Informal meditation helps tap into the inner voice
Articles abound on the how we should all just stop and meditate. Go inside ourselves . Find that quiet space. Listen to our inner voice. For me, this always conjures up the image of a yogi master sitting on a mountain top. And the other thought that pops into my head is “I don’t have time to sit still that long.” But in reality, I medidate daily in some form or other.

Aging and failing eyesight
My eyes are dim, I cannot see I have not brought my specs with me I have noooooootttt brought  myyyyyyy specs with me. Do you remember this campfire song? It was one of my favourites. While I singing it, I always imagined an ancient man peering through his glasses. After all, only really old people need glasses. I’d be at least 80 before I ever needed them.

Nurturing ourselves instead of others
My favourite myth is the story of Persephone. I studied Greek mythology in Grade 9 English, which was over thirty years go. Yet, to this day, I know all the details of the story. Hades abducted Persephone to be his bride, causing her poor mother Demeter to go into deep despair. This despair was personified in the dying off of foliage and cold, dreary weather. A deal was worked out with Hades, and Persephone was allowed to

The importance of saying No
I always was such a Yes Woman. Yes to my parents. Yes to my lovers. Yes to my children. Yes to my bosses. And I was MISERABLE! And guess what? So was everyone else around me. Because my yes-es did not come with conviction and commitment. Oh, I did whatever they asked, but never well. I was too full of resentment, and that always shines through in the end result. And don’t you find it intriguing that on

Product Review: Lunapads & Lunapanties
Ladies, how many of you have opened a box of sanitory napkins and thought “Wow, these are really pretty!”  Or, ever put the words incontinence pads and sexy in the same sentence? Zero to none of you. That’s what I thought. And yet, when I opened my package of Lunapad cloth menstrual pads my very first reaction was “Wow, these are really pretty!” And when I looked a the