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Why It’s So Hard for Some of Us/The Story We Tell About Our Lives
Why is it that some of us who have been blessed with so much in life still find living so difficult? Rebecca and her friend Amy mused at this perplexing phenomenon as they commiserated on how challenging life had always seemed
Awe–How To Be Transformed/Why “Do” Nature, Music, Art, and Yes, Drugs?
Awe–A Transformative Positive EmotionsWe have recently been delving more into the experience of awe—awe induced by music, nature, art, spiritual experiences, and, perhaps more controversially, psychedelic drugs. Barbara Fredrickson included awe in her research on effects of positive emotions on
Women’s Reproductive Rights Advocate OB-Gyn Caitlin Bernard–What A Hero Looks Like to Us
“My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most. Doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need, when and
If You Are a Highly Sensitive Person, Are You an Orchid, a Sunflower, A Rose, …?
KC, Rebecca’s Husband, Discovers He Might Be a Highly Sensitive PersonLast week Rebecca’s husband, KC, said that he’d just come across a quiz that revealed that he was a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Rebecca, in what could be easily be
Mental Health Awareness Month/Homage to Duane and the People We’ve Lost to Suicide
May is Mental Health Awareness MonthAt the risk of stating the obvious, though, our attention to mental health has to persist because the cost of struggling with mental illness, especially those with symptoms of depression, can be so high. Homage
Mandala Magic–The Surprises New Parents Katy and Al Discovered in Their Mandalas
We wanted to share some of the drawings that were sent in to us this month when we put out a call for mandalas on the theme of “What is important to you and what keeps you strong.” Mandalas By