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Circles of Healing: The Power of Gathering in Community

Nov 30, 2021 08:30AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Small support groups, such as wisdom circles, story circles, power of eight intention circles, prayer circles and dialogue circles, are creating experiences of wholeness and belonging.

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Dying Well: Four Steps to a Good Death

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

Proactive, concrete steps that ease dying—getting clear on our values and desires, having important conversations, attending to final decisions and opening to our spiritual process.

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The Healing Power of a Hug

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Hugs have proven power to soothe and nurture us, and it’s not necessary to have another human to enjoy their physical and mental health benefits.

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The Quiet Power of Intuition

Sep 30, 2021 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Having strong intuition can enable us to not only endure, but prosper. Adopting these simple habits and activities can help us to foster our intuitive inner voices.

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The Power of the Written Note

Aug 31, 2021 08:30AM ● By Julie Peterson

Sending off a quick message by email or text comes easy enough, but a handwritten note ensures the recipient will feel appreciated by the time and effort it took.

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Smiling Can Make Us Happier

Jul 30, 2021 08:30AM ● By Julie Peterson

The benefits of smiling including increased happiness, reduced stress and anxiety, lowered blood pressure and heart rate and less pain.

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The Power of Playfulness

Jun 30, 2021 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Research shows that playtime is good for the soul and provides benefits like reduced depression, stronger emotional resilience and higher productivity. Here are fun ideas for adult play.

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Simple Acts Can Change the World

May 28, 2021 08:30AM ● By Julie Peterson

It’s easy to feel small and helpless in a world full of big problems, but there are simple, daily actions we can take to change it for the better.

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Three Steps for Facing Difficult Emotions

Apr 30, 2021 08:30AM ● By Shauna Shapiro

We can build resiliency and find greater clarity, calm and well-being when facing change, uncertainty and stress with these three key steps using mindfulness and compassion.

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Create a Nurturing Nest

Mar 31, 2021 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Home is a harbor of habit, and breaking out of the usual routine can be transformative. Here are some activities to transform living spaces into nurturing sources of inspiration.

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Healing from Grief: Four Ways to Find Peace

Feb 26, 2021 08:30AM ● By Jasmin Jenkins

How to discover the light side of grief and identify and embrace the invitations that lay within its deep layers to find inner peace and healing.

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Becoming Heart-Minded

Jan 29, 2021 08:30AM ● By Sarah Blondin

Meditation teacher Sarah Blondin explains how drawing our attention inward and focusing on our heart center can help us become more kind, calm, loving, accepting, inspired and creative.

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House Blessings for Clearing and Protecting Spaces

Dec 30, 2020 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Ways to bless and welcome positive energy into a new house, office or other space with smudging sage, prayers, seasonal flowers, essential oils, crystals, singing bowls and more.

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Fresh Rituals for a New Year

Nov 27, 2020 08:30AM

Here are several New Year’s rituals to help us connect more deeply to our loved ones, to ourselves and to a richer sense of purpose as we embrace the promise of 2021.

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Healthy Society for All
A New Story for the World: Re-Visioning the Script for a Healthier Society and Planet

Nov 27, 2020 08:30AM ● By Linda Sechrist

A revolutionary new way of viewing the world and our place in it points to a future that regenerates the natural environment and reinforces our essential interconnectedness.

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Giving Thanks: Meditation on Gratitude and Joy

Oct 30, 2020 08:30AM ● By Jack Kornfield

Bestselling author, Buddhist practitioner and mindfulness practice teacher Jack Kornfield offers a meditation that opens our hearts to gratitude and joy this holiday season.

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Calling All Genies

Oct 01, 2020 12:00AM ● By Drake Burke

This speech was delivered at the 2020 Exercising Your First Amendment Rights: Engaging in Protest and Civil Disobedience event by Drake Burke, a non-binary and trans social justice activist, educator and historian.

