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Why Are You So Lonely?

The “fix” is not in another class, more friends on Facebook, more likes, or another way to medicate yourself or dumb yourself down enough to be with others. The fix, if you will, is in spending time with yourself. Alone.

Good News Headlines 8/31/2026

With complications from diabetes taking its toll, a Chinese man outfits his van and takes his paralyzed wife on an epic road trip across coastal Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces: ‘Die on the road, not in a hospital.’

‘Must I Take All My Antibiotics?’ Why Infectious Disease Experts Are Rethinking This Longstanding Rule

What’s important to remember, however, is that the goal isn’t simply to take fewer antibiotics but to use them for the shortest amount of time that has been shown to safely and effectively treat a particular infection.

Designing Your Own Zen Space At Home

You can transform part of your home into a zen space that sets the stage for meaningful practices to disconnect you from the chaos of daily life, and reconnect you with your inner self and a positive, energetic flow in your life.

Could Psilocybin Break Through Where Antidepressants Failed?

While antidepressants can synthetically boost mood on schedule, psychedelics offer depression sufferers a new worldview and a reason to be happy.

Where Traditional Chinese Medicine And Modern Nutrition Science Meet

The most common mistake people make about TCM and Western nutrition science is treating them as rival answers to the same question. They are answers to two different questions, and once you see that, most of the apparent conflict dissolves.

Good News Headlines 8/24/2026

Filmed in Utah, two-time Emmy winner "Navajo Highways" is a children's puppet series told almost entirely in Navajo to help kids learn the language. Creator Pete Sands said the show is a way to keep the language alive for kids who might otherwise never hear it.

What Happens When Americans Escape America’s Food Supply?

We shouldn’t have to fly to Rome to feel healthy again, and a good start for those of us who must eat on this continent is to buy fresh, locally-grown, ideally organic food and make as many as possible of our meals at home.

Green Roofs Can Help Cool Cities In The Summer Heat, But Building Them Is Only The First Step – Many Don’t Survive

One way to help cool buildings is to install green roofs – living rooftops covered by plants that can transform heat-absorbing rooftops into cooling solutions.

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Good News Headlines 8/17/2026

“This is what’s working,” report nine indigenous leaders from around the world on biodiversity and climate solutions in their communities. Mongabay interviewed these diverse leaders to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.

Buddha's Triangle: A Simple Practice For Calming The Mind And Opening The Heart

Many of us live with a nervous system that is constantly on alert. We move quickly from one responsibility to the next, often carrying worry, grief, self-judgment, or emotional exhaustion without realizing how deeply these experiences affect our body and spirit.

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7 Unique Paths To A Quieter Mind

Quieting the mind often means speaking the language of your body and spirit first. Experiment with these techniques to find what helps you feel a little lighter, and eventually you will discover the peace you've been seeking has been there all along.

Your Low Back Isn't The Problem — It's The Messenger

A realistic starting routine looks like this: hip flexor stretch, both sides, morning and evening; glute bridges, ten to fifteen reps, two to three sets, once daily; and a movement break every 30 to 45 minutes during long periods of sitting.

Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain

If demanding spatial thinking protects the brain, then how societies design schooling, professional training and retirement all become questions of brain health.

Good News Headlines 8/10/2026

New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has announced statewide housing resources and a coordinated support system that ensure no veteran has to go homeless in the state. Now, more veterans consistently enter housing in New Jersey each month than enter homelessness.

How Traditional Chinese Medicine Resolved My Aged-Related Macular Degeneration

Working to dry up the fluid caused by wet AMD, my TCM practitioner compounded an effective combination of herbs that directly addressed the issues I was experiencing, treating both liver and eyes, and balancing my entire body.

Use Journaling To Unmask The Issues In Your Tissues And Find Solutions

To fully harness the power of journaling, it is important to understand it’s a two-way street. It’s not just dumping and dumping and dumping (although it can be seriously useful for that). It’s a learning process, too.

Good News Headlines 8/3/2026

Zero roadkill has been recorded as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 wildlife crossings, and Brazil’s federal transport department officially designates the rope bridge design as the recommended national standard for highways to curb the millions of wildlife deaths recorded on roads annually.

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The Real Story Behind “The Twilight Zone”

For five seasons beginning in 1959, Serling appeared on American television in a black suit, holding a cigarette, introducing stories about the impossible. The episodes ran in front of millions of viewers. The sponsors sold their products in the commercial breaks. The network executives watched the ratings with satisfaction.

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How To Harness Intuition Through Intentional Cloud Gazing

Cloud gazing works because it slows the brain down long enough for that quieter voice to surface. I found that the sky often feels most helpful when I stop asking it for answers and simply let myself notice what appears.

Seth Speaks: Which You, Which World?

We are not just the sum of this lifetime, or a lifetime of sequential lifetimes. Our lives are multidimensional simultaneous lifetimes which allow us to view and interact with our essential nature in order to heal, learn and grow from these experiences.