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.
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?
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.
Daily Astrology
November 12, 2026
Early in the day outlooks are cheerful. The waxing crescent Sagittarius Moon is in an encouraging trine aspect with her buoyant sign ruler, Jupiter. Courage and confidence intensify. The initial burst of enthusiasm eases by...
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