Are Your Thoughts Your Friends?

STAN LAJUGIE explains the science behind focus and attention, and the role of meditation in helping us develop these vital mental skills.

Caring is the Real Preparing

THE WISDOM BRIDGE SERIES, In September 2022, DAAJI released his latest book, The Wisdom Bridge, which has already become a national bestseller. Throughout 2023, we'll be releasing excerpts from various chapters of this insightful book to give you a taste of the wisdom it offers. The book starts with an introduction to parents and carers, setting the scene for the practical tips and guidance to come.

Dreams Our Birthright

MYRIAN CASTELLO has always believed in dreams and their power to transform us. She is on a mission to help people dream and turn their dreams into reality. Here she is interviewed by KASHISH KALWANI about her life and her organization, the Dream Factory.

Love and Change

DR. ICHAK ADIZES deals with change in the corporate world every day. It is his raison d’étre! With a shift in focus, here he describes the interplay of dynamics between love and change at the personal level, how pain is a necessary accompaniment to love, and how we can allow both to coexist in a healthy way.

Are There Barriers to Starting a Self-Compassion Journey?

BRIAN JONES is a corporate interior design artist and writer, who has been meditating for 50 years. He is also a Heartfulness trainer. Brian has been a regular contributor to the online question/answer sessions on Quora for several years, sharing his stories, lessons, and experiences. https://www.brianjonesconnect.com/

How to Let Go of Old Habits

What will help you to create new habits this New Year? The trick is to remove emotional burdens, stress, disturbing thoughts that linger from the past.

Imagine that Change!

PANKHI CHAUHAN describes how the power of visualization both facilitates and initiates change. Whether it is a lofty goal or a simple one, creating thoughts linked with purpose establishes the foundation of making new habits.

FLOW

JOEL CROSS, aka A Soul Called Joel, is a Grammy-nominated singersongwriter. He grew up singing gospel songs with his seven siblings. In 2022, he released his new album called Love and Liberation. The well of his creativity and passion is deeply spiritual. In addition to his musical career, Joel is a certified meditation teacher, a life coach, poet and author of the R.I.S.E. journal. He is interviewed

Larapinta Dreaming

CLAYTON JOHN's latest series, Larapinta Dreaming, was inspired by a fundraising walk on the Larapinta Trail in northern Australia, near Alice Springs and Uluru. Clayton is currently showing these paintings at the Linton & Kay Gallery in Subiaco, Perth, Australia. You can also visit his work on Instagram at @clayton_images.

Guidance from the Future

explores the nature of problems and why we struggle so much with change. She offers some simple guidance on how to approach transformation, in everyday life as well as in the field of spirituality, and how to take help from others, including a spiritual guide.

4 IDEAS for Healthy Eating in THE NEW YEAR

POOJA KINI simplifies the art of eating healthy food to 4 simple principles that are easy to follow. She brings joy to eating well, and encourages us to start the New Year with an approach to food that is both realizable and sustainable.

Wake Up to the Dark

the Author walks the path toward a new appreciation of the night.

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.

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.

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.

10 Tips for the First-l1me Retreat goer

More than a summer camp come for the fun & friends, stay for the calm & community

SARAH BOWEN - CREATURELY REFLECTIONS

(REV) SARAH BOWEN directs the Animal Chaplaincy Training Program at Compassion Consortium. Enroll at animalchaplaintraining. com.

GUEST HOUSE-GUEST COLUMNIST KEN MOGI

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.

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.

running on gentle Power-

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

MOVE FOR RECOVERY

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

Great Places

TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND RENEW

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.

SPREADING GRATITUDE

The start of the year is a time to celebrate our growth and our power to endure changes and difficulties. Giving gifts to others can express our own gratitude and inspire a steady stream of goodwill the whole year through. CURATED BY HUNTER LIGUORE

MARK NEPO-OUR WALK IN THE WORLD

In January, MARK NEPO will be teaching in person at the Kalamazoo Public Library and online with Alternatives of London. In February, Mark will be leading a mastery week at the Modern Elder Academy in Mexico and offering his latest online webinar. Please see marknepo.com and live. marknepo.com for details.

PAUL SUTHERLAND-THE HEART OF HAPPINESS

PAUL SUTHERLAND struggles with creating an off-ramp for his ignorant and stupid thoughts and actions. He falls down, gets back up, and tries again. Comments or thoughts on this article can be sent to paul@paulhsutherland. com.

TOWARDS JOY

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

Are You Eating for Your Mind, Body, and Soul?

LUKE COUTINHO practices in the space of Holistic Nutrition Integrative Lifestyle Medicine and is the founder of You Care, an online wellness market. He shares some simple wellness tips to help us benefit from the food we eat every day.

Celebrating Food

DAAJ! share some simple tips on eating well for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. These ideas also can solve humanity's issues of food security, the environment, and how we re-establish our relationship with planet Earth.

Entrainment

KARISHMA DESAI introduces the principle of entrainment, and the synchronicity between all things found in nature. She highlights the role of the heart as the entrainer par excellence, and the way to sync the rest of our body with the heart to discover the ultimate entrainment.