Recently, a friend heard me speak and asked, "How did you heal?" A more appropriate question would be, "How are you healing?" How are you healing? Our lives start as one cell. One cell full of potential, full of a myriad of complex systems, full of life....
From the beginning of time, truth has been twisted to deceive us and kill, steal, and destroy human beings. 'Verbal gymnastics' is when someone tries to manipulate a situation to get what they want, often using lies mingled with truth. Verbal gymnastics It is the word substitutions...
I've been sick as long as I can remember. For so much of my life, doctors told me I was stressed. So, I pressed through. I went to work part-time, raised my children, kept the house, maintained my marriage, and managed to do a great...
The first time I talked with a man about his abortion story, he was calling me in a full-blown panic. His girlfriend had scheduled an abortion in the morning and he wanted to know what he could do about it. We are living at a...
At the SCORRE Conference this week, I gave three speeches. The first one was pretty much upon arrival. So, I didn't know the people I was speaking to. More importantly, I was unprepared and exhausted. Usually, I ask, "Who's the hero?" Who's the hero? My coach got up,...
Have you heard of three parent babies? Apparently, this has been going on for years. Also, organ donation babies? Organ-donation Babies Two or more children are created. The fertilized eggs are evaluated and the nucleus (the DNA) of one deemed "defective" or "undesirable" is removed and the...
Traveling with Lyme can be tough. Lymies have developed ways to manage symptoms ranging from brain fog to severe, migrating joint pain and everything in between. We could all use some travel tips for Lyme ease. Talking with others and in my experience, I developed...
I say it all the time, not just during election cycles. The right to life is the first issue for politics, but also for everyday decisions. The right to life trumps all other rights, because without life, there is nothing else. Right to Life Trumps All...
Down for the Count, Up in Three When I was little, my uncle, who was just a year and a half older, and I watched wrestling. It was in the mid-70s. I'll never forget the scissor-locks. Many of the moves those wrestlers did were tried on...
Anxiety is a common problem. I've struggled with it at various times throughout my life. There are times when people might opt for meds to bridge the gap between biology and ability. There are ways to tackle anxiety without meds, if you are up for the...