Evolution not revolution I am a member of a generation that wanted to rebel against the establishment and then we became the establishment. The Beatles got it and sang about us being a group that did not want to really rebel when they sang "Revolution" in the watershed year of 1968. For those of [...]
Moving One of the realities of the afternoon of life is that we are going to move, even if it is to an urn on our grandchildren's mantle or a hole in the ground. It is not a question of if, it is a question of when and a question of how. Many people, [...]
How did we get all this stuff? As we age, there seems to be less attachment to possessions or the need for possessions. In the first half of my life, I was consumed by being a consumer. I had to have the latest "stuff". Even when I turned fifty, the entry point to the [...]
The afternoon of life The paradox of the afternoon of life is that just as we may feel we are finally hitting our stride – if we do not take a siesta, we risk burning out – never making it to the evening of life. I have found myself looking at living according to [...]
In preparation for a series on consciousness and awareness, I have been doing some research, which led me to a number of product offerings designed to entrain the brain into a readiness state conducive to meditation. I have found a couple that I will use and be reporting back on in the coming weeks. [...]
Insights from Millennials I read a blog post from Huffington Post recently that solidified my thoughts on the wisdom of youth and the evolution of the collective unconsciousness. Today’s young adult generation “Millennials”, to a large degree, realize intuitively something that took me many years to learn and that is that Boomers got it all wrong [...]
Many people are stuck in victim energy or see others as victims - what if we were not broken? We choose to remain broken, it is a way of being a victim and not needing to take responsibility for ourselves. We become our disease. Oh, I can't do that - I have cancer. Or [...]
We are scales. Not the digitalized platform in which many of us fear. I mean the traditional, two-sided scale. It's common sense; when one side is more heavily weighted, the device is thrown off balance. We work the same way. Work-Life Balance is the key driver. From what I have learned from the last few [...]
What do cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer's all have in common? Besides being words that we hope never come out of our doctors' mouths, there's something else; inflammation. Our bodies environment is hot, fat and crowded. Makes you cringe a little, doesn't it? The standard American diet has been cited by the six doctors [...]
It is in our psyches - going to market in the morning to bring home the freshest whole foods. In fact, here in Pittsburgh, the largest food retailer has special stores with "Market" in its name, and in the South East, another grocer chain has opened stores with both "Fresh" and "Market" in its [...]
