The lost art of listening is one of the most powerful tools a human has to connect, grow and honor the ones around them.  Listening is not merely hearing with the mechanism that is our ear.  True listening, is listening with your heart, mind and body.  It is not only taking subtle cues from those…

I recently had a chronic pain issue in my low back and hips, as many women do.  It made me think about a lot of different things.  I felt such gratitude for friends that offered a hand and such joy that these networks exist.  my planning on the insurance and self care front became invaluable.…

Springtime is festival time!  Time to get out and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of springtime and local life.  Why do we love them so much?  We get to be kids again.  We connect with our neighbors. We are surrounded by smiles and laughter.  People are more relaxed than in every day life.  We…

You have heard it a million times before, but did you PAUSE long enough to actually hear it.  We are currently surrounded by a frenzied talk, hilariously enough the frenzy is about yoga, meditation, mindfullness; in short some of the least frenzied activities I can think of.  It’s being prescribed for health and wellness, as…

If you are anything like me, you want to become the best human you can be, inside and out.  So, you seek opportunities to follow your dreams, increase/your creativity, expand your mind and zest for life. The thing that causes me to stumble is not lack of anything, but abundance.  There are so many amazing…

One of the most wonderful things about community is the joy or belonging to one.  Being a member of tribe that gets you.  A group of like minded people who want similar things for themselves and the world around them.  The knowing that together you can create positive change in your life or community, grow…

I had the pleasure of working at a school the other day, that I can describe as nothing less than a beautiful picture pulled straight from the pages of a united colors of benetton ad.   The children of all races, from many different cultural and economic backgrounds; playing happily together on the playground; negotiating…

Much of what makes this world a better place requires a little extra effort to make a change in our daily routines.  Yet, once you have made the change the new solution actually saves you time, money and trips to the doctor.  Taking care of ourselves, our planet and each other requires us to change…

I have been noticing lately, the power of creativity to bring people together.  Strangers, neighbors, coworkers and classmates.  There is a calmless that comes over people when they are creating that allows them to ease into conversation, sit comfortably next to strangers, connect at a deep level of joy and to sit back and relax…

I love bees.  Cannot get enough interaction with them. I believe we can learn so much from them.  In the hive everyone has a job, everyone works toward the common goals of the group and everyone pulls their weight.  They take it so much further than that though.  Think about the day in the life…