The weather was New England horrible. Pouring rain on top of slushy snow, chilly temperatures with just the right amount of dangerous fog. It was 7:00 am and I was headed to a medical appointment a distance away. My husband offered to come with me as travel companion and I was grateful for the offer!… [Read More]

I’ve been watching a patch of snow buried under a bush slowly thaw and release into the ground. It’s the last spot of frozen snow in my yard.   Thawing takes time.   My heart also feels like it needs to thaw and open up again too. It’s been closed and protected throughout this whole… [Read More]

You never seem to know when it’s going to happen.  Hurting your back, that is. I know many of you reading this have had this experience. Out of nowhere, with the slightest of moves, you feel your back spring into spasm! That happened to me several weeks ago. I was making my bed, part of… [Read More]

One of the benefits of having a regular practice of meditation and yoga is the opportunity to tune in more and more to a mindful state.  Being more present invites us to open up our senses, listen more profoundly and make choices that are in our best interest. Listening to what we hear on the… [Read More]

Sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere, meaning to uphold, to endure, or hold up against a burden. As I approach and reflect on our celebration of Mother’s Day, I can’t help but pause and consider what the concept of sustainability means to me. In my guidebook, 10 Practices of Personal Sustainability, The Savvy Person’s… [Read More]

With all the ways our very hectic, super busy society has had an impact; I think the deepest cut is into our relationships.  We have become conditioned as a culture to live outside of ourselves, profoundly disconnected from the sustaining loving awareness of people and life around us. It’s as if we are in a… [Read More]

After returning some purchases from the holidays, I was strolling without purpose through the store when I saw this big dear old bear slumped under the bright lights with apparent exhaustion—right in the middle of the store. I thought, “Now that says it all.” The holidays are behind us, the New Year has begun, and… [Read More]

My husband and I have a strategy to clear items off the to do list that are weighing us down in some fashion, body, mind and or spirit. We refer to our strategy as FIIF, Forget It In Five. Like most people we have lots of big projects to tackle or continue to make reasonable… [Read More]

Wed. Feb. 14, 9-10:30 am. Monthly meeting of the Wellness Roundtable Holistic Practitioners Network is thrilled to be hosting Zayda Valejo, co-founder of Heartwell Institute, Worcester, MA. All are welcome to join us for this insightful and experiential presentation that will give us tools to consider “Well-being through Self-Compassion.” Self-compassion and intrinsic worthiness are nurturing… [Read More]