InnerSelf Magazine December 11, 2023
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This week we shed light on 'non-miraculous' events in our life that can turn out to have a miraculous end-result...
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Current Week Astrological Overview and Horoscope: December 11-17, 2023
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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 prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your…
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Astrological Overview and Horoscope: December 11-17, 2023
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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 prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your…
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Happy Family 2.0: Life After Divorce
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The thing about divorce that is hard to remember is that as much as it is happening to you, your partner, and your children, it’s also happening to everyone else in your little world. Your friends, your extended family, everyone is affected.
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The Pain and Loss of Death: The Ultimate Healer and Teacher
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It was a cruel synergist that moved me to explore life’s deepest mysteries. This had been my father’s path, but it was not mine—at least not until now.
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Discover the Health-Boosting Ingredients of Traditional Gingerbread
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Gingerbread is a delicious yet ancient staple of the holiday season — and its spices may have some surprising health benefits
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Going to a Museum? The Health Advantages of Cultural Therapy
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Could visiting a museum be the secret to a healthy life?
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Clashing Views on Climate Change: James Hansen vs. Michael Mann
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The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future
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New Insights on Exercise and Aging from the Finnish Twins Study
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Does exercise really do nothing for longevity, as a Finnish twins study suggests?
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Six Ways to Tackle Imposter Syndrome
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Let’s explore ways to train our brain so we can stride confidently into life’s grand meeting room, project our voice with conviction and aplomb, flipping the script on imposter syndrome.
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Dogs in a World Without Us: What Happens Then?
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If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs? For many of us, dogs are our best friends. But have you wondered what would happen to your dog if we suddenly disappeared? Can domestic dogs make do without people?
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Obsessive Thoughts Unveiled: The Broader Spectrum of OCD
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OCD is so much more than handwashing or tidying. As a historian with the disorder, here’s what I’ve learned
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Winter Bird Feeding: More Than Just Sustenance
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How bird feeders help small species fight infection
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Beyond Overconfidence: How Intellectual Humility Shapes Science
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Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress
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Reclaiming Your Time: Strategies for Beating Technology's Time Drain
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Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise – here’s what you can do about it
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Christmess: The Heartfelt Christmas Movie of the Year
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Christmess is undoubtedly one of the best Christmas films to emerge – from anywhere – in recent years
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Spotting the Signs: What to Do If You Suspect Your Partner Has Dementia
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More than a third of people with dementia don’t know they have it – what to do if you suspect your partner has the condition
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The Heartfelt Story Behind "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
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Eighty years ago this week, Judy Garland walked into an MGM studio and recorded Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas for the first time.
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The Long Shadow of Human-Induced Climate Change: Implications for the Next 50,000 Years
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The climate change we caused is here for at least 50,000 years – and probably far longer
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The Miracle Comes Together...Just Like That!
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My heart nearly skipped a beat. "What an amazing coincidence!" (I didn't yet believe in miracles or divine guidance.)
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Why Do Small Choices Feel Stressful?
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Why everyday decisions feel so stressful – and what to do about it
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'Tis the Season for Allergies: Managing Christmas Tree Syndrome
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Christmas tree syndrome: why the festive evergreen can make your nose run – and what you can do about it
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American Democracy: An Ongoing Experiment in Freedom
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Why Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an ‘experiment’ – and were unsure if it would survive
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The Significance of AI in Mathematics: OpenAI's New Breakthrough
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Why OpenAI developing an artificial intelligence that’s good at maths is such a big deal
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Horoscope Previous Week: December 4-10, 2023
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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 prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your…
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InnerSelf Magazine: December 4, 2023
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Our articles this week take a look at various paths of connection, and also at some of the consequences of disconnection.
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Astrological Overview and Horoscope: December 4-10, 2023
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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 prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your…
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Stop Monkey Mind: Practice Awareness of No-Thought
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“No-thought” comes from a Zen expression that literally means “the mind without the mind.” This refers to a mind that is calm, balanced, and unoccupied by self-centered thoughts or emotion...
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Facing Our Shortcomings from a Place of Love
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I’ve made mistakes. Many. I’ve done things I am not proud of. Repeatedly. We can’t correct the wrongs we’ve committed in our lives, but we can try not to repeat them.
