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When Looking to get Lucky Let Your Mind Shine! ll By Brenda Bomgardner
Let your sapiosexual self out and get lucky this Saint Patty’s Day. The term sapiosexual, which is now mainstream on dating apps, such as OkCupid and Sapio, is putting a new twist on dating and takes a very different approach to partnership than the hook-ups and looks status quo. If you prefer brains over beauty…
Spirituality: Wild Calls to Wild ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
I stood on the cliffside of the Baltit Fort in Hunza, Pakistan, as the wind howled and whipped snow flurries through the peaks of the towering Hindu Kush Mountains surrounding me. It was off-season, so I had that barren rock face to myself. My family had moved on inside. The boom of an avalanche broke…
Mind/ Body / Spirit: Integrating the Whole Being ll By Faye Maguire
We often hear about “treating the whole person”, which is an acknowledgement that modern Western medicine and psychology has, in practice, separated human beings in disparate parts and treated those parts as if they exist in a vacuum, unconnected to the rest of the person. Medicine has become the domain of specialists, highly educated in…
Crystals for Calm and Clarity ll By Megan Anderson
I think we’ve probably all seen it by now, from It Girls to Instagram – crystals are having a moment. While it may seem like a recent trend, there is something beautiful, magical and mysterious that’s drawn humans to rocks and minerals throughout history. It’s no coincidence that the Hope Diamond is one of the…
Leaning into Growth and Challenge: How to Gauge Yourself in a Healthy Way. ll By Stephanie Boulton
I used to work as a field Instructor for Outward Bound Canada. Outward Bound is an outdoor education school which uses the outdoors to teach real life skills to mainly teens but also adults. The whole premise of Outward Bound expeditions is to take a group of people who don’t know each other and put…
To Me, from Me… Be my Valentine! ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
Imagine you are engaged in a deep conversation with a beloved friend who is suffering. They confide in you that they are feeling anxious and paralyzed by the pressure they are experiencing at work to deliver a huge project on time and on budget. And imagine yourself responding to them in this way: “Well your…
Forget the Doom and Gloom this is the 2020 Chinese Year of the White Metal Rat ll By Dorothy Wallis
As the cycle of the New Year begins, I always find it fascinating and very beneficial to look at the energies that will surround and engage us throughout the year. This year there are powerful forces mixing together creating a potent potion of movement in a vortex of energy that can be harnessed through focused…
2020 Resolution – Be More Responsive and Less Reactive with Mindfulness ll By Kathy Hawkins
Mindfulness and mindful meditation. They’re all the rage right now, but what exactly are they and why should we care? Mindfulness is another way of referring to awareness. Mindfulness is paying attention and being in the present moment and doing it intentionally and without judgment. Mindfulness meditation is a meditation practice that invites awareness of…
Resolve to Honor Your Soul in 2020 ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
“Once there was a poor motherless child who had no shoes. But the child saved cloth scraps wherever she found them and over time sewed herself a pair of red shoes. They were crude but the child loved them. They made her feel rich even though her days were spent gathering food in the thorny…
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The opinions expressed by the guest bloggers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of People House. The content provided through the People House website and blogs are for informational purposes only. Should you decide to take action in real life based on this information that is your own responsibility and choice.
