Good News Headlines 10/20/2025
170 years ago, the US Army massacred a Lakota village. Their plundered belongings are now back in Nebraska due to a remarkable partnership and serious negotiations with the nation’s largest museum.
Author: Admin Staff - Susan Inglis
Small Acts That Can Trigger Big Creativity
Too many people operate on autopilot, bored with their lives and feeling restless. Need help getting out of your comfort zone? The changes you make do not have to be major.
The Tao Of Addiction And Recovery
Addiction prevention and recovery, from a Taoist perspective, involves keeping the energy channels open and clear or reopening and clearing them out again if there is a need to do so. Then, the person can feel like they have space to deal with their life circumstances.
Six Simple Activities To Build A Closer Connection With The Living World Around You
If you don’t already have a practice that helps you connect to other-than-human creatures, try any of the following six activities to begin one. They are all short and simple, and they can be done in any outdoor space.
When Living The Day Matters More Than Recording It
We live in a world that constantly urges us to capture, document, and record. Phones in our hands make it easy to photograph a meal, or share a view. But not every experience is meant to be preserved in that way. Some moments ask only to be lived.
Why Benadryl Is An Outdated And Unsafe Allergy Treatment
Many people keep Benadryl in their medicine cabinet because it's what they grew up with. Few stop to question whether the drug itself has kept pace with modern science or whether newer options could offer the same relief without the risks.
No Turning Back
The world has always been a mix of vastly different cultures, races, religions, and belief systems. Much has changed over time because of movements for social equality, particularly during the last 50 years, and now there is no turning back.
Good News Headlines 10/13/2025
Hamas on Monday released the last 20 living hostages from Gaza as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. In exchange, Israel was expected to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners later on Monday.
When The Body Forgets To Ask For Water
Once we pass around 60, the systems in the brain and body that govern thirst lose their previous sensitivity. The hypothalamic osmoreceptors that once reacted quickly to rising sodium levels or falling fluid volume just don’t sound the alarm the way they used to.
Featured Events: Creating an Herbal Toolkit for End of Life Care
This comprehensive 5-week online course equips you with gentle, time-tested wisdom for supporting loved ones and community during life's most sacred transition.
Featured Events: Light & Insight
You’re invited to a sacred space of healing and transformation with Robin Cheyney, an intuitive, empathic healer, spiritual teacher, and compassionate guide, for an hour of divine light energy healing for all attendees.
Sorrow To Solace: Herbal Support For Grief And Loss
Understanding this whole-body experience of grief helps us see why plant allies can offer such meaningful support. Herbs work with multiple systems simultaneously, addressing both the physical manifestations of grief and the emotional weight we carry.
Healing Begins With Asking The Right Questions About Your Health
When it comes to health, the questions we are willing to ask, matter. A lot. When we begin to wonder what is happening to us and why, we learn through trial and error how to ask good questions without foreclosing on an answer out of fear.
Breaking and Healing Through Our Fifth Season
The instant a bone breaks, the two ends begin to reach for each other. In a similar way, this deep, mysterious force of life is at work in us during our fifth season, a time when we are called to let the mysterious molecule of health be our teacher as we trip through the difficult yet endearing terrain of aging.
Good News Headlines 10/6/2025
A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the high seas has now met the required 60 ratifications for entry into force, clearing the way for it to take effect in January 2026.
How Wind And Solar Power Help Keep America’s Farms Alive
In some rural counties, clean energy is the largest new source of economic activity, helping stabilize local economies otherwise reliant on agriculture’s unpredictable income streams. These projects also support rural manufacturing.
How To Tell The Difference Between Food Poisoning And A Stomach Bug
Understanding what’s really behind your stomach distress isn’t just about curiosity — it determines how you recover and whether you're still contagious. Learn the real differences between these two gut-wrenching conditions.
Resilience, Conscious Living, And The Magic Of Imagination
I was measured by a missing limb, by a medical chart, by the polite sympathy and lowered expectations of strangers. But every time the world tried to put me in a box, something inside me refused to be counted out. I learned early that reality is not only what happens to you, it is what you imagine, decide, and practice into being.
