Our Evolutionary Leap
"In this podcast, Lynne Twist joins Sounds Trues founder, Tami Simon, to discuss the challenges and opportunities now facing humanity...they also talk about our unique place in time and the emerging...
View ArticleDarkness Rising
"The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine retells an old story of conquest and control bringing destruction and death. With missiles falling onto cities, thousands already dead, and over two million...
View ArticleCompassion Defies Death at the Turtle Hospital
"Each spring is nonstop crisis management at Turtle Rescue Leagueever since Alexxia and Natasha established a hospital for freshwater turtles and tortoises in the basement of their suburban home in...
View ArticlePoems in a Time of Crisis
"In response to the situation in Ukraine, Beshara Magazine presents a short poem by Taras Shevchenko (18141861), commonly referred to simply as 'Kobzar' -- The Bard. Shevchenko is universally...
View ArticleOncology Yoga: Tapping into the Wisdom of the Body
"As an integrative yoga teacher with a background in various yoga modalities, I aim to follow the needs of my students as they arise, not only those needs affected by their internal atmosphere, but...
View ArticleHow to Awaken Your Inner Healer
"I was half-asleep. It was a few minutes past 5:00 a.m. and the mornings larks were half-asleep, too. The sky was deep indigo. My house was rarely so quiet and still. Id just rolled out of bed, tiptoed...
View ArticleTenderness
We have a tendency to race so quickly through life, that we don't always make time for ourselves. Carving out a little solitude can make a world of difference. We need to remember to be more gentle,...
View ArticleJewels: A Three Part Chant
"Every time I go into the darkness, I return with fistfuls of jewels." So begins a three-part chant in praise of winter's gifts, by singer-songwriter, voice coach and author Barbara McAfee. Her soulful...
View ArticleI Would Prefer An Empty Life
"My existence is itself a contradiction. Built by men who waged war for a living. Built to shield children from death by that same war. I am a bomb shelter." So begins this short, eloquent piece by Sr....
View Article17 Things I Would Do Differently
On the fifth anniversary of his father's passing, Eric Jones found himself penning a series of reflections in his journal that would eventually turn into a post titled,"17 Things I would do differently...
View ArticleThe Need to Grow
'The Need to GROW' is a documentary that powerfully explores the precariousness of life on a planet with rapidly declining farmable soil. The film highlights the stories of three main characters --...
View ArticleRevolutions and the Politics of Being
Anthony Siracusa studies the power of successful and enduring social movements from the grist of deep life experience. He has spent his life practicing -- and then studying and teaching -- how ordinary...
View ArticleThousands Open Their Homes to Ukrainian Refugees
"As the war rages in Ukraine, an unending stream of horrific imagery flickers across our screens. But go to online platforms such as Host a Sister, Ukraine Take Shelter, Host 4 Ukraine, RefugeBooking,...
View ArticleMy Pen is the Wing of a Bird
"'My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird' came about through the efforts of Untold Narratives, a UK-based organization which works to develop and amplify the work of writers marginalized by social, geopolitical...
View ArticleSeek Silence
Silence helps us to explore our shared humanity as it speaks to the part of life that is beyond words. This video created by Green Renaissance and filmed in South Africa encourages us to hear the words...
View ArticleConserving Quiet
"In nature, there is nothing wrong with quiet. It exists under the weighted depths of ocean and in the cool of rocky caverns. It spills out beneath the wings of eagles as the world below freezes....
View ArticleShop Class As Soul Craft
"Matthew Crawford was on what most people would think was the "right track." Then he left his job as executive director at a think tank in Washington to open a motorcycle repair shop. In his book, Shop...
View ArticleFinding Joy in the Unknown
"Writing was a way for me to communicate," says Dara McAnulty, "I didn't like to speak to people. In fact, I spoke to basically nobody outside of close family, and any conversation I had outside of...
View ArticleFor the 8-Year-Old In You
Kate DiCamillo's books include, "Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Magician's Elephant, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and Flora & Ulysses. Krista Tippett read Kate's...
View ArticleA Selfless Respect for Reality
"Thinking about our current global situation, I recall the work of Kazimierz Dabrowski, the Polish psychiatrist and psychologist who proposed a theory of personality development called positive...
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