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This week in honor of August being National Happiness Month, we look at "what makes us happy" and the converse is of course "what makes us unhappy". However, the answer to both of these questions is the same. What? Yes, we make ourselves happy and/or unhappy by our choices, our attitudes, our thoughts, our judgments, our loving acceptance of other human beings, of ourselves, and of life itself.
This week we feature some of our regular
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Alan Cohen (Where Healing Really Lives), Barbara Berger (Can Black And White Thinking Make You Happy?), and Charles Eisenstein (The Three Seeds: From Separation to Reunion). And we introduce a new "regular author", 82-year-old Jane Wyker (The Happiness Factor: Celebrating What Makes Us Happy). We also welcome back Rabbi Daniel Cohen (When You Are Rejected, Say Thank You).Scroll down below for the featured articles as well as the numerous additional articles for this week.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
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NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK
When You Are Rejected, Say Thank You
Written by Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Have you ever thought you were in love only to be told by the one you admire that he or she wants to break up with you? Have you ever applied for a job and been told the organization or company chose someone else? Have you ever applied to a school or program and been declined entry?
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Where Healing Really Lives
Written by Alan Cohen
My friend Mark has been a physician for over 40 years. Recently he told me a story that helped me understand what real healing is.
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Can Black And White Thinking Make You Happy?
Written by Barbara Berger
You know that you are indulging in black and white thinking when you use words like “always” and “never”. Or when you generalize about something or someone and say “everyone” or “no one”.
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The Happiness Factor: Celebrating What Makes Us Happy
Written by Jane Wyker
Guess what?! August is National Happiness Month, and that means the whole month of August is dedicated to celebrating what makes us happy. You see, no matter what your age or gender, we all have one desire in common: to be happy.
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The Three Seeds: From Separation to Reunion
Written by Charles Eisenstein
Once upon a time, the tribe of humanity embarked upon a long journey called Separation. It was not a blunder as some, seeing its ravages upon the planet, might think; nor was it a fall, nor an expression of some innate evil peculiar to the human species. It was a journey with a purpose: to experience the extremes of Separation, to develop the gifts that come in response to it, and to integrate all of that in a new Age of Reunion.
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The Best Medicine for My Climate Grief
by Peter Kalmus
A climate scientist talks to a psychologist about coping with the crushing stress related to climate change. Here’s…
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Should You Sometimes Be Bad For Another’s Good?
by Belén López-Pérez
Imagine that someone you care about is procrastinating in advance of a vital exam. If he fails the test, he will not be…
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Why Obesity Is A Market Failure And Personal Responsibility Will Not Solve It Alone
by Lennert Veerman
Obesity levels in Australia and around the world are high and rising. This comes at an enormous economic cost for…
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How To Stop Stressing Over Exam Results
by Constantine Mantis
Exams are an almost unavoidable part of young people’s lives – and, inevitably, some people perform better than others.…
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How Shade Bias Perpetuates Prejudice Against People With Dark Skin
by Aisha Phoenix
When a person of colour with light skin rises to prominence, or becomes the first to occupy a particular position, it’s…
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Music Lifts Well-being For People In Palliative Care
by Gillian Kiley
Hospice and palliative care patients who listen to live music in their rooms as part of their treatment report feeling…
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Jury Finds Monsanto Liable In The First Roundup Cancer Trial – Here's What Could Happen Next
by Richard G. Bugs Stevens
In the first of many pending lawsuits to go to trial, a jury in San Francisco concluded on Aug. 10 that the plaintiff…
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The Real Promise Of LSD, MDMA And Mushrooms For Medical Science
by Erika Dyck
Psychedelic science is making a comeback. Scientific publications, therapeutic breakthroughs and cultural endorsements…
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Why Wearing An Ill-fitting Bra Is Uncomfortable And Bad For Your Health
by Joanna Wakefield-Scurr
Wearing the wrong size bra is not only uncomfortable, it can cause a range of health problems. Research has shown that…
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Does Your PC Might Need An Update To Fight The Foreshadow Vulnerability?
by Gabe Cherry
A newly discovered processor vulnerability could potentially put secure information at risk in any Intel-based PC…
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Can Sleeping Too Much Lead To An Early Death?
by Stephanie Centofanti and Siobhan Banks
A recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association has led to headlines that will make you rethink your…
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How Big Banks Are Worse For Customers
by Elizabeth Sheedy
Yet again this week, the Hayne Royal Commission has brought disturbing news of misconduct toward customers of our…
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How To Protect Your Children From Wildfire Smoke
by Cecilia Sierra-Heredia
We’re very careful about what our kids eat, but what about the air they breathe?During recent summers, children living…
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Are Midlife Sex Problems Are More Common Than You Think?
