- @Pegeen
Love this! ”Dogs are a sacred responsibility, dogs make us better humans, and dogs are one of the Universe’s best gifts.” “Training is a form of education; it’s not a way to program dogs so they always please us.”
For me, dancing would be the ultimate test for chemistry. Dancing reveals so much about one’s - body confidence; sensuality; emotional intelligence; capacity for intimacy; vulnerability; inner connection; creativity; desire. Really great dancing can lead to phenomenal kissing!
I love this practice but tend to still eat too fast or allow distractions when I eat. The last line of this article surprised me. I usually need some crunchy foods mixed in with my vegetables and never related it to stress. And I usually want something sweet, usually some kind of fruit or chocolate post meal. I drink a lot of water, so dehydration never came up on my radar. Perhaps just paying attention more will empower me to slow down and really chew my food. Taking smaller bites certainly makes sense.
Quantum Mechanics is exciting and totally mind blowing. Einstein, and others before him, have replaced the Newtonian view of our world and opened us up to energy principals that are connected to the Universal Laws of Nature. Knowing and working with these laws can be a key to helping one more successfully navigate their own lives. It’s very exciting and empowering to explore all the possibilities contained within this subject. You can investigate the subject just by clicking on any of the links offered in this article. I think this show sounds very interesting.
Really sound advice. I have two sisters who lost their husbands within a year of each other. I have witnessed the pain, confusion and ridiculous hoops they have had to traverse, all while deeply grieving. Getting things set up before hand is the way to go. You are in no shape to navigate this extremely challenging time without preplanning. Because of my sister's experiences, I have asked my husband to get all the paperwork, documents, passwords etc…together in one place. We also got an attorney and updated our wills and medical directives.
Huge fan of the library. I remember getting my first library card in grammar school. Then as a young mother, taking my kids there for a lot of their programs. I joined a book club and writing group there as an adult. Very enriching, an extremely valuable resource.
Lots of potential, money, power and deep trauma - a complicated, tragic mix.
Really fascinating story. How anyone can recreate their lives after being institutionalized for 3 years is amazing. Very insightful and hopeful. Curiosity is much better than fear - it can move you forward. But it takes so much willingness and courage to make that shift.
This is a very helpful article by Robert B. Talisse, author of Sustaining Democracy, that distinguishes the differences between the two types of polarization: political and belief.
So well written I could not stop reading despite the horror building within my contracted body. This is humanity at its worst, displacing an indigenous culture to make way for the extremely wealthy under the false pretense of conservation. Truly outrageous and heartbreaking.
Interesting, that while reading this I was annoyed. I remember the shock of reading about the attack on Rushdie. How ironic it was in such a remote, in the woods (safe?) place, as Chautauqua, in upstate New York. I am frustrated that there is all this talk of the “different Rushdie’s” who could have written about such a horrifying near death experience. How about the raw, vulnerable Rushdie writing it - being honest, human and without an identity to live up to writing it. Rushdie lost vision in one eye and almost his ability to write. Come on, how has it changed him internally? When faced with death, I’d imagine some profound insights emerge.
How can a 15 year old survive 6 years of forced incarceration in a psychiatric facility? Banning Lyon’s story is remarkable and the wisdom he has gained from his unbelievable challenges helpful to all who read his memoir The Chair and The Valley.
I hope this is a viable solution.
Scottish writer, actor, comedian Richard Gadd’s real life trauma played out in a new Netflix series Baby Reindeer sounds complex, nuanced, original and compelling. “Real stalking is a mental illness - it isn’t as contained or insidious or malicious as it has been portrayed on film and TV before. I saw a lot of humanity in her.”
Really sound advice.
Very innovative. I went on YouTube and watched these vehicles in action. Seems like a good direction as far as cutting down on pollution. I think there are issues with lithium batteries but there are other options, such as solid state, magnesium and sodium batteries. I even saw 3 wheeled delivery trucks which are also being used within the cities.
Well written - full of vivid images, emotion and heartbreak.
