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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 30, 2026

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With the turbulent nature of the world these days, it’s easy to feel that we’re too small to make a difference. We tend to underestimate ourselves.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 29, 2026

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Give Your Gifts, Even Imperfectly

I'm officially coming out of the closet! Here goes: I, Barry Vissell, besides being a counselor, author, doctor, and workshop leader, am also a musician!  There, that wasn't so hard. So what makes me hesitate to announce this beautiful, musical part of me?

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 28, 2026

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Pierre Pradervand invites us to honor nature’s beauty, power, and sacred role in our lives, and every day, offer blessings of gratitude and love to the planet. 

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 27, 2026

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Surrender to the joy of your soul and discover the mission of your life. Learn how aligning your ego with your soul’s purpose brings fulfillment and peace.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 26, 2026

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Learning to Manage Triggering EmotionsWe are bombarded with potential triggers all the time. It can be as simple as someone not holding a door for us or the perceived negative tone of an email. It can happen when a loved one speaks insensitively or curtly. A few careless words can easily spark a flash of anger and a desire to verbally retaliate.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 25, 2026

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Nobody Has All The Answers

The quest for personal spiritual truth is often a solitary path that depends on the connections made along the way. This journey involves embracing personal experiences and accepting the lessons of life, even when plans go awry. Ultimately, it is about recognizing that truth is not merely an intellectual exercise but a deep, lived experience.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 24, 2026

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Being Aware and Understanding Our Connection to Everything

Most of us have had difficulty not only loving others, but also loving ourselves, unconditionally.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 23, 2026

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Why Life Is Not a Race

The article explores the transformative journey from a rushed lifestyle to one of steady cruising, inspired by the author's wife. By practicing a more mindful approach, individuals can reduce stress, enhance productivity, and enjoy life more fully. It emphasizes the importance of dictating one's own pace rather than succumbing to societal pressures.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 22, 2026

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Why Wisdom Must Be Shared

If there is a reward for longevity, it is paid out in the form of wisdom, a quality of consciousness that has little to do with intelligence/I.Q. or book learning. Being a by-product of experience, wisdom more often is possessed by men and women who have survived fifty or more winters.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 21, 2026

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Mental Time Travel: To Dream Is to Build a Future

Haven’t you ever wished you could go back in time and tell your younger self what you know now? The following exercise lets you do the next best thing.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 20, 2026

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The subconscious can be creative when you are sleeping. You can program your subconscious before you go to sleep, asking it to provide creative solutions through dreams. 

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 19, 2026

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I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living... 

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 18, 2026

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Remember: It's Never Too Late To Belong

Have you ever forgotten something – a name, a place, an event – and struggled to remember, finally giving up, only to have an "ah ah" moment some time later, suddenly recalling what evaded your recollection, maybe in the shower, or driving, or daydreaming by the window, watching the rain?

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 17, 2026

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Emotional Intelligence At Work And Why IQ Isn’t Everything

Since I started writing about and researching emotional intelligence in business, I found that data in support of it has only gotten stronger. I saw recently a study, this surprised me, engineers, software coders and so on were evaluated by their peers, people who work with them day-to-day on how successful they were at what they do.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 16, 2026

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In the physical world, things have a past and a future, a beginning, and an end. For example, I’m sitting on a chair in my office at my desk that I’ve had for more than fifty years. At some point, this chair...

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 15, 2026

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Energetics and Unity: There Is Nothing Separate, Regardless of Appearances

Energetics are foundational to the manifest world we see, and only one unified field of energy exists with everything vibrating at different levels. There is nothing separate, regardless of appearances.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 14, 2026

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Life. It's something we all have in common, no matter our religion, our race, our gender, our whatever. We are alive! Which means we have choices we make, constantly, whether we are aware of it or not. We get to choose from...

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 13, 2026

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World Service as a Gateway to Soul and to Happiness

For me, being of service means working on behalf of and thus taking a stand for a cause or causes that we believe in and which are dear to our hearts, and where we feel we can make some kind of positive contribution towards a healthier world.

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 12, 2026

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Do you know the difference between emotions and feelings? Understanding this key distinction can transform your communication and emotional well-being. Jude Bijou explores how emotions are physical sensations while feelings come from our interpretations, and why using the right words matters. 

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 11, 2026

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A great deal of the anxiety we experience is anticipatory. Carefully preparing for situations that provoke anxiety in you is the key to reducing this kind of anxiety. If public speaking makes you anxious and you’re about to give interviews, preparing answers beforehand will help...

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InnerSelf Daily Inspiration - August 10, 2026

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Changing...Instantly: It's A Lot Easier Than You Think

Mechanical behaviors are old ways of doing things that once worked, or appeared to have worked.

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