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 […]
As a natural storage device, the “mind” seems similar to a computer hard drive. It is believed to be able to retain up to 2.5 petabytes of info– that is akin to nearly three million hours of TV. Having the ability to retrieve all of that information, nonetheless, is a different matter. We have all […]
Dr. Jill M. Bjerke SilverSpaces.com Everywhere you look in your home there is stuff. When Richard Eisenberg, who at the time was the Money & Word Editor for NextAvenue.org, released an article aptly titled, “Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff,” predictably his article garnered a huge response. He published many of them in his follow-up […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here; on Feb. 11 to be exact when I posted about a few love songs for Valentine’s Day. For those who are concerned or curious, I have been writing. Just not here. I’m a contributor on Medium, where I’ve had about five posts in recent weeks. I […]
Poet’s Bio: Mildred M. Stokes is author of two published works: Romancing the Beautiful Divine, A Joy Embrace Story Devotional—a book of Inspirational descriptions and in part, Autobiography. Another is I Can Hear You Better With My Glasses On! — her first full book of poetry. Philosophy-wise for this dedicated author: writing is a […]
Every element in this nest was chosen with care. The found fibers were woven together with great skill and loving intent. How, when, and where the birds went about their nest building were guided by the blueprint, the sacred design, carried within. The nest was woven with dried grasses and stems, bits of blossoms and […]
Over the past few months I have started returning to a family favourite Gingersnap Cookies. As I do try to stay away from gluten I started looking at a few of the traditional recipes wanting to recreate what I loved growing up. For me the true joy is in re-discovering cookbooks I have collected over […]
Did you know that there are some insights about yourself you just can’t acquire through the mind? I know this from personal experience, and the first time I gained an insight through my body, it blew my mind – in a great way! Allow me to lay a little groundwork. First, science affirms that unconscious […]
By Rosalind Sedacca, CDC During and after divorce your children may be hyper-sensitive about many things. What may have formerly been routine conversations, questions or activities can now be touchy subjects fraught with anxiety, resentment or ager. This is understandable when you consider that the stability of the world they knew has been dramatically […]
