Clara puts the star on our tree! Miles and Daddy playing football in the front yard… Hi! I’m tying up loose ends here around my house for the holidays… getting ready for trips, getting last-minute Christmas orders created and packaged up and in the mail, finishing my children’s book, and sneaking in some holiday crafting… Read more »
Posts Tagged: joy
Laughing At Myself
My kids recently asked me what was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me. Well, lots of them I had to censor for my kids… and don’t particularly want to share on the internet, either. But once I started really digging into the G rated stuff that I could share, I… Read more »
Thoughts on Health…. Chocolate for heart and brain health (yes, you heard me… chocolate!)
Wow, it is my complete pleasure and honor to bring you this tidbit of good news today, published recently in the British Medical Journal. Folks who consume chocolate often… we are talking every single day or even multiple times a day… have about a 40% reduced risk of heart attack and a 30% reduced… Read more »
Fav Quote #3
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, But around in awareness. – James Thurber I love this quote! One of my favorite quotes of all time, I wanted to capture it on paper and bring the meaning alive. This is my third quote splat… just a weekly… Read more »
Thoughts On Health… seasonal allergies and the link to stress.
Part 4 of my “Seriousness is a Disease” series, today I discuss how prolonged stress physically changes your mucosal membranes and leads to a hyper-allergic response. If you missed Part 1 (brain health) or Part 2 (heart health) or Part 3 (joint health) give them a listen and catch up to speed on why I… Read more »
Thoughts On Health… Protect your joints by reaching for Joy!!!!
How is your attitude and your joint health related? In part three of this series, I focus once again on the physical changes that a prolonged serious attitude has on your body. Degenerative changes and age related change are accelerated under the conditions of an intensely focused and hyper serious habitual mindframe. Joy and wonder… Read more »
Thoughts on Health… clinical evidence that seriousness affects your body
This is part two in my series called “Seriousness is a Disease.” There is ample evidence in the medical literature that a prolonged serious attitude causes damage and aging to our bodies. The longer I live the more I realize that when I approach life with a serious or overly intense, analytical mindframe instead of… Read more »













