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Master teacher Florence Scovel Shinn was walking through a toy store when she came upon a display featuring a huge mechanical bear with flaming eyes, showing its teeth, growling fiercely. At the bear’s feet stood a little boy looking up at the beast, smiling. “Aren’t you afraid of the bear?” Ms. Shinn asked the child. […]
We are constantly invited to be who we are. – Henry David Thoreau There are many recovery groups these days: groups for alcohol issues, drug abuse, relationship abuse, sexual addiction, eating disorders, addictions of all kinds. How about recovery of the Self? Addictions and obsessions are fueled by hunger for our real Self and the […]
Of course, everyone does from time to time. And when that happens, those negative emotions or impulses can overwhelm you, taking over both your mind and body. Why are these forces so powerful? Your ego has developed over the years through painful and happy experiences. Feelings of insecurity, jealousy, fear, and other destructive, knee-jerk emotional […]
Ask the unstoppable 66-year-old, Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy how she remains vibrant, youthful, and vigorous, and she’ll tell you, “It takes work and discipline; it is a decision; it is a state of mind.” This family practice physician walks her wellness talk daily as the medical director of two integrative and functional medicine clinics in […]
You may be in your third act, but you can still be vital and sexual and funny. Life isn’t over. ~Jane Fonda Why is the third act so often diminished, even unrecognized? The first act is busy, filled with growth and new beginnings. Like spring, it arrives, sparkling with dew and sunlight. The potential is […]
While country living has its benefits, finding rat droppings in the kitchen is not one of them. After this gnarly discovery, I went out and purchased a humane rat trap, and set it out before I went to sleep. In the morning, sure enough I found a gray intruder in the trap, pacing back and […]
The grief we feel upon a loved one’s death is unbearable, but it can also be one of the most intense versions of love possible because that love is now limitless. In death, we break free of our human shell and transform into pure energy. The body dies, but the energy has always existed and […]
Death is a big topic. Yet, as big as it is, we rarely talk about it. Only when death catches up with us in one form or another, do we cover the basics. And always, it’s a race to get away from the topic again. Why? I think most of us relate to death as […]
Sometimes proof of being out-of-body comes from a third-person perspective, someone who witnesses the person as they are out of their body. As you can imagine, OBEs like these are extremely rare events that are treated with reverence by the death study community. One such case came to me out of the blue. After a […]
You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can’t lead to a good conclusion.” ~ Julian Assange ‘The truth will set you free’ is an aphorism we’ve all heard so many times it’s lost a […]
