Tag: Life & Tradition

How Long Should You Meditate to Get an Optimal Result?

Numerous studies have found that meditation is beneficial for mental health, as well as good for relieving certain chronic diseases. But how long should you meditate? The Longer, the Better Naiwen Hu is an internationally renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor, who is still seeing patients in his 70s. To him, mental recuperation is an important…


Abused Woman Pregnant From Rape Refuses Abortion, Says Her Son’s Worth Doesn’t Depend On How He Was Born

Raped by her abusive boyfriend after saying she wanted to abstain from sex before marriage, an Oregon college student found out she was pregnant and made a choice that would change her life: her baby’s worth had nothing to do with the circumstances of his conception, and she would not abort him. Robyn McLean, 34,…


New Study Finds Admiring Gardens Boosts Wellbeing

In the first study for the appreciation of home gardening rather than the active practice of it, researchers have found that merely taking delight in the beauty of flowers and green spaces can boost the health and well-being of regional and rural populations. Based on the experiences and perspectives of members of a gardening appreciation…


Why Success Fell Out of Fashion and Why It Matters

Google has an amazing tool that lets you see the frequency of a word’s usage over the years across a sample of 8 million books. From the year 1800 until about 1985, the word “success” was surprisingly steady in its usage across each decade. But then, starting in the mid-’80s and continuing until today, the…


Girl Abandoned During China’s One Child Policy Is Now Saving America’s Unborn Babies: ‘How Much Is a Child Like Me Worth?’

A baby girl was among hundreds of millions of babies aborted or abandoned during China’s one-child policy era, a law enforced between 1980 and 2016. Luckily, a kindhearted woman from the United States adopted her as a toddler. Grateful that her birth mom chose life, she now dedicates herself to the pro-life movement, advocating for…


Mom of 9 Who Spent 12 Years Pregnant Leaves People Gobsmacked With Her Age-Defying Looks

A woman who spent 12 years of her life pregnant, and had given birth to nine children by the age of 28, has earned a huge social media following for her inspiring lifestyle and age-defying looks. People cannot believe she is older than her kids, the eldest of whom is now 21 years old. Kora…


Feminist-Turned-Traditional Housewife Is Now a Warrior Against Wokeism and Progressivism: ‘It Was a Huge Wake-Up Call’

“Modern feminism is like a cult. If you don’t adhere to the cult mentality, if you are not 100 percent in, and if you question anything, you are banned. If you go against the cult, they will eat you alive,” says Rebecca Barrett, 33, a progressive-turned-traditional housewife from Florida. A mechanical engineering graduate, Barrett worked…


British Woman Who Refused Abortion Is Now a Proud Mom of a 4-Year-Old Math Prodigy

A little boy given a 10 percent chance of survival has defied the odds and is now a genius who outsmarts his teachers and helps his mom budget. Four-year-old Jamie Mohr is “a little miracle” born weighing just 1 pound 8 ounces on Sept. 10, 2018. Jamie’s mom, Lorraine, 38, from Glasgow, Scotland, had been told…


Ancient Gandhara: Greek Art and Buddhist Statuary

When the ancient devotees of the Buddha Shakyamuni first represented “the enlightened one” in visual form, it was to Greek art that they turned, brought by Alexander the Great to the northwestern corner of the Indian subcontinent. In the region known as Gandhara, a flourishing Buddhist culture adopted the naturalism of Greek sculpture but endowed…


VIDEO: Musician Turns Pet Portraits Into ‘Sympawnies’ to Honor the Memory of Furry Friends

A skilled musician is channeling his talent and lifelong love for animals into a unique profession, turning animal portraits into one-of-a-kind symphonies to honor beloved pets. Jerusalem-based musician and animal lover Noam Oxman, 31, grew up in the small village of Yuvalim in northern Israel. He and his wife, Leehe, have rescued three street cats:…