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The power of hope
Freeing yourself from fear helps build the physical strength needed to fight disease and engage fully with life. David Servan-Schreiber | April/May 2010 issue I received a moving letter from a friend. “Big shock in October: breast cancer. Eighteen months of treatment. I’ll spare you the Read More...
The song remains the same
Two tales about the magic of music. Paulo Coelho | April/May 2010 issue The stand-in singer (Sent by Murali) The story goes that tickets were all sold out for the presentation by a famous tenor, but on the big day, with the house filled to capacity, it was discovered that a traffic problem would Read More...
Forget finicky food
Instead of scanning labels, give the kids some authentic home cooking. Elbrich Fennema | April/May 2010 issue It’s really not fair to label kids as finicky eaters if lactose makes them break out or preservatives make them itch. We should, instead, focus on finicky food. All things considered, Read More...
“Cultural activities improve mental health”
Sweden has recently launched a pilot project to help patients suffering from chronic depression; stress; anxiety; or back, shoulder and neck pain by prescribing cultural activities. Karin Berg, project manager at Capio clinic in Helsingborg, which hosts the trials, explains. Marco Visscher | Read More...
We Live in a Rain Forest
Jurriaan Kamp | April/May 2010 issue Our brains don’t function like a machine; rather they function like an ecosystem. “The brain has a tremendous ability to transform itself in response to change,” writes psychologist Thomas Armstrong in our cover story for this issue. Armstrong believes Read More...
Change the way you think about change
Marco Visscher | April/May 2010 issue If you are an executive looking to modify a process at work, you can turn to change management literature. If you need to transform your life, there are plenty of self-help books. If you want to change the world, there is advice for activists, too. With Read More...
A new legacy for Watts
Serena Renner | April/May 2010 issue The wiry spires of the Watts Towers seem almost obtrusive on the working-class skyline of South Los Angeles. While the historic landmarks remind some of the artistic innovation of Italian architect Simon Rodia, who built the sculptures out of steel; mortar; and Read More...
A window onto urban farming
Erica Wetter | April/May 2010 issue For most apartment dwellers, planting a vegetable garden is out of the question. That is, unless you use your window, like artists Rebecca Bray and Britta Riley, who hope to start an international “windowfarming craze” with the Windowfarms Project. Bray and Read More...
Cancer research gets a boost from venture capital
Jessica Wapner | April/May 2010 issue The “war on cancer” has been going on for decades, yet victory is still nowhere in sight. Andy Rachleff, a venture capitalist turned philanthropist, is trying to speed things up by funding research by young scientists with new ideas. After he watched Read More...
Cultural healing
Elles van Gelder | April/May 2010 issue Chris Ntombemhlophe Reid cuts off the neck of a chicken. Its blood drips into the river that winds through the Pondoland region in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is a gruesome act, yet one that is carried out with respect and ceremony—an Read More...