From the window of my home office, this morning I can see bright blue skies, trees changing color on the mountain, and wispy white clouds high above. A breeze is gently blowing, and I can hear a bird singing nearby. The sun is shining brightly and glinting off the wind-blown remnants of a spiderweb in […]
A good friend of mine recently told me that she’d heard an interesting story on NPR about the process trees go through each autumn. We generally think that leaves fall off the trees in fall, but that’s not exactly accurate. In a nutshell, as summer wanes into autumn, deciduous trees create a specific hormone that […]
Before we go any further here, stop for a moment and take a deep breath and think back over the past few hours. Have you been distracted at any point? How many times? Did you even realize at the time that you were being distracted? In the spirit of total transparency, I’ll admit to typing […]
As long as we’re all sharing time here on Earth, we will experience disappointment. From being turned down for a sought-after job or date, to favorite teams losing the last game of the season, to the coffee shop being unable to make our regular drink, to having a highly anticipated event cancelled at the last […]
Do you ever feel trapped into doing things? Stuck fulfilling the same obligations all the time? Prisoner to the never-changing dynamics of work, family, or romantic relationships? Confined by the expectations others place on you? Maybe it’s your own critical inner dialogue that’s keeping you from moving forward and making progress. We all feel that […]
The Centers for Disease Control reports that approximately 9% of adults in the US experience the symptoms of depression each year, and that about 3% of adults suffer from major depression (the leading cause of disability for ages 15-44). Additionally, women are 70% more likely to experience depression during their lives than men. So what […]
One of the most important components of our mental health is our support system. So let’s talk first about what it is. You can view my video on this topic here. Your support system is made up of those people who interact closely with you on a regular basis. They could be family, friends, co-workers, […]
I’ve read somewhere that a weed is simply the right plant in the wrong place. Think about that for a minute. The right plant…. wrong place. Put simply– they’re out of place. Weeds aren’t evil! Or bad or destructive or the end of your beautiful green expanse of lawn. They’re just not where they belong. […]
There are two dying sycamore trees in our backyard, and they regularly drop their dead limbs in the yard or on the garage roof whenever we have a thunderstorm. Recently, my husband and I decided that it was time we got rid of the trees because we didn’t want to run the risk of having […]
We have a fairly decent sized backyard, and most years we use about 1/4 of it for a summer vegetable garden. We grow tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash– the usual suburban garden fare. The easy stuff. I’m almost convinced that I could simply hold a zucchini seed above the ground, and within 2 days’ […]
