisive setbacks, the deeper and wider my view had to grow. This discovery took me through regions of knowledge I...
Exercise and Cancer: How Staying Active Reduces Risk and Aids Recovery
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Meaningful Work vs. Burnout: When Your Job Takes Over Your Life
Doing a job you find meaningful is great – until it consumes your life...
New Fatherhood Brain Changes: Mental Health Impact on Dads
Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood.
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Is The Universe Friendly? Having the Eyes to See (with video version)
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A Squatter in My Studio Office
Arriving at our summer retreat in Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, after a long drive from Florida, I anticipated the…
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