If you–or someone you care about–is struggling with the heartache of loss (family, friend, pet, job or health), then you’ll love this proven system to recover heart’s ease: hope, peace, gratitude and eventually a return to joy. This “Healing Heartache” support group is … Continue reading
Holidays can be difficult–that empty seat at the table is a reminder of loss. Additionally, we remember past holidays and grieve not only loved ones who’ve died or left us, but lost homes, lost careers, lost health, dreams-never-fulfilled. We each respond … Continue reading
If you are you one of the 30% (or more) of American women who have been abused or abandoned in childhood, it’s likely that you are–or have been–in an abusive relationship as an adult. We repeat the past. But we … Continue reading
Many of you know that I had a total hip replacement mid-August. Well, what a learning experience surgery and recovery has been! I’d like to share what this experience is teaching me. I didn’t know the unbelievable value of company … Continue reading
Statistics vary, but the National Sleep Foundation reports that 63% of women suffer insomnia a few nights a week. Does this include you? The high stress in our culture is perhaps the No.1 hindrance to sleep. We have become human … Continue reading
If you think some people are just born happy, the folks who study genes agree. It seems that we have a sort of happiness baseline. If you’re not born with a high baseline, don’t despair; a lot of our happiness indeed … Continue reading
One morning recently I awoke with a heavy heart. Searching for a reason for the weight on my chest, I remembered a quotation from years past. I share it with you on the off chance that you might at some … Continue reading
On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a bucketful of quarters at a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room. But first she wanted to … Continue reading
Until I read “Coconut Ketones: A New Approach to Alcoholism” by Bruce Fife, N.D. in December’s Well Being Journal, I had no idea that the craving for alcohol was not only emotional (a coping mechanism for daily and sometimes deep … Continue reading
I live in temperate Oregon but, as in much of the country, we’re having a snow storm. Luli, my Samoyed, owns me but today I decided that since the big white fluffy dogs from Siberia are work dogs, I would … Continue reading