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Four steps to serenity
Eat Well. What we eat has a huge influence on our brains. The consumption of artificial and sugar-laden foods can lead to inflammation at the cellular level. This increases the likelihood of psychological disorders such as depression. A return to organic foods can reverse this process, Weil Read More...
Great ball of fire
Children love to play outside; so did Massoud Hassani growing up in Afghanistan. But the fields near his house in Kabul were filled with mines. There are millions of land mines in Afghanistan, and some of Hassani’s childhood friends did not survive their outdoor play. When Hassani began Read More...
A recipe for losing weight
Most of us live in a world in which food is all around us for the taking. Yet our DNA is still programmed for scarcity. Human evolution lags behind. And so it is that excess weight has become Public Enemy No. 1. In the fight against obesity, what usually gets emphasized is what you should and Read More...
Good health in a poor economy
Time has been good to Maria Tomas. At 62, the dark-skinned Cuban’s large brown eyes still glitter and her smooth skin makes her look a decade younger. But not long ago, Tomas developed a persistent mouth infection that made her mucus membranes constantly itch and burn. She visited five doctors in Read More...
A queen is born
For more than twenty years now, conservationist Linda Tucker from South-Africa has been fighting for the survival of the white lion, an animal that plays an important role in the myths and legends of Africa. There are only 500 white lions in the world, and most of them are held in captivity. Over Read More...
Dreaming together
Nine women are sitting in a room with their eyes closed. One starts to speak. “Last night I dreamed I went to the hairdresser. Every week this woman had a new idea for my hair. This time she said: ‘a pony tail.’ I thought,What does she mean? Is that even an option?You see, I had mid-length Read More...
Pharmacy in a box
“You shouldn't spoil people in developing countries with donor money; you need to help them develop a sense of entrepreneurship.” This motto of Healthy Entrepreneurs—an organization that works to ensure that generic medicines are affordable and available in developing countries—is also Read More...
Get your hands dirty; that's the first rule
Belgian entrepreneur Gunter Pauli has a simple cure for the unemployment ravaging much of the Western world. He invites you to start your own company--without a business plan, money or experience. “If you don’t have money or experience, use what you have locally available,” he says. His Read More...
What you can change
EXTRA: Don't miss our online event with John-Paul Flintoff on the 16th of May. Yours is a nice little book, just over 150 pages. Not bad for a guide to changing the world. “Ha! I knew it was a ridiculously grand title, and I’ve heard more people saying what you just said. I think it’s a Read More...
Near death, a physician discovers life
EXTRA: Don't miss our online course about the afterlife, with Eben Alexander, Jeffrey Long and Pim van Lommel. For seven days, an American neurosurgeon underwent a spiritual journey through time and space—despite a demonstrable absence of brain activity. When he woke from his coma, he wrote Read More...