We all want to be healthy, to do good work in the world, to be happy, and to be loved. Wherever we might live, whatever our beliefs or history, the basic desires for health, happiness, and love are universal. In our modern world, we are taught to look outside ourselves to fulfill these desires. We…

Life is a dance between joy and sorrow, celebration and grief, gain and loss. It can be so easy to get lost in our current emotional experience that we lose perspective. We tend to grasp onto joy, forgetting that it will one day pass and leave us with only our memory and wishing. And we…

Healthy friendships are a vital component of a healthy life. Studies show that people who have at least a few meaningful and mutually supportive friendships live longer, experience fewer illnesses, and report increased happiness and overall quality of life than people who do not. But not all friendships are supportive and healthy. Some people lift…

Yoga is an ancient school of philosophy from India. It includes practices for the body, mind, and spirit. Yoga has been used as a tool to support spiritual evolution for thousands of years, and continues to offer a wealth of benefits to modern practitioners. But modern yoga classes consist mostly of young people in athletic…

Diabetes is a chronic illness that effects millions of people all over the world. It destroys lives, making it impossible to eat or even function without obsessively monitoring blood sugar levels. For many people it marks the beginning of an inevitable early death, as the body becomes increasingly unable to receive nutrition from the food…

Stem cell therapy is rapidly showing itself as a viable treatment option for countless ailments and diseases. No longer bound by the natural or situational degeneration of the body, doctors are discovering that we can tap into the bodys own regenerative systems to create healing where before there was only inevitable decay. One method of…

Gradually build up your training intensity If you are relatively new to running, its only natural that you will want to push yourself to your limit. While a new running programme can be very exciting, one of the most common causes of injuries in runners is to increase training intensity too quickly. To keep yourself…

Nearly everyone loves sweet treats. The pleasant combination of taste bud pleasuring, mood enhancing, brain chemical stimulating, and energy boosting that sweets provide makes them universally loved. However consuming sugar is incredibly expensive, both for the body and the planet. Processed sugary treats can destroy mental and physical health, from the brain and teeth, all…

The field of regenerative medicine is breaking new ground every day. Doctors and researchers all over the world are shifting from just managing symptoms to exploring the possibility of actually healing and rejuvenating the body. Stem cell therapy is being researched for its potential to cure blood disorders, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and many other…

Cancer affects millions of people all over the world. The reasons that healthy cells turn cancerous are numerous and complex. Cancer is caused by a variety of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. While some of the causes of cancer are mysterious or beyond our control, there are many things we can do to support our…