Mind & Spirit

Winter 2025/26 Astrological Forecast

As winter begins, the stars hint at the dawn of a new era for humankind. We are privileged to witness rare and previously unknown astrological events.

The Ritual That Sounds Too Simple to Work

One of the most powerful interventions in psychology takes only a few minutes. It requires no special training. And it sounds, frankly, almost embarrassingly simple.

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Patience, Peace, Kindness

When I am at peace, I usually feel patient; when I am both peaceful and patient, I am more inclined to be kind. We sometimes forget that these qualities are within us all.

Like intuition and connections to other states and levels of consciousness, connection with your dreaming life is not a unique power or ability that one simply has or does not have; rather it is a relationship that can be cultivated.

An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

Make concerted efforts to identify seniors who live alone and are seriously ill early and provide them with expanded support. Stay in touch with them regularly through calls, video, or text messages.

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Slow, Kind And Clear: Building Comfort In Intimate Moments

Every relationship is different, but the invitation is the same. Let intimacy be a place where both people can be fully human, tender, uncertain, playful and honest, and where slow and kind attention matters more than any idea of perfection.

Unblocking Energy, Releasing Limitations

We can consciously create a new vibrational frequency for the body to resonate with, rather than defaulting to old patterns. By emotionally feeling into a new, positive future for oneself, we can teach the body to align with the mind’s eye to feel the energy of the new emotion.

The Art Of Self-Compassion In Addiction Recovery

Imagine this: you’ve woken up one morning, years into recovery, and realized your inner critic has gone quiet. Not vanished; it’s just quieter. It’s still there, but softer, its voice less convincing. In its place, a calmer tone — patient, maybe even playful.

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Assessed Value

In our everyday lives we are all assessors. We assess everything that happens to us and assign some sort of meaning to it. This meaning, however, cannot be not derived from the circumstance or event itself, but rather from our unconscious, personal and subjective assessment of it.

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The New Health Crisis: Dodging Hard Feelings (And Two Simple Fixes)

The ease at which we avoid hard emotions is not solely a factor of our dependence on rapid-fire digital stimulation. There’s more to it, and it speaks to all the messages that have made their way into our collective consciousness about feeling, or rather not feeling.

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What Are Your Ancestors Trying To Tell You?

Deep in your history, your ancestors — your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, as far back as you can imagine and then some — had a dream, an image, a vision of what they hoped for the lives of their descendants. You are that dream.

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When Perfectionism Becomes The Problem

Perfectionism tells us that we are worthy only when everything is in order. It creates constant pressure to prove and perform. And when we inevitably fall short because we’re human, it triggers shame, guilt, or self-criticism.

May You Give And Glow

Kind giving is a great way to expand the canvas of our lives in difficult moments, turning negatives into positives, heartaches into peace. The volume of our generosity in time or dollars does not matter. Small helping acts are as beneficial to the giver as big ones.

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What Did The Hot Dog Vendor Say To The Guru?

As long as there is no recognition that what is occurring on the outside is merely a reflection of what's going on inside, daily life will continue to appear totally random and unpredictable, also causing its own confusion, fear and apprehension.

Waiting As Spiritual Practice

Embracing waiting in small moments in your everyday life serves as a teacher, priming you to see opportunities for larger life stage pauses when they present themselves. It helps us build comfort in the unknown.

Small Acts That Can Trigger Big Creativity

Too many people operate on autopilot, bored with their lives and feeling restless. Need help getting out of your comfort zone? The changes you make do not have to be major.

The Tao Of Addiction And Recovery

Addiction prevention and recovery, from a Taoist perspective, involves keeping the energy channels open and clear or reopening and clearing them out again if there is a need to do so. Then, the person can feel like they have space to deal with their life circumstances.

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Six Simple Activities To Build A Closer Connection With The Living World Around You

If you don’t already have a practice that helps you connect to other-than-human creatures, try any of the following six activities to begin one. They are all short and simple, and they can be done in any outdoor space.

When Living The Day Matters More Than Recording It

We live in a world that constantly urges us to capture, document, and record. Phones in our hands make it easy to photograph a meal, or share a view. But not every experience is meant to be preserved in that way. Some moments ask only to be lived.

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.

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.

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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?

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.

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.