CHRISTIANNA DEICHMANN is the Director of Education at the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), where she educates bo

The sacredness of human development

MEGHA BAJAJ is a new mother. She celebrates the life-changing joy of parenting, and the way the equilibrium of parental love keeps the world intact.Mo

Parenting: a purifying experience

Becoming a mother

CHRISTIANNA DEICHMANN is the Director of Education at the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), where she educates both pr

The first imprint: understanding PTSD

Trauma as disconnection from the heart

JUST THINKING AND FEELINGDr. ICHAK ADIZES invites us to give our loved ones the benefit of the doubt by looking for the love and caring behind the cri

Misinterpreting behavior

We all love epic sagas! We share the joys and heartaches, and watch as generations of a family live out their lives with twists and turns. Epic novels

The Covenant of Water

MELISSA CONNELLY is an author and therapist. Her recent novel, What Was Lost, explores trauma and redemption, risk taking and self-care, shame and acc

A writer’s transference

The destiny of humankind

EDITOR’S BOOK REVIEWCHRISTINE PRISLAND shares her love of books, good storytelling, and a particular author that inspires and delights her—Alexander M

By acts of love

LESLIE BLAIR went from seeing death as a tragic endpoint to valuing the ongoing relationship with a loved one and the ongoing journey of the soul. She

From here to the hereafter

NEELAM SHIVHARE explores some of the great ancient texts of India on motherhood, compares the behavior of Kaikayi and Yashoda, and realizes the import

How does fear affect our roles as mothers?

Let us work together

ANNA MONARDO is coming to terms with her parents’ traditional arranged marriage and their struggles to settle in the US and provide a good life for he

My mother’s hands

SARA BUBBER is interviewed by ANANYA PATEL about her experiences of communicating with plants and animals, and how they have enriched her life and her

Communicating with plants and animals

Listening to animals

Professor LAURA OTIS of Emory University shares with KASHISH KALWANI the list of books chosen for the course “Representation of Care in Literature,” a

Exploring the topic of care in literature

PAUL WOLPE lives and breathes ethics. He speaks with one of his ex-students and one of our editors, KASHISH KALWANI, about how we rely on ethical deci

Right, wrong, and the morals of ethics

Power

The Rt. Hon. PATRICIA SCOTLAND, KC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth speaks at the Global Spirituality Mahotsav in Kanha Shanti Vanam about the r

We are all related

The VENERABLE GESHE DORJI DAMDUL is the Director, Tibet House, Cultural Center of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, New Delhi. He advocates for unive

The psychology of peace

Our survival

NILAKSHI RAJKHOWA is the Director, Office of Public Affairs, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i Faith in India. During the Mahotsav, she challe

Human fellowship

DR. ROLLIN MCCRATY shares the science of the synchronicity between the heart and mind and, when they are in sync, how the love that is created can pos

It’s time for love to go viral 

Time is eternity

UNDERSTANDING THE KNOTSDR. GORAKH PARULKAR shares his ideas and insights on conflict resolution. He is a pathologist by profession, and director of th

The art of conflict resolution

The point of life

TEJESHWAR SINGH shares his perspective on the nature and nuances of love.The heart is like a flowerSo soft yet filled with valor.Deep within its chamb

A note on love

VASCO GASPAR asks us to explore how we can become truly alive. Like Einstein, he invites us to remove the delusion of separateness and connect with th

Connecting with life

Turning up and doing it again

NEERAJA KAIRAM is a physician based in New Jersey, USA. She shares with us her gratitude for the community she has found as she navigates the complex 

Transforming grief 

SHANTHI VENKAT is a physical therapist based in the United States. Here, she details how a deeply personal experience as a caregiver pushed her to ref

Aging gracefully

To be loving

ANISH DAVE reflects on parenting, and how the responsibility of a parent is to lay the foundation for their children to carve their own destiny.It has

A child’s destiny

NOELLE STERNE tackles the most uncomfortable of emotions, envy and jealousy, and how competition with others can either cripple us or force us to try 

That ol’ devil competition

In this letter to her future child, seventeen-year-old RIDDHIMAA KOTHARI shares the wisdom she has learned through experience, and through that wisdom

Where life takes you

Back in 2015, while a college student, SURAJ SEHGAL explored friendship, and came up with 4 ways to be a better friend. They are timeless in their wis

4 ways to be a better friend

LIZ KINGSNORTH, Director of the Heartful Communication program, shares 10 tips we can apply to improve our relationships with others at home, at work 

10 tips for effective communication

Giving

KALYANI ADUSUMILLI shares her personal experiences of remembrance, and the relationship between the past and the present. Through some painful experie

Remembrance

TREVOR WELTMAN and his wife take on the video addiction of their young daughters, as they find their way through the digital maze, and successfully cr

Breaking the habit of screen time with our kids

Never forgotten

Love unsought

KAJAL GUPTA shares her experience of first-time parenting, and how it has opened her awareness and helped her grow.To me, mindfulness is tuning in and

5 easy tips for mindful parenting

OVERCOMING LONELINESSMARY KERRIGAN is a Vital Space Maker. She creates vital spaces full of light, where everyone belongs. An architect-placemaker and

It’s all different now

Loneliness

MADHUSUDAN REDDY is passionate about the future of the children of India, and urges parents to take the time to love and shape them so that the whole 

Our children’s future

MANILAL ROOPA lives in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He is retired after a career as an educator and facilitator for over 50 years, and 

May peace be upon you

JOHANNA VILHJALMSDOTTIR and SYLVIE BERTI ROSSI offer us a glimpse of this year’s Spirit of Humanity Forum’s retreat in Iceland. They also share insigh

The language of peace

Rhythm and harmony

Could public health guidelines help stop loneliness?KIFFER GEORGE CARD shares both research and his perspective on how we can address the pandemic of 

