Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Melting Defense Mechanisms Through Ceremony

If it healed my wayward attitude to bureaucratic paperwork it can heal anything.

Flower Essences for Lyme Disease and Co-Infections

An interview with David Dalton by Regina Weichert of Lyme Nation

Knee and Back Pain from Driving Relieved Through Stretching

My experience with pain has taught me that it’s completely possible to treat an acute pain condition entirely naturally!

In 2017, More Antibiotics Will Be Consumed By Farm Animals Than Humans

Governments around the world consider antimicrobial-resistant bacteria a major and growing threat to public health.

Good News Headlines 12/27/16

In a country not usually associated with classical ballet, a 16-year-old dancer leaps onto the stage, his gravity-defying turns taking the audience’s breath away.

Some “Unrecognized” Tribes Still Waiting After 130 Years

Federal recognition offers financial help, and those tribes without it have “second-class status in Indian Country” and remain vulnerable to local authorities.

Stress, Depression And Anxiety Are All Alleviated By Probiotics

According to a new systematic review and meta-analysis, probiotics have several advantageous effects on mental health by lessening the psychological symptoms of perceived stress, depression and anxiety.

In One Of The Nation’s Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm

In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.

Sun Power

Even though it is roughly 93,000,000 miles away, the energy of the sun helps us power up more and more everyday, while the technology to harness that power keeps improving in creating more ways to use it.

Thirteen Ways To Avoid Free Radicals During The Holiday Season

Traditional holiday meals, laden with salt, fat and sugar, can increase the amount of free radicals, or molecules with unattached electrons, in the body, which can do serious cellular damage.

5 Tips On How To Talk Climate Change This Holiday Season

We've entered a new political era and emotions are raw—even over a scientifically settled topic such as climate change.

It Was a Blighted City Block. But This Woman Is Turning It Into A Solar-Powered Ecovillage

Detroit-area resident Shamayim Harris bought several properties and is now converting them into sustainable community spaces for education, wellness, and economic development.

From Electronic Noses To Invasive Bees, 15 Surprising Trends For 2017

What should we be thinking about when we think about the future of biodiversity, conservation and the environment?

Good News Headlines 12/20/16

Going to see Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol can be a classic holiday tradition for American families – but for the people who get overwhelmed easily by sights and sounds, the play can be pretty intense…

This One Thing Helps People Live Longer Than Anything Else

What helps people live longer than anything else? What about having an optimistic outlook on life -- a general expectation that good things will happen?

Aging In Community: Inside The Senior Cohousing Movement

For seniors who want to age in a supportive community environment, cohousing is an exciting alternative to traditional options such as retirement homes and assisted living centers.

Parkinson's Starts In The Gut

Parkinson’s disease may be triggered by gut microbes, according to a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) study that points to probiotics as a potential therapy for the disease.

Worrying About Your Health Can Make You Sick

Worrying about your health can be a self-fulfilling prophesy, researchers warn, raising your risk of heart disease and death.

How To Find And Support Trustworthy Journalism

If you are hungry for news you can trust, journalism that helps you make decisions about your community, reporting that holds power to account, then this is for you.

5 Tips For Beginner Yogis

If you are just beginning your yoga practice or are considering taking it up and want to learn more, here are 5 tips to help keep you happy, healthy, and on the track to success.