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Coronavirus as a Calling

Sep 30, 2020 08:30AM ● By Gregg Levoy

The pandemic can be transmuted into golden opportunities if we look for purpose and meaning in it. Here are four ways to respond to the call of these turbulent times.

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Happiness Helpers: Five Ways to Be More Positive

Aug 31, 2020 08:30AM ● By Brad Aronson

We can choose to see things in a more positive fashion by taking these 5 steps to train our brains to look for the good more often, leading to increased levels of happiness.

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The Spiritual Dome Prayer Vigil: An Invitation to Join In

Aug 30, 2020 01:24PM ● By Carole Burton

Carole Burton of Radiance Resources invites you to join the Spiritual Dome Prayer Vigil, made up of prayers and intentions that provides waves of positive change and lights of active hope.

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How Awe Can Transform Our Lives

Jul 31, 2020 08:30AM ● By Jonah Paquette

Feeling a sense of awe provides many physical, mental and spiritual health and wellness benefits. Here are some ways we can find and elicit more awe-inspiring moments in our daily life.

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Cultivating Contentment: The Spiritual Discipline of Evoking Joy

Jun 30, 2020 08:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Tending to our own happiness begins by seeing joy not as a mood dependent upon circumstances, but as a spiritual discipline like any other. Here are ways to create more joyous moments.

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Fathers Know Best

May 29, 2020 08:30AM ● By Neal Allen

Dads have a habit of imposing their own success goals on their kids, but letting go of this can lead to a greater emphasis on what children really need—love, kindness and strength.

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Hope in Hard Times

Apr 30, 2020 09:00AM ● By Vajracharya Dechan, Charlotte M. Steen

As we look out into our current pandemic-focused world, perhaps it is difficult to imagine or even to hope for a better future. Yet with light, love, and happiness, there is hope.

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Finding Calm During Trying Times

Apr 16, 2020 02:38PM ● By Laurie Nadel

How the global pandemic can serve as our spiritual wake-up call to learn how different traditions heal from life-shattering events.

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Making Luck: An Intentional Path to Good Fortune

Mar 31, 2020 08:30AM ● By Carol Kline

Research shows that we can, and in fact already do make our own luck. Here's how to quickly, with a little conscious attention, change your luck.

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Panache Desai on the Antidote to Modern Living

Mar 30, 2020 08:00AM ● By Linda Sechrist

When you realize that you’re enough, everyone else becomes enough by extension. You treat everyone as yourself. You don’t have to hold them to a higher standard or to some ideal. Y

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Living In Synchronicity: The Power of Meaningful Coincidence

Feb 28, 2020 08:30AM

Synchronicities link us to an underlying order in the universe that is profoundly reassuring. Here are ways to encourage these moments to show up within our lives.

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New Classes Offered to Help & Understand Lost Souls

Feb 01, 2020 12:00AM

Based on Annette Rugolo’s book, Soul Whisperer: Releasing Lost Souls, these new classes help participants gain a better understanding of why spirits get stuck and how to help.

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Choosing Love: How to Cope With Fearful Times

Jan 31, 2020 08:30AM

Scarlett Lewis, the mother of a 6-year-old killed during the Sandy Hook tragedy, explains how we can choose love instead of fear in response to the anxiety and suffering in today’s world.

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Tidying Up The Bucket List: Deciding What We Really Want

Dec 30, 2019 08:30AM

Many people have a bucket list of things they want to make sure they experience. Tidying up that bucket list when it no longer reflects a person’s values and deepest desires makes sense.

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The Emerging Power of ‘We’: Awakening to the Evolution of Community

Nov 27, 2019 08:30AM

In this time of climate and societal problems, intentional communities that challenge the “It’s all about me” culture are pointing the way to collective solutions that can save the planet.

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The Generous Heart: How Giving Transforms Us

Nov 27, 2019 08:30AM

When we give to others, whether it’s an act of kindness, generosity or compassion, it helps us live from the heart instead of the ego.

