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Category Archives: healing
Return to Eden
Indigenous people — which included all of our ancestors at some point — did live in a global garden for 40,000 years. It wasn’t Paradise, but it was sustainable. Let’s get back to the Garden and restore our world. Continue reading
Posted in happiness, healing, Reasons to Live, spirituality
Tagged gardening, indigenous wisdom, permaculture, religion, restoration
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Make Earth Sacred Again
Imagine living where people revered Earth, not money. A world where people spend days restoring wetlands or growing food, and being happy to do it. Imagine a world where helping others, both human and nonhuman, was a prime motivation. That may sound impossible, but religions have transformed the world before. Continue reading
Posted in healing, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, Degrowth, economics, indigenous wisdom, spirituality
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Why Animals Are Getting Fat
As science has filled the world with toxic chemicals, literally hundreds of obesogens are around us all the time, making us fat. And the chemical companies that are doing this to every person and animal on Earth aren’t blamed. They’re making billions. Continue reading
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Tagged chemical pollution, corporate lies, diabetes, obesity, overweight
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Until We Can Deal With Death: We’ll never deal with COVID-19
I believe we will cope with pandemics and other threats if we focus on living and making life better for current and future generations and less on preventing death at all costs. Continue reading
Posted in healing, Reasons to Live, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, balance, Coronavirus, death, Health, lockdown
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Who Would You Be Without Yourself?
Freedom is often a question of letting go of the stories that chain us down. Continue reading
Posted in healing, spirituality
Tagged acceptance, freedom, narrative, psychology, self-care
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Strengthen Your Immune System
By eating right, getting sleep and exercise, touch, and laughter, we can greatly reduce our risk of COVID and other infections. Continue reading
Posted in healing, Reasons to Live, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID19, exercise, Health, hugs, Nutrition, stress
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Grateful for Mistakes
“What seems a mistake sometimes turns out a vital way forward on our healing path.” – Stephen Mitchell. How often do your missteps turn into good things? Mine sometimes do. Though sometimes, as in this story, it takes a very hard road to realize the benefit. Continue reading
Posted in healing, miracles, Self-Care Support, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, healing, hospitals, multiple sclerosis, physical therapy
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When Mental Illness is Environmental
Self-compassion might come from realizing how our behaviors and emotions are shaped by our environment and our past environments. Continue reading
Posted in happiness, healing, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, depression, happiness, housing, mental heath
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The Joy Within
Each of us has this stream of joy within us. It may be bricked in and covered over with layers of grief, pain, fear, or anger. It may be curtained off by thoughts, entertainment, things we want to do or have to do. Still, it’s always there and can’t be destroyed, because it comes from the life force itself. Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, joy, spirituality, yoga
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Five Times Denial is Good for You
If you deny a self-destructive habit, you could cause serious harm to yourself or others. Drunk driving would be a classic example. But in other situations, denial can be good for you. When is denial damaging, and when it it healthy? Continue reading
Posted in healing, Uncategorized
Tagged chronic illnss, climate change, death, denial, grief
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