There are certain traits of humankind which are commendable, and, fortunately, we can emphasize and increase those tendencies in ourselves. We are evolving beings. We are not "set in stone" or stuck at any particular stage of our life. This week we focus on things we can change within our own self...

While the beginning of the year is behind us, each day brings us a new opportunity to start again, or to continue along our "new" journey. So this week, we bring you articles to support you on your continuation of the "new chapter" of your story, chapter 2021, that began on January 1st.

This week, we focus on self-healing... Whether the healing is emotional, physical or spiritual, it is all connected within our own selves and also with the world around us. However, for healing to truly occur...

This week, our focus is "perspective" or how we see ourselves, the people around us, our surroundings, and our reality. As shown in the picture above, something that appears huge, to a ladybug, can be tiny for a two-legged human, or even a four-legged animal.

This week, as we continue our journey into what has been - so far - a tumultuous 2021, we focus on tuning in to ourselves, and learning to hear intuitive messages, so as to be living the life we desire... one step, one choice, one moment at a time.

As we welcome the new year, we say goodbye to the old... which can also mean - if we choose - letting go of things that don't work for us, including old attitudes and behaviors. Welcoming the new year is also traditionally a time of opening ourselves to new ways of being and to creating a new reality for ourselves. 

The new year is quickly approaching. The arrival of the new year can be a time of reflection, or re-evaluation of where we are, and where we are going. Many of us see this as an opportunity for a fresh start, whether in actions, attitudes, or aspirations. This week, we bring you articles to help you in the transition into 2021. 

In modern cultures, we tend to affix labels to things and people: good or bad, friend or foe, young or old, and multiple other "this or that". This week, we take a look at certain labels and behaviors and come to realize that everything is fluid. There is no set definition for any person...

This week feels like a new beginning... perhaps because Monday (the 14th) brings us a new moon and a total solar eclipse... or perhaps because we are approaching the December solstice and the New Year, or perhaps because many people are feeling relief with the arrival of a Covid vaccine, or perhaps, just because we really need a new beginning.

It's time to change our attitude and to jump into the future we desire and that we know is possible. We've been months, or actually decades, decrying the state of the world... a lot of woe me and hand-wringing has been going on. But, enough is enough! It's time for a new attitude and new intentions.

This week, we focus on seeing things differently... of looking from a different perspective, with an open mind and an open heart. 

Sometimes we may feel like our life is out of our control. However, even with the ups and downs and the challenges, we still are in charge of the direction we take and how we handle ourselves. This week, we bring you articles to assist you in the process of making your life one that is supportive of your true self and of living a life filled with purpose.

This week, we reflect on the question: "where do we go from here?" Just as with any rite of passage, whether graduation, marriage, birth of a child, a pivotal election, or the loss (or finding) of a job, anytime a new adventure begins, or ends, we are faced with choices as to "where do we go from here?" In this new issue of InnerSelf, we bring you articles to assist you in finding your way in the newness and the oldness of what is going on around us. 

This week, our articles encourage you to take time to "be"... Take a deep breath, and relax.. for whatever time you can. One minute is better than none...

Perhaps the theme of this week's newsletter can best be summarized by the first and the last of the featured articles about living from our spiritual heart and being of service and becoming a "better" version of ourselves.

The "slogan" or sub-title for the InnerSelf website is "New Attitudes---New Possibilities", and that is exactly the theme of this week's newsletter. The purpose of our articles and authors is to empower readers to move forward with a new attitude thus opening the way for new possibilities and new realities.

These days we are living in mini-bubbles... in our own homes, at work, and in public, and possibly in our own mind and with our own emotions. However, living in a bubble, or feeling like we are somehow cut off from others, does not mean that we stop living, growing, and moving forward. We can thrive in times of challenge.

Life is a journey and, as most journeys, comes with its ups and downs. And just like day always follows night, so do our personal daily experiences go from dark to light, and back and forth. However, we are not subject to a timetable set by nature or by others...

Whatever we are going through, both individually and collectively, we must remember that we are not helpless victims. We can reclaim our power to carve our own path and to heal our lives, spiritually and emotionally, as well as physically. This week, we take a look at ways to traverse the challenges of these times.

One of the great strength of the human race is our ability to be flexible, to be creative, and to think outside the box. To be someone other than we were yesterday or the day before. We can change... our mind, our attitude, our health, and even ourselves.

The theme of the newsletter this week can be summed up as "you can do it" or more specifically "we can do it!". This is another way of saying "you/we have the power to make a change". The image of the arrows hitting the center mark reminds us that we too can aim for a goal and attain it, however "impossible" or grandiose it may seem.

This week we practice moving past old traumas, old and current hurts, old and no longer relevant attitudes, past erroneous beliefs, past fearful limitations, past... (Well, you get the point.) And it seems we often have to go over a hurdle to get there... there are sometimes challenges whether physical, mental, or emotional... and sometimes all three combined.

We see life through the lenses of our perception. Stephen R. Covey wrote: “We see the world, not as it is, but as we are??or, as we are conditioned to see it.” So this week, we take a look at some different ways of seeing life and events in our life.