Bless This Mess
Irene Tanner
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Posted 04.10.2013
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Healthy Living
As I contemplate possible outcomes of certain life-altering scenarios playing out currently in the theater of my ego mind, I have choices.
As I contemplate possible outcomes of certain life-altering scenarios playing out currently in the theater of my ego mind, I have choices.
I thought I was getting Alzheimer's. I really did. And how ironic would that be? I blog on the Huffington Post and Alzheimer's Reading Room about my experiences as an Alzheimer's caregiver for my Romanian life partner, Edward Theodoru.
Trying to manage, control, and ultimately manipulate other people's perceptions of us is not only exhausting, it's pretty much impossible.
Haitians have a famous saying about shame and anger; my mother says it all the time when talking about someone who hides behind a wall of anger because they are ashamed of their own behavior but won't or don't know how to admit it. Li fe la wont sevi kole.
Can the ensemble of undecided voters truly pry themselves away from the unconscious mind's reliance on familiarity and safety?
My mother, who's 72, has become very forgetful lately and is worried she may have Alzheimer's. Is her forgetfulness really something we should worry about? What should we do?
How and why would God speak to me personally when there might be infinite other creatures on infinite numbers of other planets likewise seeking connection to the Divine?
Hello opera fans. Now I don't normally do short little posts like this, but I would like to tell you all about something weird (and possibly funny) ab...
One of the affirmations for this month's intenSati class is "My mind is set." We say it while we run in place and criss cross our arms in front of us...
Earlier today, ThinkProgress' George Zornick published an item that presented Newt Gingrich as having flip-flopped his position on intervening in Liby...
In some important self-awareness news, vague presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich is apparently cognizant of the fact that his campaign badly "bobbled"...
For 16 years, Newt Gingrich has performed a solo performance art piece where he dances right up to the line of running for president, only to pull back at the last possible moment. For reasons that surpass my ability to understand them, this has only increased his overall mystique with the political press, which enables him to repeat this performance every four years. But on Tuesday, it looked as if Gingrich was going to finally jump into the race and be the first man in the field who could be considered a serious contender.
They may pray from time to time, particularly in dire need, and they may go to services on key holidays. But for this group, finding God is a mystery, a worry or a problem.
I am a mother who does not have a strong conviction that there is one fixed, right way of raising children. Often times I second-guess my own choice in a situation, and wonder if I could have found a better way of parenting.
Men rely on the ability to have an erection. And when that does not work, it compromises their sense of masculinity. But there are several aspects of spiritual lore that contradict our expectations here.
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A Koan is not a question of informational inquiry but a question of whether you are open to whatever is. With that in mind, here's a monday morning k...
This is a short-attention-span/pattern-interruption post for the minds on the go. Format: five pattern-interruption thoughts to, perhaps, further...
CHICAGO — You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner...
For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study...
I have a very simple technique to share that should help you release the confusion and overwhelm, and return you to a more peaceful state. Let's get to it now!
Recall that the Reverend Wright debacle necessitated a solution that only Obama could create. It is the same thing now.
Allen Roses, director of Duke University's Deane Drug Discovery Institute, said that if other researchers get the same findings, it could mean a drast...
The abortion debate, I can understand. Gun control controversy: I get it. But arguing against gay marriage? No, I don't get that one at all.
