The Academi of Life

03/02/2025

Want more moments of calm and clarity? Remembering to pause and live mindfully helps us get more out of life and cope better in difficult times.
The Mindful March calendar is full of great ways to help you feel less distracted or overwhelmed. Please pass it on too.

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day….

02/09/2025

“Behind a Mass Shooting Trial in Texas, a Lawyer’s Own Grief.
Lori Laird was defending a couple whose son shot 23 people at his school, while engaged in a desperate struggle with her own son’s mental illness. When are parents to blame?”

Lori Laird was defending a couple whose son shot 23 people at his school, while engaged in a desperate struggle with her own son’s mental illness. When are parents to blame?

01/05/2025

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.

01/01/2025

Let's make this year better together. We can't change everything going on in the world, but our daily actions still make a big difference. Here are some ways to get 2025 off to a great start.

12/20/2024

Have a brilliant holiday season.

12/03/2024

Good news! Together we can help to make life brighter this December. You may not be able to change the whole world, but your small acts of kindness can still make a big difference for people. Simple ways to help you spread more happiness this holiday season. -From Action for Happiness

11/30/2024

Don’t miss Anu Gupta on December 5th in NYC. He will share how to unravel bias and transform lives. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-if-bias-is-an-evolutionary-process-how-do-you-get-rid-of-it-tickets-1072621492759?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/23/2024

We spend too much time alone. Let’s put down our devices. Lets get out to connect with each other and talk about things that matter. Like Bias. How can we break the habit of Bias? 12/5/224 in NYC. Details here: conta.cc/4fC2bnF

11/22/2024

Please shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/Huemanbooks this season… thank you! 🙏🏽🖤

11/20/2024

Enough! The biggest challenge of our lifetime will be figuring out how to combat the American willingness to embrace flagrant misinformation and bigotry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/opinion/america-trump-tolerance.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

11/20/2024

Let’s start a good human movement. Live the principles of love, decency and grace and the world becomes a better place. During the next 4 years we will highlight and celebrate good people. This tote will serve as a reminder of our purpose on this planet: “becoming the light we carry.”
Our goal is to have at least 100,000 persons sling this tote over their shoulders. Join the movement today by owning one of these essential totes … a symbol of goodness.
Plus it will also make a great holiday gift

Email from The ACADEMi of Life Get this essential tote Good Human Movement November 11, 2024 Let's start a Good Human Movement The Good Human tote bag by Imperium is more than just an accessory—it

11/07/2024

“It is when the experience of powerlessness is at its most acute, when history seems at its most bleak, that the determination to think like a human being, creatively, courageously, and complicatedly, matters the most.”
Keep thinking, stay hopeful.

11/05/2024

Election Day … go out there and vote for the world we deserve.
https://open.substack.com/pub/anandwrites/p/speak-up-election-day-share-voting-experiences?r=8i9rb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email