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What is a Gap month? Get Ready for an Amazing Year ll By Brenda Bomgardner
A gap is an opening in space, time, or between objects. It indicates there is a void. An empty space. It can be a pause, such as a gap year in the academic life of a student when they take time off from studies between secondary and post-secondary education. Normally the student travels. It’s time…
Read More7 Tips for Staying Power ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
How will you navigate what’s next? We’re more than six months into a pandemic with more months to come, even with the promise of a vaccine. Anger: A secondary reaction to pain, not good or bad—but what you do with it 1-TURN OFF THE NEWS. I cannot stress this enough. We as a species come…
Read MoreMind/Body/Spirit # 4: Treating Anxiety Holistically ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
We live in a very anxious world. Sometimes it seems like everyone is stressed out. External pressures from needing to provide the basic necessities of life to feeling the need to fit in and not be judged by others can become the focus of my internal dialogue. My basic definition of anxiety is “fear of…
Read MoreOptimizing Immunity for the Winter Months ll Megan Anderson
The weather may still average 90 degrees (minus a freak snow storm or two), but most folks know that when September rolls in, cold and flu season is just around the corner. Typically this might mean stocking up on whatever your preferred medications happen to be, or even getting a flu shot, but this year,…
Read MoreBeing Lost is Becoming a Lost Art ll By Stephanie Boulton
We are scared of the unknown… Of not knowing what to do. Our society avoids the bad feelings, and in turn we spend a whole lot of time and energy trying to escape what it is to be human. I am so tired of seeing directives wherever I go. “Be kind”, “Live, Laugh, Love”, “Seize…
Read More2020… We’re Over It! ll Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
Learning to Respond Rather Than React with Mindfulness Welcome to the beginning of the final quarter of an extremely difficult year. A global pandemic, social, political unrest and economic turmoil as well as severe, unprecedented weather and climate events have left us weary, frustrated, disconnected and stressed. Feeling stressed and overwhelmed is certainly one thing…
Read MoreWaking Up from a Long Slumber in the Midst of an Existential Crisis ll Dorothy Wallis
The shut down of the world came as a surprise. Did you even imagine that it would be possible for nearly 7 billion people to stop their ‘normal’ activities and go into seclusion? In my part of the world the retreat began in March. I was suddenly thrust into an alternate reality. But it took…
Read MoreTools for the Long Haul: Motivation and Inspiration
Why explore motivation and inspiration. We need both to keep moving toward values that are important to us in living a fulfilling and meaningful life. They help us reach our Sweet Spot often used interchangeably there is a difference? Motivation is derived from the word “motive,” which is to have a reason to do something.…
Read MoreSee Behind: Training in Compassion ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
It’s been a tough year for those committed to living compassionately. People refuse to wear masks, thus endangering the lives of our more vulnerable from Covid. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth in a single day, while his company paid just a little over 1% in taxes in 2019, despite…
Read MoreMind/Body/Spirit : 3 ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
In this blog, we will look at treating depression with a holistic, spiritual approach. Major Depressive DO is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental health issues in our world today. Most patients are treated with a combination of medications and therapy, and many people experience an improvement in their symptoms. However, many do not.…
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