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Extreme Resistance to What Is

This recent news post on Food Consumer caught my attention, reporting that the governor of Connecticut had interfered with a bill containing a requirement for labeling foods with GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) that was predicted to pass easily. The section … Continue reading

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Spice Up Your Health

Here’s a neat article about 10 superfood spices and herbs that are easy to include in your diet. I’ve been trying to eat whole foods as much as possible instead of using vitamins to make up for eating badly. Some … Continue reading

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Afraid of it? Run Toward It!

I don’t really follow Dancing with the Stars, but today I saw a clip today of advice from Sherri Shephard, one of the hosts from the television show The View, after her elimination from the competition yesterday: “That thing that … Continue reading

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Cellulite is Connected to Health?

There’s a wealth of wellness information all in this one site that I found completely by accident – can’t even remember how I got there. The site seems to be about cellulite, interestingly enough, but it’s really so much more. … Continue reading

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The Courage to Dare Greatly

Still thinking about those Brene Brown videos on TED, and in particular today, the one where she paraphrases Roosevelt’s “man in the arena” quote: It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man … Continue reading

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The Key to Connection

This post is just sharing a video and a quote today – powerful messages that don’t need embellishment from me. Brene Brown TED talk on vulnerability One of the comments (which I have not yet verified) for this TED video … Continue reading

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History of Western Buddhism

I liked this recent post detailing the evolution of Buddhism in the West. I thought it was fairly accurate, and mostly matching the research I did last year to come up with a synopsis of the history of western Buddhism … Continue reading

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Sometimes the Best Thing To Do Is Nothing

Whenever a topic seems to come up several times on my radar from different places in a short time, I try to take notice. I figure maybe there’s a message coming at me from somewhere. This time the message seems to … Continue reading

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Letting Go is Hard to Do

Here’s a little poem from Marianne Williamson’s Illuminata that I have liked for a long time, and am currently finding useful – yet again: Dear God, I surrender to You my striving. I let go all need to effort or … Continue reading

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Instant Perspective

I have been reading a book called Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor. It’s one of those spirituality books that you can open anywhere and read a little for some soul food. Like many of the best books I’ve ever read, … Continue reading

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