by Kathlene McGovern | Nov 21, 2021 | Expert Advice
As we talk about ‘transitions” this month, here are some tips on how to use transitions in writing. Writing’s Connector Roads Look at any map – or GPS screen – and you’ll see thousands of little blue lines, connector roads, marrying larger highways to one...
by Dove Rose | Nov 18, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
Transitions are Hard If you believe that, then you are correct. If you don’t believe that, then you are also correct. It is a mindset, not a fact. If you see life changes as hard, challenging, unwanted, unfair, etc. then you will indeed feel uncomfortable, unhappy,...
by Kathlene McGovern | Oct 25, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
“Being an inhabitant almost in every garden, it is so well known, it needs no description.” ~ Lavender and John Gerard (Herball 1597) For centuries herbalists, healers, writers, even saints (hello, Hildegard of Bingham) have extolled the benefits of lavender for...
by Kyla Stewart | Oct 3, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
Falling in love may be something that just happens, but many couples find that, after a while, love, passion, all those little sparks, become a matter of choice. And some days that choice — the choice to continue being devoted to your spouse — doesn’t...
by Jean Trebek | Sep 29, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Expert Advice, Featured, Videos
Have you ever heard of “tapping” as an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)? According to The Tapping Solution, “Tapping, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), is a powerful stress relief technique. Tapping is based on the combined...
by Dove Rose | Sep 23, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
What is Your Truth? How Do You Honor Your Truth? I will tell you mine and then you can tell me yours. We all know the, Is it True? Is it Kind? Is it Necessary? Right? Well, that is a good one to live by indeed. Here is one to apply to yourSelf when you choose to...
by Brad Koepenick | Sep 13, 2021 | Education, Expert Advice, Interviews
Getting The Word Out Speaking Truth From The Heart We’ve known about GET LIT for years! This California-based arts education nonprofit was started in 2006 by Diane Luby Lane to give young people the opportunity to express themselves through written word, spoken...
by Jean Trebek | Aug 23, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured, Videos
The Author of “Setting Boudaries Will Set You Free” on the Beauty of Selfishness Nancy Levin is on a mission… to allow us to set boundaries and to take back the idea of selfishness. So many of us put others first. We twist ourselves into knots trying...
by Dove Rose | Aug 21, 2021 | Expert Advice
Yes… Actually, that is the long and the sort of it. You are. I am. We all are. According to late Middle English: from Latin, ‘attendant spirit present from one’s birth, innate ability or inclination’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. The original...
by Laura Horton | Aug 7, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
There are numerous ways that dogs improve the health of humans, from getting us to exercise more, to providing much needed companionship and entertainment. But dogs do so much more for us. They can actually save our lives. Recognizing A Crisis In a medical case report...
by Dove Rose | Jul 10, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
How Does One Consume Vulnerably? Well, I’ll tell ya. ☺ Think about what you put in your body? Do you start your day with coffee, espresso, matcha, yerba matte, green tea, sugar, etc.? Do you bookend that with a glass of wine, or a beer, at night, or dessert...
by Jessica Blake | Jul 6, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
If you think it’s too late to become an entrepreneur in your 40s, you’re wrong. A team of researchers looked into a list of 2.7 million business founders and found out that most of them were actually in their 40s when they launched their company! When you reach...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Jul 4, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
When I was pregnant with our first child, my husband and I took a Bradley birth class. Of course I had NO IDEA when I signed up that it would be all about natural, squatting, searingly painful childbirth! Word of advice, don’t just sign up for a class without doing...
by Jean Trebek | Jun 15, 2021 | Charities, Expert Advice
Providing What Every Child Deserves Helping Families with Essentials My daughter Emily, has some really amazing friends that she’s known since her Freshman year in high school. And, it’s been such a blessing for me to have had the chance to watch these...
by insidewink | Jun 9, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice
Creativity & Expressing Yourself At insidewink we are all about creativity and expressing yourself. We love to feature artists, musicians, storytellers, heroes – all of us who take a chance and rise up to create or do something special. So we were especially...
by Dove Rose | Jun 6, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
… wait! … what? … Touch Joy? What the heck does that mean? ☺ You can’t touch joy, it isn’t three-dimensional, you can’t hold it and put it in your pocket…or can you? Before I go on I would like to ask you a few questions to see if you already know...
by Dove Rose | May 28, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
Last night I had a four-hour phone call with a complete stranger. We shared, we cried, we laughed, we listened and we learned. I had recently heard that her husband passed away a little less than two years ago. Her husband happens to be well known and for some...
by Ben Tanner | May 18, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice
Every few weeks we try to highlight an artist. Well, we received an email from Ben Tanner with the idea to teach our readers how to play a song on the guitar… which will make YOU our inspiring artists for May. Ben Tanner is a Physician’s Assistant (similar...
by Jean Trebek | May 16, 2021 | Charities, Expert Advice, Featured
Ahead Of Its Time Home Grown, Low-Stress Agriculture Alex loved the Musk Ox. It may sound strange, but it’s true. When I met Alex, one of the first things he shared with me was his love of this animal. He collected sculptures of musk oxen made by Canadian and...
by Lisa Marie Layman | May 8, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
Article and photos by Lisa Marie Layman “Actually, every human being should show the greatest interest in beekeeping because, much more than you can imagine, our lives depend on it.” – Rudolf Steiner Honey bees are our most important pollinators....
