A specialized team of conservation scientists has found what appears to be a hidden oasis deep in the rainforest of Honduras that’s teeming with dozens of rare and endangered creatures.…

The passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) herb is incredibly beautiful and has been used to naturally treat ailments from gastrointestinal problem to cuts and bruises. But herbal tinctures made from the gorgeous…

When someone sets out to improve their health, they usually take a familiar path: starting a healthy diet, adopting a new workout regimen, getting better sleep, drinking more water. Each…

Temperatures could hit 40C from Spain to Switzerland, with authorities urging children and older people to stay indoors. Authorities have urged children and older people to stay indoors and issued…

Monitoring, structuring, and protecting reduce children’s activity and health. Most of my writing about children’s free play has been about the mental health benefits (e.g. here), but in this essay…

Huge Study Links Aspartame To Major Health Problems; Sales Drop… As concerns about health epidemics plague the nation, demand and sales of diet soda have plunged as consumers try to…

Other branches of medicine have made amazing advances. Why not psychiatry? Mrs. A has not been herself for months. Her life is a dull grey. She no longer takes an interest…

A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles that of a farm house. This was shown by a study conducted…

In recent years the self-care movement has been gathering momentum, and in many ways it is a natural extension of what came before, which was prevention. Both put the focus…

I grew up mostly outdoors surrounded by plants. Our house sat on a hill covered with blueberry bushes, daffodils, flowering crabapple trees, and an asparagus patch. I spent those years…

California’s homelessness crisis is spiraling out of control. These mayors want to solve it with tiny homes, trailers, and floating apartments. If you want to know how bad the homelessness…

Are you here now? Impossible to say. The idea that any group of events can truly happen at once is just an illusion. One afternoon some years ago, I was…

Imagine if the sound of footsteps made you fear for your life. It’s a feeling author Karen Stefano has suffered with for over 30 years. “When I go out on…

Researchers in Israel found that medical cannabis therapy helped reduce pain and improve quality of life for most fibromyalgia patients. Somewhere between three and six million people in the United…

The purpose-driven life is arguably the most fulfilling life, but new research suggests it may also be a longer one. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 7,000 people, all age 50…

Neptune retrograde 2019 starts on June 21 at 18°43′ Pisces and ends on November 27 at 15°55′ Pisces. Neptune retrograde 2019 coincides with the two major planetary aspects of 2019.…

Wanting to communicate better is one of the most common issues couples navigate in their relationships. Even when couples don’t list communication as a concern, experts and therapists often lean…

Elders in the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe once predicted ‘it won’t get cold like it used to.’ Now record warmth has arrived in tiny Toksook Bay—along with troubling other changes. A prophecy…

The term “deaths of despair” has become common in recent years. Citing the opioid epidemic and a spike in suicides, researchers and journalists alike have suggested that much of the American…

“I’m so stupid,” Kasha muttered, “I always find a way to screw it up, always. This is why I never get anywhere in life… I’m just an idiot.” Since this…

The popularity of the mystic Sufi poet Rumi is based on his love affair with God, expressed in such ecstatic terms that he makes the spiritual journey seem deeply romantic.…

Each and every one of us is a divine and sacred altar. Each and every one of us is sacred to our core. We carry this potentiality within our beings,…

What’s the biggest problem facing our nation today? Worries about health care lead the polls. But from a big-picture perspective, we’re arguably suffering from a deficit of love and kindness. New…