A Beginner’s Guide to Tai-Chi and Other Therapies for Addiction Recovery In today’s fast-paced world, the need for holistic well-being has led many to explore ancient practices like Tai Chi and various complementary therapies. These age-old techniques offer not just physical benefits but also profound mental and emotional balance. If you are a beginner already undergoing traditional addiction treatment, and want to explore other options for yourself, this guide will help you understand Tai Chi, one of the many holistic options out there. Tai Chi and other such ancient yet vital practices inten ..read more

Excerpt from When Skies Are Gray: A Grieving Mother’s Lullaby, by Lindsey M. Henke Before she was born, I called for her. It’s like I conjured her out of the air. Unable to fall asleep next to my husband Nick on a cold dark December night, in our one-bedroom condo, a few months after our marriage, I whispered my request aloud. I asked the gods, the winds, and the heavens I didn’t believe in to bring me a child. By early summer, as I sat in my new office in the therapist chair across from the client couch where I provided counseling for those struggling with addiction, I felt her move. At first ..read more

How Humor Helped Me Connect and Recover from Cancer, Twice By Ann Bancroft Humor is not the first place you go when diagnosed with a serious illness, but it is the place that kept me present and feeling connected through two bouts of breast cancer. Humor and intentional connection with others during cancer treatment and beyond provided the scaffolding for my debut novel, Almost Family, in which humor and dying coincide.  Humor keeps us present, grounded in the moment, and connects us to others. When first diagnosed, “cancer” became the wallpaper of my life; the “I have cancer” mantra repe ..read more

How & What to Pursue in Life Understand yourself — and come to know about the world and the universe — to feel genuine happiness. By Yoon-Jeong Kim / www.o-books.com How & What to Pursue in Life begins from an unfamiliar concept.  Have you ever heard of psychoanalysis in Korean medicine or Chakra? That is why readers with strong curiosity would try reading this while classical readers would hesitate to do so. However, almost everyone would probably nod at the stories in <How & What to Pursue in Life> regardless of the unfamiliarity of the terms used. It explains about ho ..read more

Poem: Nowhere Man By Dr. Archan Mehta Nobody knew his name. He was the invisible man. Nobody was curious about his game. He never shot to fame  And lived alone. He was often stoned And, sometimes, dead drunk And he cried in the Middle of the night. There was nobody To wipe away his tears Or offer to buy him a Bottle of beer in the local bar. He often left his door ajar, Longing for company. In his last days, He often spoke of home And, when he died, He was deposited, like Money in a bank, in An unmarked grave: Nobody attended his funeral. Nobody spoke about him Or even remembered him: He ..read more

Escape to the raw tropical paradise of Moaina Retreat, a four-night stay in a charming and spacious two-story house only 5 minutes’ walk from V-land Beach, located in the famous Sunset Beach area, between the mountains and the ocean. Enjoy invigorating yoga sessions, Infrared sauna & ice bath soul-filling breakfasts, classes and tours of stand up paddle in the ocean and rivers, tarot readings, adventure hikes to waterfalls and sacred places as well cultural activities, led by local artists captivating the world of Hawaiian culture. Our goal is to help you feel strong, relaxed, and joyful ..read more

Growing up in a Jewish home in war-stricken Israel, Yosi Amram received early exposure to religious fundamentalism, war, and trauma that came from them. Drafted into the army, Yosi began his leadership journey in the Israeli military where he received numerous awards and garnered the fastest promotion record in his regiment’s history. Despite these accomplishments, the military chafed at his soul, eventually inspiring his lifelong quest for more humane approaches to leadership. After leaving the military, Yosi studied engineering at MIT and earned an MBA from Harvard. He took the leap into le ..read more

A Talk with Sue Van Raes, author of Food and Freedom: Discover Your Personal Recipe to Eat, Think, and Live Well Sue Van Raes is a functional nutritionist, food psychology specialist, wellness expert, yoga instructor, and founder of Boulder Nutrition. She has extensive experience as a featured health writer for the Chopra Center, and her work has been featured in People, The Sacred Science, Natural Solutions Magazine, Origin Magazine, and Elephant Journal. Van Raes hosts the podcast Satiate and leads wellness and yoga retreats in Colorado, Costa Rica, Bali, and virtually. She lives in Boulder ..read more

Dr. Kelly James Clark author of “Raging Fire of Love: What I Learned from Jesus, the Jews, and the Prophet”  I was halfway through a week-long workshop with Muslim, Christian, and Jewish professors from around the world when it happened. The abstract topics presented by our preeminent professors were heady and foreboding. But the most important challenge, more important than trying to make sense of those topics, was breaking down our imposing national, cultural, and religious barriers in order to build bridges across some of our world’s deepest and most painful divides. On day one, reenac ..read more

By Dr. Yosi Amram, author of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire By Being Inspired As leaders, it’s all too easy for our identities to become wrapped up in status, for us to sacrifice our mental health and overall well-being on the altar of power and prestige. For over a decade, I’ve worked as a therapist and executive coach, guiding over one hundred CEOs as they face this very challenge. It’s sometimes surprising to them to find out that I have struggled with it myself as well. My clients usually come to me, whether they know it or not, to learn to harness their spiritual intel ..read more