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2022 March/April
Simple Ways to Solve Anxiety
From The Editor
Features
Featured Artist: Jess Polanshek
S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with artist Jess Polanshek about drawing porcupines, working at an art supply store, and embracing layers.
5 Care Tips: Pineal Gland
The pineal gland is the size of a grain of rice, but it is responsible for sleep and sexual development and acts as a strong antioxidant, among other functions.
Oracle Cards: No Wrong Answers
Confused about oracle cards? Oracle experts explain what they're all about.
Your Anxiety Isn’t All in Your Head
Ellen Vora, MD, is a psychiatrist, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist, and a witch—and she’s on a mission to radically change the way we approach mental illness.
re/VIEW: Julia Cameron
“Cameron has not only nurtured her own creative life over decades, but she’s also sparked that of countless others through the use of down-to-earth tools.”
Columns
What’s Strong With Me?
“What’s strong with me?” can turn down the frequency and intensity of comparing yourself with others.
A True Respite: The Retreat Costa Rica
It may sound trite to write that a location is magical—but this one is.
Try, Accept, Begin Again
“That we’re constantly disturbed and rearranged is inherent to life’s journey.”
Lessons From an Underwater Monastery
“Each morning I threw on a wetsuit and plunged into a life-filled, underwater monastery.”
Perspectives
The Wisdom of Lament
Despite our cultural preference for happiness and comfort, a fully integrated life acknowledges the truth of loss and injustice.
Connections
Searching for Nature’s Medicine
A trip to the Sharri Mountains in the pursuit of folklore about plants.
New Home, Old Traditions
Kate Madden Yee describes her spiritual journey, which took her back to a home that is both new and familiar.
Toolbox
Toolbox: Plant Magic
Ready for spring? Bring the blooms inside your home (and heart) with these plant-inspired picks.
Reviews
Book Review: Sacred Sendoffs
SARAH BOWEN CREDITS her first pet, a cat named Him, with putting her on the path to becoming an animal chaplain responsible for improving human-animal interaction. As a prea…
Book Review: The Inside Story
AS LONG AS WE’RE LIVING, we’re aging. For some, this is cause for concern, and as we get older, we may look for strategies to fight against it. Dr. Susan Sands, in her book The Ins…
Book Review: 52 Ways to Walk
ANNABEL STREETS, in an effort to prove that walking is not, as many suppose, boring, began to experiment. She strolled at high altitude, in forests, barefoot, backward, and under a…
Music Review: Radio Waves
Joan Osborne’s new album, Radio Waves, is a great idea that wouldn’t have happened without the pandemic. It’s a collection of rediscovered recordings from live performances at radi…
Music Review: Music for Psychedelic Therapy
THERE’S A CURIOUS resonance between the names of America’s Johns Hopkins and Britain’s Jon Hopkins. The former is a university that has long been a nexus for research on psychedeli…
Music Review: Age of Apathy
AGE OF APATHY is the first studio album in six years from Irish-American singer Aoife O’Donovan. The Grammy award-winner offers here a contemporary blend of folk, roots, and countr…
Film Review: Salt in My Soul
ASSEMBLED FROM home movies, recordings, and diaries kept by the late Mallory Smith, Salt in My Soul charts the journey of one woman who spent her life dealing with the devastating …
