This week we look at some ways that we might be stuck (all tied up in a knot) and then how to become unstuck...

We live in a era ripe with political polarization, disagreement and anger towards each other. It is no accident we are here in this moment in time.

This week, we look at various building blocks in our lives and at how to change or move the pieces to attain the goals we all yearn for...

The election in the US is over but the results are not known -- and won't be known for 4 weeks as the control of the Senate comes down to a runoff in Georgia AGAIN.

This week we reflect on various aspects of healing and of being healthy in mind, body, and spirit.

The American election is just 7 days away. The intensity is building. One has to ask oneself are we looking at a bygone era? Is this a historical turning point in the grand American experiment?

This week we look at community, collaboration, communication, connection, cooperation... All these things that make us who we are and that contribute to creating a world we desire to live in...

The right-wing in the U.S. has done an excellent job of scaring the crap out of everybody with mostly nonsense and made-up scare tactics these past 50 years.

In the world there is light and there is darkness. This week we journey through the two phases of earthly existence, a journey of discovery, understanding, and compassion...

In 1986 David Stockman who was Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan sold everyone on supply-side economics. It has been a disaster for the middle-class.

We all can benefit from role models, guidance, and support. And that's what we strive to bring you at InnerSelf. Our authors bring stories and examples of role models, they also offer guidance and assistance for your day-to-day life as well as for your vision for a better future.

"On the road again..." Fewer articles this week, as we journey south for the winter.

We have fewer articles this week since we had the visit of two hurricanes in the past week... Hurricane Fiona in Cape Breton, NS at our cottage where we spend the summer and fall, and the other, Hurricane Ian at our home in Florida, which we experienced virtually. 

This week, our featured authors focus on various aspects of our life's path... and offer insights and tools to make our journey more joy-full, insight-full, and purpose-full.

 In June I went shopping in Orlando for a new car and it was obvious that the dealers were charging what the market would bear. 

Starting Today's Uptake for Sept 19, 2022 on a HAPPY note. Some say money can't buy you love. Others say you can't buy happiness.

One of the basic questions that we need to ask ourselves is Who am I? or maybe who am I, really. In many cases, we may not be who we show to the world.

Clearly less than 10% of the population has already moved to the darkside.  And another 20-25% quietly support them and 20-25% openly oppose them. That leaves roughly 30-40% who don't participate.

We've always had the power to make our own choices, but we were often not aware of that choice and that power.

It's an ongoing process... making choices, choosing a direction, deciding on the next step to take. That's the plus (and sometimes the minus) side of free will. We have choices to make.

At times we may have thought that the mind was one thing and our soul or spirit was separate from it, and that we have no control over any of it. However, we are a "package deal".

We are always in relationship... with ourselves, our mind-body and soul, with the people around us, the animals in our lives, the plants, the earth -- in other words, with anything and everything.