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Print Exploring new cultures will not only provide valuable experiences but will also dispel our unconscious preconceptions about people and foster an open mind. When Steve Slocum and his family lived in Kazakhstan for five years, they learned the Kazakh language and allowed themselves to be absorbed into a hospitable culture. “The culture was a fascinating mixture of Islam and indigenous customs. It didn’t take us long to fall in love with the Kazakh people,” Slocum said. Though he and his family went as missionaries, “as I unconsciously and consciously compared my culture, and the o...

January 02, 2021 The Straits Times file Money: it makes the world go around, it doesn’t grow on trees, and, if the statistics are correct, it’s the root of all … anxiety. Or, at least, a lot of anxiety. Research from the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America 2020 report shows that 64 per cent of US adults see money as a source of stress. A 2020 study designed by the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong found that 65.7 per cent of Hongkongers felt stressed about income or employment this year. Experts suggest that the global economic uncertainty of the Covid-19 pande...

Episode Notes And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: Did Trump really want a moat with alligators and snakes? In the interview, it’s the second half of Mike’s conversation with author Michael Scott Alexander about his book, Making Peace with the Universe: Personal Crisis and Spiritual Healing. Alexander talks about his connection to finding a religious path and identity, the differences between religious institutions and personal enlightenment, and why the concept of spirituality desperately needs rebranding. Alexander is associate professor of religious studies and Maimonides Endo...

  Today, 4X Grammy-nominated artist Jhene Aiko appeared on On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast for the episode of “On Learning to Love Yourself and Making Peace a Priority”. Jhene spoke with Shetty about her Grammy ‘Album of the Year’ nominated album,  CHILOMBO, how she finds peace in making music and how that music can be a source of peace for others. She also shared her insights and practices on getting in touch with one’s roots and centering peaceful practices amongst chaos.  

Thing for the world would be to talk about talking for the next three years. 50 years ago, alex, the united states, north vietnam and south vietnam had the paris peace talks. they argued for weeks about the shape of the table, literally the shape of the table in paris. in the case of the vietnam war, that was a bad thing. they needed to get on with making peace. in this case it would be a good thing. it would keep the parties talking without having an actual summit that could end badly. if the summit goes badly, we could then be closer to war than we are now. >> definitely high stakes here. >>...