The Spiritual Meaning of Pain in the Liver and Gallbladder

Podcast: Kristin Neff, Fierce Self-Compassion

Self-compassion specialist Kristin Neff explores fierce and tender self-compassion and becoming a compassionate mess.

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Mental Wellness

Reparenting Yourself: How to Heal From Inadequate Parenting

Did you suffer from inadequate parenting? It’s not too late to make up for it. Here are five ways...

Mental Wellness

11 Affirmations for When You’re Feeling Lonely and Isolated

Try these 11 affirmations for overcoming loneliness and bringing peace and spirituality to your...

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Mental Wellness

Things in Therapy: Garlic Pickle

Imagine what would happen if a garlic pickle went to therapy ...

Spiritual Practices

Walking the Tree Labyrinth

Create your own labyrinth, finding the trees amidst the cactuses and bushes.

Noah Time Like Today

Sometimes you just need an Egyptian vulture named Bob to lead you in the right direction.

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Nature’s Image for the Universal Oneness of Humanity

If we’re all one interconnected humanity, what’s our common root system? Do we exist in a state...

The Meditation Path and the Brick Wall

Buddhist nun (and celebrated author) Pema Chödrön has some ideas about what to do when your...

The Body

Parasympathetic Stimulation: How to Improve Your Vagal Tone

Cold therapy, vocalization, and socializing are just three of six ways to improve vagal tone and reduce stress.

The Benefits of Yin Yoga

One of the benefits of Yin Yoga, for beginners and returning practitioners, is called interoception.

Naprapathy: The Best Manual Medicine You’ve Never Heard Of

Naprapathy is the manual manipulation of connective tissue.

Spiritual meaning of pain in liver and gallbladder

The Spiritual Meaning of Pain in the Liver and Gallbladder

In TCM, the liver creates and the gallbladder implements. The spiritual meaning of pain in the...

Practices for Loving Your Belly

While “six-pack abs” are touted as the ideal, a soft and flexible belly is, by design, more useful.

Relationships

Attachment Styles and Attunement

Tune into how your earliest life lessons can cause you ongoing hardship.

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Relationships

5 Spiritual Lessons We Learn From Cats

Cats are spiritual—or at least they can help us be spiritual. Here are five lessons your...

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Relationships

14 Affirmations for Getting Along With People You Disagree With

Divisiveness takes a psychic toll on humanity. Affirmations remind us that we all want to be...

Relationships

Strengthening Porous Boundaries

Personal boundaries are determined by childhood conditioning. Those with porous boundaries can...

Perspectives

Change What You Do With How You See

“Reflect on your own life—where you’ve been and where you’re going. And I hope you will consider the difference between change and transformation.”

Finding West Virginia

Trips become journeys become myths. Frances Park explores a family legend.

The Art of the Lunch Break

Besides taking a lunch, holding meetings while walking and doing body scan meditation at your...

Making Honest

Sewing can be a meditative practice. It’s all about connecting the threads.

A Gardener’s Awakening

Michael Pollan discusses his new book, exploring the relationship between humans and three plant...

Living in the World

The Spiritual Meaning of Slow Travel

Slowing down can allow our habitats to renew and our fellow earthlings to thrive.

Taking Stock of Our Values in a Post-COVID World

Do you know your values? COVID-19 has changed many peoples’ inner truth.

Summertime Self-Care for Reentry Anxiety

Some days going to the beach with friends is self-care. Others it may be watching nature shows at...

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Our Declaration of Spiritual Independence

If you value spiritual independence and the fundamental right to pursue the divine in your own...

17 Healthy Habits to Start (or Restart) Now

As the world begins to open up again, we have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves—or to restart...

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Change What You Do With How You See

“Reflect on your own life—where you’ve been and where you’re going. And I hope you will consider...

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Retrain, Regain, Renew

Aromatherapy may be able to help COVID-19 “long-haulers” recover their sense of smell.

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