A new study suggests that economic equality—closing the gap between the rich and the poor—is the key to happiness…
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Coliving reinvents the commune for a networked age.
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The condition of our world is changing rapidly. By defining and adopting active hope we can deepen our awareness and work toward creating positive change.
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You never know when the authorities might show up at your pagan bonfire…
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The website Emotional Bag Check lets you anonymously pour out your problems, then receive a prescription for the perfect song to make you feel better. Feeling stable? You can recommend a song to someone else instead…
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When asked about single mothers, do we revert to some worst-case view of them?...
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Learn more about the comprehensive and engaging history of legal and political battles surrounding a terminally-ill individual’s "right to die with dignity."
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10Q, a free online program, asks you 10 questions over 10 days. Your answers—serious, silly, or salacious—will be stored in a secure electronic vault. One year later, you’ll receive them along with an opportunity to reflect on changes, goals, heartbreaks, and blessings…
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Just like second-hand smoke, urban cyclists should steer clear of car exhaust...
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How can we understand our fellow man and be confident in safe, loving relationships with one another again?
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In bustling Hanoi, an activist finds connection in the chaos.
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Mindful moms rethink their stance against Barbie—and acknowledge their own body image baggage….
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Exorcism is experiencing a renaissance in American Catholicism. The devil is in the details...
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Amputations during the civil war and polio outbreaks have left thousands of people in Sierra Leone in need of crutches...
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Unchecked and unseen, everyday chemicals are poisoning our children’s minds...
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Distance therapy is a boon to those who need counseling cheap, fast, or far-flung...
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The 10 happiest jobs in America include therapist, clergy, teacher—and backhoe operator…
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Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean-American writer who teaches at Duke University, has lived through two life-changing September 11s, first in Chile in 1973 and then in New York in 2001...
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Utne Visionary Scott Harrison celebrates six years of charity: water with a campaign to bring clean water to 26,000 Rwandans.
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The Vagina Monologues helped open the door to a modern conversation about human papillomavirus….
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Read books, feel better. Bibliotherapists prescribe personalized reading lists for depression, anxiety, and other ailments, claiming that the right book can “illuminate and even change your life”…
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There’s a lot of ugly news about companies out there right now, so it’s nice to hear about one that is trying to do right by its workforce...
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A lawyer explains why his client volunteered to be executed. Originally published in the November-December 2005 issue of Utne Reader...
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Author Christine Bryden’s journey of living with dementia begins when she receives a diagnosis for Alzheimer’s at the age of 46.
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New studies outline the potential long-term effects of food poisoning.
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After you die, what happens to your online life? A digital death industry wants to wrap up your electronic personal affairs and even help you send emails from beyond the grave…
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In New York City, freegans promote food justice and combat food waste by eating trash.
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We search for human immortality and eternal youth, and pray to everlasting gods, but in the universe as in life, change is the only constant.
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With breastfeeding advocacy at a fever pitch, some mothers genuinely believe formula compromises a baby’s well-being. But the science isn’t there to back it up….
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In an impressive video compilation, 50 renowned academics—including Peter Singer, Steven Hawking, Richard Feynman, Noam Chomsky, and Oliver Sacks—talk about God...
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Utne Visionary and black feminist Alexis Pauline Gumbs uses poetry and community to make a wish come true.
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Two of poetry’s skeptics are won over when the healing, therapeutic power of words helps them confront life’s challenges.
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Once
we escape the pull of old stories and long held beliefs that no longer serve
our common humanity, it will take very little effort to correct our course.
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There are few forums that showcase age more acutely, or brutally, than sport...
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A potluck dinner at the edge of the civilized world...
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Modeled after a prison break, an extreme race tests the limits of self-sufficiency...
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Meet Deaf America—a culture, a class, and a choice...
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In a world full of extraverts and TMI, a return to introversion could be just what we need. Take the Big 5 Personality Test to find out if you might be an introvert…
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The semantics behind miscarriage and abortion.
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Do history classes titillate students with the grand narratives and moral calculus of warfare—or blind them to its body counts?...
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Evolutionary religious studies examines how faith benefits society, and takes aim at atheist fundamentalism.
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Community singing is making a comeback, bringing generations together and refueling activism…
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A.C. Grayling’s secular bible provides a spiritual alternative...
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Dirty Girls Ministries is on a crusade against the evils of female masturbation...
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Canadian sex workers propose a radical solution to crimes and abuse directed at those in the oldest profession...
