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This week we look at the things we do and how we do them. "How" being not so much the physical way of doing, but the attitude behind the action. Jude Bijou suggests that we Practice Simple Acts of Kindness. Barbara Berger asks us, Who Is Setting The Standards For Your Happiness? And I bring you a new article I wrote on Rewards and Gifts: Doing What You Know Is Right For You.
And then, there's our relationship with self and with others. Nora Caron asks us: When It Comes To Love: Raging Waterfalls or Quiet Rivers? Thom Hartmann shares with us a way of Separating The Edison-Gene Child from ADHD Behavior. Briana and Peter Borten present 4 Ways to Build Confidence and Quiet Your Inner Critic. AJ Earley poignantly shares her experience of Coping With Guilt After A Loved One’s Suicide while Barbara Jaffe shares her Reflections on Aging.
We also bring you more than 55 Additional Articles on a variety of topics. Scroll down below the Editor's Choice articles for the links to all of these new articles.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
editor/publisher,
InnerSelf.com
"New Attitudes...New Possibilities"
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EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLES
How To Practice Simple Acts of Kindness
Written by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.
With the avalanche of unkind words and deeds engulfing our lives today, it's time to buck the trend and resist. The goal is to move from judgment and feelings of separation to acceptance and connection. Acts of kindness are what will get us there.
Read article here: How To Practice Simple Acts of Kindness
Who Is Setting The Standards For Your Happiness?
Written by Barbara Berger.
Things just happen and then we judge them and react to them based on what we believe is good or bad. In other words, our reactions to events are determined by our ideas of what reality should be like in order to live up to our idea of what’s good.
Read article here: Who Is Setting The Standards For Your Happiness?
Reflections on Aging and The Comfort of Growing Older
Written by Barbara Jaffe, Ed.D.
I now have officially become someone who looks good ‘for my age,’ or so I have been told, which is another sign of aging. People don’t make such a comment unless you are old. They also say that 60 is the new 50 and 50 the new 40, and so on, but really?
Read article here: Reflections on Aging and The Comfort of Growing Older
4 Ways to Build Confidence and Quiet Your Inner Critic
Written by Briana Borten and Dr. Peter Borten.
Contrary to popular belief, you are more than your accomplishments. And conversely, you are more than your failures. Attaching your self-confidence to the outcome of your actions is like attaching it to the weather...
Read article here: 4 Ways to Build Confidence and Quiet Your Inner Critic
Separating The Edison-Gene Child from ADHD Behavior
Written by Thom Hartmann.
Whenever we react to a person’s behavior--particularly a child’s--we can do it in either of two primary ways. One addresses the individual’s personhood and ties it to his behavior, and the other addresses his personhood and disconnects it from his behavior. This is a critical distinction.
Read article here: Separating The Edison-Gene Child from ADHD Behavior
When It Comes To Love: Raging Waterfalls or Quiet Rivers?
Written by Nora Caron.
Raging waterfall love is the kind that makes you lose your head, your focus, your center, and pretty much all your roots at the same time. It is the kind of love that gives you such an adrenaline kick each time that you cannot think about anything else...
Read article here: When It Comes To Love: Raging Waterfalls or Quiet Rivers?
Coping With Guilt After A Loved One’s Suicide: A Messy Necessity
Written by AJ Earley.
I should be grateful that I got an opportunity that so many don’t: to say “I love you,” before someone dies. I should feel lucky, right? I should feel endlessly lucky that that’s the last thing we ever said to each other.
Read article here: Coping With Guilt After A Loved One’s Suicide: A Messy Necessity
Rewards and Gifts: Doing What You Know Is Right For You
Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.
I love rewards. And I've noticed that the Universe functions on a reward system. I suppose if you were looking at it from the opposite perspective, which many religions do, you might say the Universe punishes people. This is the premise of the belief in sins and the punishment of hell.
