for Thursday, November 27th, 2025
“The bond between mother and child is the most intimate bond in human experience. Love, welcome, and receptivity to a child at the beginning of life greatly enhance that child’s health and well-being throughout her lifetime. Happily, it is always possible to “re-mother” and love oneself unconditionally at any age, thereby enhancing health and well-being.”
for Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
“Our culture uses mammograms as a fix in the mistaken belief that this test can create breast health. But true breast (and heart) health come from living lives in which giving and receiving are equally balanced, and in which we eat well and move our bodies joyfully, vigorously, and regularly.”
If you have ever maintained a yard or garden for any period of time you have most likely encountered dandelions. It seems like just when everything else is looking good, there they are. You try to pull them just to find them popping us somewhere else. They sure can be annoying! But did you know […]
As our daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere are waning, and as we turn back the clocks to accommodate this change, it’s easy to forget that most of the people on Earth lived without electricity as little as 125 years ago! Despite being able to “change time,” I know that this transition is difficult for many of you. Being without light is difficult for me, too. Light is, after all, a nutrient.
I remember hearing someone say we should celebrate love every day, not just once a year on Valentine’s Day. I feel the same way about gratitude. Although it’s great that, in the United States, the fourth Thursday of November is dedicated to giving thanks, I encourage you to show and feel appreciation every day of the year.
Counting your blessings is a time-honored way to flourish. It’s been part of almost every culture and spiritual practice, going back millennia. And, science shows what the ancients knew intuitively – that grateful people are likely to be much happier and healthier than their pessimistic counterparts. For example, expressing gratitude enhances your energy levels and reduces stress.
It’s that time of year again when we are inundated with pink ribbons, races for “The Cure,” and campaigns to get screened for breast cancer. We hear the tragic stories of breast cancer striking young women. We see statistics stating that breast cancer affects one in eight women and is the number-two cancer killer of women. And we’re taught that to stay healthy we must be on a “seek and destroy” mission filled with tests, treatments, and technologies.