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Socially sustainable sex could save the economy, the environment, and our society...
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Forget the Kinsey Report. A new study exposes the true nature of human desire...
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No story is the only story. But there is one common element.
Love. And every story is just trying to find its way back to the safety found
in love.
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Thirty percent of Americans don’t use their allotted vacation time—and the ones who do turn vacations into exhausting, jam-packed marathons. The slow travel movement encourages us to become stress-free, mindful travelers…
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Dildos and vibrators often contain toxic chemicals that can lead to infertility, hormone imbalances, and other health problems. Germans are demanding that the government cleans up the country’s goodie drawers…
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The next edition of the DSM will drastically change our understanding and diagnosis of bereavement...
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Time-related stress is the result of our fast-paced modern American life. Reduce stress and find inner peace by introducing Buddha Standard Time into your 24-hour day.
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Lama Marut explains that the quest for happiness starts with radical contentment: being truly satisfied with what we have.
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Meditation flash mobs are taking over the world! In more than 100 cities around the globe, meditators from all walks of life gather in surprising places to promote meditation and peace…
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One historian’s quest for the historical Jesus uses Bayes’s theorem to establish reliable historical criteria and uncover the proper proportion between belief and evidence.
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Designer Julie Kim sets up a social experiment to encourage interaction at a Los Angeles Metro bus stop…
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A mountain biking program in Israel keeps kids off the mean streets and on the rocky trail...
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Understanding what it means to be in relationships, with ourselves first, then with each other, and extending out to everything in the world around us.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is one of those diseases that’s difficult to diagnose.
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Why war against roaches? One day, they may inherit the earth.
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Utne Visionary Alexis Pauline Gumbs gets inspired by Audrey Lorde to tap into passion, purpose, and community-centered love.
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Is the ability to put ourselves in another person’s shoes a dying skill? In a heartfelt essay, Miki Kashtan deftly guides us back to true empathic understanding…
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The latest issue of ARCADE looks at how better design can make life better...
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Wealth-related anxieties keep America’s affluent up at night...
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How can we change the story—individually and throughout
society—so more people feel safe and secure?
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A new program to feed the poor goes far beyond canned goods, stocking the best farm-raised local produce…
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A chronicle of three absurd years of reproductive therapy...
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The principle of soul resonance...
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Hand positions can affect our state of mind...
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Don’t dismiss all popular psychology—there is wisdom amid the malarkey...
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Fighting global poverty is a matter of giving generously and effectively...
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Scott Harrison, Utne Visionary and founder of charity: water, writes about his decision to leave the New York City nightclub scene and get clean water to people in need.
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Morbid curiosity can sometimes inspire us to imagine ways to transform life’s necessary darkness into luminous vision.
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A Toronto couple keeps their baby’s gender private, inciting media outlash but also smart conversation about gender stereotyping. What would be the value of not sharing your baby’s gender for the first few months?...
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Currently, no cell phone or smartphone is guilt-free, but Dutch company FairPhone has set out to make a conflict-free, sweatshop free, fair-trade phone.
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Enjoy this laughable list of bicycling etiquette rules for women from 1895.
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Bicycling across the United States is fraught with dangerous situations, some of which you might never expect.
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The Mindfulness App, as popular as Angry Birds in part of the world, gently prompts us to breathe deep, center ourselves, and meditate…
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Human rights reporter Mac McClelland simulates her own rape in order to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder. What’s your reaction?...
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Double vouchers help bring fruits and veggies to the tables of those in need...
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Connecting with the earth can cure chronic pain—and stop insomnia...
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Bullying kids into losing weight won’t work. Emphasis on intuitive eating and a healthy body can mitigate the effects of childhood obesity.
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For J. Victoria Sanders, joining the ranks of women with guns means earning a concealed handgun license and coming to terms with Black feminism.
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Do Americans buy a sense of home from the store? How can we create meaningful, authentic connections to the places we live?
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It’s time to create the story
we want to live in to. And become that story ourselves.
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The gentle rocking of a hammock brings quicker, deeper sleep by altering neurological activity, a new study finds…
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Artist Jeff Waldman installs public swings in San Francisco, Panama, Los Angeles, and soon Bolivia to bring pure happiness to the people…
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Detoxification diets may help patients avoid illnesses and live longer, happier lives.
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Jonny Waldman's terrifying tale of surviving a hit-and-run by a truck while riding his bicycle.
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A self-compassion expert offers encouraging words for caregivers, as well as a test that lets you calculate your own levels of self-compassion…
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A single, delicious heirloom bean variety changed Katherine Gustafson's mind about convenience food.
