Offering Metta — loving kindness — to those around us, or even to ourselves, interrupts unhappy situations and helps soothe stormy emotions. Metta, a practice so simple a child can do it, is the lesson thoughtfully illustrated in Peace, Bugs and Understanding.

The Sun's passage through the fall and winter signs, the final six of the zodiac, turns the focus to partnering, engaging with the physical, mental and emotional realities around us and ultimately, self-mastery.

That night — her last night — as I sat quietly in her room, I thought about the woman my mother had been. She had raised a family of seven children born seventeen years apart. At age 53, she set out to fulfill her lifelong dream of obtaining a college degree.

My garden continues to reflect the changes in my life and I take great pleasure in my new freedom.

I hate clutter, and one morning I just couldn't take it anymore. Here's how I got my kids to throw out their toys and tidy up our house.

When my family's dog passed away, I was faced with the question of how to talk to my children about sadness and death.

How the Medicine Wheel can guide us to transform communities that have suffered from racial injustice...

As a mother of 5-year old triplets I’m starting to see exactly how children learn healthy habits. It doesn’t always come from talking at them or trying to explain by reading child friendly stories...

We know that animals certainly feel physical pain, but what is less clear is whether this emotional suffering that we feel can be said to be true of animals. And if it is, how we go about measuring it.

Our isolated life on the farm keeps my family close, but it can also stand in the way of my daughter becoming her own person.

It’s pretty clear that high-intensity negative behaviors like abuse, aggression and violence are harmful. But what’s the harm in just being rude and uncivil?

In his new book “How to Raise a Wild Child,” Dr. Scott D. Sampson argues that the current disconnect between kids and the natural world is a threat to their physical, mental, and emotional health.

An extraordinary humanitarian creates enduring local impact bringing hugs, houses and hope to people around the world...

Parenting advice, living unplugged, aging solutions, meditation, spirit communication, Alberto Villoldo and more.

It’s the dark matter in our brains that sends us towards the light.

Affectionately called “The Western Lama” by the Dalai Lama, Lama Surya Das has spent forty-five years studying Zen, vipassana, yoga and Tibetan Buddhism with the great masters of Asia.

If nothing were impossible, what would you do with your precious remaining time? Now that we are collectively living longer, healthier lives, we’ve got a chance for a rich third act that hasn’t existed for the majority of humanity.

Events of recent years have repeatedly shown that reality can be easily contrived, is often not what it appears, and is likely to change in a flash.

Ageless American icon Bob Dylan noted in a recent interview, “Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise.” I’m discovering that one of the healthiest things I can do as I age is to slow down.

An interview with Donna Eden and David Feinstein, PhD