7 tips that show how crucial social connection is to well-being

The most precious gift

GUY SHAHAR embarked on a career in energy healing with little understanding of what it entailed, after experiencing Dr. Bradley Nelson’s method, The E

Energy healing

Reconciliation

KARISHMA DESAI shares her unique perspective on the integration of HeartMath and Heartfulness practices and research, and how this collaboration leads

The heart’s wisdom

GEORGE OKURUT is a yoga teacher in vulnerable communities. He works with poor children in Kampala, Uganda. These projects have created yoga awareness,

Yoga for reconciliation




  DR. ROLLIN McCRATY,
    Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute, gave an online presentation
    to the Heartfulness international confer

We truly are all connected




    SNEHAL
            DESHPANDE
        enlightens us on how pre-conception, conception and pregnancy, and the first
        year of life affect o

In search of a new world

Connectivity






    In December 2022, DR.
        ROLLIN McCRATY, Director of Research at the Heart Math Institute, gave an online presentation at the
    intern

The science of heart coherence





VICTOR
        KANNAN
    explores the nature of gentleness, and why it brings lightness in its wake.







The other day I was wondering why the

Being gentle is being light

Be gentle. Be kind




  ROSALIND
      PEARMAIN
    explores the notion of losing balance and restoring it, and how we
    have to lose our old balance in order to find 

What does it mean to lose balance?




  After thyroid cancer, Crohn’s disease, and other autoimmune diseases
    defined her twenties and thirties,
    FRANCESCA GROSSMAN
    was left f

Kindness makes a world of difference

Real dialogue


  Nonviolent Communication, now also known as Compassionate Communication and
  Needs-based Relating, was developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, who fi

When needs must

Meeting needs


      
      SHRUTI NEGI tells us how she cherishes friendship and the qualities
        she values most among friends.
    

    

    
      I valu

Friendship


  In December
      2022, NIPUN
      MEHTA of
      Service Space met
      with 3 generations of women in one family in
      Baroda, Gujarat – JYO

Many to many

Dialogue


      
      LIAA KUMAR
        lost her mother to cancer when she was a teenager. Now she’s helping
        others by volunteering at Kesem, an orga

When a parent has cancer


  DR. ICHAK ADIZES
    deals with change in the corporate world every day. It is his raison d’être!
    With a shift in focus, here he describes the 

Love and change

Change your attitude


      
      MYRIAN CASTELLO
        has always believed in dreams and their power to transform us. She is
        on a mission to help people dream 

Dreams: Our birth right


  DR. RANJANI
      IYER
    and
    DR. JAY THIMMAPURAM
    encourage contemplative practices to combat loneliness. They also share
    other easy w

Loneliness: a silent epidemic


    KATE ELIZABETH
            HALLAM
        is a British model, actress, and musician, who has been Miss Great Britain
        Photogenic, Miss Eng

In pursuit of happiness


      
        ALOK ANAND
          is almost a teenager! Here he answers questions on friendship and how
          his friends bring peace, courage 

Friends


      
        PRAKASH CHALAGULLA
          explores the process of change, and turning routines into
          habits.
      

      
        Are yo

How to change your life


      

      
        ASHWIN VINOD KUMAR is wise for a 16-year-old. With a little kindness from a loving
        grandpa, he managed to overcome a n

Invisible kindness


  ALISON GRANGER-BROWN
    lives on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, and works with indigenous women in
    the prison system. She shares one woman’s sto

Hope: one prisoner’s emancipation


  KARISHMA DESAI
    introduces the principle of entrainment, and the synchronicity between all
    things found in nature. She highlights the role o

Entrainment


  DR. HESTER O
      CONNOR, a clinical psychologist, shares some simple ways to help children know
    what is going on inside their hearts and mind

Helping children to make sense of their hearts and minds

Wounds to wisdom


    UPAMA RAJASEKHAR
        is a Brighter Minds trainer and Heartfulness trainer. Here she shares
        some thoughts on future educational goals 

Right brain education


    FINN McMILLAN is a relationship counselor who has used
    his experience of heartbreak, with his clients and himself, to learn an
    important 

The heart never breaks


    KARISHMA
            DESAI
        writes about her grandmother, and what we can learn from the elder
        generations.





    When I count 

The beauty of elders

Open your heart


    ALANDA
            GREENE learns something precious from an interaction between two complete
    strangers in a grocery store. All it takes is a 

How’s your day going?


DR. KARISHMA STRETTON
  is a doctor and medical educator who has focused her attention on
  parenting. In part 2 of her interview with
  ELIZABETH DE

Epigenetics and love in parenting


        LISA RAVEN
          is the Executive Director of Returning to Spirit, and a member of the
          delegation of indigenous leaders who met

We cannot do reconciliation, we must be reconciliation


        ADITYA BARRELA
          is inspired by the recent “Rising with Kindness” international youth
          conference in Kanha Shanti Vanam.
   

Why kindness matters

 
        DR. KARISHMA STRETTON
          is a doctor and medical educator who has focused her attention on
          parenting. Here she speaks with


7 eternal truths for raising happy humans

Love in childhood

Fall in love


  DIVYA CHOWDHARY tells us how her young niece
    helped her understand the difference between being nice and being kind. That distinction has been 

The difference between nice and kind


  THOM BOND is a thought leader, peace
    educator,
    author, and mediation consultant who is best known for “The Compassion Course.” He’s also th

The beautiful life that’s in you

Ultimate friendship


  CHRISTINE PRISLAND focuses on those small acts
    of kindness and cooperation that can bring happiness and meaning to every day. She challenges us

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Becoming a mother

The first imprint: understanding PTSD

Trauma as disconnection from the heart

Misinterpreting behavior