By Natural Blaze, Kyoto University Research Exercising, meditating, scouring self-help books… we go out of our way to be happy, but do we really know what happiness is? Kyoto University researchers narrow in on the neural structures behind happiness. Wataru Sato and his team at…
By Derrick Broze A new study has found that adolescents who undergo a mindfulness meditation program may see improvements in memory. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, examined 198 public middle school students between the ages of 12 and 15. The students…
It has become common knowledge that compulsive drug seeking and consumption changes the brain’s structure and functioning. Normally, there are abnormal changes to the working memory, which negatively impacts working memory and results in poor work/academic performance and schizophrenia-related disorders. But did you know that…
By Amanda Froelich War changes people. If the number of veterans suffering from PTSD isn’t enough to convince you of this, the photographs by the journalist, photographer and filmmaker Lalange Snow might be. For her “We Are The Not Dead” series, Snow decided to make a…
By Makia Freeman True healing and true health are deep concepts which by their very definition imply oneness and unity (the word heal is etymologically derived from various words such as the Old English hælan meaning “to make whole”). True healing includes the many levels within you beyond just the…
By Heather Callaghan There’s an old Prairie Home Companion bit that involves Garrison Keiler and others singing a parody to the tune of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” The darkly humorous last line goes, “when nothing’s all that you expect – then nothing’s not that bad…you know.”…
By Rosanne Lindsay Words are powerful. They reverberate beyond the page. They create images in the mind. They inspire a call to action. They create reality. Health and Freedom are not just words. Health evokes feelings of wellbeing, vitality, expansion, youthfulness. Freedom is opportunity, peace, liberty, power,…
By Amanda Froelich Here’s a grocery store model more food markets should adopt! Earlier this summer, a unique non-profit grocery store opened its doors in Minneapolis with the aim to help low-income residents afford healthy groceries. Founded by a former pastor of 14 years, the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Wheat, which used to be considered a “staff of life,” in recent times, has become a dietary scourge for numerous men, women, and children. What happened, especially when there are so many processed foods that contain wheat or wheat derivatives? First…
By Josh Richardson According to society, anger rarely pays. That’s partly true, but the unfortunate omission according to what is socially acceptable is the difference between the type of anger that leads us to spiraling out of control, and that which has a positive role…
By Julian Rose There can be no more certain way to decimate life on Earth than through the act of setting in reverse the natural expansiveness of nature. Yet that is exactly what has been happening for the past two centuries, through the relentless eradication…
Op-Ed by Paul A. Philips Whether it’s through marketing deception, misunderstanding, bad education, bad science, misguidance or old wives’ tales… when it comes to health there are a number of reasons to believe that what we’ve been told is true is in actual fact false….
By Amanda Froelich Workers who face a great deal of stress on the job are 35% more likely to be diagnosed with an illness by a doctor. If you’re one of the many striving to get healthier, here’s a tip: chill out! According to a…
By Catherine J. Frompovich As the sciences involving food, nutrition and eating—yes, eating, which everyone obviously doesn’t consider a science—evolve, we begin to learn more and more about how food is the third most important element to life and living for all humans. The first…
Life moves at such a rapid pace today that we tend to neglect our diet and go for what we think will be the easiest option. So often we’ll make the choice of eating a meal that’s quick to microwave or just heat up. The…
By Justin Gardner Dr. Robert Weiss believes that a change is coming about in the way we approach health and medicine, or rather a reconnection with knowledge that was shunned with the onset of big pharma. He sold his practice in New York and built…
By Gaye Levy There are many reasons why learning about essential oils is useful for preppers. Not the least of those reasons is to lessen the reliance on expensive and often ineffective and toxic pharmaceuticals. How often have you filled an expensive prescription only to…
By Amanda Froelich To convey society’s addiction to technology, the photographer removed all smartphones and digital devices from his portraits of everyday life. Despite the obvious benefits advances in technology have contributed to our society, the social and physical implications are slowly revealing themselves. Eric…
By Nick Meyer When I first started getting into the world of organic “superfoods,” I was a broke 23-year-old kid fresh out of college who had no idea where to start. It all began after reading the classic book The Hundred Year Lie about chemicals in…
By Amanda Froelich It’s easy to become dependent on technology and live only through social media, but the trend needs to change before humans lose their ability to connect and relate with each other. Have you been around people lately? Whether on the subway or in…
