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Five ways to put thanks back into the holidays by Patricia Damery —  As the holidays approach, with all the tensions of holiday expectations, you can do five things to enhance the gratitude (and enjoyment) quotient of the days. Current research underscores the importance of doing so. Gratitude is bonding and allows us to meet […]

Dealing with loss during the holidays by Dannette Hunnel —  The holiday season can be a catalyst for feelings of loss. Loss is descriptive individually, as it can involve anything from a relationship breakdown, empty nest syndrome, or loss of a limb to having a car repossessed. Other common losses are loss of status, a […]

The 52 New Foods Challenge: A Family Cooking Adventure for Each Week of the Year, with 150 Recipes by Jennifer Tyler Lee — Like many parents, Lee struggled to get her kids to eat healthy, balanced meals. The answer, she discovered, was making it a game: “We will try one new food each week. You […]

Drink soda and grow old by Mary Budinger — Soda is guilty of fostering myriad health problems, especially diabetes and heart disease. Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco took a deeper look at the mechanism involved and found the sugary beverages make the cells of our immune system age faster. The telomeres were shorter. […]

Opting in — choosing the fullness of life by Lisa Angelini  —  In this very moment, your body is being nourished and blessed by life. With every heartbeat and every breath, your body takes in the energy of life and connects with nature. Whether we notice or not, we are always connected through our breath. […]

Heros are My Weakness: A Novel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips — Phillips is back with a delightful novel filled with her sassy wit and dazzling charm. It is deepest winter on an isolated island off the coast of Maine and there are a man, a woman, puppets and a mysterious house looming over the sea. […]

Creating internal harmony using your senses by Jill Mattson —  Think of your body as a spaceship equipped with many buttons that you do not know how to use. But you can do much with your spaceship — your body. The key to using all of its powers is to increase your five senses. Prepare […]

The “dirty” secret about allergies by Dr. Bill Miller —  When I was growing up, I never knew a child with a food allergy. Allergies of any kind seemed rare; yet now, allergic concerns are frequently encountered. Just a few weeks ago, I was on a flight from Phoenix to Philadelphia. Shortly after the trip […]

I Look Like Me: A Celebration of Self-Love by Paula K. Dieck — Dieck was adopted as an infant. She was “chosen” and, therefore, she was special. For the most part, she had what seemed to be an idyllic life. On the surface she appeared to be happy, but on the inside she did not […]

From ego to wholeness by Nancy Murbach —  Our minds are full of feelings and emotions that surround our negative and positive thoughts. When a positive thought clashes with a negative thought, think about jump-starting a car. We put the positive and negative cables on the dead battery and then do the same on the […]

Is retirement cancer of the soul? by Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder —  Is retirement the American Dream or nowadays is it a dream that those under the age of 40 will never see fulfilled? Just what do we mean when we talk about the dream of retirement? Actually, retirement may mean one thing to you […]

Advances in dentistry by Dr. Nicholas Meyer —  This expression comes to mind: It is not your granddaddy’s dentistry anymore. Today, so much more is known as to why we lose teeth, but we really do not have to lose them, except by chance or choice. Lack of dental hygiene and traumatic incidents lead the […]

Seven steps to creating rituals for your best year by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood Do you know that there is a unique design to your life? Your mission in this lifetime is to discover that design and get aligned with it. When you do, life becomes fun, things flow more easily, the inevitable […]