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A Time For New Things (Like My New Site!)

♦ March 31, 2014 ♦ 2 Comments

“New Life” is a popular springtime theme for good reason. Seasons seem like such a good idea, to me. I know that different parts of the globe experience this time of year in their own ways; here in Colorado, it’s so refreshing to see the trees and garden plants come to life after looking so …

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First, Do No Harm, Right?

♦ March 7, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment

The Hippocratic Oath has long been revered for it’s wisdom. It is my contention, knowing personally a few doctors, and having conversed with far too many, besides, that most doctors are in their profession to actually help people. Of course, we may ask ourselves how we could ever know this for sure. In certain circles …

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Baby Steps Or A Giant Leap?

♦ February 10, 2014 ♦ 1 Comment

During my training to become a certified health coach, I was shown that most people can do really well with “baby steps” toward better health. You know, some people try to change everything in their diets & lifestyles overnight, jumping into a radical new eating plan, diving into intense gym workouts and all sorts of …

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Maybe You CAN Have A Perfect Body

♦ January 13, 2014 ♦ 2 Comments

Yes, I’m talking to you! What do you think it would it take to get you there? Lots of exercise? A great detox program? A diet? Yoga? May I suggest, perhaps, a paradigm shift, instead? I have said many times, “My husband is not perfect, but he’s perfect for me.” By that I mean, of …

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Starting The Year With Compassion

♦ December 28, 2013 ♦ 1 Comment

I hope you have been enjoying the season – I have! I will not make excuses for not posting for the past several days. It’s the holidays, and I am somewhat busy. In future years, perhaps I will have a way to post things in my absence, but that is not yet part of my …

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Winter Is Really Here

♦ December 4, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments

It’s been a good year, in many ways. Weather inspires me, probably because I live in Colorado where the weather is pleasant so much of the time. Our summer was not terribly hot, autumn was temperate and full of colorful leaves (and yes, a big flood, which was scary and messy.) Now, it’s snowing and …

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A Change In The Weather

♦ November 20, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

Seasonal eating is fun! Watermelon in summer, pumpkin in fall, leafy greens in spring – just seems natural, don’t you think? It’s fun partly because most of us don’t even think about having a nice hot cup of peppermint cocoa in July, so by the time the holiday season rolls around, it really seems like …

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More About Integrative Health

♦ November 13, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

In my last post, I focused on the word “integrate,” and forms of that word. “Integrative medicine” is a term I never used to see, even with a keen interest in alternative therapies and nutrition. Now, the term is popping up a lot more often, in my experience. Though I alluded to this in my …

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“Integrate,” “Integrated,” “Integrative” – What Do They Mean?

♦ November 9, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

My son has an amazing way with words. He can spell, play word games, and write poetry with a flair. I marvel at these things all the more when I remember his apparent aversion to such things while in middle school. He would use generalizations when talking, to the point that it was often difficult …

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Weight: One Piece of the Puzzle

♦ October 25, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments

The online community will never replace real flesh and blood, as some warn. But, I have “met” some fine folks from all over the globe via this blog and other internet sources. I think it’s pretty fantastic. Several of the people with whom I dialogue have made a public conversation around the issue of weight …

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