This week, we delve into taking charge of our life. The articles we share with you bring many teachers, many blessings, and many insights in various forms. We are happy to share the wisdom in these articles with you and encourage you to make the wisdom yours.

This week we start by looking within at our addictions and our feelings of shame and guilt. We then learn to recognize our importance and our magnificence through nature, meditation, and introspection. From that point, we are able to disappear the walls from our consciousness and our lives - and discover a whole new reality.

Even in the midst of the challenges of our life we are blessed with friends, with inspiration, with divine guidance, with courage, and more. This week we share stories of challenges gone through, of healing using the breath, of inspiration from our animal friends, and much more.

InnerSelf Newsletter July 12th, 2015

Welcome... Our InnerSelf welcomes your Inner Self. Even in the midst of the challenges of our life we are blessed with friends, with inspiration, with divine guidance, with courage, and more. We learn to rise from the ashes like phoenix reborn. This week we share stories of challenges gone through, of healing and revitalization using the breath, of inspiration from our animal friends, and much more. Scroll below for the articles (both featured and not) for plenty of reading material, inspiration, and healing tools. And of course the common thread through all the transformative healing power in our life is love and forgiveness. Love and Gratitude for you and from you: We encourage you to share your love and gratitude with InnerSelf, by using this Amazon link if you shop at Amazon. Your cost is the same but we receive approx. 5% in commission to help support the website. We thank you for your support of our work in this manner that is cost-free for you. And of course, any donations are always welcomed and appreciated (and useful). We also thank you for visiting and supporting our advertisers... after all they are the daily bread that pays for the website expenses. And last, but not least, remember to share our articles with your friends on social media and otherwise. We also welcome (and invite) any feedback... Please let us know if something isn't working, a link is broken, or is missing, a typo, etc. To send us your comments, hover over the "This and That" item in every page's top menu, and click on the "Contact Us" button. Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week. Marie T. Russell editor/publisher, InnerSelf.com "New Attitudes...New Possibilities"

EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLES

The Healing Power of Breath: Do You Know How To Breathe? Written by Susan Shumsky, DD. A healthy routine of ample, complete breathing replete with prana, which nourishes every cell, can revitalize your life. The yogis of India believe that proper breathing can annihilate all disease from this planet. In addition, the power of prana in breath can increase mental capacity, happiness, self-confidence... Read article here: The Healing Power of Breath: Do You Know How To Breathe? What Horses Can Teach Us About Ourselves Written by Rosalyn W. Berne. News of my communications with the horses had spread in the small Costa Rican community. The horsemen, the veterinarian, and the cabin retreat employees were all aware of it. Some had reacted with apprehension, suspicious of my abilities, while others were afraid that I might be reading their minds, too. Read article here: What Horses Can Teach Us About Ourselves Raising a Husband: Getting Him to Respond When You Call Written by Tonilyn Hornung. I started thinking, “Do all wives feel like they are raising their husbands? Wow. Someone should write a book about that.”  Weeks later the title How to Raise a Husband  popped into my head, and it occurred to me that, as a wife and a writer, I  could write a book about wives and husbands. Read article here: Raising a Husband: Getting Him to Respond When You Call Love and Forgiveness: The Antidotes to Fear and Blame Written by Gary Holz D.Sc. and Robbie Holz. One morning Rose began our session by saying it was time for me to take a very important journey. “It’s a journey we all must take within this lifetime. It’s the journey that takes us from being a child to becoming an adult. And what you need to make this journey are the powers of love and forgiveness.” Read article here: Love and Forgiveness: The Antidotes to Fear and Blame Reassembling the Fragmented Shards of a Broken Heart Written by Terry Jones-Brady.  Many years after my tragedies were over and done with, and after I was happy beyond my dreams, the idea came to me to make mosaic artwork. A mosaic artist can take bits and pieces of trash and treasure and create something beautiful. Read article here: Reassembling the Fragmented Shards of a Broken Heart Astrological Journal for the Week Written by Pam Younghans This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read more It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights. FEATURED ADDITIONAL ARTICLES: * A Long Lost Friend Reborn: What We Can Expect From Go Set A Watchman * Vitamin C Linked To Lower Odds Of Early Death * To See The Legacy Of Slavery, Look At Present-day School Systems * How Can Agroecology Help Fix Our Broken Food System * Why If Everyone Lived In An Ecovillage, The Earth Would Still Be In Trouble * The Largely Unknown Condition That Puts One Million People In The Hospital Each Year * Why Do Strawberries Taste So Good? * Polarised Light And The Super Sense You Didn't Know You Had * What Makes Siblings From The Same Family So Different? * Why Defeating ISIS With Military Might Is Starry Eyed Idealism * Why Do So Many Conservatives Seem So Miserable? * Helping Plants Fight Off Pathogens By Enhancing Their Immune Systems * Are Cigarettes Associated With An Increased Risk Of Psychosis? We are adding articles to the website throughout week. Rather than wait until the newsletter comes out, you can visit each section according to your interests. Each section listed below is designed as its own "mini-website" (or you can go to the home page and see all the most recent articles). Living in Harmony: The "Living in Harmony" section includes articles on Health & Well-Being, Home & Garden, Pets, Leisure & Creativity, Finance & Careers, and Science and Technology. Personal Development: The "Personal Development" area covers Attitude Adjustments (which includes Fear, Anger, Gratitude, Forgiveness), Relationships & Parenting, Spirituality & Mindfulness (included Meditation), Intuition & Awareness (including astrology), and Happiness & Success. Social & Political: "Social & Political" covers topics that affect us personally yet deal with a more "societal" or "political" sphere. This area covers Environment & Climate, Democracy, Justice, Inequality, Economy, and more. These topics are very relevant for our communal journey on Planet Earth.

EDITOR'S CHOICE VIDEOS

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