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MENTAL WELL-BEING AND AYURVEDA

ACHARYA SHREE VARMA, also known as DR. KRISHNA VARMA, comes from a lineage of Ayurvedic doctors who have been practicing for over four centuries. With a vision to share this wisdom with the wider humanity, he founded the Shree Varma Organization in 2001. Here, he is interviewed by MARION MARCEAU from the Heartfulness Yoga Academy about the Ayurvedic approach to mental health.

On Being a Narcissist

DR. ICHAK ADIZES does some deep digging into the past to understand why he is the way he is. The results are life-changing and very touching, and the humility with which he is able to accept himself and change is worth cultivating.

WHEN SUCCESS FAILS

PARIDHI SINGH is a lawyer and freelance writer living in London. After years of letting ambition drive her, she shares the burn-out moment that made her pause and find a new perspective in an unexpected place.

BEING Present

VEDO CHATTERJEE is on a journey to experience what it means to be truly present in the moment. He shares the pitfalls and triumphs along the way, and his current learnings as a \"work in progress.\"

From CLUTTER to CLARITY

THOMAS STANLEY is a psychology master's student based in Bristol, UK. He shares his awakening to the value of decluttering and Shintoism, and what they teach us about taking better care of our planet Earth.

Shining Your Inner Light

MALLIKA REDDY is the Founder of Canceled Plans, a sustainable clothing line and top podcast in India. In one episode with MAMATA SUBRAMANYAM, the two of them discuss the importance of mental wellness, tools to strengthen mental fitness, and the importance of taking responsibility for your own light.

Youth Are the Future Guide Them, Don't Break Them

In September 2022, DAAJI released his bestseller, The Wisdom Bridge, and throughout 2023 we are sharing highlights from the various chapters to give you a taste of the practical wisdom the book offers. This month the excerpt is from chapter 18 on Principle 7: Youth Are the Future. Guide Them, Don't Break Them.

It's All Different Now

MARY KERRIGAN is a Vital Space Maker. She creates vital spaces full of light, where everyone belongs. An architect-placemaker and conservation specialist, for more than 25 years she has been a leading advocate for cultural and spatial change, active in the most intractable circumstances, to powerful effect. Here, she shares some ideas on how to overcome loneliness.

5 Easy Tips for Mindful Parenting

KAJAL GUPTA shares her experience of first-time parenting, and how it has opened her awareness and helped her grow.

ART, HEALING, & Slowing Down

SIDDHARTHA V. SHAH has been promoting art as a means of community engagement and social responsibility throughout his professional career. Recently he took up the role of Director of the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts, and talks with VANESSA PATEL about how he is expanding his vision in this new college environment.

TAP into Peacefulness: Developing Peace Inside Out

DR. RANJANI IYER, SYLVIE BERTI-ROSSI, and SHARAT HEGDE from the Peacefulness Movement explore the need for peace with globalization and increasingly rich diversity across the world.

Character Builds Personality

In September 2022, DAAJI released his latest bestseller, The Wisdom Bridge, and throughout 2023 we are sharing highlights from the various chapters to give you a taste of the wisdom the book offers. This month the excerpt is from chapter 14 on Principle 6: Character Builds Personality.

True Wealth for One and All

CHARLES EISENSTEIN challenges our reliance on money to cater to all our needs, and asks, \"What is the corollary to such a life?\"

The Language of PEACE

JOHANNA VILHJALMSDOTTIR and SYLVIE BERTI ROSSI offer us a glimpse of this year's Spirit of Humanity Forum's retreat in Iceland. They also share insights from some of the participants on the final day.

Searching for Peace

DR. ICHAK ADIZES is nostalgic for a time when he could be in tune with the natural world, at peace with himself, and unrushed by modern life.

ARE WE ASKING The Right Questions?

DEEPAK CHOPRA was interviewed in Kanha Shanti Vanam on July 2, 2023, by EKTA BOUDERLIQUE. After an illustrious career bridging health, science, and spirituality, he tackles the big questions of consciousness, existence, truth, and human evolution, and challenges science to re-assess the questions it is asking.

Sustaining the Soul, nurturing the Earth

LIAA KUMAR and LAYA IYER explore the relationship between peace and our connection with the natural world.

May Peace Be Upon You

MANILAL ROOPA lives in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He is retired after a career as an educator and facilitator for over 50 years, and continues to work as a Heartfulness trainer, which he has done for over 30 years. As a “colored” under Apartheid in South Africa, he has been through much and seen a lot of social change during his life, radiating peacefulness and love throughout.

Bridging the Gap: Biophilia as a Path to a Sustainable Lifestyle

SRAVAN BANDA is an architect with a strong awareness of Nature and its role in building. He shares some basic principles of biophilic design.

How to Manifest Peace

DAAJI shares some simple practices that allow peace to manifest in daily life. The ripple effect as more of us do this is already building momentum.

MY FELLOW TRAVELERS

This is an invitation from TRACIE PAPE to practice Peacefulness and see what the simple and powerful intentions can create within you and in others.

What We Think

LYNN GEDDES explores the importance of what we think and how our thoughts create our own unique reality. She also shares a way to change that reality by working with intentions and manifestation.

STALKING YOUR Mind

Stalking the Mind is part of an ancient Indigenous American Medicine Way to tame your guilt, fears, and shame. What we’re “stalking” are our thought patterns and beliefs that seem to create the opposite of happiness and wellbeing. It’s a powerful psychotherapeutic journey of healing without the diagnosis or labels.

THE FIRST BOOK ANYBODY LOVED

Eco-feminist BEVERLY FREDERICK explains why credit for the world's first author has been so slow: Early archaeologists first had to first figure out why an ancient woman had a tablet in her lap.

WELLNESS IN THE WILD

Spa aficionado MARY BEMIS takes the [cold] plunge at Mohonk Mountain House.

WISDOM IN 20 QUESTIONS

THE SOUL OF THERAPY

BECOMING YOUR OWN LEAD RESEARCHER IN HEALTHCARE

PEGGY LA CERRA, PHD, downloaded a health app to aggregate her medical records and was stunned to see the phrase \"aortic atherosclerosis.\" What she did next is a helpful model for all of us.

ARCHETYPAL ASTROLOGY

\"Is astrology true?\" is the wrong question, writes RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO. He suggests that the truth is out there, but out there is really in here.

ONE WORD TO BEAT WINTER BLUES: BIOMIMICRY

CREATURELY REFLECTIONS

THINKING ABOUT RESTITUTION

THE HEART OF HAPPINESS