Inspirational

Homeless man gets new home and car after returning engagement ring

Homeless man gets new home and car after returning engagement ring

A homeless in America has turned his luck around with a new house and over $190,000 after returning an engagement ring. Billy Ray Harris had been living on the streets when Sarah Darling accidentally dropped her $4,000 into his change cup. Darling rarely takes the ring off, but she had put it in her purse that day for safekeeping after[Read More…]

Mark Golding

Artist comes ‘back from the dead’ to heal and inspire

Few people would disagree that art is a powerful form of creativity. Many artists see their work as a form of self-expression, a way to make sense of the world, and a way to make money doing something that they love. But for one artist in brighton, art is so much more than that. Mark Golding lives in Lewes, Sussex[Read More…]

Hero paramedic saves heart attack patient while suffering heart attack of his own

Hero paramedic saves heart attack patient while suffering heart attack of his own

One heroic paramedic has hit the headlines lately after saving the life of a heart attack patient – despite suffering from a heart attack himself at the same time. Joseph Hardman has was giving CPR to a patient, who hasn’t been named, last Friday morning when, on the way to the hospital, he began having severe chest pains. Despite realising[Read More…]

Real gangsters grow food, says inspirational farmer

Real gangsters grow food, says inspirational farmer

Growing your own food is like printing your own money. That was the message of one pioneering farmer in the United States who has started a one-man campaign to teach whole communities of kids to grow their own fruit and veg. Ron Finley, has affectionately been called  the “guerilla gardener” of South Central LA. He is also founder of the[Read More…]

Stress can change the shape of your brain, research shows

Stress can change the shape of your brain, research shows

The phrase ‘use your brain’ has taken on a whole new meaning, thanks to one pioneering scientist who has discovered how strong emotions such as stress or happiness can literally can change the shape of our brains. According to Rick Hanson, author of  Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, the physical shape of the brain[Read More…]