Posted January 14, 2017 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The drug store she worked in carried the local newspaper. One evening, as she was getting ready to go home, she went to the front of the store and opened the paper.
Turning to the back page, she said to a co-worker, “I just wanted to check to see if my mother-in-law’s obituary […]
Posted January 11, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts By Debra Basham Wholesome Thoughts
The Brahma Kumaris quotation was a good one: If you get tired, learn to RELAX, not quit.
My years of working as a doula certainly proves this point. Women having babies get going when the going gets tough. Let’s all give birth to our best selves!
Please share what this means to […]
Posted January 8, 2017 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. ~ Rumi
While people on the planet celebrate New Years different days, here in North America we celebrate on the first day of January. Humans have been celebrating the start of the new year for at least four millennia. Ancient Babylonians held […]
Posted January 7, 2017 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was at a picnic with some of her church friends when she was drawn to a beautiful autumn tree. She spontaneously walked over and gave it a hug.
Then suddenly she felt a strong urge to tell the Bible story of Zacchaeus, a tax collector. A short man, wanting to see […]
Posted January 4, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts By Debra Basham Wholesome Thoughts
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” Eleanor Roosevelt’s words invite us to set the tone right now to bring forth our uniqueness in the coming year.
Perhaps you will know immediately what this means to you. If not, […]
Posted January 1, 2017 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
As we come to the beginning of a new year, we come to the end of a five-part series on mindful living in these tips. The idea we look at this week is how to allow what is to not cause us to react in unskillful ways.
How do we allow […]
Posted December 31, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She just needed to get outside. Needed some time alone. She went to the farm and walked in the woods.
She hated seeing trash in the stream. Some of the woods had been select cut four years earlier. Now so many saplings had grown up she could barely walk in some parts. […]
Posted December 28, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts By Debra Basham Wholesome Thoughts
My friend Raelene, a World Laughter Tour coach, says there is no accent to laughter. Even children who are born deaf and blind laugh. Children laugh so easily and instinctively.
Let’s nurture our ability to laugh a lot.
If you are interested in having Raelene come share her laughter training with […]
Posted December 25, 2016 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
The skill of noticing—watching—can be compared to training a puppy. One of my favorite teachers about learning to watch yourself, especially during the painful sensations or difficult emotions is Pema Chödrön.
The pith instruction is, Stay. . . stay. . . just stay. Learning to stay with ourselves in meditation is […]
Posted December 24, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It was Christmas day. She drove her new car to her parents’ home. As she parked near the barn, she said, “I don’t want to park here and have somebody hit my new car.”
She moved the car across the street next to the house, but that did not feel right, so […]
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