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Taming the Time Monster: A New Approach
I’m writing from my friend’s home in Santa Barbara. She had a milestone birthday this week. Her wish was to gather her dearest friends for connection and celebration, a heartfelt and beautiful honoring of relationships.
It’s December, the last month of the year. It is a month filled with holiday gatherings with family and friends and many extra things on the to-do list.
I’m finding myself feeling time-starved. There are more “to do’s” than hours in the day. Things are just taking…
A Quick Break from the Hustle: A Sweet Note of Gratitude
For those of you in the States, I hope you had a warm and nourishing Thanksgiving. We had a lovely meal with dear friends and, on Friday, started decorating for Christmas. I love all the pretty decorations, especially the tree. 🎄
No matter where you are in the world, I hope that you take a moment today to connect with all the things that fill you up and make you smile.
Here is a short gratitude poem and a heartfelt thank you for being a blessing in my life.
Grateful Am I
Honoring,…
Perfectly Imperfect: Embrace the Real Joy of the Holidays
As the holidays roll around, the idea of perfection pops up. The picture-perfect holiday, whatever that image is in your head, is rarely achievable. Often it just causes us worry and stress. What if we just embraced a…
Conscious Choices, Powerful Outcomes: The Intention Effect
Hi Reader,
I spent a couple of days in Carmel celebrating my birthday with my friend Tawnya last weekend. Lots of talking, laughing, and sipping wine in the hot tub.
We saw a flock of turkeys popping up like they had springs in their feet to reach their long necks into the olive tree. They were knocking the olives to the ground so they could eat them.
The scene was so funny we stopped and watched for a while, completely enchanted.
Coming home on Tuesday meant a long list of things that…
Conversations With a Healer: Unlocking the Power of Narrative Healing
Hi Reader,
I hope all is well in your world. Here is the expanded version of the Narrative Inquiry process. At the bottom is a numbered list of the steps.
Let me know if you have questions and if you try it 🦷🪥
The technique is fairly straightforward. Take the problem or issue and tell the story of it, write it out, or speak it into a notes app for transcription in fifteen minutes or less. The time limit is important, it keeps you focused on the topic and doesn’t let your mind interfere too…
Healing Through Narrative Inquiry
Hi Reader,
I was enjoying a cup of tea and the latest episode of The Amazing Race on Sunday night when a smooth something rolled across my tongue. I spit it into my hand and identified my right rear crown. After a valiant effort to reseat it, I gave up. My dentist couldn’t see me until Tuesday….soooo much time to fret.
I’m very anxious about dental work. It has gotten significantly worse after a lengthy and painful tooth extraction several years ago. As I waited for my appointment, I took the…
ICYMI: The Healing Power of Sound: Beyond the New-Age Stereotype
Hi Reader, Last week had a few speed bumps, a health issue with one of my kids(on the mend now) and some tech wonkiness that frustrated the heck out of me. By Tuesday evening I was feeling cranky and constricted. After I pulled out the fennel and garlic to chop for dinner I turned on some music and before I knew it I was dancing around the kitchen, belting out (severely off-key), Kenny Chesney’s Summertime. I noticed how quickly it shifted my mood. The combination of movement and sound made…
ICYMI: The Healing Power of Sound: Beyond the New-Age Stereotype
Hi Reader, Last week had a few speed bumps, a health issue with one of my kids(on the mend now) and some tech wonkiness that frustrated the heck out of me. By Tuesday evening I was feeling cranky and constricted. After I pulled out the fennel and garlic to chop for dinner I turned on some music and before I knew it I was dancing around the kitchen, belting out (severely off-key), Kenny Chesney’s Summertime. I noticed how quickly it shifted my mood. The combination of movement and sound made…
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The Healing Power of Sound: Beyond the New-Age Stereotype
Hi Reader,
Last week had a few speed bumps, a health issue with one of my kids(on the mend now) and some tech wonkiness that frustrated the heck out of me. By Tuesday evening I was feeling cranky and constricted.
After I pulled out the fennel and garlic to chop for dinner I turned on some music and before I knew it I was dancing around the kitchen, belting out (severely off-key), Kenny Chesney’s Summertime.
I noticed how quickly it shifted my mood. The combination of movement and sound made…
Making Life Easy: A Mind-Body Approach
Hi Reader,
This week I participated in a lifestyle medicine program. There was one in particular that had me grumbling. One of the presenters (who shall remain anonymous) spoke about epigenetics (in a nutshell the science that says your gene expression is influenced a great deal by your environment), a subject I love as it ties into mind-body medicine.
Imagine my surprise when he twisted the science to support the changes he was asking people to make.
Grrrr…..it’s okay to have a preference…
Tea, Telomeres, and the Ticking Clock: Reimagining Aging
Hi Reader,
Last week was a major birthday for me, while I had mixed feelings about it, it did spark some research on my end, which generated this article.
This a long one – If you just want the low-down in the form of a list -I’ve got you – scroll on down to the end for a synopsis***
My feet are planted firmly, so I don’t tweak my back, cool air from the fridge calming the hot flash that has engulfed my body, and a completely blank mind save the frantic thought running back and forth waving…