by Anne Cochran | Jan 23, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Guest Writers |
There is a Lot to Learn About the College Planning Process insidewink’s new monthly column about the college-planning process you and your teenager may be living through or planning to tackle in the foreseeable future. Hello! I’m Anne Cochran. What qualifies me...
by Peter Martin | Jan 13, 2020 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers |
Planning and maintaining a landscape design project that will transform your property into a showplace. Planning your landscape project is not only the first thing one should consider but also the most important and ultimately the most rewarding. Firstly, one should...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Dec 20, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Dr. Elvira G. Aletta, PhD. ~ 5 Tips on how to Receive the Gift of A Compliment You just finished a conversation with a colleague, student, friend. You are both quietly wrapping up, gathering your stuff when she blurts out: “I think you are...
by insidewink | Dec 16, 2019 | And Another Thing ..., Expert Advice |
Feeling Holiday Stress? Overwhelmed? Hurried? Anxious over all the shopping, wrapping, baking and decorating? You’ve got one minute, right? We’ve got some quick and easy one minute holiday stress relievers for you to help calm the madness and enjoy the...
by Alison Martin | Nov 26, 2019 | And Another Thing ..., Expert Advice |
One of the things that I truly appreciate about the holidays are the traditions… so let’s create some more! I love these days between Halloween and New Years. I know they can be loaded. I know they can be complicated. I also know there is a sense of peace...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Nov 23, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ~James Baldwin ~ Guest Writer Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. ~ Dreading the upcoming holidays? Afraid to go to your mother’s house...
by insidewink | Nov 12, 2019 | Expert Advice, Videos |
Judith Caldwell – don’t be an onion! “It’s like a rotten onion in a pot of stew.” Judith Caldwell, Ed.D talks about breaking the self-destructive habit of negative judgement to live a happier life. Judith Caldwell, Ed.D, is an amazing...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Oct 22, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELVIRA G. ALETTA, PhD. ~ By living we take risks. By trusting we take the biggest risk of all. When betrayal happens our foundation crumbles from underneath us. I mean, it’s one thing if someone we don’t expect to have our interests at heart is...
by Emma Ogiens | Sep 18, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Emma Ogiens ~ Letting go is hard. I’d like to say it’s easy, but it’s not. To put it simply, letting go is a tough one for me. I’d like to say that I’m able to let difficult conversations or sad circumstances just roll off my shoulder like it’s...
by insidewink | Sep 6, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Interviews, Videos |
Meet Michel Pascal. His gentle manner and loving warmth is so engaging. He really made an impression on me. I met Michel at the Bodhi tree in Los Angeles. At the that event, besides his speaking, he sang for us and so moved me… just like a “maestro’s...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Aug 29, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ Growing up, I thought there were two states of being in a relationship. War or Peace. My parents, dear, flawed role models that they were, appeared to have that kind of relationship. From a kid’s point of view, they...
by Niki Svara | Aug 20, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Niki Svara ~ A true feeling of peace doesn’t come from the absence of things you don’t like. It comes from the absence of judgment toward the things you don’t like. See where I’m going with this? Love, your body Excerpt from Piece Talks: Messages of...
by insidewink | Aug 2, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Videos |
Researcher and Storyteller, Brené Brown, is a kickass quote creator because she tells it like it is. Her “official” bio is pretty spectacular. Brown is a professor at the University of Houston and has spent the last two decades studying courage, shame,...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Jul 17, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ One of the first words we learn as infants is no. If we do our job right, growing up we use no to set boundaries. The toddler’s no translation would look like this: “Excuse me, madame, but when you insist that I share my toys...
by insidewink | May 18, 2019 | Expert Advice, Videos |
“For me, one of the greater life disappointments was not having children” Spiritual teacher, Mutki, shares her personal story of “how to forgive yourself for the choices you make in life” and being angry at herself for waiting too long to start a...
by insidewink | Apr 6, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Videos |
At her spiritual center in San Jose, CA. called the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Ellen Grace O’Brian shares her insights on self-forgiveness, a topic that relates to us all. Please check out her website. Derailed? Or on track? It’s all in how you view it....
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Mar 24, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ New beginnings. Why don’t we just call them New, “What again?!”-ses. Because isn’t life like that? A series of downs and ups? These days we hear a lot about failure being such a great thing. How...
