Inner Power

Astrological Overview: July 3 - 9, 2023 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week: All times...

It is the confusion over what truth is that creates fear and anxiety for so many. A large majority of people believe that certain individuals and groups are "right" on an issue and have the truth, while others are "wrong." Of course, each individual believes that they fall into the group that has the truth. Sometimes this is taken further with the belief that those who are &quo...

You may be interested (or possibly horrified) to discover you ingest and inhale thousands of tiny life forms on a daily basis. The air and surfaces around you are home to multitudes of bacteria, fungi, viruses, mites, algae and protozoa. Your skin isn’t much better, with a complex ecosystem of organisms called commensals which aren’t necessarily good or bad, but will shift in their composition dep...

Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens’ personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence report released on...

The focus for today, and for the weekend, is: I step out of my comfort zone and embrace change. Continue Reading

Loneliness is a common and pressing issue that many people face in their lives. It can have detrimental effects on both mental and physical health. However, there is hope in the form of purpose. A sense of purpose can be a powerful antidote to loneliness, providing a meaningful and fulfilling life. A purposeful life gives you a sense of meaning and belonging. When you clearly understand your value...

When you walk through the personal care aisles of your local store, you likely see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips, hair or skin. Remember the old adage “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is”? What many people don’t realize is t...

If your eyes have ever been drawn to the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem, the texture of a pineapple or the scales of a pinecone, then you have unknowingly witnessed brilliant examples of mathematical patterns in nature. What ties all of these botanical features together is their shared characteristic of being arranged in spirals that adhere to a numerical sequence called the Fibonacci seque...

The focus for today is: By listening to my intuition, I align myself with my Higher Self. Continue Reading

The focus for today is: I allow the subtle truths of my intuition into my life more consistently. Continue Reading

The focus for today is: I take the time to question my thinking, and consciously change my beliefs. Continue Reading

The focus for today is: I choose Love, time and time again, so I can help tilt the balance towards Love. Continue Reading

Astrological Overview: June 26 - July 2, 2023 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week: All...

Although you may know you’re a good person who has something to offer the world, when your victim pattern runs your life, you inevitably feel stifled and trapped by people you’ve encountered in the past or are dealing with now. A parent who hurt, abused, or neglected you during your childhood. A teacher who made fun of you in front of the class. An ex who betrayed and disappointed you, or your cur...

There’s a long-held belief that people drink alcohol in excess to drown their sorrows. But recent research into mood and drinking has found the opposite is also true. Using data from 69 studies (12,394 people in total) in the US, Canada, France and Australia, all of which employed surveys to assess mood and drinking levels, the researchers found no evidence that people drank more on days when they...

Everyone has a friend who gets covered in mosquito bites and a friend who doesn’t get a single one. That’s because mosquitoes use their sense of smell to find people to bite, and some people smell better to them. We can change how we smell using perfume, soaps, our diet and so on, but which changes can stop us from being bitten by mosquitoes? Continue Reading

The focus for today is: I trust my dreams' ability to guide, warn, inspire, and heal. Continue Reading

Everyone wishes they had a superpower. Well, you’ve had a secret power since childhood; you don’t know how to use it yet. That’s the power of language. In a fascinating new book, “ Magic Words: What To Say To Get Your Way ," Prof. Jonah Berger of the Wharton School uses massive data sets and machine learning to tease out the “magic words” that can transform our lives. As Berger delved into hi...

I believe my journey with Plant communication began with Mulberry—although it may have started before I could even imagine. Do we ever really know when a journey begins? I wake with the sun, listening to the birds sing. I quickly grab my basket and sneak outside while the house is quiet. This is my private time of the day, a prized treasure when no one requires my attention. I prefer to spend this...

The focus for today is: I remind myself often: "I can do it!" Continue Reading

By all the usual measurements, I was successful and living the American dream at full speed. I owned companies with revenues in the $30 to $50 million range before I turned thirty. I became highly skilled at buying, building, and selling businesses. I focused on helping people and creating social as well as financial profit. But my success came at a great cost to my health and rela­tionships and a...

Microsoft and Google have recently made big investments in two of the most valuable companies in artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has received a staggering investment of US$10 billion (£7.8 billion) from Microsoft, while Google has invested US$300 million in Anthropic. The companies’ financial support for AI has pushed an ongoing rivalry in to the public spotlight. Go...

Hot yoga also known as Bikram yoga (more on that later) has gained significant popularity in recent years as a fairly ferocious form of exercise. It combines yoga poses and breathing exercises and is practised in a heated studio – with room temperatures close to 40°C. This style of yoga is designed to replicate the environmental conditions of India and is typically practised for around 90 minutes,...

When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or even decades. Less obvious, but also powerful, is the effect hurricanes have on the oceans. In a new study, we show through real-time measurements that hurricanes don’t just churn water at the surface. They can also push heat deep into the ocean in ways that can lock it up for years and ultimately affect regions far from the s...

The focus for today is: I leave the past behind, and turn my attention to where I am going. Continue Reading