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Finding Your Why and Your Life Purpose

Gary C. Cooper By Gary C. Cooper
Gary C. Cooper

finding your why

Remember heading out on a road trip? What happened before you took off? You had a destination. You looked at a map or set your GPS. If you’d never been there before...

The Universe Within: When in Doubt and Chaos, Turn Within

Bill Philipps By Bill Philipps
Bill Philipps

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Many people spend much of their lives searching for this purpose, seeking exter­nal validation, unaware that the answers they seek are already available within them.

Four Ways to Find Your Life’s Purpose

Nilufar Ahmed By Nilufar Ahmed
Nilufar Ahmed

woman sitting in front of a laptop looking off into the distance

“Finding your purpose” might sound like a cliché. But having a sense of purpose has been linked with a range of physical and mental health benefits.

Re-member the Inner Child and Its Soul Mission

Kathryn Hudson By Kathryn Hudson
Kathryn Hudson

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The world is heading for a change. It has already begun, and your personal and individual quest to align with your soul mission is part of it!

Living in Harmony with Reverence for All (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

spiral 

Walk with inner guidance in harmony with your environment and with others. Obstacles facing you begin to disintegrate.

Living in Harmony with Reverence for All

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

spiral

Walk with inner guidance in harmony with your environment and with others. Obstacles facing you begin to disintegrate.

What If Your Life Purpose Is Simply Love and Joy? (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

a baby sheltered inside his mother's jacket on her breast

Is life complicated? Maybe, maybe not. Do we make it complicated? I think that's a definite yes! We complicate our life when we...

What If Your Life Purpose Is Simply Love and Joy?

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

a baby sheltered inside his mother's jacket on her breast

Is life complicated? Maybe, maybe not. Do we make it complicated? I think that's a definite yes! We complicate our life when we...

The Lotus Within You Awakes (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

smiling young girl holding an unopened lotus flower

We grow from our "muddy" or "murky" life challenges and experiences to become a lovely creation of light. anchored strongly to our source. 

The Lotus Within You Awakes

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

smiling young girl holding an unopened lotus flower

We grow from our "muddy" or "murky" life challenges and experiences to become a lovely creation of light. anchored strongly to our source. 

Are You Fighting for Your Dreams or Killing Them Softly?

Paulo Coelho By Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho

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The Universe is merely an echo of our desires, regardless of whether they are constructive or destructive ones. Some people sometimes want things that in the end won’t truly help them. “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

how to rise above the dark

I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living... 

How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

how to rise above the dark

I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living... 

Accepting and Integrating All of Who and What We Are (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

meditation stone towers in the process of being created 

"There is a rhythm and balance to all life, a dance between physical reality and the spiritual world...."

Accepting and Integrating All of Who and What We Are

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

meditation stone towers in the process of being created 

"There is a rhythm and balance to all life, a dance between physical reality and the spiritual world...."

Why You Might Want To Consider A Pilgrimage

Jaeyeon Choe O Regan, Swansea University and Anne E Bailey, University of Oxford By Jaeyeon Choe O Regan, Swansea University and Anne E Bailey, University of Oxford
Jaeyeon Choe O Regan, Swansea University and Anne E Bailey, University of Oxford

making a pilgrimage

Often described as “a journey with a purpose or a journey with an intention”, a pilgrimage is different from a plain old walk or hike as it tends to be about following a particular path with religious, spiritual or historical significance.

There Is Much to Accomplish (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

stairway to heaven?

At the dawning of a new year, we are aware that there is still much to accomplish, both on the personal level and the planetary level.

When The Call Comes: Listen and Take Action

Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf By Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf
Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf

one hand holding the planet, the other open ready to receive it

As I did the inner work of healing my core wounds, the messages from the universe were easier to hear, for my path began to clear so that I could fulfill my soul’s destiny. These resources are available to us all...

When The Call Comes: Listen and Take Action (Video)

Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf By Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf
Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf

one hand holding the planet, the other open ready to receive it

As I did the inner work of healing my core wounds, the messages from the universe were easier to hear, for my path began to clear so that I could fulfill my soul’s destiny. These resources are available to us all...

There Is Much to Accomplish, One Step at a Time

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

stairway to heaven?

At the dawning of a new day, a new month, a new year, we are aware that there is still much to accomplish, both on the personal level and the planetary level.

Where Is Your Strength? and How Can You Enhance It?

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

man with flexed muscles and a big heart

We often think our strength comes from physical things like exercise, food, vitamins, and maybe even coffee. Yet is that really the case? 

Where Is Your Strength? and How Can You Enhance It? (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

man with flexed muscles and a big heart

We often think our strength comes from physical things like exercise, food, vitamins, and maybe even coffee. Yet is that really the case? 

Having the Courage to Be True to Ourselves (Video)

Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com By Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

woman dancing in the middle of an empty highway with a city skyline in the background

Each one of us is a unique individual, and thus it seems to follow that each one of us has a specific role to play.

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