I received an email recently reminding me of a poem that was on my website years ago when I first put up the site. With all the restructure over the years, somehow the page became unlinked and unformatted! This poem was described as "a help to those in pain and...
How do you envision your best life? Have you written out your vision, and developed a plan of action for making that dream come true? By clearly identifying what you most desire in life, and holding that story uppermost in your mind, you create the conditions for...
I guess it’s a good thing our juiciest fruits are harvested in the summer months. We can have fun eating them outdoors and then just hose ourselves off! I recently wrote about the pleasure of pluots, but is there better icon for summer than watermelon? More of the...
I don’t know about you, but about this time every year I’ve just about had it with mosquitoes! But I’m sure not willing to resort to a product with DEET, a chemical which can cause headaches, weakness/fatigue, breathing problems, skin irritation and more. ...
Balanced calm is as simple as breathing – alternate nostril breathing, that is. This specific pranayama (a yogic breathing technique called Nadi Sodhana) is a simple way to ease agitation and balance your thinking. It is also a restful tip for insomniacs! There are...
A copy of Rodney White’s art piece, ‘Sometimes the heart should do things …’ hangs in my kitchen, a ready reminder to remain engaged with my life’s passions. It is the heart, after all, that fills us with imagination and nudges us to towards our most brilliant...
Surely everyone has experienced the healing properties of music at one time or another. But to REALLY impact your health, sing along! A number of studies have shown that singing lowers heart rate, decreases blood pressure and stress, and improves lung capacity. It...
Pluots – those delectable blends of plums and apricots – are plentiful this season. I purchased an entire box of them the other day, and when biting into them was immediately transported back to summer days spent at my grandparents’ home decades ago. Grandmother and...
Do your feet ever feel like heavy, painful boulders that require so much effort just to move, your energy drains away? Many years ago I suffered with plantars fasciitis. This greatly affected my activity level, and ironically left me more fatigued than did actual...
I’ve recently run across a great video about bringing more joyfuylness into our lives. I hope you love it as much as I do, and provide it here without need of further intro… The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun