Posted November 24, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Why Do I Eat?

Debra’s Wellness Tips

An article in HealthCurrents Fall 2019 titled “Why Do I Eat?” offers some very easy telling points to curbing emotional eating habits.

Physical hunger builds gradually, occurs several hours after a meal, goes away when full, changes to a feeling of satisfaction and is resolved by eating.

Emotional […]

Posted November 21, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Nips

Sacred Stories

When I sat six boxes of Nips on the counter at the local Walgreens, the cashier said, “You must really like these.”

“I can’t easily get them while I am in Florida, so I like to stock up. They are only 30 calories. A great way to calm cravings,” I […]

Posted November 20, 2019 in Sacred Stories

See the Blessings in Disguise

Sacred Stories

Her husband is in a facility after having had a major stroke almost two years ago. He is losing Medicaid coverage for physical therapy. The physical therapist expressed a willingness to volunteer her time to train the private-pay care team that was working to help him maintain physical strength they have […]

Posted November 19, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Welcome Dad!

Sacred Stories

The small building out back had been her dad’s man cave. They called it willeyville.

Her dad had passed, but she still loved the ambiance in that space.

She writes:

“I am out in willeyville lighting the fire and getting it warm because my sister is coming […]

Posted November 17, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Benefits of Nose Breathing

Debra’s Wellness Tips

Research has shown that breathing in through your nose has health benefits. When you breathe through your nose, the hairs filter out impurities.

Nasal breathing also warms and humidifies the air.

Additionally, when you breathe in through your nose nitric oxide, a colorless and odorless gas produced throughout the […]

Posted November 16, 2019 in Sacred Stories

By Your Side

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The two women had not previously met even though they had both lived in the same 55-and-over community for a few years. Their interaction at the mail station resulted in a conversation about their mothers having both passed.

“My mom used to live in that blue house right there,” she […]

Posted November 16, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Love Makes the World Go Around

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She was writing in her journal about ‘LOVE’ being four parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, and adverb.

She wanted to write a sentence using the word love as each of those. She wrote, “Noun: Love makes the world go around.”

Then she could not think of how to […]

Posted November 9, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Suicide

Sacred Stories

He was mulling the subject of suicide. Essentially about why suicide is seen as bad; he had regularly received guidance that every person chooses when, where, and how that person transitions.

When he got home he had received an email message from Abraham Hicks.

The subject of that message […]

Posted November 2, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Atlas

Sacred Stories

She had been talking to her friend about synchronicity at a time during which she was in the process of exploring options for relief from physical discomfort. Someone had suggested she try Atlas Physical Therapy. She was hesitant.

Running some errands she saw not one, but two company vehicles with […]

Posted October 28, 2019 in Sacred Stories

11:30 Meeting

She had missed a phone call about a meeting at 11:30. The meeting was to be at the local art gallery.

Stopping by just to enjoy the current exhibit, she happened to be right where she needed to be at the time she needed to be there!

The universe if filled with unseen […]