running on gentle Power-

Life is an ultramarathon. The best path is to access your sisu and keep your heart open.

TOWARDS JOY

Ben Nussbaum spoke with CYNDIE SPIEGEL about her latest book, Microjoys.

THE HIDDEN COST OF DOMESTICATION

Animal trainer REN HURST lost everything when she discovered a new way of being with animals. What she gained made the loss worthwhile.

MOVE FOR RECOVERY

author of Recovering You, shares his recovery journey and how movement was the key to success.

Hips

Your hips are the source of most of your ability to move around in the world. These joints are comprised of many different muscle and bone structures, including the glutes, the inner thighs, the sacrum/tailbone, the pelvic floor, and the whole pelvic structure.

THE SOUL OF THERAPY

Theologian Karl Barth wrote: Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.” Barth's s words dignify laughter, lifting g it up from being considered a silly or shallow part of human experience to being one of life’s most healing gifts.

RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO-ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER

For over half a century, RABBI RAMI has been devoted to a single teaching: Alles iz Gott, Everything is God.\" To learn more, visit the website rabbirami.com.

Diana Sudyka

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Diana Sudyka about taxidermy, clayboard, and combining words and images. Look for her art throughout this issue.

A Great Ancestor in the Making

Unblock enormous amounts of positive energy with a simple journey from past to future

Girl Picture

Directed by Alli Haapasalo STRAND RELEASING

Relearning Ahimsa

SWETA SRIVASTAVA VIKRAM is an international speaker, bestselling author, and Ayurveda and mindfulness coach. Her latest book is A Piece of Peace. Learn more at swetavikram.com.

About That Walrus in My Creche Set...

SARAH BOWEN is an animal chaplain and author of Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain's Advice for Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Healing the Planet. sacredsendoffs.com

Life Sucks, Then We Die: Education and Transformation

PAUL SUTHERLAND has days when he feels like life sucks and then we die, but he works to transform those negative emotions into positive, virtuous actions.

Inside Everything

In November and December, MARK NEPO will be teaching in-person at Shallowford Counseling Center in Atlanta (see MarkNepo.com) and offering a one-session online webinar December 11, 2022 (see live.marknepo.com).

DAR WILLIAMS

My joke was that every religion that I studied, I tried to convert to, and then the semester would end.

Growing Wiser

A REAL SUPERPOWER? ACCESSING OUR INNER WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE CHANGE

Is HOLISTIC WELLNESS an Alzheimer's Solution?

Riley, a new patient to me, was alarmed by changes he had observed in himself. \"For a couple years, I've had to write down every meeting. Just two years ago I could remember a much busier schedule. Now I set multiple reminders for a weekly meditation meeting or a golf date. When I had a near-miss while driving, my wife became alarmed.\"

WHEN LOGIC FAILS

Stumped? WINTER ROSS offers a reminder that we can call on more than our rational mind.

THE ASCENT

Jungian psychologist DR. JOANNA LAPRADE explores the perpetual pull of the climb from darkness.

DECOLONIZING THERAPY

Traditional therapy invokes authority, judgement, and hierarchy, although new ideas are percolating. JULIE PETERS dives into a different approach.

Chasing Sunshine

IF THERE WAS JUST ONE destination where a traveler knew in advance that every tiny detail would be impeccable without being fussy and where all the golden promises of tranquility and enlightenment could be found in gentle abundance-would this be the one place to return to again and again? Yes, and I do. Rancho La Puerta is that elusive combination of retreat, pilgrimage, rest cure, and nature immersion.

PELVIC FLOOR

CARE TIPS

Back to the Present

THE SOUL OF THERAPY KEVIN ANDERSON, PHD

The Infinite Aliveness

For over half a century. RABBI RAMI has been devoted to a single teaching: Alles iz Gott, \"Everything is God.\" To learn more, visit the website rabbirami.com.

Katherine Dunn

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Maine-based artist Katherine Dunn about hauling animals across the country-and much more. Look for her art throughout the issue.

An Autumn Equinox Ritual

Day Schildkret offers a Shake and Harvest Ritual. His newest book is Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change.

Act First, Think Later

Rachel Goldsmith Turow, the author of The Self-Talk Workout, offers a way to skip past self-criticism.

A Life of Evolution

Trailblazer Joseph L. Graves, Jr. believes that we can solve stubborn problems by applying the science of evolutionary biology.

Practicing Positivity

“HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF SO MANY PLANTS?” This is always the first question people ask me when they walk through my door. My front porch is home to a few dozen plants. It leads to the jungle of my living room, where hundreds of plants hang from my ceiling or grow happily on counters, windowsills, and plant stands. Every room in my house has an assortment of vines and leaves, and my garden is an outdoor green sanctuary.

Bee-ing Here Now: Lessons From Honey Bees

“WHAT IS THAT?” the mechanic queried, staring at a fuzzy spot on my Jeep’s engine block. I spied an intact, but most certainly dead, honey bee. “Oh no!” I gasped, reaching to relocate the tiny body into my palm. “Awwww,” gushed my burly companion.