Finding Your Voice Through Transformative Singing June 5, 2013 • 2 Comments “The voice is never just the voice. It’s the way we express how we feel about ourselves. It’s a powerful psychological instrument connecting our inner and outer worlds.” –Helen Gary Bishop, Vocal coach and adjunct professor at New York University’s Department of Culture and Communication I mentioned in a previous post that being in front of a camera is difficult…
Ashes, Ashes We All Fall Down June 3, 2013 • 0 Comments In the mental fog of the first few days after my husband’s suicide, when I was filling out forms and answering questions and learning that my life was not entirely how it appeared, I had this idea in my mind that I would send the ashes to his mother. In fact, I listed her as the destination on the transit…
The Benefits of Juicing and the Economics of Health May 24, 2013 • 2 Comments It is difficult to argue with the benefits of juicing, although I have read articles that suggest it is wiser to put everything into a Vita-Mix and get the fiber as well. I’m not sure that’s a truly practical solution. Plus, I am pretty sure I can feel all the juicer-oxygenated nutrients entering my bloodstream when I drink a glass…
Parenting Through Grief: The Beauty of Resilience April 29, 2013 • 0 Comments One of the most challenging parts of my journey has been the feeling that I have lost precious time with my children during these last two and a half years. Although I am powerless to change that fact, perhaps it is what inspires me to find the silver lining in the mess. It gives me a sense of recapturing the…
Ignite Your Inner Healing Hive: Glutathione Benefits April 19, 2013 • 0 Comments Through the course of my recent health struggles, I discovered glutathione, an amazing healing agent that I want to share, in case you haven’t heard of it. It was something I was unfamiliar with and it sky rocketed my body’s ability to recover from the stress. Dr. Mark Hyman states glutathione “is critical for immune function and controlling inflammation. It…
After a Suicide: My Unplanned Midlife Freefall March 25, 2013 • 2 Comments I am spellbound by pictures of rock climbers crawling their way up ninety-degree cliffs. The photos always make me think of video’s where the climber is falling, but suddenly the tethered rope halts them from plummeting to the ground. It’s a weird stream of consciousness thing, possibly triggered by my fear of rock climbing. I crawled my way out and…
Eating Well: The Connection Between Diet and Anxiety March 8, 2013 • 2 Comments I am discovering that what I eat, or don’t eat, plays a large part in how much anxiety I suffer on a daily basis. It is a chicken and egg scenario: does this paralyzing anxiousness come about on its own or is it fueled by the biochemical environment I create within my body? Although adjusting to widowhood and single parenting…
Marriage and Betrayal: I Burned My Wedding Dress March 4, 2013 • 0 Comments This past August marked what would have been my 25th wedding anniversary. As a way of releasing the commitment bound to that day, I burned my wedding dress. Over the years, I tried on the oyster-pink raw silk garment to see if it still fit. At times it did, while others it did not. In August, it fit my body…
The Roots of Healing: Embracing the Freedom to Grow February 13, 2013 • 0 Comments We moved out of our house three months after the tragedy. By a strange twist of fate, the husband of the woman who purchased my home had taken his life five years earlier. It was an eerie connection to have with the person buying my house, weeks after my husband died. One of the first things she did was…
Naturopathic Medicine: Simplicity is the Mother of Healing February 1, 2013 • 0 Comments Traumatic stress can be physically devastating, or at least it has been that way for me. That small, indignant part of me thinks, “For gods sake, I’ve lost my house, my children have suffered, I changed my life. Do I have to break out like a pre-pubescent teen and lose my hair as well?” The other day, I asked the…