The Happiness Track: Creating an Inbox Meditation

Cognitive overload is a term psychologists use when referring to dealing with too much information or too many tasks. Such overload can impair our memory and decision making, and c…

The Heart of Money: Becoming Prepared

Question: I have friends who keep gold coins and have food stored up—just in case. I used to laugh. But not anymore. Brexit didn’t make sense. Then India ran out of cash. Now…

Care of the Soul: The Spiritual Imagination

What is the role of imagination in matters of ultimate concern? This is one of the top issues in the spiritual life and certainly in religion: many religious and even spiritual peo…

Rabbi Rami: Has Religion Primed Us for Fake News?

Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler

Make Room for All Your Feelings

An Interview with Mark Epstein

How to Break the Spell of Fear

When you take control, you break fear’s spell. The concept is simple, but is difficult to accomplish because fear is the ultimate enabler. I saw that clearly when I went blind.

Why, When & How to Eat Wheat

Eating wheat is healthy—but not in the ways we typically eat it today. The solution will likely improve your health dramatically.

The Empowered Empath

Try these three steps to get you healthy, grounded, and empowered to create a compassion revolution and save the world.

The Commons: Receiving the Wisdom of the Golden Rule

A meditation on creating a civil society

The Joys of Decoupling

A weeklong retreat beyond words and even snuggling.

Maybe the “First Agreement” Is “Don’t Bite Anybody”

Then Comes “Share the Wealth,” “Reduce Your Footprint,” and “Don’t Poison the Bugs Inside You.”

The Uncanny Practice of Entrainment

This key tool is employed, often unwittingly, by exceptional teachers, health care practitioners, clergy, and devoted guardians or parents.

The Beauty and Grace of Facing Your Truth

A conversation with Glennon Doyle Melton

Create a Living Faith

And see what it feels like to be the author of your own spiritual beliefs.

Being with Flowers

A sculptor of floral art reflects on his spiritual practice.

5 Questions for Anne Lamott

The perfectly imperfect Anne Lamott expounds on the merits of mercy in her new book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy.1. Embracing mercy for some of us can be a long road. Wh…

The Art of Being Sensitive

We think we’re alone, but the largest hidden population in our society is the closet authentics.

The Good-Mood Diet

No matter what’s got you in the dumps, eating certain foods can actually improve your mood.

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Film Review: 100 YEARS: One Woman’s Fight for Justice

100 YEARS: One Woman’s Fight for Justice Melinda Janko Fire in the Belly Productions In the 1880s, the U.S. Federal Government became trustee of vast amounts of land owned by Na…

Film Review: Serenade for Haiti

Serenade for HaitiOwsley BrownOwsley Brown PresentsOver the years, Sainte Trinité Music School in Port au Prince, Haiti, has served as both a critical institution of learning and a…

Film Review: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America

Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & AmericaMatt OrnsteinSound & Vision“How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?” That’s the hypothetical question that renowned…

Music Review: Peace Trail

Peace TrailNeil YoungReprise RecordsNeil Young’s latest release is as rustic and lo-fi as you’d expect from an album recorded in just four days. The singer/songwriter’s sociopoliti…

Music Review: Elwan

ElwanTinariwenANTIIn spite of the danceable grooves that Tinariwen has been known to deliver, a Tamashek-to-English translation of the lyrics on this celebrated Tuareg band’s eight…

Music Review: You Want It Darker

You Want It DarkerLeonard CohenColumbiaJust before the winter settled in, Leonard Cohen passed away in his sleep on November 7, 2016. The singer was 82 years old. Less than a month…

Book Review: Capture

Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental SufferingBy David A. Kessler, MDHarperWaveWho hasn’t wished they could control the anger, grief, and anxiety that lead to actions tha…

Book Review: Healing Spiritual Wounds

Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God after Experiencing a Hurtful ChurchBy Carol Howard MerrittHarperOneMany of us turn away from organized religion—even G…

Book Review: Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of LifeBy Jessica Nutik Zitter, MDAvery BooksMedical technology has gotten so effective at prolonging human life that it’s often …

Book Review: Hallelujah Anyway

“Anne Lamott is the spiritual writing world’s Ernest Hemingway.”