Numb: How to Own What’s Never Felt Like Mine?
A 'friend' walked up to me (let’s call him John Douchebag) and whispered, “I never knew you were so stacked.”
Browsing Tag:
natural
Dreams of an Elephant: Open Letter to the Community.
In my real home, elephant deaths are a complex and beautiful affair. We honor our loved ones, just as humans do. I was robbed of this rite of passage.
3 Dharma Lessons My Sister’s Dog Taught Me.
I think the world would be a better place if people as a whole were more dog-like. But dogs require a lot of time and patience.
Elvis & Me: Natural Pet Care to Calm Your Anxious Dog.
Okay, I know that sounds weird. Natural pet care and dog massages. Sounds like something you would find at a very ritzy dog hotel for the Paris Hilton chihuahuas of the world. It may sound silly, but natural pet care has worked wonders for Elvis, and could do the same for your pup.
Natural Happiness: The Truth About Exercise And Depression.
When it comes to beating depression over the long-term, this is what makes exercise more powerful than medication. It’s not that medication doesn’t work -- it does. But exercise does something that medication doesn’t. It proves a new identity to yourself.
A Prayer To Become More Certain Of Who I Am.
I started to feel connected to everything that surrounded me. I could feel not only my own existence but the community of the trees, the moss, the deer, the sun, the air, the ground. I wasn’t trying! The natural phenomenon was clearly introducing itself to me, because for once in a long time, I ...
The Boys & Girls Who Lived.
So here we are, in the dark of the night, swimming in the moon rays. Here we all are -- you, me, the Boys and Girls Who Lived, carrying, always, the last living fragments of our own attempted murderers, and remembering, if we can, that it is not our abilities that make us who we are, but our choices.
So, Yes, Stress Is Good.
Stress is not something to cure. What needs to be cured is your habitual self-exposure to surroundings, environments, and circumstances you frankly do not prefer to experience.