Setting Intentions for the New Year (Instead of Resolutions)

Now that 2024 has arrived, throw away the resolutions and try setting intentions for the new year.

How Shame Prevents Empathy

Shame prevents us from feeling and healing on a deeper level. Explore ways to move away from ...

Guided Meditation: A Shield of Protection, Love, and Healing

Use this meditation to cultivate a sense of protection and ease.

Podcast: Dr. Joanna LaPrade, Navigating Darkness

How can we use life's dark moments to our advantage? Therapist and author Dr. Joanna LaPrade ...

How Do Gods Die?

Dive into an exploration of archetypal psychology and what it can teach us about where the gods ...

How to Use Alchemy for Better Gut Health

Improve your digestion and overall health by tending to the quality of your digestive fire—using ...

How to Discern Anxiety From Intuition at the New Moon

Do you have difficulty differentiating anxiety from your intuition? The new moon gives us ...

Lessons in Humility From an Ancient Letter

“Humility is seeing yourself as you really are. It’s that simple.” Dive deeper into the practice ...

Richard J. Foster

Use Metta Meditation to Strengthen Your Relationships

The Buddhist practice of metta, or loving-kindness, can be used to strengthen your romantic ...

From the Editor: Thinking About Sisu This January

Explore what our January/February 2023 issue has in store—sisu, nagomi, and freudenfreude included.

Featured Artist: Diana Sudyka

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Diana Sudyka about taxidermy, clayboard, and combining ...

Roadside Assistance: Becoming Enlightened

Rabbi Rami Shapiro answers pressing questions on America, immortality, and enlightenment as a goal.

Amusing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

Is there a place for laughter in trauma therapy? Our resident psychotherapist dives in.

The Hidden Cost of Domestication

Animal trainer Ren Hurst lost everything when she discovered a new way of being with animals. ...