Actor James Van Der Beek died from colon cancer at age 48. Researchers have identified a number of factors associated with increasing numbers of young people developing colorectal cancer, but there is no one clear answer that explains this trend.
Held on sacred ceremonial land during the Summer Solstice, this retreat blends the peak of light with three intramuscular ketamine sessions. Ketamine softens habitual ego patterns, allowing unconscious material to surface and integrate.
Whether you are new to Tuina or an experienced practitioner, this series will expand your hands-on skills and reconnect you with Chinese medicine.
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.”
We are long past making sure no one’s feelings get hurt when it comes to really digging into what is happening to our children. We have important work to do — work that can only be done by grown-ups willing to take full responsibility for what they are bringing to the table.
Consumers can fight shrimp fraud by making informed purchases and choosing trusted sources like certified sustainable fisheries. Support stronger labeling laws and traceability programs.
We’re trained to distrust enough, to see it as settling, complacency, or as the enemy of ambition. But for most of human history, enough wasn’t a failure state: it was a goal. Enough meant survival with dignity, security without hoarding.
Original article text highlighting Bad Bunny’s role as an environmental justice educator replaced with a disheartening reality check after an angry reader email.
Autophagy is a natural process by which your cells recycle or dispose of damaged cellular components and fats. Chronic alcohol use slows or even shuts down this crucial cleaning process. Once alcohol is out of your system, autophagy resumes, allowing the liver to restore its optimal functionality.
In a 2025 mini baby boom reported by the Ministry of Statistics, childbirths and marriages are up, and divorces are down in the world’s least fertile country. It’s believed that economic assistance for childcare has helped incentivize couples desiring children but who were wary of the economic burden in the high-cost country.
The eighth chakra for animals is their ecosystem, their morphic resonance, their own field of energy connected to the bigger field. In many ways, the eighth chakra represents the home of instinct that we humans have dulled.
Personal growth isn’t meant to feel like a life sentence. It’s meant to support us in becoming more whole, present, and alive. If you’ve been feeling tired of “working on yourself,” it doesn’t mean something has gone wrong.
Qigong and Yoga offer powerful and complementary pathways for nervous system healing. Beyond their physical benefits, both practices invite us back into a felt sense of connection with breath, nature, and the living world of which we are a part.
In recent years, there has been very strong interest in the reemergence and use of natural herbal medicine. Based on consumer demand, along with scientific studies that are often validating the effectiveness of ancient traditional herbal remedies, natural medicine is experiencing a renaissance.
It's official: New York City is leading the world away from fossil fuels, being the first large U.S. city to adopt a comprehensive, city-wide mandate requiring most new construction to avoid fossil fuels and rely entirely on electric systems.
Chinese cosmology and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses a combination of animals and elements to describe how energy moves and expresses itself over time. The Year of the Fire Horse is a rare combination that appears only once every 60 years and is associated with strong, active, and outward-moving energy.
Old-souled people tend to value different things: depth over reach, meaning over metrics, and continuity over disruption. They’re less interested in what’s new than in what endures. Less concerned with being seen than with seeing clearly.
If intuition feels unreliable, it’s not because it failed you. It’s because the relationship hasn’t been given space to grow in a world that rarely slows down.
Over half of U.S. adults’ at-home calories come through ultraprocessed foods — a major global health threat driving chronic disease — according to a study in The Lancet.
The world’s first global treaty to protect ocean life in international waters enters into force on 17 January 2026, bringing into effect legally-binding rules for the sustainable use and management of marine resources in the high seas.
Often, we dismiss our own early traumas as insignificant because we think that others had it so much worse. You need not measure your trauma against the trauma of others. Your experience, and the unfortunate imprinting that has remained ever since, is valid and worthy of your love and attention.
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