Well-Being in the Modern Age (WITMA) is a live pop-up conversation series discussing our contemporary understanding of what makes humans flourish. Join us for a full…
Culture
Most people have passed through some kind of initiation in life. By that, I mean a crisis that defies what you knew and what you were.…
It’s a strange world of newspeak we live in. What was once a society devoted to logic and progress is now being herded in echo chambers of thought…
This Summer I was blessed with the opportunity to spend a month in Asia, traveling through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan. During my travels in Kathmandu, Nepal,…
Many people drink red wine ‘for the antioxidants’, beer to ‘unwind’, and hard alcohol ‘to relax’. Cracking open a bottle of wine, champagne, or scotch often…
According to the American Psychiatry Association, American adults are experiencing more anxiety than ever before. In a new study by the American Psychiatric Organization, 39% of…
Something important is missing from the psychiatric model of ‘mental illness.’ It’s not a secret or anything, but rather more of an omission. It should be…
“The Spiritual Price of Urbanized Life” by Frank Giokas How can One feel so alone – in a bustling, crowded city? People often wonder. The answers may not…
Paracelsus was an alchemist, astrologer and physician from the 1500s, who pioneered a portion of the medical revolution during the Renaissance period, and is recognized as the…
At some point or another, every single one of us has experienced a trigger that lends itself to an emotional reaction. Anger, resentment, frustration, jealousy, insecurity…
Featured art by Cameron Gray I have been fortunate to have studied with teachers who left North America in the 60’s and 70’s to travel to…
What do alcoholism, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and anxiety, and some forms of cancer have in common? They can all be linked to…
Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that originated in the Indian Vedic culture. It is one of the oldest healing modalities that is still…
Author, Chris Grosso, has plunged deeply into the thick of his life to ignite his ability to create a state of peace within irrespective of outside…
As we approach the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the visionary cinematic of the space age by director Stanley Kubrick and author Arthur C.…
Consciousness• Science• Wellness
The Realization of One Mind – A Profound Conversation with Larry Dossey, MD
Larry Dossey’s life and work has spanned a fascinating journey of spirituality, medicine, and consciousness studies. Beginning as a battalion surgeon during the Vietnam War, to…
“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook, but the ocean’s depths are calm.” – Buddha How would you handle no phone, no television, no reading, no…
I have always loved to dance. I took tap and ballet as a tiny girl, my sisters and I danced to our parent’s record collection in…
Ancient Wisdom• Consciousness• Entheogens• Science• Wellness
Chandanni Miglino: Ayurveda, Personal Accountability and Responsibility, Yoga and Healing
Stepping into her highest truth and maximizing the boundless healing properties stemming from sources from Mother Earth’s medicine cabinet and within, Chandanni.com Founder, Chandanni Miglino, recognizes…
Human consciousness is a subject of infinite fascination in these time because people are realizing just how much our frame of mind is manipulated by mainstream…
Deep in the midst of actively or headlessly living out our singular human lives, it is often subconsciously dismissed that we are living on Planet Earth…
Healing inner wounds and plunging deep into the thick of her life, Author/Spiritual Teacher, Rebecca Campbell, has ignited her light and transformed ancient insights into bejeweled…
Eve Ensler is a Tony Award-winning author, performer and activist – best known for The Vagina Monologues, which became an international sensation after it premiered in…
According to Planned Parenthood, 1 in 3 women experience difficulty in achieving orgasm. In fact, almost 10% of women have never had an orgasm. Maybe that…
In his 1974 book, Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgramdiscusses in detail the findings of his now famous experiment. Milgram demonstrated just how…
Shining a light in the dark and pouring forth her heart into her life-work, multifaceted human being, Gabriela Herstik, has tuned into her intuition and ignited…
Sprouting from the roots and serving as a testament to the cultivation of one’s inner vibration, Dreadlocks are culturally and socially known as an alternative hairstyle…
Digging up clues of multiple hues which reveal timelessly encoded endowments of psychological magic from hermetic magicians, alchemists and initiates, creative and intellectual curiosity has driven…
Entheogens• Film
“The Shaman and the Scientist,” featuring Dennis McKenna, premieres at The PKD Film Festival
“The Shaman and the Scientist“, a new documentary film directed by Sarah Hutt and featuring Dennis McKenna, will have its world premiere at The PKD Film…
The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is a story about the unification of the indigenous peoples of North America with those of South America.…
