Inner Power

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I trust that I will find my way, one step at a time. Life can be confusing. At times, we are not sure where we are headed, or if we are headed in the right direction, or even how to get to where we desire to be. At those times, we need to stay focused on where we want to be -- not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritua...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:  I remember that, in time, everything passes. We learn to live life in balance, accepting that there are ups and downs, moments of extreme joy and extreme pain, moments of love and times where love seems absent. And when we learn to accept the ups and downs, we learn to enjoy the middle ground, without needing the extreme highs and...

Written by Robert Jennings and Narrated by Marie T. Russell Having grown up "near literally" in the backyard of the University of Florida, I was very passionate about education for the masses. It was my go-to answer for nearly all the ills that afflicted society. If only they understood. While finishing my business degree, I was influenced by my father-in-law who was completing his doctorate of ed...

Written ty Connie Zweig and Narrated by Marie T. Russell Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. For more than fifty years, I’ve watched the light turn to darkness, then closed my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward. For me, dusk, the time when the glare of the day diminishes but the blackness of night has not yet blanketed the sky,...

Written by Carl Greer and Narrated by Marie T. Russell. In the physical world, things have a past and a future, a beginning, and an end. For example, I’m sitting on a chair in my office at my desk that I’ve had for more than fifty years. At some point, this chair was just an idea in someone’s head. They designed it and then, it was engineered and constructed from materials like wood, fabric, and m...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I choose joy, gratitude, and love as my life's colors. While we may sometimes get caught up in "poor me" attitudes and think we have no control over anything that happens to us, the truth is quite a different matter. We always have a choice. And we always do choose -- even when our choice is "no choice", which of course is a choic...

Written and Narrated by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com We go through life with so many questions. Some are simple. What day is it? What will I have for lunch? Should I have another cup of coffee? Yet even the simplest questions aren't necessarily that simple. If we look at the questions I just brought up, the first one - what day is it - is rather straightforward... though it depends. If you're i...

Written and Narrated by Pam Younghans Astrological Overview: October 11 - 17, 2021 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...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   What's the most loving choice? Of all the questions, this one is the most important: What's the most loving choice? Whatever we are doing, whatever we are planning. whatever we are thinking, our final decision should always be based on the most loving choice. Just think about what the state of the world would be if all decisions w...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   What if I wasn't afraid? One of the things that stops us from following our guidance,or living our dream, is fear. Whether it's fear of being ridiculed, or fear of rejection, or fear of failure, that fear is stopping us from being our true self... Which also means it's stopping us from being happy, from being playful, from being t...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   What is my heart saying? The greatest guide we have is our heart. It can help get us out of whatever messes we have created, and guide us to be a "best version" of ourselves. So whenever we find ourselves in a situation where we are uncertain, or caught up in old attitudes, we can ask ourselves: "What is my heart saying?" This is...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   What am I deeply grateful for? We have so many things to be grateful for. Yet, perhaps the one thing that is the greatest is that every day we get a chance to start over. Whatever took place the day before, whatever we said or did, or didn't say or didn't do, the next morning brings us a chance to start anew. A bit like Bill Murra...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is: What do I really want? Sometimes we go on automatic pilot. We do things and make choices without really being aware of the choice we are making or the consequence of that choice. I've found, and I'm sure you've experienced the same thing, that when I do things that I don't really want to do, I end up grumpy, tired, irritable --  and...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I focus on what needs attention in the present moment. The meaning of living in the moment is basically this: we do what comes to our awareness at the time it comes to our awareness. If we are tired at 6 p.m., we go to bed. If we're tired at 2 p.m., we go to bed. If we are not hungry, even if it's noon or 6 p.m., we don't eat. We...

Written and Narrated by Marie T Russell A lot of the "success lore", at least in the USA, leans towards "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps". We hear of "self-made men" (and women). It's as if each person is a completely independent being and all their successes are due to only their own strivings and they are beholden to no one for their attainments. Of course, we are all unique and we are in...

Written by Lis Ku, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University. Narrated by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com. Finding the right work-life balance is by no means a new issue in our society. But the tension between the two has been heightened by the pandemic, with workers increasingly dwelling over the nature of their work , its meaning and purpose , and how these affect their quality of li...

Written by Claire Madigan and Henrietta Graham. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. Between the ages of 20 and 55 , most adults gain between 0.5 and 1kg a year, which could see some people become overweight or obese over time. This weight gain isn’t usually the result of overeating large amounts of food. Instead, it’s usually caused by eating a small amount – around 100-200 extra calories – more than is...

Written by Rabbi Wayne Dosick. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. Sometimes a pandemic—no matter how devastating—is just a pandemic. But sometimes— most times—it is an opening to a whole new way of being. We stand at the crux of what was and what can and must be. In order for the new world to birth, the old world and its established institutions have to crumble. Nothing is or ever can be the same again...

Written by Kimberly Meredith. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. Looking at life in this modern world today, there’s no question that a lot of people are dealing with many challenges, both physically and emotionally. As a medical medium and healer, my Spirit Guides have given me the privilege of helping many thousands of people and animals improve their medical conditions and the quality of their lives...

Written by Barry Vissell and Narrated by Marie T. Russell. Albert Einstein famously said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle ." I slightly disagree. I have seen that, for many of us, there is a third way, that only some things are miracles. A lot of us believe in miracles, but only the big, obvious, star...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   What is my body trying to tell me? One way we can use to answer our questions is to check with our body: what is my body trying to tell me? I've noticed that when I'm paying attention, I can get the answer to a lot of questions... We get a headache. Why? What caused it? Rather than running to the medicine cabinet and popping a pil...

Astrological Overview: October 4 - 10, 2021 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 t...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I give myself time to heal myself, and my life, in my own way. When you find yourself struggling in some form or an other, take a few minutes and ask yourself if there's another way,  a gentler way, a more balanced way. Give yourself time to discover the harmonious solution. Be kind to yourself and others by practicing patien...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I choose to make the loving choice. In the midst of anger, frustration, and impatience, it can be difficult to choose love. But it is not impossible. Once we set our intention to be a loving person and live a loving life, we may be challenged on our decision, As long as we are willing to continue making the loving choice, both for...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:   I stay aware and receptive to new possibilities. You're probably familiar with the expression "when one door closes, another door opens". This holds the essence of the beauty of life. There is always another way. another path, another gift. There is no such thing as a dead end -- sometimes you just have to backtrack a bit. I'm sur...