Recent research reveals that genetics play a significant role in determining whether individuals prefer coffee or tea. Specific bitter taste receptor genes influence how people...
Your dog is ready to run, tail wagging, eyes bright, the moment you reach for the leash. But what feels like a perfect summer afternoon to you can quietly become a dangerous...
Probability plays a crucial role in decision-making across various fields, yet its interpretation remains contentious. By exploring different theories—frequency, propensity,...
A new study reveals that 'patient savers' make quick financial decisions by focusing solely on monetary amounts rather than weighing time delays and other factors. This insight...
Obesity is often blamed on poor diet and lack of exercise, but hormonal imbalances also play a significant role. Key hormones like leptin, cortisol, estrogen, and insulin affect...
The upcoming supermoon on April 26 offers a unique opportunity to observe our natural satellite at its closest approach to Earth. Learn about the Moon's phases, its elliptical...
In a fast-paced world where attention spans are dwindling, mindfulness and meditation offer powerful tools for achieving mental clarity and emotional balance. By integrating...
Most people don't think about balance until the day they grab a wall to keep from going down. That grab is your nervous system waving a flag. The good news is your brain is far...
The origins in the quest for an eight-hour work day highlight the ongoing struggle for a life beyond work. Despite technological advancements and economic theories advocating for...
Two doses of the psychedelic substance psilocybin, given with supportive psychotherapy, produced rapid and large reductions in depressive symptoms in a small study of adults with major depression, researchers report.
Maybe you already know a bit about the simple and effective form of energy medicine named the Art of Jin Shin. Though the practice has many thousands of adherents all around the world and many men, women, and children who have been helped by Jin Shin in its birthplace of Japan, Jin Shin Jyutsu has not yet become a household name.
The other night I was sitting around a fire with a friend, discussing the influence of psychedelics on our lives, when she uttered this statement, “after three years of working with these mushrooms, I love life. I just want to be and do the best I can. All the time. Now. Urgently. For myself, for others, for Earth.”
That animals touch us in a deep, central place is not a modern-day phenomenon, but one that pervades the history of the human-animal relationship. We sense that we can benefit spiritually in our relationship with animals, and we are right. They offer us something fundamental: a direct and immediate sense of both the joy and wonder of creation.
Groucho Marx once joked, “Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all.” You might think he was referring to sleeping and sex. But humans, at one time or another, have done just about everything in bed.
If you want to deal with your demons, it's appropriate to make a pit stop at a place as hot as hell -- Tucson, Arizona, in the summertime. It's 100-plus degrees right now -- with dark, ominous clouds erasing the Santa Catalina mountaintops in the distance...
I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill -- a skill based in self-esteem. Developing this skill -- and a healthy sense of self -- becomes easier when you can think in the words, concepts, and principles of energy medicine...
How can you tell if you have a cold, the flu, or COVID-19? An expert offers advice for those worried sick about their symptoms.
The Sirtfood diet has been in the news again this week after singer Adele showed off her slimmed-down figure on US comedy show Saturday Night Live.
We can not be successful if we always focus on what went wrong. Whatever we focus on, whatever we put most of our attention on, grows and thrives. Harping on our mistakes and misfortunes will only produce more of them.
People have an innate capacity for happiness. When we are happy, we are more competent, productive, and creative. Without the internal distractions of anger, depression, frustration, and especially worry, our relationships flourish, stress diminished, new doors opened, and...
Men in jobs with hard physical work have a higher risk of developing dementia compared to men doing sedentary work, new research reveals.
'Lighten up' is a popular phrase and for good reason. Most of us have a tendency to take ourselves much too seriously. We fret over everything we do as if we're supposed to be perfect in whatever we attempt. So many of us put ourselves down at the slightest imperfection
I trained as a conventional physician. I have also studied Native American healing for more than twenty-five years. I have walked with feet in two different worlds for my entire medical career. I did this because I grew up knowing that 'Indian medicine' could help people when conventional medicine had nothing more to offer.
Our belief systems are very real and solid to us and filled with myriad preconceptions about what is "right" and what is "wrong". When something occurs that contradicts our preconceptions, we immediately react defensively. This defensiveness is the seed of conflict...
We do not have to become monks in order to lead spiritual, healthy lives. We do not have to be vegetarians, or wear flowing robes, or sit in meditation for hours each day. There is no spiritual 'path' because everything is spiritual and all choices are equal. We can work and be parents, husbands, wives, daughters...
When you breathe in smoke from a wildfire, you’re probably inhaling more toxic chemicals than you realize.
The holiday season is already a booming time for online shopping. The COVID-19 pandemic increases the likelihood that when people shop this holiday season, they will choose online shopping over brick-and-mortar stores.
With over 2 million cases in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many people who have recovered from COVID-19. At the same, there have been reports of people who continue to have long-term side effects from the infection.
Watching another person experience diabetes influences type 2 diabetics’ self-management of blood sugar levels, according to a new study.
The ways in which we currently age have been programmed into us, and we have accepted this idea as a reality. We believe that we all will get old, sick, senile, frail, and die -- in that order. This does not have to be the truth for us any longer.
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
Fostering a legacy of joy empowers individuals to inspire authentic self-expression in...
Junk emotions like anxiety, anger, and jealousy can hinder personal well-being and...
Awareness meditation shifts focus from traditional breath techniques to observing...
The exploration of precognitive dreaming reveals a profound interconnectedness within...
Negative moods can linger and affect overall well-being, but identifying their triggers...
A rare celestial formation is quietly reshaping the foundations of everything we know —...
You don't need a week in silence at a mountain retreat to feel spiritually alive again....