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Do you drink enough water? How many of my friends and clients are fully hydrated- very few. Drinking water and getting enough sleep are rare happenings. Did you know hydration and clutter clearing go together like 2 peas in a pod? As you probably already know, downsizing requires all the brain cells, energy and stamina we can get, right? Being hydrated is better than all the lotions and potions you can buy. Water takes up very little space and yet gives you so much in return. My advice,...

I discovered from my dentist, I had bone loss. This was confirmed when I had a DEXA scan. Well shoot! How did this happen? I run, walk and move a lot. Who knew, a trip to the dentist would take me on this journey. After some exceptionally strong and frustrating feelings, I decided, I can't go back, so what is possible from here? I did what I do, I started researching and experimenting. One of my first aha moments was from the book Gnar Country- Steve Kolter. 60 % of your longevity health...

Summer Week 5: Beans, Boysenberries and Bees I don't journal, or at least not normal journaling. I compost. Composting is, in my mind, better- more interesting. It's a time and place to ponder, explore, reflect, think on paper, air frustrations, fears, gifts, life happenings. It's like compost- life compost. I add to the pile, stir and let decomposition happen. If I do it right black gold compost happens. Composting- active pondering of life. By the shear act of thinking on paper, a...

What is beauty? Your beauty? There are so many kinds. From the, "oh that's beautiful", to beauty that catches your breath. What stops you in your tracks? Last week, my mom and I got to go play and explore Victoria BC and the Butchart Gardens. At the Butchart Gardens there were millions of flowers. I have no idea who and how they plant so many annuals! Who deadheads and plants all these flowers!!? This is a deeply planned and executed garden. A walking experience, engulfed in beauty. ...

Finding Wonder in Everyday Chores There is a life that travels with us. No matter who you are, some sort of cleaning is a daily traveling partner. I think of my grandparents how they used their daily chores as meditation- not that they called it meditation. But it was. It was a daily activity that was necessary for life to flow. A place of repeated activity. The same things over and over again. An ongoing list of chores. And yet, I don't remember hearing my grandparents complain. I do...

I'm many things but gritty isn't the word that comes to mind. Last weekend I ran the 10K - Beat the Blerge I took a chance and said yes...

If you didn't already know, I make weird/healthy dishes all the time. Bean brownies are a normal food. Flaxseed bread- normal. This...

Do I take risks? What kind of risk? Social? Emotional? Physical? Mental? Spiritual? Until I wrote those categories, I'm not sure that...

When we were helping facilitate Ayurvedic retreats at Harmony Hill, our retreat leader, Patty W., shared a philosophy I love—and try to...

"If I don't walk the land, I miss things --the chance to head off a disease or to cultivate at just the right moment to ensure a...

"The ripe fruit of a juneberry is dark purplish, almost tricking you into thinking it’s a highbush blueberry, but it’s not. Rather,...

Is there such a thing? Yup and it's delightfully easy. Does anyone look forward to cleaning soap scum off shower? No matter how bored...

November 1st begins Wabi-Sabi Season. Each moment has beauty within...if we know how to see

Less is more. Is it? Not always but in a world of overconsumption more is essential. Is the whole world overconsuming? Is it just a...

What would you think if you saw a sea lion floating on one side with a flipper in the air? A sea lion in distress? That's what we...

Have you ever heard of the broken window Theory? A few years ago, I was doing a green cleaning talk for the City of Fed Way. Reece from...

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to bloom." Anais Nin Start Kindly. Say nice...

The Poet Pablo Neruda is a new discovery for me. This poem went right to my heart, like any good poem does. Poems wake us up. What's...

Habits are like seeds. If you can grow a plant...you can grow a new habit. Habits have behave like plants. You give them care, give...

At the end of December, the day my mom went back home to Colorado, I was sad. Of course, I was going to miss her. But this feeling was...

BIG +10 congratulations to Denise Frakes for completing Energy EFT Master Practitioner with GoE trainer Silvia Hartmann!

Denise Frakes writes: "This course should be a requirement for everyone. It should be taught right along with maths and English. A basic understanding of how we are wired would sure make life easier."