Yesterday I spent a gray day on a quiet beach in Rhode Island. I was there with a friend who moves at precisely my speed and the two of us enjoyed a very lazy, slow moving methodical day. We first walked along the beach in our street clothes and bare feet and made our way […]
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In the last few weeks I’ve received quite a bit of positive feedback about my latest blog posts. The fall is a hard season and barreling into this fall has brought up a lot of challenges for several of my students and patients. The message of self-appreciation and self-care seems to be important this time
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This spring and summer I feel very touched by death. It has been quite a long time since I felt so immersed in a continuous grieving process. When I was in school I lost several intimates and acquaintances in a few short years all from traumatic deaths, overdoses and suicides. This season of grieving is
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In the world of alternative medicine the word “placebo” seems to hang over all our heads like a curse. It is very common for first time acupuncture patients to say to me “I don’t know if it is the acupuncture, but I am feeling better lately.” They are so busy fearing that they will be
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Today’s guest post comes from a local friend and writer, Leah Dunham. She is sharing her all too common story of her postpartum period. Thanks Leah, for the courage to tell your story. As a child I often imagined myself as a capable mother. My sister and I played “house” with our cabbage patch dolls for
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For those of you who have yet to experience it there is a new street musician playing downtown in Northampton. For those of you who don’t normally waltz the streets of our little town allow me to share that the quality of street musician is quite unusual. Given the five colleges and a large artistic
Intimacy Among Strangers: Finding Unexpected Connections On The Sidewalk Read More »
This blog post is a list that was circulating in my prenatal yoga class and I thought the concept was worth sharing on my blog. It is the personal list of expecting mama, Beth Pellettieri, that was prepared for her visiting family and friends when they arrive after her second baby is born. She wanted them to
Postpartum Helper’s List: Chores To Support The New Family Read More »
I am writing this blog post after two of the sickest weeks I’ve experienced in my life. It came out of nowhere and wouldn’t let up. It may sound silly that a little sickness could wreck a household for more than 2 weeks, but it has. As with most people, when I need the most
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Today’s Guest Post comes from a brilliant Nutritional Coach in Amherst. She is my go to person for food and cooking questions and has taught me everything I know about gluten-free baking. Her post today could not be more timely as we enter into allergy season and the abundance of spring. What fits? I think a lot about
Fit-ness: Finding the Best Foods For Your Body (Guest Post) Read More »
In today’s world of celebrity gossip, tell-all blogs and tweeting about every moment of one’s day we are constantly redefining the word intimacy. Knowing the ins and outs of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s lives is in no way knowing their intimate world. We are fed details that help to create a certain image. But these
Intimacy: An Examination Of The Non-Romantic Aspects Of Our Intimate Lives Read More »