How Gratitude Can Save Your Life
Bessel van der Kolk is known as THE trauma expert throughout the world. I have read his famous book, The Body Keeps the Score, and attended several of his …
Giving Thanks for Our Honored Elders
What is the single most important thing you can do to live a long, healthy life? You might think it has something to do with exercise, or eating right, or …
Gratitude Begins Every Morning
Thanksgiving and fall is such a wonderful time of year. As the season approaches, the leaves change colors, we are hopeful to experience one, last Indian …
How Living in Gratitude Saved My Life
Raised by a single mother who constantly told us to be grateful for what we had, I internalized that message; and, to this day, it is a mantra that sings in my …
Giving Thanks & Loving
This is the time of year for giving thanks, celebrating, giving gifts and preparing for dinners and parties, all packed into a short period of time. Many are …
Let Gratitude Be Your Greatest Gift
As “the season of giving” approaches, we often find ourselves consumed by catalogues, Amazon orders, and financially burdensome purchases that take the joy …
Grateful for It All
I remember my brother-in-law cocking his head to the side looking quizzically when, at my turn around the Thanksgiving table, I asserted that I was grateful …
Coming Out of The Dark
I am approaching a VERY BIG birthday that I was not at all expecting to reach. This past year and a half I was “tested” beyond my imagining. I had one …
Banish Holiday Stress with Gratitude
Holidays are approaching and the feeling of stress and being overwhelmed rises up! Did you ever wonder if there was a way to get through the holidays feeling …
A Gift Idea that Builds Gratitude, Happiness and Wellness
When I was in my darkest hours, feeling hopeless and down, I searched for something to give me a toehold to climb out of what could have become a state of …