Don’t let the Big Bad Baboons get you down

Don’t let the Big Bad Baboons get you down

  We all know by now that stress isn’t good for us, but why is it one of the greatest problems we modern humans have? I am sure many of us ask ourselves this question, day after day, and the answer can seem difficult to find. Even though today we have all...
Happy Winter Solstice 2023

Happy Winter Solstice 2023

Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.  – Wendell Berry Hello Friends! Happy Solstice!  I wanted to send you my best wishes during this holiday season. I am always touched deeply by the darkness of this time of year, and I think of the days before...

As the nights grow longer – let your light shine!

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive… – Howard Thurman (from howardthurmanfilm.com) Greetings, friends. Autumn is well underway, here in Wisconsin. The...

Opportunities in the Time of the Coronavirus

Hidden Opportunitiesin the Time of the Coronavirus:Breathing, resting, and visioning new ways of Being in our lives. So here we are, in the midst of a pandemic.   Could you have ever imagined such a thing!?Not me! A tiny little virus has brought humanity to its knees...
Holistic Experiencing and Forest Bathing

Holistic Experiencing and Forest Bathing

Come into the Forest for a day of Holistic Experiencing in the Forest   Un-plugDe-stressReconnect with YourselfListen to your LifeRe-charge   What does “holistic” mean, exactly? Today there are many different ways people use the word...
What do you live for? (Part III)

What do you live for? (Part III)

Hello friends – ! Spring has officially begun! Here in the northern climes it is having a slow, drawn-out start, as always, but seeing the first new shoots come up and hearing the birds sing as they return is always a treat! The time has come to share with you...
Expectations: how they shape us, and how we can transform them

Expectations: how they shape us, and how we can transform them

Good morning, friends. Today I want to share something I heard about a few weeks ago while in the car. I was listening to NPR’s This American Life and I heard a segment (click here to read the transcript of the show) about studies done on how expectations, how...