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Best Self. I work with a group of children ages 5-13 that are quickly becoming masters of their craft, singing.  What I love most about the group is how much they love working hard and being challenged.  Their director pushes the limit -always raising the bar, and they are quickly and matter of factly told […]

This month I have been making a point to reconnect with old friends.  Not just a quick text, but time shared with them.  It is funny that it is hard to find one on one time with the people I care about, sometimes I wonder how other tasks and engagements have become more important. I […]

From the time my son was little I always thought it was wise to parent him based on how I hoped he would be in the world when he was 16.  I spent some time thinking about my own values about how to be in the world and then tried my best to parent accordingly.  This year […]

I am on a path of discovery, about better health care for me, my family and my friends.  I am fascinated by the advances in knowledge of the microflora of the gut, brain nutrition, functional medicine, herbs, energy, and auto-immune disease.  I am certain they are all related. I also love to help and do. […]

A few years back my sister began to drink a nettle infusion everyday to get through the hot flashes of menopause.  She was hooked.  I tried it off and on, but the taste didn’t grab me, and I wasn’t good about drinking it everyday as a tonic.  Some herbs, like Nettle, Urtica dioica,  are meant to […]

I enjoy this exercise and use to use it in my classroom to get the students thinking.  I love to think back on how my beliefs have evolved over the years as new people, information, technologies and experiences have influenced my life. This I Believe… That people only change if they are uncomfortable enough The […]