♣ The holidays often bring intense feelings of grief, particularly if we have lost grandparents. An alternative trauma healer provides four ways to navigate grandparent grief this season. Having a loving relationship with your grandparents can be a blessing. Grandparents are often family members (or elders who have adopted...
Read More♠ Ayurvedic wisdom can help us have a healthier and happier holiday season—learn how with these five tips. ⇓ The ancient healing science of Ayurveda teaches us that our health and wellness depend on our digestion. Digestion in this context also includes our ability to digest and assimilate everything we...
Read MoreHanukkah isn’t about lighting candles, clogging your arteries with fried food, playing dreidel, exchanging presents, or eating cheap chocolate in the shape of faux ancient coins. Hanukkah is a minor holy day in the Jewish liturgical calendar made great because of its proximity to Christmas. This...
Read MoreHonor Native American history and culture this Thanksgiving with Chef Sean Sherman’s indigenous recipes. Thanksgiving is one of the most widely celebrated and beloved holidays in the US. For most Americans, Thanksgiving means food—more than 90 percent of the country partakes of a Thanksgiving meal with...
Read More“I’m thankful for nondairy creamer, locking doors, and never having to take algebra again.” I’m thankful for ravens. Cheese. Vitamin K. I’m thankful for not having typhus or gangrene. I’m thankful for optometrists, this ring, and fennel seeds. I’ve always thought Thanksgiving dinners should include thanks-giving rituals, during...
Read More⇓ Over the past 25 years, the Mankind Project and New Warrior Training Adventure have created safe “containers” for more than 43,000 men to work on self-examination and to connect with each other in new ways (see Mankindproject.org). The small groups of men typically open with a...
Read MoreAyurvedic wisdom can help us have a healthier and happier holiday season—learn how with these five tips. ⇓ The ancient healing science of Ayurveda teaches us that our health and wellness depend on our digestion. Digestion in this context also includes our ability to digest and assimilate everything we...
Read More♠ Some of the best memories during the holidays are sparked by the smells that fill the house from the oven. Take a look at these 10 mouthwatering recipes for healthier baked goods to get you into the holiday spirit. Some of the best memories during the...
Read MoreIf you know there’ll be at least one toxic relative to face this holiday season, here's how to protect yourself and navigate your way forward as sanely and serenely as possible. The holiday season can sometimes be more about survival than celebration, especially when it involves...
Read MoreInclude these foods in your dinner banquet, and you'll find that your winter's rest is a little bit sweeter. Ah, Thanksgiving and the accompanying post-feast comatose. Turkey contains the amino acid tryptophan, which the body uses to make the neurotransmitter serotonin, known for its role in...
Read MoreThis year is bluer than most—and this may be the bluest winter on record. Fight the winter blues in five ways. Winter can be hard, mentally and emotionally, in a good year, let alone in a pandemic. This year the winter bluesmight hit many of us...
Read More↓ Learn how to vanquish anxiety and actually enjoy the holidays with these tips. It starts slow, at first, almost unnoticeable until—like a small wave that builds rapidly in speed and intensity—it knocks you over. That seemingly innocuous experience that catches you off-guard, leaving you in a...
Read More♣ The holidays can extinguish the brightest light. Here's how to keep yours burning. What is it about the holiday season that sets us off? Maybe it's because stores start trying to sell us on Christmas even before Halloween has even arrived, or maybe it's the way...
Read More↓ These tools will help you keep your cool through the chaos of the holidays. The holidays can be exciting times, full of celebration, love, and joy. But they can also bring stress and anxiety to the surface—even if you love spending time with your family, the holidays...
Read More↓ Learn how to vanquish anxiety and actually enjoy the holidays with these tips. It starts slow, at first, almost unnoticeable until—like a small wave that builds rapidly in speed and intensity—it knocks you over. That seemingly innocuous experience that catches you off-guard, leaving you in a...
Read MoreWhen the holidays remind us of those that have been lost. ↓ The holiday season is punctuated by festivities: parties, tidings of good cheer, and the word ‘happy’ tossed around like a hot potato. Many people love the holiday season; it provides a lift and literal light...
Read MoreDon't let your holiday stress accumulate. ↓ Who designs gingerbread kits? That is what I would like to know. And do they not understand gravity? My kids and I struggled mightily to assemble our house, using a lot of a precious Saturday and consuming entirely too much...
Read MoreTry these three recipes for better digestion. The holidays can overwhelm. Whether it is our schedule, our nerves, our physical reserves, this is the time when the surge of seasonal joy can threaten to inundate. ↓ But nature is here to support you. Specifically, Ayurveda sees this as...
Read MorePassover came and went this year and I not only observed the holiday but barely noticed its existence. ↓ Saying this feels cold, considering how many friends and relatives of mine are very sick right now and/or—it hurts to write this — have recently died. Of all...
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