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The big idea: Managing stress effectively depends on having a trained mind that remains calm during challenges. A spiritual approach recognizing all four components of human personality—body, mind, intellect, and soul—provides a more comprehensive stress management framework than psychological approaches alone.

Meeting the moment: Both proactive and reactive stress management techniques are essential. Proactively, simple daily mantras prepare the mind. Reactively, identifying with your true self allows you to witness stress without being consumed by it.

The stakes: An untrained mind becomes overwhelmed by minor issues, while a trained mind maintains composure during significant challenges.

What you can do: Practice abdominal breathing for physical stress, remember "this too shall pass" for emotional stress, and apply the Serenity Prayer for intellectual stress. Daily spiritual practice helps you recognize your eternal, blissful true self beyond temporary stress.

Read more at India Currents.

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The big idea: Pomegranates are universally revered fruit across cultures and religions—from Islam to Buddhism, Christianity to Hinduism—appearing in ancient texts, art, and religious practices worldwide as a symbol of abundance, fertility, and purity.

The stakes: Research confirms pomegranates have exceptional health benefits that validate its historical reverence. It contains one of the highest antioxidant contents of any food — surpassing even green tea and red wine — with proven benefits for heart health, anemia, and fatty liver disease.

The fine print: Every part of the pomegranate offers unique benefits: seeds contain punicic acid that reduces arterial plaque; the peel fights candida infections and dental plaque; while both consumption and topical application protect skin from UV damage and boost collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid production for healthier skin.

Read more at Scroll.

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The big idea: Arizona's new law to combat fraudulent sober living homes faces criticism from Native advocates despite increasing oversight. The legislation changes licensing standards and enables more inspections in response to a $2.8 billion scheme that victimized thousands of Native Americans through fake treatment programs.

The fine print: While the law gives Arizona's Health Department new authority for inspections and complaint investigations, critics like Representative Theresa Hatathlie (whose niece died in a fraudulent home) argue it lacks teeth. Her stronger bill was rejected last year.

The stakes: The human toll continues as Native people are still being recruited into unlicensed facilities. "A lot of our Native relatives are still going missing," says Reva Stewart of Turtle Island Warriors. "Nobody's being held accountable for the humanitarian part."

From the source: “We’ve had so many reports of our Native relatives being put on a Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan in a home, and getting kicked out as soon as the (operators) get the money,” Stewart said.Read more at Native News Online.

Highlighting the innovators transforminghealth outcomes in our communities

The story: Americares welcomes Shweta Rawat to its Board of Directors. The founder of The Hans Foundation and co-founder of RIST, Rawat's appointment strengthens Americares' mission to improve global health access.

At the center: Rawat's transformative work in disability inclusion, women's leadership, and strategic partnerships helps create sustainable solutions for underserved communities worldwide.Learn more about Rawat at India Currents.Credit: India Currents / Americares

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