The Woman Who Walked Around The World
by Florian Sturm: Seeking a deeper connection to the world, Angela Maxwell set off to walk it alone. Six years and 20,000 miles later, she brought that connection home…
Life After Death: Vilca And The Most Sacred Psychedelic Ritual In The World
by Jon Waterlow: It’s not every day that you stick a 3,500 year-old human finger bone up your nose. And it’s not every day you die, either. I was preparing myself to do both…
Plant-Based Yogurt: What To Look Out For & How To Make Your Own
by Ocean Robbins : Sometime in humanity’s ancient past, someone figured out that they could carry milk in pouches made from animal bladders and skins…
What I Wish My Therapist Told Me | A Buddhist Monk’s Reflection
Many years ago before becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand, I had the opportunity to meet..
Da Vinci’s Sex Life Reveals A Complex Understanding Of Male Love
by (CBC): Leonardo da Vinci ‘loved penises,’ but remained celibate argues historian Elizabeth Abbott…
Scientists Learn What Fuels The ‘Natural Killers’ Of The Immune System
by (Science Daily): Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer…
Scientists Say Active Early Learning Shapes The Adult Brain
by (Virginia Tech): An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later…
Everybody Loves Something – Pema Chödrön
According to Pema Chödrön, love and compassion are like the weak spots in the walls of ego. If we connect with even one moment of the good heart of bodhicitta and cherish it, our ability to open will gradually expand…
A Guide To Gender Identity Terms
by Lauren Wamsley: Issues of equality and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people — along with challenges to their rights — have become a major topic in the headlines…
Leonard Jacobson – Thinking Your Way Into the Mind
“Riding on the wings of thought, I enter the world of time. Riding on the wings of thought I enter the world of the mind.” Leonard Jacobson
Waking Just One Hour Earlier Cuts Depression Risk By Double Digits
by (Science Daily): Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a sweeping new genetic study published May 26 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry…
The Brain-Changing Magic Of New Experiences
by Gabriella Paiella: The psychological reasons why novelty—from visiting new places to socializing—makes us happier and healthier people…
Scientists Revived A Creature That Was Frozen In Ice For 24,000 Years
by Mike Wehner: It sounds like the plot from a cheese science fiction movie: Scientists unearth something that’s been buried in the frozen ground of the Arctic for tens of thousands of years and decide to warm it up a bit…
The Spirituality Of Psychedelic Drug Users
by Abigail Fagan: Psychedelic drugs, including LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, have long had an association with spiritual pursuits…
Angelina Jolie Shines Spotlight On Women Beekeepers
by Michael d’Estries: The actor and humanitarian details her new role as a UNESCO ‘godmother’ for the group Women for Bees…
How To Calm An Angry Person
by Chloe Carmichael, PhD: Calming an angry person requires a lot of patience…
More Than 100 Reasons To Quit Tobacco
by (WHO):Smoking causes 8 million deaths every year…
Breaking Us In Two – Joe Jackson
From Joe Jackson’s Rockpalast 2-DVD set. This concert is from the show in Hamburg, Germany on disc 2…
A Shamanic View Of How Ayahuasca & Nature Communicate With Us
by Matthew J. Pallamary: In a shaman’s world view, everything is energy, and for them the word spirit and energy have the exact same meaning…
The App That Monetized Doing Nothing
by Annie Lowrey: Inside the meteoric, chilled-out, totally paradoxical rise of Calm…
America Has A Drinking Problem
by Kate Julian: A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today…
A Meditation For Extending Loving-kindness
by Charles Suhor: Charles Suhor guides you through a “Connectedness Meditation…”
The Surprising Secret To Healing A Broken Heart
by Kacy Zurkus: There’s a secret to healing a broken heart… and it’s far-less complicated than we expected. Dear Heart, help has arrived…
Take Three Conscious Breaths
by Pema Chödrön: Pema Chödrön teaches us pause practice, a simple technique we can use anytime we need a break from our habitual patterns…
