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This week, our featured authors focus on various aspects of our life's path... and offer insights and tools to make our journey more joy-full, insight-full, and purpose-full.
Scroll down for the new articles that were added to the website this week.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, health-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
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InnerSelf.com
"New Attitudes...New Possibilities"
NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK
Some of the featured articles are also in audio and video format.
Go to each article for the links.
Everything Is Interconnected
Lawrence Doochin
As we come to a greater understanding on how the Universe works and our role in it, we begin to see patterns of how everything fits together like a puzzle and how the Universe is helping us.
Explore Your Resistance to Life’s Opportunities
Beth Bell
I didn’t truly understand the phrase “never say never” until I started recognizing I was contradicting my so many of my own “nevers.”
Learning to Work with the Pineal Gland and the Energy Matrix
Maureen J. St. Germain
All of you have the opportunity to be ahead of the curve, not so you may be first, but so that you may help others. Your job is to pay it forward...
Me Me Me vs Taking Care of Oneself
Jude Bijou
I heard an interesting theory about egoism a while back... "Egoism is the root of all conflict in the world." Intuitively that makes perfect sense.
Embodiment : The Doorway to Feeling Ourselves
Natureza Gabriel Kram
We can feel ourselves to the extent that we feel safe. When we feel safe enough, we can open ourselves to connection. Embodiment is the doorway to feeling ourselves.
Sedna and Our Emerging World
Sarah Varcas
Sedna is the Inuit sea goddess, also known as mother or mistress of the sea and goddess of the underworld. There are many versions of her story...
A Grandmother's Scottish Tale for the Fall Equinox
Ellen Evert Hopman
This story has a little bit of America in it and a little bit of Orkney in it. Orkney is at the very northern tip of Scotland; it is a collection of seventy islands. Everyone who lives in Orkney lives close to the sea.
From Rigidity to Change
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
In order for things, or people, to change they need to be flexible. A willow tree bends in the wind while the branches of a more solid tree like an oak can be broken by a strong wind. The river flows around obstacles that stand in its way.
It Seems That Nightmares Are A Good Predictor of Dementia
Abidemi Otaiku
We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for the average person alive in 2022, with a life expectancy of around 73, that clocks in at just over six years of dreaming.
Why Do We Laugh? New Study Considers Possible Evolutionary Reasons
Carlo Valerio Bellieni
Until now, several theories have sought to explain what makes something funny enough to make us laugh. These include transgression (something forbidden), puncturing a sense of arrogance or superiority (mockery), and incongruity – the presence of two incompatible meanings in the same situation.
Ways To Improve Your Sleep Quality
Neil Walsh
The American National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults get seven to nine hours sleep each night. Many people fall short of this.
Why Tropical Diseases In Europe May Not Be Rare For Much Longer
Michael Head
Dengue, a viral infection spread by mosquitoes, is a common disease in parts of Asia and Latin America. Recently, though, France has experienced an outbreak of locally transmitted dengue.
The Uptake - September 23, 2022
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In June I went shopping in Orlando for a new car and it was obvious that the dealers were charging what the market would bear.
Here’s How To Make The Most of Weekend Warrior Workouts
Michael Graham and Jonathan Taylor
The good news is that so-called “weekend warriors” (people who only work out two days a week) can still appreciate the health benefits that come from regular exercise...
The ‘Mandela Effect’ Is The Bizarre Phenomenon of Shared False Memories
Deepasri Prasad and Wilma Bainbridge
Many people possess the same false memory of the Monopoly Man. This phenomenon takes place for other characters, logos and quotes, too.
Today's Inspiration: September 23, 2022
Marie T, Russell, InnerSelf.com
Today's Inspiration is a short message to help set the tone for this day. It is linked to a longer article for additional reflection and inspiration.
Today's Inspiration: September 22, 2022
Marie T, Russell, InnerSelf.com
Today's Inspiration is a short message to help set the tone for this day. It is linked to a longer article for additional reflection and inspiration.
How Did The Patriarchy Start and Will Evolution Get Rid Of It?
Ruth Mace
The patriarchy, having been somewhat in retreat in parts of the world, is back in our faces. In Afghanistan, the Taliban once again prowl the streets more concerned with keeping women at home and in strict dress code than with the impending collapse of the country into famine.
Why Is Cancer Rising In People Under 50?
Siobhan Glavey,
What if much of what causes cancer has already happened in our early years, or worse still, before we were born.
Why You Should Get A Flu Shot, Especially This Year
Patti Verbanas
An infectious disease expert argues getting the annual flu shot is important to individual and public health.
Is Aging a Curable Disease?
Arielle Hogan
As you sit here reading this article, your cells are working away in your body performing all the diverse biochemical reactions necessary to keep you going.
Today's Uptake Sept 20, 2022
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Clearly less than 10% of the population has already moved to the darkside. And another 20-25% quietly support them and 20-25% openly oppose them. That leaves roughly 30-40% who don't participate.
Today's Inspiration: September 20, 2022
Marie T, Russell, InnerSelf.com
Today's Inspiration is a short message to help set the tone for this day. It is linked to a longer article for additional reflection and inspiration.
The US Has Dropped Drastically on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy and Inequality
Kathleen Frydl
The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.
Today's Inspiration: September 19, 2022
Marie T, Russell, InnerSelf.com
Today's Inspiration is a short message to help set the tone for this day. It is linked to a longer article for additional reflection and inspiration.
Today's Uptake: Sept 19, 2022
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Starting Today's Uptake for Sept 19, 2022 on a HAPPY note. Some say money can't buy you love. Others say you can't buy happiness.
Some Viruses and Microbes Lie In Wait 'Watching’ You
Ivan Erill
There’s more to virus biology than meets the eye. Take HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is a retrovirus that does not go directly on a killing spree when it enters a cell.
This Week's Astrological Overview
Astrological Overview and Horoscope: Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2022
Pam Younghans
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 as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.
Astrological Overview and Horoscope: September 26 - October 2, 2022 (Video)
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