Miscellaneous
Our families, our selves
Psychology and personal-growth movements are making a huge mistaek, says German therapist Bert Hellinger, in focusing on the individual over the family. Tijn Touber | December 2006 issue Spiritual growth and consciousness-raising have become nearly synonymous with individualism. Our isolated Read More...
Survival of the kindest
He may well be the psychotherapist with the simplest recipe: kindness. According to Piero Ferrucci, freedom starts with being kind. To others. And yourself. History provides the proof: "One of the reasons behind the success of evolution is that we've been kind to one another." Tijn Touber | April Read More...
Tiptoe through the tulips
Wim Postema is an organic pioneer in a dirty industry Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2005 Read More...
What way for the USA?
Probing the mystery of Bush's second term.Jay Walljasper | Jan/Feb 2005 issue One of my professional sidelines through the years has been trying to make sense of American politics—both to people outside U.S. borders and those within. If you think that sounds easy, take a look at the subjects with Read More...
The saint in a chequered shirt
How five days can change your lifeTijn Touber | June 2005 issue I first met Chuck Bates in a log cabin. I was 14, and Chuck must have been around 30. With his rough beard and lumberjack shirt, he mainly reminded me of a bear I’d seen a couple of days earlier in Yellowstone Park. But this bear Read More...
Straighten up and feel great!
Simple steps to better posture. Julie Gudmestad | May 2005 Read More...
The power of hope and resistance
Noam Chomsky, America's leading dissident, believes great leaders don't change the world. People like you do. John Malkin | September 2005 issue Noam Chomsky, a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is sometimes referred to as America’s leading dissident for his passionate Read More...
Shocking in Paris
Strolling the boulevards raises questions about what's immoral Jay Walljasper | November 2005 issue In Paris recently, enjoying a weekend of urbane adventure en route to Ode meetings in Rotterdam, I indulged in one of my favorite extravagances: buying art. It proved a particularly fruitful Read More...
Unjamming the future
As millions of Asians jubilantly embrace driving, some experts predict an automotive nightmare. But a group of practical visionaries around are working out a solution: fewer cars and greater mobility. Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue I am sitting in the back of a motionless taxi on the way Read More...
The soldier in the forest
Sometimes, Paolo Coelho ponders, we need to be reminded of the unanswered questions we asked as children. Paulo Coelho | July 2004 Read More...