Life Style
The Healing Power of Taa-naash-kaa-da
By Violet Green Do you know of a place where you can feel your heart beat in every cell of your body? A place where you can be your true self – no questions asked, no judgements made, just unconditional love and acceptance. Maybe this is what you feel when you’re floating in the ocean, […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
This Is It The problem is with the article the. It tricks our minds into thinking there is the way to live and off we go in search of it. We read all sorts of self-help books. We check out various gurus. We undo what our parents did. We take back some of our […]
40 Years Among the Natives
In April I went to the San Diego Horticultural Society at the Del Mar racetrack to hear David Fross talk about plants native to California. He arrived at his current career by a circuitous route. Fross had been drawn to natural landscapes as a child. However, he majored in history; and as a graduate student […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
How do you define success? It’s easy enough to get caught up in society’s idea of success which involves nearly rampant materialism and money coming out of our ears. If we’re not careful, we adopt materialism and money and they become our measure of success. I suggest you don’t. Be clear, I’m not against materialism. […]
The Health Benefits of Olives
You may only think of olives as a tasty addition to a pizza or a garnish for your martini, but they are actually nutrient powerhouses that have numerous health-boosting qualities. Below, we will take a look at just a few of the reasons you should include more of these unique fruits in your diet. Boost […]
A Mother´s Day Message
As I am eagerly awaiting my first Mother´s Day as a mother, I am reflecting on what it means to be a mother. So many things I only now understand: like the greatest happiness is when your child is happy and healthy; or when your child is in pain, all you want is to be […]
The Prankster In Side Of Ourselves
April Fool’s Day is one of my personal favorites; and at the same time, most disliked special days. It has many aspects of its existence that cause this reaction. They include the potential of having some fun, being creative and getting out of the same-old rut for a single day. It also has the potential […]
Phone Talk – Part 1
While Apple is fighting with the government about the right to privacy on our iPhones, I am dealing with my own privacy issues. For those who have a generation of phone that allows Siri to be our personal assistant, we know that Siri does not always get our requests right. How many of us have […]
Maternity Photos in the Open Fields
by Stylishly Aubree Lynn, Stylist/Producer/Writer I have only had the opportunity to style one maternity photo shoot. So it was very fitting that the second one was for my own pregnancy. With El Niño in mind, we thought that we were going to do a maternity photo shoot in the snow. We had already picked […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Retire your cape Few among us are here to do really big things with our lives. Oh yes, there are presidents of countries and companies and leaders in all varieties of professions; but for most of us, we live and work in a world with 250 people in our sphere and we don’t have much […]
