Health and Wellness

Explore our archive of articles on Health and Wellness.

Selfcare Freedom

Journal Article

The Diaspora Coalition’s medicinal herb production project interconnects communities which grow their own plant medicine at the hyper-local level.

Published in Summer 2019 By Pamela Boyce Simms

The Unexpected Journey of Caring

Journal Article

Personal transformation is usually an experience we actively seek out—not one that hunts us down. In the twenty-first century, becoming a caregiver is a transformation that comes at us, requiring us to rethink everything we once knew. When a loved one becomes a caregiver, everything changes...

Published in Winter 2019 By Donna Thomson and Zachary White

True Health | What if the Virus is the Medicine?

Journal Article

The emerging pandemic is already a watershed of the early 21st century: things won’t ever be the same. Yet for all that the havoc that the virus is wreaking, directly and indirectly, it may also be part of the bitter medicine the global body needs.

Published in Spring 2020 By Julia Hartsell and Jonathan Hadas Edwards

Becoming Medicine

Journal Article

Joseph is always telling me that we are all connected. “What comes around, goes around,” he says, explaining how the medicine wheel works. Sometimes listening to him gets my head spinning in circles, but that is how it is when you are learning new ways of thinking and new ways of being.

Published in Summer 2020 By David R. Kopacz, MD and Joseph E. Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)

Covid-19 is a Symbol of a Much Deeper Infection

Journal Article

For almost twenty years I’ve been writing about an invisible, contagious death-creating virus that no one is immune to that has been insidiously spreading and replicating itself throughout the human species. This deadly disease is a virus of the mind—the Native Americans call it “wetiko."

Published in Summer 2020 By Paul Levy

Hope Leans Forward | The Body as Grounded Wisdom

Journal Article

"For years after the miscarriages, I felt barren and broken by the loss, shame, and guilt. There was a ragged, dispossessed part of me that I couldn’t shake. Here in the cold spring dampness of Kōya-san, my loss and grief were acknowledged and shared...I sensed that those in the cemetery around me understood and made space for the grieving to be and to breathe.”

Published in Volume 2023 Issue 2 By Valerie Brown

The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain | My Experience as a Black Participant-Turned-Leader

Journal Article

Once I had the conviction that rest as a black woman is a revolutionary act and therefore my rest WAS essential to the current strivings for freedom, I set my mind on going and getting as much from this program as I possibly could.

Published in Summer | Fall 2022 By Psalms White

Way of Council | Speaking and Listening from the Heart

Journal Article

Council is an ancient way and modern practice whose roots are within the natural world, spanning diverse cultures and religions. This practice elicits an experience of true community, recognizing that each voice needs to be heard, that every person has a gift, a story to share, a piece of the whole.

Published in Summer | Fall 2022 By Jackie Parker and Frank Phoenix

Reflections on Outliving My Son

Journal Article

“My own life now lies scattered across the floor. But I know that the bridge between the breakdown of everything I thought I knew and the other shore that waits for me can only be crossed with a willingness to see Jon and myself anew.“

Published in Spring 2022 By Michael Gray

Red Brain, Green Brain

Journal Article

An eco-anxiety response is common--almost a way of life. But are we sure that the eco-anxiety that has become normal for many is our best response to the crises we face?

Published in Winter 2022 By Chara Armon, Ph.D