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The effects of climate change, mortgage crisis, and student debt crisis have left young adults drowning in debt—the Occupy Movement and year of Jubilee could help.
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Some opponents of medicinal pot say it will lead to unsafe streets, but a new study finds that decriminalizing marijuana may reduce traffic fatalities.
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Doctors once discouraged learning a second language too early, but new research touts advantages for bilingual children, from better concentration to preventing Alzheimer’s later in life.
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An American novelist suffering from writer’s block finds literary inspiration among dead luminaries and living patrons in Paris’ Père Lachaise cemetery.
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One woman’s quest to give away as much of her stuff as she can...
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Author A.C. Grayling has gone and taken God out of the Bible…
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A lit professor on why students should cut the cord and have some fun.
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When Katie Haegele finds a 1970s Ideabook at a yard sale, it unveils a world of meaning behind her own fashion choices and those of women in the past.
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The surprising health benefits of sensory deprivation are just one reason why the practice is growing in popularity—and not just among new age types.
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Two new studies on the effects of high-fructose corn syrup give this year's Farm Bill a sense of urgency.
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Doctors routinely administer intensive care to patients who say they want it, but many refuse lifesaving treatment themselves.
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An online scribe vows to speak no evil and embrace the power of positivity.
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Toxin-producing bacteria are just one of the common side-effects of strong antibiotics. Fecal transplants may offer unconventional relief from chronic pain.
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More and more people are finding out they can’t eat wheat. Delving into the grain's history may explain why.
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An Englishwoman in New York tries to tackle loneliness head on.
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After a 40-plus year
hiatus, research into medicinal uses for psychedelic drugs from ayahuasca to MDMA
could reveal treatment for depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
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Growing old is an adventure, its stories are worth sharing.
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Kombucha, a fizzy, fermented drink purported to have healing properties, is steadily rising in mainstream popularity, finding success with commercial kombucha brewers, home brewers, and bartenders alike....
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We live in a culture of relentless positive thinking, but new studies suggest that optimism may not be as helpful as previously thought.
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True liberation of the mind begins with calling into question one’s most sacred values and beliefs.
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Leading a growing trend, doctors at the Center for Integrative Medicine incorporate alternative medicine practices like healthier eating and self-healing into mainstream medical care.
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Teaching a creative nonfiction class, a non-believer reflects on the lives of gay Mormons, gay teen suicide, and the ubiquitous Mormon missionaries.
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A devout believer raised in Mormon culture struggles with moral questions of Mormon sexuality, pseudo-romantic relationships, and an isolated life outside Utah.
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Breast feeding in public isn’t always socially accepted, so conceptual artist Jill Miller has designed a new “milk truck” with an emphasis on comfort.
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Teaching kids to argue sounds like a parent’s worst nightmare, but a new study finds that these debate skills dramatically help students’ reasoning ability.
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The ex-Mormon Atheists of Utah Valley group organize to support each other and challenge the state’s pervasive Mormon culture.
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Productivity, procrastination and the endless pursuit of balance: Concerns of modern life put pressure on time management to the point of personal philosophical collapse.
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The top five regrets of the dying tell us that we should be true to ourselves, keep friends close, and forget about working overtime....
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It’s out of vogue for women to complain about their significant others’ porn use or strip club outings, yet a few of us throwbacks believe fantasy sex is detrimental to real-life relationships….
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Daylight Savings Time is as controversial as it is ingrained. But a minor rethinking could tap measured environmental benefits from the divisive practice.
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The difficult process of repairing a soldier’s moral conscience begins with a societal approach to compassionate care—a commitment to addressing war veterans’ moral anguish as well as PTSD.
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Telling the story of "The Wizard of Oz" in a remote aboriginal Taiwanese temple sparks one philosopher’s journey to delve deep into a secular myth and explore the ultimate questions of origin and the inner hero in all of us.
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The Peace Boat initiative harnessed human power to help heal the wounds caused by the March 2011 tsunami.
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Even mild dehydration can give someone a more pessimistic outlook on life...
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Transcendence and The Big Lebowski, pt. 2
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After growing up with a miserly father, a young woman auctions off her affections to sugar daddies.
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The doctor who invented the relaxation response on the science of stress relief...
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Members of an oneironauticum practice lucid dreaming and dreaming together with the help of oneirogens, sensory triggers for dream recall.
