Donna Powers

This past week has been filled with family, friends, students, colleagues, shared meals, calendula cream making, marking of papers for student clinic, and…moms with sick kids. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH When kids are sick, life gets put on hold. And when moms are sick at the same time as kids? Wow…it’s a tough gig. … Read more

You’ve planned for the big family weekend dinner. Guests and relatives invited, large quantities of food bought and prepared, the house almost clean except for those last-minute crooks, crannies and the crapper, of course. (I could not resist the alliteration…) Real life, you gotta love it! (Thoughts of toilet cleaning remind me of a children’s … Read more

Have you ever had those moments, or even a whole day, where everything you did, you knew, just knew, that it was a day that you would remember for a very long time? At a mind-moment’s impulse, you know that you will be able to recall where you were, what you were doing, the smells, … Read more

Today is something new for the newsletter and new for me! Vlogging…just like a blog but with video! I love technology, especially when it works and especially when it’s fun. Today it worked and it was fun…mostly. But just like babies, who are mostly fun when they are fed, dry and being held, from time … Read more

Thank you! To all of you who have shared your time with extra posts announcing the ‘due date’ of the 12-week teleseminar, thank you! It’s kind of been like getting birth announcement cards several times before the actual due date, isn’t it? Your patience as we prepare for the final ‘push’ and birth of this … Read more

Quick Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to register for the teleseminar course Vaccine Free: Now What? Thinking about joining us? Would love to see you there! WHAT? ANOTHER SHOUT-OUT? YOU BET! Yes, there was a shout-out last week, but there is an amazing group of students who are studying like crazy this month, preparing … Read more

“From its peak in the 1800s, whooping cough deaths had declined by more than 99 per cent before a vaccine was in widespread use. The national vaccination program began in the United States in the late 1940s and in England by 1957.” ~Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, MD and … Read more

Quick reminder before the ‘Quick Survey’… Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 18th, is the last day for the early bird price on the teleseminar course, Vaccine Free: Now What? You will still be able to register after that, right up until September 25th. And remember! There is the option to spread payments out… September can hit the … Read more

Since the first newsletter went out in December of 2012, the mailing list has more than doubled in size (thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!). And…now the second 12-week teleseminar is being offered! THANK YOU for sharing with me a successful first course, and much gratitude for the many … Read more