The Secret To Staying Fit

What I have come to realize over the years through my own personal fitness journey and helping others along theirs, is that some of the biggest, most beautiful and impressive transformations occur under the surface, at the foundation of who we are.

Good News Headlines 4/7/2025

The West Ada School District made national headlines recently when administrators ordered a school teacher to remove signs containing welcoming messages from her classroom. Community members quickly responded, ensuring the signs’ messages would be seen far beyond a single classroom.

Holistic Approaches To Treating Vertigo

Imagine standing still, but the room spins around you like you’re stuck on a merry-go-round. That’s vertigo — a dizzying sensation that makes you feel off-balance and out of control. If this sounds familiar, don’t worry. Vertigo is common, and it’s something you can manage with the right steps.

Planetary Eclipse

Of all the damage Team Trump may be wreaking, the assault on climate policies is the most existential. And the threat extends far beyond the borders of America to those who have no vote in the matter.

Good News Headlines 3/31/2025

Ireland announced on Wednesday a donation of 15 million euros ($16.3 million) to Brazil's Amazon Fund, which aims to stop deforestation and preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest. The donation is Ireland's first to the fund, raising the list of donors to eight countries.

My African High

The experience created a tectonic shift in how I viewed humanity; the privilege of my life and work was wholly reframed. I refer to this trip as “My African High” because it made me realize the incredible luck I had at being born to middle-class parents in the United States.

Your Ancestors Ate This Daily — Why Can’t You?

The wheat of today bears little resemblance to the heritage varieties our ancestors consumed. Over the last century, wheat has been systematically bred for higher yields, disease resistance, and industrial processing compatibility — not nutritional value or digestibility.

Good News Headlines 3/24/2025

Cambridge, Massachusetts has joined a growing list of cities that have banned gas-powered leaf blowers. The city’s ban went into effect over the weekend, and officials noted this move was in the interest of public health and reducing emissions for the environment.

Our Dogs, Ourselves

Canine holistic herbalism centers on the mind-body-spirit connection, and that includes the vibrations we share with our dogs. Research has shown that dogs respond to human emotions, and even take them on physically.

Stranger in a Strange Land: What Makes a Man?

There is a story of the new masculine from a book that was very popular in the 60s. "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein is about a man from Mars. Once we remember we are spiritual beings having a human experience, what makes a man isn't very different from what makes a woman.

Invitation To Matter

It is dark and I am still, my small child arms wrapped tightly around my legs that are pulled up to my chest. The clothes are falling all around me as I sit on the floor of my bedroom closet with the door closed, peering, staring intently out of the wooden slats of the closet door.

Good News Headlines 3/17/2025

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen has paid off £1 million in debt for 900 people impacted by Tata Steel’s blast furnace closure in Port Talbot, South Wales, which left 2,800 workers jobless five months ago. The actor launched a debt acquisition initiative, personally investing £100,000 to buy and cancel debts instead of profiting from them.

Remember Your Heart

In hundreds of places across the country and around the world, we have been sustained by our individual and collective voices of hope for human freedom, equality, compassion, and love. This is our survival kit for troubled times.

Daily Astrology

November 25, 2025

Shortly before dawn the waxing Moon enters Aquarius. Visionaries and folks prepping for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday make contingency plans. A lunar conjunction with Pluto inclines many souls to cover all the bases...

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