Human’s shadow side.
Every morning, I go for a long walk through my neighborhood with my dog. Today, we encountered another walker, by his accent, Hispanic. He was in his 40s or 50s. My dog went to sniff him and we ended up all walking together while this gentleman asked me if I knew anyone with a cheap.. read more →
Luck.
My birthday is this Wednesday. I celebrate my life, and the tiny inner voice that whispers guidance and truth. Luck is one reason that I am still living, There no other way to explain how I survived some situations. At 9, I knelt and peered down, many hundreds of feet, into a deep dark turbine.. read more →
Making Our World better.
This morning I went to the Post Office to mail a package. Usually, the Post Office is crowded. There are so many people there that I have to stand in line for 10 minutes or longer. Today when I arrived, I was the only one there. The young man behind the counter waved at me.. read more →
Systems can change quickly.
Change is difficult for anybody. It’s taken me decades to eat in the way that is best for my body; I’ve had to learn about food. I’ve experienced inflammation, aches and pains. I’ve also had to do lots of personal work to figure out why I make poor diet choices, and to honor myself by.. read more →
One key to breastfeeding success.
A young mother in the Breastfeeding Foundations for Your Community 20-hour course told this story. She was recovering from giving birth in the postpartum ward and was given a feeding log and told to check a box for every breastfeed. The log had 10 boxes for each day. When she got to 10 boxes checked,.. read more →
You can survive shame.
Today I rewatched Monica Lewinsky’s TED talk from 2015. Entitled “The Price of Shame”, it resonates more deeply in me since I was cancelled in 2023 from an organization I had been part of for over 30 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_8y0WLm78U I watched Ms Lewinsky’s talk when it was first released. What I responded to most then.. read more →