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Winter 2014: Dr. Edward Tick’s Response to “Support for Veterans” Essay Winners

Dr. Edward Tick, co-founder of Soldier's Heart and author of "Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country," responds to winners of the Winter 2014 "Support for Veterans" essay competition.

| Apr 18, 2014

10 Things Creative People Know

Everyday creative activities like knitting and cooking can boost your levels of serotonin and decrease anxiety.

Charlie Murphy, Peggy Taylor | Apr 12, 2014

Health care

How Better Health Care for the Poor Makes a Stronger Economy for All

By keeping workers healthy, the Affordable Care Act will help the working poor achieve greater financial stability鈥攁nd will probably boost the economy as well.

Imara Jones | Apr 8, 2014

Boy Hugging Mother photo by Studio 1One/Shutterstock

Unleashing Empathy: How Teachers Transform Classrooms With Emotional Learning

The secret to learning self-awareness, cooperation, and other 鈥渟ocial and emotional learning鈥� skills lies in experience, not in workbooks and rote classroom exercises.

Lennon Flowers | Apr 5, 2014

Health care

5 Habits of Highly Compassionate Men

Having compassion leads to increased happiness, freedom from gender stereotypes, and better relationships with others.

Kozo Hattori | Apr 3, 2014

Sunflower photo by Vitalinka/Shutterstock

You Can鈥檛 Bounce Off the Walls If There Are No Walls: Outdoor Schools Make Kids Happier鈥攁nd Smarter

New approaches to kindergarten offer us a glimpse of what childhood used to be, and still could be鈥攖he modern re-creation of the children鈥檚 garden. If we looked to these examples, we might be able to rescue childhood.

David T. Sobel, M. Ed. | Mar 29, 2014

Soul Food That’s Vegan and Healthy? A Cooking Remix Made in Heaven

From the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen, this cookbook charts a new course for southern, African American, and Caribbean cuisine.

Molly Rusk | Mar 26, 2014

A New Story for a New Economy

David Korten's new essay (available to read as a PDF) connects the work of finding a new sacred story with the effort to build a new economy.

David Korten | Mar 20, 2014

Health care

A Happy Life or a Meaningful One鈥擠o We Really Need to Choose?

Researchers continue to debate whether people face a genuine trade-off between seeking a happy life and a meaningful one.

Jason Marsh, Jill Suttie | Mar 12, 2014

The Radical Homemaker Turns 40

I've learned to embrace the dreams I most deeply desire, but also the burdens that so often work against them.

Shannon Hayes | Mar 5, 2014

Health care

My Year Without Porn: Some Surprising Lessons

Since I quit watching porn a year ago, I've become more present in the moment, more loving, and a better friend to the women in my life.

Dan Mahle | Feb 20, 2014

Paton wedding. Photo by Waging Nonviolence.

This Couple’s Marriage Healed the Planet and Cost Just $3K鈥擧ere’s How They Did It

Four ways to have an equitable, earth-loving, and awesome wedding.

Linnea M. Paton | Feb 14, 2014

Lama Tsomo at home. Photos courtesy of Lama Tsomo

How an American Lama Finds Joy in Turbulent Times

Lama Tsomo is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, a former homesteader, and an heiress to a family fortune who lives a quiet life in the mountains of Montana. Now she is beginning to teach the practices and insights gained through years of solitary retreats and study.

Sarah van Gelder | Feb 12, 2014

Photo courtesy of whatmattdoes / flickr.

How a Library with No Books Could Change the Way We Read (And Bring Us Closer Together)

The Empathy Library is a new digital archive where people can point to the books, movies, and other media that help us learn to understand one another.

Roman Krznaric | Jan 31, 2014

Health care

Fresh and Fly: Denver Rapper Teaches Kids to Be Gardeners Not Gangstas

For Ietef "DJ Cavem" Vita, HIP HOP is not just a form of music, it's a way of life鈥攐ne he's using to teach kids about cultivating the earth and eating fresh veggies.

| Jan 29, 2014

Health care

With Only Months to Live, This 17-Year-Old Inspired Millions with Music and Love

When he was just 14 years old, Zach Sobiech learned that he had only a few years to live. He decided to use that time creating beautiful music, and inspired a lot of people while doing so.

| Jan 25, 2014

Sustainable food and farming

A Chef’s Perspective on Revering Life鈥擡ven When It鈥檚 Raised to Be Slaughtered

I always knew the goats across the street were raised for food, but this was my first personal relationship with an animal that would later become my food.

Lisa Harris | Jan 8, 2014