Heart Spaces
Searching for a deeper understanding of what makes a place sacred.
Searching for a deeper understanding of what makes a place sacred.
"She never set foot in a school and could neither read nor write. She sat with people as they entered the world and as they left it. As I am writing about her to you, she becomes alive again."
Is our capacity for compassion and kindness enough to resist the ‘dark psychic force’ threatening us?
Tokyo-based chef IINA creates edible, vegan art for an adventurous, vegetable-loving palate.
Mind-body medicine pioneer Dr. James S. Gordon shares a technique to shake loose trauma from the body.
Inner transformation coach Patti Montella shares three practices for overcoming busyness and staying the course.
S&H editor Ben Nussbaum talked with this issue’s featured artist, Estée Preda, about winters in Québec, her past life filming snowboarding movies, and much more.
Naomi Shihab Nye is a celebrated poet, anthologist, and novelist. S&H speaks with her about her life, her work, and her faith.
We all have a tendency to divide things into categories: “us” and “them,” “right” and “wrong,” “worthy” and “unworthy.”
Does your gut tell you not to trust your gut? Maybe you should listen.
In his new book Walking Through Anger, Christian Conte describes a clear and simple path to inner and outer-peace using what he calls Yield Theory. Proven in prisons, this practice works—if you choose to live it.
The letter from the editor kicks off each issue and helps set the tone for the magazine. Over the next six issues, members of the S&H team will be writing the letter. This issue’s writer, Kalia Kelmenson, is our editorial director and resident book lover, surfer, and mind-body explorer.
Bon Iver completes its quarter of albums corresponding to the four seasons with a "contemplative mood befitting a group of songs that collectively represent autumn."
Habits are different from conscious decisions, so when we rely on conscious thought processes like goal setting to change behavior, we’re setting ourselves up for failure.
Conte’s approach hinges on the principle of Yield Theory: the idea that anger is best defused when we meet other people where they are, as opposed to where we would like them to be.
The Sweet Requiem is an admirable, sometimes surprising look at the tragedy of displacement, both the geographic and the psychological kind.
Louie Schwartzberg’s documentary is a dreamy, informative, and hopeful dive into the world of mushrooms and fungi
Reason and intellect are great, but when you feel like giving up, heart matters, according to Dr. Amy Bloch.