Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Explore Marie T. Russell's guide to starting each day anew, focusing on shedding past resentments and embracing each morning with a fresh outlook. Learn practical tips for renewing your daily attitude and maximizing positivity.
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- Written by: Philip Carr-Gomm
Explore the intricate world of sleep patterns and how personal storytelling can unravel your unique sleep needs. Find out if you're a lark or an owl and how understanding this can help determine your optimal bedtime, leading to improved sleep quality and overall well-being.
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- Written by: Ren Hurst
This article explores how domestication affects both humans and animals by disconnecting them from their natural emotions, creating codependency and emotional stagnation. Learn how the hidden cost of domestication robs all parties of their authentic power and creative potential, leading to long-term consequences for emotional autonomy and growth.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Behavioral science offers strategies like the "Mary Poppins Principle," which turns mundane tasks into fun activities to enhance motivation. By adding enjoyment to necessary tasks and using nudging techniques, behavioral science helps drive better decisions and lasting changes. From exercise routines to healthier choices, this approach shifts how we engage with everyday habits, leveraging fun and subtle changes to increase adherence and success.
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- Written by: Sue Van Raes
Learn how to overcome resistance and free yourself from limitations with mindful strategies that transform resistance into a powerful ally on your journey to personal growth.
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- Written by: Gary C. Cooper
Learn how being authentic can help you be a better you every day. Discover the power of living true to yourself, not competing with others, and how it leads to personal growth and fulfillment.
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- Written by: Nicole Goott
Non-harming, rooted in various spiritual traditions, is more than just refraining from physical violence; it encompasses not willfully inflicting harm by thought, word, or action.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
Discover how everyday people (you and me) can make a difference. We can create a better world through positive social change and conscious personal transformation.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
This article explores how reclaiming independent thinking and allowing ourselves to doubt can guide us toward a more authentic and fulfilling life, free from rigid external authorities. By questioning our beliefs and exploring our inner wisdom and values, we unlock our potential and foster self-awareness. Cultivating inner resources and embracing the faith to doubt can lead to profound personal growth.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Combat fear-based propaganda and understand political fear tactics. Learn how these influences affect society and discover ways to build resilience.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Before one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as Bill W., launched the program, Jung told him that the craving for alcohol, or spirits, was equivalent, on a low level, to the thirst for Spirit, or union with god.
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- Written by: Marianne Williamson
The original Mother's Day Proclamation (in 1870) was a statement of mothers who had lost sons in the North joined with mothers who had lost sons in the South during the Civil War, proclaiming a day once a year for a "general congress of women" to declare the end to war and the creation of peace.
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- Written by: Lawrence Doochin
Did we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what we’re told by the government or others in positions of authority, like a job supervisor?
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- Written by: Cheryl Pallant, PhD
Many of us tend to pursue areas of strengths and ignore areas of weakness. There’s good reason to use strengths. They reinforce competence. But there’s also good reason to explore and utilize weaknesses.
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- Written by: Tom Garner, Sheffield Hallam University
How Christmas music in adverts and shops harnesses nostalgia to encourage you to spend more
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- Written by: Sara Goldstein, University of Delaware
Why are bullies so mean? A youth psychology expert explains what’s behind their harmful behavior
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- Written by: Penelope Hasking, Curtin University and Stephen P. Lewis, University of Guelph
Someone has told you they’re self-harming. Now what?
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- Written by: Steve Taylor
Our prehistoric ancestors lived in a state of connection, without a sense of separateness to their immediate environment or their community. However, at some point a “fall” into disconnection occurred.
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- Written by: Jaime A. Pineda, PhD
Most of us feel traumatized by what seems like an out-of-control life. But the good news is there is something we can do.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In the teachings of Buddhism, "hungry ghosts" are ethereal entities that exist within the cycle of rebirth, notably as one of the six realms of existence.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Music has an extraordinary power to captivate our minds and move our souls. It has the ability to transport us to different emotional landscapes, evoke memories, and inspire us to dance.
