As children do, why not do something just for the pleasure of it? Being at leisure for a change, can you do something to enjoy yourself? How do you incorporate fun into your day? It's Essential Fun and games is not just a guilty pleasure, it is essential to our...
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Villain Vegetables?
Thought you were eating healthy because you include a variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet? Gotcha! The latest internet reveal will tell you how your favorite fruit or veggie is undermining your health! lectins - legumes, squash, string beans, mung bean...
Hormonal Balance from Nature
A once-a-week hike in Nature can restore balance in your mood and hormones. That's a bold statement. Don't believe it? Think you need hormone replacement and anti-depressants, even if they are natural? We often forget that we belong to Nature, so we underestimate that...
Easy Reset to Calm
Finding yourself stressed? Unable to make a coherent decision? Caught up in negative thoughts? Through releasing the back of your neck with this simple exercise, you can neurologically re-pattern a calming response to stress and...
Bro, you’re great!
Call 707-998-8410, and you just might hear the voice of a kid encouraging you that way. 700 callers per hour have taken advantage of this free hotline since they launched it February 26. Kids' voices will prompt you with a menu of options: If you're feeling mad,...
Peace is a Choice
Is peace impossible? Look within. https://youtu.be/NlDTda_UKCA (Turn on the closed captions) We have the ability to impact consciousness. Starting with ourselves, peace can ripple out. To live our lives from peace creates a great impact on the world. It is not out of...
The “Stop Doing” List
Our lives are busy, busy, busy doing lots of things. I have always done this . . . I need to do this . . . Nobody else will do it and it has to get done . . . Perhaps we are on automatic pilot. It’s what the job requires, what I need to get ahead, what my kids need,...
Beyond Stuff
Our world is constantly clamoring for our attention: texts, phone calls, emails, advertisements; then the kids want something from us too. Not to mention our significant other and family and friends. We can be lost in this morass of stuff, the content of our lives....
The first thing to do if you are overwhelmed
When we are overwhelmed, we let future needs, demands, and challenges fill our minds and we wonder how we can do it all. We are both projecting ahead with worry, and trying to figure out the future, when the future has not happened yet. What an impossible task! No...
Food, Stress and Sleep
How could regulating food throughout the day help with sleep at night? If you have been reading what I have been writing, you should know by now that everything is interconnected in Nature. The factors that lead to good sleep are no exception. Hunger and sleep One key...