Spirituality & Health
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN
Discover how ancient wisdom and modern research converge to offer hope and healing beyond traditional medicine.
6 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
A PATH FORWARD
IF YOU REMEMBER ONE THING from this column, remember this: Being out of harmony with your soul or with the demands of your spiritual nature is like having a rock in your shoe. It is going to bug you until you fix the situation. If you remember two things from this column, add this: Your soul is not about happiness. The rock in your shoe is not unhappiness. What our soul or spirit wants is to be fully present, innocent, and vulnerable to the vibrancy of life—to show up fully to life, whatever it brings.
4 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
Naomi Westwater
HONORS GRIEF, SPIRIT, AND SONG
5 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
OUR WIDELY DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE ... AND OUR REMARKABLE ABILITY TO IGNORE IT
What happens when technology forces us to redefine human consciousness itself?
7 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
ANDREW HARVEY ON BECOMING THE LIGHT DURING THE DARK NIGHT
For four decades, Indian-born British scholar and mystic ANDREW HARVEY has been preparing for this moment in history. He's written more than 30 books on topics including spiritual masters such as Jesus and Krishna, Rumi, yoga, Buddhism, and recently Mary Magdalene (the subject of his forthcoming book, The Magdalene Revolution: The Return of the Sacred Feminine and the Birth of Radical Equality).
10 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
RECOVERY: THE ART OF NOT PLAYING GOD
The 12-step program as a spiritual practice
6 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
THE SMALL THINGS WE CARRY
I CAN’T REMEMBER HOW LONG I have been carrying protein bars or other snacks in my glove compartment. I do this so that when I come to a stoplight where a person is sitting with a cardboard sign in hand, sun in their eyes and shoes worn thin, I can easily pop open my glove box and offer what I have. It doesn't happen too often, yet it did the other day. I realized the position I was in and what I had stashed away. It's my chance to look someone in the eyes who likely is not used to having their humanity affirmed. For the length of a breath, we are just two people in the same world. Rarely are words exchanged, but the hands say enough. I know it's not a lot, and it is what I have.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
SILENCE & SOLITUDE
IN SILENCE AND SOLITUDE, we find the space to reflect on what has transpired in the year that is passing and what we plan to carry with us into the new year.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
REDISCOVERING REINDEER
“IT'S NOT REALLY THAT COLD,” I muse while pulling on snow pants and a waterproof jacket.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
GO YOUR OWN WAY
This woman ditched standard religious dogma in favor of a unique patchwork-style path that works for her.
6 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
BORN FOR THIS: A COSMIC ADVENT
through a cosmic lens—one that sees the Christ not only born in Bethlehem but also awakening within each of us. From manger to ministry, the life of Jesus is a spiritual blueprint for our own journey. While the term or concept of Advent is not found in the Bible, it is a season of anticipation that draws powerful gifts for us from the Christmas story. This is the season of sacred becoming—an invitation to prepare space within ourselves for the birthing of divine light. The traditional Advent themes of hope, peace, love, and joy are living energies that nourish the soul and lead us to and through unexpected places.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO EARTH
OVER THE YEARS, my take on Christmas has shifted a lot. I was taught it was a celebration of the birth of Jesus, but really it was all about the presents!
2 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
RITUAL JUSTICE
WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING SERMONS for church or articles for magazines, the holidays are, at first glance, the easiest time of year.
4 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
THRIVING IN UNCERTAINTY: WHY WE NEED WONDER
The healing magic of wonder, awe, delight, and playfulness
6 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
MUCH-NEEDED RECALIBRATION
RIGHT STORY, WRONG STORY: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell
3 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
You can curse your karma, or you can look at what it's trying to teach you.
6 min |
November/December 2025
Spirituality & Health
MONEY & THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
LATELY, MANY OF MY PATIENTS have been talking about their struggles with money. One told me, “My sister and I have been estranged since fighting over Mom's estate.” An affable and deeply spiritual man admitted, “I wake up in the middle of the night obsessed with worry about my business.” A woman confided that her trust was shattered when she discovered her husband had concealed $50,000 in credit card debt. A father of several young children shared, “I just keep pouring money into the family bucket, and everyone else keeps punching holes in it.” A recently retired patient confessed, “I want to focus now on making a life, but I feel like a nobody since I stopped making a living.”
3 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
THE SIX CEREMONIES OF SUSTAINABILITY
Indigenous ceremonies from Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest offer vital lessons on community and balance.
7 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
MIKE DE LA ROCHA
REDEFINES HEALING AND MASCULINITY
5 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
MINDFUL MEALS
The other morning, rushing to prepare for a business appointment, I poured cold cereal into a bowl, added some fruit and nuts, and absentmindedly scarfed it down.
6 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
THRIVING IN UNCERTAINTY: CULTIVATE GRATITUDE FOR OUR INTERDEPENDENCE
The Japanese practice of Naikan liberates us from the illusion of separation.
7 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
MUCH ADO ABOUT MIRACLES
Q: I’m reading Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, a must-read for spiritual seekers. Yet he seems quite gullible about his gurus’ miracles. On the other hand, I never question Christ's miracles in the gospels. Am I just biased?
4 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
DIVINE BY DESIGN
DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE BORN ALREADY EQUIPPED with everything you need to live a life of purpose, peace, and power? Whatever your current circumstances—illness, work stress, relationship challenges, political disagreements, or money problems—it’s easy to forget this truth.
2 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
FROM POWER TO PEACE
I WAS IN LISBON AT THE END OF MAY. The city—like the entire country of Portugal—was gearing up to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Carnation Revolution.
3 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
FALLING INTO DIVINITY
IN EARTH'S NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, fall is arriving with a painter's flair, splashing crimson and gold across the landscape. Days grow shorter, the light softer, the air crisper.
2 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
HOLY WHISPERS
“So, do you love him?” my new friend Rachel asked.
6 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
COLETTE BARON-REID ON TURNING UNCERTAINTY INTO OPPORTUNITY
Renowned medium and oracle card expert COLETTE BARON-REID is a “spiritual cartographer,” helping others orient themselves within themselves and in the world.
10 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
THE COST OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP
WE TALK A BIG GAME ABOUT CONNECTION, community, soul friendships, loyalty, and love. However, let things get a little messy, a little raw, and people disappear like smoke.
2 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
The Opposite of Fear Is Unconditional Love
A TOLTEC MASTER EXPLORES HOW TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF CONDITIONAL LOVE.
5 min |
September/October 2025
Spirituality & Health
IN SEARCH OF ANIMAL SAINTS
“FORGET SAINT FRANCIS, let’s talk about the greyhound saint!” I exclaim. From the audience, I hear a gasp.
2 min |