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: Pierre Pradervand
Living in a straightjacket is not the most pleasant experience.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Breaking habitual behavior patterns requires self-awareness, courage, and a willingness to challenge our own beliefs and assumptions. It can be a difficult and sometimes painful process, but it is necessary if we want to live fulfilling and meaningful lives.
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- Written by: Steven Washington
Stepping into the unknown and beyond the constraints we have created for ourselves is no small feat, but it is a worthwhile effort.
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- Written by: Hugh and Gayle Prather
As we amble along our chosen path, we encounter many distractions. One of the most insidious is the notion that to pursue a path is sufficient, that pursuit is an end in itself.
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- Written by: Dawn Baumann Brunke
We human beings are such incongruous creatures, saying one thing while thinking or feeling another. We flaunt and celebrate parts of ourselves, hide, repress, and deny others.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
Kindness is one of the most civilized expressions of the human being. The well-known US writer George Saunders says that what he regrets most in life are failures of kindness.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
What we emit into the world is picked up by others and it affects them as well.
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- Written by: Beth Bell
I didn’t truly understand the phrase “never say never” until I started recognizing I was contradicting my so many of my own “nevers.”
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- Written by: Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Each human being may be part of something greater. Common phrases suggesting this reality include ’re all in this together” or “everything is connected.”
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
All significant choices move us toward or away from love. And the most important thing we learn in life is recognizing the choices and actions that bring us closer or farther from love. Each day is full of...
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- Written by: Roxanne Felig and Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before.
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- Written by: Bryony Lau, Undark
In the early 1990s, the renovations manager at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport decided to decorate each bathroom urinal with a realistic image of a fly, placed just above the drain. For decades, urinal designers had sought a way to curb the unpleasant spillage around urinals, and it turned out that by giving men something to aim at — in this case, a humble insect — spillage dramatically reduced.
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- Written by: Lawrence Doochin
It seems fairly obvious, but in order to move to a new story and not live in fear, we have to want to release our conditioning and the old story. Unfortunately, there is resistance to this because...
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- Written by: Lawrence Doochin
It seems fairly obvious, but in order to move to a new story and not live in fear, we have to want to release our conditioning and the old story. Unfortunately, there is resistance to this because...
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- Written by: Jared Wadley
Feelings such as enthusiasm, nervousness, or strength are often interpreted differently depending on the gender of the person experiencing them.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. I watch the light turn to darkness, then close my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward...
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- Written by: Amanda Hughes, Senior Research Associate in Epidemiology
There’s a widespread belief that your testosterone can affect where you end up in life. At least for men, there is some evidence for this claim: several studies have linked higher testosterone to socioeconomic success. But a link is different to a
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- Written by: Stephen Reicher, Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience
During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those assumptions were wrong, and they led to disastrous policies.
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- Written by: Michele Berger-Penn
In cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship, research finds.
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- Written by: Carmen Viktoria Gamper
Socially respected behavior is learned behavior and some of it (for instance, table manners) varies by culture, faith or family. When we help children become aware of the unwritten rules of common courtesy, we give them valuable tools that help them navigate through life.
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- Written by: Carmen Viktoria Gamper
Socially respected behavior is learned behavior and some of it (for instance, table manners) varies by culture, faith or family. When we help children become aware of the unwritten rules of common courtesy, we give them valuable tools that help them navigate through life.
