[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] What is it that keeps you from feeling beautiful? What is it that makes you feel beautiful? What is beauty, exactly? When you see the face of someone you love, how do you feel inside? When you admire a work of art or a piece of music, how do…
Did you know? In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life events (Emmons & McCullough, 2003). Wow!…
We live in an anxious world. Whether this affects ourselves, our families, our communities, our world, we witness terror and pain on a daily basis. It’s unimaginable, but there it is. It’s difficult to know what to do sometimes, how to respond, how to fix it. Harder still, is to be with the pain. I…
Remember that cereal commercial about pinching an inch? It was in the 80’s, so I’m dating myself, but basically, the message was if you can pinch an inch on your waist then you might need to think about losing some weight. And of course the cereal would help you do that. Just one of…
“I try to only buy things that I really need and can see myself in again and again. Otherwise I will end up with what my dad calls ‘rainbow chaps and unicorn hats’. That rule goes down the toilet when I have an emergency and need tights or underpants, and then anything goes.” ~Lena…
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] The Pressure on Women to “Do It All” “In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here.” ~Thoreau You’ve come so far, don’t you think? You’re a woman of the world, wearing multiple hats with such names as “I’d…
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] From Shame to Compassion This is a photograph of my family, circa 1975. I’m in the middle, wearing a dress with tiny flowers that was made for me by a dressmaker. Not because it was a special occasion, but because they didn’t have a good selection of dresses for my age…