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Paths of Connection and the End of Suffering
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Perhaps the most important thing that spirituality can teach us is that it is possible for us to cultivate connection. We don’t have to live in a state of disconnection.
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Anthropocene Awakening: Earth's Environmental Crossroads
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In 2000, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen proposed that the epoch known as the Holocene, which started some 11,700 years ago, had reached its end.
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Rethinking Immune Health: Balance Over Boost
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Immune health is all about balance – an immunologist explains why both too strong and too weak an immune response can lead to illness
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The Hidden Harmful Health Effects of Vinegar
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In 1998, a group of researchers at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria) observed that high vinegar consumption can have three main harmful effects:
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Which Blood Sugar Monitor Is Best?
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Monitoring the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood is vital if you have diabetes. You get results in real time, which allows you to adjust your medications, exercise and food accordingly.
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Don't Let Burnout Ruin Your Holidays
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It’s beginning to look a lot like burnout. How to take care of yourself before the holidays start
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When Antibiotics Are Not the Answer: Making Informed Choices
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Do you really need antibiotics? Curbing our use helps fight drug-resistant bacteria
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Unveiling the Impact of Nanoplastics on Brain Health
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Since it was first produced at the start of the 20th century, synthetic plastic – and especially plastic packaging – has been an ever-present fixture in everyday life. Yet all the convenience plastic has given us comes at a price.
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The UN Emissions Gap Report: Are We on Track to Curb Climate Change?
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As the latest UN climate change summit (COP28) gets underway in Dubai, conversations around limiting global warming to 1.5°C will confront a harsh reality.
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US-China Pledge to Tackle Climate Crisis
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The relationship between the US and China is the most important in the world, and it has been unstable and sometimes under extreme stress in recent years.
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Sugar—Not So Sweet?
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Most of us have been raised on a carbohydrate-based diet, which means we’re slaves to glucose. As your body digests starches, glucose is the result.
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Modern Stoicism: Navigating Life's Challenges with Ancient Wisdom
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Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans’ search for meaning is turning them toward the classics
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All the Good Happening in the World
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I write this as one who, many years ago, practiced journalism and created in French-speaking Africa a quarterly magazine that was lauded for its fundamentally positive approach to all issues, while at the same time remaining sharply realistic.
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Dementia Prevention: The Power of Lifestyle Choices
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Lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk by maintaining brain plasticity — but the time to act is now
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Encouraging Kids to Give Back: Proven Strategies for Parents
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3 ways to encourage kids to be more charitable and kind this holiday season
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Weighing Parenthood in the Shadow of Global Warming
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Climate crisis: what to consider if you’re questioning whether to have children
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Why Bullies Act Out: Exploring the Causes of Mean Behavior
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Why are bullies so mean? A youth psychology expert explains what’s behind their harmful behavior
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Rise of Far-Right Politics: Understanding the Mainstream Influence
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Look to the mainstream to explain the rise of the far right Javier Milei in Argentina. Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.
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InnerSelf Magazine: November 27, 2023
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The expression about finding oneself between "a rock and a hard place" is one we've probably all identified with at some time in our life, and probably more so in the past few years.
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Astrological Overview and Horoscope: November 27-December 3, 2023
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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 prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your…
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Committing to the Journey: Your Business, Your Heart, and the World
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The journey you’re on with your business is a relationship: a relationship with your own heart, with your business, with the world.
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The Law of Similars: Homeopathy and Nano-Medicine
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Homeopathy’s central dictum, the law of similars (use like to cure like), may be restated: In the appropriate situation, illness or disease symptoms are effectively addressed by a substance whose otherwise toxic effect is to produce equivalent or similar symptoms.
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Eight Points of Pain that Adoptees Need to Heal
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We’re not here, as adoptees, to live someone else’s life. My desire to get to the truth of me and to reignite the light within me has taken me on a transformational journey...
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Understanding the Impact of Co-Sleeping on Babies and Parents
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Is sleeping with your baby a good idea? Here’s what the science says
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Why Washing Chicken is a Bad Idea
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Chicken doesn’t need to be washed before cooking – here’s why
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Mobile Phones for Kids: Finding the Right Age and Safety Balance
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When to give your child their first mobile phone – and how to keep them safe
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When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. While we do not all have the same experiences, the lessons or messages may be the same. We can learn from each other and be inspired by those we meet, or whose words we read.