Meditation is a process that aims to calm the mind and bring inner peace. This means that this can only be achieved when you are in a comfortable position, which allows you to meditate for enough minutes. A poor posture…
“I know it’s sick, I know…” He calls himself “sick” before anyone else. When your baseline desires are classified as a sin, fantasizing about the forbidden becomes simply a matter of pleasure; It becomes an act of psychological survival. It’s…
A prostate cancer diagnosis arrives on the street corner outside a grocery store. Me and my wife were walking outside. My urologist called. I knew it in the first second. In the months that followed, I noticed something that no…
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl I smiled when the doctor told me I had a disease that I would carry with me for the rest of my…
Summer in Europe has its own rhythm. It’s the season of medieval markets, Celtic gatherings and Etruscan festivals — a strange, vibrant collision of history, myth and modern desire. In valleys, along rivers and in small towns, these phenomena return…
Make school lunches exciting with nutritious, kid-friendly sandwiches that combine healthy ingredients, great taste, and back-to-school convenience. July 23, 2026 by family characteristics Leave a comment (Feature Impact) When you see a schoolchild sitting at a cafeteria table opening their…
by grist Almost two years ago, Hurricane Helen knocked out power in Burnsville, North Carolina. Fire Chief Niles Howell had to use the station’s generator to keep everything running. Through the storm, and the devastating flooding that followed, the fire…
my dear son, i amThe blunt will start because that’s how the truth comes out. It doesn’t knock. It’s already standing there, taking over the room, waiting for you to stop pretending not to notice it. The truth is this.…
That self-regarding story has a way of bleeding into what we call home, the nation we claim as our own. There is a toxic exceptionalism that most of us were born with; A curated mythology inherited by our parents, our…
“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and fatigue and take care of your needs.” ~Laurie Deschene In November 2021, my autoimmune problems flared up. My doctor and I still…
