Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
As I do in life itself, I look for messages when I watch movies. And because The Universe, All That Is, Spirit, Guidance, Good speaks through everything and everyone that comes our way, messages are found...
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- Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver
For years, I thought that my overachieving, perfectionism, and need for control were about proving that I was good enough—being the best, being perfect, was the only way to be “enough.” But a session with an intuitive coach brought something else to the fore...
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Whether it's your parent, coworker, child, lover, or friend, we all sometimes say and do things we regret. We fret, get defensive, make excuses, and rationalize that what we did wasn't so bad.
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- Written by: Evelyn C. Rysdyk
Life happens, and you are bound to experience feeling angry, anxious, judgmental, accusatory, and all the other faces that fear wears during your day.
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- Written by: 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.”
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- Written by: Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Each human being may be part of something greater. Common phrases suggesting this reality include ’re all in this together” or “everything is connected.”
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
All significant choices move us toward or away from love. And the most important thing we learn in life is recognizing the choices and actions that bring us closer or farther from love. Each day is full of...
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- Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick
So why don’t we go for it? Why don’t we reach out for what we really want? Why don’t we strive to...
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Are you thrown off by unforeseen complications? Are you frantic to meet deadlines or goals? Do you hate to wait? Are you a slave to the clock?
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- Written by: University of Copenhagen
Horses, pigs, and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives, as well as from human speech, researchers report.
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- Written by: Kristen Johnston, University of Queensland
All men who immerse themselves in bodybuilding describe themselves as having some degree of muscle dysmorphia.
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- Written by: Roxanne Felig and Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before.
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- Written by: Katie Bohn, Penn State
New research digs into whether people are more likely to feel empathy for animals than other humans. In short, the answer is complicated.
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- Written by: William E. Halal
I have studied the direction of the world’s crises for years, and my work suggests that a feasible path through this turmoil is possible. What we’ve learned is that the Knowledge Age is...
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- Written by: Melissa Blouin, University of California, Davis
New findings show that people with high self-esteem generally have more success at school and work, better social relationships, improved mental and physical health, and less anti-social behavior. And, these benefits persist from adolescence to adulthood and into old age.
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- Written by: Barbara Berger
Never before have we been able to see, feel and experience up close the utter devastation and horror that is unfolding in the lives of so many of our fellow men and women right now.
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- Written by: Barbara Berger
Never before have we been able to see, feel and experience up close the utter devastation and horror that is unfolding in the lives of so many of our fellow men and women right now.
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- Written by: Bryony Lau, Undark
In the early 1990s, the renovations manager at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport decided to decorate each bathroom urinal with a realistic image of a fly, placed just above the drain. For decades, urinal designers had sought a way to curb the unpleasant spillage around urinals, and it turned out that by giving men something to aim at — in this case, a humble insect — spillage dramatically reduced.
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- Written by: AlixSandra Parness
You already know the Yabbits; they are the voices inside your head, the doubts and the put-downs in your mind. Yabbits are the voices that argue against you. Our Yabbits were originally designed to keep us safe by keeping us in line. Yah that looks like fun, but...
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- Written by: Pate McCuien, University of Missouri
If someone is questioning someone's sense of humor, they should ask themselves, 'Would I be making this same judgment if the person using the humor looked more like me?
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- Written by: Yale University
Among older people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack, severe financial strain—having too little moneyeach month to make ends meet—is associated with a 60% higher risk of dying within six months after hospital discharge, a new study shows.
