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Americans Still Trust Doctors And Scientists During A Public Health Crisis

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Written by: Ellen Peters, et al

Americans Still Trust Doctors And Scientists During A Public Health Crisis

The coronavirus epidemic is a health crisis that threatens Americans’ quality of life. Who do Americans trust to lead them through it?

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Are We Addicted to Adrenaline and Feeding Fear-Based Realities?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

Are We Addicted to Adrenaline and Feeding Fear-Based Realities?
A while back I wrote an article entitled "I Am Safe" as part of my ongoing "What Works For Me" series. With all the fear going around these days (and not just about the Coronavirus), I thought I would delve again into the topic of fear, since it is currently a pervasive energy on planet earth.

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Becoming More Than Human: Overcoming The Crab Box Effect In Your Life

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Written by: Barbara J. Semple

Becoming More Than Human: Overcoming The "Crab Box" Effect In Your Life
For a long time, I hated being human. I used to hate being stereotyped into any category, even being human, because humanity has done so many bad things since it moved out of 'the gardens.'

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Moving Past The Fear Shadow's Comfort Zone To Discover Confidence and Inner Stillness

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Written by: Sarah Mane

Moving Past The Fear Shadow's Comfort Zone To Discover Inner Stillness
The transformation of our understanding occurs at the instant that wisdom illuminates the situation. The light immediately banishes mistaken understanding, and this dispels the shadow of fear without further effort. The light from the flashlight is the illumination of true and complete knowledge.

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Freedom From Fear and Separation: Knowing and Reclaiming The True Self

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Written by: Paul Selig

Freedom From Fear and Separation: Knowing and Reclaiming TheTrue Self
To live without and beyond fear is treasonous to the small self who has been educated by fear as to its benefits, but there is no benefit in fear. Freedom from fear is the realization that the Divine in material form has no requirement of it.

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Fear Is Our Enemy; Chaos Is Our Friend

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Written by: Aluna Joy Yaxkin

Fear Is Our Enemy; Chaos Is Our Friend
All the ancient calendars and prophecies of diverse ancient traditions are pointing to these days as the time of a great awakening and a time of a great shift. Humanity is being challenged to make a choice: the choice between the path of love, community, and peace, over the path of...

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How to Let Go of Fear and Transform It Into Peace

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Written by: Aeeshah Ababio-Clottey and Kokomon Clottey

How to Let Go of Fear and Transform It Into Peace
We can deal with blatant discrimination through legal channels and receive some corrective action, but these kinds of compensation cannot heal hearts. Our goal is deeper healing. We want nothing less than total release from the pain and fear that racist conditioning breeds.

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Are You A Chronic Worrier? Here's How To Remove The Worrier Mask

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Written by: John Randolph Price

Are You A Chronic Worrier? Here's How To Remove The Worrier Mask
The Ageless Wisdom texts tell us that scarcely a person in the world is exempt from worry, and that worry is the cause of all planetary problems. There are Worriers of the common, everyday variety, and there are Worriers of the chronic type, where the black cloud hanging over their heads...

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Why We Are Hard-Wired To Worry, And What We Can Do To Calm Down

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Written by: James Carmody

Why We Are Hard-wired To Worry, And What We Can Do To Calm Down
We want things to be better for ourselves and the people we love, but worry that they won’t be, and imagine some of the things that might stand in the way.

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Reaching Out: Helping A Friend Who Seems Depressed

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Written by: Kristi Hugstad

Reaching Out: Helping A Friend Who Seems Depressed
If you recognize that someone you love might be drowning beneath the surface, the question becomes: How can you help? Of course, every situation is different, so evaluate the best approach for yourself. However, the essence of helping others is simple...

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Living With Fire and Facing Our Fears

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Written by: Danielle Clode

Living With Fire And Facing Our Fears
It is only mid-November but we have to walk early to avoid the heat. A northerly wind picks up clouds of dust and pollen, sending dirty billows across the paddocks.

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Fear, Anxiety, Panic: The Brain Needs A Certain Level Of Stress Hormones To Function At Its Peak

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Written by: Tom Bunn

Fear, Anxiety, Panic: The Brain Needs A Certain Level Of Stress Hormones To Func­tion At Its Peak
When we are calm, reflective function has no trouble de­termining what is real and what is imaginary. But stress hormones can cause reflective function to collapse, especially if it is not well developed. In that case, an imaginary threat may be experienced as a real threat.

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Do We Actually Grow From Adversity?

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Written by: Eranda Jayawickreme and Frank J. Infurna

Do We Actually Grow From Adversity?
In our culture, there’s this idea that enduring a tragedy can be good for your personal growth. 

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Why We Learn More By Trusting Than By Not Trusting

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Written by: Hugo Mercier

Why We Learn More By Trusting Than By Not Trusting
We all know people who have suffered by trusting too much: scammed customers, jilted lovers, shunned friends.

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How Deep Sleep Can Ease Your Anxious Brain

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Written by: Eti Ben Simon, Matthew Walker, et al.

How Deep Sleep Can Ease Your Anxious Brain
While a full night of deep sleep stabilizes emotions, a sleepless one can trigger up to a 30% rise in anxiety levels, a new study shows.

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When Halloween Became America's Most Dangerous Holiday

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Written by: W. Scott Poole

When Halloween Became America's Most Dangerous Holiday
The unquiet spirits, vampires and the omnipresent zombies that take over American streets every October 31 may think Halloween is all about spooky fun.

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The Most Important Thing: Watching What We Say To Ourselves

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Written by: Wyatt Webb

Being Impeccable with Our Word and The Stories We Tell Ourselves
A few years ago, I was privileged to hear a speech by Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. He stressed repeatedly that the most important thing for us to watch in regard to our conversation is not so much what we say to others, but what we say to ourselves...

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How Stress Can Help You Get Better Grades

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Written by: Mandie Shean

How Stress Can Help You Get Better Grades. Don't Calm Down!
Two-thirds of young people experience levels of exam stress that mental health organisation ReachOut describes as “worrying”.

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Creating Personal Freedom: The Truth of Personal Power

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Written by: Carla Marie Manly

Creating Personal Freedom: The Truth of Personal Power
Women and men have incredible personal power yet often don't realize their own multifaceted power or know how to use it appropriately. The understanding of power is often limited to behaviors that involve being controlling, aggressive, or having influence over others. Personal power has nothing to do with these traits...

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How To Awaken on Your Path and Dare To Be Yourself

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Written by: Alan Cohen

How To Awaken on Your Path and Dare To Be Yourself
As individuals, nations, and a planet, we have forgotten where we have come from, who we are, and where we are going. An honest look at the troubles we have created for ourselves reveals that we have painfully lost sight of the visions that once painted our future...

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Learning the Lesson of Trust

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Written by: Joyce Vissell

Learning the Lesson of Trust
I love this photo of our son-in-law Ryan and our almost three-year-old grandson Owen. Ryan is taking Owen for his first surfing lesson. Owen is holding his hand with complete trust. He knows that his father has great wisdom in this situation and will take care of him. 

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