The Obesity Epidemic Is Fueled By Biology, Not Lack Of Willpower
Just as human progress brought us problematic obesity, it may also help resolve it. That begins with accepting that polygenic obesity is a disease and not a matter of willpower. Rather than blaming and shaming one another for our size, we should be more understanding and educate ourselves.
Good News Headlines 9/29/2025
Mexico’s jaguar population is climbing, but the country’s biggest cat isn’t out of the woods yet. A four-month census conducted last year has concluded there are 5,326 wild jaguars throughout the country — a 33% jump from 2010, when the species was labeled endangered (as it still is).
Plant Power And Our Immune System
Plants have had to deal with natural pathogens such as fungi and bacterial for millennia, and during that time have learned to successfully defend themselves by producing natural bactericides and fungicides among other important substances. These defensive substances not only benefit plants, but humans as well.
EarthTalk®:What Are Zombie Forests?
They may look lush and green, but some forests are already on borrowed time. These so-called “zombie forests” are made up of trees that are still alive but no longer capable of reproducing in the changing climate around them.
Softness And Strength: A New Way To Lead And Live
As humans, we all carry both female and male energies within us. This has nothing to do with gender. It is about balance, flow, and the natural rhythm of life. It is also about the motivation behind our actions. Are we coming from a place of female energy or male energy?
October 2025 Daily Astrology
October 1: Minds are in overdrive as October begins. The waxing Capricorn Moon is energizing a thought provoking square between Mercury and Jupiter. Late night denizens may find their imaginations soaring. By dawn lofty goals are tempered by the Moon’s…
Good News Headlines 9/22/2025
Dan Satterfeld drew on his wealth of TV news experience to tell his audience that they already had a powerful weapon at their disposal. "The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact?...Trust me. I worked in TV for 45 years. Nothing you do will have a greater impact. Nothing."
Autumn 2025 Astrological Forecast
As the scales, symbol of partnership-oriented Libra remind us, balance, justice and harmony are delicate propositions. In these challenging times let’s do our best to keep Libra’s promises of peace, love and understanding at heart.
10 Magical Essential Oil Beauty And Health Care Products To Make At Home
We can’t make every healthcare and beauty product ourselves, but many products we can make at home, and lower our exposure to toxins. This allows one to customize any product to exactly what they need, especially for those with allergies and sensitivities that commercial products can make worse.
Why Is Pilates Also A Workout For The Brain?
Pilates fosters focus, strengthens memory, and helps regulate stress responses. In a world saturated with constant stimuli and distractions, this practice becomes more than exercise; it becomes a tool for sustaining mental clarity and emotional resilience.
Honey: A Global Healing Superfood
What gives honey its healing power? The natural healing properties of honey begin with the work of honeybees and their carefully maintained environments. Bees collect nectars from plants, where they add their own enzymes during the collection and storage process.
Good News Headlines 9/15/2025
'One and done' dose of LSD keeps anxiety at bay, says the results of a rigorous new study published in JAMA, which finds a single dose of LSD can ease anxiety and depression for months, paving the way for bigger, more rigorous studies supported by pharmaceutical companies.
The Lore And Craft Of Salt To Empower Magic
Salt is immersed in customs, lore, and superstitions everywhere you turn. Even today spilling salt is considered bad luck, but tossing a pinch over one’s shoulder is said to avert harm and bring good fortune.
Astrology’s Appeal In Uncertain Times
From a sociological perspective, astrology is fascinating precisely because it straddles categories. Rather than a set of cosmic beliefs, many people treat astrology as a tool — part spirituality, part cultural practice, part entertainment and part language for understanding themselves and others.
When I Go, I’m Going Green
Buying a cemetery plot where I can have a green burial, on the other hand, proved to be surprisingly affordable and will allow my body, once no longer in use, to decompose as quickly and as naturally as possible, with minimal environmental damage.
Good News Headlines 9/8/2025
The one change that worked: I abandoned my cynicism – and joined Europe’s biggest gay choir. It was a testament to the power of being seen – and heard – for who you really are.
