Increase your happiness with this simple gratitude practice
Gratitude practice increases your happiness partly because it calms your cortex – the part of your brain that thinks, perceives, and processes information and language. Neuroscientist Rick Hanson describes the structure of our brains using animal metaphors to help us...
How to find gratitude in dark times
When everything in our lives is going the way we think it ought, we feel surrounded by blessings. It’s easy to feel grateful. In dark times, though, when our relationships are full of conflict, our bodies are failing, or the world around us is in an uproar, it’s hard...
Begin (or return to) your gratitude practice today
As we head toward November, it’s a good time to to update or begin a gratitude practice. There are both practical and spiritual reasons for taking time to notice our blessings. Greater Good lists many health benefits of gratitude, including increasing positive...
Change the World with Passion and Courage
Strong emotions sweep into us with energy. It’s up to us to use that energy – that passion – wisely. If we refuse to feel our emotions, the energy stays around inside our bodies. Like oil turning rancid, it can sour into depression or aggression. I have certainly...
recognizing and responding to climate grief
it was the news that the Amazon rain forest is burning that put me over the top. Until then, I was aware of feeling low grade, back-of-the-mind grief about what we humans have done to the planet. When I heard that, through greed and carelessness, we were losing our...Subscribe to the monthly newsletter
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