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A son of Europe, Pope Benedict felt called to rebuild the declining church in
Europe. Perhaps the next pope will feel the same. Or perhaps he will be
called to champion the church elsewhere, maybe even in his own place of
origin in the Global South.
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A food cleanse can help the body shed toxic accumulation, preventing disease and creating more time for rest.
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To overcome our darkest emotions and desires, we must first admit them to ourselves.
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As Susan G. Komen defunds free breast cancer screening programs, women come out in hordes to tell their stories of how Planned Parenthood saved their lives….
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Why teaching kids the art of argumentation early will make them better thinkers and learners...
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You can’t take it with you, so why not donate your brain for medical research? Once you get past the ick factor and spiritual ramifications, the potential to help reach a cure for diseases like autism, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s makes this, well, a no-brainer....
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The legacy of overparenting may last well into a child’s adulthood...
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Bookworms may seem antisocial, but psychologists are discovering some surprising effects of reading fiction.
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Why does passion ebb over the course of a long-term, committed relationship? Love and sex specialist Alex Allman investigates that question, proposing ways to short-circuit the phenomenon.
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Scientists have discovered that the effects of fatty foods on humans may not be all bad.
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In a society largely focused on the disposable, Danny Hillis imagines a 10,000-Year Clock that will outlast hundreds of generations.
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Praising gifted children for their intelligence may negatively affect their self-esteem in the future.
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Advances in early childhood development, especially in the science of early adversity, could revolutionize the fight against poverty
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Ecopsychology offers treatments for mental illness that bridge the gap between people and nature.
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How hopskotching through sublet apartments in Brooklyn helped one woman tackle her detachment issues.
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In the book “There Is No App for Happiness,” author Max Strom explains how to find inner balance in the age of social media.
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Once thought to be exclusively biologically-based, psychiatric research now looks to social and cultural factors to explain and find treatments for schizophrenia.
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We numb ourselves to psychological traumas, including emotional isolation, but in disconnecting from others, we’re also disconnecting from ourselves.
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Here’s to a local, DIY (and sane) holiday
season.
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This is a post about
understanding; about how the stories we believe might change if we saw the
world through someone else's eyes. Of course we all know the old "walk a
mile in someone's shoes" line. But somehow the reality of that is hard to
achieve.
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A recent “Developmental Psychology” study suggests teenage rebellion and even some anti-social behavior may have important social benefits and shouldn’t be ignored.
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New demographic information about bicycling is out—and there are a few surprises about who’s pedaling and where...
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Forward-thinking education reformers are trying to kill the standardized test in American public schools. Unfortunately, there are a few roadblocks....
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Buddhism is America’s fastest-growing religion, and it’s making some people uncomfortable...
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The 2012 National Diners’ Guide is a user-friendly reference for restaurant-goers who want to know which establishments are good to their employees—offering living wages and benefits like sick time—and which aren’t.
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Religion can influence where and why diseases spread...
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Dying with dignity is one thing. Helping your mom do it is another....
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Of New York City’s 13,000 taxi cabs, only a mere two percent are wheelchair-accessible...
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This might be the easiest way to donate money, ever. The search engine Charity Search contributes one cent to a worthy cause every time you seek out something on the web. The only effort needed is changing your homepage and googling as usual....
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Buying secondhand is one antidote to the rise of fast fashion.
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Simple exercises could close the achievement gap...
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How one man saved $17,000 in a year by sharing.
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In Afghanistan, 1 in 11 women die in childbirth. Now, a national midwifery program is training local women in maternal health care to drastically improve the sky-high maternal mortality rates and to give economic power to its graduates....
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Boyhood memories and Burmese monks in Utica, New York...
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When companies promote work-life balance for low-wage workers, everyone wins...
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The “native” fashion trend, hitting stores like Urban Outfitters, borrows names and motifs from Navajo and other Native American tribes but does not share the profits nor honor the heritage....
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Why the War on Drugs is a war on human nature.
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What satya (truthfulness) reveals about little white lies and how it can illuminate the inner self.
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In honor of World AIDS Day: A must-read personal essay by 31-year-old gay man Michael Harris beautifully describes coming of age in the long shadow of HIV….
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We’re defined by the choices we
make and the stories we believe. Wrong turns become unpredicted life lessons
that help us find our way. Seemingly impossible odds become just the thing that
propels us into fulfillment of a destiny unseen at the outset of life’s
journey. And certainly committing to a life path is the first sure way of
getting there.