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Enough For All: In Pursuit of Grateful Living

Oct 31, 2019 08:30AM

If the gratitude movement grows strong and deep enough, it may bring about necessary, radical change in the world.

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The Art of the Nap: Unplugging From Life Without Apology

Sep 30, 2019 08:30AM

Allowing the time for daily naps might very well be one of the most beneficial acts of self-care we can give ourselves.

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Fairy Magic: Feeling Their Touch in Nature

Aug 30, 2019 08:30AM

Fairies are the heart and soul of living nature. To enter into a profound relationship with fairies, first we must believe in them—we must make-believe.

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Loving Ourselves Madly: Practice Intentional Self-Love

Aug 15, 2019 11:11PM ● By Scott Stabile

When we truly commit to self-love and take steps to follow through, we can create a peaceful, joyful and meaningful life.

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The Grace of Abundance: Five Practices to Create a More Abundant Life

Jun 28, 2019 11:37AM ● By Meriflor Toneatto

We can move into the flow of love, vitality, wealth and much more by consciously undertaking simple steps.

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Fatherhood's Pain and Glory: We Must Face Our Own Story First

May 31, 2019 10:46AM ● By Chris Bruno

To father a son consciously, a man must first admit to the pain and hunger he experienced as a child through his own father’s failings.

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The Mother Our Souls Need: Connecting With the Energy That Made Us

Apr 30, 2019 10:46AM ● By Christiane Northrup

Holistic pioneer Dr. Christiane Northrup on how, on a soul level, we’re all old friends with our mothers and got the mothers our souls needed.

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Her Soul In Bloom: Self-Care for All Stages of Life

Apr 30, 2019 10:46AM ● By Marlaina Donato

When it comes to taking care of body and soul, women are inclined to put others first—but everyone is nourished when women prioritize loving themselves.

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Sacred Space: Bringing Bliss to Every Room

Mar 29, 2019 10:53AM ● By Maya Whitman

From refrigerators decorated with kids’ drawings to a bowl of sea glass in the bathroom, bliss corners dedicated to personal memories and mementos can provide inspiration and beauty in our daily lives.

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Meditation and Music Slow Cellular Aging: Mindfulness Combats Memory Loss

Feb 28, 2019 10:49AM

Doing a chanting meditation or listening to classical music can alter biomarkers associated with cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in adults with early memory loss.

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The Path to Wealth: How to Make a Dream Come True

Feb 28, 2019 10:48AM ● By May McCarthy

Repetition of three daily practices—writing down a goal, speaking it with emotion, and visualizing the outcome—is key to prosperity and success.

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The Power of Thank-You Notes: People Underestimate the Message

Jan 31, 2019 12:07PM

People who receive heartfelt thank-you notes are typically surprised, happy and appreciative, reactions that the letter-writers tend to underestimate.

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A Common Heart Song: Whales Point the Way

Jan 31, 2019 12:06PM ● By Mark Nepo

Just like whales, when we go deep within, we find the common song that unites all beings.

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Head, Heart and Gut: Lodestars of Powerful Decision Making

Dec 27, 2018 01:46PM ● By Lee Milteer

Instead of always falling into a default mode of old behaviors, it’s important to check with our built-in guidance system before undertaking a course of action.

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A Global Wake-Up Call: Collective Consciousness Nears Spiritual Tipping Point

Nov 30, 2018 10:59AM ● By Linda Sechrist

The rapid spread of enlightened awareness and the harmonic convergence of science, psychology and spirituality are bringing humanity closer to a mass shift in consciousness.

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Holiday Happiness Helpers: Six Ways to Bring On Joy

Nov 30, 2018 10:59AM ● By James Baraz

Following some simple strategies can transform our holidays from a laborious trudge of to-do’s into a light dance of meaningful rejoicing.

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Abundant Living: 10 Practices Open Doors

Oct 31, 2018 11:03AM ● By Dennis Merritt Jones

By living in ways imbued with oneness, purpose and meaning, we can enlarge our possibilities beyond our wildest imaginings.

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