When I am afraid, my capacity to connect to someone I trust and love is diminished ~~ if not totally extinguished. The thing I need the most is the most difficult thing for me to find. This is a pattern I see in myself and in others I work and play with. If I had a...
It probably won't shock you to learn that new research shows eating well can add ten years or more to your life. That's 10 years. Here's a WebMD article discussing these findings. It also won't surprise that the biggest overall impact comes from eating more...
~~This being human is a guesthouse. Every morning a new arrival. (Rumi) The recently departed, dearly beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh envisioned our human consciousness in two segments -- the living room, where what we are aware of within us at any given moment...
Do you know the word 'hygge'? It’s a Danish and Norwegian word (pronounced hyoo'guh) describing 'a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.' For me it’s like coziness: a warm living room with soft blanket, a...
For a while we offered residential wellness retreats. At the time, we were thrilled to feel we had the capacity to literally SURROUND a client suffering from chronic illness and mood problems with such potent healing modalities that their state-needle would HAVE to...
We're taxed. We're exhausted. We need to shut down. It's evening TV time, and zoning out on super heroes saving the world doesn't exactly save our world. Or maybe you are the one pushing on with endless to-do's making it possible for others to have evening TV time....