Can we be scared into being healthier?
Can fear be an effective motivator for changing unhealthy habits or behavior. In today’s post, writer Eric Nelson describes a different approach that may bring healthier and more lasting benefits. I...
View ArticleAfrican ingenuity in life and health
In today’s post, my colleague Linda Ross takes inspiration from African art in sharing a story of healing prayer from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Please enjoy this excerpt, and click through to...
View ArticleDo our graduates know how to love?
This month, high schools around the country are launching graduates forward. Are adolescents prepared with the tools they’ll need? And have we considered their spiritual development? In today’s blog,...
View ArticleHealthwise: Depressed? You are not a label
Drug company ads often portray women as particularly susceptible to being depressed. Are we to agree with that label? Writer Valerie Minard suggests ways we can challenge the images portrayed in...
View ArticleSoul searching or data mining; distinctive pathways to health
Data mining: simply put, it includes the gathering and analysis of large amounts of data to predict or forecast future events, and it’s increasingly being used in the field of healthcare. Will all the...
View ArticleSpirituality and Health: Deprescribing to be Healthy
The rise in prescription drug use has many searching for more practical answers to maintaining health. Today’s post considers the alternative of deprescribing from a spiritual perspective. Below is...
View ArticleWhy allow illness to be part of your identity
By Debby Kowit Each of us has had that experience where something we begin focusing on shows up more and more in our life. It can happen with the most random things – a new brand of car, a trend...
View ArticleHow “Old” are You?
With today’s healthier lifestyles and increased longevity, our “old” definitions of old age have become outdated. In this week’s blog, writer Annu Matthai considers how a spiritual approach to life...
View ArticleForgiveness – what is our first lesson?
When a terrible act against humanity or individuals occurs, can we ever “replace the part of one’s identity that says ‘this happened to me’ ” with a life healed and purified? Writer Wendy Margolese...
View ArticleSeeing Millennials Minus The Stereotypes
We tend to think of ageism in terms of prejudice against older people. But as writer Debra Chew points out, millennials, too, face age stereotyping that would try to limit their potential. In her...
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