Mind & Spirit

Questions About Karma And Justice

Despite the knowledge that it’s completely impossible for us to avoid our bad karma, the Buddha did teach us a way that will minimize harm. That seems like enough to begin, doesn’t it?

Blossoms Unfold In An Age Of Flowers

Flowers give light and joy. They also have a very subtle consciousness. They have a unity of mind. Flower energy is peaceful, and flowers are great medicine. By meditation on flowers, we can reduce the inflammation caused by aggressive habits of mind.

What You Need To Know About Broken Heart Syndrome

While it is impossible to avoid all negative events and stress, there are steps you can take to make yourself more emotionally and physically resilient to minimize your risk of broken heart syndrome.

How To Know When It’s Time To Quit Therapy

Once you have achieved a relatively stable state of wellness, you enter the maintenance phase where the goal changes to maintaining these gains you have already made. During this phase, you probably won’t need to be seen as often. Consider whether you want to quit therapy altogether, or just quit your current therapist.

Choosing Well For Our Children

Mindfulness has the power to serve as the antidote to our unconscious, habituated and addictive uses of the choices we make for ourselves and our children when it comes not just to screen technologies, but to all the choices we make on our children’s and family’s behalf.

Summer 2024 Astrological Forecast

For individuals as well as societies, transformational forces are in play. We are tasked with digging deeper and increasing our self-awareness and knowledge. In the coming months cultivate self-respect. Share the learning gained from your psychological, intellectual and spiritual efforts.

I Can’t Believe I Said That!

I grew up with the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” What a load of hooey! What we say matters. The words we say to others and to ourselves have a significant impact on our state of being, our happiness and self-esteem.

Seven Windows To The Soul: Understanding The Energy Within Your Chakras

Each chakra’s function is to handle its own type of energy, whether it’s about being grounded, feeling your emotions, having a strong will, opening your heart to love, speaking and hearing clearly, opening your imagination, or expanding your awareness. By understanding how the chakras manage this energy, you can diagnose and treat imbalances.

One Happy Life

It is easy to feel down, upset and anxious, but sometimes just a little twist of perspective or even a happy photo is enough to inspire you to enjoy and taste the fruits of this precious life, try new things, experiment, laugh and have fun, even while complaining!

Zodiac-Inspired Affirmations For Self-Empowerment

While your zodiac sign can offer unique insights into your personality and potential. By aligning affirmations with your astrological sign, you can tap into the core of who you are and cultivate positivity tailored just for you.

The Place Where Angels Show Up

I was 12 when I became fully aware that my parents weren’t compatible. It wasn’t because of fighting; there wasn’t much. Instead, there was tension.

Feeding Your Third Eye Chakra

The third eye chakra, known as ajna in Sanskrit, is the sixth chakra that resides within the realm of intuition, perception, and inner wisdom. To balance the third eye chakra, we can feed it with adaptogens, vibrant purple produce, and foods to support sleep, brain, and mood health.

Tribal Nations Invest Opioid Settlement Funds In Traditional Healing To Treat Addiction

“The more in tune you are with your culture — no matter what culture that is — it connects you to something bigger,” Lamoreau said. “And that’s really what we look at when we’re in recovery, when we talk about spiritual connection. It’s something bigger than you.”

Once Upon A Place In Today’s Mythic Stories

Mythic stories put us squarely in the middle of the hardest tasks we can imagine, and they force us to work hard, to guess, to take leaps of faith, and to test ourselves to the limit. They also teach us that it’s worth it to “dive deep,” and to experience a change so drastic that it is profound.

Easing The Toll Of Long-Distance Grief

The inability to see their loved one in person makes it difficult to achieve closure, and the bereaved may be unable to process the loss and move forward. In recent years, this reality has become more apparent, as COVID-19 claimed millions of lives while simultaneously forcing border restrictions.

So, When Did You Stop Singing?

Why aren’t we all expressing ourselves creatively? We have many false beliefs and narratives about creativity standing in the way, blocking us from accessing the joy and bliss accessed through creative arts. Illuminating these false stories removes them as obstacles so they can no longer stand in our way.

What Is Dowsing And Why It’s More Important Than Ever

Dowsing is an easy way to check ourselves, get real-time feedback on our decisions, and build our trust and communication with the world of which we are an integral, interconnected part. The best part is, anyone can learn how to dowse!

Just This Moment

The “just this” was my way of focusing only on what was right before me — whether that was the lettuce I was picking, the conversation I was having or the observations I was making of the seedlings, — in effect, immersing my mind in the right now versus the “what if” future.

The #1 Lesson To Becoming A Brilliant Writer Revealed

“Most people make the number one writer’s mistake when they start,” he said. “They think they’re talking to an audience. There’s never an audience. Instead, people read everything from books to articles to ad copy one at a time.

To Learn Bird Language, Get Up-Close And Personal

Put simply, birds talk. They discuss everything and everyone. They talk to each other. They talk to potential and existing partners. They discuss territories, predators, and other animals, using a combination of calls, songs, and body language.

There’s Power In How We Think About Things

Since so much of what we call reality is subjective, there are few right or wrong stories; instead, there are useful and not useful stories. This is dependent upon what culture you belong to, your status in your culture, and your relationship to the natural world and vision of the future.

Listen To The Universe

The universe shows us what we need to resolve by triggering reactions in us. We are meant to notice our behavior and work on refining it. When we don’t pay attention to early signs we get from the universe, events increase in intensity, frequency, numbers of people involved, including those close to us.

An Autobiography Of Trauma

I was brutally raped at the tender age of about twelve-years-old by a gang belonging to the Bronx mob, likely the Fordham Daggers, writes Peter Levine, the renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing in this intimate memoir excerpt from An Autobiography of Trauma.

You Matter to Me: The Power of We

Though most of us have never met, I feel connected to you. Connection is what fuels life, and empathy lets you find peace. With both, we can make sense of this world together. We can find a better way with empathy. We have the potential to create an exciting and hopeful future.

How New Moon Energy Affects Us

Each new moon, we experience the lunar energy of that particular solar Zodiac season. Watch for Monday, April 8’s new moon in Aries — also a solar eclipse.