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by Donna Powers
Flu Panic
You have likely noticed… the flu season seems to go year-round now. Fall used to be the seasonal onset here in Canada and the Northern Hemisphere, but that’s changed. Flu is no longer just seasonal. Depending on the year, even after the fall vaccine blitz, there are outbreaks of flu. In January 2013 in Calgary … Read more
Mushroom Soup for the Soul
What’s your favorite soup? The book would have us believe that it is chicken soup, which is good, but the favorite in this household is mushroom, hands down. And the mushroom soup is my own recipe—not from the can. Being a 21st century grandma, making mushroom soup from scratch is my own little form of … Read more
Traveler’s Diarrhea Is Nothing To Fool Around With
Funny what kind of thoughts you have when preparing for travel. Here are some of mine as I prepare for a Mexican holiday! Oh horrors! Are you familiar with this TV ad? The scenario: the new bride being carried by the groom to the sand and surf to ‘trash the dress.’ Then close-up to the … Read more
Your Year: In One Word
Just wondering…has your email inbox been flooded with ‘how to reflect on the past year’, ‘how to create for the New Year’, ask yourself this, ask yourself that? There are so many amazing folks out there writing and offering so many great suggestions for creating awareness and consciousness. I truly loved all the suggestions but … Read more
Forget Resolutions: Cultivate Sacred Space, Dance, Sing, Tell Stories and Rediscover Quiet
“Where we have stopped dancing, singing, being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence is where we have experience the loss of soul. Dancing, singing, storytelling, and silence are the four universal healing salves.” Gabrielle Roth Seems that I cannot keep writing and reading and listening to music to myself; I must share. But in … Read more
A Light in the Dark
If someone were to ask you, Where does it hurt? What would you tell them? If someone were to ask you, How did you make the hurt go away? What would you say? If someone were to ask you, Does it ever get better? What would you tell them? Come with me. Listen. Words have … Read more
Sharing a Dream and Self-Care
Today, I received a newsletter from someone I love and she mentioned that she was taking a one-month break. Wow! What terrific modeling for self-care. Then I realized, that her announcement resonated so deeply within because I need to recharge. I have been writing weekly newsletters now for almost three years. You will have plenty … Read more
Hope in the Darkest of Times
“Life has been a series of some very unusual circumstances this past week. I know I am not alone. Although the carol says, ” ’tis the season to be jolly”! It should maybe be sung instead to the words “ ’tis the season to be human’. I was scanning through to see what I wrote … Read more
Too Much Ho Ho Ho Merry Merry!
Can holidays be too much of a good thing? Within the last three months of the calendar years, those of us living in North America, have three ‘big’ holidays – Thanksgiving, Halloween and then Christmas. During my parenting years, we added two birthdays in that same three months! Despite the frigid temperatures, I looked forward … Read more