“The sensation of flying often comes from a wild and unexpected storm.” This quote from my book Under the Open Sky reminds me how life can take you anywhere. A year ago, I never thought I’d see this story out in the open. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. More often than not, people …
Guest Post: Leah Hadley Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Mediator There is an important step often missed in financial planning. No, it’s not creating a workable budget. It’s creating a vision for the life that you want. For some, it’s easy to create a vision when things are going well. What happens …
Guest post: Kristi Horner, Executive Director, Courage to Caregivers He shared that he wanted to end his life. I was booked on the next flight with him. We then worked together diligently for 2 more weeks to get a workable care plan in place. We struggled mightily to somehow get his life back in order. …
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Home has as many definitions as there are people. It was a lesson I’d started learning long before I came to Lebanon for my month-long residency at Beit al-Atlas, an artist house in Beirut where I gave a series of bilingual writing workshops for local artists in January. But my time in Beirut forced me …
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Catching An Aryuvedic Buzz I came to Ayurveda while working as a nutritionist in 1986 at the pain and stress clinic in the Shattuck hospital in Boston. This was a fully integrated approach to pain and stress management run by Professor Ted Kaptchuk. I came to America after working for 7 years in the National …
Ayurveda: What It Is and Why It Enhances My Life Read More »
Have you noticed? Summer’s heat is gradually fading. You step outside in the evening and experience a cooler night. When you breathe in the cool air, an inner something knows the seasons are shifting. Summer moments are warm memories now. School starts soon. Daylight hours slowly shorten. As nature shifts from late summer to early …
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