Forest Bathing Two years ago, in my newsletter I encouraged you to live in harmony with nature in Survival of the Kindest and mentioned the health benefits of Shinrin-Yoku, the Japanese Art of Forest Bathing. In the January issue of 2022, I once again encouraged you to practice forest bathing in my article about Finland, On Becoming the Happiest Country in the World. Now when a friend mentioned I should write about forest bathing last month, I decided it was time to dedicate… Read more »
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The Secret Intelligence of Water
“Water is a great teacher that shows us how to move through the world with grace, ease, determination, and humility.” The Daily OM: A great teacher Dear Friends, I am writing a book about water. I find that it’s just like when you buy a new car, you never notice how popular your new car is until you walk out the door owning it. Now that I am writing this book, I am finding all sorts of interesting experiences, writings,… Read more »
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Re-evaluate Your Shoes
Earthing and you We are electrical creatures. Energy flows through us into everything that we touch – and vice versa. This includes the energy to and from the earth where we get our food, water, and shelter. Researchers have discovered that our dependence on Mother Earth is so strong, that we need her energy too. Go Barefoot Our shoes, those with rubber soles, cut us off from the earth’s energy. Now that we know this, it’s time we started going… Read more »
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Zach Bush MD
“Curiosity is the most powerful force on earth.” From Dr. Zach Bush website In 2021 I was introduced to Dr. Zach Bush, a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Hospice/Palliative care. Dr. Zach Bush stresses the importance of a healthy soil for our own health. He believes that damage to our bodies is due to stress and to the contaminants in our soil, water, and air. According to Dr Zach, we must repair the damage chemical farming… Read more »
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On becoming the happiest country in the world
“Finland ranks as the world’s happiest country based on the 2021 report, with a score of 7.842 out of a total possible score of 10. The report writers credited the citizens of Finland’s strong feelings of communal support and mutual trust with not only helping secure the #1 ranking, but (more importantly) helping the country as a whole navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Finlanders felt strongly that they were free to make their own choices, and showed minimal suspicion of… Read more »
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Entangled Life: a Book Review
Entangled Life How Fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and shape our futures By Merlin Sheldrake | Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks (April 13, 2021) I have always been fascinated by mushrooms. I have taken many photographs of mushrooms growing out of dead logs in the forest. They seem to appear as if by magic after the rain. I learned some time ago, through the work of Paul Stamets, that mushrooms are the fruit of a… Read more »
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NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE 2021
Happy New Year! These three words — Happy New Year — are full of new possibilities as we venture into the unknown world of 2021. My hope is that we all embrace it with an open heart. The world is in a state of amazing upheaval. None of us has ever experienced anything like this before on such a grand scale. Times like this can be the impetus for change – let’s make this happen! 2021 could be the year… Read more »
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Book Review: My Summer with the Leprechauns
My Summer with the Leprechauns: The Authorized Edition by Tanis Helliwell Wayshower Enterprises (February 18, 2012) Have you ever planned a trip and then remembered a book you wanted to reread? My Summer with the Leprechauns by Tanis Helliwell is the book I wanted to re-read before my trip to Ireland last year. I’m glad I did. I found my second reading just as fascinating as I had the first time. This book truly prepared me to recognize the magic… Read more »
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A healing message of thanks giving
“To encourage the process of healing at a global level, we must first change the one thing over which we have real power: ourselves.” The Dance for All People Knowing that we only have power over ourselves, how do we go about healing the world? We start with right now. Right now, we can do one thing that when combined with other people doing one thing can make a difference. That one thing can be as simple as Taking time… Read more »
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Survival of the Kindest
We are living in a time of great uncertainty. It’s also a time of immense opportunity for us to begin to live a more meaningful life. In my lifetime I think back to my parents and what the world was like back then. Just before the second world war began, they escaped from Nazi Germany and individually moved to South Africa. We are Jewish. Most of our relatives died during Hitler and his Nazi reign. It was a time of… Read more »