A few years ago, I was going for a walk in Booth Bay Harbor, Maine and I stumbled upon a big pond covered with beautiful lotus flowers.  I could not believe the beauty in front of me, I was in awe for several minutes and feeling deep gratitude for this experience.  The pond itself was...

As we start to see signs of Spring, excitement begins to grow inside us because a season of renewal is about to come.   These past two years we have faced many challenges and it appears they will linger a bit longer than we had anticipated.  I would like to invite you to see that all...

Why Stress Makes You Sick It is an unavoidable fact of life that stress is the reason we age, and it is the reason for 80% of illness. Stress causes the production of adrenalin in the body, which is a good thing and enables us to cope. But excess stress causes the production of cortisol,...