The holidays are just around the corner – and with the rush to the end of the year comes a tantalizing hint of what’s next. To me, a new year holds the same tantalizing sense of possibility as seedlings, brand new books, and national borders. They are a chance to start fresh, breaking with...

What exactly is wellness, you ask? Well, no pun intended, the word wellness has been thrown about pretty often lately. Wellness seems to be the new fitness. Simply put, wellness is the connection between the body and mind. It is the process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a...

Hi guys: Adwoa here! Remember last week when I said that the editors at MHMag were going to start coming out from behind the scenes a bit? Here we are, as promised – chalk it up to my hatred of suspense. This week we’re kicking things off with a brief explanation of what being a...

“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.”  ~Dwight Eisenhower As much as nations might rattle sabers, drop bombs, and shoot bullets, there are many more that are seeking and attaining peace....

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs The natural world has a way of bringing peace to our minds and serenity to our souls. Left to its own devices, nature sustains itself through its primordial flow as life transforms...

A few months ago, we featured Be Love t-shirts in our Green Giving Guide Vol 2.  As I mentioned in that article, Be Love is about much more than t-shirts so we thought it best to take another look at this buoyant enterprise. Owners and life partners KamGi Chak and Kyle Finch use their...

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.” – John Lennon Although those in political power proclaim that violent war among neighboring countries is a means to...

“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In a...

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” – John Lubbock In many traditions, this season marks a time of...