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Creativity Tool~ Reverse Thinking
Reverse Thinking is a Reframing method. It’s fairly easy to employ~ just reverse your language from negative to positive. Switch...
What ARE you going to do differently in 2015?
A couple days ago I asked what has been working in your life and what you will do differently. I hinted about a theme for 2015. Let's...
What has Worked, and What Will You Do Differently?
Here we are again, the new year review. I made a list of what has worked this year and what I need to reframe. Ouch. Time for some...
Darkness Wisdom
“The night will give you a horizon further than you can see.” David Whyte As our hemisphere tilts a little more deeply into darkness,...
Creativity Juicing Tip~ Reframes
This is a bottom-line tool in problem-solving. A Reframe is simply finding another way to see a situation. Often it simply involves...
Surviving the Holiday Dessert Spread
Prepare yourself first. Just KNOW there’s going to be decadent food. Drink plenty of water and avoid an empty stomach. ...
Better Than Expected
I held my first solo retreat this weekend at the Haven. I figured I could do it, and I had the Supreme Back-up of Darcy preparing meals. ...
Delicious & Healthy Pumpkin Bisque
First, roast your pumpkin. Since they are hard to cut, you can roast your Orange Beauty whole until nice and soft. Set it in a pan with...
Following the Call
We often say, "Just follow your intuition!" like that's something easy or obvious. Maybe we recognize the...
Reframing “Busy”
"So, are you busy?" is the social sleepwalking question of the current milieu. We're all 'busy' with Something, so let's agree to drop...
Easy Wild Foods
If you are only looking for Morels, you're missing out on easier to find edibles! Here is a recent forest haul, clockwise from Morels at...
Nettles? Like STINGING?
I wanted to find easily accessible Nettles for my Spring Cleaning Special. I tromped up a logging road near Lick Creek Road and easily...
Sweet Potato Desserts
I've been making Sweet Potato Pie for dinner parties lately, and no one knows they are sugar, gluten, and dairy-free! There are no ...
Mucous, Insomnia, Anxiety, and Hives! Making the Histamine Connection
Cluing into Histamines has improved my life more than anything else in years. My hives of 22 months are finally MANAGEABLE. I go to bed,...
Beans, Legumes, Peas, Lentils, Dal, Pulses…
Call them whatever you like. They are healthy, tasty, and easier to prepare than you think. I love bringing them home and spilling them...
What’s the Big Deal About Insulin, and Why We Need FAT.
We’ve realized how the old food pyramid standing on a base of grains might be...not so healthy. If you’re confused about consuming...
Making Chicken Bone Marrow Broth
I’m a little obsessive about making what traditional Chinese nutrition calls “Longevity Soup.” According to Paul Pitchford in “Healing...
November Blessings
November is a mixed bag when you live in McCall. The days lean to grayness and business slows waaay down. I get to rest a little and...
Pumpkin Meditation
Who doesn’t love pumpkins~mysteriously grown in a ‘patch’ of all things, loudly orange, laden with our associations of Halloween...
Delicious & Healthy Pumpkin Bisque
First, roast your pumpkin. Since they are hard to cut, you can roast your Orange Beauty whole until nice and soft. Set it in a pan with...
Using Tomatillos
I love Tomatillos. First of all, they are beautiful, dangling like little garden lanterns. They have attempted to take over the Mavens’...
Pulse from the Heart
My grandma had an extraordinary gift. She could say a prayer on the spot~ heartfelt, eloquent, in front of dozens of people. Not me. By...
Grace
What does it mean when we have grace, receive grace, or give grace? Grace has been a regular guest lately. It came up in a meditation...
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