Getting healthy should be a journey, not a destination.  We should be constantly checking and tweaking our lifestyles to get the most benefit out of our diets and exercise program. However, we don’t need to obsess.  Just keep some “healthy attention” on what’s going on, and try to get maximum benefit from minimum effort.  That’s my...

There’s something truly wonderful about feeling earth beneath one’s feet. The feel of the rocks, grass, different textures, different temperatures. There’s a feeling of “connectedness” that happens when one is outside with bare feet. Now my issue is that my feet are always cold, so bare feet isn’t always an option, but when it...

Get your own graph at skinnyr Oh. My. Goodness. Sigh. Trying to analyze here what went wrong. The biggest thing is that I am really not walking at all, I’m spending much more time at the computer, and feeling the weight of stress that I know won’t let up before the end of October (but it will definitely be gone by November 1). I really didn’t...

My own ethnic heritage is Welsh/English. My maternal Grandparents were immigrants from Wales, met here in Canada, married, and raised their family here.   My paternal Grandparents were from the Birmingham area in England and came to Canada several generations ago. I never thought much about my heritage until I married my Belfast boy.  I became fascinated with the...

So last week on my walk I was listening to this great podcast called “Discovering How Loved We Are” on with Wayne Jacobsen and Darin Hufford about the ability to live free from the law and religion as Christians (my current spiritual journey theme, if you’r new here). Very, very encouraging. The cool thing was that the podcast ended shortly before...