Grace Hearth: Soul-Warming Food & A Community Movement
Keri Keifer and Jocelyn Jackson found cooking as a way to create change by engaging their local community while nourishing their creative souls at the same time. Their distinguished catering company in Oakland, California, sources from local farmers and community gardens. Grace Hearth provides soul-warming foods which expresses their passion for bringing people into their hearth to nourish them wi... posted on May 17 2014, 2,626 reads

How To Foster Generosity In Students
In an effort to encourage the innate altruistic tendencies of young students, Vicki Zakrzewski, Ph. D., offers up several key components that she believes can help cultivate a spirit of generosity and kindness. Zakrzewski, the education director of the Greater Good Science Center, which teaches skills that foster a compassionate society, notes that one of the most important - and beautiful - scien... posted on May 16 2014, 15,230 reads

Creating A Classroom for the World
Sal Khan has an inspiring dream: To provide a free world-class education for anyone...anywhere in the world. In this interview with Origin Magazine, the founder of the Khan Academy, gives us a snapshot of his revolutionary organization, his thoughts on the stimulating future of learning, and provides a few mind-blowing stories from his own remarkable journey.... posted on May 15 2014, 16,200 reads

How To Build Good Habits & Make Them Stick
We all strive to achieve goals, and developing daily habits of working toward those goals are vital to achieving them. This highly informative piece debunks myths of what it takes to develop good habits and summarizes some of the scientifically proven ways to help you form the habits you need to achieve your goals. Read on to learn why the belief that it takes 21 days to form a habit is misleading... posted on May 14 2014, 29,709 reads

The Conditioned: A Sidewalk Poet Finds His Home
Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho was a homeless poet, living for decades on a roadway median in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he called "The Island." Though his circumstances were dire, he wrote each day will diligence and passion. His dream was to share his work with the world; but he lived fundamentally disconnected from others. Or did he? This film speaks to the inherent interconnections among all of us and the a... posted on May 13 2014, 3,810 reads

Clean Your House, Your Mind Will Follow
"With spring cleaning in effect, many are rolling up their sleeves and reaching into the corners and hard-to-reach places that have often been long neglected. As a merely physical task, cleaning can be arduous, gratifying, and everything in between. But if taken up with the spirit of self-purification, cleaning serves as a powerful instrument for heightening awareness of the present moment and of ... posted on May 11 2014, 25,167 reads

The Love of Stuff
Nick Thorpe asks, "If Western consumer culture sometimes resembles a bulimic binge in which we taste and then spew back things that never quite nourish us, the ascetic, anorexic alternative of rejecting materialism altogether will leave us equally starved. Who, then, can teach me how to celebrate my possessions with the mindful, celebratory spirit of a gourmet?"... posted on May 10 2014, 7,384 reads

The Solar Suitcase that's Saving Lives
When Dr. Laura Stachal first visited a Nigerian hospital, she was shocked by what she witnessed. The lights went out in the operating room during an emergency caesarian section. Sadly, during her two week stay she witnessed countless other times when the lives of mothers and infants were placed at risk due to the lack of a reliable electricity source. When she returned from that trip, she was insp... posted on May 09 2014, 4,709 reads

How Social Connections Keep Seniors Healthy
Some of the greatest transitions in life occur in older age, including retiring, downsizing, or losing social ties. All of these changes have profound effects on physical and mental health. While physical activity and healthy eating are well known to help us go through these transitions with grace and in good health, social connections are also vital for maximizing sharing, friendship, health, and... posted on May 08 2014, 19,157 reads

4 Ways To Be More Present In Travel
"Being present is about slowing things down enough to truly feel, experience, and sense them -- to grasp them in full." During moments of movement it is all too easy for our attention to shift from the past to the future. But in the present moment, we can foster meaningful connections to people and places. How, then, can we be more present in our travel and share our travel stories with greater r... posted on May 07 2014, 16,399 reads