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5 minutes
[ Art ]
Finding Flow: Art & Mountain Biking
Artist, activist and adventurer, Sarah Uhl, aids us in discovering our environments in the name of finding our flow in life!
12 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
The Day the Darkness Brought Us Together
Though the Great American Eclipse has passed, the lessons we learned that day about our greater sense of possibility and connection are something we can pause to celebrate and carry with us!
13 minutes
[ Art ]
What Could the Creation of Art in Space Mean for our Future?
Did you know there’s a sculpture floating in the wild unknown outside of our planet? What could this mean for us?
22 minutes
[ Art ]
How Tall Bikes Could Save the World!
By Dr. Lynda
Since the dawn of time, wildly creative people (often considered foolish) have been bringing ingenious concepts into our daily lives. Here’s a brilliantly fun and remarkable innovation that may be on the horizon!
10 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Virtual Reality Isn’t Just for the Kids!
The potential for virtual reality systems is making its way into some unexpected corners, and it may even have the power to change lives! Here’s one function it performs that most of us have never considered!
19 minutes
[ Culture ]
Practicing Practical Compassion with the Shoe That Grows
Have you seen The Shoe That Grows? This genius idea is changing lives across the globe and it didn’t come from a millionaire or a world-renowned inventor but a real person just like us! Here’s his story!
14 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Ever Widening Circles is Ready to Change the World!
By Dr. Lynda
This week, Ever Widening Circles will be getting a facelift! Here’s a look at where we have come from and how we are ready to change the world!
28 minutes
[ Innovation ]
What’s the Deal with Virtual Reality?
Talk about virtual reality feels like it’s everywhere, but why all the hype? Today we explore why VR may be the next big thing, and what’s going on in our brains to make these digital worlds so real (and fun)!
22 minutes
[ Art ]
So, What’s a Food Forest?
There’s something growing on the South Coast of New Zealand that could change our lives. Check it out!
6 minutes
[ Art ]
Endless Possibility in Embracing Your Constraints
Have you ever thought of the obstacles you face as a good thing? Reframing and embracing the obstacles in our lives may actually lead us to better and more creative answers!
7 minutes
[ Animals ]
Meet the Planet’s Most Remarkable Engineers
Imagine a world of natural air conditioning, vertical farming, and sky scrapers that rival our tallest buildings. You don’t have to travel to the future to see any of this, all you have to do is turn to the insect world!
8 minutes
[ Culture ]
Failure is Great!
In a world so full of advances of course there have been a few set backs. The Museum of Failure in Sweden has curated some of the best for us to view and to see that yes, failure is always an option and it has so much to teach us.
7 minutes
[ Culture ]
Rebuilding Community after Disaster Strikes
When a natural disaster takes away everything, what will people do in the name of rebuilding community? Meet a man who is keeping his community and their culture alive starting with at the corner store.
23 minutes
[ Business ]
Navigating the Most Effective Way to Give
By Dr. Lynda
Ready for a transforming experience? Today’s article will up-end your old notions about charity, and then totally empower you to evaluate the charities you give to!
29 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
What’s Your “Threshold” for Doing What’s Right?
By Dr. Lynda
Need to solve a problem? Here’s a new way to evaluate your options: Consider your “threshold” for doing what makes total sense. Here’s what that means…
4 minutes
[ Art ]
One Stitch at a Time
You may think of embroidery as an antiquated art form, but the artist Chloe Giordano’s mesmerizing freehand embroidery is breathing new life into this beautiful tradition.
31 minutes
[ Business ]
Amazing Founders’ Stories: Instagram and Airbnb
By Dr. Lynda
The founders of some of our favorite innovations -Instagram, Airbnb, Tom’s Shoes, Zumba – have stories of catastrophic failures followed by “ah-ha” moments. Now here’s a place for some optimism!
8 minutes
The Innovations that Changed us from Agriculture to Astronauts
Can the past help us to imagine a brighter future? The history of humanity is filled with remarkable innovations, perhaps it’s time we took a second to celebrate them and gain a little perspective on how far we’ve come!
5 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Ask Yourself, Why Not Now?
Sometimes it seems that fate is pushing against us. But, thankfully there are some amazing people out there pushing right back, diving in, saying yes I can. Today, we learn the story of one more of these stunning individuals.
8 minutes
[ Food ]
Robots, the Future of Food?
Robots have changed a lot of industries, will food be next? Here’s how the future of robotics may help the world get access to better, healthier food!
9 minutes
How Meteorites Changed our Understanding of Space
Throughout history, there have been discoveries that shifted our perspective on the world. Here’s how meteorites changed our understanding of the cosmos!
14 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
A Drug Free Approach to Depression and Melancholy!
By Dr. Lynda
Science is vastly improving our options when it comes to depression. Here’s a very insightful TED Talk that might put a spring in your step, literally and figuratively!
10 minutes
[ Animals ]
Poison Gems: Blue Jean or Strawberry Frogs
By Dr. Lynda
When Mother Nature designed the survival strategies for the poison dart frog, she brought in a whole new playbook! Get a load of this bit of wonder…
11 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Skating Your Way Through Life
Let’s let the magnificent, 90 year old figure skater, Yvonne Dowlen, skate into our hearts and leave us with wisdom about balance, joy and the unfolding of life.
13 minutes
[ Design ]
Pollen as a Micro-Wonder of the World!
By Dr. Lynda
Let’s go beyond the misery of hay-fever and understand the extraordinary beauty, complexity and wonder of one of Mother Nature’s most ingenious designs: Pollen!
9 minutes
[ Art ]
Torpedo Factory, Community, Art and Premature Babies
By Dr. Lynda
When a community finds a way to develop its historic architecture and artists, good things are bound to happen, and then ripple out in waves for generations!
15 minutes
[ Business ]
Looking for More Time in Your Day?
We could all use a few extra hours in our day, but what if those extra hours are already there? Here’s a different perspective on time management.
6 minutes
[ Animals ]
Redefining Failure with Brilliant Scientific Accidents
Sometimes failure can be an incredible catalyst for curiosity! Here are a few brilliant scientific accidents that turned failure into possibility!
4 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
Meet the Man Who’s Saving Silence
Join us today and meet the man whose passion is preserving the last square inches of silence in the United States.