The Truth About Medicine You Weren’t Meant To Know
The greatest threat to the medical industry isn’t a competitor. It’s the informed individual, someone who no longer waits to be “saved,” no longer accepts decline as normal, and no longer forgets that biology was built for resilience.
How To Poop Outdoors In A Way That Won’t Harm The Environment And Other Hikers
If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight. Aside from personal inconvenience, why is this such a big deal?
The Courage to Be Seen: How Authentic Vulnerability Inspires Collective Healing
Vulnerability is not weakness. It is a gift. Every time we unwrap it in front of others, we show them it’s safe to be human too.
How To Make Your Coffee Routine More Sustainable
Every step in the coffee process, from farming to brewing, has an environmental cost. But with thoughtful adjustments, that cost can be reduced. Whether you’re buying beans or choosing a brewing method, choose options that reflect your sustainability goals.
Let Go And Sleep: Rest As A Spiritual Practice
Sleep isn’t passive — it’s a spiritual practice. Each night, when you close your eyes, you surrender control. You embody humility. You say, without words: the world doesn’t rest on my shoulders.
Gentle Meditation
The benefits of meditation range from alleviation of daily anxiety to a deeper sense of self-acceptance. When we sit in meditation, we are actively taking care of ourselves in a truly nurturing way. There is never a bad time to meditate. You can start right this moment.
EarthTalk®: What Will Replace The EnergySTAR Program To Identify Energy Efficient Appliances?
Although it’s discouraging to see the EnergySTAR program potentially cut, it’s valuable for households to make an effort to improve their energy usage or buy energy-efficient appliances, in whatever steps possible for them.
Plant Wisdom And The Language Of Skin
Our skin tells the story of our life. Skin is a symbol of vulnerability and strength, boundary and belonging. It is our frontline with the world — an energetic and physical barrier that communicates who we are.
Good News Headlines 9/1/2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or "sleeping sickness" as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone.
Turning Anxiety Into Empowerment
If anxiety has been making you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or ashamed, I want you to know this: you are not broken; you are not weak. Your system is doing its best to respond to stress, change, and inner conflict. That response can be honored rather than feared.
Massaging Yourself Helps Boost Lymphatic Function
Your immune system has many methods of keeping your body safe. One prominent part of it is the lymphatic system, which contains specialized tissues called lymph nodes positioned throughout your body.
Good News Headlines 8/25/2025
It’s hot on Florida reefs and not just the water, as rare coral sex — a once-a-year phenomenon when Florida’s reef-building coral colonies simultaneously release tiny bundles of eggs and sperm — is celebrated as a hopeful sign.
EarthTalk®: Artificial Turf Controversy
Artificial turf fields have been rising in popularity as a low-maintenance (no mowing or watering) alternative to natural grass. Can you set the record straight about whether artificial turf is actually bad for our health and/or the environment?
The Power Of No: Finding Freedom In Boundaries
Think of boundaries not as rigid rules, but as rhythms of the heart. When we stretch ourselves too thin, our body whispers with exhaustion, our mood frays, and resentment quietly builds. When we dare to say no, our body exhales, our shoulders drop, and we begin to feel whole again.
September 2025 Daily Astrology
September 1: Before dawn retrograding Saturn returns to the mysterious realms of Pisces. Events from this past spring may be revisited. A fuller understanding of a recent loss or setback could also occur. Such newfound clarity may resolve an ambiguous…
Try This When Your Doctor Says ‘Yes’ To A Preventive Test But Insurance Says ‘No’
No one wants to spend time fighting their health insurance company. Many people feel they don’t have the knowledge or stamina to do it. But if you’re denied for a preventive service, it may be worth it. Health Care Helpline helps you navigate the health system hurdles between you and good care.
Daily Astrology
October 21, 2025
This morning’s late Libra New Moon tests Pluto. Attention is focused on the advantages and challenges of teamwork. Cooperation requires clear communications, shared goals and an understanding of each partner’s...
Calendar
Holistic Events
Find online and in-person classes, workshops, trainings, conferences, meditations, events, groups and more. Listings are free!
