How I Stopped Being “My Wound”

I want to go back to the miracle of no longer enjoying blaming the past and identifying with my wound. Perhaps the exhaustion of being a victim for so many years left me immune, although saying this is unfair: I have worked throughout my life to stop being “my wound.”

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Featured Events: Girlfriend’s Getaway

Imagine three days dedicated entirely to your growth, healing, and personal empowerment. That’s exactly what awaits at Girlfriend’s Getaway “Seeds of Possibilities and Potentials”, created by two visionary new event planners.

Good News Headlines 3/16/2026

Teachers on Reddit making a teacher salary with “teacher mental health needs” shared the affordable and no-cost mental health resources they discovered to help them stay well on a small budget after refusing to pay $175/hour.

Good News Headlines 3/9/2026

New elephant ambulance marks its inaugural rescue mission, bringing a 27-year-old to the hospital with a leg injury in Uttar Pradesh, India. The specially designed truck is built to move elephants in a way that protects both them and everybody else on the road.

Let’s Celebrate Celery!

I stood there in the darkness slowly munching my stalk of celery. I wondered if this is why animals eat grass; maybe it’s to help their digestive systems. By the time I had finished the stalk my heartburn had subsided. This was shocking!

Good News Headlines 3/2/2026

Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. So, New Orleans is trying to catch health issues early — and get families off to an easier start — by adding home health visits during the crucial first months of life.

The Science Behind Why Reiki Works

Have you ever looked at a person and felt their bad mood, or felt a person enter a room before you’ve seen them? Now you can scientifically explain how you know these things. As science progresses and human minds reach outside their comfort zones, we see science explaining the unexplainable more and more every day.

The Age I Share With Gandhi

At seventy-eight, I carry more gratitude than certainty that nonviolence will prevail, yet I live with the unshakable conviction that violence, its alternative, must be resisted, especially during this tumultuous period in American history.

Good News Headlines 2/23/2026

A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit, allowing its international work to continue in a new form. This reincarnation of USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures as the nonprofit DIV Fund is thanks to $48 million raised from two private donors.

“Rainbow Boy” Is 100 Years Old

Though long out of print and now a work in the public domain, the wisdom in the stories from "Rainbow Boy" are as timeless and essential as the spirit of change itself. Read the back story of how a character in "Rainbow Boy" is the namesake for Spirit of Change Magazine.

When Being Wise Might Mean Being Less Informed

Information arrives fast, loud, and fragmented. It’s designed to grab attention, provoke reaction, and then make room for the next thing. Wisdom, on the other hand, moves slowly. It requires context, memory, and a willingness to hold competing truths in the mind.

Good News Headlines 2/16/2026

The editors of "The Nation" magazine are in the process of formally nominating the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”

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March 16, 2026

The working week begins under a waning Aquarius Moon. Retrograde Mercury is likely to bring about reunions, timely reviews and karmic recollections. Deeply moving memories can come in torrents at almost any moment...

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