Your Childlike Vision Became So Fine

I took some bold actions: I sold two-thirds of my possessions and moved to a yurt in the middle of the Welsh mountains where I spent two years living totally off-grid (see article xiv). I'm not asking that you substitute my judgment for your own, but I am asking that …

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A Glass Of Wine With Some Friends

You want to make sure others know where you stand, whether they like it or not. Even the best comedians lose the audience in some instances due to the way they expressed their jokes. Almost two decades ago, when I became a mother to twin girls, I experienced firsthand what …

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Is It Time To See Adjustment Yet?

I allowed myself to be in that place, trusting that the good would come out, looking deeper and allowing myself to surface from the storm and claim my life and the blessings of this situation. Our ability to tolerate dietary fat and our degree of bile acid production may be …

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Coping With Compliance

With thumb or reinforced index finger, press deeply into the joint with as much pressure as you can manage. Void herself of any motherly love, or fatherly protection, my mom somehow made it possible to handle my father's controlling personality, run a meticulous home, and undertake well-balanced meals every evening …

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You're Not Stressing About Your To-do List

They're white blood cells that send a message to virus-infected cells and tumors, telling them to self-destruct. Just as we had always done, we alternated between the serious and the ridiculous, and although people knew I was hurting--as we all were in that room, and in some offices down the …

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Is This A Big Deal?

Another side effect of speaking for yourself instead of for others is that you will be less likely to rely on group stereotypes in your arguments. This passage of oxygen--from the nearby air, through your lungs and then into your beating heart and bloodstream--is the most basic and constant connection …

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