Today, I’m not going to spend my time trying to “correct” the minds of others or worry about where our great nation is headed. Or give all my energy to a battle that’s already been won. And I’m not willing to start a new one. No today, I will not ask those who participate in democracy, who promote it, to …
“Are you going to try again?” It’s Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day, a legacy of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. I am staring at a pic of my dear friends who lost their son this year, waiting for my mind to stop racing so I can post it to promote our fundraiser for Ira’s (their son’s) memorial fund. With the grief …
On August 6 of this year, Kathryn Budig (a pro-yogini) wrote an article for MindBodyGreen about her week-long social media cleanse. I had no idea because I too was on a social media cleanse. I went a bit longer (2 months off facebook) and a bit deeper into the feelings and thoughts surrounding my own social media use. Why Cleanse …
I can remember delivering a speech to my 8th grade class about why gay people should be able to marry. Around that time, Pres. Bill Clinton was signing the Defense of Marriage Act, federally defining marriage as between a man and a woman. My opinion wasn’t popular, and far from the status quo and viewpoints in the small county where …
About four years ago, I entered my first yoga class. With no intention and no expectation, my life changed dramatically in those 60 minutes. What I never realized was how much more my life would change in the years following that class. My husband loves to tease me about all my “yogi” ways. In fact, he recently deemed the chia-flax-spiriluna-etc …