About The Author

Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.

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Discover the transformative power of your intelligent heart. Move beyond ego-driven decisions and embrace heart-guided living for clarity, joy, and peace. Learn how asking your heart the simple question, "What do you need from me right now?" can bring profound fulfillment and transform your relationships. Join Marie T. Russell as she shares insights inspired by Gregg Braden’s teachings and her own journey to heart-centered wisdom.

Learn how to find your inner wisdom, make transformative life choices, and create lasting fulfillment and joy. You can embrace self-empowerment and stop seeking external fixes. 

Explore the fine line between habits and addictions, understanding how everyday behaviors like coffee or meditation can shift from preferences to dependencies, and what it means for your well-being.

Discover effective strategies for healing from narcissistic relationships. Learn how self-love, the grey rock method, and solfeggio frequencies can transform your life. Embrace a journey of personal empowerment and spiritual growth while navigating and recovering from the challenges posed by relationships with narcissists.

Explore the intersection of psychology and activism in tackling climate anxiety. This article discusses the symptoms of climate anxiety and offers practical strategies to alleviate the psychological burden caused by environmental concerns.

Explore the essential role of self-care in navigating the complexities of daily life. This article provides insights into balancing life's endless demands with effective self-care strategies, emphasizing the need for peace and inner wisdom to maintain productivity and well-being.

At Columbia, I took a life-changing positive psychology course with Dr. Dan Tomasulo. Of all the brilliant topics I studied, I found learning about personal strengths to be transformational when it came to healing understimulation and living a nourishing life.

These days, when people see my garden or the fruit trees in my yard, they often comment that I have a green thumb. That's because they see the abundance of produce in my garden.

While I knew I had learned a lot about myself on this trip, I also knew there was a lot of work ahead of me. This was a big step in my healing journey, and I knew it wasn’t the last.

Deeply hidden fears, hurts, and longings may lead to symptoms and eventually maladaptive behaviors that can sabotage us. 

From early childhood, our inner dialogue (also sometimes referred to as self-talk or thinking to yourself???) plays an essential role in how we think, feel, and act. And

Crystal energy is very much about opening and awakening the right brain’s potential for imagination, creativity, playfulness, joy, and a childlike innocence and spirit

Actress Megan Fox recently shared in an interview with Sports Illustrated that she has body dysmorphia. In the video interview, Fox said: “I don’t ever see myself the way other people see me. There’s never a point in my life where I loved my body.”

When my trauma is stimulated in present time, I am overwhelmed with fear, terror, rage, and despair, all jumbled together. I can’t think things through.

The inner victim is not only a fundamental aspect of our psyche but also one of the most powerful. 

When you first begin reading, you read out loud. Reading aloud can make the text easier to understand when you’re a beginning reader or when you are reading something that’s challenging.

You may find this style of diary-keeping useful. Here are a couple of quick and easy activities, taken from my research, to help you start – or continue – your diary-keeping journey.

Research can tell us about the drivers of reputational loss, as well as how to rebuild a reputation, and ways to avoid damaging it in the first place.

While this trend may have started with the best of intentions, it could actually do more harm than good.

When you have good resonance with your partner, friend or spiritual guide, the process of your actions is boosted greatly. 

Try this experiment. Look around you, letting your vision scan in a 180-degree arc. What did you notice? Now, make a circle with your thumb and index finger and look through it...

There was a period in time before the less-than state settled into our psyche. Whether the unworthiness took up residence in preschool or kinder­garten or at another pivotal moment, the truth is that there was a point in time before we decided we weren’t good enough. 

Many cultures have a ritualistic cleansing practice, often done with smoke or water, to help remove negative or stagnant energy. There are also numerous practices that point to the idea of grounding...