Last night's episode of BL opened with the 8 remaining contestants in MAGNIFICENT Queenstown, New Zealand with Alison. She tells them about the adventurous spirit there and how they all need to push themselves, PUSH being the KEY word, here! This week, it will be all about that, and individually. No more teams. With this, Brett comes parachuting out of the sky to rejoin the … [Read more...] about Everybody JUMP!
Archives for April 2011
Scents and Sense
With all the articles I read about exercising and what to do and not do at the gym, I rarely read anything that suggests refraining from wearing fragrance! This goes for the woman and for the men, too! I spend a few hours a day inside gyms, encouraging people to breath deeply, efficiently and effectively. It seems to counterproductive to our health to then be breathing in … [Read more...] about Scents and Sense
The Message of Hope
Though I honestly don't connect too much with the Passover holiday, we will be having the family for dinner, tonight. While I have some conflict with the religious holidays and certainly with the food that we traditionally eat on a holiday like this, I certainly enjoy the opportunity to break bread...or in this case, matzoh, with family. With dad bringing the chickens, the … [Read more...] about The Message of Hope
Practicing Balance
My head has been wrapped around the conflict that modern technology has brought to our society. Watching Oprah a few weeks ago, I was impacted by a comment that one of the nuns made, as that particular episode focused on woman who chose this path in life. Oprah, after showing footage of what the sisters give up when they leave their traditional lives, asked what it was like … [Read more...] about Practicing Balance
An Embrace from the Heart
"A Thank you is an embrace from the heart." --Lenore Skomal As a big believer in practicing gratitude, in order to be more grateful, I find the practice most beneficial, when its hardest to do. In a time of crisis, worry, fear, change, uncertainty, etc., its so calming to close my eyes, take a deep breath, and start mentally rambling off my list of things that I am … [Read more...] about An Embrace from the Heart