I grew up in an era when you had to “apply” for a credit card and it was difficult to get one! My dad taught me to live “within my means.” I did not have a credit card until I was out of college and living on my own. It was rarely used. I feel fortunate that I have a very healthy relationship with money, spend mostly on good, organic food (my medicine) and books for research into subjects that I’m passionate about. Since age 18, my favorite forms of shopping have been thrift stores and yard sales. It’s fun, creative and a form of recycling that benefits all.
Fingers crossed the scientists are correct.
Great advice. For me, doing the 12 hour fasting seems to work really well. I love going to bed having digested my last meal 4 hours earlier. I feel I sleep better and deeper because my body is free to do its healing work.
Writer Patricia Highsmith “was the unwanted child of an absent father and a resentful mother whose DIY turpentine abortion failed.” Painful to read about Highsmith’s life yet I admit to being intrigued by the new Netflix series “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. It may prove to be too much for my sensitive nature but I’m willing to venture into the “strange mind that created a criminal alter ego in Tom Ripley.”
I’ve read about Blue Zones before but was not aware that they were disappearing because they are becoming “Americanized.” I love the idea of “reverse engineering” blue zones according to the “Core 9 Principles.” Really solid advice and very doable.
I can’t wrap my head around this. I always pictured the earth’s core as solid rock. And not blue ringwoodite! The scope and size of this subterranean sea is the real mind blower. What an incredible discovery.
Very sad that this sickness is slowly spreading across the globe. What are mass shootings telling us about the state of our world? What is the root cause? It’s incomprehensible that schools are no longer taken for granted as being safe. That is tragic.
This is fascinating, something I never heard before. I would love to explore this more.
More spectacular art from the artists in Scholar magazine. I love trees in all seasons and Hope Gangloff’s paintings capture their beauty and essence. Need to Google her portraits.
Important information. Tragic, really, to be afraid to walk the streets. Self defense classes, pepper spray and a taser all sound empowering.
Great insightful and practical advice on how to work with your inner critic. “The antidote to our self doubt isn’t thinking better than ourselves; it’s thinking bigger than ourselves.” Tara Mohr suggests letting our values guide our actions, not our self assessments.
This piece of writing made me think - a lot. I initially felt jarred by the author’s feelings about his grandparent’s deaths. And I have been examining my own relatives and friends who have died over the years to see if this author’s “theory” has any truth for myself. “Only someone that I used to love” is not a good description of my own dead. I take umbrage with the word “only”. It seems cold and dismissive. My “dead” seem much more alive within me, imprints of them carried in my cells, memories that I cherish that are awakened by certain smells, places, seasons, songs etc…
Important information and excellent advice.
In Shakespeare’s Sisters, Ramie Targoff “enthusiastically correct’s history’s misogyny and casts her subjects in the starring roles that they always deserved.”
Jillian Powell’s work is absolutely stunning. Paintings that I can stare at for long periods of time - “an antidote to the suffering in this world.” Focusing on beauty doesn’t deny the suffering, rather it helps to fill me with joy so I can give that to others throughout my day. Beauty, art and nature sustains my focus on all the really awe inspiring magnificence that life has to offer. And there is so much of it if we are willing to focus on it.
Kate Jarvik Birch proves that nothing is mundane! Gorgeous renderings of the everyday - love it!!!
LOVE this! Love Dame Iris Murdoch. “Murdoch argues that we “grow by looking.” “Rather than remaining imprisoned by a fixed picture of another person, we can loosen, if never break, the habit by finding the right words and images to see that person more fully.” Such wisdom, insight and advice. We really need this guidance and inspiration. Wonderful read, uplifting and hopeful.
I have no qualms with believing in the unseen, the departed or any other spiritual encounter. I have had quite a few myself when young and later in life when present to so many dying. It could be that I am open to it, willing to listen and hold their hands. I am an energy practitioner, worked in hospice and also on those that are well. We are energy, everything is - life vibrates, it speaks. Crossing over is a sacred passage. Most do look really peaceful at the end. A great book to read is “Dying To Be Me” by Anita Moorjani. You won’t be able to put this true story down - riveting. And reassuring!
Interesting but frustrating because there is still no definitive conclusion. Common sense does come in to play as the author notes; if what you are doing isn’t working, try something else.
Awesome attitude, remarkable inner strength.