The Most Dangerous Gift You Can Give Your Sixth Grader

A twelve-year-old today has a different life. The library card has been replaced by a piece of glass that knows them better than their grandmother does, that follows them to bed and wakes up before they do, and that has been engineered, with the same techniques I learned decades ago in advertising and broadcasting, to keep their eyes on it for as many hours as possible.

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What The Stones In Your Home Are Trying To Tell You

Crystal healing is not a passive practice. It does not ask you simply to own stones and hope their qualities seep into your life by proximity. Crystal healing is a spiritual and contemplative practice that asks you to bring intention, consistency, and honesty to the relationship.

Good News Headlines 5/18/2026

In announcing New York City’s executive budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was applauded for closing a $12 billion budget deficit without austerity measures, proving that when city governments “stand with working families, not billionaires, there is nothing they cannot accomplish."

The Forgotten Art of Inner Space

Nothing external had necessarily changed immediately. Yet internally, everything had changed, because the individual had stopped collapsing inward energetically. They had begun reclaiming spaciousness — and spaciousness changes everything.

Good News Headlines 5/11/2026

A small Wisconsin city has just notched a big win in its fight against a proposed data center, thanks to grassroots community organizing and support from a growing statewide coalition.

The Book That Taught Me to Stop “Helping”

In these remote Indigenous communities, non-interference wasn’t a passive thing, a reluctance to get involved, the way we sometimes use the word. It was a deeply held, actively practiced value grounded in a fundamental respect for every person’s right to walk their own path and make their own choices.

Good News Headlines 5/4/2026

New study finds switching from conventional personal care products to nontoxic alternatives can rapidly reduce exposure to harmful chemicals. Even only a few days can lower body levels of substances linked to hormone disruption, cancer, developmental problems, and reproductive toxicity.

Good News Headlines 4/27/2026

A chance discovery at a cemetery in Ithaca, New York has led scientists to uncover one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever recorded, with an estimated 5.5 million individuals of the species Andrena regularis living beneath the soil.

How To Use Namaste As A Greeting

When you bow to another, are you really bowing to them with all your being, or are you just going through the motions? If you are committed to living the word, then it’s okay to say it. In fact, if you understand and really mean it, then it’s good to say namaste.

Daily Astrology

May 19, 2026

After a night of wonderful dreams, musings and dalliances, the day brings loyalty tests. The waxing crescent Moon is in family-oriented Cancer, where she promotes caring, nurturing ways. Protective instincts are also naturally...

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