by Laura | Dec 25, 2022 | healing, natural living
Do You Have a Best-of-the-Best (BOTB) Lifestyle?Did you know that Charles Dickens and advertising created the modern Christmas? Yep. In Dickens’ day, Christmas was a minor holiday much like Easter today. Some people celebrated and got the day off, but it...
by Laura | Dec 23, 2022 | healing
Why Addiction Isn’t About Willpower or Character The recent studies about addiction are stunning! I have to share. Now, maybe you’ve heard about the “rat park” study that came out in 1978? Canadian psychologist Bruce K. Alexander hypothesized...
by Laura | Dec 22, 2022 | healing
Do More of What You Love Happy new year! For animists like me, the winter solstice is new year’s eve. Today marks the beginning of the new year, and like many people, I gave some thought to what I want 2023 to look like. Rather than focusing on what I...
by Laura | Dec 20, 2022 | healing
End-of-the-Year Self-Evaluation? If your mother were rating your performance as a human being, how would you do? Would your scores change if it were done by your child? How about your romantic partner? Best friend? What criteria would they find important? How about...
by Laura | Dec 19, 2022 | healing
Is It Too Late to Beat December Burn Out? We’re a week away from Christmas and two weeks away from New Years. Is it too late to beat December burn out? If you’ve got juices left, hang on. It’s not too late to make some changes. I’ll give you...
by Laura | Dec 18, 2022 | healing
It’s Time We Talked About the Estranged Family It’s time we talked about the estranged family. Over 43% of people have been estranged from a family member at some point in their lives. In the pre-covid days, 25% of Americans were estranged from their...