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One district shaved $175,000 off the cost of new math textbooks by tapping the expertise of its faculty...
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Stop making decisions based on fear, find spiritual growth in fear and become a fully realized, unafraid person.
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Pursue happiness through simplicity and radically change your life for the better — downsizing your life by choice can be a practical way to find big fulfillment in small living.
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It’s the curse of the gifted child: Students who receive praise for intellect rather than effort develop a (mistaken) belief that their abilities are unchangeable, and as adults, they stick to easy goals.
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There’s no question that
there are pockets of cultures and communities that were not constantly beating
each other up in some way. But, on balance, I’m not seeing a great improvement
in compassion and respect over time. What’s the story? I don’t want to believe that this is it—human nature,
etc. I want to believe that we have some evolution left in us.
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The meaning of skin color is investigated, from prehistory to the present, in the fascinating book, "Living Color."
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Mindful eating is about much more than simply understanding the health impact food will have on your body.
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Playing offthe flash mob concept, MedMobbers are trying to expose the world to the practice of meditation...
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Considering love and science at the Museum of Broken Relationships...
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Capturing love in all its fits and failed starts, “Dealbreakers” is an endearing collection of essays, rants, and ruminations on the ones that, thankfully, got away...
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An ambitious project aims to collect 100,000 aspirations for a stupa—a monument to peace—being built in Vermont. Watch a video of Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron offering her good intentions and take a moment to pledge your own....
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The freshly launched Food Swap Network—an online community of cooks, canners, bakers, and urban farmers who trade homemade wares—marries old-fashioned food sharing with modern technology....
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Tips on how to give back and engage with the larger community over the holiday.
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Although cast in unflattering light by the mainstream media, Mormonism and Scientology are wholly unique American religions and worthy of research...
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Some of the best movie lines are ad-libbed, and some of the best conversations break the rigid script of everyday life….
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Researchers find that the stomach acts as a second brain, operating completely independent of the one between your ears. If you feed it the right things, it can regulate emotions and ease depression....
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Having grown out of fire, brimstone, and ruler-whipping nuns, American Catholicism shifts towards a more positive, salvation-based theology...
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A better understanding of the purpose of evolution will lead directly to a more evolved world.
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An alum remembers how a student named Matt Sandusky helped her comprehend the celebrated Penn State ethic. A decade later, Matt’s father and the men who covered up his crimes tried to bring it all down….
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Father Patrick Desbois is trying to unearth the Holocaust’s legacy in Eastern Europe. Unlike the midnight trains and gas chambers of Western Europe, the prime directive in Ukraine was “one Jew, one bullet”
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Apps and e-scriptures are dramatically changing the relationship between the faithful and their higher power...
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What would 30 days of meditation do for you? Photographer Peter Seidler captures the faces of people on their first and last days of a month-long meditation retreat....
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There's the
possibility of transformation in each of us. What will it take? Too much
discomfort with the old? Or a path as clear as a guitar player playing from his
heart?
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How valuable are unpaid internships? A former intern critiques Ross Perlin’s book Intern Nation and ruminates on her move from New York to Arkansas to work at The Oxford American…
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A feminist contemplates witchcraft as an alternative to Christianity.
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Learn how treating the body well, practicing mindful breathing and applying The Four Noble Truths can help connect the body and mind despite endless distractions.
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The only way we can possibly move from a place of judgment about another’s situation is to take the time to hear the story. To listen and absorb the experiences and feelings that makes up someone else’s life.
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Renewed interest in feminist spirituality harkens back to an egalitarian and ancient tradition.
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The food movement’s holier than thou attitude may seem new, but foodism’s religious roots date back to a 19th century health reform movement.
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Most people know the name Nostradamus and some of his apocalyptic predictions. Lapham’s Quarterly profiles the man who became one of the world’s most enduring and unlikeliest prophets...
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As traditional cry-your-eyes-out funerals are replaced by upbeat celebrations and mourning is pushed aside, we miss the chance to appreciate the verity of death and say goodbye....
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A girl struggles to understand her autistic brother’s demons, real and imagined...
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New York fashion photographer David Jay is updating the face of breast cancer awareness from cute pink ribbons to strikingly honest pictures of the women scarred by surgery....
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A nonbeliever teaching in Utah writes about Mormonism, sexual repression, and closeted kids struggling to survive in the not-so-wild west.
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Krishna Das combines Eastern moods and Western grooves to lift listeners...
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In America, one in five children will go to sleep with an empty belly tonight. Check out this inventive list of effective—and even fun—ways to fight hunger, from gardening and dining out to skateboarding and grape stomping….
