Magazine
The power of strangers
People are getting back to groups—from niche hobby clubs to mass political protests—changing lives and communities in the process Serena Renner | October/November 2011 Issue It’s a sunny Saturday in Long Beach, California, and Ty Teissere is hosting a workshop to design and build a clay pizza Read More...
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How systems therapy helps re-establish the family as a psychological and emotional safe haven. Kirsten Webb | October/November 2011 Issue Eliza Howland (not her real name) wanted to see her kids more. Her divorce had been bitter and difficult and, like many divorced parents, she and her ex-husband Read More...
"Money can buy anything, except meaning”
Jurriaan Kamp | September 2011 issue The philosopher Jacob Needleman has written about ethics, religion and leadership, but he is perhaps best known for his book Money and the Meaning of Life. The book links our relationship with money to the ways in which we find out what matters most in our Read More...
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The secret’s in the sauce
Amy Domini | September 2011 Issue As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fresh tomatoes were not always available, but we canned them so we Read More...
You are what you eat
Paulo Coelho | September 2011 Issue Three travelers crossed the Himalayas together discussing the importance of practicing everything in their spiritual plan. They were so enthralled by their conversation that it was only much later in the night that they realized they only had one piece of bread Read More...
Sonic boon
A search for the healing power of sound. Marieke Verhoeven | September 2011 issue I’m lying in a bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection Read More...
Running for our lives
In a small Haitian town devastated by the earthquake, communal jogging is helping kids rebuild their shattered lives. Sara Bernard | July/August 2011 issue When I was volunteering for All Hands Volunteers in Léogâne, Haiti—building schools, visiting orphanages and clearing the rubble from Read More...
The compassion instinct
Research shows that a compassionate attitude towards others improves mental and physical health. Larry Gallagher | July/August 2011 issue The Dalai Lama has been telling us for years that it would make us happy, but he never said it would make us healthy, too. “If you want others to be Read More...
Beef we can believe in
Loren Berlin | July/August 2011 issue When I started eating meat again, after 14 years as a vegetarian, I felt guilty. After all, my decision to stop eating meat was intentional. I had done the research and decided that raising animals for food was an inefficient use of natural resources. Plus, it Read More...