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Swedes’ Solution: Six-Hour Workday Reaps Benefits

May 31, 2016

Wary of the high personal costs of long workweeks, Swedish employers are switching to six-hour workdays, and report happier employees that maintain their productivity.

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Live Comedy Evokes Trust and Empathy: Stand-up Comics Induce Bonding in Audience Members

May 31, 2016

Stand-up comics evoke warm bonding in their audience, a British researcher has found.

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Forgive for Life: Seven Steps to Lasting Freedom

May 26, 2016

Rev. Jacki Belile, CPC, founder of Clear Center Coaching, is offering a seven-week course, Forgive for Life: Seven Steps to Lasting Freedom, at 7 p.m. on Thursdays from July 7 through August 18.

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Amma Brings Hugs and Blessings to Chicago

May 26, 2016

Siri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as Amma (mother), will be visiting her Elburn ashram outside Chicago from June 27 through 29.

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John Philip Newell Workshop on ‘Thin Places’

May 26, 2016

Contemporary sage John Philip Newell will bring his wisdom and firsthand knowledge of mythological “thin places”, where the distance between heaven and Earth is especially short, to The Well Spirituality Center, in La Grange Park.

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Five Easy Tips for Love, Peace and Joy: On Father’s Day and Forever

May 25, 2016 ● By Linda Kroll

Here are five ways to share deeper connections with everyone in our lives: be loving, be kind, be compassionate, be sorry and be grateful.

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Women Power: Feminists Redefine Senior Housing

Apr 29, 2016

Enterprising senior women in France have created a nurturing 25-unit independent-living apartment building just blocks away from shops, a theater and the metro.

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Picture Your Future: Creating a Vision Board Makes Dreams Real

Apr 29, 2016 ● By Jayne Morris

Putting together a collage that graphically illustrates your deepest hopes and desires propels a new future.

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Reconciling Competing World Views: An interview with Dr. Rosalba M. Lopez, Ph.D., Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture internal medicine and medical qigong.

Apr 25, 2016 ● By Nina Patrick and Jean Shinners

The Wheel of Co-Creation is a whole system worldview created by renowned thought leader Barbara Marx Hubbard. It identifies 12 sectors of e...

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Earth Song: Mother Nature’s Rhythms Restore the Soul

Mar 31, 2016 ● By Susan Andra Lion

When we step away from our manicured lawns and enter into wide-open natural spaces, we move into a lyrical realm of peace and beauty.

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Color Me Calm: Grownups De-Stress with Adult Coloring Books

Feb 29, 2016 ● By Avery Mack

We don’t have to be kids to once again take up coloring pages of inviting graphics that induce calm, improve fine motor skills and enhance our creativity.

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The Wheel of Co-Creation New Ways of Being in the World in a Vast Movement for Positive Change

Feb 26, 2016 ● By Nina Patrick

In the new paradigm, prevention is paramount, and when faced with illness, the goal becomes a comprehensive approach to attend to all aspects of personal wellness. We recognize and include the pioneering holistic, allopathic, alternative and complementary approaches, as well as traditional methods.

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The Power of Friendship: It Sustains, Nourishes and Supports Us

Jan 29, 2016 ● By Judith Fertig

True friendships transcend age and time, come in many flavors and make for happy and healthy lives.

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Seeing Change: Young Children Can Unlearn Racial Stereotyping

Jan 29, 2016

Using morphed photographs of African and Asian faces, researchers have reduced the differentiating response of toddlers to foreign racial groups.

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Deep Listening: Our Wholehearted Attention Is Our Greatest Gift

Jan 29, 2016 ● By Kay Lindahl

How often do we really listen to another? Yet listening deeply opens up vistas of creativity and healing in ourselves and others.

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The Wheel of Co-Creation

Jan 26, 2016 ● By Nina Patrick

The Wheel of Co-Creation, created by renowned thought leader Barbara Marx Hubbard, is a “whole system” worldview that identifies 12 sectors of endeavor in an active, healthy and functioning society.

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Key Signs We’re Approaching a Defining Moment

Dec 29, 2015 ● By Dennis Merritt Jones

Significant events in life—often unplanned and painful ones—inspire us to dig deeper into their potential to move us toward authentic wholeness.

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Unique Character: Sesame Street Addresses Autism

Dec 29, 2015

Creators of the popular kids’ puppet show are consulting with autism groups in creating a new autistic kid-character named Julia.

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Puppy Cuddles: Students De-Stress by Petting Dogs

Dec 29, 2015

Thoughtful British universities are providing “puppy rooms” to help students make it through exam anxiety.

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OM MBA: Eastern Practices Penetrate U.S. Corporate Culture

Dec 29, 2015

To boost employee productivity, morale and health, corporations as diverse as Aetna, Google and General Mills now supply courses on meditation and yoga.

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Juy 2026 Issue - Good Vibes, Great Outdoors

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Natural Awakenings Chicago July 2026 magazine cover featuring fresh strawberries with the headline “Good Vibes, Great Outdoors” and stories on outdoor wellness, pickleball fitness, vibrant summer salads, sustainable backyard water features and exploring Indiana Dunes.
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