In this issue

The Swim of Awakening with Brené Brown; What to Do When Your Practice Gives You a Shove!; Is Homeopathy Stupid? The Dalai Lama's Wise Selfishness; 6 Lessons from the Sea; Sharon Salzberg's Real Love; Why it's better to Eat Cow than a Chicken.

Wise Selfishness Rather Than Foolish Selfishness

A conversation with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu on the realization that nothing beautiful comes without some suffering.

6 mins

And This Is How Our World Will Change

Those who have deeply suffered know the only way to attain authentic and lasting contentment is to turn our hearts outward in service to those who are suffering. Here are two stories…

3 mins

Are Dietary Supplements Really Necessary?

Most of us eat too much, and many of us eat healthy, so… Why take extra anything?

3 mins

The Omega-3 Paradox

How We Became Deficient In The Most Abundant Fat On The Planet.

4 mins

Befriending Grief

What Helped Is That I Finally Found A Purpose For This Sometimes-Excruciating Feeling.

4 mins

Why It's Better To Eat A Cow Than A Hen Or A Sow

The “Dismal Science” Of Economics Looks At Reducing Cruelty.

2 mins

6 Lessons From The Sea

After a couple of decades of surfing and traveling, and writing about surfing and traveling, these are six lessons that I use every day.

5 mins

What To Do When Your Practice Gives You A Shove!

The invitation can upend your life in ways you never expected—and create great joy.How will you respond?

7 mins

Slowing the Flow of Storm Water

How to be a more conscientious custodian of the water that runs through our lives.

3 mins

Distributing The Weight

I WAS MOVED BY our conversation last night. I understand how you feel the presence of suffering always in the background, juxtaposed against the peaceful times and moments of abundance we chance upon. I’ve felt this too and have come to sense that we all take turns in these places, and that it does no good for everyone to be suffering at once. When blessed to be well, we balance the world by being conduits of light for the time being, as long as we stay touchable.

2 mins

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Explores today's spiritual renaissance and the connection between health and spirituality. Offering mindful coverage to topics of faith, Eastern philosophy, meditation, and mainstream religion; nutrition, wellness, yoga, and holistic medicine; creativity, the inner life, social justice, and issues of conscience; and public health, the human body, and the environment.