Why do you choose caffeinated beverages? For the energy? For the taste? Do you consume energy drinks? What would your life be like without your daily caffeine breaks? This week, I invite you to go caffeine free. This is an opportunity to give your adrenals and your kidneys a break from the yo-yoing effects of [...]
This exercise has nothing to do with fighting climate change or Big Oil, and everything to do with our relationship with our ecology – body, environment, nature. Aside from the convenience factor, drivers understand that there’s a certain amount of protection, security, and comfort to having a car. Sure, there are associated costs and occasional [...]
I’m not going to go into how much water you need to be drinking for proper hydration, but I will say that most of us are not properly hydrated on a daily basis – we don’t drink enough unadulterated liquid (coffee, soft drinks, etc) and we don’t eat enough raw fruits and vegetables. Water is [...]
For some of us, life was expansive and limitless when we were young. As we get older and responsibilities take over, it becomes more difficult to make time for what matters and we forget how to be open, fearless, and free. This week, I’d like you to record an oral history of someone who’s at [...]
Why are you suffering? What is it that you need to the world to be for you? Can you find the courage to be the world for yourself? Could you choose love and beauty over apathy and pain? Everything you need is inside of you. All you have to do is be still and listen. [...]
The Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge began this past Sunday and as you can see I am several days behind. In the days following my birthday I found myself swept up in the very thing I planned to talk about this month – Primary Food – and have simply not had a desire to write [...]
This is an exercise in mindfulness and being present. For many of us, eating has become a chore, something we do to satisfy the pangs of hunger. We’ve forgotten that eating nourishes us beyond hunger and nutrients, and that good food can and should be eaten with reverence and pleasure. This week, choose one meal [...]
Have you ever thought about the things-you-must-do-before-you-die? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to study Mandarin or take fencing classes. Or maybe there’s a trip to a far off land or the land of your grandparent’s birth you’re dreaming about. Whatever it is, what’s stopping you from making it happen? A few months ago, I created a [...]
Spring has arrived (for most of us anyway), and now’s the time to shed winter foods, winter clothes, and the winter blues in favor of light, new goals, and expansion. While the weather may still be fluctuating in the early part of the season, here are ten suggestions that can help you create harmony with [...]
I asked my ex, Dragon, a man who holds on to a few traditional male gender roles (the stereotypical ones most women appreciate, like being handy, able to do the heavy lifting, and being chivalrous with surprisingly very little machismo) his opinion on feminism and chivalry after I read a post on the topic over [...]
Over at ForHarriet.com, there’s a discussion taking place about the desire to maintain a feminist stance while enjoying male chivalry. Personally, I think we (women/men) can have both. I don’t feel that this is an issue of “traditional” gender roles, but one of common decency. It’s interesting that in the comments, the idea of feminism [...]
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a sugar addiction. I default to honey and maple syrup because I can get them locally and ethically, but I still use white sugar for the occasional pancake breakfast or baked treat. I have to pay really close attention to what’s missing in my primary food [...]
This is a guest post by Andrea Downes, a graduate of Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I’ve spent the past couple of days trying to figure out what to write for this blog. There were so many topics in my head, it became a chore to choose one. Then, by seeming divine intervention, I was led [...]
In an effort to get all these ideas and opinions out of my head (only to make rooms for new ones. Yes, roomS) and offer consistent and relevant content to this blog, I’ve signed up for WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge. I’ve never really considered myself to be a Health Activist, but lately, [...]
Couldn’t make it to San Jose this weekend for Hay House’s I Can Do It! IGNITE conference? No problem! You can now attend the conference LIVE, right from the comfort of home. The conference, which features Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Cheryl Richardson, Doreen Virtue and IIN Grad Latham Thomas offers a fast-paced format that features 20-minute keynotes from trendsetting speakers [...]
All week my friends and colleagues have been sharing and discussing an article that claims a study finds that eating meat causes death. Well, guess what? Simply being ALIVE causes DEATH!!! There’s no way around it. You’re alive, you’re gonna die. Knowing this doesn’t mean you get tobe cavalier and live like you don’t have [...]
How did you do lunch today? Did you make it yourself or buy it? Do you know where your food comes from? Working in food, I always ask people to tell me where their food comes from. Almost always, it’s never from the source – farms. All raw ingredients start on a farm (hopefully) before [...]
At this very moment, you’re holding your breath. Exhale. Most of us don’t realize we’re holding our breath until someone points it out or when we become frustrated or angry. Thank goodness that our body can function without our conscious effort, otherwise, most of us would be dead! How often do you go through your [...]
Last week, the folks over at Madame Noire asked, “Who comes first, your spouse or your children?” This question has become very personal for me recently, having dated a parent for several years. My experience provided me with some interesting insights on the spouse/parent/child dynamic and helped to make sense of what I often found [...]
200+ books are up for the taking, ten crates of papers have been reduced to two, two-draw filing cabinets, dust collectors have been given away, and now onto the clothes. Yes, the clothes. Ten plus years worth of sad, uncoordinated pieces that would be better suited for a textile artist, crafter, or upcycler, with the [...]
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