by Christopher Quinn-Nilas
The most common sexual problem is low desire, according to a research study we recently published in the Journal of…
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10 Habits Of People Who Lose Weight And Keep It Off
by Gina Cleo
Most people who diet will regain 50% of the lost weight in the first year after losing it. Much of the rest will regain…
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Why Turkey Is An Warning Of The Economic Pain Of Democratic Backsliding
by Richard Holden
As American baseball legend Yogi Berra once supposedly quipped, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Three years ago the…
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Why Most People Follow Routines
by Nick Chater
We all have different experiences of the value of routine. For the vast majority of us, routine helps us cope with the…
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The Voice That Inspired The Civil Rights Movement
by Leah Kardos
It is no coincidence that two of Aretha Franklin’s celebrated contemporaries who travelled to Detroit to see the singer…
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How To Pack A Stress-free School Lunch
by Molly Paulson
With the school year starting again, it’s time to start to think about the routine of packing school lunches. For many…
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What Snails Tell Us About The Effects Of Stress On Memory
by Sarah Dalesman
In numerous different animals, cognitive ability, including learning and memory, is often negatively affected by…
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Pop's Superlative Shapeshifter Madonna Turns 60 With Style
by Freya Jarman
One of the first albums I owned was a tape of Madonna’s 1987 remix collection You Can Dance. I’m not sure where I got…
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Is Beer Good For You?
by Mayur Ranchordas
A recent Daily Mail article announced that: “Beer is officially good for you”. The article claimed that beer “reduces…
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Video-On-Demand And The Myth Of Endless Choice
by Roderik Smits
If you like independent, art-house films or other specialised movies, you may have heard of the Romanian comedy-drama…
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Is It Possible To Catch Up On Sleep?
by Alexandra Hansen
It’s Friday and you’re clocking off, and after a few sleepless nights you want to tuck yourself up early and catch up…
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Why Do We Get Nose Bleeds?
by David King
Nose bleeds, or epistaxes, are often a mystery to the 60% of us who have had at least one in our lifetime. Suddenly…
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Why Innocent People Confess To Crimes They Didn't Commit
by Faye Skelton
Office clerk Stefan Kiszko spent 17 years in prison for the murder of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in Rochdale in…
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Having A Baby Is Costly And Confusing In The USA
by Simon F. Haeder
I cannot imagine how overwhelming the experience must be for someone with fewer resources and less of an understanding…
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Female Doctors Boost Women’s Survival After Heart Attack
by Kurt Greenbaum
Women who have had a heart attack have a significantly higher survival rate when a female doctor treats them in the…
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Yes, Saudi Women Can Now Drive, But Are Their Voices Being Heard?
by Nermin Allam
Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on women’s driving. The move is part of a series of…
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Why Frequent Skin Cancer May Be A Huge Warning Sign
by Krista Conger
People who develop abnormally frequent cases of a skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma appear to be at…
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Here's A Mental Health Workout That's As Simple As ABC
by Ziggi van Santini, Rob Donovan and Vibeke Jenny Koushede
While we take physical workouts very seriously, there is much less said about the “workouts” that help us remain…
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Climate Models Predict The World Will Be Anomalously Warm
by Florian Sévellec
We developed a new prediction system we call PROCAST (PROabilistic foreCAST), and used it to predict the natural…
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Our Dreams Have Many Purposes, Changing Across the Lifespan
by Patrick McNamara
Although radically different in terms of their content and feel, the range of dream states are just as complex as…
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How The Start Of High School Doesn't Have To Be Stressful
by David Yeager and Hae Yeon Lee
Up to two-thirds of students experience ‘ninth grade shock,’ which can affect everything from grades to mental health.
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Why You Shouldn't Worry About Feeling Sad
by Dinsa Sachan
In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out snippets of her daily…
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How Homeless Women Have Little Choice But To Use Sex For Survival
by Juliet Watson
Women comprise 42% of Australia’s homeless population. Not only do many women become homeless due to family violence…
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You May Be Surprised To Learn That It’s Not Just Food That Is Making Us Fat
by Bruce Blumberg and Raquel Chamorro-Garcia
Today, nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults and 21 percent of youth are obese. This trend is on the upswing and the…
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How Gambling Distorts Reality And Hooks Your Brain
by Mike Robinson
To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful…
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This Solar-Powered Still Can Make Fresh Water From Salty Water
by Greta Guest
Local people collect water from a muddy waterhole in 2006 in San Marcos Tlacoyalco. The Tehuacan Valley South-East of…
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Are They Watching You? Bees And Wasps Can Recognize Your Face
by Adrian Dyer
Recognizing faces is essential for how we interact in complex societies, and is often thought to be an ability that…
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Should I Get Tested For Alzheimer's Risk?
by Troy Rohn
Genetic testing is available to people who want to know if they carry a variant of a gene that confers susceptibility…
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What Happened When Walmart Tried To Make Sustainability Affordable
by Andrew Spicer and David Graham Hyatt
For Lee Scott, who ran Walmart from 2000 to 2009, the arrival of his granddaughter not only convinced him the threat of…
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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 this week's journal here
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.
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