Healing Foods: Amazing Grain-Free Granola Recipe January 10, 2014 • 1 Comment As the world gets more complicated, I find myself seeking islands of refuge in my daily life. An uncomplicated way to fuel my body is one of them, so when I came across The Calorie Myth by Jonathan Bailor, I was intrigued and started following the principles immediately. The book is the result of an exhaustive ten-year “research odyssey,” and although it…
Word Search: What Are the First Three Words You See? January 8, 2014 • 17 Comments As much as I love them, I am short on words this week. And, as beautiful as they were, the holidays left me exhausted (in a good way) and just a shade ill. Hence, this rather short, but hopefully illuminating post. My friend sent me a text after New Year’s with this picture. Intrigued, I then forwarded it to many friends…
New Year’s Resolutions & Self-Love January 3, 2014 • 0 Comments As the sun slowly drifted down over the horizon for the final time in 2013, I was walking down the beach reflecting on things and I realized that I have never been very good at the New Year’s resolution thing. Have you? I always have the very best intentions and I love thinking about how I can do better, be…
Holidays and Healing: The Magic of Tender & Fierce Curiosity December 30, 2013 • 1 Comment Did you experience magic this holiday season? That was the question I asked myself the day after Christmas and my inner self responded wholeheartedly with a resounding YES. I went looking for it in every corner of the days as they passed and was rewarded at every turn. After the three year void of having not a shred of holiday…
New Year, New You: Let the Light In December 27, 2013 • 0 Comments One day, you will look back upon all that has come to pass and understand the reasons. Every non-sensical moment will suddenly become ripe with purpose and meaning. As your cells align with that future possibility, trust that every molecule in your being is searching for the intersection of that clarity. As understanding makes its way to you, traveling through space and time to reveal…
Healing Elixirs for Holiday Stress December 23, 2013 • 0 Comments Well, here we go into the final stretch of the season and boy are the holidays are a cauldron of inflammatory elements: stress, sugar and alcohol. With age, these things seem to leave a longer imprint on my body. Is it this the way it is with you? Even my sheets leave their tracks – in the morning, a trail…
Holiday Reflections: David Whyte’s Santiago December 20, 2013 • 2 Comments I am a big fan of David Whyte’s poetry. I love the way he crafts words into poems that land on my heart and stay there long after I’ve read them. I just recently came across this one, and it seemed the perfect reminder during the hustle and bustle of the holidays, that it is ourselves we ultimately seek.
Embracing Balance, Harmony and the Holiday Spirit December 18, 2013 • 4 Comments Unfortunately, most of my childhood holidays were steeped in tension. Every year, there were a lot of expectations wrapped up under the flocked Christmas tree that held explosive power when things went even slightly askew. One fateful Christmas Eve, we arrived home from the annual neighborhood party to the unfortunate discovery that my brother had eaten the tub of cottage…
Being Present: One Thousand Healing Moments December 16, 2013 • 2 Comments I heard a statistic that, on average, people look at their cell phones a thousand times a day and I find this fascinating. It makes me wonder what we are looking for on our phones: Validation? Connection? Belonging? A way to look busy or feel important? I’m part of the generation that grew up pre-cell phone, and I’m trying to…
Healing Yoga and ‘The Promise’ by Mark Whitwell December 11, 2013 • 2 Comments Yoga has been an integral part of my healing, and I’ve found tremendous solace on a mat, in the middle of a room of sweaty people. I prefer heated yoga because I feel like I have wrung myself out. It’s not for everyone, but it has worked for me. Although I have practiced yoga off and on for many years,…