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EarthTalk®: What Is “Shrimp Fraud?”

Consumers can fight shrimp fraud by making informed purchases and choosing trusted sources like certified sustainable fisheries. Support stronger labeling laws and traceability programs.

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When Enough Is An Act Of Quiet Rebellion

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.

Applauding Environmental Justice While Calling Out Bad Bunny For His Misogynistic Song Lyrics

Original article text highlighting Bad Bunny’s role as an environmental justice educator replaced with a disheartening reality check after an angry reader email.

Here’s How Quickly Your Liver Heals When You Stop Drinking

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.

Good News Headlines 2/9/2026

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.

Cats, Dogs And Horses All Have Chakras

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.

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The Hidden Cost Of Always “Working On Yourself”

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.

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Four Simple Practices To Calm The Nervous System

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.

How Does Nature Fend Off Infection? A Look Towards Herbal Medicine

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.

Good News Headlines 2/3/2026

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.

2026: The Year Of The Fire Horse — What It Means And How To Navigate It

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.

Are Old Souls Failing To Adapt — Or Seeing Something The Rest Of Us Miss?

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.

When Anxiety Becomes The Default: Relearning Intuition In A Fight-Or-Flight Culture

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.

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Here’s How To Identify And Cut Back On Ultraprocessed Foods

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.

Good News Headlines 1/26/2026

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.

Beware The Pull Of The Past

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.

The Skill No One Teaches: How To Sit With Discomfort Without Running From It

Learning to sit with discomfort isn’t about becoming stoic or detached. It’s about becoming honest. Honest with the body, the heart, and about what is being asked of us in that particular moment of our lives.

Lessons And Wisdom From The Walk For Peace Monks

"Peace is not something to be found outside; it must be cultivated from within. Even in a divided world, peace is possible — not because the world changes, but because our hearts change."

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EarthTalk®: Is It True You Shouldn’t Buy A Used Electric Vehicle (EV)?

Most EVs can retain 70–90 percent of their original capacity even after years on the road. So, overall battery longevity is far more robust than many assume.

Good News Headlines 1/19/2026

A flat-headed cat in Thailand, a rare Javan leopard, a colossal squid filmed in its deep-sea home. Once in a while, an animal shows up where it’s least expected, including places from where it was thought to have gone extinct. Here's seven hopeful wildlife sightings that researchers celebrated In 2025.

Awkward Awakening: Finding Your Way Home

Something extraordinary is happening across the planet — sometimes quietly and subtly, and sometimes not so quiet or subtle. People are waking up. Not in the poetic sense, not in the motivational‑poster sense, but in a deeply personal and, at times, disorienting way.