Monkey See, Monkey Do: How Corruption, Inequality, and Self-Interest Threaten Civilization
Are You Struggling for a Perfect Life?
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- Written by: Roger Housden
One day Ajahn Chah held up a beautiful Chinese teacup. “To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.” When we understand the truth of uncertainty and relax, we become free.
Are Your Kids Hooked on Advertising? And Can You Just Say No?
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Author and activist Anna Lappé (daughter of Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet) takes on the billion-dollar business of marketing junk food, soda, and fast food to children and teens. With diet-related illnesses...
How To Ensure That Luck Is On Your Side
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"He's so lucky! She always wins! I'm just not lucky!" Do these statements sound familiar? Have they come out of your mouth at times? Do you believe that luck is something that happens to some and not to others? ...
Are You Engaged In A Not Enough Struggle? Not Having, Not Doing, Not Being Enough?
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Do you feel like you're never enough? That there's never enough time? Money? Friends? Great opportunities? Recognition? Do you believe if you had or did something else...
Are Pigeons The Canary In The Coal Mine For Lead Exposure
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- Written by: Andy Fell, University of California, Davis
A new study of pigeons in New York City shows that levels of lead in the birds track with neighborhoods where children show high levels of lead exposure.
Afraid of Dying? How to Move Away from Death-a-phobia and Make Peace with Life
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There is much you can do to prepare yourself for the great adventure of death. But it is well to remember that you are alive, and as such, you are meant to live. Avoid the tendency to become preoccupied or obsessed with death. Keep death in perspective with other major life events.
A Spiritual Paradox: Setting Goals or Going With the Flow?
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Sometimes people on a spiritual path feel a hesitation about using creative visualization. Their conflict comes from the apparent paradox between the idea of “being here now,” letting go of attachments and desires, and the idea of setting goals and creating what you want in life.
A Perfect Storm Of Factors Is Making Wildfires Bigger And More Expensive To Control
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Hopes for fewer large wildfires in 2018, after last year’s disastrous fire season, are rapidly disappearing across the West.
A Climate Change Curriculum To Empower The Climate Strike Generation
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- Written by: Ria Dunkley
While in class, children shouldn’t feel their time is wasted. Primary school teachers have an ethical responsibility to bring climate change into their classrooms and they’re well placed for the task.
10 Stretches To Keep You Limber Throughout Your Life and Overcome Inflexibility
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Most people -- men especially -- tend to skimp on the stretching facet of their workouts. By committing to a flexibility routine, however, you can actually prevent injuries that can sideline you in later years and instead continue to use your body more fully, because you'll maintain greater range of motion in your muscles and joints.
Down Time, Empowerment, and Community
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In America, our only "down" time seems to be the daily drive to and from work, which, if it happens to be on Florida's I-95, tends to exacerbate stress and anxiety rather than temper it. By the time most of us are home from a typical day's work...
How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life (Video)
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living...
How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living...
InnerSelf Magazine July 28, 2025
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This week’s InnerSelf Magazine lights the way through chaos with empowering stories that spark healing, hope, and a renewed sense of purpose.
You Were Born With Divine Wisdom—Here's How to Reclaim It
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- Written by: Paddy Fievet, PhD.
We are all born with special, exceptional, individualized gifts, and we are created to utilize these gifts, no matter how great or how small they may seem to us. Yet, sometimes we are our own roadblocks mainly because of untrue beliefs we have superimposed upon ourselves. Perhaps this happens because...
The Science Behind The Trump Supporter
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Once upon a time, we at least pretended to be decent. We taught our kids to share, said “please” and “thank you,” and gave the occasional damn about the well-being of others. But now? We meme our way through cruelty, monetize humiliation, and elect leaders who treat compassion like a contagious disease. Something has shifted—and no, it’s not just politics or culture. It’s something deeper: a fundamental inversion of what it means to be human. That shift—from benevolent behavior to malevolent traits—isn’t just a quirk of the times. It’s the blueprint of decay. It’s the junkification of everything.
How Big Are You Willing to Be? Unlocking Your Personal Power
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True genius doesn’t come from talent alone—it comes from total surrender. This inspiring essay challenges you to ask: Are you living at full capacity, or are you holding back? By tapping into your personal power and creative genius, you can transcend fear and mediocrity. The voice inside you already knows what to do—will you listen?
Are You Addicted to Gossip? Here’s How It Wounds the Heart
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Gossip addiction isn’t harmless chatter—it’s a cry from an unfulfilled heart. This thought-provoking article reveals how gossip fills emotional voids, leads to inner wounding, and prevents true self-love. Learn how to stop identifying with others’ lives and begin the real journey of emotional healing by reclaiming your importance and living from your own truth.
Microplastics Are Poisoning Us: 21 Ways to Fight Back
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Microplastics aren’t just floating in the Pacific garbage patch—they're in your morning toast, your toddler’s sippy cup, and yes, even in your blood. We’ve turned the planet into a snow globe of plastic, and every time we breathe, eat, or drink, we shake it up and swallow the flakes. If that doesn’t concern you, it should.
The Real Revolution Coming in Money
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Paul Krugman recently raised a red flag: the U.S. Congress isn’t just opposed to creating a Central Bank Digital Currency—it’s banning the Fed from even thinking about one. That’s right, they’re outlawing thought. Meanwhile, Brazil has rolled out a lightning-fast, nearly-free public payment system used by over 90% of its adults. But Krugman missed the deeper issue. This isn’t just about payment apps or crypto alternatives. It’s about who gets to control money itself. And more dangerously, it’s about what happens if you—the ordinary citizen—get access to an account at the Fed.
Can 5 Minutes of Joy Improve Emotional Health?
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Imagine if happiness was a prescription. No pharmacy needed. No insurance claim forms. Just five minutes a day, no co-pay, and you could feel more human again. Too good to be true? That’s what I thought—until I stumbled on a little public health experiment with a very audacious name: the Big Joy Project.
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