multitasking

Multitasking: Do One Thing At a Time

Are you a multitasker? True confession: I am an inveterate multitasker. am. I often find myself taking a weekend break, reading a book, drinking tea, perhaps texting with family members and even checking the news on TV while kind of /sort of supervising the guy painting downstairs and wondering if I answered the e-mail from … Read more

exercise to beat stress

Exercise to Beat Stress

I know. This time of year, everyone is all obsessed about exercise and trying the shed those holiday buffet pounds and all of my fellow writers are urging you to hit the gym. I look at exercise in a slightly different way: As a stress management tool. It is perhaps the most effective stress buster … Read more

cold water plunge

Cold Water Plunging – Am I Crazy?

Yes, indeed. I am probably crazy. But I did it on New Year’s Day. (See attached photo for proof). I am a die-hard swimmer. Swimming soothes my soul. I admit that soul soothing generally takes place on balmy summer days, but my swimming addiction reached a new level this year when we bought a lot … Read more

rituals

Rituals Make Our Lives Richer

Do you have any personal rituals? You may think that’s an odd question and you’d deny any such thing, but let’s try a few I use on for size: In fact, on Sunday mornings at 8:40 a.m. is the Sacred Moment: When NPR’s Puzzler comes on the radio. No one is to talk to me … Read more

meditation

Meditation and the Ommmmm Zone

Most of us think that meditation is an esoteric practice, perhaps a spiritual practice and the province only of the enlightened. I’ve been a meditator for most of my adult life and I find it amusing that science is finally catching up with what millions of meditators know intuitively: Meditation helps us to cope with … Read more

acupuncture

Four reasons to try acupuncture

This is one of Kathleen’s articles published in Natural Awakenings magazine. The ancient Chinese art of acupuncture, in practice for at least two millennia, has gained popularity and credibility in modern Western medicine. “There is lots of research to support the effectiveness of acupuncture for a wide variety of conditions,” says Thomas Burgoon, M.D., president … Read more