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How To Navigate Alzheimer’s Disease: A Guide for Loved Ones

Details: Written by: Jean-Pierre Willem, M.D.

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The illness of a family member will overturn the entire structure of a relationship that has been woven together over the years. This disarray is even more profound when the illness is Alzheimer’s disease...

Take a Hike and Experience the Trail of Your Life

Details: Written by: Sydney Williams

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The main thing is to move your body, somewhere outdoors, free from the distractions of this hyperconnected world we’re living in.

A Guide to Political Manipulation: Decoding Authoritarian Tactics

Details: Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

The political boundary that separates unity from division today isn't sketched with the definitive lines of truth; rather, it is shaded with the elusive techniques of manipulation and misinformation. At the heart of authoritarian regimes lies a profound grasp of the human psyche.

The New Currency of Life: Manna

Details: Written by: Will T. Wilkinson

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It’s easy to blame money for all the world’s problems, at least greed for money. Pick any problem and we can usually “follow the money” to discover what’s causing it.

The Unseen Victims of Disaster Displacement

Details: Written by: Tricia Wachtendorf and James Kendra, University of Delaware

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Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and recovery in America.

Finding Light In Evangelicals' Dark Turn to Partisanship

Details: Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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Tim Alberta has stared into the abyss of extreme partisan Christianity in America - and somehow still sees light at the end of the tunnel.

The Real Plan To Steal The 2024 Election From The People

Details: Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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As the 2024 presidential election approaches, there are troubling reports of a coordinated plan by far-right groups to deliberately undermine the integrity of the results in key swing states.

On Water and the Interconnection of All Things

Details: Written by: Pierre Pradervand

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We need to embrace the planet and its inhabitants with the same care and concern we feel for ourselves. There are no “others” on this planet, no strangers. We are all partners, fellow explorers of the realms of life on a small and already overpopulated and overexploited planet.

Being Good Parents and Being Human: First Do No Harm

Details: Written by: Elizabeth Cripps

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Before I was a mother, I was a philosopher. As such, I can offer no cut-and-dried answers to every quandary. Rather than adhere to one philosophical worldview, I use a handful of ideas we can treat as a cornerstone of “commonsense morality.”

Tips To Use When Asking for Feedback

Details: Written by: Vicky Oliver

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This article is written with the purpose of asking your employer for feedback, however some of its tenets can also be applied to asking friends, loved ones, where you volunteer, committees you are on, etc. for feedback.

Feeling Like Something Is Off? Are Your Basic Needs Being Met?

Details: Written by: Gregory Ripley

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In our modern world we have our own ideas of foundational or basic needs, but they aren’t so different from what ancient texts like the Neijing described two thousand years ago.

Healing Our Minds and Our Broken Hearts

Details: Written by: Trevor Griffiths

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Imagination may, of course, add great beauty, hope, and inspiration to cultures. But, a mental mode of living, which distorts or oppresses the core values of the social brain, may sadly corrupt and undermine society.

Letting Go of Our Stories: The Gateway to Peace

Details: Written by: Kate King

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If there’s one phrase in the English language that has both befuddled and enraged people for generations, it’s let it go. It infuriates us because despite our deep longing to do such a thing, letting go remains elusive and always seemingly out of reach.

Wandering Without Whining: How to Keep Kids Engaged When Traveling

Details: Written by: Margaret Bensfield Sullivan

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For a while after my family returned from a year of travel around the world, it seemed we had ruined sightseeing for my children.

A Legal Precedent: Parents' Liability in Their Child's Deadly Actions

Details: Written by: Thaddeus Hoffmeister, University of Dayton

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‘Gross negligence’: why a parent like James Crumbley can be found guilty for their child’s crimes.

What the Suffering of the World is Asking of Us

Details: Written by: Paul Weiss

The catalog of current and past warfare, genocides, and atrocities that occur far and near, and in our own history, are all extreme instances of the deluded dynamic of separateness and greed that characterizes our human experience.

Life After Death? Exploring the Medium Path

Details: Written by: Mark Ireland

Before his near-death experience in 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander—who taught and performed neurosurgery at the Harvard Medical School—concurred with most of his fellow scientists by assuming that the brain produces consciousness. But after a close brush with death following a week-long coma...