InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration: May 21, 2024
The Daily Inspiration is a short message to help set the tone for the day. It is linked to a longer article for additional insights and inspiration.
How Birdwatching Can Boost Your Mental Health
The joy of birdwatching: research shows it can improve mental health and foster a sense of wellbeing
How Cannabis and Psilocybin Could Relieve Chronic Pain
How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain
Cramming for Exams? Here’s How to Make It Work
Cramming for an exam isn’t the best way to learn – but if you have to do it, here’s how
Astrological Overview and Horoscope: May 20 - 26, 2024
This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended...
The Cosmic Memory Bank: A Universe of Memories and Insights
The existence of a personally accessible, collective cosmic memory bank has been proposed not just by scientists and mystics but also by philosophers, biologists, and psychologists around the...
Plant Spirit Medicine for Connection, Health, and Healing Long Covid
We are all intimately interconnected in this web of life. Since the beginning of time, people have been deeply connected to the natural world, relating to it as a source of food, shelter,...
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From Drive-Thru to Data Vaults: Retail AI Bots and Their Hidden Agenda
Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots.
A Squatter in My Studio Office
Arriving at our summer retreat in Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, after a long drive from Florida, I anticipated the…
Resurrecting Operation Wetback: Trump’s Plan and Why It’s Destined to Fail
Trump promises to deport all undocumented immigrants, resurrecting a 1950s strategy − but it didn’t work then and is less likely to do so…
Pointing Fingers or Owning Up: The Choice Between Blame and Responsibility
When we say such things as "You hurt me," "You made me do it," "You made me angry," or "You make me crazy” we are giving in to the impulse…
Making Merry: How We Revived Melbourne's Merri Creek
Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds.
Eyes Reveal Early Signs of Dementia Up to 12 Years in Advance
How your vision can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed – new study.
False Belief: You Should Do Everything the Doctor Says
Did we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what…
Africa's Climate Tipping Point: Sahara's Drying and Future Impacts
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points.
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A Squatter in My Studio Office
Arriving at our summer retreat in Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, after a long drive from Florida, I anticipated the…
Start with Service to the Common Good -- You Then Will Unlock Your Full Potential
As Martin Luther King once said: “Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. You don’t even have to make your subjects and verbs…
Something Needs to Be Done: "Progress" or Shared Ecology?
The more I looked into the subject of life’s capacity to heal and renew after divisive setbacks, the deeper and wider my view had to grow.…
Exercise and Cancer: How Staying Active Reduces Risk and Aids Recovery
Cancer: here’s the role exercise plays, from prevention to treatment...
More Than One Style of Empathy: One Style Does Not Fit All
How we attune to ourselves or others may be different for each of us depending on which of the four styles of empathy—cognitive, emotional,…
Foxtail Seed Pods: Protect Your Pets from This Summer Hazard
Pet-owners: watch out for foxtail seed pods that can harm your dog or cat this summer...
The Real Meaning of Mother's Day: MOTHER'S DAY PROCLAMATION, Boston 1870
The original Mother's Day Proclamation (in 1870) was a statement of mothers who had lost sons in the North joined with mothers who had lost…
Astrological Overview and Horoscope: May 13 - 19, 2024
This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best…