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Give away money and get happy. Research suggests that donating money to worthy causes or friends in need can raise happiness levels and reduce stress hormones….
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Growing your own food not only helps your wallet, but it’s good for your mind and taste buds too.
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British soldiers experience post-traumatic stress disorder at a drastically lower rate than their American counterparts...
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Grief shares many symptoms with depression, but should it be treated in the same way?...
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Rethinking and rewriting the psychiatric rulebook...
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Empirical evidence shows that convening with nature can heal the mind...
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Neuroscientists work to eradicate phobias and anxiety, one bad memory at a time...
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Put down those pills and find yourself a comfortable couch. Psychotherapy is back...
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One nursing home resident dictates a first-person account to her loved ones about her decision to enter a nursing home and how she’s navigated “living a good life” there.
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How can we confirm for children what they already know: that
their world is interconnected and dynamic, a tightly woven web of related,
interacting elements and processes?
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Researchers find that levels of happiness around the world vary wildly. Can we learn from other cultures to uncover our own path to bliss?...
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A naturopathic doctor (ND) trained at National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR, Dr. Tabatha Parker sees NDs as perfectly trained to build bridges between modern Western medicine and traditional healing practices around the world. Her organization Natural Doctors International (NDI) is based in Nicaragua and has worked with the World Health Organization to broaden its understanding of natural medicine...
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Founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal, this public intellectual and author teaches citizens how to infuse their professional and public lives with purpose, passion, and integrity...
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After hearing a Toronto officer tell women they shouldn’t dress like sluts if they don’t want to be raped, fed-up feminists Sonya JF Barnett and Heather Jarvis organized the protest march SlutWalk. Since then, SlutWalks have spread to every corner of the globe, drawing tens of thousands of walkers...
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Alice Dreger has made it her life’s work to investigate, and at times expose, the unethical medical treatment of people who have intersex conditions. As recently as 15 years ago, many people grew up not knowing they were intersex, only that something had been “fixed” down there and that they had spent a lot of time with their legs spread for parades of physicians and medical students...
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If Peter Beilenson and his organization, The Evergreen Project, are successful, your next visit to the doctor will be at a health care cooperative. Both cutting costs and providing excellent care, the co-ops will have dedicated insurance companies and your doctor will have half the typical patient load...
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When doctors find out they’re dying, they often forgo chemotherapy, hospital stays, life support, and other end-of-life treatments to focus on preserving their quality of life and enjoying their final days....
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The origins and success of Martha Bayne’s Soup & Bread free community meal at the Hideout bar in Chicago.
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Closure is big business, with wacky funeral options, for-hire autopsies, and divorce parties all promising the sweet relief of grief’s final stage. Some experts, though, say that the concept of closure is a (profitable) myth....
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A study finds that postpartum depression hits just as many new dads as it does new moms….
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A new website helps you get out of debt with flexible tools and subtle psychological tricks...
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While China pushes its youth toward science and engineering, online college courses from the U.S. expose Chinese students to larger questions of philosophy and ethics.
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, an overemphasis on cleanliness may be hindering the benefits of biodiversity in our homes.
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On a secluded mountaintop, young men sacrifice everything to emulate their kung fu master...
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One leading neuroscientist explains that we’re all capable of hallucinations—and that, to better understand the brain, these weird experiences are worth listening to.
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Can excrement save our personal health and our planet? "Fecal transplants" may be a miracle cure for everything from asthma and depression to Crohn's disease and MS, while panda poop and human feces are promising energy producers....
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One transgender man reflects on American masculinity and male role models, pondering the question, “What makes a man?”
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The price men pay for acting tough and avoiding counseling and health care could be life.
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A new initiative hopes to battle obesity, food waste, and hunger with a simple idea: Eat half as much....
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While mainstream press venues, government officials, and TV talking heads
speculate hopelessly about the "why" of mass killings, one factor linking
hundreds of cases of bizarre violence is repeatedly overlooked. One source,
however, has connected the dots. This story needs to go viral. Now.
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Our culture glamorizes being a mommy, but also frequently reminds women that they can’t “have it all.” So if parenting makes so many Americans unhappy, why do it?
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Visit the tiny house movement in rural France, where Bohemian-style “gypsy” caravans are making a comeback....
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What we wear impacts workers across the globe, the Earth itself, and us. We might begin a healthy relationship with our wardrobe by taking time to value items we already own.
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