The resonance of symbolic rituals

June 13, 2014
The first shaman I ever met was a Native American woman who took me on a drumming journey that was both magical and mystical. Shamans have a long, rich history of...

A mother’s still a mom, even on the other side.

June 12, 2014
I'm beginning to think my blog has been hijacked by my people in the Afterlife, right?  Today's post talks about a very personal experience I had at the conference last...

Exploring the mystery of death & what comes after

June 10, 2014
This continues my series on matters of spirit and the afterlife conference I attended last week. I draw my friends from all parts of life and they hold a variety of...

Living with an open heart

June 8, 2014
These past four days I lived in a place where all hearts were wide open. No, we weren't all sitting around singing Kumbaya. Not at all. We were scientists, scholars,...

Teachings from Master Spirits

June 7, 2014
If you’re not familiar with Brian L. Weiss, MD, who wrote Many Lives, Many Masters, a classic in the realm of spirituality, I highly recommend the book. Let me trot...

Back to the Sixties

June 2, 2014
It was a decade in which so much happened we could hardly keep up with it. Vietnam. Women’s liberation. Civil rights. Assassinations. The moon walk. The air was...

Let’s play a game

June 1, 2014
I saw this number on rocks along the jetty at Half Moon Bay, Calif. the other day. There are others, too, but not necessarily consecutive. It was...

Cheaper than a facelift; less painful than botox

May 31, 2014
"Stress takes its toll." We hear it all the time and so many of us, including me, pay lip service to it. But do we really believe it? Like aging, the ravages of stress...

The complicated story of a Roy Orbison concert

May 30, 2014
Who doesn't love Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman? The first few bars of the song, a hit in  1964, defined my young adolescence. And the Traveling Wilburys were a particular...

Home remedies are sometimes the best remedies

May 29, 2014
  PLEASE NOTE: I  am not a doctor. These home remedies are not medical advice. Please consult your physician before embarking on any new course of treatment or...

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