Read article here: Rewards and Gifts: Doing What You Know Is Right For You
Astrological Journal for the Week
Written by Pam Younghans
This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read more
It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:
* Are Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Good For Your Heart?
* Can We Blame The Internet For Polarized Politics?
* Chasing Down Food May Get Tougher For These Birds
* Children Understand Far More About Other Minds
* Chuck Berry Is What A Giant Looks Like
* Does Green Energy Have Hidden Health And Environmental Costs?
* Duh! Banning Laptops At Secure Airports Won't Keep Aircraft Safe From Terror Attacks
* How Big Data Is Being Mobilized In The Fight Against Leukemia
* How China's Pollution Haze Is Linked To Climate Change
* How Dogs Could Make Children Better Readers
* How Electric Cars Can Help Save The Grid
* How Extreme Heat Could Cause Animals To Shrink
* How Healthy Soils Make For A Healthy Life
* How Humans May Have Transformed The Sahara From Lush Paradise To Barren Desert
* How India's Drive For A Cashless Economy Puts Millions At Risk Of Cybercrime
* How Much Employees Are Willing To Put Their Own Interests First
* How Neighborhood Walkability Can Boost Your Health
* How Obesity Causes Cancer, And May Make Screening And Treatment Harder
* How Parental Television Viewing Affects Teens' Sexual Behavior
* How Problematic Is Sleepwalking And Can It Be Cured?
* How Rising Sea Levels Are Now Complicating Our Relationship With The Coast
* How Small Scale Farming Could Restore America’s Rural Towns
* How To Be Human When It's Technology That's Driving The New Industrial Revolution
* How To Reduce Dependency On Drugs Like Valium With Alternative Therapies
* Hysterectomies Are Tied To Early Death If Ovaries Are Removed
* Many Of The World's Reefs May Be Already Damaged Beyond Repair
* New Evidence that Poor Americans Pay the Highest Taxes and Get Little of the Safety Net
* Plastic Ocean Shows Us A World Awash With Rubbish
* Robert Reich's Visit To Washington
* Russia, Coup d'Etats, And NATO Membership
* Talk It Out To Ease Tough End Of Life Decisions
* The Legitimacy Of The US Supreme Court Is At Stake
* The Power Of Ordinary People To Face Totalitarianism
* Tor Upgrades To Make Anonymous Publishing Safer
* Want To Eat Fish That's Truly Good For You?
* What Second Languages Should Children Be Learning?
* What Young People Want From The Internet Of The Future
* When Things Go Wrong In An Automated World, Would We Still Know What To Do?
* Which Is Safer, Herbal Remedies Or Conventional Medicines?
* Why A Good Night’s Sleep Is Like Hitting The Jackpot
* Why A Hot Bath Has Benefits Similar To Exercise
* Why A Radical Rethink Is Needed To Understand The Human Brain
* Why Humans Are Causing Up To 70% Of Planet Wide Sea Ice Loss
* Why Is Water Sacred To Native Americans?
* Why Normalizing Illness Would Make It Easier To Cope
* Why There's No Modern Guide To Surviving A Nuclear War
* Why Touch In Infancy Is Important For Healthy Brain Development
We add articles to the website daily. Rather than wait for the newsletter, you can visit each section according to your interests throughout the week. Each section listed below is designed as its own "mini-website".
The "Living in Harmony" section includes articles on Health & Well-Being, Home & Garden, Pets, Leisure & Creativity, Finance & Careers, and Science and Technology.
The "Personal Development" area covers Attitude Adjustments (which includes Fear, Anger, Gratitude, Forgiveness), Relationships & Parenting, Spirituality & Mindfulness (including Meditation), Intuition & Awareness (including astrology), and Happiness & Success.
"Social & Political" covers topics that affect us personally yet deal with a more "societal" or "political" sphere. This area covers Environment & Climate, Democracy, Justice, Inequality, Economy, and more. These topics are very relevant for our communal journey on Planet Earth.
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