• It should come as no surprise but, given our sedentary natures, most standstills have become sit stills.• The exclamation point is to punctuation what the erection is to the male ego. The more you expose it, the more likely it begins to bore those it was intended to thrill.• Told the kids one of […]

     Once again I found myself at a place of precariousness. At the edge of magic unfolding, yet still grasping on to the cliff. I had become quite ill over the winter. I was living on a biodynamic farm school in Northern California with minimal and rustic housing (think canvas tent and bucket toilet). […]

We all need a little hard truth in our life I’d never heard of Dr. Laura until the night she guided me from Missouri to Cincinnati. I had received an eerie and surprising call from my stepfather John. He was frantic, his voice was haunting, and he frightened me. I was planning a trip home […]

Poet’s Bio: Poet Brenda Bunting, she/her is the author of Poems of Love and Violence In Between Life and Death (1st and 2nd editions).  She is an award-winning orator whose work has appeared in numerous publications online and in print. She hosts poetry events and has been the featured poet at live events, virtually, on […]

    Can you modify kitchari? WE ARE OFTEN ASKED IF IT’S POSSIBLE TO MAKE KITCHARI WITHOUT KEY INGREDIENTS LIKE GHEE, RICE OR MUNG BEANS.  The answer is, yes, you can make something similar but we wouldn’t call it kitchari.  Instead, we’d consider it a stew made from a grain, legume, and combination of vegetables. […]

,Flower Mound, Lewisville, Highland Village According to data from the Alzheimer’s Association more than 6 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s and by 2050 this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million. Alzheimer’s is one form of dementia (there are more than 120 types of dementia) for which there is currently no […]

There is good news and bad news when you travel as a house or pet sitter. Do you: go to the gym, walk or run, do Yoga? If you consider your parents and grandparents and you believe you will live to your 90s and more. You seek to live your years ahead without pain, then you certainly […]

I did not grow up with cell phones, social media, or electronics as my main source of communication. It was a different world in the ’60s, ’70s, and even the ’80s. Today, there is information overload, communication via text/email, and a culture that has practically eliminated the art of conversation. If you are of the […]

Dear Barbara, I am interested in starting a caregiver support group, any ideas? Also, I’ve been hearing a lot about End of Life doulas, can you tell me more and how to become one. The first question I have to ask is, what are your qualifications to run a support group? Just wanting to conduct […]

Have you repeatedly gotten lost in familiar places, seen people that were not there (hallucinated), or experienced uncontrollable bouts of laughter or crying, even though there was nothing sad or funny happening? These are just some of the 22 Clues™ – signs and symptoms which may suggest that something’s amiss and that the path ahead […]