From visiting the wonderful Dutch Resistance Museum many years ago, I knew about the "Judenrat," councils of Jewish leaders that Nazis used to facilitate the implementation of their own annihilation. Although I'm Jewish and believe it's important to remember the Holocaust, I never really spent that...

True medicine recognizes and brings alignment to our spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical elements, making us whole again. A visualization to tap into your heart and reconnect to the spirit of Mother Earth from Anita Sanchez, author of The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times

This piece is published in partnership with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together Program. In a room filled with bright lights, Janeal entered her active stage of labor. With each contraction, she yelled and screamed. I held her hand and reminded her to breathe. Her hands were warm and soft. This was her...