Health and wellness includes fitness, healing, movement, nourishment, rest & relaxation, and even sensuality. Feeling fed in each of these areas is important in creating the life that you want to live no matter what your age or shape. This is not about being the perfect size or shape, but about taking the time to listen to what your body tells you it needs. Most of us have a difficult time actually doing this and those needs shift all of the time.
For most of my life, when my body says “No more!,” I have pushed past and soldiered on through. The past few years I have been working diligently to shift this, and remember that my body is there to tell me what the next right next step is. It...
We live in a fast-paced world. Everything needs to be done 5 minutes ago. We are focused on the finalization of everything instead of the journey. In other words, we choose to eat fast food in all areas of our life, versus savoring each bite of a perfectly cooked...
It’s funny: after being completely relationship-free with permission to play as hard or as soft as I desired for a year, my inner whore anly arrived at the scene when I chose to become monogamous with someone I adore. Perhaps it was the change of scenery, or that he...
Recently I have been spending all of my time focussed on getting things handled and done. During this time, I have been approached by a few people with health issues going on. In fact, yesterday I was sharing the things I had tried when, around six months ago, my...
We live on a farm on a hill, and a few months back I impressively fell down while walking downhill. In reality, I have bitten it on this hill at least 5 times now. Long story short, I was wearing the wrong shoes for the amount of wet that...
Over the past 10 years I have experienced a significant number of losses including my child, countless pets, friends’ children, family members, and a significant other’s two suicide attempts. I’ve seen many people being pushed to speed up the grief and recovery process, or to try to rush through...
Since moving to Norway, I have been at odds with my body. It has not been thrilled with the cold. When there is snow, I always expect to fall on the way to the bus walking down the hill from our house. In actuality, I have fallen 4-5 times....